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THUESDAY EVENING, MAECH 11, 1880.
Decile Stockholders.
One would think that it was geed
sense te held that the owners of property
should be able te ascertain at any time
from its managers whatever they might
want te knew about it, and that they
should particularly be well-informed as te
the uses made of its capital and income.
But it Is a curious tiling that the owners of
a great property who are associated under
articles of incorporation cannot find out
any mere about its affairs than its efheers
cheese te tell them, and are powerless te
compel the discovery te them of what is
done with their money. The published
reports which are furnished then must
content them; and yet, all the time,
their right te all the information they
want is net denied them and the proffer
te furnish it is freely made, with the im
plied understanding, apparently, that no
stockholder will take advantage of it te
inquire into matters which it is disagree
able te the officials te talk about. The
late meeting of the Pennsylvania rail
road stockholders was a" model one of the
kind. The owners of the property were
admitted by ticket te the hall, but as
most of them live at a distance
and all of them knew that
they did net amount te anything
when they were assembled, the
gathering consisted of the read's officers
and retainers and a few independent
stockholders avIie could net persuade
themselves te forego their theoretical
privileges, and who were se eccentric and
bull-headed as te be unwilling te comply
with the understanding of the managers
of their property that no unfair advan
tage should be taken of the privilege
kindly granted them te ask questions
about matters in the report which they
did net fully understand. It became ap
parent before long that it was considered
unfair in the stockholders te doubt their
servants' integrity, skill or truthfulness ;
no rcllcctiens upon the honorable mana
gers, dead or living, were considered
permissible ; it was a gross outrage te
make them, and altogether unfair and
unbearable ; and after a very short season
of it, the honorable mayor who presided,
was moved te discharge the meet
ing and se step the loud mouths
of I lie disagreeable stockholders.
It was a very remarkable performance
indeed that meeting. "We enjoyed
reading the account of it. It was in
structive. It was interesting te note hew
absolutely barren of information was
the field which the stockholders were
invited te glean. The secretary read the
number of a page and paused for a re
mark. The first one came in the shape
of amotien that the earnings of the com cem
.pany should be divided among the
owners, instead of being used te
extend the read or increase its
property. Of all questions that could
be considered by stockholders this
certainly was one of the most vital and
important. It raised the question
whether the managers of a railroad
should take its profits and use them for
alleged betterments giving them an op
portunity te steal them for their own
betterment or whether they should re
turn all the profits te the owners and
call en them te supply the additional
capital needed te increase the facilities
of the read. And hew was this stock,
holder answered ? The president of the
read told him it was none of the business
of the owners te say what should be done
with their profits, the question of a divi
dend being one entirely for the directors.
Just think of it ; and tell us en what this
president feeds that he thus derides his
magters !
After this premising opening we are
net surprised at the husks which the in
quisitive stockholders gathered in large
quantities as the pages of the report were
turned ever during the brief time they
were permitted te be with their fellow
owners, until the pressure of their im
pudence get Iteo heavy for the manage
ment and they were turned out into the
street. They exhausted the patience of
their servants when they wanted te knew
about a little transaction in which ex
President Thomsen pocketed $.50,000 of
their money and several of their
directors had received a thousand a
year Jeach for nothing. This was
treading en forbidden ground. Mr.
Vice President Roberts get his
indignation up because the assault
was en a dead man, and in his natural
perturbation he forget te explain the
conduct of the living. The whole 'party
sailed out of view hidden by ex-President
Thomsen's pMl, and there was such a
hurry te adjourn and such a deter
mination te choke off stockholder
Parker that we may imagine without in
justice te any one, that the living fellows
who did the weeping and gnashing of
teeth ever the dead Thomsen had very
tender corns themselves which they
were in a hurry te draw in out of dan
ger from the indiscreet Parker's
heavy tread. Certainly they were net
friends of Thomsen's. These reports
about his venality have been se many
and are se current that his fame can
only be saved by their investigation and
refutation. But that was a gay meet
ing ; and if the Pennsylvania stockhold
ers are content with the fullness of the
information their officers gave them,
they are a very nice and docile set of fel
lows te de business for.
What Mr. Gewen said yesterday
about the silent march upon our com
monwealth for twenty years of an enemy
mere powerful and dangerous than arm
ed hosts, and hew these influences have
well-nigh closed the pathway of fame te
honest men, is undeniably true ; and te
some extent the result of his own and his
colleagues' efforts in these bribery trials
has checked that advance. But the well
grounded suspicion that the plea of
guilty was made te prevent the exposure
of the chief agents of this power, as
well as in anticipation of certain convic
tion, will make the commonwealth un
easy under the fact that some, of t lie
most potent of these influences survive.
It is much te be regretted thai the ex
posure of the principals was neb as com
plete as the disgrace and ptuiiihrnwit of
their agents.
Mb. Kemble's plea of guilty te the
charge of corrupt solicitation of members
of the Legislature recalls the fact that he
was once practically accused of a similar
offense in the Lancaster county courts
and swore himself out of it. The alle
gation then was that, desiring te be a
United States senator, he bought four
members of the Legislature from this
county at $3,000 apiece, and when he sur
rendered his claims te Cameren made
him feet the bill and agent's commis
sions en members, whom the great ring
master is reported te have said he had
already bought and paid for. One of the
members was cheated out of his swag
and brought suit te recover it from his
wicked partners. Then it was that Kem
ble came te the scratch and like a little
man swore that he had net bought the
members.
The delay in the sentence of the peo
ple who plead guilty te corrupt solicita
tion ai, Ilarrisburg, need net occasion
any alarm in the minds of these who
hope te see the law fully vindicated in
the administration of its penalties upon
these who have outraged it. Judge Pear
son is net the kind of a judge who takes
the attorneys for defendants into his coun
sel pending their sentence, nor suffers
himself te be privately talked te about
cases in his charge. It is much mere
likely, as Mr. "Wolfe suggests, that they
have had their sentences deferred until
the 29th, in order te give the defendants
time te arrange their business affairs be
fore going te prison.
The Democratic Senate having re
jected a Democratic appointee for census
supervisor in the Lackawanna district,
Mr. Hayes has taken them at their word
and appointed a Republican. Probably
this Democratic Senate, which confirmed
Marshal Kerns after its exposure of his
infamies, will new confirm Mr. Hayes's
Republican appointee. It is such a nice
Democratic Senate, and se considerate of
Mr. Cameren's feelings.
PERSONAL.
Cel. Mii.ten Wkidler, late of this
county, lias leased a mill in Peitlaud Ore
gon, and is said te he doing a fine busi
ness. Mis Em.ex Clwimins, who will be here
with Lawrence Barrett's company, was a
witness te the .sheeting of Ben Perter, in
Texas last season, by Curric.
Alexander H. Coffueth, the Demo
cratic representative from the Somerset
district, is seriously ill from an attack of
diphtheria, and fears have been expressed
by his friends that it may prove fatal.
The New Jersey Senate yestculay went
into executive session and considered the
nomination of the lien. Joel Pakkek for
the supreme bench. The Republican mem
bers agreed te send a polite communication
te the governor, asking him te reconsider
his nomination of Parker.
A reporter who submitted te Gilbert
his account of an interview with him had
interpolated a remark in which he, W. S.
Gilbert, esq., announced his intention of
marrying an American heiress. ' But I
am a married man !" cried Gilbert in dis
may. ' Yes. but you see I thought that
would end the article up well." " It would
end me up well if Mrs. Gilbeit and my
friends in England saw it!"'
The theatrical costumes and stage prop
el tics of Geerge L. Fex were sold at auc
tion en Tuesday by Jehn A. Dunn, at Ne.
105 East Ninth street, New Yerk. The es
timated value of the collection was $25,
000. There were only a few theatrical
persons pi csents at the sale, and the goods
were disposed of at a great sacrifice.
White trousers were sold at 2 cents a pair,
and were bought by Mrs. Donahue, te be
used, it was explained, as bathing dresses
at Ceney Island. Other theatrical goods
were sold equally as cheap. A monkey
jacket brought S3.50, which, it was claimed,
was worth $35.
I. Newton Pettis, who went out te
Belivia in the capacity of United States
minister, only te come home again under
the plea that there was nothing for a
United States minister te de there, having
expressed an unwillingness te go back en
the ground " that no Christian gentleman
could live in Belivia and preserve his moral
character," has persuaded Mr. Hayes in
the interest of his moral character of
course te nominate him te the Senate for
the associate justiceship of Washington
territory. The Philadelphia Eccning Tele
graph thinks " the point which the Senate
will have te consider, in passing en this
rather extraordinary nomination, is wheth
er a Christian gentleman, whose moral
character has se little backbone te it that
he cannot live in Belivia without losing it,
is exactly the kind of a Christian gentle
man te dispense justice in Washington
territory."
THE UNIT 1U7LK.
The Pennsylvania Democracy Shall Net be
Cunierenizcd.
I'crry County itciuecmt.
Wc arc in favor of permitting the dele
gates from each congressional district te
cast the two votes te which each district is
entitled for the candidates for president and
vice president whom a majority of the Dem
ocrats in each district desire te have nomi
nated. This is the only way the will of the
party can be properly and fairly ex
pressed in a national convention and
we should never again tie the hands of
the rcpresentives of the party by the so se
called '"unit rule." After what has been
said by the Democratic press in condem
nation of the methods of Cameren, the
Democratic state convention should be
particularly careful te allow the fullest anil
freest expression of party sentiment in the
selection of delegates te the national con
vention, and after they have thus been se
lected, give them unrestricted liberty te
cast their votes in accordance with the
wishes of their respective constituencies.
Wanted Above All Things.
Milllin Democrat and Register.
With us wc have men for Bayard, for
Tilden, for Seymour, for Hancock, for
Hcndiicks and for some of the strong new
men spoken of all geed and deserving
men. What the Democracy wish above a'l
things else is that when our state conven
tion meets it should net embarrass the
Pennsylvania delegation whom it sends te
the National Democratic convention, at
Cincinnati, en the 22d of June next,
by nailing them down te any one particu
lar man for president, but have them sent
there with some discretionary power, se
that they can assist te place in nomination
such candidates for president and vice
president as will bcsFand most thoroughly
unite the Democracy and all ether ele
ments of the people opposed te the
present Republican misrule. The candi
dates should be competent, deserving aud
satisfactory men te the whole party and the
liceple.
MINOR TOPICS.
Governer Heyt said yesterday,
that he had always held that the
unit rule and instructions in a state con
vention only bound delegates-at-Iarge. The
district delegates were free te vote as their
constituents might wish. He believed
that many men who voted for the Grant
instructions at Ilarrisburg believed that
these would net bind up the delegation.
Tue campaign in the United Kingdom
is being conducted with great vigor. Lord
Hartington has issued a manifesto for the
Liberals, and Mr. Ferster has also replied
te Lord Beaconsfield's electoral appeal.
Beth the Conservatives and Liberals enter
en the contest with high hopes. Mr. Shaw,
the Heme Rule leader, repels Lord Bea
censfield's assumption that he seeks the
dismemberment of the empire, and calls
for land reform.
Selinsoreve Times : " As the state col
lege of agriculture with its eleven profes
sors and forty-two students failed te get
that $80,000 from the Legislature, Presi
dent Calder resigned and the managers of
the college new advertise for students.
As long as they get state appropriations
they didn't advertise as they didn't need
students, and forty-two answered the pur
pose te keep up appearance? just as well as
300 would. But less than eleven pro
fessors wouldn't de te keep up the big
show."
The report of the New Yerk state super
intendent of public instruction shows that
there were during the past year 1,028,727
children in the state between the ages of
five aud twenty-one. The number enrolled
in the public schools was 1,030,011, and
the average daily attendance was 570,382.
There were 11,280 school districts in the
state and 30,009 teachers. Their average
salary was $374.45 for the year net an
enormous sum. The expenditure for all
school purposes during the year was $10,
348,918.08. LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
In Rochester, N. Y., Abram V. Pells, a
well known citizen, was killed by the cars
at the depot.
The funeral services of the late Mrs.
Wm. M. Tweed, relict of the celebrated
" Bess," were held yesterday. Her death
occurred February 13 in Paris, at the age
of 54.
The resolution te expel Henry Heisen
ham was defeated in the Louisiana Heuse
yesterday yeas, 54; nays, 33 net the
necessary two-thirds. Seventeen Demo
crats and sixteen Republicans voted
against his expulsion.
In the Sacramento city election, en
Tuesday, the Republican ceudidates were
elected by majorities ranging from 300
te 500 with the single exception of the
chief of police, who was elected by the
Democrats and Werkingmcn.
Jeseph Foreman, residing between Wil
mington and Newport, Delaware, is the
possessor of a young cow giving an abund
ance of milk. The cream from this milk
produces eight pounds of butter per week.
But what is mere remarkable the cream
may be put in any large vessel and stirred
with a pet stick or paddle, and the butter
is produced in three minutes. The cow is
of New Yerk Mills stock.
Twe members of the firm of Dexter,
Lambert & Ce., of Paterson, N. J., were
in Hawley, Wayne county, en Tuesday,
and consummated the purchase of a tract of
land near the village, upon which they in
tend erecting a factory 500 feet long, 200
feet wide and three stories high, te be
built of stone, te be used as a factory for
the weaving of silk goods. Werk en the
building will be commenced at once. The
mill, which will employ about 1.000
hands, will be in running order within a
year.
A bold and successful robbery of geld
bullion occurred at Sydney, Neb., while
the Union Pacific express agent, Snyder,
was at dinner. The amount taken is vari
ously estimated at from $120,000 te $200,
000. An entrance was effected through
the fleer of the express office, but a later
despatch says that the treasure lias been
recovered except $13,000. It was found
under a pile of coal under the Union Paci
fic track, the robbers had been seen te
conceal something in the afternoon. They
are being pursued.
The annual meeting of the Union Pacific
railroad company was held yesterday. Twe
hundred and ten thousand shares were
voted en aud the president and directors
re-elected. At a subsequent meeting Sid
ney Dillen, of New Yerk, was elected pres
ident : Elisha Atkins, of Bosten, vice pres
ident ; Henry McFarland, of Bosten, sec
retary and treasurer. The following ex
ecutive committee were appeinted: Elisha
Atkins, Bosten : Sidney Dillen, New
Yerk ; Frederick L. Ames. Bosten :
Ezra
Bes-
Baker, Bosten ; F. Gorden Dexter,
ten : Jay Gould, New Yerk.
ABABY EXEFHAXT.
Said te be the First that was Ever Hern in a
State or Captivity.
The Londen circus, in winter quarters at
Twenty-third street and Ridge avenue, Phil
adelphia, had an addition yesterday morn
ing. Hebe, the great black Asiatic ele
phant, gave birth te a babe. It is a queer
looking little thing, about the size of a
Newfoundland deg, with a diminutive
trunk, but is active and lively. Hebe
steed chained te a pest yesterday after
neon and six ether elephants looked at her
and the baby in astonishment. There was
a lively scene after the new-comer's arri
val in the early morning hours. The big
elephants set up a tremendous rear, threw
their trunks aloft, reared up, and swayed
about in great excitement. The keeper
who was in the stable at the time says that
Hebe broke her chain, seized the little
thing with her trunk, and threw it twenty
yards across the room. The keeper ran
for his life, and the elephant charged a
stove in the stables, and almost demolished
it. The keeper gave the alarm, and in a
short time the animal was secured, and
again chained te the pest.
The mother would net stand still long
enough te suckle her babe, and the keepers
were nursing it in a novel way yesterday.
They procured a funnel and a rubber tube.
Inserting the tube in the baby elephant's
mouth, they fed it by milking into the
ether end. Hebe is 23 years old and is a
fine specimen of Asiatic elephant. Man
drie, the sire, is 25 years old. The baby
weighs 214 pounds and is a female. The
birth sets at rest the long-held theory that
the elephant female will net bear young
while in a captive state, and this event has
been looked forward te with interest, a
physician having pronounced Hebe with
foal twenty months age.
Colonel Quay Still In the Field.
Colonel Matthew S. Quay, secretary of
the commonwealth, who is confined te
his house at 11th and Spruce streets, Phil
adelphia by illness, denies the report that
he will net under any circumstances be
come a candidate for United States sena
tor. He states that he is net at present a
candidate, but he said that at any moment
he might become one. The report of his
withdrawal, which was carried from Phila
delphia te Harrisburg, is suspected of hav
ing been set afloat by Kemble, who once
had senatorial aspirations and may revive
them since his last public performance.
PETBOFP.
HIS CASE WITH THE JURY.
The Argument of Counsel Yesterday.
In.the Petroff case yesterday, Jeseph H
Maclay, a member of the Legislature from
Mifflin county, was examined and said Pe
troff asked him te come te his room in the
Lochiel for an interview. Witness told
Petroff he would vote as he thought best
en the riot bill. Petroff said he was auth
orized te make it interesting for members
te support the riot bill.
Fer the defense Petroff himself was
rigidly examined. He detailed sub
stantially the same testimony he
gave before the investigating committee
of the Heuse of Representatives, aud de
nied that either of the three inculpatery
interviews had occurred, and protested his
complete innocence. He had never at
tempted te corrupt Watsen or made a re
mark te him susceptible of such a suspic
ion. He also denied having told Maclay
that he was authorized 'te make it " inter
esting " if he voted for the riot claims act,
and doubted whether he had spoken
te the member from Mifflin en any sub
ject. Petroff was subjected te a rigid exami
nation by Mr. Gewen, after which the lat
ter asked permission te make an offer
which had for its purpose an examination
into Petroff s former character. It was
proposed te question him while en the
stand with this object in view.
The court decided the proposed evidence
inadmissible, but suspended the decision
for a time te allow argument.
Commonwealth's counsel all contended
the proposed evidence was proper ; and
Senater Carpenter remarked that in the
West they were cursed with imported wit
nesses, and te protect justice they were
compelled te ask whether the witnesses
had been in any house of refuge or ether
institution for vagabondage in Philadel
phia. Judge Black being en the fleer,
Messrs. Cassidy and Heir, for the de
fense, insisted that he was vio
lating the rules of the court in making an
argument, when, as they assumed, the
court had decided the question in dispute.
Judge Black resented this by saying that
he had never been in a court where men
steed behind him te pull him down when
he was addressing the court.
The court having decided net te allow,
the examination of Petroff as te his past
life, Representatives Law, Gillespie and
Pollock, of Philadelphia, were examined as
te the nature of the conversation which
Petroff alleged took place in the presence
of Watsen. They all corroborated him
except Law, who could net say that Wat Wat
eon was in the party.
Representative Frazcr, of Pittsburgh,
was called te show that nothing improper
occurred at the interview which Watsen
said was the third. Defense then an
nounced that they were through.
The Argument.
Senater Carpenter being obliged te leave
hurriedly for Washington made the first
speech for the prosecution. He made a
very able plea, interperscd with many
witticisms. He directed a portion of his
remarks te the Pennsylvania "rooster."
In the West nothing was known of this
legislative bird, but he had learned since
he came te Ilarrisburg that translated the
word meant a member of the Legislature
who wanted te feather his nest.
W. II. Armstrong submitted the follow
ing law point en which he asked the ruling
of the court, accompanying their presen
tation with an argument en them : (1)
The words "offer" and ' premise" are
net synonymous, and before a conviction
can be had there must be a distinct offer or
premise of money or ether valuable thing.
(2) The words " directly or indirectly "
de net relieve the commonwealth from
showing there was a distinct tender of
money or ether valuable thing. (3) The
evidence of Maclay is net sufficient alone
te convict, and unless they unqualifiedly
believe Watsen the jury must acquit.
(4) There net being sufficient evidence te
convict, the jury must acquit.
Cel. Mann, of Philadelphia, followed in
an address of about an hour. The burden
of it was that if the testimony of Watsen
and Maclay were true the charge of cor
rupt solicitation had net been made out.
There was no evidence showing that Pet
roff had offered anything of value.
Air. Gowen'sCIesingSpeech.
F. B. Gewen made the closing speech
It was a logical and eloquent effort aud was
repeatedly applauded. The applause was
se loud when he ended that the court re
buked the audience for its want of decor
um. He closed as fellows :
" Fer the first time in probably 20 years
we have been brought face te face with an
acknowledged crime with a crime that
has sapped the very foundations of society;
with a crime that has destroyed the grand
eur and glory of this commonwealth, and
which has made this state in which I was
born and hope te die a byword in the
ether states of the Union. Ged knows
hew long wc would have had te wait until
the geed citizens of this state would have
mm1f nn nftYirfc tn purn. this iVstnrmrr snrp I
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which like a cancer wascating its way into
the very heart of the commonwealth. At
last we have met face te face some of
the men who were shown te be guilty of
causing this stain. And new from every
part of this state from the shores of
Lake Erie and the border of the Ohie, te
the waters of the bread Delaware, aud
from the pine forests of the north te our
southern borders an eager people are
looking up te you as their savieur; te
mete out justice te these men. If you be
lieve these men te be guilty, will you de
stroy the righteous expectancy of a great
commonwealth ? Will you permit this un
punished wrong, that has been casting its
black shadow and blight ever the people of
this state, for an indefinite length of time,
te continue en unpunished ? Or will you
lay your hands upon it and help te stamp
it out lerevcr lrem the pages et this com
monwealth ?
My learned friend, Mr. Mann, has been
referring te the glorious career of this
state, which during the last war sent her
hundreds of thousands of men te battle,
and te die, if need be, for a united and liberty-loving
country ; men who, in the soul
thrilling days of Gettysburg, drove the in
vaders from our borders. I tell you I have
such faith in the pride and glory of this
commonwealth that if another such epoch
should come, she would again bring te the
front her hundreds of thousands of men
who would meet and drive hack the inva
ders, or be left
1 AVlth tlieir backs te the Held and their leet te
the loc :
And leaving in battle no blot en their name.
Loek proudly te heaven from the dentli-bed
of fame,"
And though we have been resting after
the laurels wen, with a triumphant victory
and peace accorded by all mankind, we
find right before us, en our very pathway
te greater eminence and higher fame a fee
ten times mere powerful, ten times mere
disgraceful, ten times mere feared, than
any that has been met. It has come upon
us in the stillness of the night, step by
step, until it has wound its loathsome arms
around this commonwealth and its slimy
form has extended out until the read te
fame, once open te every honest man,
seems closed forever ; and that laudable
ambition which should be in every citizen
of this commonwealth te take his place
among our legislators, crushed, killed and
buried ; until we have handed ever the
government of this state, and our coun
ties and our cities te people who are con
trolled by fraud te de such acts as these
who control them require them te de.
New let us put a step te this, let us re
member that the open onset of an enemy
of horsemen is net nearly te be se dreaded
as the steady approach of one who saps I
the foundations of the government aud
undermines the very fountain of justice
and law.
The founder of this commonwealth, the
man te whom we are indebted for the gov
ernment that was handed down te us from
our forefathers, wrote upon his escutcheon
that which remains as the motto of Penn
sylvania, "Virtue, Liberty and Indepen
dence. " Let us remember, gentlemen,
that without virtue there can be no liberty;
that without virtue there can be no inde
pendence ; and unless you aid us in this
crusade against vice, by endeavoring te
strike it down, and again te substitute the
banner of virtue in its stead, it will be
felly, or worse than felly, for any of us or
our children te hope ever te recover and
held that virtue, liberty and independence
handed down te us by our fathers.
The Charge Postponed.
Judge Pearson said that owing te the
lateness of the hour he would postpone the
delivery of his charge until this morning.
The crier was then requsted te adjourn the
court, but the order was revoked at the
instance of several attorneys, who stated
that some business remained te be tran
sacted. The several counsel representing
the commonwealth and uelense arrayed
themselves in front of the judges' bench
and seen an animated though suppressed
conversation was in progress. The
attorneys had agreed en a continuance of
the untried legislative bribery cases until
the April term and were pleading with
the court te grant them their request.
The one side was as earnest for
the postponement as the ether. Judge
Pearson at first looked unfavorably
en the preposition because of the addi
tienal expense a continuance would put en
the county. Several remarks were made
that indicated very strongly that the cases
were te be prosecuted no farther in ether
words that nelle prssequis would be enter
ed, borne el the commonwealth's counsel
said the principal defendants had been
driven te a confession of their crime and
the ends of justice had been satisfied. The
court finally agreed te the demand made
upon it, and the cases of A. W. Leisen-
ring, Christian Leng, Edward McCunc,
Geerge F. Smith, Daniel Clarke and Dr.
Shoemaker will never be tried.
Counsel also ajrrceu en the 2'Jtli inst. as
the time for the imposition of sentences en
Kemble, Salter, Crawford and Rnmberger
and the court fixed that dav.
A rilLEGETUON OF HAT..
What Cel. Ferney Thinks Deserve Kcpreua-
tlen.
Progress.
The violent and undignified speech of
Jehn A. Legan, the Republican senator in
Congress, last Friday, against the bill te
restore Gen. Fitz Jehn Perter te the United
States army, in accordance with the re
port of three of the eldest and most blame
less officers in the regular army. Majer
General W. M. Schefield, Brigadier Gen
eral A. II. Terry and Cel. G. W. Getty,
chosen te examine his case by the presi
dent in compliance with the respectful,
urgent and oft-repeated appeal of General
Perter himself. It will be remembered
that General Fitz Jehn Perter was cash
iered for alleged misconduct at the second
battle of Manassas, in 1862. He has been
after seventeen years of vain petition and
prayer accorded a full and patient trial at
West Point, of eight months, from June,
1878, te March, 1879, before the gallant
veterans above named ; and by them
unanimously acquitted, and his resto
ration recommended. One would suppose
that a case in the hands of such men
would net only receive impartial unbiased
attention, but that its decision would be
received by ethers. Net only time had
moderated party passion, but hun
dreds of brave, humane. Christian
men of both parties, chiefly Republi
cans, among them such men as Herace
Greeley, Henry Wilsen, Edward Everett,
R. C. Winthrop, Lafayette S. Fester, Gov Gov
ereor Curtin and ex-Presidents Fillmore
and Pierce, had warmly demanded that
General Fitz Jehn Perter should be judged
by his own military peers. Se far as Sen Sen
aeor Legan, and. I regret te say, some
ether Republicans arc concerned, none of
these influences liave prevailed ; neither
the prayer of General Perter, nor the peti
tion of eminent men, nor the example of a
forgiving president, nor the impartial
action of austere and experienced
veterans. Senater Legan was the
leader against General Perter. Of
all men he is the most distasteful te that
sentiment in the Republican party which
leeks te the reconciliation of the sections,
because having been one of the last te
leave the Southern slavehelders he has
always been the last te pardon them for
their rebellion. Te show his hatred of the
generous men of the North, who have
always insisted upon reconciliation, he was
selected te raise his hand against General
Perter ; and he has done it with character
istic brutality.
FIRE RECORD.
A Montreal Hetel Destroyed Narrow Escape
of Guests.
A great fire occurred en Monday at the
weaving works in Moscow. The entire
building was destroyed. Twenty-four per
sons were burned te death and twenty
nine injured.
Three-fourths of Nevesinje, Herzegovina,
were destroyed by fire yesterday, includ
ing the residence of the commandant and
the pest and telegraph offices. Many
persons were rendered homeless, but no
lives were lest. The lire originated acci
dentally.
A fire in the furniture establishmcns of
F. McQuade, who occupies the five upper
stories of 71 Haverhill street, Bosten,
caused a less of $8,000. The less of J. J.
Kecfe & Ce., manufacturers of trunks, who
occupied the lower fleer, was $2,000.
Beth were partly insured.
In Paterson, N. J., Mrs. Maatje Hall, a
Helland lady ever seventy years of age,
had been warming her feet en a small
charcoal furnace, when the fire cemmuni
cated te her clothing. She was horribly
burned and medical aid attempted nothing
but te assuage her terrible sufferings. In
New Yerk Estella Hauscr, aged three,
during the temporary absence of her
parents, accidentally fell upon a red-het
stove and was burned te death. When the
parents returned te their apartments they
discovered the child dead.
A fire broke out in the cellar of the Ex
press house, Montreal, Canada, Daniel
McGaraghan, proprietor, at an early hour
yesterday morning, and seen spread te the
upper flats. The guests were asleep at the
time and had a narrow escape from being
burned te death, a number being obliged
te jump from the windows en the second
story te save their lives. The interior of
the premises was completely gutted and
the less will exceed $20,000. The insur
ance en the building and lurniturc amounts
te $33,000.
State Appropriation.
Scheel Journal.
The issue of the school warrants has
gene steadily forward since the last an
nouncement. In all probability all of
them will have been issued before this
notice shall meet the eyes of the local
school officers. Te issue a warrant, how
ever, is one thing ; te secure the money for
it is quite another. The state treasurer has
paid probably one-fourth of the number
issued ; but when he will have
money te pay the rest this department is
net advised. If we could announce that
he could pay up te a certain numberbya cer
tain date, we would gladly de it, but we
are net se authorized. We can therefore
give no better advice concerning the dis
position of the wan-ants new than we have
heretofore given. We hope it may be
different next month.
The property of the Lehigh slate com
pany was sold by the sheriff te Alex. Wil Wil
eon, of Easten, for $37,000.
A Healtatlnc Judge.
Philadelphia Times.
The Lancaster Lntelligexcer, whose
editors are hanging by the eye-lids as mem
bers of the Lancaster bar, have very prop
erly called the attention of Judge Patter Patter
seu te the fact that several cases reserved
by him some weeks age for decision, in
sludiug the cases of Messrs Stcinmau and
Hensel,for alleged contempt of court, seem
te have escaped his attention. The prompt
ness with which Judge Patterson directed
the rule against the respondents, without
action of the bar, or formal complaint of
any kind, requiring them te answer as
lawyers for their public criticism of con
cluded legal proceedings as editors, eei
tainly implied that he well understood the
legal grounds en which he based his action
and an early decision was reasonably ex
pected. It is new mere than a month since Judge
Patterson heard the argument en his own
rule upon Messrs. Steiuniau aud Hensel te
show cause why he should net strike their
names from the Lancaster bar ; but he
evidently inclines cither te dispute with
his own purposes or te question his right
te de what he manifestly intended te de
when he hurled his judicial arrow at the
independent editors. It is possible that
there are considerations of expediency
which have halted a settled judicial intent,
and it is mere probable that it has filially
dawned upon a very commonplace judo
that he is net the authorized censer of tl.e
prestef Pennsylvania, with plenary power te
punish editors who happen te be members
of the bar, without trial, as his malice or
caprice may dictate. Whatever may have
been the persuasive agent, it is clear that
Judge Patterson has concluded te make
haste slowly, and the exhausted patience
of these who are awaiting his judgment
has publicly summoned him te the perfor
mance of his duty.
There have been intimations that Judge
Patterson would evade the issue brought
upon himself by permitting the rule te
sleep indefinitely in the judicial pigeon
holes ; but the question involved in the
dispute is of vastly tee much moment te
the bar and te the press te permit him te
escape the responsibility he publicly as
sumed without formal complaint or even
suggestion from any one but himself.
It involves the fundamental princi
ple of the freedom of the press, se
distinctly protected by the constitu
tion, and every newspaper published
and every member of the bar is mere or
less directly interested in the determina
tion of the law. If men like Judge Patter
son, who have net only their intellectual
peers but their superiors en the editorial
staff of every important newspaper in the
state, can summarily punish lawyer editors
for contempt by fine, imprisonment or dis
missal from the bar, it is quite time that
the bar aud the press were judicially in
formed of the fact ; and Messrs. Stein
man and Hensel very properly in
sist upon Judge Patterson following
up his proceedings te judgment. He
is net in the most comfortable po
sition in which a judge could be placed,
but he must remember that he is just
where his felly put himself, and he must
get out of it the best way he can. If he re
verses himself by the dismissal of the rule,
he will find lucid explanation somewhat
difficult, but if he does net reverse himself,
he will be reasonably certain te be reversed
by the supreme eeuit ; and either horn of
the dilemma is uninviting. Judge Patter
son may have the consolation, however,
that ether judges in Pennsylvania have
made feels of themselves by strutting fan
tastically before the public in the abuse of
their brief authority ; and it may add te his
comfort te knew that such judges seldom
commit such follies mere than once.
OUK SIMON.
What He Did Fer Lincoln in 18G4.
H.irrisburjj Telegraph, Family Organ.
Chase, Seward, Stevens, Sumner and
their coadjutors, were ready, during the
winter of 18G;M4, te set Old Abe aside,
and had begun the machination te accom
plish this. The purpose was an uconceal ucenceal
ed one. It had made estrangements in the
cabinet. Mr. Wells knew all about it ; se
did Attorney General Bates and the fact
was well known te Mr. Lincoln himself
that Chase and Seward were ready te sa
crifice him in the Baltimore convention
when the time came for it te meet.
At this juncture General Cameren
made his movement with the Pennsyl
vania Legislature, or rather the Republi
can members of the Legislature. The doc
ument signed by the Republican officers
and members et that body and by heads
of departments of the state government
was prepared entirely at the dictation of
General Cameren. Ne living man except
the private secretary of Gen. C. knew of
the document or its purpose, until it was
ready for signature, and the first man
who signed it was the first te knew
of its import. It was the publica
tion of that document which upset
all the plans and intrigues of Mr. Lin
coln's opponents. It aroused the people.
The Republicans in state Legislatures
then in session followed closely after the
example of these in Pennsylvania, se that
by the 1st of February, 1804, the Republi
cans in every state then in the Union de
clared themselves for Lincoln's rcnem illa
tion. Had the Pennsylvania movement
net been made at the moment Gen. Cam
eren took his bold step, there would have
been trouble in the Baltimore convention,
because opposition te Mr. Lincoln
could have secured delegates te that
body without the mass of the party
knowing it. and then by the intrigues pecu
liar te that clement, perhaps defeated his
renominatien. We arc the mere emphatic
in our repetition of his incident of political
history, because we knew precisely of
what wc write. It is fact clear, clean aud
substantial ; and en it we base the record
which will never be effaced that the re
nomination of Abraham Lincoln was
secured against the intrigues started te
defeat it by one bold, able and sagacious
move made by Simen Cameren in the
winter of 18C4, circumventing Chase,
Seward and their coadjutors who were
ready te set him aside.
STAT! ITEMS.
Patrick Lawler was killed at West Lc
high colliery, Mahaney City, by a fall of
top coal. He leaves a family.
Judge Cummin, of Williamsport, has set
up a breakwater against the growth of the
social evil there by sentencing four bawdy
heusc keepers te 18 months' imprison
ment. At Ne. 54 North Sixth street, Philadel
phia, William Creekmore, a young man,
residing in Camden, was engaged in paint
ing the ceiling of a printing office, when
his coat caught in a revolving shaft, which
whirled him around until his head was
fractured in several places and the lower
part of the body was terribly mangled,
causing immediate death. Creekmore
leaves a wile and four children.
Up te Tuesday between 200 and 225 rafts
had reached Leck Haven, about 75 of
which have passed below. It is difficult
te estimate the number of rafts that will
be put in this season, some place it as high
as 1,200, while ethers say it will net reach
ever 800. The winter has been unfaver-
aeie ler lumbering and only about one
third of the stock cut will be get in, unless
there should be mere snow.
Girard college new contains 870 orphans,
and its income has se increased since
Girard's death that the new buildings
necessary te receive this large number
have been built entirely from that income
without trenching en the fund. The col
lege has thus far received and educated
3,454 orphan and has indentured under
the previsions of the will 1,028 boys. A
large proportion of these who have left its
walls are doing satisfactorily in life, while
0 have already attained distinction.
The development of Mr. Girard's vceal
lands in Pennsylvania has raised the gross
income of the estate from $67,053.44 (the
year after his death) te $377,165 in 1879.
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Political Humors Concerning rhitaUeli.hla.
Messrs. McManes, Leeds, Kerns, and
Roberts arrived in Washington en Tuesday,
aud yesterday had a long interview with
Secretary Sherman respecting politics aud
Philadelphia appointments. The secretary
was much pleased with their visit and
indicated a disposition te accede te their
wishes. Collector Tutten also arrived te
leek ever the ground for a renominatien.
as his commistien will expire about June.
As far as has been ascertained, the slate
of Mr. McManes and his friends is te make
Colonel Snowden collector, Postmaster
Hartranft superintendent of the mint, and
Marshal Kerns postmaster. There is new
little or no probability of Tutten's re-appointment.
It was due te Representative
Harmer's influence that he was retained
when the raid was made en him several
years age. It was then understood that he
would be permitted te finish out the term
of his commission. The collector, how
ever, is sanguine of succeeding in obtain
ing a renominatien.
In regard te ex-Governer Hartranft. it is
claimed that the Philadelphia mint has
generally been managed by ex-governors
of Pennsylvania, and that the p Meffiee is
hardly of sufficient importance for an ex
governor. The visiting Philadelphia States
men are also in conference with Senater
Cameren.
New Jersey Straws.
Tuesday's municipal election in Camden
N. J., has, resulted in a victory for the
Democracy. These conceded te be elected
are : Mayer. Claudius W. Bradshaw, 1) ;
Recorder, F. W. Tarr, D; Receiver of
Taxes, Geerge M. Thrasher, 11 ; City As
sessor, Mr. Grubb, R.; and live Democrats
out ofcightceuiicilmaii. The return judges
will announce the result of tlieir efiicial
count te-morrow evening.
The entire Democratic ticket, with the
exception of a ceuncilmanic candidate, has
been successful at the municipal election
in Gloucester N. J.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
1'UIL.ADELl'HtA M. K. CONFEKICNCi:.
The Methodist Ministers in Annual Council.
The ninety-third annual session of the
Philadelphia conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church convened jtsteiday
morning in the Union M. E. church,
Feuith street, below Arch, Philadelphia.
Bishop Stephen M. Merrill took the
chair at the appointed hour and conducted
devotional exercises, after which the loll
of members was called and secretaries of
the conference appointed.
It was resolved that tin;
meet daily at 0 a. m. and
conference
adjourn at
12 m.
The case of Rev.. T. B. Miller, charged
with immorality in selling bogus medical
diplomas, was referred te a select com
mitted of fifteen, with final powers, te
sit in private after their appointment by
the bishop and presiding eldeis. Rev.
Wm. Majer's case, at at his own request
was referred te a committee of inquiry,
numbering seven. Revs. W.W. McMichacl
and J. Stringer arc en the Miller court.
The Standing Comniittee
appointed by the presiding ciders aud con
firmed by the conference were :
On Public Worship W. .1. Paxson, R.
J. Carsen, S. W, Themas, W. S. Pugh, C.
F. Turner and N. Frame.
On Education of Ministers A Ritten
house, D. D., II. W. Warren, D. D., T.
M. Griffith, G. D. Carrow, D. D., E. I. D.
Pepper, S. A. Iieilner, E. II. Heffman ;
Laymen Themas Greenback, A. M. Bar Bar
eon, W. B. Trites, M. D., and C. Al
bright. On Bible Cause W. C. Robinson, J.
B. Debbins, W. B. Weed and M. Barn
hill. On Sunday Schools T. C. Pearson, J.
Pasteilield, S G. Greve, J. F. Crouch and
N. D. McComas.
On Tract Cause J. F. Meredith, J.
Merrow, T. T. Everett, II. R. Callaway
and S. Hewell.
On Temperance W. MuIIiu, I). McKee,
W. II. Fries, W. C. Best and S. II. Hoever.
On Church Extension The Conference
beard of church extension.
On Frecdman's Aid Society E. St tilths.
S. II. C. Smith, W. J. Mills, D. W. Ger
den and D. L. Patterson.
On Ladies' and Pastors' Christian Union.
S. N. Chew, II. F. Isctt, M. D. Kurtz,
G. W. Maclaughlin and J. M. Wheeler.
On Missions The presiding elders.
On Weman's Foreign Missionary Society
W. K. MacNeall, T. B. Neely, J. S.
Lane, J. Lindcmuth and F. Ilhnan.
On Necessitous Cases The tt ustces of
the Preacher's aid society.
On Publishing the Minutes The secre
tary and his associates.
On Finance W. Graves, J. W. Rudelph,
J. W. Sayers and J. D. Fex.
On General Statistics W. Ceflman, M.
II. Wilsen, J. B. Graff and G. W. Bradley.
On Missionary Statistics P. S. Merrill.
C. Reads, D. F. Unangst, and N. Tinner.
On General Qualifications of Candidates
for Admission en Trial and for Admission
into full Connection W. B. Weed. M. I).
Kurtz, J. Welch, W. L. McDowell, W. J.
Mills, J. R. Beyle, T. Stevens, IJ. T Yin
cent, aud O. R. Cook.
The committees en conference and con
ference relations were stricken from the
list because they were net authorized by
discipline and were simply appointed for
convenience.
Appropriate action was taken en the
deaths of Bishops Ames and Haven, and
of Dr. Dashiell.
Presiding elder's reports were read.
The Educational society held its anni
versary meeting at Arch street M. E.
church last evening, when addresses were
delivered by Rev. II. W. Warren, D. I).,
Prof. C. J. Little, A. M., Rev. Dr. Broek,
of Baltimore, and Dr. Fess.
The Columbia Rolling Mill.
The lively times of bygone years are
new witnessed about the old rolling mill.
Fires were lighted a few days age and
eleven furnaces are new in successful
operation. Mr. J. W. Themas is the man
ager and is a man of well-known expe
rience, sagacious, enterprising and of wise
judgment. He will run the mill himself,
and allows no dictatorial terms. Seme
difficulty was experienced with a paity of
puddlers who arrived from Catasauqua
about wages, "&c, but new we believe all
is satisfactorily arranged and the men are
all at work. We are glad te sec this.
There is no reason why managers and
proprietors should net work harinonieutily
together. Iren masters are the most lib
eral people in the world and de most in aid
of the community, as well as the mechanic
and laborer. Celumlii Courant.
Death of an Old Citizen.
Michael Brccht, an old resident of this
city, died at his home. Ne. 136 Seuth
Prince street, last evening, about 6 o'clock .
Mr. Brccht came from lleidleberg, Ger
many.and has resided in this city since 1S4S.
He was the father of eleven children but
four of whom are living, as fellow :
Bernard Brccht, street sprinkler ; Frank
Brccht, printer; Michael Brccht, jr..
cigarmaker, and Jacob Ibccht, who re
sides iu Oil City. He was in Cttth ywr at
the tirae of hi death.
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