I.MIIIQIITUN. HA.:
SATURDAY,. JULY 11, 18&V
Enteml at tlio Jult I uli ton lHwt-oUicc on
S'woml Claw Mall Matter.
Tub New Yorlc D.tWj Commtrrfal
.BmMpHii compile a ll't of 55 lire during
Juno In the L illicit States nnd Canada,
the aggregate los being put at $0,700,-
00-1. Tho total loan for tho first six
months of tho year was $.'0,750,000.
CoMMASDnn Gonmsoi:, formerly of
tho United States Navy, died at his
residence In tho Benedict flats, on
Washington Square, Hew York, Mon
day afternoon. Sir. Gorrlngo had been
tiling for months and his death was not
at all unexpected. Mr. Gorrlngo left
the navy to taUc charge of a ehlp-bulld-
ing company, whose yard was In Phila
delphia, a few years ago. Ho was best
known as the successful superintendent
of the wotlc of bringing the obelisk to
Amorlea.
Ncvr Ohleaks Picayune: Four
years of such wise and honest adminis
tration as Mr. Cleveland has already
given us will have cemented tho bond of
amity between tho sections, and drawn
party lines upon Issues that look to the
future prosperity of tho nation. The
revolution Is one of those that cannot
go backward, and, whether Democratic
or Republican, coming Administrations
will have their policies shaped to new
ends, and the reformation and improve
ment of our National Government, re
storing it more nearly to the Ideal of Its
founders, Is assured beyond a doubt.
Secretary Whitney has revoked
the order of his predecessor by which
naval officers wero forbidden to vklt
their families at the stations to which
they were assigned for duty. Tho prder
was an outrageous one, for It violated
the rights of every naval officer. One
who enters his country's servlco does
not thereby forfeit all his rights as a
citizen and a man, and become the chat
tel of the government. The family of a
naval officer have a right to go where
they please and reside temporarily In
any city they choose. To forbid a hus
band and father to visit his family when
ho Is free to visit anybody else whom ho
chooses, is an arbitrary exorcise of pow
er that Is quite out of place In a repub
lic. Wo do not believe that tho discip
line of the navy will bo lowered by Mr.
Whitney's act
'EvEUYTinso confirms the vtow that
the business of tho country has at la3t
reached 'bed-rock," and that there will
bo a decided revival of all branches of
trade In "the fall. Tho last report of
Messrs. R. O. Dun & Co. shows that
the losses by failure during the first six
months of 18S3 have been considerably
less than during tho corresponding
months of several prcooding years. The
reason Is probably that business has
been reduced to the legitimate amount
that can bo done with tho capital In
vested, and credit Is given pnly for short
terms and to house. of unquestioned
soundness. The consumption of sur
plus products has so reduced tho stock
carded that If is said many factories will
soon be obliged to run on full time
again to fill their orders. AH of which
signifies that business Is to be better In a
few months than It has been for three
years,
General W. W. II. Davis took
formal possession of the Pension Office,
In Philadelphia, Monday. Ho walked
Into Colonel Norris' private ofllco about
10 a'olook, in company with Colonel
John P. Nicholson, and was heartily re
ceived by Colonel Norris. The new
Pension Agent was then introduced to
all the employes of the office, nearly all
of whom retire with Colonel Norris. It
is understood, however, that Chief
Clerk Sickle will be retained. After the
transfer of the office had been made
Colonol Norris and his assistants left
tho building mid during the afternoon
the offices woroa dejorted look, General
Davis, 3r, Sickle and a woman clerk
being tho only oooupants of tho hand
some suite of rooms In tho new Post
Office building. Durlns tho morning
General Davis was called on in his new
quarters by several personal friends and
a few applicants for positions under
Mini,
31 a j on Kr.EDEincK GisitKKu's ap
pointment as Collector of Internal
Revenue for tho l'Irat dMrlct of Penn
sylvania, was announced Tuesdav from
Washington. Tho appointment is gener
ally received with satisfaction. Major
Gcrker ran for Sheriff in 1870, being
defeated by William R. I.wds. Subse
quently he was a delegate to various
conventions, but of late years has not
been very active In politics. Born and
raised in Philadelphia, he Is 53 years old.
He was a member of tho gluo firm of
Henry Gcrker & Sons, and afterwanl
became Interested In railroad affairs,
being the lessee- of the Haltimore and
Delaware Railroad. Ho takes an inter
est in out-door sports, and Is prominent
In tho management of the Gentlemen's
Driving Park. Major Gerkcr served
with distinction all through the war of
the rebellion, going to the front with
the Ninetieth Pennsylvania Volunteers,
Colonel Peter Lyia's Regiment.
E.vousn politics have been enlivened
during the last neck by the election
canvass of Lord Randolph Churchill at
Woodstock. The borough Is on tho es
tate of the Duke of Marlborough, Lord
Randolph's elder brother, but the two
have not been on speaking terms for
some time. The 111-concealcd hostility
of tha Duke gave tho Liberals hope of
carrying the borough, and they nomln
ted a strong candidate. Lord Ran
dolph refused to make any canvass, on
the ground that ids official duties re
quire all his time; but Lady Churchill
came to tho rescue. She Is tho daughter
of Mr, Leonard Jerome, of New York
city, and a woman of much beauty and
inaiiv accomplishments, lly her Infill.
unco tha Duka was persuaded to go to
Loudon, and take no part In the contest,
and her active cainass took the electors
by storm and resulted In her husband's
reelection by a handsome majority. It
was a mere matter of sentiment, for If
Lord-Randolph had been defuatod there
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San, any: Tho lto-iubllcnns In the Sen- (
ate will talco advantage of every oppor
(unity to strengthen their position and '
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to embarrass the Democratic Admin s.
tratloiu While the leaders disclaim aiiy
Intention to make an organized opposi
tion to tho noiulnatlous of the Presi
ded!, they have, In fact, reserved a modo
of attacking them which may lead to
trouble.
In Ids letter lo Mr. George William
Curtis last December, the President
said, speaking of the officeholders:
Hut many now holding such positions
have forfeited all just claim to reten
tion, because they liavoused their places
for party purposes In disregard of tbclr
duty to the people, and because, Instead
of being decent public servants, they
have proved themselves offensive par
tisans and unscrupulous manipulators of
local party management.
Undoubtedly thisstsitement Is correct.
and it might bo applied justly to tho
great body of the officeholders who wero
appointed mainly because they had been
"offensive partisans and unscrupulous
manipulators of local party manage'
ment." This fact would be a sufficient
ground for tholr removal without mat
lng It tho specific cause.
When members of the Cabinet come
lo put in practice the theory of the
President's letter, which required only
action and not explanation, a step far
In advance of his public position' was
taken by tho Postmaster-General. In
tho celebrated circular letter to mem
bora of Congress, Mr. Vilas declared his
construction of the term, "an offensive
partisan:"
I will require no more proof ot the
partisanship In these selections than the
affirmation of knowledge on the part of
a Representative or Senator that tho
Postmaster has been an active editor or
proprietor of a Republican newsnancr.
printing offensive articles, easily shown
by slips, or a stump speaker, or member
of a political committee, or officer of a
campaign club, or organizer of political
meetings, or that his office has been
made the headquarters of political work,
or that his clerks have been put into tho
penormancc ot political duties.
This comprehensive charge probably
covers nine-tenths of the existing cases,
and if It had not been formally mado as
a basis for their dismissal the Rcpubll
cans would not have complained. They
expected the Incumbents to bo removed
as a natural consequence of a change of
parties, especially as one party had been
In possession of tho Government con
tinuously for almost a quarter of a ecu
tury.
Mr. Vilas has excited tho hostility of
Senators who, In tho ordinary course of
affairs, would have accepted the changed
situation without much oppositon. Mr,
Conger, of Michigan, gives voice to tills
antagonism:
What ha3 the person removed done
to mako an offensive partisan? lias he
done anything more than exercise- bis
rights as an American citizen? If these
questions arc answered by the statement
that ho has acted on Republican com
mittees, and has been largely Instru
mental in keeping the Republican party
In power, then questions will he asked
and Investigations made concerning tho
man who has been appointed In his
place. Has ho acted as Chairman of
ucmocratic committees, and has he
been an offensive partisan on tho Dem
ocratic siuo ttiu same as the man re
moved has been on the Republican?
Mr. Conger claims that in sucli cases
the Senate will refuse to confirm the
nominations, In fact, the Republicans
caro more for the cliargcs brought
against their officeholders than they do
for the removals. And they Intend to
make those charges tho means of a par
ty rally against tho Administration.
It was always easy to see that tho new
departure was like a two-edged sword In
tho hands of political managers, and
that It was destined In the long run to
domorolmrm than good to Its inventors.
It certainly never could help tho cause
of reform to raise an issue which In Its
practical operation, by preferring
oharges against officeholders, would
throw communities Into confusion, and
make enemies of old personal friends
who had held that relation without re
gard to politics.
The meeting of tho Senate in Decem
ber will develop the Republican plan of
attack.
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.
in tlio llcpubllcans convention at
Ilanisburg, last Wednesday, Colonel
Mathew Stanley Quay was nominated
for State Treasurer bv a regular knock
down vote on tho first round, Tho vote
was as follows:
Quay 111(1 1-2
l.ongenecker 27
McDevitt 15
Greenawalt
Wfgton
Thomas Valentino Cooper will be con
tinued as Chairman of the State Com
mittee.
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iiiu tuiiiuuiiee on resolutions nail a
fiery struggle or two, which delayed its
report for a coii.lo.of hours. Senator
Emery threw In an anti-discrimination
plank, which caused a great deal of dis
cussion, but was finally beaten, only
eleven members out of fifty suppoitlng
It. An effort was then made to change
the original draft of the plank concern
ing tho Legislative action on apportion
ment. Some of Quay's opponents want
ed it to so read as to eommeud those
Republican members of tho Legislature
who had voted to pass the apportion
ment bill over the Governor's veto. As
Quay occupied a position the opposite of
this It. would not do to pass such a dec
laration, nnd It was rejected by tho close
vote of 19 to 21. The original draft was
then retained. After that there was
some discussion of a resolution Intended
as an indorsement of Quay without
naming Win. This was finally put
aside, as the candidate had not then
been nominated. The platform Is chief
ly the dexterous work of Chairman
Cooper, but has been made up, like the
witches' broth, of many Ingredients.
There Is something from Wharton
Barker and from Russell Errett, with
here and there a delicate touch suggest
ed by a lesser mind. With Quay as tho
candidate the platform, no matter what
It says, will never keep anybody awake
o' nights.
George Jacoby, proprietor of the
Northwostcru Hotel, Pottsvllie, was
fatally boaten at 1 o'clock Sunday mom
lug by a mob, who had taken possession
of the house ami who refused to leave
iieu uruertxi u u0 so, Jacoby, who
had been sleeping, was aroused by the
uunjriiauee pclow and went
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down to .
close the liousu. When he order.! M,a I
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Soccl.il to tho CAlitio.v Advocate.
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11,0 Urst day of July, and the tlicr-
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MJUtiiuti.i ib - , Hilling in lUU WUlIIUiy
of living men has there been Mich a
month as the June just past. There
has not been a night in tho past thirty
days wheu It would have been safe to
venture out without an overcoat. A
change of a few degrees In the ther
mometer may sccin to be a very small
affair, but It carries with It calamity
and ruin to thousands. Around New
York millions arc invested In our water
ing places and seaside resorts. So far
they have proved a delusion and a snare,
and the balance has been, for the land
lords, on tho wrong side of tho ledger,
Once or twice In the courso of the
month Coney Island has had a boom;
the thermometer crawled up to 73 or
80, and the rush became tremendous.
Brighton, West Brighton and Manhat
tan Beeches were black with the pleas-
urc-secklug multitude. For hours at a
time It was Impossible to get a mouth
ful to eat at any of the hotels. All the
tables were occupied, and once a party
got hold of a tablo they showed no dis
position to let go. Saturday last was
simply immense, but the happy tourists
shivered and shook as they strolled
along tho beach, as If It had been March
Instead June. Tlio fellows who had
gono down with their girls to enjoy a
"Mct me by moonlight alone" by tho
seaside, wero almost frozen to death;
only here nnd there some level headed
woman had provided herself with a
wrap, and the only wonder' Is that nlnc-
tenths of them were not thrown Into a
galloping consumption. Saturday was
such a success financially, that the ho
tel-Keepers at the sea beech' laid In an
immense stock of provisions to feed the
expected multitude of Sunday. Sunday
came, and with It a cold miserable fog:
the thcrmometfr fell almost to freezing
point, ueing summer hotels, there was
no provision for keeping warm. Every
body was shivering and everybody was
miserable; bad language was the rule
and good language was tho exception;
nobody asked his lady to take Ice-cream,
but he said, My dear, won't you take
something warm? and to do her justice
she did. The demand for hot Scotch
and other caloric drinks was terrific,
and even men of moderate temperance
views took their whiskey straight with
out a wink, owing of course, to the de
moralized stato of tho thermometer.
The number of visitors fell off twenty
or thirty thousand, and tills fact brought
consternation to the hotel-keepers. The
immenso piles of provisions on which
they expected to realize 000 or 1,000 per
cent., were spoiling on their hands, and
the result was that tho disaster of Sun-
day completely swamped tho success of
Saturday, and more money has been
sunk In this unhappy Juno than July
and August, If favorable, can retrieve.
I he big caravansary at Rockaway,
wnieli Is one of the most tremendous
seaside hotels on the whole Atlantic
coast, was sold out last week after ruin
ing everybody that had anything to do
with It, except the Bald Eagle of West
Chester, who was tho post-mortem Re
ceiverof Its effects. The summer, so
far. has been a regular Black Friday to
every one in tho hotel business at tho
out of town resorts,
The blessings of living In a Republic
and under a free government were ad
mtrably illustrated by a case which oc
curred hero this week. The captain of
an American ship shipped a Chinese
steward and cook In the East Indies
They performed their duty well, and In
tlio course of time they arrived In New
lork, where tho voyago was ended.
These poor fellows had committed no
offence against our laws, but they were
seizod and cast Into Jail, simply because
tueyiiau tno ill-luck to be born in China,
flielr Captain gave them both an excel
lent character, and would have given
security for them if ho had been ablo;
out tlio question was finally settled by
sending tnem back to China.
As wo all anticipated, Yseult Dudley
was acquitted of shooting O'Donovan
i.ossa, Jroin the first, nobody doubted
but that the woman was mad as a March
hare. God knows, she has had enough
to make her mad betrayed, deserted,
ruincu, torsaken, deprived ofheronlv
child by death; what wonder that her
brain reeled and her heart strings
cracKcd, and that sho became n wander
er distraught. Prom what wo know of
her life, she owes tho world nothing.
life has been a wretched blank to her.
Time and again she appears to have
made an honest and earnest effort to
sustain herself, when tho. mad taint in
her blood croppedout, and hurried her
down to ruin. One link alono bound
her to life, her little girl; she was taken
irom her, and after that, she had noth
ing left to live for. No sane jury could
have arrived at any other conclusion:
and even the valiant O'Donovan Rossa
is satlsiied by this time that Miss Dud
ley Is not an emissary of tho hated Sas
sanach, hired by British soold.
The Imprisonment of Hoyd, the glass
Importer, for defrauding tlio Oo em
inent Is another terrlblo ' lesson. No
other merchant has been imprisoned In
?ew lork for this offence for fifty
years. Mr. Boyd had no excuse for his
theft. Ihrtras worth a million ho had
risen from abject poverty up to his great
estate, and the bulk of his property was
the result of his dishonesty. By his
swindling practices he not only robbed
the Government, but he robbed his fel
low merchants, and ruined them by
scores. Not satisfied with stealing
himself, ho brought his son up to the
business of thieving, and It U only ow
ing to a merciful judge, that tho young
man Is not to-day wearing a convict suit
beside his father. YUiat lessons have
we had in the last two weeks Fish,
Boyd and Buddenselk. Fish was worth
$700,000: Boyd a million: Buddenselk
half a million. The eager lust of gain
has proved tlio ruin of them all. and
now Instead of enjoying their Ill-gotten
gains In their magnificent homes, in
line, to the look-step, they march to
tneir cells in the company of murderers
and thieves. Will some of tho dishon
est merchants, bankers and builders,
who are still out of prison, pause and
think, will the young men who aro
, lAillllllU Ul. UllU VtllO 11UVA httl tatinl.l
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that It was the inmr (Mm. i.- .
and to have lots of money, no matter
ii you rumed your ilearett friend by
fi.Ntln;; mi lillu u I.. I ,.f wotlhle fct.M-ka
or fraudulent i-ccuritles, you were called
smart. To Ho and cozzen and cheat,
was to be keen In business; to be rich
was to be great and successful; lo be
poor was worthy of social and financial
, damnation. Halt, hall! Young mail
take n, round turn nnd fetch up. It Is
not disgraceful to bo ioor after straight
forward honest endeavor. It Is not
honorable to bo rich If the riches aro got
by dishonesty nnd theft. Tho one mav
mean an huh'lile home with honor, self
respect nnd leaeo, nnd tlio other end
with tho execrations of your fellow men
and a convict's cell.
The late New York appointments fell
like a wet blanket on Brooklyn. Every
body on the East side of the Big Bridge.
thought a Brooklyn roan would get the
rich plum of tho Collcctorshlp: or fall
lng that, at least, the Surveyor of the
roil, it was said with apparent reason.
If Kings County had done as New York
County did, that Mr. Cleveland would
still have been Governor of New York
with small, chanco of re-election, but
Kings County reeled off between 12.000
and 13,000 majority, and that In a city
with a Republican mayor, and a majori
ty oi liepubllean officers. Brooklyn
nominated Mr. Cleveland for Governor;
for It was only by tho sacrifice of her
favorite son, General Slocum, that tho
nomination of Mr. Cleveland was ob
taincd. Brooklyn claims that tho
President has forgotten his obligation to
tue Utvof Churches, and there is much
grumbling thereat. What good things
there may be In store for them, only the
President knows; tho realizations, so
far, havo not been satisfactory, and un
less some of the patriots arc provided
for, it is safe to say, if Mr. Cleveland
runs again, he will not get 12,000 majori
ty In tho County of Kings.
me Biiaraciui inciiiciency of our
criminal laws finds a notable Illustration
in the case of Carpenter, tlio wife mur
derer. This mlserablo wretch has been
saved from the gallows for over a year,
and yet a more deserving ruffian never
stretched a halter. He has always been
a brute and an outlaw; as a boy he was
In with the worst gangs In tho city, and
he culminated a life of crlmo and shame
by murdering his own brother. 'By a
technicality which never should have
been allowed he was permitted to plead
guilty to manslaughter in tho third de
gree, and got off with a few years' im
prisonment. On the trial his wife was
a witness against him. nnd wlilln In
prison lie swore ho would kill her.
Wheu he got out he followed a woman
whom he mistook for his wife into a
church, and stabbed her In tho back
right In the midst of the congregation.
He was again imprisoned, and as soon
as ho was out, found his wife and
butchered her In open day. Tho poor
creature, attacked by this fiend in tho
btreet, ran into a saloon bleeding from a
dozen wounds. The barroom was filled
with cowardly men who stood by whllo
ho chopped her to pieces. It Is an out
rage on justice that such a wretch should
bo allowed to live his worthless .neck
Is not worth the rope that breaks It; and
after every resort has failed the Su
premo Court, tho Court ot Appeals and
Executive clemency, they aro trying to
prove him insane. It is safe to ban
just such lunatics as Carpenter everv
time; ho has already killed two" and
that he did not kill tho third Is not his
Tault, for he left tho knife sticking In
her back as ho ran out of tho church
Nobody ever thought Carpenter was In
sane before, and It Is too late to begin
now". But the last hope of this desper
ate criminal is gone. Tho jury have
declared he was sane, and he was again
sentenced to be hung.
e are getting on nicely with our
fashions, and as an evidence of our pcr-
icct liepubllean simplicity, I see adver
tised on tho fences Her Majesty's Cor
sets, Princess of Wales Bustles, Lady
ouurciiiu Clippers and Duchess of Edin
burgh Hats no wonder wo are forget-,
ting all about tho Fourth of July. By
the way, it passed off very quietly this
year, fireworks were tabooed, pistols
and guns were under edict. No noise,
no hurrah, no soldiers, no nothing,
wonder If wo ever did have a revolution
and if there ever was such a man as G.
ashington, I'll try and find out be.
mceu mis anu tno r.o.u 4tli oi July,
BROADBRDf,
FROM WASHINGTON
From our Regular Correspondent,
Washington, D. C JulyO, '85,
It was half-past ono this afternoon
when tho President sent down to ask
how many there were In tho East Room
who desired to shake hands with him.
The word came back, "About ono hun-
uicii mm uiiy.-- ino rresuient was
just about starting down to perform tho
work when Secretary Whitney callod in
and had a short interview. That over
the President passed down by tho pri
vate stairway and was soon in the cen-
ter of the East Room, where he received
all kinds of congratulations from his
callers. Sometimes not ono visitor in
twenty-five will Insist on firing short
speeches at the President. To-day It
appeared that about one In every live
would deliver a short speech on the
slightest provocation. Here Is where
the genius of tho President's attendants
comes In. They can tell oxactlv what
man or woman desires to havo some
thing to say, and, as tho particular per
son passes up, thy jostle him sharply
and make him forget tho few prepared
sentences ho had ready to shoot out on
the President.-
There are more men who voted for
Jackson living than one would suppose;
At least one turns up every week at tho
White House. The clerks In the Treas
ury Department are just beginning to
realize the full meaning of Secretary
Manning's recent order in relation to
vacations and leaves of absence. With
the advent of the hot weather tho aver
age Treasury clerk began to figure upon
uiiumit-re 10 spenu ine month'
vacation usually allowed him. Mr;
Manning's order that all absences
should be taken from. the annual vaca
tions cast a gloom over the entire de
partment. Under a former ruling It
was held that a clerk might be absent
three months by reason of sickness, pro
vided he could show a certificate from a
physician that he was actually incapAcl
toted from duty and still draw his rav.
The abuse of this prlvllsgo has secured
its revocation. In ono of the bureaus a
clerk has been absent the full three
months, and has drawn iiay during the
i-ntire tune He ivr illness" as te
cause, although ho was seen on tho
streets and about the hotels dally; but
not a word was said to him or any ex
planation demanded, He had a physU
clan's certificate that he was sick, and
his superiors did not caro to go behind
tho returns. All nt once he recovered
and hasn't had a sick day since.
Mr. Felix Brannigan, of New York,
was lo-day appointed Assistant Attorney
In tho Department of Justice, to havo
charge of suits pending In the Court of
Claims, .Mr. Brannigan was for several
years law clerk In tho First Comptroller's
office and was clerk for tho House Cen
sus Committee In tho last Congress un
der S. S. Cox. Mr. Brannigan Is ono of
tho few veteran soldiers who received
tho bronzo medal of honor from Con
gress, serving In tho Sickles Excelsior
Brigade of New York, He is a gradu
ato of Columbia Law School and was
strongly Indorsed for tho position.
me Dcginuing of tho fiscal year
brought comparatively no changes In
tho State, War and Navy departments,
and tho clerk who feared that they
might possibly receive a dreaded yellow
envelope became reassured as the day
passed without being notified to quit,
In tho Stato Department there were two
or threo appointments made under civil
service rules to fill vacancies In the low
or grades. In the Navy Department
tho services of a carpenter In tlio Secre
tary's office were dispensed with because
there was no appropriation for his re
tention.
OUR SOUTHERN BUDGET
SouTutnx Pines, N.C., July 4,
HOW "THE DAY W15 CKI.KIinATK" WAS
onsrnviiD in the "TAniinr.i," state,
"(Jo, ling the bells, nnrt flro the guns,
Anil lllng the starrv banner out.''
To-day is the "Glorious Fourth," the
day of all days that true Americans like
to celebrate. There is a smell of burnt
powder in the air. and the horizon is be
decked with tho gay-colored symbol of
national liberty. Somehow I feel won
derfully braced up to-day. Many pco
plo feel that way on tlio Fourth of July,
but they get their inspiration in a differ
ent shape from what I have got mine
My inspiration comes from the fact that
wo havo had a regular old-fashioned cclc
liration down here.
T hero was a time, and I can remember
it well, when a Fourth of July eclebra
tion, oven in tlio country, meant some
thing. That was away up north, in the
beautiful beech woods of Pennsylvania
file boys saved their stray coppers for
weeks to buy powder with, even if it Lc
camo necessary to crawl under the can
vass of tho annual circus in order to
prnctico economy with satisfactory re
sults. Tlicncnmomidnightbofore the Fourth,
Silently, llko trailing shadows, tlio boys
emerged iroin their fitful slumbers in the
haymow. Muskets and shotguns would
''boli up serenely1' from somewhere. An
anvil mountod on a wheelbarrow would
bo in tho caro of skillful artillerists, and
the round of tho neighborhood would be
gin, lhen, small boys, get out of the
way. Farewell to slumber, ye nervous
people. Prepare for trouble, oh, ye un
happy possessors of young infants, for
tlio day of their tribulation is at hand.
Then the peoplo gathered in tho leafy
wood. In unison their voices wero
raised in tho triumphant singing of
''Hall, Cnlimibla, happy land 1
Hall, yor heroes, heaven-born band I"
Then some good reader read that
priceless boon from our forefathers, the
Declaration of Independence, after
which, tho voices of the multitude wero
again blended in tho patriotic romim-
branco of
".My native country, thee,
jjiiuu in urn iiiiuin lieu.
OI tlice I sins.
Then tlio orator of tho day, tlio anvil,
the muskets, the shotguns, tho torpedoes,
the firc-cru.cl;or3,tlic lemonado,tho pickles
the checse,and tho pretty girls all dressed
In white vere all let loose.
But that was many years ago. The
anvils are there yet, hut they make other
music in the blacksmith shops. The
shotguns nnd muskets do duty at fright
ening tlio corn-loving crow. Tlio lemon
ade, tlio pickles, tho cheese, and the
pretty girls aro all there, nnd, as pear aa
I can learn, doing their duty in tho best
manner possible. Hut the Declaration
of Independence, the patriotic songs, and
tho freedom-inspiring remarks have all
been laid mvuy, Traded off would bo
more truthful way of putting it, for what
was onco n celediiation of national
liberty has given place to pic-nics for
dudes and heart-smashers.
Down hero peoplo celebrato in tho
good old way. I am to-day in tho Capi
tal city of North Carolina. Tho noble
old oul; park that surrounds the State
House i alivo with joyous humanity.
Tho stars and stripes arc floating to tho
breeze from public buildings and privato
rcldeiice. A patriotic programme, in.
eluding cannon bhootlng, hell ringing,
whistle blowing, speech making, readin;
of Declarations of Independence, music
and fireworks, has been religiously car
ried out.
TWO DECIAllAriONS.
Many of my northern readers will
open their eyes in astonishment when I
tell tlicra that wo have two Declarations
of Indrpcndent-o in this State. But such
is'tlio fact. Besides tho National Dec
laration we have what Is known as the
Mecklenburg Declaration of Independ
encc. I his la a document more than one
year older than the instrument which
emanated from the continental congress.
Tile statement generally accepted in the
Stato is, that at a public meeting In
Charlotte, (then known at the "Hornets'
Nest"), Mecklenburg county, held on
May 20, 1773, n scries of resolutions was
adopted having a similar ring to that
other Declaration which was adopted by
the colonies the following year.
I would like to paint for you some odd
scenes and poculiar characters seen in
Italcigh to-day; hut shall havo to defer
that to tlio future. George Washington,
in bronze, stood at the south gate of the
oupitol, and seemed to stnilo approvingly
at the elegant diplay of fireworks. There
were some other things that ho did not
smile on wortli a cent, but they shall ho
nameleiM here until they can bo properly
spoken of. Patriotism hero means ruoro
than a name with an attachment of lem
onade ami frills. One such day us that
in Itulelgh makes tlio hoys all proud of
being Americans, and scls the older boys
lo finding tn tlicin.M-lwr
1 f "
"I wish I was a Yankee boy,
Aim whs at Homo niialn,
I'd suck sweet elder llinrngh a slraw,
And dsn lucvciy rain."
Hill l.tOBNSU (JUTJTION,
North Carolina tins a very liberal pol
cy, so far ns licensing tho sale of intoxi
cating drinks is concerned. Down hero
If a person w ants lo sell whisky ho buys
tho right to do so. You tec, that makes
Jack as good as his master. And yet
people don't drink any more with such
loose laws than tlicydo in regions where
tho right to cll lias a Chinese wall
about it with gales every few rods for
privalo use by thoso who won't tako ott
any license.
"aAnnEN sAas."
A letter from north-caslern Pennsyl
vania, hearing date of Sunday Inst, which
says: "Wo shall get nothing from our
garden for a month to come," Such talk
sounds strange to us down here. Tlio
season Is acknowledged to bo fully four
weeks lato, and yot tlio situation is some
thing liko this: Irish potatoes, ripe.
Peaches, ripe, Melons, ripe. Apples,
ripening, Lima Loans, ripening. To
matoes, getting ripe. Cucumbcro, first
crop nearly gone. Roasting cars on dock,
Plums, nearly gone. Blackberries, mid
dle of season. Huckleberries, In their
prime, New sweet potatocs.almcst here.
The weather is just lovely. So far (ho
summer Jinn boon no hotter than a north-,
cm summer, while the nights are much
colder. F. P. Woodward.
New Advertisements.
Williams, Clark & Co's
HIGH GRADE
Bono Fertilizers !
Americus Brand,
Royal Brand
and Universal,
ran -Wheat,
Grain and Grass !
TRY THESr.
F0R SAIiE B Y
A. Mehrkam & Son,
LEHIGIITQN, PA.
Jv U-w4
"OEPORT OF THE C0XDITI0X nl
JLV the FIRST NATIONAL DANK.
At LrbUhton. Ill thxStnte orPetiniyhAnh.at the
close of tiuilne, July lat, 1834:
BcsoimctR.
Loam and dlicounts J66.S21.80
Over.lrsn 3VOT.O0
U. S. Uontls to rectire circulation . . 7&.000 U0
Other htockf,lion6.ani mortices. 21,27500
tue fiom approved it-serve amenta . 1.088 8-'
Mile from otber N'ttlonal Hanks , . 1,6 42W
Uttri from Sl'tte llitnka anil Uankera, V, 6t.?7
1(k:i1 estate, furniture. ti-J fixture-. . 8, 617.8(1
Current uxponscs unit Ixxcs jialil , 1 0302'
Premiums paid 7,k0.i-u
Checks and other onsh Items . . 83.70
llllla ul oilier Hanks 2,100 011
t-raitUnal ptpercurruncy,uckels, and
pennies , 10.87
Specie , at 7.15
l.efal tender notes S10JUU
ICedeQiprlon fund w llh U. 3, TrtMiu-
ry (5 per ceut. of circulation) . '1,375.00
I'otal iUlOlS.-Ji
llAmutm.
Capital stock paid In . . ..... T5.rdO On
iurphi. fund 10 210.110
UnilltMeil profits 7,0j7.O3
Natlunal Uunk notes outstanding . 67,.MM.Od
UiviileiHla Unpaid , 411 60
IndlviduaUlt-Lio'ttaauotecttoclieck. , 7''.&01.Uj
UerllOed (Jlieck 05 oj
c'usliicr 's ciiccKs out'tiimilrw . . 2t on
Pile liiolller .Nnllulidl ll.inka .... 187 &1
lluo to stato lunks and Jianurs . . 0.17
Total r'2S,UJ.:J
SUle of nmtlvanta, Cuunty of CarVoji, ss ;
T. W. W Ilownnn. Cai-liler ot the nlTe-named
bank, dn auleuitily awear tti-tt the ttftY0 atatemenl
la true to the bast of wy khutrlt de and Ulirf.
W. iv. nuiY.'iAH, uanier.
KiltmcrPiedand awoin biilbru niu thla Stll day of
July. I8f&. . .....
11. v. Muimujir.u, an., noi. i-uoim,
Cnrrm.1 Aiteii Thus. Kemcrer. A. J.
Hurling. Dennis Uoiruiun, Directors
juiy xi. jaso.
evi
157 I .
1MO 3H5
siinuspue
sMdiio Aagn
'jnaauij'jEaiBSDU
S98I
Important to Canvassers
WANTED l,iva Canvassers In every
rnuntv in the United States tn sell FOX'S
PATENT IlEVEUSIDhE SAD IUON,
which comb ties twnSs.il lmn, I'tiliaher,
Fl liter, Sett., one iron rloing the work ol an
entire set of onllnnry irons. It is aelf
heatintr liv cm or alcohol lamp. DOES
AWAY WITH HOT KITCHENS, l'rice
moderate. A large an'l luslltiR income in
suretl lo Eo.ul rmivasinrs AiMren, f"
circulars. Ac. FOX 8AD IUON CO. 95
Renile street, N. Y.
WANTEBB
A HAN I
Intelligent, ainbillous, en creel
o, to secure titirl fill nur orders
in this section. Jtrspr.nsililr
House. Itelerence exruanMl
Als. in dinerenl department SAI ARV
t...i a r.ivtuinj ii,.B.1J'!U'Ml "
S$75t0$100
1,585. N Y.
jyj" IlClX-tlA-V & CO.,
BANK STREET. Lehiehton, Pa,
JIll.LKIlH and Dealers la
Flour and Feed.
UlUlcdtof CHAIN BOUGHT nod SOLD
ItEUULAR MARKET HATES.
We would, also, lespccttnlly Inform ourclti
ens that we are now folly prepared to uu
LYtLeui with
The Best of Coal
rromenyMIn desired at VSlt
LOWEST PIIICF.S.
M. UEILMAN & OO.
DANIEL WIEAND,
Carriages, Wajons,Sleighs, &c
conriin or,
I1ASK AM) IKOX STKi:ETH,
LKU1UUTON, I'tHNA,,
l'artlcular attention given to
REPAIRING
In all Its details, at the very Lowest Prices.
Vatronairt) respectfully solicited and per
off satisfaction zuarauteed.
i.jP. Hly 1-AH WJUAJfl),
Wt ME 10W HEADY
Trunks and VaUses in Great Variety!
CLAUSS & BROTHER,
w ,J-a,?k Street. Lehighton, Penn'a.
Spring & Summer Opening.
-FOR
SPRING & SUMMER SEASON !
Having secured ih services of a F,iSlWA'ABLE NEW YORK 2I1LT.IXEII I
nm prepareil Li MAKE UP nt llm sli.triMl tmticu RATS OU BONNETS ia the MOi'Ti
STYLISH MANNER at the LOWEST l'RICE3 In th's Voll.v.
MISSPELLS NUSBAUM, Lehighton, Pa.
April 18, 18S5-U13.
WILLIAM
Respectfully announces to his iriends and the people pen-
J,',"r.?,Wo,,rn.'rt nml 1,10 surrounding country that lie lias REMOVED his DRUO
t. roil 13 from Into Htrcet, tnto lint llipldlnjr lately occupied hv it Kit N A HI) VO(l f, on
tlio corner of White and Bridge Streets, and Invlios a call. He Is prepared to furnish
PURE DRUGS & MEDICINES, TOILET Sc FANCY
l.'oods, Clitiii'o Qlncs nml Liquors, fur Meillclnnl I'nr)oiis, Fine Ilrondi
orTiihacoi) mid I Iiinrs,
Stationery, Wall Paper and Borders, &c, Sec,
at l.OWKST I'moES. I'Ht.SUKUM'ltlNSe.irerully compounded. Day orNlght
1'alroniiKC solicited nnd satisfaction uuaruntocd In l'rlco and lluallty of Uaods Sold.
W. fjiert. Corner White ami
April
Biggest Ready-Made Clothing
Stock for
Largest Assortment in the City.
-IN
Everybody is Pleased with our
lobIy OMMren. Clotting !
Newest Styles, Neatest Fits Lowest Prices I
Now Novoltiea Received Every Day !
Schnunnan R-otlx & Co.,
719 Hamilton Street, Allentown.
SIGN OF THE GOI DI N ANCHOK. Apr.l !, 1885-Bm
LEWIS
respectfully informs his many, friends and customers that ho
has removed his BOOT AND SHOE STOr E
LEWIS WEISS,
AifH I, ISSi ly
-:oj-
Mtving nnw received our SPBINQ and
SUMMER STOCK of the Latest Designs in
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC .
Cloths, Cassimeres and Suitings,
wo are (ireparrd lo till your orders fur mils or parts of aulUmadu
up In the iii3tl fashionable stylos, bjr the belt workmen, aUhtt
remarknlilo low price of
$10. per Suit
Uonlfo Invito apcclnl attention to our Immense stook of
Fashionable, Sljles of
Hais, Caps, Boots, Slices anil Gaiters
lor Old St Youn?, Rich A I'oor at HOCK 80TT0JI miCESf
Gents' Furnishing Goods,
Our stock In this deportment has never been so complete ii
It Is ot present. It comprises all the newest novelties and do.
signs. Vr'e have overytlilng that Is new In
Ties, Collars and Cuffs,
II you ileslro anything in this lino you .an And It here.
J.'i'i "l "10 Fashionable.
MILLINERY STORK of
en immenso New Slock of Milll,
nerv Goods comprising
Hats, Bonnets,
Ribbons, Flowers,
Notions, &c.,
TIIE-
JF. BIJER T,
Bridge Streets, Weissport- Fa.
largains
-Ahv-iys tho best assortment in tho
City. Cnll nnd he Convinced.
Don't Forget Our Cnstom Department
Wc Turn Out Stylish Goods
And First-Class File !
Gent's Furnising Goods!
Soring Styles!
WEISS
Into the NEW BUILDIN0, nearly
opjioslte his Old -Slant, ana that lie
Is now reoeivlHK and opening up lot
their iaspcetlon a very large and
fashionable line ot well-ielecttd
Boots, Shoes,
Gaiters,
Hats, Caps,
UMBRELLAS.&c,,
suitable for
SPRING and SUMMER WEAR,
AT PRICES TO SUIT
THE TIMES
and Invites you to call and examine
Goods and learn prices before pur.
cbsilai elsewhere. BATISKAC.
TION In all osies fully gusrsnteed.
Itemeuiber.THK NKW STOBEop.
poslte the foot of
IK X STUEET,
BAM Street, LEHIGHTON.