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INDEPENDENT AND PROGRESSIVE.
FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1870.
LANCASTER CITY, OA.
Economy, Retrenchment, Faithful Collection
of the Revenue and Payment of the Public
Debt.--43RANT.
BUSINESS NOTICE.
AIR. S. BAKER YOUNG, the Lancaster News
Dealer, who everybody knows, is agent for
FATHER ABRAHAM, and is authorized to take
subscriptions and receive money for the same.
ANOTHER LIBEL CASE COMING ON
A very bitter personal controversy has
been going on for some time between the
Reading Daily Bayic and the Times and
Dispatch. The former makes some serious
charges against Mr. Knabb, and says :
" If Mr. Knabb will bring suit against us
we will be very much obliged to him,"
and that "if Knabb woultl make such
charges against us tithe Eagle) we would
sue him before twenty-four hours."
The Times and Dispatch of Monday in
timates that legal proceedings will be in
stituted so as to give the publishers of the
Eagle a chance to prove their charges as
they assert they are ready and able to do.
THE TARIFF BILL.
Washington correspondent of the
Pittsburg Com,ler.i , (l, writes under date
of Monday the :nth, that " the Tariff Bill
drags dreadfully at the opening of this
week, and pretty much everybody con
cedes that it cannot hold its ground before
the House a great while longer. Forney
gives it up in his paper this morning, and
says it has no chance whatever of becom
ing a law. The temper of the House to
wards it was shown to-day by a vote of
nearly two-thirds iu favor of laying it
aside for the Alaska fur seal bill, not be
cause it loves the seals, but because it is
tired of the tarifl: The Ways and Means
Committee was again beaten on iron,
and it seems tolerably certain that this
will be the record every day while the iron
paragraphs arc under consideration. A
number of members are engaged in get
ting up the little tariff bills to bring in as
soon as there is opportunity."
THE INCOME TAX.
The whole number of persons in the
United States who pay an income tax is
272,843, of whom 107,000 pay $2O or less.
During the debate on this subject in the
House on Saturday, Gen. Schenck and
various other members announced them
selves in favor of keeping up the income
tax, and the stronger sentiment appeared
to be in favor of its retention. It was
clearly demonstrated that it is the fairest
tax that can be levied and reaches a class
of capitalists that can be reached in no
other way. The thirty millions obtained
by this tax cannot be spared, and if not
realized in this way, must be obtained by
some other means. A Washington cor
respondent telegraphed on Saturday that
the President wishes the tax reduced to
three per cent., instead of five, with 'll,OOO
exemption, and the removal of some other
odious features. Ile would then like to
have it continued for three years. He
thinks that at the end of three years the
condition of the Treasury will be such as
to justify the repeal of the tax entirely.
LAW LN UTAH.
General Shafer, the new Governor of
Utah, made a speech to the people of the
territory when they came out to welcome
him, and said he meant to enforce the laws
of the United States, and that in case he
could not do that he would resign his
office and go home.
General Shafer is not the first official
for Utah, who had resolved upon a vigor
ous enforcement of law, and we doubt
whether he will be able at this time to ac
complish anything. Polygamy openly de
fies all law, and unless the government
means to destroy the " peculiar institu
tion” entirely, and by military power, if
necessary, all the efforts of such officials as
General Shafer will amount to nothing.
But whether the new Governor will or
will not succeed in enforcing law in Utah,
the time is approaching, and not far dis
tant, when the people of the country will
wake up to the importance of a speedy
settlement of the Polygamy question.
Since slavery has been crushed, and the
ballot placed into the hands of every citi
zen without regard. to race, color or previ
ous condition, we are strong enough to
enforce the law in every part of the coun
try—even in the territory of Utah.
TUE celebration of the XVth Amend
ment by the adored people of the State
on Tuesday last was in every way credi
table to them es citizens an individuals.
In Philadelphia and Harrisburg the dis
play was particularly grand and impos
ing, and the exercises throughout were
conducted in such a manner as to call
forth the admiration of even their life
long enemies, the Democrats.
A MODEL SENATOR.
The Philadelphia Sunday Times is re
sponsible for a very interesting little his
tory of Senatorial Corruption, copied in full
in this week's Examiner. It is very similar
to a case two years ago, when Jack Hies
tand had nothing to say, although the
rascality was of the same degree. The
only respect in which that case differed
from the one now was the kind caf paper
with which the consideration was paid.
The friend of jack was said
to have been paid in greenbacks, two
years ago, when Jack kept very "mum,"
and now, by a very sharp dodge, the
Senator in the recent case, instead of
receiving twelve thousand dollars, as bar
gained for, only received twelve pieces of
blank brown paper!
The story as related by the Sunday
Times, is substantially as follows: Senator
Kerr, of the District composed of Law
rence, Butler and Armstrong counties,
was one of the committee on the Watt-
Diamond contested election case. During
the progress of the investigation, it way
suspected that Kerr was doubtful, when
a friend called on him and attempted to
get him right by giving him $:5000. Kerr
told him, confidentially, of course, that he
was promised :.10,000 by the Democrats
if he would decide in favor of Diamond.
For ttecire thousand, he said he would
agree to go for Watt, and this was the
sum finally agreed upon between the par
ties—Mr. Leslie, one of the members of
the Rouse from Allegheny, acting on the
part of Senator Kerr, and Mr. Buun, of
Philadelphia, on the part of Mr. Watt
and the Republican party interest. These
two individuals met; the door was locked
and they proceeded to business. Mr.
Leslie insisted upon having 51000 out of
the $12,000, and on the principle that a
single slice oil the loaf would not be miss
ed, Mr. Bunn took a $lOOO note from the
envelope, handed it to Leslie, and then,
in his presence, sealed the package con
taining $ll,OOO, and was about to hand
it to Mr. Leslie to be deposited by the
latter to the credit of Mr. Kerr, as soon
as the latter would vote for and seat Mr.
Diamond as Senator, when somebody
knocked at the door, and Bunn quickly
put the envelope in his side coat pocket,
then opened the door, and after a few
words with the intruder, who soon retir
ed, Mr. B. handed to Leslie, what appear
ed to be, the same envelope, which was
taken to bank and deposited in the man
ner agreed upon. Kerr remained true to
his party, having voted for Watt, and
finally became the undisputed possessor
of the envelope. Ile retired to his room,
opened it and took therefrom just twelve
pieces of brown paper, worth something
between one mill and one cent 1 Ile was
gloriously sold. Who really made the
$ll.OOO, if anybody did, does not appear.'
Leslie, however, received $lOOO as stated,
and it is highly probable that Kerr will
have to look to Mr. L. for his own Divvy.
Mr. Kerr should either disprove the
charges or resign his seat in the State
Senate.
DEMOCRACY!
It is reported of a notorious New York
"river thief says an exchange, who was
convicted a few days since of murdering a
policeman and sentenced to be imprisoned
for life, that lie possessed property to the
amount of $40,000, the proceeds of years
of thieving along the docks on the East
and North rivers. The remark is com
mon that roguery prospers in New York,
but few are aware how much truth it
contains. The detectives of that great city
of sin can point out, it is said, several
handsome residences, the owners of which
were formerly professional " cracksmen,”
but who retired with a fortune after a few
years , successful practice of their " busi
ness.,, All this is not very, astonishing
in view of the fact that the authorities
frequently compromise with the robbers
by receiving a portion of the stolen pro
perty, and giving the criminals in return
the assurance of immunity from punish
ment. This mode virtually places a pre
mium on crime and encourages the rob
bers to persevere in their nefarious busi
ness.
A few nights since a squad of police
men were placed in charge of a sergeant
in New York and ordered to break up a
notorious gambling hell on Broadway,
owned by certain distinguished Demo
cratic potiticians, the principal being
Hon. John Morrissey. The squad on ar
riving in the vicinity of the notorious re
sort halted, and one of its nmmber was
sent to essay an entrance, but was "piped
off," to use a detective term, by a well
known judge of one of the city police
courts. The sergeant thereupon returned
to headquarters with his squad, and no
further effort was made to break up the
gambling hell. One of the New York
papers, commenting on the affair, says,
"All this is very disgraceful to the me
tropolis, and we regret the necessity for
acknowleding the disgrace."
New York is an intensely " Demo
cratic" city, and sends the great criminals,
Fernando Wood, John Morrissey, and
sick, to Congress !
or We invite the attention of our read
ers to the card of Dr. E. B. Herr in an
other column, explaining his action on
the Jersey Shore, Pine Creek and Buffalo
Railroad Bill. It will be seen that his
explanation proves that he opposed the
bill and did not vote for its passage at all.
HON. JOHN COVODE
This distinguished representative in
Congress has written an able and inter
esting letter to his constituents declining
a re-nomination. This determination will
be learned with regret by every Republi
can, for no one among the glorious band
who have been fighting copperheads and
rebels in Congress fur the last twenty
years has been more true to his colors
than he who has been so aptly named,
HONEST JOHN COVODE. We regret that
our limits forbid the publication in our
columns of his letter entire, but we make
a few extracts, which will be read with
interest:
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 15th, 1870.
D. W. SHEYOCK, Esq.
Dial . Sir : In answer
to inquiries, relative to my being a candidate
fur Congress again, I will say that for differ
ent reasons, some of which I will state, I will
not submit my name to the people for re
nomination. Had Gen. Foster been made the
candidate of the Democratic party, it might
have been necessary or advisable fur me to
have been the candidate of the Republican
party ; but as he has assured me he would not
run again, I will also retire from the field.
01.10 of the reasons that induces 1310 to de
cline further honors is, thtt some aspirants
have turned their backs upon the party, be
cause 1 stood in their way ; while a few others
have turned their backs upon me, because I
could not secure them office. But I am happy
to say that no one has ever charged me with
infidelity to the great caust in which we have
been engaged.
1n looking over a list of tie members of the
34th Congress, being the ale 1 first entered,
1 find that nearly half its rumber are now iu
their graves ; including frrta Pennsylvania,
Tyson, Brown, Fuller, Rolinson, Knight and
Richie ; and of the one hundred and three
that voted for Banks in flat great struggle,
there remain in the present" Congress, only
Buffington, Bingham, Kelsey, C. C. .ash
burn and myself—Banks also being a member
of this Congress—six in an, and as each of
them have been out longer than I have, it
makes me the father of the house that entered
on the great struggle to preserve the rights of
white men in the Territories ; resulting in
freeing four and a half trillions of colored
persons.
* 4 *
Now in view of tLe fait that the great
struggle for human progree+, fur which I en
listed, has been fought and .von by the friends
of human rights ; slavery add despotism hav
ing been overturned, the Towur of the Gov
ernment vindicated, and siown to be more
than equal to cope with allits enemies, and
the Government becu fully reconstructed, 1
rest content.
That new issues will arise such as Finance,
Taxes, Tariff, expansion and other questions
that will necessarily divide the old column,
and that nearly all my old associates with
whom I acted when I first went into Con
gress, are dead or scattered family ties hav
ing been severed by the war . that I have had
to mourn the loss of my first born sou who
gave his life for his Coun ry with 350,000
others, who were necessar ly sacrificed to
save the life of the nation, I feel it now not
only my duty but a pleasure to withdraw from
a contest that has been. embittered against
rue by the Democratic party, because I felt
it to be my duty to investigate their frauds
and corruptions in their vi.e submission to
the slave power in their Kansas . Policy ; and
for doing this, they have Tr, sued me ever
since with a vindicative teelittgthat no other 1
1
man in the country had to endure. But Pr
have proven them to be guilty of all I charg., ,
ed them with ; have been she to overpower! 1
them in every contest I have had with them,
whether in the district, in the State, or in the ,
Federal Capitol
* • *
And now in conclusion, I wish to tender
my thanks to a confiding constituency,
who have stood by and sustained me by their
votes, for the last twenty years, in a way that
no other man has been sustained, and with
out which 1 would not have succeeded.
Very truly yours,
JOh Covo
THE OSEIDA DISASTER-BUM.
A new and startling account of the
recent Oneida disaster has just fimud its
way into public prints, and goes very far
to account for the alleged inhumanity of
the officers of the Bombay, in not coming
to the relief of the Oneida after the two
vessels had collided, and after the officers
of the latter had signaled through speak
ing trumpets. The new account of the
disaster is from the lips of one of the
officers of the Oneida, which is published
in the New York Star, stating that at the
time the Bombay collided, all the qicers
of the Oneida were drunk that as the
vessel had just left port, the officers were
having a little jollification below, and left
the deck in charge of a midshipman! Ile
also states, most positively, that the
Bombay was not hailed through a speak
ing trumpet, as has been asserted ; that
after the collision, great excitement pre
vailed, and everybody was rushing for the
boats, and that the officers staygered to the
deck nearly all in a condition of drunken
stupor and totally unfit for gittny orders or
doing anything towards saving the lives of
passengers !
Knowing that even officers I.f such ves
sels will drink and get drunk, In total dis
regard of their duties and respionsibilities,
the alleged inhumanity of the commander
of the Bombay, is easily accounted for.
There was no signal at all, it appears ; the
officers of the Oneida were drunk, stupid
and able to stagger about only after the
collision and while the ship was sinking !
It was Rumt that really caused the disas
ter ! hearing no signal the commander
of the Bombay of course took for granted
that nothing serious had resulted from the
collision. Had he known that the officers
of the Oneida were provided with wine
and that they were then enjoying a regu
lar fashionable and respectable American
drunk, he would no doubt have come to
the relief of the Oneida without signal.
Ali enterprising arithmetician furnish
es the following tabular estimate of gains
and losses in the recent elections. It is a
pity to force it upon Democratic attention
at present, but the journals of that party
indulge so much in the proverb, "Straws,"
&e., that we cannot refrain :
Republican gain in the Tenth Congres
sional district of Ohio 8,699
Republican gain in Rhode Island 220
Republican gain in Cincinnati 5,000
Democratic gatu in Connecticut
Net Republican gain
In last week's issue we published the
remarks of Hon. 0. J. Dickey, in Com
mittee of the Whole, on Monday, the lgth
inst., the question under discussion being
the Tariff Bill. From the Contirsional
Globe of Wednesday, the :20th, we clip
the following live minute speech of Mr.
Dickey, made on the same bill the pre
ceding day, Tuesday, the pending ques
tion being the amendment of Mr Cake,
imposing a duty of a quarter of a cent per
pound on scrap east iron, and half a cent
per pound on wrought iron scrap
Mr. Dickey.—l agree with the gentleman
from Connecticut.
We go for the whole country and all its in
dustrial interests.
But I agree with my colleague when he
stated—and I desire the House fully to ap
preciate this single fact—that no wrought
iron can be classified with cast iron in any
shape or form. Wrought iron has undergone
another process of manufacture. When it
becomes wrought iron it becomes more valu
able in any and every shape. You may put
wrought iron in any possible shape that you
please and it is worth from $l2 to $l5 a ton
more than cast iron for the purposes of manu
facture. Why ? Because it has undergone
another Process ; it has been heated and rol
led and been freed from the wastage of pud
dling. As an illustration of what lam now
stating, I may say that 6 tons of pig iron will
make 4 tons of rails, while 5 tons of wrought
scrap will make 4 tons of rails, and with less
heat. Now, as a matter of revenne,, inde
pendently of any protective policy, if you tax
iron according to its value you should tax
this wrought scrap according to its value. As
toy colleague has shown from the returns of
the custom-house, this scrap is valued at $l5
a ton more than pig ; more than double.
Should it not, then, pay a higher duty ?
Gentlemen may talk against this as they
please ; but here is the secret of it. Cunning
gentlemen, not of course in Connecticut, but
in New York, New Jersey, and even those
interested in the rolling-mills of Pennsylva
nia, discovered this proper want of discrimi
nation in the duty on scrap iron. And from
1567, when there were but 30,962 pounds im
ported, the import rose under this tariff to
2,359,823 pounds in 1869. In the gentleman's
district and along the coast of New England
the little rolling-mills found that there was
here au opportunity for a small "steal."
Ender this tariff they saw that they could
import rails from Russia ; that they could im
port from Loudon cargoes of wrought iron in
various shapes worth $l5 a ton at $1 less duty
than they could import pig iron. Yes, sir ;
that is the meaning of it. And I ask, is it
fair? Is it honest': We of Pennsylvania
think there is something more noble in our
position. If we cannot get the consideration
and the favor of this House we at least chal
lenge their respect when out of old mother
earth, from the ore and from the limestone
and from the coal, we build an article of na
tional defense and necessity, an article that
makes your cannon balls and your ordnance,
your plows and your plowshares. When we
do this we think we challenge your respect if
we cannot gain your consideration and get
from you protection. But we think that
those people who in a peddling way steal ad
vantages from the tariff and run in 2,000,000
or 3,000,000 pounds of iron under a false pre
tense are entitled to nothing but your con
tempt, whether they ho the rolling-mills of
Pennsylvania or the cutlery factories of the
gentleman's district in Connecticut.
[Here the hammer fell.]
LEGISLATIVE REFORM.
A little over t year and a half ..go, the
necessity for Legislative reform was first
pointed out by RATHER ABRAHAM. The
fact that over forty thousand dollars were
expended during the session of 1868 for
putting the yellow wrappers round the
Legislative Bomalents, and the State
paying for the paper and paste besides,
which work could have been done for
8:700o by contract, anti afford a handsome
profit to the contractor, directed public at
tention to the subject of Legislative reform
generally. The agitation which followed
resulted in breaking up of the Treasury
Ring, the passage of a law assuring a
more wholesome administration on the part
of the State Treasurer, and a very im
portant reduction of Legislative expenses.
To show that the effort started by FATTIER
ABRAHAM, and supported by a number of
other Republican papers throughout the
State, was not without good results, we
here present two items of expense during
the last session of the Legislature, com
pared with the same items in 1869 :
IMM3
1869. 1670.
Legislative Department $289,843.76 $210,820.00
Public Printing 147,739.93 63,636.00
This shows a reduction of $79,023.76 on
Legislative expenses, and $94,103.93 on
public printing, making a total saving, on
these two items alone, of $173,127.69. This
sum thus saved is about sufficient to pay
one-tenth of the interest on the entire
State debt. It is just one hundred and
seventy-three thousand dollars saved from
the clutches of political thugs, corruption
ists, rings and pinchers, and that is just
the reason why they don't like FATHER
ABRAHAM, or any other paper on the same
side of the reform question.
DEMOCRATS SEEKING THE COLORED
The other day the New York World
gave another illustration of its simplicity.
In an artiel2 intended to belittle the im
portance of qtht i Fiiteent s la Amendment, it
made the follAiirovirtifrd assertion :
" The De tic party, which has
more experience and has always had
greater success than its opponents in
managing the votes of the ignorant classes,
may easily, by some sacrifice of prejudice,
frustrate the design of the Republicans in
conferring univeral suffrage upon the
negroes. A little electioneering, activity
and adroitness on our aide will show the
Republicans that they have beaten the
bush for us to catch the bird."
No DODGING : Will the Examiner
state whether Jack's home lieutenant—
we will give his name if desirable—did or
did not offer a certain sum to one or more
of the Lancaster members to vote for
Mackey ? " FATHER ABRAHAM." is not
" a little mixed." " Answer "yes" or
"no." No prevaricating or dodging will
do. Out with it.
8,919
1,700
RE
THK TARIFF.
Remarks of Hon. 0. J. Dickey.
" No pent-up 'Utica contracts our power 3,
The whole boundless continent is ours.,)
Tot al
TOTE.
DEAR ABE :—The Fifteenth Amendment
is a fact—the last chapter having been given
our people yesterday, in as handsome and or
derly pageant as was ever witnessed in the
city. At early dawn the streets in the lower.
part of the city were enlivened by our colored
fellow citizens, who were astir and making
the final preparations for the display to fol
low. Providence seemed to smile upon them,
in giving a day the finest we have yet had this
season. Througout Lombard,South and Bain
bridge streetarwhere dwell the larger majority
of our colored population, flags, triumphal
arches,banners and evergreens were displayed
in profusion. Many of the private houses
were adorned with the pictures of Abraham
Lincoln, Thaddeus Stevens, Wendell Phil
lips, Owen Lovejoy, Charles Sumner and
other pioneers in the cause of freedom.
At one o'clock the line formed on Broad
street, and at two o'clock marched over a
long route. On Chestnut street, from which
point your correspondent viewed the proces
biOD, I noticed many handsome ladies show
ed their approbation of this grand event by
the waving of handkerchiefs and clapping of
hands. It must be a source of gratification
to those who have labored so long and so
earnestly in the cause of freedom, to see this
mark of respect shown a people who have for
so many long years been trodden under foot.
Among the many noticeable banners, I
cannot help mentioning one—one which
seemed to send a chill all through the demo
cracy. It was a large tree, representing the
4th Ward Democracy, and labelled "majori
ty," at which two stalwart sons of Ham were
chopping away, whilst the tree gave every
indication that it would soon topple and fall.
The festivities of the day wound up with a
great mass meeting at Horticultural Hall, and
Banquets and Balls in the evening. The
meeting was addressed by Hon. G. A. Grow,
Fred Douglass (who, by-the-bye created no
litt:e sensation in the procession in the after
noon) Gen. Harry White anit others.
•
ou Saturday next Hon. Henry D. Moore,
Collector of the Port, in company with his
lady, sails for Europe. During his absence
the duties of his office will be filled by Messrs.
Hempstead and Huekel, his two estimable
Deputies. Mr. Moore expects to b absent
about two months.
AK the time approaches for the assembling
of the different City conventions matters in the
political wards become more exciting. Em
bryo Sheriffs, Registers and Legislators and
State Senators meet you in the street, every
one of whom can conclusively prove that he
is sure to be the nominee. For Sheriff and
Register of Wills there is a glorious fight—a
better fight I should say :—and all this
wrangling, button-holeing and wire-pulling
be,:ause each of these little sinecures is worth
the paltry sum of thirty thousand dollars per
annum, each. For our part we are content
to stand by and see the fun, indulging the
hope that the best man may win, for we can't
all be office-holders.
Among the many Lancasterians in the city
I notice your Senator Billingfelt, who was
with us on Tuesday last.
The warm weather for the past few days
has caused those who indulge iu country re
creations during tho summer months to look
around for suitable quarters for the approach
ing hot weather. As for me, nut being sup
plied with an over•amount of cash, I suppose
I will be compelled to pass my "season"at
my suburban retreat, on the borders of Dela
ware county, where, dear Abe, I should be
pleased to see you at any time.
Yours,
Celebration of the Ratification of the 15th
Amendment.
The colored people of Lancaster and vicinity
could not have had a finer day for their cele
bration last Tuesday. In this city, according
to a careful estimate, there are only about
eighty colored male adults, yet there were
several hundred iv live of procession—includ
ing a number of men from the lower part of
the county and some boys from fifteen to
twenty years of age. American flags were
displayed from the Post Office, from the .E.c
press, Examiner,lnquirer and FATHER AI3RA-
Ham printing offices, and from some private
houses throughout the city.
At 10 o'clock the people, with band of
music, assembled at the A. M. E. Church,
and exercises commenced at 10;
Rev. T. A. Cuff, pastor of that church,
opening by an invocation of divine blessing,
after which the hymn—
" From all that dwell below the skies,
Let the Creator's praise ariie,”
was sung, the congregation standing. Joshua
Potts then offered up a prayer, when the
hymn "Before Jehovah's awful throne," was
sung, at the conclusion of which Mr. Cuff read
part of the Ist and 21 verses of the 15th
chapter of Exodus, which he made the basis
of an address on the object for which this
day is celebrated. At the close of Mr. Cuff's
remarks, Prof. J. P. Wickersham delivered
an able and earnest address, iu which he re
viewed the causes which led to the adoption
of the Fifteenth Amendment, concluding
by giving the colored folks some wholesome
advice as to their future conduct, that they
may show themselves worthy of the great
boon which has been bestowed upon them
in endowing them with all the rights and
privileges of American citizenship. Robert
Boston here read from the last number of
Father Abraham, an article entitled "Next
Tuesday's Jollification." The Doxology was
then sung, and the services closed with a
Benediction from Rev. Mr. Cuff.
The procession was then formed on South
Queen-st., opposite Middle, in the following
order :
$437,683.69 $264,456.00
Marshals and Aids on horseback.
Good Will, Brass Band, from Little Britain
township, containing fourteen colored men.
Delegation from Little Britain, on horse
back, the riders wearing bine sashes, and one
of them bearing a flag.
Drum Corps of Stevens' Brass Band, of this
city.
Lancaster delegation, with flag and three
white muslin banners, the latter containing
the following inscriptions "Lancaster Dele
gation," "in God We Trust," "We appre
ciate the rights which have been granted,"
" We hail the XVth Amendment with Joy,"
"Celebration of XVth Amendment," and
" We are free."
Delegation from Eden township. This
delegation had a Bag and a banner, on the
latter of which were the following inscrip
tions : "We reverence the name of Lincoln,
and bless God who through him made us
free," Chattels no longer, but men," and
"Let us strive to maintain the dignity that
God has given us."
Suter's Band wagon, drawn by two horses.
On this were seated some twenty colored
girls, dressed in white, each one bearing
a miniature national flag. These girls were
intended to represent the twenty-nine States
which ratified the Fifteenth Amendment to
the Constitution of the United States. From
some cause, some ten girls were wanting
to complete this representation when the
procession started.
The following are the Marshals of the Day:
Chief Marshal, Abraham Maxwell ; Assist
ant Marshal, George Wells ; Aids, James
Howard, Daniel Clark, Edward Mellen, Wm.
Jones; Foot Marshals, John Waters, John
Johnson, Johnson Wesley.
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PHILADELPHIA, April 27, 1870
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THE DAY OF JUBILEE!
We made no count, but suppose there were
about three hundred persons in line. No
white persons appeared in the parade.
The stand ou the Common, beyond the Lo
comotive Works, was soon surrounded by
several thousand people, of course, a decided
majority being whites. The total number of
colored present, including men, women and
children, Was from three to four hundred.
Rev. Robert Boston, President of the meet
ing, commenced at a quarter before two
o'clock, and made a very appropriate speech,
starting out by saying that he regarded the
liberation and enfranchisement of his race as
a work of higher than human power. The
term citizen was to him and his people new,
yet he hoped and believed that their citizen
ship would prove a blessing not only to them
selves but to all the people. They were not
yet educated in the tactics of politicians, but
he felt confident that they would feel at no
loss to know how to vote at the proper time.
Speeches were then made by Messrs. A. C.
Reinoehl, A. H. Hood, Dr. J. C. Gatchell
and E. H. Rauch, which, for want of room,
we are unable to notice at length.
Thus ended the first political demonstra
tion of the colored people of Lancaster-co.
It was creditable to them in every respect.
Their behavior while on parade or at the
ground was such that no one could take ex
ception to it. Their eagerness to hear every
thing that was said by the speakers in rela
tion to their newly-acquired rights, and their
duties under those rights, was an earnest that
they appreciate their resp.litsibilities.
COURT : The April term of the Court of
Quarter Sessions commenced on Monday of
last week, Judges Long and Libhart on the
bench. Henry Miller, of West LAmpeter
township, was appointed Foreman or the
Grand Jury.
Judge Long, in his instrnetions to the
Grand Jury, called their attention to the in
sane Asylum of the county, its condition and
the necessity of properly laid out grounds,
planted with trees and shrubbery, where the
convalescents might take exercise as well as
re-creation, and urged them to recommend
that the grounds in front of the building be
thus improved.
We give a brief summary of the eas'o- dis
posed of last week, as follows :
Philip Hartmann, charged with assault and
battery on John Murphy. By consent, the
jury returned a formal verdict of not guilty—
the accused having already been in prison a
considerable length of time awaiting trial.
Hugh Cosgrove and Charles Dustman,
charged with burglary and robbery of J. F.
Itothermal's saloon, in this city. Jury ren
dered a verdict of guilty in the case of Cos
grove, and not guilty in the case of Dostman.
Cosgrove sentenced to two years and four
months imprisonment.
Same defendants, charged with the larceny
of jewelry, &c., belonging to Mary A. Horn
er. Formal verdict of not guilty.
Daniel Waters, et al, larceny of one paste
horn and lap stone, the property of John
Cohn. Formal verdict of not guilty.
Christian Messner, indicted for the larceny
of turkeys, the property of Daniel Zuck.
Formal verdict of not guilty.
Alfred Bickham, charged with fornication
and bastardy on the person of Eliza, Thomp
son, of Churchtown. The evidence in this
case showed the loose state of morals existing
at the present day, and Judge Long thought
that if it were true, instead of sending mis
sionaries to Utah, we should direct our at
tention to the state of morals prevailing near
er home. Verdict of guilty rendered by the
jury. Application made fur a new trial.
Henry Burkey, seduction. The prosecutrix
was Margaret May, residing near Strasburg.
It appears from the evidence that the defend
ant had formed an attachment with the pros
ecutrix, and a promise of marriage given, and
preparations had been made for the wedding
by the father of the young girl. The defense
attempted to prove the bad character of the
prosecutrix. Verdict of guilty rendered by
the jury. Rule granted for a new trial.
Charles F. Wright was tried for lar
ceny of two gallons of brandy from William
Brady, and three postal currency notes of
the value of ten cents each from Owen Smith.
All the parties to the suit reside at Columbia.
The jury returned a verdict of guilty as to
the larceny of the brandy, but not guilty as
to the currency. The defendant was sen
tenced to ten days' imprisonment in the
County Prison.
William Werntz plead guilty to an indict
ment for fornication and bastardy. The
usual allowance was awarded to Catharine
Gunier, prosecutrix.
WARWICK.
Benjamin Loney, colored, indicted for as
sault and battery on Margaret Myers, of Co
lumbia, was found guilty, and sentenced to
two months' imprisonment.
A surety of the peace case, in which Arthur
Boots was proseettor and Wm. Marshall, de
fendant, the parties residing iu New Holland,
was dismissed, the county paying the costs.
Jacob Trier was tried for assault and bat
tery on his wife, at their house, in Safe Har
blr, in July last. Front the statement of the
wife, it appeared that he had frequently
whipped her, and otherwise abused her, but
that she was afraid to bring suit as long as
she lived with him, for fea he would kill her
or her children, as he had frequently threat
ened to do so. She now livet with her father,
in East Lampeter township. The jury re.-
turned a verdict of guilty. Sentenced to
three months' imprisonment.
A surety of the peace case, between the
same parties, was tried, and detendant or
dered to give bail in the sum of $3OO, and
keep the peace for three months.
Jacob Trier, indicted for the larceny of a
pair of pants and vest, belonging to Einanuel
Palmer. Verdict of not guilty.
A verdict of not guilty was rendered in
the suit fur fornication and bastardy against
Wm. Ream, and Mary Deamer, prosecutrlx,
ordered to pay the costs.
Verdicts of not guilty were entered in the
cases of Frank Hinder, Frank Stapleford and
Alexander Leaman, charged with burglary
and robbery of the residence of Chas. Peters,
in Middle Street, in this city, on the night of
January 20th.
Henry Miller, indicted for the larceny of a
pocket book, containing $60.215, the property
of William Sterrett, a student at Millersville
Normal School. The larceny took place at
Mr. Warfel's boarding-house, where both
parties were boarding. Verdict of guilty ren
dered, but recommended to the mercy of the
Court. Sent to prison for three months.
John Herron was tried for assault and bat-
WI on Philip Hahn, in South Queen street,
in this city, in February last. Verdict of
guilty rendered, and the defendant sentenced
to pay a fine of $lO and costs of suit.
The report of the Commissioners in the
matter of 'the division of West Hempileld
township into three new elective districts,
was confirmed absolutely on Thursday. The
following gentleman were appointed by the
Court to serve in the several districts;
Mountville district, (to vote at Mouutville
school-house,) Judge, Wm. Roberts; In
spectors, H. H. Berntbeisel and Jacob Marks.
Western district, (to vote at Norwood school
house,) Judge, Aaron Lutz; Inspectors,
Henry Wisler and John Clark. Northwest
eau district, (to vote at Sand Hole school
house,)—judge, Geo. W. Reinhart; Inspect.
ors, Jacob M. Conklin and John Hogendob
ler.
A large number of bills for selling liquor
without license, on Sunday and to minors,
cases of petty larceny &c., were ignored by
the Grand Jury.
A verdict of not guilty was entered in the
case of Wm. Zink, indicted for the larceny of
a coat.
Henry Himes and Frank Le Barren were
charged with having, on the. night of March
24th, 1870, burglariously entered the house of
Mrs. Ann Rogers, of this city, and carrying
off Bonds, money &c., to the value of about
$3,900. Considerable interest was manifest
ed in this ease and after some difficulty a jriry
was empannelled, on Thursday afternoon,
afternoon, when the case opened and con
tinued until Saturday evening. On Sunday