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FRIDAY EVENING, FEB. 27, 1880.
These "Geed Fellows."
In the current number of his Progress,
in commending the present efficiency of
the postal service, Cel. Jehn W. Ferney
says: "Yeu can overlook Gen. Brady's
scandalous favoritism in the star system
when you rememlwr the promptness and
security se characteristic of the Ameri
can mail." There is much of the cur
rent popular idea in this expression,
though a mere perfect wm scquitur or a
mere illogical sentiment can hardly be
imagined. It isthe expression of a creed
that has net only wrecked Ferney but
many like him :is public men, and it has
bred every manner of political demorali
zation. "Why should Brady's " scandal
ous favoritism " be overlooked in the
"promptness and security " of our pos
tal system ? Is a faithless, profligate and
corrupt administration of public affairs
te be condoned, forsooth, because in
sonic respects it gives us a geed
return V Is there any reason why
an honest and upright eflicial should net
bealse an efficient and progressive pub
lic servant, that we are continually hear
ing this excuse for corrupt and dishonest
office holders, that they were at least ac ac ac
connnedatingclever and efficient ?
In "Washington, in Harrisburg, in
New Yerk and Philadelphia, m every
capital in the country and in all the
great centres of political influence this
type of men have been holding sway for
many years. They spend the public
money like lords, they lavish favors
bountifully which they are able te com
mand by the abuse of their opportunities ,
they steal like freebooters, and with the
generosity of the brigand scatter their
ill-gotten gainsameng their beneficiaries.
In legislatures, while they promote the
schemes of the lobby they de net hesitate
te divide its spoils with their friends ;
they ride en free passes, but they get
them for their constituents tee ; they
plunder the state, but they share the
game with these of their own political
kidney, or their congenial associates.
And when they arc exposed and their
offenses brought te light and the n'c .
crt of public obloquy ought te be written
en their gravestones, come along the
fellows who enjoyed their favor and say :
" Well, it is true lie was unfaithful te
his trust, he violated his official oath, he
stele from the public, but he was such a
clever fellow, such an obliging eflicial
that they ought te be easy with him."
He gets into city councils and he is
big with schemes of 'improvement." He
overrides the law ; he defies constitution
al, statute and municipal restrictions ;
lie plunges the local government into un
timely debt ; he sometime " divides"
with the contractor and reaps his own
profit where he sews se recklessly at the
public cost and when the bubble bursts
and when his course is run, and the pee
p'.e have done with his felly, and every
. nedy sees hew many parts feel and hew
many parts knave he was, there are these
who excuse him because some geed may
be found in the vast amount of
harm done through his influence,
lie gets into the management of railways
and the stockholders' property becomes
the field for his expansive operations. He
" improves " and " enlarges," and dis
plays great " enterprise, " gives patrons
new facilities and earns the title of a pub
lic benefactor, while the people who have
their money invested are shorn of divi
dends and their capital bankrupted, that
he and his favored crew of cormorants
may fatten en the spoils. Again, he runs
a bank and runs it the same way. And
when he is brought te book we hear the
same apologies for rascality.
All this reasoning seems te proceed en
the assumption that there cannot be
clean-handed aad stiff-backed officials,
who are at the same time progressive and
popular public servants. "We believe
there can be. Such men are abundant
in business circles and they should be
found te be put in charge of public af
fairs. Better a thousand times have your
old fashioned, old fogies who believe in a
conservative policy, who would out of
an honest spirit of economy and pru
dence restrain much of se-called modern
progress, than the radical spirit which
guises under the pretense of improve
ment a purpose te enrich individuals
at the public cost. But if communities
will but exercise themselves te make
diligent search men can generally be
found for office who, in their regard for
the form and spirit of the law, yet are net
unmindful of the demands of intelligent
administration and governmental pro
gress. The most baleful of political her
esies is that which affirms Ferney's the
ory, that because ordinarily a letter is
carried safely and delivered honestly ,enc
should excuse vast eflicial derelictions
and condone enormous schemes of public
plunder in the postal service. That is the
very doctrine which has made law-makers
law-breakers; which seduces well dis
posed officials into profligacy, demoralizes
politics and glezes ever every sort of
corruption, irregularity and incompe incempe
tency. Chairman Miixeu calls the Dem
ocratic state committee together at
Pittsburgh, en March ISth. "We
have no objection te the time,
for, as we have said, a little
while earlier or later for the meeting of
the convention makes no difference. But
we de seriously object te the place, be
cause it is important that when the com
mittee meets the members should be pre
sent, and most of them cannot go te
Pittsburgh without a degree of incenve
nience which it is net right te subject
them te, and which will keep many of
them away. There is no rhyme nor
reason in appointing the committee te
meet at one end of the state. The place
should be central, se that the time con
sumed in getting te it should be as equal
as possible te each member. Harrisburg
or Alteena would make geed meeting
places, being central; Pittsburgh may
suit the western members, and is very
handy for the chairman; but it does
net suit this side of the mountains any
better than Philadelphia would suit the
west, nor as well. The committee, may
net have any business of importance te
transact, and probably has net ; but, if
se, the greater is the hardship of drag
ging the eastern members te Pittsburgh.
PERSONAL.
Prince Jekeme Napeleon has congrat
ulated 31. Reute: en a recent free-trade
speech in the Chamber of Deputies, and
31. Reuhcr replied that the prince's ap
proval was very precious te him.
The late Jehn. Rice, of Philadelphia,
after his business embarrassments, became
unable te pay the premiums en his life in
surance policies. 3Ir. J. B. Lippincott,
without having a dollar of interest in the
mattcr,premptly paid the annual amounts,
and through his kindness 3Ir. Rice's family
will have fifty thousand dollars.
At a special meeting of the American
society of civil engineers, held last night
at the Union League theatre, Xew Yerk,
Count E Lesseps spoke te a large audi
ence of practical engineers and prominent-
citizens about the Panama canal.
He afterward answered many questions
that were asked by members of the
society. A reception followed in the par
lor of the Union League club.
General Giiaxt left Cuba February IS
and reached Mexico en the 18th. There
were frequent stoppages en route, during
one of which General Sheridan and Clar
ence Diusmere tried te catch a few sharks,
but only succeeded in sacrificing a vast
amount of bacon. At one place, a lively
ant-eater was brought en beard, and much
interest was excited by a sight of the live
bugs which ladies have lately been wear
ing as ornaments. The reception in Mex
ice was formal but hearty.
MINOR TOPICS.
Ex-Attekney Genkkai. Leak being en
a visit te Harrisburg, 31. E. Olmstcad
gave him a lunch, at which Simonton and
Bayard were of course guests. But there
was no toast te the $19,000 fee.
TnEitE will be a meeting of the Demo
cratic state committee at the 3Ionengahela
house, Pittsburgh, en Thursday, the IStli
day of 3Iarch, 1880, at 3 o'clock p. m. te
fix the time and place for the meeting of
the Democratic state convention.
3In. Hicxm "Watteksex is of the opin
ion that the Democratic party can elect no
individual president of the United States
this year but 3Ir. Tildcn or the candidate
named by 3Ir. Tildcn. If this startling
news be true our Uncle Sammy must jine
in, help te make the ticket and then help
te elect it.
A Company comprising a public ex.
change, a trust department and a clearing
house is about te begin operations in New
Yerk. The promotion of mining interests
is the main object of the movement,
and the list of trustees and officers includes
the names of many men of reputation,
both in tlie i.ast and the est. 1 lie cap
ital of the company will be $3,000,000.
Leans will be made en mining shares, aud
it is intended te give te mining interests
a position they have net before had. Only
the shares of mines of real value will be
dealt in at the exchange.
On, it was pitiful ! Little Alice Weaver,
aged 13, who committed suicide in Pongh Pengh
kecpsic, X. Y., had been living with her
aunt since her mother's death, eight years
age. Twe weeks age her aunt told her
she could support her no longer, but she
must go live with her father. Last week
the girl bought five cents worth of arsenic.
On Tuesday she was taken sick and died,
and in her stomach was found enough poi
son te kill twenty persons. She left a let
ter, in which she said : " When you find
this I will he no mere, te de wrong or te
give you trouble. I have given you trou
ble enough. With love for all I can say,
'Weep net for mc when you stand around
my grave.' Xonieic. Your niece, Alice."
It is a most ridiculous and illogical po
sition assumed by a grand jury and dis
trict attorney in Xcw Yerk that bigamy is
net a punishable crime in that state, when
the celebration of the bigamous marriage
had taken place in a foreign state ; and
that a Xcw Yerk man, having a wife, may
go te Canada, 3Icxice, England, Germany
and as many ether countries as he pleases,
marry women in each one of them, bring
them all te Xew Yerk and live with them
in open violation of all the laws of moral
ity and net be amenable te the criminal
law. Bigamy is a continuing crime and
the bigamous relation is the punishable of
fense, te be answered for wherever the
parties continue in it.
The Philadelphia North American wants
no false pretense about it and would have
it understood that "from this day forward
the most credulous of men will scarcely
venture te place the candidacy of General
Grant in any ether rank than that of. a
bitter struggle en his behalf, aided by all
the machinery and power that can be con
trolled by partisan advocates familiar with
all the devices of political wire-pulling.
It is time te be done wieh the tomfoolery
about demands of the people and universal
acclaim. It may be a sad breaking of
idols, but none the less must it be admitted
that General Grant has thus far failed te
develop a particle of political strength, in
the present canvass, that has net been
manufactured for him at large cost and
considerable risk."
THK STAU KOCTE DEHATK.
Scathing Rebuke te the Rratly Methods.
The end of the Star route debate in the
Heuse was most disastrous te the Brady
methods of conducting that branch of the
posteffico business. Fer two days the
best men of both parties have joined hands
te rebuke the flagrant violation of law
and compel the several assistant postmast
ers general te conform te the law for the
rest of the year. The facts ascertained by
the appropriation committee in the course
of its searching investigation, and se
clearly set forth by its members during
the debate, made impossible the
general support which Brady had se con
fidently and openly spoken of and relied
upon. His few defenders sought in all
ways te obtain votes for him ; a most per
sistent lobby, both en the fleer and about
the capitol, has been at work for weeks.
3Ir. Cenger, of Michigan, went se far as te
attempt te rally the Republicans as parti
sans, but in this he failed. In fact, se thor
oughly defeated were the Brady adherents
at all points that they se far surrendered as
net even te demand the yeas and nays en
the disputed points of the bill. A num
ber of the best men en the Republican
side say that Hayes cannot fail te take no
tice of this most significant action of the
Heuse and suspend Brady. Xet te de it
they held will seriously damage the ad
ministration. There is considerable talk
of impeachment in Brady's case, which is
net confined te party, but this will proba
bly die out, unless Hayes should fail te re
move him.
A FAMILY OF BUZZARDS IN JAIL.
An Eagle Scribe Among the Inmate of
Lancaster's Prison The Somewhat
Notorious Welsh Mountaineers.
Heading Eagle.
Lancaster's jail standsat the eastern end
of King street, near the reservoir, and just
beyond it is the almshouse. The prison's
gray stone tower reminds one somewhat of
the Berks county prison, but in many
respects it has a different appearance. The
outer gate is a huge grate of iron extend
ing clear across the encrance, wide enough
te drive a wagon through, while plainly
visible te the outer world are the
vestibule, with a desk and prison
register, and the doers opening into
various departments. When admitted, the
visitor passes te the right, by the
deer of the office, tunis te the left, and
after passing through a rather confusing
array of doers finds himself in the long
corridor, with a double row of cells
each side, an iron gallery along the doers
of the upper row, and a large window high
up at the farther end, while a dim light is
admitted by round ventilators above. The
atmosphere was rather warm, and the
outer wooden doers of some of the cells
were ajar, allowing an occasional glimpse
of a convict, in a light gray suit with black
stripes, peering out for a moment. Xo Xe
tices conspicuously displayed warned the
visitor net te open any of the doers nor
speak te the prisoners
The prison officials received mc cour
teously. Within these walls arc the noto
rious family of Buzzards, the buccaneers of
the Welsh mountains. Jeseph and Isaac
charged with horse stealing, and sen
tenced te 18 months, which will expire
next April ; Jacob, five years for burglary,
which will expire next year ; Abraham,
who escaped and was recaptured, and is
serving the balance of his term of four
years for burglary his time expiring next
June and 3Iartin and Jehn, who are new
fr c, having served nine months each for
robbing a mill. They were day laborers.
Their father is dead, but their mother is
living, and some of them have families.
They are middle sized men, none of them
apparently ever forty years of age, with
intelligent faces and the lithe, active move
ments of the Welsh mountaineers, who
have the spring and alertness of the pan
ther in his native wilds.
Isaac Buzzard came te the barred deer
of his cell as the outer dejr was swung
open, 'and was introduced te the Eaale re
porter. Xe beetle-brewed, fierce-looking
brigand met the reporter's glance, but a
young, geed-looking man of 25 years, ac
tive and graceful, with frank, fearless eyes,
a geed-natured smile and ready and witty
speech. He is a cigar maker, and lias jjlse
learned the trade of carpet weaving in the
prison. When questioned he said he get
out with " some of the boys" and took a
horse and wagon te get a ride. Be ad
mitted that he had been wild, but said
he intended te lead a new life and
work at one of his two trades.
He had only five weeks te serve,
and his face lighted up with joy at
the reporter's statement that work was
plenty. He said he hoped te visit Read
ing, where he had some relatives. His
white teeth showed as he laughed and
chatted ; and keeper Smith stated that
"the Buzzard brothers" were amongst
the very best behaved prisoners in the jail.
He said the live weeks he had yet te re
main would drag very slowly, but they
would end at last, and he responded pleas
antly te the reporter's " geed-bye " as the
deer swung shut and he was left in his
stone coffin, with its plain bed, its well
worn loom with its partially-completed
web of carpet, and the strips of yarn
hanging from the walls.
Abraham Buzzard, who has still four
months te serve of a two years sentence,
was just entering the deer of his cell, at
some distance from that of his brother,
when he was introduced. He is an elder
and rather heavier man than Isaac, and
wears a heavy black mustache. His face
is grave, but kindly, and Keeper Smith
stated that Abraham Buzzard was a
changed man since his return te the jail.
His conduct has been se uniformly geed
that he is allowed te work in the cook
house in the basement, and he greatly en
joys this relief from the tcdiens monotony
of his cell. He spoke courteously, and
heartily returned his visitor's grasp of
the hand as lie attested te the truth
of 3Ir. Smith's remark that he was a
changed man. He said he intended
te go te work and remain out of
prison the rest of his life. When asked
if he had a family, he seemed somewhat
affected and replied that he had a wife and
four children and after a few encouraging
words, te which he answered that four
months was long, very long, but he would
try te bear it, he entered his cell,
the deer of which was left open ;
and in a few moments he was
seen carrying scuttlcsful of coal
along the1 corridor. Keener Smith said
Abraham was truly a reformed man. Once
he was desperate, profane and dangerous,
totally unfit te be trusted. Bis family oc
casionally visit him, and sonic months after
his escape and recapture his wife entered
the prison and came te the hole in his
grated deer with his two infant children
twins whom he had never before seen. As
she held the little innocents up before him,
one in each arm, the strong man weakened
and broke down, and that night Abra
ham Buzzard, the desperado se long
known and feared by all who knew him,
knelt in prayer and wept bitterly beside
his little brown blanketed bed in his prison
cell, aud from that night he was a changed
man. The joy of his faithful wife may be
imagined, and the astonishment of his
keepers was as great as was their satisfac
tion when they found that his repentance
was sincere. 3Ienths have passed since
then, and Abraham Buzzard is no longer
feared, but is trusted and kindly treated by
all in authority ever him. Truly, "a little
child shall lead them !" Mere in my next.
Disastrous Fires.
The residence of Mr. J. Hartshernc
Hyde, the handsomest villa in Egypt, X.
J., was destroyed by fire en Wednesday.
Less $20,000.
Lesses by the Pearl street fire, Xew
Yerk, were reported yesterday as fellows :
Augustus Caplcns, picture frames, damage
te stock, $20,000 ; Sigmund Cehen $3,000 ;
X. Cen, picture frames, $2,000 and te the
building $3,500. All covered by insur
ance. While one of the employees of the Madi Madi
eon Square theatre, Xew Yerk, was light
ing the gas jects at the front of the stage
before the theatre was thrown open te
the public last evening, he set lire te the
iwu cuiuuns. uuu nicy were completely
destroyed. The less will be about $3,000.
The performance was carried en without
curtains.
Great excitement was caused en Eliza
beth street, Xcw Yerk yesterday, by a fire,
which destroyed the foundry building at
Xes. 87 and 89 and threatened te extend
te the surrounding tenements. A hun
dred or mere human beings in the tene
ments were rescued and there were no
fatalities. The building was the property
of Willian A. Beit. and was leased by
Jehnsen Brethers. The less en the build
ing is $G,000, which is fully covered by
insurance, and Jehnsen Brethers's less en
machinery is put ' at $15,000, which is
party insured. The ether losses te the
occupants of the building aggregate $83
000. Hanging Her Infant ISrether.
Bridget 3IcGee. the eight-year-old
daughter of a coal miner in Bear Gap,
near PettsviIle,-Pa., enticed her infant
brother into an outbuilding last 3Ienday,
and. under the pretence that she was about
te give him a swing, fastened around his
neck a noose depending from a rude gal
lows that she had constructed there, and
pulled him up several inches from the
fleer. She copied the noeso and
manner of its arrangement from
descriptions of similar apparatus that
she had read. The little child's screams
brought his mother te his rescue. When
he was trken down his face was black and
his eyes and tongue protruded. It was
several days before his recovery was !ssured
Bridget 3IcGee threatened her father when
he attempted te chastise her.
"Yeu old feel," she said, "I will kill you
if you touch me."
She quitted her home and remained
away two days. In the village school she
was at the head of her class, among chil
dren much elder than herself. A passion
for sensational story reading is said te have
brought about the attempt en her brother's
life.
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
Xear Woedmansville, X. J., Myren
Cummings was driving past a place where
some weed choppers were at work a huge
tree fell, killing Mr. Cummings and one of
his horses.
W. D. Harshall and Jehn O'Brien have
been killed en the Red Water by Black
Cat Fish's band of Indians. 3Iergan aud
O'Brien's ranch, fifty miles west of Bu
ford, is said te be threatened by the tame
Indians.
Michael Kceler, aged 8 years, saw some
thing en the ice in the canal at West Trey,
and attempted te obtain it. Be broke
through the ice, and his brother James,
10 years old, attempted te rescue him.
Beth were drowned.
The trunk line peel managers decided
te reduce the rate en grain and flour east
bound from Chicago live cents per hun
dred pounds, beginning with March 1, and
te make a similar reduction en ether ar
ticles beginning March 8.
Parncll and Dillen arrived at St. Paul,
Minn., from Winona last evening. They
made brief steps te held meetings at Win
ona, Lake City, Red Wing, Hastings and
ether places. Crowds met them every
where and several hundred dollars were
subscribed.
InPctcrsbur
Antheny
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I liif i "imi in.tii iKiinil
Fowler was caught in the
machinery in McKec's furniture factory
and hurled around the shaft with terrible
velocity. Beth of his feet and one of his
hands were tern oil' and every bone in his
body was broken.
In Walde, Ohie, Enech Yeung get into
a light with two boys in a saloon, and re
ceived rough handling. He left, saying he
would fix tlicm, and returned with a large
knife. With this he stabbed Israel
Bcnsley. who had taken no part in the
affray, twice, once in the face and once in
the region of the heart, causing instant
death. Yeung is new in jail.
STATE ITEMS.
In Piltsteu Patrick Callahan stabbed
Themas Smith in the neck with a penknife.
Callahan gave himself up te the authori
ties. Jehn C. Suhr, living in Armstrong town
ship, Lycoming county, committed suicide
by hanging himself with a rope te a joist
in the house. He was sixty-eight years of
age, a native ef Germany, and lived in a
secluded place, with his sister,nephew and
niece, all of whom were very peer.
In Philadelphia, yesterday, Ida Schmidt,
a domestic at the house of Dr. Rosenbcr Resenbcr
berger, Seventeenth street, above Colum
bia avenue, was fatally poisoned by the
escape of coal gas from the heater in the
cellar. Dr. Rescnbcrgcr had a narrow
escape from death in the same way and is
very much prostrated.
In Easten yesterday warrants were issued
at the instance of James K. Daws, post
master, for the arrest of J. Whit. Weed,
proprietor, and Dan'lU. Weed, editor, of
the Free 1'rc, charging them with pub
lishing editorially an article intended te
disgrace him (Daws). Dan'l B. Weed was
arrested and admitted te bail, but J. Whit.
Weed being out of town, has net yet been
arrested.
In Carlisle while Mr. Trickett, editor of
the Herald, was standing in front of the
court house he was approached by J. W.
Sheerer, esq., attorney for Mrs. Zell, in
the Kielil murder case, and Shearer struck
the editor of the Herald in the face two
or three times with his fist. The affair
created considerable excitemest. The
assault en Trickett, it is alleged, was
made because of an article published in
the Herald intimating, or stating, that if
Mrs. Zell had employed abler counsel, her
case might have terminated differently, or
words te that effect.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
PURIM.
The Hebrew Rail I.ast Night.
As stated in our issue of last evening,
yesterday was observed among Hebrews
the world ever as the feast of Purim, com
memorative of the deliverance of Israel
from the destruction decreed against that
people by Ahasuerus, king of Persia. A
feature of the festal celebration of the day
by the Hebrews of this city was the Purim
ball, given by the Ladies' Hebrew benev
olent society at Roberts's hall, Xerth
Prince street, last night, and at which the
ladies and gentlemen of that faith were
present in large numbers. The promenade
was had at 9 o'clock, and dancing was kept
up continuously until the wee sma' hours,
save for the midnight intermission during
which all present partook of an elegant
supper served in a room adjoining the
dancing hall, and gotten up with the ad
mirable taste and skill that have given te
Mr. .1. C. Spcath his extended reputation
and popularity as a successful ca
terer. The pregramme comprised
many of the most popular of the plain and
fancy dances and was successfully carried
out by Mr. Al. Rescnstcin, master of cere
monies with his efficient assistants, Messrs.
S. B. Hirsh, S. Blumauer, 31. Salomen,
II. Hirsh, 31. Strauss and C. S. Hirsh, as
fleer managers. The committee of ar
rangements was composed of 3Irs. P. Ber
nard, 3Irs. J. Stein, 3Irs. A. Rescnstcin,
3Irs. 31. Gershcl, and 3Irs. J. Osthcim ;
and the managers were 3Iessrs. P. Bernard,
J. Stein and A. Adler. The music was
furnished by Tayler's orchestra, which is
itself a recommendation of its quality, and
in all respects the first annual Purim ball
may be recorded as a highly successful
event.
Police Cases.
Last evening Officers Lentz and Dcieh
ler made a raid en the bark mill and cap
tured two disorderly tramps. They were
locked up during the night, and this morn
ing taken before his honor, the mayor, who
committed them for fifteen days each.
Jehn Rabbitt and William Wilsen, well
dressed and rather i espcctablc looking com. cem.
trymen, came te town and get en a " big
bust." They were arrested and taken be
fore Alderman Barr, who committed thcin
for 10 days each.
Extensive Sale of Live Stock.
Samuel Hess & Sen, auctioneers, sold at
public sale yesterday, for Jehn W. 3Ientzcr,
at his yards, the following stock, te wit : 11
horses, 22 bulls, 10 cows, 18 steers and
40 shoats, for $2,543.92.
Linnean Society.
At the meeting te-morrow (2 o'clock) a
rare collection of East Indian curiosities
will be exhibited.
STUDY OP THE STABS.
' The Heavens Declare the Glory of Ged, and
the Firmament Sheweth His Hand i-
work." Dr. Warren's
Lecture en As-
tronetny.
A large audience, representing in great
measure the best culture of the city,
assembled at Fulton opera house last
evening te listen te the lecture en " Recre
ations in Astronomy " by Rev. II. W.
Warren, D. D., of Philadelphia, who oc
cupies a leading position as a practical
inquirer into and an eloquent and effective
lecturer upon the subject te which a large
portion of his best years has been de
voted. The front part of the parquet was
occupied by the pupils of the high schools,
comprising a chorus of mere than one hun
dred and fifty voices, under the efficient
direction of Prof. Carl 3Iatz, their musical
instructor. At about a quarter before S
o'clock, and prier te the appearance upon
the stage of the distinguished lecturer,
a number of songs and hymns were
sung, among them, "Guide 31c, Oh,
Theu Great Jehovah," "Oft in the Stilly
Xight," "Forever and Forever," "Twi
light is Stealing," and a number of ethers.
All were rendered with rare sweetness
and power, and each was received with a
round of hand-clapping ; and the audience,
impatient as they were for the lecture te
begin, would fain have had the delightful
prelude prolonged. When Dr. Warren
made his appearance he turned a very
graceful compliment te the singing of the
pupils, and whilst expressing his indebted
ness te them for contributing se material
ly te the evening's entertainment, con
fessed te a feeling of diffidence in attempt
ing te gain his hearers' attention just
after their cars had been greeted with
such "sweetness long drawn out. "
After the applause had subsided which
greeted the doctor's opening remarks he
introduced his subject proper by a lucid
description of the immensity of creation,
endeavoring te convey as near as possible
te the reach of his hearers' conception
some idea of what seems the infinite distance
and size of the bodies that constitute the
great systems of the universe. The
velocity of the planets that revolve in their
orbits about the great centre of our solar
system, the rapidity of the transmission of
light, which is beyond the grasp
of the most comprehensive understand
ing this and much equally instructive and
entertaining information was presented
with such clearness and force, and withal
in such well-chosen language and eloquence
of diction, that the assemblage appeared
te hang upon the speaker's words as if they
would gratify their, awakened appetites
for knowledge of the marvelous subjects he
treated. And at sonic particularly impres
sive statement in which figures that, while
they might be written down, were utterly
beyond the comprehension of the finite
mind, were employed te convey an idea
that was enough te cause the brain te reel
in the effort te grasp it, a visible hush
would fall upon the audience for a moment
and then they would break into a helpless
burst of applause, as though they must in
some way express the feeling that over
powered their senses
After dwelling upon this phase of his
subject at some length there was a pause
in the lecture, and at the request of Dr.
Warren, the high schools sang "3Iy
Country, tis of thee,' the audience, by re
quest, joining in, the words of the song
being thrown upon a canvas erected en the
rear of the stage, by means of the oxy
hydrogen light in charge of Professer
Wm. Leng, of Philadelphia. The effect
was striking, and it is te be doubted
whether the walls of Fulton opera house
have ever answered te mere inspiring strains
than that-of the five hundred or mere
veiceslustily pouring out the martial melody
of the grand national anthem.
Frem this point until the close, the lec
ture was confined te the exhibition of
views, which Dr. Warren explained in the
same lucid manner that distinguished the
former portion of his lecture. With char
acteristic modesty the doctor emitted a
number which had been presented
and explained by 3Ir. Procter seme
time since. The first of the views were
photographic representations of some of
the instruments used in astronomical in
vestigation, among them the old fashioned
telescope, the great and latest improved in
strument at Cambridge, the Ress telescope
and a number of ethers, the lecturer point
ing out the exactness required in all the
adjustments of this wonderful instrument.
The spectroscope was also exhibited and
its uses and mode of operation explained.
Frem this the lecturer passed te the exhi
bition of views of the various bodies that
constitute the solar system, their relation
te each ether and te their great centre.
Dr. Warren's views of the moon were of
especial interest, and seemed te bring
that satellite of the earth se near te the
spectator that he seemed te be
merely examining some curious and
exceedingly interesting object en our
own planet. 3Icrcury, Venus, Earth,
3Iars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Xcp
tunc were all thrown upon the canvas,
and their points of similarity and differ
ence explained. After dwelling at great
length en this portion of his lecture dur
ing which time the interest of the audience
never diminished, but appeared rather te
grew, the doctor led his hearers far
beyond the narrow confines of our own
system, and permitted them te glance for a
brief period at the innumerable ether sys
tems of the grand schems of the universe.
The views were well calculated te inspire
the beholder with feelings of awe, and te
convey an idea of the majesty of the
heavens telling the glory of Ged. The
view of the hunter Orien slaying the bull
was one of peculiar power and interest,
and the "Great Dipper" looked like an
old friend. Dr. Warren's statement that
the latter constellation was changing its
shape seemed te create a feeling of sorrow
among his hearers with whom its familiar
outline was manifestly a favorite ; but his
subsequent statement that it would be
3C,000 years before the constellation took
en its new shape of a gigantic "S," ap
peared te restore the audience te
its previous equanimity. The final
view of the series was by long odds the
most interesting presented during the
evening. It conveyed by an ingenious
mechanical device, Dr. Warren's own in
vention, we believe, an accurate idea of the
varied motions of the different members of
our system about their great source of
light and heat the Sun. All the planets and
their satellites being seen in their proper mo
tion at the same time and at their relative
speed, the spectator was enabled te
gather a comprehensive idea of the com
plex working of the solar system, and
was given plenty of time and op
portunity for a thorough examination of
the view which closed the lecture. An ap
propriate hymn was thrown upon the can
vas, the entire assemblage joining in its
rendition, and the audience dispersed.
In all respects the lecture was one of
the most entertaining ever delivered in
Fulton hall, and our people are indebted
te Prof. J. P. 3IcCaskey, of the Star club,
for his successful endeavors te furnish
them with instructive and interesting in
formation en this most inspiringef sciences
in which se great popular interest has been
lately awakened. Dr. Warren is net only
thoroughly acquainted with the subject he
se exhaustively treated, but is a line orator
and states his facts with such jlearncss and
force that the least imaginative mind can
not but be impressed with their awe-inspiring
nature. His remarks were moreover,
pervaded by a deep religious tone, which
made them all the mere effective in con
veying te the hearer an idea of the infinite
power and majesty of the Creater and
Ruler of the universe, who laid the foun
dation thereof and the measures upon it,
when the morning stars sang together and
all the sons of Ged shouted for joy.
COURT OF OUARTER SESSIONS.
January Adjourned Term.
Thursday Afternoon. Cem'th vs. James
Fitc. assault and battery. The defendant
lives en the farm of Themas J. Bailey, in
Sadsbury township, which he farms en the
thirds, 3Ir. Bailey owning the greater por
tion of the stock. On the 2lst of last De
cember Bailey, as he alleged, went te the
barn occupied by Fite ; he walked into
the entry and was about throwing a
bundle of cornfedder into the cattle, when
defendant seized him rudely and struck
him several times ; Bailey then drew an
old pistol, which frightened the defendant,
off", he threatening te sheet if he was hit
again.
The defense was that Bailey was in the
habit of coming te the place te feed the
cattle. On this occasion he was found in
the stable by the defendant ; he was en
gaged feeding the cattle, which had been
fed shortly before by File, who ordered
him te leave ; he refused te go, but wanted
te feed the cattle ; the defendant then
went te put him away when the prosecu
tor drew a pistol and threatened te sheet ;
he then went away and brought, suit
against the defendant. The lease between
Bailey anil Fitc was produced and read.
The jury rendered a verdict of net guilty,
with costs te be equally divided between
the defendant and prosecutor.
The next case attached was that of
cem'th vs. Themas J. Bailey, who was
charged with assault by James Fite.
The evidence was the same as in the ether
case, and the jury rendered a verdict of
net guilty, with costs te be equally divided
between the defendant and prosecutor.
In the case of Oliver Markley, who was
charged by Edward Mehn with assault
aud battery, the jury rendered a verdict of
net guilty, with costs te be divided equally
between the defendant and prosecutor.
In the case of cem'th vs. Frank Kritz
bergcr, charged with stealing some goods
from Al. Rescnslein of this city, a verdict
of net guilty was taken for want of evi
dence. Friday Morning. Cem'th vs. Jehn T.
Warden, of Fulton township, fornication
and bastardy. Laura Given, residing at
Wakefield, testified that the defendant is
the father of the child, which was begot
ten en April 10, 1879, in the barn of
Geerge W. Zeek, and horn en December
30.
The defendant, in his own behalf, testi
fied that he was net the father of the
child ; he heard the presecutrix swear at
the squire's office that she had had im
proper relations with another man. He
did net remember when she said that oc
curred. The mother of the defendant tes
tified that she caught the presecutrix with
a man named Grefi during the summer
before last.
In rebuttal 3Ir. Grell' was called and he
denied the truth of 3Irs. Warden's state
ment. " 3Irs Geerge AY. Zeek testified that
when she accused the defendant of this
crime he did net deny it. The jury ren
dered a verdict of guilty. Sentenced as
usual.
The above was the last case for trial In
jury and the jurors were discharged with
the thanks of the court.
The surety of the peace and the deser
tion cases will be taken up te-morrow.
SUDDEN HEATH.
Thompson Wivel Found Dead in lied.
Thompson Wivel, a laboring man, aged
35, died very suddenly at his home in Lit
tle Britain township yesterday morning.
He retired in his usual health en Wednes
day evening, telling his wife that he de
sired te be wakened at 5 o'clock in the
morning. He awoke about 3 o'clock,
when, finding it was se early, he went
back te bed again, telling 3Irs. Wivel te
waken him at 5 o'clock. At the latter
hour his wife awoke and found that her
husband was dead. Deputy Corener
Wakeman Wesley summoned a jury com
posed of James Weed, Samuel Cenrad,
Charles Fell, Heward Bradley, William
King and Samuel Wright, sr. Dr. I. A.
Peeples made an examination of the body
and the jury rendered a verdict of death
from valvular disease of the heart. The
deceased leaves a wife and three children
in indigent circumstances.
New Turbine Wheel.
William 3Icrccr, of Lancaster city, has
received letters patent bearing date Jan
uary Cth, 18S0, for new and useful im im
prevements in turbine water wheels. This
is the only center discharge wheel ever
patented. The buckets are se arranged
that they discharge the water at the step
or tee of the wheel, thereby taking the
weight of the discharge water oil' the outer
surface of the buckets, making it the fast
est running wheel in the market. Speed
is power. The construction of the wheel
is very simple. There is nothing about it
te get out of order ; it is se arranged that
the gate cannot be choked with sand, nor
will any rubbish hang in the wheel.
Tlflrf Suit Withdrawn.
On second thought Corener 31ishler con
cludes that Jehn W. Hensler was right in
declaring that he had no right te held an
inquest en his deceased mother ; and se
the coroner has gene te Ardcrman Wiley's
office and withdrawn the suit and paid
the costs in the case he had brought
against 3Ir. Ilcnsel for obstructing an offi
cer in the discharge of his duties.
Surety of the Peace.
On complaint of Elizabeth Richardson
( colored ) Alexander Andersen ( also col
ored) was committed te jail for a hearing
before Alderman 3IcConemy te answer for
surety of the peace. The accused is a son
of the Andersen who was hung thirty
years age for being engaged in the murder
of the Garber women.
AN ANTI-GRANT BOOM.
SOJIK EXTRNSIVF. ROOTING
HOG RING.
II Y THK
A 3Ievement te JUah the .Machine Lecal
lieuublicaii Leaders Aiiiiimr te Unde the
Hnrrisbitrgr Werk Who I te Ent
Crew?
Within the present week, at Washings
ten. Senater J. Donald Cameren warningly
said te a number of visiting newspaper ed
itors of this state, whom he encountered
en Pennsylvania avenue, and all of whom
had, in the journals they control, vigor
ously opposed the third-term conspiracy :
"Yeu have been preparing a nice feast of
crew for yourselves. After the 3d of June
you shall eat it :" There was in this
speech the fine imperial-insolence of a man
who either wields unlimited authority or
who believes he does. It is yet te be seen
who is te " eat crew ;' and news has just
reached the Cameren folks in this city of
a very general movement set en feet
throughout Lancaster county te force the
feast of crew down the threats of the Cam Cam
eeon clan, here at least.
Fer a few weeks the JVew Era has been
busy endeavoring te show that the recent
aetien of the Republican county committee,
in selecting the delegates te the state con
ventien and thereby controlling the choice
of national delegates, is a violation of the
precedents and entitled te no respect.
Last evening it had another article en the
same subject, declaring Eshleman's com
mittee " usurpers. '' and concluding with
this threat :
But the Republicans of Lancaster coun
ty are aroused te an intensity of feeling
greater than was manifested in any of the
"precedents" we have quoted against the
usurpation of which he lias been made the
obedient instrument, and before the June
roses bloom he and these who still cling te
his waning fortunes will be buried se deep
beneath popular indignation as te he for
ever beyond political resurrection.
These editorials have been only plough pleugh
ing and harrowing the ground for the seed
time, which has new come, and during the
past three days the anti-Cameren wing f
the party in this county, composed largely
of the se-called "Heg Ring," have been
busy working at a project which has for
its purpose an election of two delegates te
Chicago by popular vote, and their in
struction against Grant and for Blaine.
It is proposed by getting up a monster
pretest, signed by ten thousand Republi
can voters, and possibly by a mass mrct
ing, te arouse such a storm that the Bull
Ring will either be driven from their posi
tion, or that the anti-Cameren delegates
will go te Chicago with a backing that
will command their admission te tint na
tional convention instead of Kauff'man and
Seltzer.
In the furtherance of this purpose the
anti-Cameren politicians in rrery xchei I
dixtrict of Lanraxter County have been
instructed te secure signers te a pretest of
which copies have been provided them and
which reads as fellows :
Te the Members of the llemiblican County
Committee of Lancaxter County. Pa.
The undersigned, Republicans of Lan
caster county, hereby record their pretest
against the action of a majority ei your
body in selecting delegates te the late
state convention, that privilege being
clearly one of the reserved rights of the
people, acting in their primary capacity,
guaranteed both by the letter aad .spirit of
the rules of our party, as conclusively
settled by the contest and precedents of
1808 and 1872.
We pretest against the arbitrary action
of the late Republican state convention, in
selecting delegates te represent this con
gressional district in the national conven
tion te be held at Chicago, en the 2d of
June next. Under our rules as interpreted
by the precedents of 1808 and 1872, and
the decision of the national convention of
1870 against the "Unit" rule, and the
terms of the call itself recognizing only
representation by districts we claim and
shall insist upon our right te elect dele
gates te said convention, and te express
our preferences for the candidates for whom
they shall vote.
As it is understood that the chairman
docs net intend te call your committee, to
gether in time te arrange for the usual
primary meetings, until tee late te cheese
delegates, we hereby instruct you, or as
many of you as are willing te lairly repre
sent a majority of your constituents, te is
sue the call for the annual primary meet
ings, te be held under the rules, en Satur
day, the 22d of 3Iay. 1880, for the purpose
of electing delegates te the national con
vention and nominating candidates for the
several legislative and county offices te be
voted for at the general election in Novem
ber. Accompanying nearly a thousand of
these blanks, sent out te "workers," was a
letter of instructions urging : "The im
portance of organizing your township or
district, by getting a committee of at
least one reliable parson te make a thor
ough canvass of each school district, call
ing upon every Republican teter and, if
possible, obtain his signature, aud, when
ever practicable, have him nrite hi name
legibly in ink." The canvass is te be com
pleted in a week or ten days when " it is
probable that arrangements will be made
for a county mass meeting in this city, te
give further expression te the views of
Republican voters ; and it is submitted as
a matter for the judgment of our friends
in the country whether district meetings,
when practicable, might net be advisa
ble." Our informant reports that in his dis
trict, one of the most populous aud most
largely Republican in the county, the anti anti
Cameren politicians are hard at work and
meet .with great success. They expect te
get in all 10,000 signers, a clear majority of
the Republican vote, including nearly two
thirds of the Republican county commit
tee ; and they declare that if the county
committee is net duly called together, or
in case it fails te provide for the election
of national delegates at the usual time for
the primaries, they will go en, issue a call,
held the primary and elect delegates te
Chicago. They say that "Eshleman's
gang have new only one alternative :
either te back down and provide for a pop
ular election of delegates or submit te igno
minious defeat at the primaries. " They
say " if Eshlcman and his committee order
a new election of delegates they surrender
without a shot and will get no quarter; if
they stand by the work at Harrisburg they
will be cut te pieces by the onset of the
people ; and in either case Den Cameren's
cause will go down in Lancaster county. '
The Bull Rtns'it Deilance.
Three or four prominent Cameren Re
publican politicians were interviewed this
morning en the attitude of the Heg Ring
in undertaking te supplant Kauff'man and
Seltzer. These representative men of their
faction agree substantially en this state
ment of their position The action of the
county committee was regular aud compe
tent ; se was that of the state convention ;