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LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER, "TUESDAY. JANUAHY 27, 1880.
Hancastet liitelltgencer.
TUFSDAY EVENING, JAN, 27, 1880.
O'Coner Answered.
As an antidote te the gloomy prephe
cies of Charles O'Coner which we recent
lypublished, we direct the attention of
our readers te a republication of the let
ter written te the Intelligence!'.
sbme months age by Judge Black en the
same theme that engaged Mr. O'Coner
in his letter te the Newark club. Judge
Black's letter was written of course
without any controversial purpose and
with no regard especially te anybody's
contrary view of the question ; but it will
serve none the less completely te meet
the points raised by Mr. O'Coner, and
presents forcible reasons why his pessi
mist view of the situation should net
gain popular prevalence. Great reforms
always move slowly, and though we see
the uprooting of governmental evils and
political wrongs with snail-like some
times crab-like pace, toward the victory
of popular liberty, if we de but leek
back te the great advance made
in our position within a dozen
years it will be seen that the
experience of the past has a hopeful les les
eon for the future. The clouds have been
as dark and the situation as threatening
as Mr. O'Coner pictured, but he does
notscemtehave seen the rifts of light
that have since broken through and dis
T.f.riil t.hft "loom where Judge Black's
clearer eye new reaches. Up te the time
that his own magnificent pretest was
heard in the supreme court in the Milli
kni case, that the remnant of civil libcr
tv left us should be spared by the judi
catory into whose hands was then com
mitted the destiny of the nation, there
had been steady progress, unstayed by
law, towards a subversion of our system.
That case and his victory in it for con
stitutional law, personal liberty, and the
nwirfiiniw nf ihe infamous svstcm of
military commissions, was the vernal
equinox in our history. The brooks were
net unlocked from the ice fetters at once,
nor the March winds tempered, nor did
the trees all of a sudden burst into bloom
and the birds set te singing. But the
time was at hand when a change was
sure te come and the events were happen
ing that were big with the premise of
better things.
Mark the progress that Democracy has
made since the time when Judge Black
says the outlook for the republic was
mere hopeless than that of Prometheus.
State after state has been wrested from
Republican control until the opposition
are net left in charge of mere than
half of them, and only intestine troubles
can defeat the Democratic nominee for
president. The lobby has been almost
utterly scourged from the capitol, the
carpet-baggers are scattered te the winds,
and, whatever the theory of the Repub
licans, surely we have compelled them te
decenter practices.
It remains for the Democracy te finish
the work se auspiciously begun, and
when the contest leeks hopeless and
ravens of ill omen creak despair, it is well
for the voices of men who have seen the
darker days, like Judge Black, and led us
up from them, te remind the faltering of
hew far we have already come from
Egypt en the way te the premised land.
The Presidency.
The Examiner has repeatedly insinu
ated of late that the Intelligencer's
views en the presidency, or at least re
garding a lit nominee te that ellice for
the Democracy, had undergone some sort
of change contemporaneous with a brief
friendly and social visit of .Speaker Ran
dall te this city. We have net thought
it worth while te notice the intimation,
remembering the admonition, that
" though thou sheuldest bray a feel in a
mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet
will net his foolishness depart from
him
has
of
" Moreover, the Intelligencer
never withheld from its readers
whom Mr. Randall is one any
of its opinions en any proper subject of
public interest and of legitimate discus
sion ; and these who read it need never
be in doubt as te where it stands ; and
when, for any reason, it changes its
opinions, its readers need net go else
where te find it out.
The Examiner says : " After the No
vember election last year it thought
Mr. Tilden would net de for another con cen
tast." As nothing has transpired since
then te make the Intelligencer
change that opinion, neither has there
occurred anything te make it re-aflirm it
ever and ever again. It seems te be the
universal concession of friends and fees
that the only thing necessary te com
plete Democratic victory this year is te
carry New Yerk ; and the events of last
November make it highly problematical
that New Yerk could be carried for Mr.
Tilden with the Kelly people
opposing him. On the ether hand
it is net at all likely that Mr.
Tilden would give a cordial and effec
tive support te a nominee of Kelly's dic
tation nor te anybody who went rough
shod ever him. But both these contin
gencies can very easily be avoided by the
party without doing itself discredit.
There are scores of able and worthy men
whose nomination will reconcile all dis
satisfaction and compose all differences
in New Yerk. Any one of these can be
elected, and nobody except the Republi
cans seems te be apprehensive lest the
right man may net turn up at the right
time.
The Bull Ring triumphant ; the Blaine
boom gets a black eye. Se the wayfarer
reads the result of te-day's stormy pro
ceedings in the Republican county com
mittee, which will be found fully detailed
elsewhere. The delegates chosen te
represent the Old Guard in Mr.
Den Cameren's convention en the 4th
of next month will report te that gentle
man for orders. The bovine horns are
dripping with porcine gore at the end of
this encounter, which certainly has
been one of the most notable
in the recent history of the Ee
publican party of the county. The
young senator hasn't lest his grip, and
the Lancaster delegation is delivered
bag and baggage into his hands for such
disposition as he may cheese te make of
it.
PERSONAL.
Ex-Govcrner HumiAiti), of Texas,
weighs 310 pounds.
Yssterday was Mrs. Grant's birthday
and the event was duly observed by pri
vate social festivities in Havana.
Senater Hampton, who is ill and greatly
depressed ever the death of his son,has gene
te Natchez, Miss.
Queen Victeria has sent her portrait
and autograph te Mrs. Wr.nn, a British
dame who has just celebrated her 101st
birthday.
The 125th anniversary of the birthday of
Rebkrt Burns was celebrated by his ad
mirers in this and ether countries yester
day. The laic ex-Senater Westcott is de
scribed as always wearing the queue of
his early manhood. He would never give
it up, although of late years he concealed
it beneath his coatcellar.
Mr. Gilbert and Mr. Sullivan have
refused an offer of $3,000 from the Bosten
theatre ler the privilege of producing
" The Pirates of Penzance." They intend
te send a company themselves te the Athe
nian town.
MINOR TOPICS.
At the school beard election at Ports
mouth, England, a short time age, a Jew
headed the poll, an Episcopal clergyman
was second and a Catholic priest third.
PneisAitLV it must be set down as mere
ly a curious coincidence that the appearance
iu Maine politics of the bayonet and Gat
ling gun and the disappearance from
Augusta of the Hen. James G. Blaine with
a Bosten railroad ticket in his hat-hand
were simultaneous events.
While the Baptist preachers arc i
rymg
te make up their minds what te de
with
Baptist girls who dance, the girls will prob
ably go en dancing, after the manner of
ltght-hcartcd and light-footed youth, with
out puzzling their young brains tee much
ever what seems te them the incomprehen
sible prejudice of their pastors against that
amusement. It might be worth while for
the preachers, before they resume the dis
cussion, te consult the girls and hear what
they have te say.
Jehn Bright makes a bold effort te
deal with the Irish grievances in propos
ing that a government commission shall
buy out such landlords as aie willing te
sell, and then dispose of the holdings en
time te the tenantry. lie steps short at
making the sale compulsory. This was
deemed the fatal defect in the clauses
which he had embodied in Mr. Glad
stone's act te enable tenants te acquire
the ownership of the land. At present,
however, neither the Conservative nor
Liberal party is ready te go as far as Mr.
Bright. The landed interest recoils from
a measure which might, at some day. be
demanded in England and Scotland.
Considering the very modest amount of
pay that these are te receive who are ap
pointed te assist in taking the United
States census, and the hard work involved
in faithfully fulfilling the duties of the
office, it is singular that se many persons
can be found willing te undertake the busi
ness. One hundred and fifty census su
pervisors are te be appointed, and it is said
that there arc 0.000 applications for these
positions, which will pay te these who re
ceive them only $300. As te the enumera
tors, who arc te receive $100 for about
four weeks weik, their number might be
made geed many hundred times ever out
of the multitude that stand ready te vol
unteer their services. Commenting en
this state of society, which it regards at an
abnormal condition of its morals, an es
teemed contemporary expresses the opin epin
that the mania for office-holding, even of
the lowest order, is one which premises te
make the lives of a great many thousands
of our citizens miserable.
The subject which is new being freely
discussed by the dramatic press of the
country is that of "Dead-Heads." The
number of this class of people is increas
ing every year, and it will continue te de
se as long as managers are foolish enough
te accede te the demands made upon
them by persons who have no mere right
te ask for free admittance te their theatres
than they have te ask them for their
pocket-books. Seme of the managers are
beginning te sec the result of their feel
ishness and the time will seen come when
the "free list" will be abolished, and all
who desire te succeed will have te step
the practice of " papering" their houses.
In the city of New Yerk the dead-head
system prevails te an alarming extent, and
persons entending the least favor te a
theatrical man leek for several "passes "
in return. Every one who owns a promi
nent window, where a lithograph can be
displayed, leeks for, and generally re
ceives, tickets. Thousandsef people gain
free admittance te the theatre in that
city every month in this manncr,and some
well known managers will no longer
allow lithographs te go out from their
theatres. A letter will be found en our
outside page which was written by an
agent who gives a description of his trials
with " dcad-licads. "
Ne Star Chamber I'racticcs.
Doylestown Democrat.
Judge Patterson, of Lancaster, has
ordered Stcinman fc Hcnscl, editors of the
Lancaster Intelligencer, te show cause
who they shall net be debarred for making
some criticisms en the court for allowing a
case te be dismissed. All the parties te it
are Republicans, and the editors intimated
that the case was net prosecuted for that
reason. Judge Patterson should be very
careful hew, and where, he treads in this
matter. The question has been adjudica
ted many times, and decided adversely te
what seems te be his leaning. Courts can
not be allowed te exercise a censorship
ever the press, and when this comes te
passwc will have returned te the prac
tices in vogue in the days of the Star
Chamber. Courts aie open te criticism,
like ether bodies, but at the same time
they should be treated fairly.
Properly Denounced.
Pittsburgh 1'est.
The attempted judical despotism of
Judge Patterson toward the editors of the
Lancaster Intelligencer is denounced
by the press of the state in proper terms.
Judges though they be supreme de net
yet possess the land nor the inhabitants
thereof, and it is net a felony te remind
them of the fact.
The French Chamber of Deputies has
rejected, by a vote of 322 te 172, the mo
tion of M. Leuis Blanc for the abrogation
of all laws restricting the right of public
meeting or the formation of associations.
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
The German government intends te levy
a tax en advertisements in newspapers.
The Greek ministry have resigned in con
sequence of a defeat en a financial vote.
The Senate yesterday confirmed Hayes's
recent appointees te the vacant foreign
missions.
Wednesday has been set apart for the de
livery of eulogies upon the lifeand charac
ter of the late Senater Chandler in Congress.
J. F. Phillips was sworn in yesterday as
representative from the Seventh Missouri
congressional district.
Diphtheria is increasing and small-pox
and typhoid fever arc decreasing in Men
treal.
Several persons have been poisoned iu
Halifax, N. S.. by eating partridges which
were kept tee long after death, and some
of them have narrowly escaped death.
Rev. Mr. Haydcn has been admitted te
bail in $5,500, his counsel, Geerge H. Wat Wat
reus and L. M. Hubbard, becoming his
sureties.
There was a snow storm in California
yesterday, extending as far south as Men
terey bay. 1 lie bill in ban a rancisce was
light.
James Daley, bailiff of the city council
in Wilmington, Del., was seriously
stabbed by Thompson Simmons last even
ing. Simmons was arrested.
Stephen Murrill, colored, was shot dead
by Eugene Arneld, colored, at Glasgow,
Ky., last Saturday. They were hack
drivers, and had quarreled about a pas
senger. Bcnj. G. Pcabedic, aged 81 years, for
many years a prominent citizen and busi
ness man of Providence, lcll down stairs at
his residence en Sunday night and broke
his neck.
The supreme court of Seuth Carolina
has" decided that the tax levy passed
by the Legislature of that state, last ses
sion, is illegal. There will be an extra
session of the Legislature next month.
There is considerable anxiety in Liberal
circles regarding the forthcoming election
in Liverpool for member of Parliament, in
consequence of the determination of the
Heme Rulers te abstain from voting.
Matthew Tracy, a farmer, of Whitely
county, Ind., disappeared en Thursday
last, after having sold some negs, and is
believed te have been robbed and mur
dered. His coat and empty pocket book
have been found beside a stream.
A fire in Louisville. Ky., last night, de
stroyed Werner's jewelry store and dam
aged an adjourning building, causing a
less of $00,000. Several stores in Macen
City, 111., were burned last night. Less,
$20,000.
The steamboat Charmer was destroyed
by fire near the mouth of the Red River,
in Louisiana yesterday. Eight lives were
lest. The beat had a cargo of 2100 bales
of cotton, and the less en property is
about $130,000.
There is trouble iu the Butchers' union
at Chicago, ever the money collected te
carry en the recent strike. The collections
were $12,000, but the officers of the union
cannot account for mere than $5,000, and
they charge a member of the relief com
mittee with having absconded with the
balance,
THE MUUALIir OF DANCING.
Ministers Discussing Whether it is Geed fur
the Yeung.
The New Yerk Baptist ministers listen
ed yesterday te a paper by the Rev. Chris
topher Rhodes, of the Central Baptist
church, Williamsburgh, en the question,
"Is it the legitimate province of the church
se provide secular entertainment for the
young '."' lie argued that, te a certain de
gree, it was.
The discussion that followed was
largely upon the subject of dancing. The
Rev. Mr. Ileddcn, of Newark, said that it
is foolish te attempt te arrest nature.
Yeung persons will have amusements, be
cause they must. "In the midst of a re
vival," he said, "I was once asked te as
sist in getting up some dancing entertain
ments. I did net, but I preached all one
Sunday about it, and people came from far
and near te listen. After that I was ap
plied te by ether ministers who said : 'Our
young people can't be managed ; come and
sec what you can de.' I said : ' De you
want te make a cat's-paw out of me '." I
didn't go."
The Rev. Mr. Tayler said that his chil
dren knew nothing of the theatre ; it did
net exist for them.
The Rev. Dr. Ycrkcs said, with a shake
of his head, that he wasn't se certain that
the natural taste for amusements should
be gratified. The carnal mind is net sub
ject te the law of Ged, neither, indeed,
can it be. The question is, can amuse
ments help me te get nearer te Ged, te be
better and mere useful'.' Te develop
strong men and women is net te dandle
them en your knee.
The Rev. J. Qj. Adams, of the Bcrcan
church, said that he had danced en the
stage at Nible's Garden, and he had seen
there, as he danced, members of the Rev.
Dr. II. Adams's church. While en the
stage he had doubts about the propriety of
dancing and of entertainments ; but he
reasons that if it was right for the mem
bers of the Rev. Dr. Adams's church,
where he always went te church en Sun
day, te go te Nible's Garden, then it was
right for hint te dance for them. Since
that time he has been made te see that it
all comes from the lust of the eye and
the pride of life which the Bible warns us
against.
The Rev. Dr. Eddy said that he had
helped te expel from his church, a great
while age, a young lady who had danced
just once at an evening entertainment. He
wouldn't de it again. When in Blooming Blooming
ten, 111., a deacon arose in prayer meeting
one night and asked : " What shall we de,
our young people all dance ?" An An
other deacon arose and said : " Let us
stick te the Bible. I don't fej anything
against dancing in it." The Rev. Dr.
Eddy said he believes that ten thousand
people have been driven from Baptist
churches in the city in the following man
ner : A young lady dances once or twice.
She knows that her pastor has set his face
against what she believes te be an inno
cent amusement. Se she doesn't go te
church, and she finally drifts away te
ether communions.
STATlfi ITEMS.
Henry Highficld, who shot Rebert John John Jehn
eon at Scranton, en Saturday morning,
surrendered himself yesterday. Jehnsen
died en Sunday.
Washington county, Blaine's native
place, enthusiastically instructed its dele
gates te support the Maine senator in the
state convention. A poll of the county
convention resulted : Blaine, 110 ; Grant,
15.
Charles Brandell, two years old, residing
at 812 Inquirer street, Philadelphia was
run ever and killed by car 19 of the Tenth
and Eleventh streets railway, at Eleventh
and Myrtle streets, yesterday, while he
was-crossing the street.
Twenty-two locomotives belonging te
the Reading railroad company in Philadel
phia were seized yesterday by a govern
ment official for non-payment of internal
revenue, alleged te be due the United
States en the wages certificates issued by
the company.
Dr. W. Trimmer, of Lisburn, Cumber
land county, administered several doses of
chloroform te Sarah Fetrow, a young lady
residing a few miles from Harrisbnrg,
while extracting a number of teeth. The
result was the death of the patient after
the third application and after several
teeth had been drawn.
H. Price Williams, colored, was fyester
day convicted before Judge Peircc, in the
Philadelphia quarter sessions, charged with
libeling Rebert. J. Helland, a colored
newspaper correspondent, stenographer
and president of the literary society con
nected with the African 3Iethedist Episco
pal church of Philadelphia. Fer the first
time in the history of the state, a colored
attorney J. D. Lewis, represented the
commonwealth in the conduct of the prosecution.
THE AMERICAN DEMOS.
A MORE HOPEFUL VIEW OF THE KE
1'UBLIC. An Antidote te Charles O'Coner's Gloomy
View.
Frem Hen. J. S. Ulack's letter te the Intelli-
g&m'EK, Sept. 1, 1B7'J.
The American Demes, though net with
out his faults, is, nevertheless, a sensible
personage, of geed judgment, open te con
viction, a lever of fair play. He is net
as jealous of his political agents as he
ought te be, nor as vigilant in guarding
his inherited rights ; but he respects the
memory of his ancestors and has a due rc
rni(l for the interests of his children. His
bleed and breeding will never permit him
te be a slave in the household of which he
was born te be master. He is slew te
anger even against his worst oppressors,
and the most atrocious fraud docs net
ruffle his temper; but in the fulness of
time, quietly and without vindictiveness,
he rights his wrongs. Yeu need net be
afraid that your appeals te his reason, his
conscience and his pride of race will he
made in vain.
If you are doubtful of this, think what
the people of the Union have lately
achieved. Ten vcars age the friends of
liberty, regulated by law, had only seven
senators in Congress, and in the lower
beuse thev were outnumbered, mere than
two te one. They had elected a president
sworn te preserve, protect and defend the
constitution, for a compensation of twenty
five thousand dollars per annum, but the
enemies of the constitution secured him
te their side by giving him, in the form of
presents, mere than his legal salary would
amount te in four years. When the
private gifts ceased, Congress presented
him with an equal amount of the public
treasury, and se his administration be
came an anti-constitutional job from
beginning te cud. The army and navy,
and all the executive departments, the
whole organized physical force, all the
officers and all the money of the nation,
were in hostile hands. Every atom
of this mighty power was thrown
against
Southern
liberty and justice. I lie
states were wholly deprived
autonomy, their governments
of their
crushed out, and their people placed under
the absolute domination of notorious
thieves ; while in the commonwealths of
the North, as well as in Congress, legisla
tion was controlled by great rings organ
ized te enrich themselves by robbing
labor of the bread it earned. Our usurp
ing rulers, entrenched in power which
they thought irresistible, asserted that the
constitution had been shot te death in the
war, that the states consequently had no
rights, and the people no liberties, which
Federal authority was hound te respect.
They claimed the power te suppress news
papers for publishing the truth, te knock
down judges en the bench for administer
ing law, te kidnap and imprison free
citizens for cxpre ssing their honest opin
ions. Pretending te leave us the privilege
of the ballet, they used successfully every
form the force and fraud te intimidate
voters, te stifle the expression of the popu
lar will, and te falsify election returns.
Superadded te these indignities and out
rages was the pressure of a pudlic debt se
heavy and public expenses se scandalously
extravagant that taxes absorbed all the
profits of industry, whereby the rich be
came richer and the peer poorer ; wealth
accumulated and men decayed. Dees
history tell us of any nation mere deplor
ably situated ? The outlook of Prometheus
chained te the reek, with vultures gorging
thenisclvcc upon all the lobes of his liver,
seemed scarcely se hopeless. Seme of our
best patriots despaired of the republic and
greatly feared that the institutions estab
lished bv the fatheis of the country were
irrtwiTnmhlv lest bv the degeneracy of
their sons.
In these most unfortunate circumstances
hew did the great body of the people be
have ."The mighty and puissant Demes he
of the " invincible locks "what did he de '.'
He took up the huge burden of his debt
and walked away like Samson with the
rates of Gaza upon his shoulders. He
soiled his conscience with no thought
of repudiation, but worked en with every
limb streched and every muscle swelled,
until he paid the half of all he was bound
for and made the securities for the ether
half as geed as geld. In the meantime he
looked after the corrupt combinations that
were squandering the proceeds of his labor
and determined te have a government that
would pay some attention te his wishes,
his' interests, and his rights. In spite
of fraud, falsehood, and brute force, the
numbers of the anti-constitutional faction
in the national Legislature decreased until
they became a minority in both branches.
At the last presidential election their can
didate was defeated by an overwhelming
majority and could only be counted in by
a most impudent fraud. Was net this much
.te be accomplished in se short a time and
under se many disadvantages .' in similar
circumstances the Reman Pepulas would
have been (as in fact it was) utterly de
bauched ; and the spirit of the Athenian
Demes would have been broken, or excited
te rash and ruinous insurrection, by half of
what we endured. Is is something te be
proud of, that we alone of all Democratic
peoples restored our institutions after they
were net only wrecked but rotten.
These peaceful victories, mere renowned
than these of war, have net merely pro
moted in a general way the great cause in
which they were wen, but their direct and
immediate fruits have been most benefi
cial. Innumerable swindles have been
exposed and punished ; unlawful combina
tions have been broken up and many mil
lions saved of the public money. The
carpet-bag thieves are " en the run, " or
else overtaken by the laws, and sent te
the proper penitentiaries. This venal
crew which at one time rioted in the full
possession of ten state governments, and
occupied the scats of sixty representatives
in Censrrcss, with twelve in the Senate,
have vanished from the political stage ;
and many of their official abbctters in the
North have been scourged back te the
powerless obscurity from which they
ought never te have emerged.
Our struggles for justice in the courts,
the reclamation of our rights through the
press, upon the hustings, and in the Legis
lative assemblies of the states and the
nation, have produced a striking moral ef
fect en the minds of our adversaries them
selves, They have net given up their
despotic theory of government, but their
practice is infinitelyicss cruel than it used
te be. They still assert that they took ad
vantage of the military force which the war
gave them te kill the constitution and that
they did actually put it te death ; but they
have left off the habit of insulting its mem
ory. They continue te deny the rights of
the states; but they have quit holding
them down te be plundered and trodden
upon. They declare with as much solem
nity as ever that our general government
is net the result of a compact between
sovereign states, which bestowed upon it
certain rights specifically enumerated, re
serving all ether te the states themselves
and the people, but a self-existent nation
with powers uncreated, undefined, undele
gated, and, therefore, unlimited. But
the brutality with which this claim of
absolute authority was enforced during the
dark years which followed the war has
visibly diminishedVundcr the influence of
the popular pretest and the dicisien of the
courts. We are no longer reminded by the
toad-eaters of the executive that we held
life, liberty and property afc the mercy.
Military commissions aud arbitrary arrests
have beed frowned out of fashion.
We de net knew that the enemies of
constitutional liberty have yet repented of
their past misdeeds, but there arc only
some remnants of their imperial system
which they new openly adhere te and
expressly threaten te repeat. The object
of all these is te cripple and obstruct the
exercise of the elective francise. Thcy
insist upon the right of the federal execu
tive te be represented at the state elec
tions by the bayonets of the standing
army ; they will net relinquish the power
of their hireling agents te imprison Demo
cratic voters without a warrant, and they
strenuously refuse te part with the privi-
of trying their political opponents by
juries packed te convict them. The people
and the states in the present Congress
made a brave struggle te strike oil these
shackles ; and the obstinate exertion of a
fraudulent administration te held them en
proves that the foul play of 187G will be.
if possible, repeated in 1880.
At what time in the future the final de-
feat of the anti-Democratic party will
make an end of all its tyranny and con-up
tien no one can predict at present. Meral
forces work slowly when opposed by money
and arms ; but en some day, net very dis
tant, the organized enemies of honest gov
ernment will be totally routed ; and when
justice does overtake them the weight of
the iron hand will make full atonement
for the delay of the leaden heel.
Irish Keller.
Mr. Riggs, treasurer of the Irish relief
fund in AVashingteu, has received a tele
gram from the Lord Mayer of Dublin, ac
knowledging the receipt of $2,500, aud
saying that "the distress is increasing
with fearful rapidity." Owing te the ex
treme urgency of distress in Ireland,
Messrs. Parnell and Dillen have issued an
appeal for aid te the Canadian people.
$1,500 have been raised in Terente, $800
in Montreal, and $300 in Kccnansville,
Canada, for the relief fund. The mayor
of Montreal has agreed te read an address
of welcome te Mr. Parnell en his visit te
that city, it being understood that Mr.
ParnclPs mission there is simply in the
interest of relief.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
OUIl IIOTCH-FOTCU.
On
Meteorological " Mnnd-writin
and
Se-forth.
' Such portents met the eye when Cicssir fell.
Ami cautioned him in vain : And-who can tell
Whether these artful notices of fate.
Arc meant for nroi.duiita,uiayerst or ministers
et state."
3 jFrem a contemporary journal we are in
formed that the citizens of Williamsburg
(well new, that is about as definite as Jehn
Smith, in the very effstavt ; for, consulting
eurj Gazetteer, we find there were twenty
seven Williamsburg in the United States
four years age already) yes, the citizens
of Williamsburg were wrought up into a
high state of excitement, at the " rumor"
(N. B., it was only a rumor) that the
name of U. S. Grant was seen in the
heavens (we don't think Gen. Grant would
object much te that, for we learn that ilBen
Adam's name is also there") about seven
o'clock ; but whether at that hour in the
evening, or the morning, is only conjec
tural. It is said te rest en the most re
spectable testimony testimony that would
ha " hardly ever" called in question ; and
hence the people are greatly exercised and
don't knew " what te de about it." Te
us the story leeks like the last feeble wag
of the tail of the " third term" animal.
But, for the sake of the argument, suppose
that the story is true, and that the cloud
streak did make an approximation te the
name of U. S. Grant what then '. Who
can tell whether the omen is a warning te
Gen. Grant or te the country ? When the
hand-writing appcared-en the walls of the
royal banqueting room of Babylon, it was
fatal te the aspirations of Belshazzar, and
net te his opponents. Ne doubt this story
will be silently gobbled up, or guzzled
down, by these among his faithful, who
have expressed themselves "first, last and
always" for Gen. Grant's election te a
presidential third term. Clouds, rains,
frosts and atmospheres arc sometimes
very eccentric in their phenomenal mani
festations, and these have their causes,
and deublcss, also, their interpretations
or at least their significance but, like the
" rough" who, in his prayers, new and
then sandwiched a paragraph compli
mentary te Satan, because he did net knew
into whose hands he would finally fall, we
leave the friends and fees of Grant te in
terpret the matter te suit themselves, and
conclude by referring te an ominous event
that occurred nearer home, and the out
lines of which are mere sharply defined
than the AVilliamsburg affair.
On Friday evening, the 23d inst., about
the hour that Mr. Jehn A. Bering received
the nomination for mayor of Lancaster
city, two of his new houses en North
Queen street fell down with a thundering
crash, and the noise of an Alpine ava
lanche. Well, what of that? Oh, noth
ing ; only these who may be fend of the
Williamsburg pudding can lubricate it
with this Lancaster sauce. " What is
geed for the geese is go id for the gan
der," you knew. If Mr. Bering's political
friends arc net mere adhesive in their
fidelity than the material was in his build
ings, his political house may fall with
as disastrous a crash as the former fell.
Of course the houses might have fallen
and under the same circumstances, per
haps, would have fallen had he been a
candidate or net, but the two events occur
ring se nearly at the same time is likely te
have a portentous significance in the
minds of these net well versed in the result
of cause and effect. We knew little about
political maneeuvring, but some of these
who profess te knew arc saying among
themselves that he cannot possibly be
elected, and that his supposed friends
knew he can't, or they would net se
unanimously have accorded him the nomi
nation. Mr. Bering may be a worthy
young man, but net mere se than many
ethers in the city of Lancaster. But the
office is net essentially a political one, and,
depend upon it, the people arc getting
weary of making changes only te gratify
political aspirations. If we mistake net,
their "handwriting" will be seen en the
wall en the 17th of Febrruay next.
Sylla Ben.
THE UOlllCEHSTOWX KIOT.
AH Ouiet Te-Day The Mill netKuiming.
Everything is quiet te-day at Rohrers Rehrers Rohrers
tewn, but the rolling mill is net running,
as there is still some dissatisfaction. It is
supposed that the difficulties will all be
amicably adjusted, when the mill will be
started. Patrick O'Donnell, the man who
was struck by another workman with a
pair of tongs during the fight yesterday,
was brought te this city last evening in a
wagon and was placed in the county hos
pital. It was first supposed that his skull
was fractured, but such was net the case.
His wound consists of a very ugly cut en
the head, which was dressed by Dr. Ro Re
land. He is doing well te-day.
The Rohrerstown rolling mill employs
between 50 and CO men, and nearly all are
idle te-day.
COURT OF COMMON VVEAS.
Befere Judge l'attersen.
Jehn B. Landis and Isaac Rehrcr as
signes of Martin Rohrer, vs. Tobias Krei
der and Geoge Rewc (two cases), actions
in replevin, for 90 ban-els of Heur. Martin
Rohrer,a miller residing in Paradise town
ship, testified that he had made an assign
ment in 1878. At that time there was 158
bushels of wheat in the mill, which was
brought there by Tobias Krcider, and 202
bushels belonging te Geerge Rewe. this
wheat was placed in bius a.id was net
claimed at the appraisement by the wit
ness. Afterward Rewe hauled away 50 bar
rels of Heur, and Krcider 30 barrels, which
was made from the wheat. After hearing
this evidence the plaintiffs abandoned the
case and the jury found in favor of the
defense.
In the case of the Waynesboro Mutual
insurance company vs. Geerge Shiflnerand
E. C. Musselman, the defence tiled affi
davits te the effect that their signatures te
certain notes had been obtained by false
representations. The plaintiffs plead sur
prise and the case was continued.
Di'Tere Judc Livingston.
Geerge Appeld vs. .Martin .Miller, action
te recover wages alleged te be due the
plaintiff for working as engineer of a
steam thresher for the defendant. The
defense was that the hiring of the plaintiff
was net done by the defendant but by an
other man, who was te have paid him.
The jury rendered a verdict iu favor of the
plaintiff for $1-1.82.
In the case of 11. M. Fried vs. Peters,
Rhodes & Tayler, judgment was entered
in favor of the plaintiff for $120.
In the case of Michael S. Ilarnish vs.
Chas. Schwcbcl, defendant, aud the North
British and Mercantile insurance company
of England, and the British America as
surance company, of Terente. Canada,
garnishees, the court, en motion of W.
W. Brown, esq., counsel for the
plaintiff, and by consent of J. W. B.
Bailsman, esq., counsel for the garnishees,
directed judgment te be entered en
answers of garnishees te interrogatories,
filed against the North British and Mer
cantile company for the sum of $1,425,
with stay of execution until March 10,
1880, and against the British America
assurance company in the sum of $500,
with stay of execution until March 10,
18S0.
Mary T. E. Hicstcr-Lcvis, transferee of
Anna D. Shcnk, vs. Emeliuc Heffman and
Samuel Heffman, scire facia sur mort
gage. On trial.
FEMAX.K MINSTKELS.
MaUauie Kentz's Troup Last Kveuiu;;.
A large audience greeted Madame
Rcntz's minstrels last night. The low
price tilled the gallery, and down stairs
there was scarcely one empty scat in the
parquctte circle. The entertainment
opened with a short, though very credit
able, minstrel first part, in which there
were ten ladies and four young men, in
cluding the orchestra, which was com
posed of three girls anil two men. Julc
Keen and Lew Parker sat en the ends.
Their songs were old but geed, and the
jokes seemed te please. The first part
closed with music by the female cornet
band ; a number of lively tunes were played
in geed style. In part second Miss
Linden played quite skillfully en the saxo
phone and was loudly applauded. Lewis
and Pauline Parker's sketch was amus
ing. JuleKcenas "Commander-in-chief of
the German Forces'" displayed con
siderable talent as a Dutch comedian. The
best members of the company, besides
Miss Linden, are the Leve sisters, Kittie
and Ella, whose dancing anil singing was
excellent. They were very handsome cos
tumes, four changes being made by them
during their act. They received three
encores, and before retiring for the last
time they executed a nimble sand ji. The
entertainment concluded with the bur
lesque, entitled : "The Teutonic Tug Tub
Pinafore," in which Julc Keen, as Sir
Jeseph GingerLecr, Miss Ella Leve, as
Fresh Buttercup, and Lewis Parker, as
Dick Ditdcijc, wen lets of applause. The
dressing of the company was pretty, as
was the stage setting. There was nothing
vulgar or objectionable in the show, which
was highly pleasing te all. The troupe
left for Trenten, N. J., this morning.
A NEW SWINDLE.
The Census Fraud Alukes Its Appearance.
The newest thing in the swindling line
was detected at one of the banks in Potts Petts
villc a day or two age, when a note turned
up which purported te have been made by
Samuel Benhara.a farmer of Butler Valley,
Luzerne county. A well-dressed stranger
called en Benham and represented himself
as a census taker engaged in gathering
statistics of agriculture. He filled a
printed blank with a detailed report of
Beuham's farm its extent, crops, cattle,
etc., then, as a guarantee of correctness
required the farmer te place his signature
at the bottom. Over the line for the sig
nature was a blank space which the
swindler said was for miscellaneous infor
mation, but which he had net found it
nccccssary te fill out. This space was
afterwards filled up with a note, which was
then cut off and presented for discount.
The swindler secured the money, but Bon Ben
ham in some way get wind of the affair,
found the man and compelled him te re
fund it. The fellow was net arrested, and
his name and the amount of the note can
not be ascertained. He is doubtless still
working the "census racket" en unso
phisticated grangers.
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF.
The Millcrsvilie KailseacI IHeckaded.
Last night after the last train from this
city te Millcrsvilie had passed ever the
Millcrsvilie railroad, some miscreant took
off the heavy farm gate iu front of Chris
tian Lintner's, a short distance southeast
of the city and placed it across the railroad
in the cut at that point. A large number of
heavy stones were placed upon the track at
several points in the same cut. At Baus
man's blacksmith shop, further out the
read the heavy gate te the cattle scales at
that point, was lifted from its hinges and
placed upon hc railroad track. Still furth
er out, a numbcikef fence rails were tern
from the fence and put upon the trick.
Whether the objects of the rascals who
committed these outrages wastewrcckthc
night train (which fortunately had passed)
before the obstructions were put upon the
track) and rob the passengers, or whether
the act was merely the freak of a few
drunken men, is net known. In cither
case the perpetrators ought te be pun
ished. The obstructions were net discov
ered until early this morning when they
were removed, causing little or no delay te
the trains.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY COMMITTEE.
TTie Ball Ring Secure Dclegatr te the State
Convention The aC Applied te All
Dissenters.
The members of the Republican county
committee met in Grand Army .hall at 11
o'clock this morning under the call of the
chairman that business of imieitance
would be brought before the committee.
A crowd of cutsidcis was also present and
it was almost impossible te find standing
room.
The committee was called te order by
B. F.Eshleman, esq., the chairman, and the
secretaries called the roll which showed
that every district was represented either
by principal or substitute.
A motion was made that the committee
proceed te the election of delegates te the
state convention by districts, the delegates
from each senatorial and representative
district te cheese its own representative.
J. W. Jehnsen characterized the motion
as a gag te prevent the people from choos chees
ing delegates who would truly represent
them iu the state convention. Jehnsen
continued his speech amid mingled hisses
and applause, and cries te "threw him
out of the window" and calls for the ques
tion. Nobody could hear what he was
talking about; the chairman rapicd for
order and directed the sccrctarv te call the
roll.
Mr. Jehnsen hoped every friend of Jim
Blaine would vote " no, " and J. Ilay
Brown called upon all these who were in
favor of the best man te vote "aye."
The districts were called alphabetically,
and the secretaries announced the result as
fellows : Fer the motion te proceed te the
election of delegates, 41 votes ; against the
motion, 20 votes.
Capt. McMcllcn, of the 3d ward, city,
arose and ellered a resolution, which he
wished te have read.
The chair ruled the resolution out of
order at the present time, as the commit
tee, had just decided te go into an election
of delegates.
McMelleu insisted en being heard and
said if the secretaries would net read his
resolution he would de it himself, lie
commenced te read amid howls, hisses and
applause, but net a word that he uttered
could be heard. His arms were wildly
gesticulating and he appeared te be
making a speech again.st "gag law."
while the handsome chairman of the com
mittee vigorously pounded his desk te
command order, declaring that nothing
else was new in order but te proceed te
the nomination of delegates te the statu
convention.
A.J. Kauffman, esq., of Coluuibia,nom Celuuibia,nom Coluuibia,nem
iuatcd the following delegates for the
Northern district: Senatorial, Washing
ton L. Hershcy ; representative, Jehn E.
Wiley, Jacob S. Witincr and Celin Cam Cam
eeon. Mr. Courtney, of Elizabcthtewn, made
the following nominations : Senatorial,
Samuel Evans; representative, Stephen
J. Grissinger, Israel G. Erb and B. M.
Stauffcr.
Mr. Kauffman called upon all true Re
publicans te vote for tiic candidates he hail
just nominated. He didn't knew much
about any of the candidates en the ethcr
side (the Heg Ringers) except Sam Evans.
He knew him te he a Greeley man against
Grant and a Buckalcw man against I Iart
ranft, and except when he wanted an office
for himself Sam Evans nevci knew what
party he belonged te.
Capt. McMelleu replied amid cheers and
hisses, but se great was the confusion that
his words were completely drowned te all
except these close beside him.
Mr. Courtney, of Elizabcthtewn, de
manded a hearing and this was reluctantly
given him. He said he was an uncompro
mising Republican and was for Blaine
first, last aud all the time, and he believed
nine-tenths of the Republicans of Lancaster
county preferred him te any ether candi
date. He hoped the friends of Blaine
would stand firm and vote for the nomina
tions made by him. He sat down greeted
with cheers and hisses.
The names of the several election dis
tricts, composing the Northern senatorial
and representative district, were then
called, and the secretaries announced the
result as fellows :
Wash. L. Hershcy, 22 votes ; Jehn E.
Wiley, 22 votes ; Celin Cameren, 22 votes ;
Jacob S. Witmer, 22 votes ; Sam'l Evans,
15 votes; Stephen J. Grissinger, 10 votes;
Israel G. Erb, 17 votes ; B. 31. Stauffcr, 10
votes.
Messrs. Hershcy, Wiley, Witmer and
Cameren were declared duly elected dele
gates from the Northern distrct te the
state convention.
Andrew M. Frantz (Bull Ring), Lancas
ter, and Win. Hamilton (Heg Ring), of
Paradise, were nominated as senatorial
delegate from the Southern district.
A ballet was taken and resulted as fol fel
lows : Andrew M. Frantz, 22 votes ;
Win. Hamilton, 11 votes.
Mr. Frantz was declared elected.
Fer representative from the city legisla
tive district J. II. Brown nominated Thes.
B. Cochran (Bull Ring), an 1 J. AY. John John Jehn
eon nominated Capt. E. Mc?.lellcn (Heg
Ring).
A ballet being taken the First, Second,
Sixth, Eighth and Ninth wards (5) voted
for Mr. Cochran. The Thud, Fourth
Fifth and Seventh wards (4) voted for
Capt. McMcllcn.
Mr. Cochran was declared elected.
Fer representatives from the South
ern legislative district the Bull Ringers
nominated Ames M. Eshleman, of Stras
burg, and Nathaniel Elhnaker, jr., of Sal
isbury; and the Heg Ringers Dr. Clinger,
of Conestoga, and Capt. Demies, of Mil
lcrsvilie. A vote being taken resulted : Elhnaker,
18 ; Eshleman, 17 ; Clinger. 5, and Den
ues, 8. Ellmaker and Eshleman were de
clared elected.
J. W. Jehnsen and Capt. McMelleu
sprang te their feet and addressed the
chair. Mr. Jehnsen said he had a few res
olutions te offer, but the chair refused te
hear him, deciding that Mr. McMcllcn had
precedence, he having offered a resolution
sometime before, which was then out of
order, but was new in order. Mr. Jehnsen
was compelled te sit down, and Mr. Mc
Mcllcn then offered the resolution which
he had before attempted te get before the
convention. It read as fellows :
llesehed, That the delegates this day
elcctcd be instructed te inform the state
convention that Lancaster county will
elect her own delegates te the national con
vention at the ensuing primary election, in
accei dance with the rules governing the
Republican party of Lancaster county.
J. Hay Brown moved that the resolu
tion be laid upon the table.
A scene of indescribable confusion fol
lowed, half a dozen members of the com
mittee addressing the chair at the same
time and dozens of ethers calling for