br4am. INDEPENDENT AND PROGRESSIVE LANCASTER CITY, PA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1868 PROSPECTUS! 64 FATHER ABRAHAM" CONTENTED AND ENLARGED Letters of "Pit Schweffiebrenner.” OFFICE OF " FATTIER ABRAHAM," ORTH-EAST ARCMS OF CENTRIC SQUARE, LANCASTER, PA. Encouraged by a large number of our Re publican friends in various parts of the coun try, we have concluded to continue the publi cation of FATHER ABRAHAM as a perma nent institution. It has been considerably enlarged and otherwise improved ; it will con tinue to be an illustrated newspaper ; the very popular and amusing productions of "PIT SCHWEFFLEBRENNER" will also con tinue, and we feel safe iu assuring the public that his forthcoming series of letters will be quite as interesting as those of the past. The price of subscription will not be increased— ONLY ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CTS. A YEAR, IN ADVANCE, for a single sub scriber. We deem it unnecessary to say anything as to the political character of FATHER ABEA uAm. 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For fifteen subscribers, in a pack age, to one address, at 61.50 each, we will fuinish the engraving. 2 - 41 - Payment at st be marls in advance in all , uses. Address RAUCH & COWMAN, Editors and Publishers, Lancaster, Pa THE STATE OF MANHATTEN. It is proposed to create a new State, to be called Manhatten, and to be composed of the cities of New York and Brooklyn, Kitws and several otheradjoining counties, comprising - about one third of the popula tion of the present State of New York. To create such a new State, a bill for that purpose must first pass the Legislature of New York, and then the Con; , ress of the ilitod States. Manhatten would be in tens,ly democratic--by seventy-live thou sand majority. and the old State of New York would be just as strongly Republi can. That some measure is necessary to protect the people of New York against the wholesale election frauds perpetrated every year in the wickedest city in the world, is admitted by all. Twenty-live thousand aliens were naturalized just before the last election, who never went near the courts. In a single ward over two thousand fictitious names were regis tered, and voted by repeaters. The elec titai was notoriously a farce, and the peo ple of the great State of New York were defrauded out of their choice for Governor and Presidential electors. The only remedy, probably, will be to cut oil' this proposed new State of' Man batten, and then let them cheat each other as much as they please, for then they will have the entire field to themselves. Let us have the new State of Manhatten, by all means. HOW IS IT 1 Will the State Guard please inform us and its readers how a man can act the rogue in politics, and be an honest man " in his personal and business acts?" We want to know, for we cannot reconcile the two extremes. THE REPUBLICANS OF THE DEMO CRATIC COIJNITM Last week we referred to the system of wrong and gross injustice on the part of the Republican majority of the Pennsyl vania Legislature towards the one hundred and fourteen thousand true, well-tried and ever-reliable Republicans of the Demo cratic counties, during the last three or four years. We have since received sev eral ably-written communications on this subject from leadingßepublicans of Berks, Lehigh, York, Schuylkill and Northamp ton. We have space for only one of them, which appears in another column, and to which we invite particular attention. At the last election, on the 3d instant, 342,280 Republican votes were cast in Pennsylvania. Of this number, 227,300 were cast in the Republican counties, and 114,980 in the Democratic counties. These figures include Philadelphia as a Republican city. But, as political parties are somewhat mixed there, and as a num ber of the Philadelphia Legislative dis tricts are also represented by Copper heads of the worst kind, the fair way to draw this comparison and show up the system of injustice and wrong under which our Republican brethren of Democratic counties have been compelled to submit to omit Philadelphia inc our figures to the By so doing, we find icon votes were cast , ounties, and 114,980 he Democratic coun- for years, would be altogether, and con interior counties. that 166,315 Republ in the Republican c Republican votes in ties, as follows: Adams 2,917 Bedford 2,687 Berks 7,917 Bucks 7,085 Cambria 9 ,935 Carbon 2,188 Centre 3,429 Clarion 1,998 Clearfield 1,974 Clinton 2,056 Columbia 2,143 Cumberland 4,171 Eel 1551311:1 Fulton Greene. Juniati, Here, then, we have the official figures to prove that, even without including Phila delphia in the list of Republican districts, over one-third of the entire Republican vote of the State is cast in the Copperhead coun ties. But, as Philadelphia returned a ma jority for the Democratic ticket in October last, and elected the local Democratic ticket—although by fraud and violence— it may he fair to add the city to the above column of Democratic counties, which would add just 60,985 to the 11.1,080, making in all 175,965 Republican votes cast in Democratic counties, against 166,- 315 in the Republican counties. But, as we only desire fairness and equal justice all round, we do not insist upon the cor rectness of adding Philadelphia to the col umn of Democratic counties. To leave it out of the question altogether is probably the only fair way to arrive at the true figures. Be this as it may, it is an unde niable fact that over one-third of all the Republicans of Pennsylvania, as Republi cans, have no representation in our Legis lature. In the distribution of patronage they count nothing, and when they ask for just and proper legislation they get 13.00 18.00 22.00 nothing The remedy is a very simple one. It is this: Give the Republicans of the Demo cratic counties--our true and well-tried friends who never desert their colors—a fair, just and reasonable share of the pa tronage of the State; not for the sake of office, but, for justice sake, and, as an lion orable recognition Of their commendable DEVOTION TO PIUNTIPLE. When the Re publicans of York, B;mks, Lehigh, Lu zerne, Schuylkill, Montgomery or other Democratic . counties ask for legislation, calculated to aid, strengthen and encour age them in fighting the battles of the Republican party, let them have it, whether the Democratic representatives of the dis trict, who were elected as Democrats, and to represent only the interests of their party, like it or not. In other words, stand up for our Republican friends every where—in York as well as in Dauphin; in Ilerks as well as in Lancaster; in Schuyl kill as well as in Lebanon. As the great party of progress and civilization, let us be magnanimous and just. THE VOTE OF THE CITIES. We extract the following from an ex tended list of the votes of cities prepared 1)y a contemporary Sey7llo2l2'. Grant. To:al. New York 107,669 47,778 158,447 Philadelphia 58,744 ...... 61,2 W 120,006 Brooklyn 38,031 9 13,686 64,707 Chicago 17,256 99 ,425 39,681 Cincinnati 13,241 18,035 31,276 Baltimore 21,601 9,05 0 30,653 St. Louis 13,438 16,136 29,574 Boston 12,233 15,331 27,566 San Francisco 13,607 12,194 25,701 New Orleans 23,897 276 24,173 Buffalo 7,587 9,198 17,755 Newark, N. J...... 8,410 9,316 17,726 Albany 8,138 6,228 14,369 Cleveland 5,739 7.890 13,629 Pittsburg 6,46° 8,076 13,538 Detroit • 6,444 5,908 12,352 Milwaukee 6,993 4,967 11,960 Rochester, N. Y... 5,147 5,406 10,553 Louisville 8,874 1,407 10,281 HewHaven,Conn. 5,505 3,825 9,330 Troy, N. Y 4,990 4,305 9,295 Mobile 4,851 4,141 8,992 Jersey City 5,750 2,691 8,541 It will be observed from this table that the cities near the sea-board, exposed to t the greatest intlux of ignorant and degra ded foreigners, and where vice and crime exist in their lowest forms; those "fester ing sores on the body politic," give in variably the heaviest Democratic majori ties. Lehigh 5,004 Luzerne 10,723 Lycoming 4,713 Monroe 812 Montgomery 8,083 Montour 1,269 Northampton ....4,791 NorthumberPd...3,B2s Pike 370 Schuylkill 8,707 Sullivan 473 Wayne 9 ,909 Weetmoreland....s,2Bs Wyoming. 1,623 York 6,449 sua 1,809 1,473 Total 114,080 THE PHILADELPHIA CUSTOM HOUSE. Conflict of Authority. The conduct of Andrew Johnson and his Secretary *of the Treasury, towards Col. Cake, collector of the Port of Phila delphia, is extremely overbearing and of fensive. For some time, elthrts were made to of the removal of Col. Cake, but all charges against him have fallen to the ground. his opponents—the copper heads, bread-and-butter scalawags, and Johnsonian lick-spittles, in the hope of making the collector's position so extreme ly disagreeable as to compel him to resign, have even attempted to take from him his clear and unquestionable right of appoint ing and removing his subordinates. A few months ago, McCullough, Johnson's Secretary of the Treasury, sent a list of about thirty names—copperhead roughs, of the Billy McMullin stamp—with direc tions that they should be appointed by the collector, who very properly refused to submit to such dictation. Just before the October election, the democracy became economical—just for buncomb—and the same Secretary ordered the Collector to discharge twelve day inspectors. As this was a reduction of force, Col. Cake at once obeyed, and twelve very nasty, treacher ous and incompetent copperheads received their walking papers. This, of course. didn't suit Andy Johnson, and his Secre tary, and the reduction of force, for the time, was ordered to be stopped. On the 19th inst., the collector received a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, as follows: TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Nov. 17, 1866 —Sir : Upon the recommendation of a special agent of the Department, the services of the following-named Inspectors at your port will be dispensed with after the 20th instant, after which day their names will be dropped at this Department. [The names of twelve Republican Inspect ors were inserted.] I am very respectfully yours, H. McCULLOCH, Secretary of the Treasury.. To J. L. CAKE. The Collector, who is alone responsible for the official acts of the Inspectors, no bly refused to comply with this order, and instead of dismissing the twelve Republi cans, just so many copperheads are now headless. So far, Col. Cake is ahead. What the next move will be to bring this faithful public servant into submission re mains to be seen. We guess he means to fight it out on this line. UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE. Let every citizen have a vote—whether white or black. The men who declaim against it are actuated by prejudice— nothing else. Colored suiftage iH no novelty in our Commonwealth. For a century and a half freedom was the only condition of the ballot fin• the men Of Penn sylvania. The llimesdale Republican sketches so clearly and succinctly flue his tory of stara ,, e in this state that we quote its trenchant paragraphs in full, admira ble as they are in style and brevity: In 1682 William Penn promulgated " The Frame of Government" of Pennsylvania, under authority of the charter granted him by King Charles 11. In this document the right of suffrage is given, without restriction, to " the freemen of said province." In 1701 Penn granted what is known as the "Charter of Privileges." By this instrument the right of suffrage was broadly given to " the Ireenten of each respective county.” The first constitution of Pennsylvania was adopted in 1776. The convention that framed this instrument was presided over by Benja min Franklin. It gave the right of suffrage to "every freeman of the full age of 21 years." The men of the Revolution, while asserting their own rights and liberties against proscrip thm, were careful to stand fast by the cardinal idea of the political equality of all men. In 1790 a new constitution was framed. Thomas Mfflin presided over the convention that made it. This instrument gave the right to vote to " every freeman over the age of 21 years." In 1839 the constitution was revised. John Sergeant presided over the convention. The basis of suffrage was changed, so as to include only "every ?elate freeman of the age of 21 years." For one hundred and fifty-six years black men, if black they were, voted in Pennsylva nia on precisely the same conditions as white men. None of the evils now predicted of black suffrage were experienced. Neither the mental nor social equality of the two races was thereby established. Amalgamation, neither through matrimony or without, was encouraged. Not a black man was made Go vernor or Legislator. Social order was not subverted. The Government was not made by white men for white men, but by all men for the benefit of all. THE MAJORITY PARTY. At the recent elections, for the first time, the Republican party became the party of the majority. It has in New England nearly two hundred thousand majority; in the middle States, including New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Penn sylvania and Ohio, sixty thousand ; in the western States, including Missouri, over two hundred thousand, and, had the Southern States been so protected in the right of suffrage as to enjoy a free election, Grant would have had a majority with Virginia, Texas and Mississippi includ ed—as it is, latest reports make about seventy-five thousand majority against him. The Middle and the Southern States, therefore, about balance each other ; New England and the Northwest roll up about four hundred thousand majority for the Republican party. There can no longer be any excuse for pretending that the Re publicans are in the minority. They represent the whole people. They repre sent a powerful minority at the South, and an overwhelming majority in the old free States. Gr We are under great obligations to many of our editorial brethren for their very friendly and complimentary notices of the enlargement and general improve ment Of FATHER ABRAHAM. HON. EDWARD IItePHEHSON. The many friends of this gentleman, who was formerly a resident of this city, will learn with pleasure that he has been spoken of in connection with the position of Post-Master General under the new administration. A Chambershurg cor respondent of the Erie /?c) u. thus alluds to him: "Hon. Edward McPherson, Clerk of the National House of Representatives, is from this ditoFict, from which he was elected to Congreeein 1860. At the close of his service in the Renee, as a utetnber, he was elected to his present position, in which he has main tained the exalted character lie showed him self as possessed of while serving as a repre sentative. Next to Schuyler Colfax, no officer of the House has been more popular than has Hon. Edward McPherson. His political man ual has made the masses acquainted with him all over the land, as a clear thinker and sys tematic worker for the people. We have heard him spoken of several times as Post master General in the next Administration. If he shall be chosen for that, position, the people will be served as faithfully as by Ben jamin Franklin, the first head of that Depart ment." FORNEY'S WEEKLY PRESS. The Christmas number of FORNEY'S WEEKLY PRESS will contain a very large variety of original first class reading mat ter. Among the forthcoming productions are the following : "Ilow a Republican Soldier won a Southern wife on Christ mas day," by Col. John W. Forney, the editor ; " The last Fly of the Season," by lion. John Hickman ; "The 'History and Mystery of au Irish Wedding," by R. Shelton Mackenzie ; " Hans Breitmann's Christmas," by Charles G. Leland; "Done in the Dark," by A. E. Lancaster, and " Christmas under Fire," by Capt. W. W. Nevin. Many other articles, stories, po ems, and other productions, original and selected, are also announced. We risk nothing in saying that the Christmas number of the Press will lw a literary pro duction second to no other of its kind in this or any other country. CHARACTERISTIC. The Washington correspondent of the Boston Journal says: It is pitiable to be hold the Democratic officeholders here, who have been for months past denounc ing Grant, Colfax, Sumner, Butler, and other Republicans in foul and despicable language, now cringing abjectly, and im ploring "an era of good feeling," charac terized by no removals from office on po litical grounds. Like the British political parson, who cared not whether King or Parliament, Puritan or Papist ruled, so that he could remain Vicar of Bray, these place-holding weathercocks will now mount the Republican platform if they can retain their official livery. The Democratic As sociation hero asked humbly to Ine permit ted to parade with the Republicans in honor of Grant's•return. although IH‘dics of colored men were to be in the rinks. MAGNANIMITY. Let us hope that the incoming, Admin istration will rememl)er that although cop perhead snakes cannot spring like the ti ger, they can crawl venomously, and un dermine; that though tliiese nois(one rep tiles cannot throttle like the wolf, they can corrode and poison vitality until death ensues. Place-holding Democrats say that it would be magnaninums for the Repub licans to forget their friends and to caress their enemies! But is it magnanimous to arm a beaten foe with implements for re gaining their lost cause? The :Democrats, cunning, and shrewd, never evinced this species of magnanimity, but lost no time. after regaining, power, in erecting, their political guillotine. Let the Republicans profit by the example, and let all Demo crats now in office seek sonic other employ ment without delay. GRANT DI PHILADELPHIA. Gen. Grant spent two or three days in Philadelphia, last week. He called to see several prominent gentlemen, among others the Ilon. Horace Nancy, now considerably over SO years of age. On Friday he dined at the Union League, and was serenaded, in the evening, at the League house. lie afterwards attended the Opera at the Academy of Music for a few minutes, and was received with great applause. No speeches were made at the chimer, and the party was alto gether of a social character. Ile received all who called upon him with cordiality, but declined all public receptions. GENERAL BUTLER. Every patriot and loyal man will learn with sorrow that Maj. Gen. B. F. Butler is lying very ill at his residence in Lowell, Mass. The telegraph states that his friends are very much concerned about his situation, and great liars are enter tained that lie will not recover. The death of Gen. Butler, at this time, would be a national calamity. —We are glad to learn, since the above was written, that Gen. Butler's health is improving. Mu. J. C. WHITE, while on his way to Swatara colliery, Schuylkill county, on Saturday last, with $15,000, to pay the hands at that colliery, was waylaid by five Irishmen, mostly "Maguires, ,, who were after his money. A policeman named Kiouser, who was with Mr. White, cap tured one of them, after putting two balls into him, and he is now in jail. ONE day last week, the horribly muti lated body of a man was found on the rail road between Watsontown and Dewart, Northumberland county. A pass was found on him bearing the name of James Gannon. M 7 mr , 'Fs. *wader of a Wealthy Lady. On Sunday evening, about ten o'clock, great e;diftnent was created in the neigh. ,rhood of Tenth and Pine greets, Philadel phia, by the discovery of the body of an elderly lady lying in the yard of the spadous mansion at the northeast corner of Tenth and Pine streets. An investigation showed the body to be that of Mrs. Hill, a wealthy lady, who resided in the house. On ea amuung the body it was found that • the brains had been beaten out with a poker, which was found covered with blood, and lying near the sofa where it was supposed Mrs. 11111 was reclining at the time of the murder. Traces of blood were visible from the sofa to the window of an adjoining second story room, and on the lintel a large quantity of blood was discovered, caused evidently by the body being thrown out into the yard from this point. After the arrival of the officers the body was taken into the house with the assistance of the son-in-law of Mrs. Hill, George H. Twitchell. After investi gation, suspicion fell on Mr. Twitchell as the perpetrator of the deed, and on examining his person, blood stains were found on his shirt cuffs and pants, causing this impression to be strength ened. He was taken to the station house, at Fifteenth and Locust streets, to await the investigation of the Coroner. Another account says : The room where the supposed murder was committed is mag nificently furnished, and the entire premises show all the evidences of refinement and wealth. A sofa under the window is cover ed with blood, and the act was evidently com mitted upon it. From the sofa trails of blood reach into the next room, and the win dow of that room is marked by bloody finger prints, showing where the victim was pre cipitated into the court below. Alongside of the sofa, in the inner room, was found a poker covered with blood and hair. The prisoner, Twitchell, will give no account of the affair further than that the lady commit ted suicide by jumping out of the window. All the evidence is against this view of the case, however, and the crowds which visited the premises last evening were of the unani mous opinion that a vile murder had been committed. Mrs. Hill was very wealthy, and it is supposed that the murderer or mur derers hoped by this unholy means to obtain possession of her money. The social stand ing of the parties gives an especial interest to the case which, in the horrid destinctness of its details has hardly, if ever, had a par allel in this city. [Communicated.] "THE MINORITY COUNTIES." To THE Encrotts OF 4 ‘FATFIER AMIN 11A31."—Gentianen: Your article on the position and claims of the Republicans re siding in those counties in which they con stitute a minority of the voters, was both just and opportune. We rijoiee to havea champion whose position may make him influential, and secure for our cause a favorable hearing. We contend that we do our whole duty under more disadvan tageous circumstances than those which surround our brethren of Laneasb r, ( 'hes tor, Allegheny and the other Republican counties of the State. They are sustain ed by the majority—they command all the local positions and patronage—every thing is favorable to them, and they have aid and comfort from which we are cut off Being potential in legislative assemblies, and able to give votes for U. S. ••:eitator, state' Treasurer, &c., &e., they are first served always by the State Committee, especially should its Chairman, Treasurer or other officer have a longing desire to till a curate chair under the magnificent donee and floating flag at Washington. Ah! you Lancaster folk. and others like favorably situated, are " the curled dar lings" of the i politicians. We are snubbed, pooh-poohed, treated like poor relations or country cousins, except, indeed, when we may happen to count through our delegates in a State Conven tion, or our votes are wanted to elect some State officer, when all at once it is remem bered, and we are told with an air of sol emn and superior wisdom and with peda gogical authority, that -we must be good boys and vote the ticket, and even that one of our ballots in Codorus. North Heidelberg, White Hall or Upper Mount Bethel counts as many as one cast in War wick, West Chester, Derry, or the biggest Republican ward in smoky Pittsburg or Philadelphia, of spotless political fame. The election over, however, and the vic tory gained, we are at once remitted to our "normal spear,'' as Nasby would say, and at Harrisburg and Washington are regarded as gorillas, and consigned to the tender mercies of copperheads. Now, this has gone on long enough, and we will not stand it any longer. Gen. Grant is elected, and a Republican Congress. He is strong enough to finish the work, and has the backing. Two years is long enough to do it in. If not done then, it never will lx'. The tremendous issues which have been joined, and the great interests at stake, have compelled Republicans everywhere to postpone and subordinate all minor considerations—personal feeling, local pride and questions of less vital im portance—to the great object of saving the country. Now, we give fair notice and warning that we will be trampled upon no longer. If Legislatures choose to ignore us, we will in turn ignore them. If they compel us to wear the copperhead yoke, why there is a way of getting our necks out of the bows, and gaining favor with those to whom we have been sold out by the men who owe their fortunes to our votes. The Republicans of " minority counties" hold the balance of power. There is significance in that faet. They can turn the scale. Do you prate about principle? What have we not done for its sake these long years? Abandoned and spit upon by our friends—persecuted and proscribed by the political enemy, we have not shrunk from the discharge of any duty, and have come up year after year with in creased numbers to the help of the party in the State; and last year, when the Re publicans of Allegheny, Lancaster, Phila delphia, &c., faltered and fell back through supineness and indifference, surrendering the State to the copperheads, neither in York nor Berks did the latter increase their majority. This year we have more than fulfilled every just expectation. We have done all for the sake of principle. What sort of principle is that which prompts your representatives to turn their backs upon us and deny every request which we lay before them? We have gained now the great end of the contest— the conqueror of Lee in the field is the victor over his friends and allies at the ballot-box, and we demand recognition, or we throw ourselves on our reserved rights, and strike in vindication of the g r eat doc trine of Liberty and Equality. YORK. goal *two. THE COVET CONTINUED.— Thursday Afternoon: The counsel in the case of Bar bara /3oerger, indicted for the larceny of a kettle containing four pounds of butter, from Mrs. Satan Kautz, occupied the most of Thursday afternoon's session. The jury, on Friday morning, returned a verdict of not guilty. Geo. P. Colwell (colored) was charged with having stolen, in August last, from Amos C. Lehman, residing near Springville, some oats, butter, &c., and also a two bushel bag. It was proven that a pass book with Colwell's name on it, was found in Lehman's stable, a short time after the larceny was committed; that a bag with Lehman's name on it was found at Colwell's house, which Lehman said was the bag stolen from him. A large num ber of witnesses were examined for the de fendant. It was proven that the bag had been in Colwell's possession 'some eight months before the larceny, and that Colwell had obtained it lawfully; an alibi was set up, and several witnesses testified that Colwell was at another place when the larceny was committed, &c. Evidence was produced to sustain the theory that some one who had committed the theft had stolen Colwell's pass book and placed it Ia Lehman's stable, in order to get Colwell into the scrape, and clear their own skirts. The good reputation of the defendant was also proven by a number of witnesses. Colwell was acquitted. Friday Morning: Caroline Green, alias Smith, a negro woman, was accused of steal ing about $l2 worth of oak bark from Jacob Plank, of Salisbury township. Found guilty, with a recommendation of mercy by the jury. Sentenced to one month in county prison. Bernard Bokum was charged with stealing from Mrs. Wolfert, who keeps a tavern in East King street, a new bed-quilt and a trav eling bag. Found guilty, and sentenced to 8 months' boarding at Sensenig's castle. James Stotts, (colored) was charged with stealing a ten dollar bill from a " gentleman of color" of Columbia, named Lloyd. He was acquitted. A verdict of not guilty was taken in the case of Mary Ann Shirbers, (colored,) she having been in prison two months. - She had been indicted for assault and battery. Kofroth was indicted for illegally in creasing the population of "The Old Guard," with Mary Ann Herr, of Mt. Airy, Salisbury township. Tho prosecutrix was of a weak mind, and the Records of the Court were pro duced to stiow that on the 18th of March, 1864, a trustee was appointed to take care of her property and herself. The jury found Kofroth guilty, and his counsel moved for a new trial. Friday Afternoon: Mary Diugleberger was indicted for Malicious Mischief. She and Mrs. Ville had a misunderstanding about the children, and Mrs. V. threw water at Mrs. D., and the latter drove the former into her house, and broke a panel from the door, in her efforts to get in. The jury acquitted Mrs. D., but directed her to pay the costs. Saturday Morning: A no/pros. was entered by the District Attorney, in the case of John Mowrey, indicted for stealing a watch. Charles Engles was returned to Court for deserting his wife. Complaints were made by him that the wife did not come up to the standard he set up, of a faithful wife, and that she deserted him instead of he deserting her. The wife said that his conduct was in tolerable—that he called her all kinds of ugly names, &c. After the Witnesses were heard, the Court directed the parties to go at keep ing house again, and behave themselves. Slrah Herman, who was complained against for Surety of the Peace and Assault and Bat tery, was discharged. This closed the trial of cases, and the wit nesses and jurors were discharged. The Grand Jury Report was handed to the Court, and read. It states that they had acted upon 110 indictments, of which 57 were ignored and 53 returned as true bills, and ap proved the application for three bridges. The offences for which indictments had been pre sented, were principally of a light grade. The other part of the report speaks of the good condition of the County buildings, and pays compliments to the officers under whose charge they are placed. The last paragraph but one is addressed to the members of the bar, and we shall now have a reform in the matter complained of—perhaps Here it is : "The attention of the jury has been called to the rather common habit of attorneys brow beating witnesses, and while we disclaim any discourtesy toward the Court, we beg leave to advert to this discreditable practice, in the hope that the evil be speedily abated." THE REAL ESTATE MARKET : Jacob Gundaker, Auctioneer, on Friday last, sold to Andrew Spruice, a one-story house in North Water street, belonging to the estate of A. J. Weitmyer, for 8980. Mr. Gundaker also sold to Franz Esker, a few evenings since, a one story frame house in High street, belonging to John Kadle, for 8540. Messrs. Keller & Tshudy have sold the Litiz Brewery to Messrs. Bruckhart L Kauff man, for $28,500. A farm of 140 acres, belonging to the estate of James Truman, deceased, in Sadsbury township, Chester county, was sold at public sale by the executors, on November 11th, to Samuel Kafroth and Gabriel Carpenter, of Lancaster county, for $64.25 per acre. The Mansion House hotel property at the Gap, in this county, has been sold by the pro prietor, John S. Wallace, to Geo. Diller, of Salisbury, for $7,000. Peter Stauffer has sold his mill property with several acres of land, in Upper Leacock township, to Abraham Shoibly, for $19,000. A W. Russel has sold the Black Horse lintel, in North Queen-st., to Jesse Lutz, for $17,000. Henry Shubert, Auctioneer, on Saturday evening, sold a lot of ground with one-story brick dwelling and other buildings, in North Prince street, belonging to Mrs. Mary Ann Achey, for $2.220. Henry Franke purchaser. A double two-story brick dwelling house and lot of ground in East Orange street, be longing to the estate of James Buchanan, deceased, was sold at public sale on Thursday evening of last week, by Jacob Gundaker, auctioneer, for $1,890. Jeremiah McElligott, purchaser. Farm of John S. Landis, in Manheim town ship, of 100 acres, with improvements, sold to Henry Landis, sr., at $240 per acre. Farm of George Meck, in Manheim town ship, of 42 acres, with buildings, sold to Reu ben Line, at $l9O per acre. Dwelling House and Wagonmaker shop o Jacob Esbenshade, in Manheim township, with about half an acre of ground, sold to Henry Bomberger, for $2,050. Farm of John Bear, in Upper Leacock, of 80 acres, with buildings, sold to Peter Summers, at $2lO per acre. The Oxford Press states that the assigned property of Joshua Eckman, in Colerain township, Lancaster county, was sold by Wm. N. Galbraith, assignee, on the 24th of Sep tember, as follows: No. 1-110 acres sold to Win. Hogg, of same township, at $Bl per acre ; No. 2-106 acres, sold to Dr. John Mar tin and Adam Draucher, of Bart township, at $33.35 per acre; No. B—the undivided fourth of 258 acres, sold to Isaac Montgomery, of Eden township, at $35. per acre. CHANGE IN RAILROAD TIME : On Mon day last the new winter schedule of the Penn sylvania Railroad went into operation, the trains leaving Lancaster station as follows : EASTWARD.WESTWARD. Cincin. Ex....12:17 p. m.! Erie Mail.— 1:50 a. m. Phila.Expresss:l9* " {Phila. Exp... 2:40 " Fast Line 7:09 " Mail 11:15 " Lane. Train.. 9:05 " ;Fast Line..... 2:85 p. m. Day Express. 1:45 a.m.!Coinmbla Ac. 2:45 " Harrisbl A0..6:114 IHarrisTbrotg inAs. 5:54 44 e. 7:29 C Lan inain. Ex...... 1038 " flanges have been made trains eastward except ad in all going west incaster train. It will be seen that c in the time of all the the Lancaster train, except the mail and L
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