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The Course or senator Wallace.
We have read with interest and have
republished with pleasure all that has
been said in explanation or defense of
Senater Wallace's course in assenting te
the confirmation of Marshal Kerns after
he had se positively demanded his rejec
tion and had shown such geed reasons
why his Democratic colleagues 'should
grant his request. But -we have net found
anything as yet satisfactory en the sul
ject. A correspondent of the Patriot at
Washington essays te defend Mr. Wal
lace from an alleged charge of having de
manded and procured a share of the su.
pervisers of the census for the Democ
racy. We de net understand that any
fault is found with Senater Wallace en
this score. It was expressly given out
by the census authorities that these ap
pointments were te be non-partisan and
that the Democrats were te have a due
share of them ; and an equitable number
of the supervisors in Pennsylvania was
nothing mere than Senater Wallace had
a right te ask nor anything mere than his
party had a right te expect him te get.
But it is Senater Wallace's duty te
support only geed and fit men for office?
and the Democratic party asks him te
favor none of any ether kind from its
ranks and will justly accuse him if he
votes for bad men among its political op
ponents. Senater Wallace is estepped
from asserting new that Marshal Kerns
was a lit man for reappointment te an
office whose powers he reported te the
Senate that he had infamously abused,
and whom he denounced as wholly un
worthy of his trust. This Senater Wal
lace did, after Liking testimony which
fully sustained, in the public opinion, his
grave charges against Marshal Kerns.
And new, when the Pennsylvania De
mocracy see their senator suddenly
changing from opposition te support of
this man for reappointment, en the eve
of a presidential election, te the office
which he prostituted and abused te their
injury in the hist presidential election, as
demenstated by Senater Wallace him
self, they are agape with wonder .and will
be oppressed with disgust as seen as
they are satisfied that it is as it seems
and that Senater Wallace has bargained
with Senater Cameren te put in place
this objectionable man,receiving in return
a certain number of Democratic super
visors : and these, it is further charged
against Senater Wallace, selected by him
for the geed they may de his individual
interests and with little concern for the
geed of the party. This accusation is
given its strength by the absolute disre
gard of the interests of the party and the
people shown in the confirmation of
Kerns : for we will never admit that the
geed of the party, any mere than that of
the ieeple. permits the appointment of
unlit men for office. Nothing but public
plunder can be behind this appointment
en both political sides ; and it is plunder
for individuals and net for their parties.
The Democratic party professes, if we
understand it, te give its offices te no
man te administer with an eye single te
his own geed. It expects him te be alive
t the country's geed and the party's
geed, which ought te be the same. If
the accusation that Senater Wallace is
dickering with Senater Cameren for the
partition of offices for his own advan
tage be true, he will stand con
demned before his party at heme:
and it is this charge that we
want him te show te be untrue. It is
given substance by ether cases than this
of Kerns. Mr. Clark, a Democrat, was
appointed te be census supervisor in
the Columbia, Lackawanna and Lu
zerne distiict; his appointment was
net confirmed, with Senater Wallace's
assent. Xew a Republican has been ap
pointed in his stead. If this Republican
is confirmed, Democratic patience with
Senater Wallace's methods will be very
severely tried. The Washington corres
pondent of the Patriot has only this ex
plauatien te offer for Mr. Clark's rejec
tion : that his appointment was net ju
dicious in a political sense, since he re
sided in Columbia county, whereas the
ether two counties in the district
were mere populous and mere important
te the Demecraticjparty. Mr. Clark's
fitness for the place is net disputed, and
from ether sources we understand that
he is an exceptionally geed man. Cer
tainly his locality alone was no reason for
his rejection, and was net raised against
him at home where he was strongly re
commended from all ever his district.
We desire te treat Senater Wal
lace fairly ; but we are net willing
that he shall use the place, given him by
the party, for selfish purposes against the
general geed. He is new accused of this,
and he needs te defend himself with the
truth, if he has it te disclose. Anony
mous communications te newspapers will
net de ; nor will it answer te reprint
such communications in circular form
and send them out from Washington te
the members of the state central com
mittee and ether Democrats, with the
comment also anon3-meus that ' the
reason for this attack and the abuse of
Senater Wallace with which the guerrilla
press new teems is that his friends seem
likely te be in a majority in the state
convention."
It will net de te stigmatize as the
guerrilla press the large numberef repu
table Democratic newspapers of Penn
sylvania which have called upon Senater
Wallace te explain and justify his re
markable action in regard te these ap
pointments. The facts as they new
apitear seem te show that Senater Wal
lace, if anybody, is playing the part of a
guerrilla. His standing in the regular
Democratic army is questioned, and
it would seem that he proposes
te vindicate it by showing his control
ever the corning Democratic con
vention. We trust that he has made
no such beast. It is an improper one.
The Democratic party of the state is tired
of being claimed as the prejierty of any
man and of being called upon, yearafter
year, te settle the claims of contending
leaders seeking te control it. Senater
Wallace as the leader of " the Wallace
party" has been persistent in his efforts te
control our state conventions. We hope
ihat the next one will teach him and all
ether leaders that no man owns the Dem
ocratic party of Pennsylvania, which is
as much the property of its humblest as
of its most exalted member.
That North queen Street Contract.
The bill filed by the mayor of the city
and William Millar, one of its citizens,
makes it very apparent, if its allegatens
are correct, that the street committee has
exceeded its authority in making a con
tract for the paving of Xerth Queen
street. That the allegations of the peti
tien are correct we knew, and it will
fellow that the injunction asked
for will be granted; unless the court
concludes that 'the contract between the
members of the street committee and
Cunningham & McXichel is a con
tract made by the said members as indi
viduals and se net biuding en the city.
This is our conclusions from the facts.
We de net well see hew these members
of the street committee can assume te
act by authority of the city of Lancaster
in making this wholly unauthorized
contract ; and we de net see hew Cunning
ham & McXichel can consider, unaer
the law and the ordinances, that their
bargain is made with the city of Lancas
ter, instead of with the individual mem
bers of the street committee. That com
mittee is se wholly unauthorized te make
this contract for the city, that it hardly
seems as though the mayor or any ether
citizen had any interest in it. Surely no
money can ever be drawn from the city
treasury en that contract. We knew
tliat it is like the contract for laying
Centre square with Belgian blocks;
which was made with as little authority.
We de net expect the city te pay for the
paving of Centre square. We gave the
contractors notice at the time they
were doing the work that it would
net be paid for. We believe the
bill is yet unpaid by the city
and it should remain unpaid ferever:
net because the Belgian block pavement
is net a public improvement, but because
it was contracted for without the author
ity of law, and these who made the con
tract ought te be made te pay the cost.
It is but a just retribution for their law
lessness. We de net knew whether there
is anything of a dividend te any member
of the street committee in these con
tracts, but we de knew that they would
befools te incur such responsibility for
nothing. They have taken the risk and
we propose that they shall pay for it ;
unless they have been wise enough te
have an understanding with the con
tractors that they shall net be held if the
city refuses te pay the bill. And the
question occurs hew much profit must
there be in a job te contractors who de
the work without authority and trust te
luck for payment V
Rhede Island has abolished her
statute against miscegenation. The
wisdom of such action may be open te
question, but it will net be disputed that
the repeal of the law by Little Rhody's
Republican Legislature removes, hew
ever tardily, a long-standing subject for
ridicule of Republican consistency. The
man and brother is recognized at last in
this Republican Gibraltar.
PERSONAL.
Makk Twain is worth about $130,000
which he made from his books, lectures
and interests in insurance companies at
Hartferd.
Mr. Lewell, the minister of the United
States te the court of St. James, has pre
sented his credentials te the queen at
Buckingham palace.
In Bethlehem en Wednesday Thee.
Recppcn died in the Tlst year of his age.
He was well-known in scientific circles of
Philadelphia, and also at Yale and Har
vard colleges, and for a time held the pro
fessorship in the Lehigh university.
Sardeu, the dramatist, is described as
a geed talker ; the only fault te be found
with him is that he is a little tee quick,
nervous and effervescent, and when special
ly interested in conversation Hies about
the room like one pescssed and scintilla
ting with wit.
Rev. nnitBEr.T II. Hayden, whose trial
for the alleged murder of Mary Stannard,
in Connecticut, is classed among the most
celebrated criminal cases of recent years,
lectured last evening te a small audience
in the Academy of Music, Xew Yerk, en
" Circumstantial Evidence."
Queen Margaret of Italy is said te leek
apathetic, dull, and ill ; her violent attacks
of hysteria arc ever, hut her cheerfulness
has net returned. At the recent opening
of the Italian Parliament the pale queen
was dressed entirely in white even her
mantle was of white 6atin richly embroi
dered in geld.
Dr. James Kixe, one of the eldest physi
cians of Pittsburgh, died suddenly about
4 o'clock yesterday morning. He was 03
years of age, and was surgeon general of
the state under Gov. Curtin, serving in
that capacity till near the close of the war.
He assisted at a pest mortem examination
held en the body of Majer William Frew,
whom he attended during his illness. The
cause of death is supposed te be apoplexy.
Fuad Pasha, the Turkish ex-minister of
war, is se peer as te be obliged te sell his
jewels. A few days since he intrusted
several stones, which he believed te be
valuable, te an agent te dispose of. The
latter took them te the Count de Mcntho Mcnthe Mcntho
len, the secretary of the French embassy.
In examining the stones one fell from the
count's hands and broke. It was only
crystal, as were all the ethers. Fuad is
believed te have been the victim of a dar
ing theft ; but there are many people
who strongly doubt his geed faith.
The Senater Censured.
Last night the Iren City Tilden club of
Pittsburgh met and adopted very severe
resolutions, censuring benater Wallace ler
his share in the nomination and confirma
tion of James X. Kerns as United States
marshal for Philadelphia. The resolu
tions will be forwarded te every Democrat?
senator and Democratic congressman
from Pennsylvania. Here is a sample of
the resolutions :
" Resolved, That this action of Senater
William A. Wallace merits the contempt
and denunciation of every honest Demo
crat ; that his senatorial career about te
terminates has been very unsatisfactory te
the Democrats of Allegheny county, who
had se much te de with his election. His
aping Cameren's methods, by his corrupt
trades with the Cameren power te place
his friends in office at the expense of the
Democratic, bodes no geed and is repug
nant te the expressed wishes and senti
ments of the Democracy of this state."
MINOR TOPICS.
A New Yerk Sun correspondent nomi
nates ex-Governer Curtin for the Presi
dency.. A Missouri newspaper having nomi
nated " the Honorable AdelphPantz" for
the Presidency, the Washington Capital
suggests Schurz for Vice President. ' 'Pantz
aad Schurz would work well together,"
says the Capital; and the Philadelphia In
quirer names Vest for secretary of state.
"I vax KALAsneniKOFF," Rubinstein's
new opera, must be thought te contain
something explosive, as it has been pro
hibited after its second representation,
which the Czar's family attended. Almest
anything new in Russia is suspected of an
intent te go off suddenly and hurt some
body. The only really safe thing te intro
duce there wenld be the Kcely meter.
Senater Cameren says his faith in the
fact that Grant will be nominated re
mains unshaken ; he don't believe there
will be a ballet, but the nomination will
be made by acclamation . Kentucky, Tenn
essee and Missouri will declare for Grant,
and though Blaine claims the Indiana
delegation Grant will get the half of it.
Further, that Grant's nomination will
be assured at least two week before the
convention.
Mr. Ernest Hart, the eminent sanitary
writer, would like te sec the teapot ban
ished from the breakfast table. Fer young
people, dyspeptics, and laborers, he thinks
nothing equal te hominy porridge. Bread
and butter and and cocoa is a very geed
breakfast for working people, he thinks.
Tea is a nerve stimulant, and en that
account out of place as a breakfast bever
age. Unfortunately nerve stimulants are
precisely what tee many people find that
they need in the morning, and tea is
decidedly preferable te "cocktails" and the
like.
Yesterday's snow storm was accom
panied by a lower temperature than occur
red during any fall of snow during the past
winter. In conscquence the snow was
unusually dry, and the frost crystals com
posing the flakes maintained their form
long after reaching the ground. A strong
puff of wind would occasionally shatter
the falling Hakes into snow dust, which pen
etrated the closest wraps. In sheltered win
dows, where the panes -of glass,heated from
within, melted the snow, the water was
quickly congealed into long, slender
icicles, as en a cold winter's day. It would
be by no means an unprecedented freak of
the weather if ice-bound Europe should
yet enjoy a balmy spring, while en this
side cf the Atlantic we suffered from un
timely frosts. Experience has shown that
when the temperature has beceme un
equally balanced betwen the Eastern and
Western continents, its equilibrium is apt
te be restored in a way that takes by sur
prise net only the weather prophets, hut
even the buds and the birds.
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THE ICE CROP.
The Outlook In Maine and en the UniUen.
According te the representations of the
principal officers of the ice companies in
Xew Yerk the outlook for the coming
summer is a serious ene for censumer0.
On the Hudsen there has been very little
ice cut, none ever six or seven inches
thick, and at the lower points en that
river, and upon Rockland Lake, none of
any account. As the supply en hand new
exists, se far as can be learned from the
companies, there is less than there was in
1870, yet in that year the prices ran as
high as $16 per ten for delivery at the
bridge ; butchers paid $2 per 100 weight ;
hotels $20, and at one time $23 per ten ;
and families, buying in small quantities at
the rate of $30 per ten. Despatches from
Maine say that there are 100,000 tens
cut en the Kennebec river, and probably as
much mere elsewhere in the state, uncon uncen
tractcd for and available. Dealers there
and in Xeva Scotia are unwilling te offer
prices new. and refuse te contract at any
stipulated figures for future delivery. One
contract was made yesterday by a man
named Yonkers for 1,000 tens of Maine Ice
at the rate of $3 per ten, according te bill
of lading, for speedy delivery. The thing
te be most feared js that the companies
may deem it te their interest te handle less
ice at a very high price than a greater
quantity with enlarged labor expenditure,
at a mere moderate rate.
Mr. Clay, president of the Knickerbocker
ice company, says that his company have
cut a great deal of ice en the upper Hud
son and at Schuylerville, but their supplies
from Lake Meahagh and Rockland Lake
where they have formerly cut 140,000 tens
each winter have entirely failed them.
Summer prices will net be determined be
fore the first of April, when the cost can
be accurately known and the supply in the
market measured.
William G. Schenck, president of the
Consumers' ice company says: "We
have te leek te Maine for most of our ice
this year, We have already stored 30,000
or 40,000 tens in our five houses at Seuth
Gardiner, en the Kenebec river, and of
course expect te have much mere. At
Germantown we have left ever from last
year some 8,000 tens ; but the house that
contains that has a capacity of 70,000 tens,
and we have net been able te put a pound
in it this winter. Of course we are buy
ing large quantities in Maine, as all the
companies are, but none of us intend te
pay outrageous prices, such as will pre
clude our selling it here. The Maine men,
ice-cutters and carriers, both think they
have us by the threat new."
M. F. Winch, president of the Xew Yerk
ice company, says : "There has been no
ice put up this winter this side of Catskill
and net much beyond that en the Hudsen,
There is no mere hope of cutting any,
and we have taken the ice shoes off our
horses there, and laid up the machinery.
In all, we have perhaps 23,000 tens of our
own cutting, as against 73,000 that we
should have te meet the demands upon us.
We have te rely upon Maine for the major
portion of our supply.
Parnell's Departure
Charles Stewart Parnell sailed for Ire
land yesterday afternoon en the White
Star steamer Baltic. Previous te his de
parture in the morning, he met, at the
Xew Yerk hotel, delegates from numerous
societies and organizations for the purpose
of forming a national land league in
America, te co-operate with the Irish land
league in Dublin. A committee of twenty
eight was appointed, with Dr. Kearney, of
.new lone, as cnairman, anu u. i. .Lynch,
of Brooklyn, as secretary, te confer with
persons all ever the country and extend
the organization. This committee will
meet at the Fifth avenue hotel en Monday,
March 15, at 3 o'clock.
While he was at the hotel a committee
of the County Wicklow association pre
sented an address te Mr. Parnell, together
with a testimonial, consisting of a geld
scroll, upon which were represented a wolf
deg, an ancient round tower, an Irish
scene and a Celtic cress.
The 'longshoremen presented him with a
long and glowing memorial at the hotel,
and another was read te him en the steam
ship Baltic, which bore him from these
shores. Mr. Parnell made brief replies.
He said that he expected te return in six
or seven weeks.
KERNS9 CONFIRMATION.
Senater Wallace Criticised aad Defended.
Yerk Press.
Our readers will bear us out in the state
ment that we have never unduly criticised
the course of Senater Wallace, although
we have net always been able te understand
it from our Democratic standpoint. But
we de think Mr. Wallace ewes te the Dem
ocratic party of Pennsylvania, some expla
nation of his conduct, in consenting te the
confirmation of Cameren's man, Kerns, as
marshal of the Eastern district. It was in
Senater Wallace's power te say whether
he should be confirmed or rejected and
he said he should he confirmed, although
he had given the Democrats every as
surance that he should net be. Why?
Kerns had abused his office te carry
elections for the Republicans, he had
appointed swarms 'of Radical strikers
eight hundred in all at the election of
1878, many of them graduates from the
penitentiaries, te harass the Democrats
and prevent an honest vote. We can
readily see why Senater Cameren should
have secured the reappointment of this
ring tool by the fraudulent administration,
te continue his bold partisan work, but
we are at a less te comprehend why any
Democratic senator, and much less a Dem
ocratic senator from Pennsylvania, should
be willing te confirm him. It is clear that
Mr. Wallace did net represent either the
feelings, principles or interests of the
Democratic party, when he did this thing
for the Philadelphia Republican ring.
Whom and what, then, did he represent ?
If he has any explanation te offer, the
Democracy would he glad te hear it.
This is a time te close up the ranks of the
Democratic party for the great battle
ahead, and te be securing every possible
advantage te the right side, instead of fill
ing important and controlling offices, with
Mr. Cameren's most experienced, able and
serviceable henchmen.
Senater Wallace's Critics Criticised.
Washington Correspondence of the Patriot.
A great deal of unfriendly criticism of
the course of Senater Wallace in regard te
the appointment of census supervisors has
been indulged in by editors and corres
pondents of newspapers who are personal
ly hostile te that gentleman. Seme of
these critics he has been unable te gratify
in their political ambitions and ethers were
repelled when they attempted te bully him
into the support of measures which he did
net approve. The owner of ene of these
newspapers, published at Erie, is largely
interested in the Pacifie railroads. His
enmity te Senater Wallace has its origin
in the refusal of the senator te vete against
the Thurman hill which compels the Pa
cific railroads te disgorge what they ewe
te the government. In every instance in
which the senator has been attacked in the
newspaper press the animus of the attack
is traceable te some personal grievance of
this sort.
It is said by Senater Wallace's critics
that he has made a bargain with Senater
Cameren for a portion of the census super
visors for Pennsylvania, The same charge
might have been made with cqueal truth
against Hen. Charles R. Buckalew when
that gentleman was in the United States
Senate. The elder Cameren was his
colleague and Mr. Buckalew and General
Cameren divided the internal revenue
appointments between them. Xe appoint
ment could be made unless both senators
agreed and Democrats and Republicans
were rejected by the Senate when they
were net acceptable te Messrs. Buckalew
and Cameren. Did any Democratic jour
nal ever charge Charles R. Buckalew with
entering into a bargain with Simen Cam Cam
eeon? Far from it. The Democratic
party of Pennsylvania honored that gen
tleman for what he did in securing a por
tion of the federal patronage for his politi
cal friends. Senater Wallace has done
nothing mere and would be denounced as
a worthless representative it he did less,
by the very newspapers which arc new
criticising his course,
It is well-known te the initiated that
Speaker Randall has had. under the suc
cessive Republican administrations since
he has been in Congress, a large number
of appointments in the departments here
and in Philadelphia. There are new
in the several departments here
many persons who were ap
pointed at his solicitation. One of the Re
publican census supervisors, Dr. Sherwood,
of Philadelphia, was appointed in pursu
ance of an agreement between the speaker
and his Republican colleague, Hen. A. C.
Harmer, with the assent of Senater Cam Cam
eeon. De the newspaper critics of Senater
Wallace charge Speaker Randall with
making bargains with Republican admin
istrations in order te secure federal offices
for his political friends ? Oh ! no, they
never mention it. Doubtless any such
charge against Mr. Randall would be as
false and unjust as it is in the case of Mr.
Wallace, but net a whit mere se.
Much has been said about the rejection
by the Senate of young Mr. Clark, of Col
umbia county, as supervisor of the census
for the Fifth district. In a political sense
the appointment of Mr. Clark was net the
best that could be made for the district.
Everybody in Pennsylvania knows that the
Democratic party in Luzerne and Lacka
wanna counties has been in a demoralized
condition for several years. As a political
move it was therefore unwise te "appoint
a Columbia county man ever a reputable
applicant like A. B. Dunning, from Lack
awanna. Besides, Luzerne and Lackawanna
are the populous counties, the centre of the
population, of the district.
Te sum up, the truth of the whole mat
ter is that Senater Wallace, in making his
fight for census supervisors, has done what
he believed te be his duty te his party and
the public interest. The appointments he
has thus far secured are certainly most
creditable. Se long as he gives the census
bureau such aid as it will receive from men
like Hen. J. Simpsen Africa, of Hunting
don, Cel. Edwin Schall, of Xorristewnand
Prof. Heward Miller, of Somerset, neither
his party nor his personal friends need be
ashamed of his work.
The Clark Matter.
Washington Correspondence Pittsburgh Pe-,t.
Congressman Kletz recommended a young
lawyer named Clark, who was endorsed
by ex-Senater Buckalew, the several chair
men of the Democratic county committees
of the district, and by the press and all
leading Democrats and many Republicans.
Se popular and well qualified was he that
he obtained the recommendation of two
congressmen, both Republicans, whose
congressional districts form part of the
cen.us district. Wallace admitted he was
well qualified and Cameren went further
and declared that he was the best man that
had been named by the Democrats for any
of the Pennsylvania districts. During all
the time that his name has been under dis dis
cisseon net one word has been said against
him by any paper, Republican or Deme-
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therefore, altheught a Democrat, he was
rejected by a Democratic Senate. Xew a
uepuDiican win De appointed.
Democratic Patience Well Nigh Exhausted.
Charabersburg Valley Spirit, Dera.
The confirmation of Marshal Kerns, of
I'luladelpnia, may be a very nice piece of
political strategy en the part of one or
mere Democratic senators, but it is fully as
discreditable as it may be stragetic. Mar
shal Keans is an unfit, nay worse, he is a
dangerous man, and Senater Wallace's
committee of investigation made this about
as clear as it could be made. What the
investigation did net make plain Mr. Wal
lace's speech en the fleer of the Sen
ate did. In the face of all this Senater
Wallace either openly or tacitly favored
Kerns' s confirmation. This may "help
the party " in Philadelphia by gathering a
new ferce from the slums, but such help
as that is net needed. It is said that
Kerns has premised, in consideration of his
confirmation, te aid in securing some Dem
ecratic enumerators of the census and
some Democratic marshals in Philadelphia.
That a senator, or senators, should steep
te such a pretty business is worse than
contemptible. It is painful te think that
Senater Wallace would give countenance
te such a miserable dicker.
THE POKTKK BILL..
It Further Consideration Temporarily
Postponed.
When the Fitz Jehn Perter case came
up in the Senate yesterday, Mr. Allisen
wanted the bill informally laid aside. Mr.
Blaine asked in what position that would
leave the hill and the presiding officer said
that it would have no place, but would be
subject te be called up. Mr. Davis (W.
Va.) hoped the fleer would be given te ap
propriation bills after the speech of the
senator from Flerida (Mr. Jenes).
Mr. Burnside said he desired te have an
opportunity te speak en the Perter bill.
Sir. Legan said he would object te the
Perter bill being set aside.
Mr. Allisen said his intention was mere
ly te ask that the Perter hill be informally
laid aside.
Mr. Blaine. That takes unanimous con
sent. Mr. Conkling. And the senator from
Illinois gives notice that he will object.
Mr. Thurman. If the debate en this
Fitz Jehn Perter bill is te extend for a
month, as it threatens te de, I shall feel it
my duty at a much earlier period than a
month from new te antagonize it with the
Geneva award bill. Mr. Thurman further
said that the bill cannot be allowed te take
precedence ever mere important business.
Mr. Jenes, of Flerida, then proceeded te
support the bill. At the conclusion of his
speech, Mr. Legan moved te indefinitely
postpone the hill, Mr. Davis, of W. Va.,
moved te lay the bill en the table. Presi
dent pre tempore Edmunds ruled that this
motion superseded that of Mr. Legan.
The motion was agreed te by a viva voce
vote and the bill was laid en the table sub
ject te he called up by a majority vote.
It was net the intention either of Sena Sena
eor Davis, of West Virginia, who made the
motion for the postponement, nor of Sena Sena
eor Randelph, who consented, that the de
bate should step or that the bill should go
ever indefinitely ; still this may be really
the result and it may net be again possible
te resume consideration of the subject at
this session. There arc enough senators
en the Democratic side who have
the courage of their convictions and will
vote te de justice te General Perter
as they think they have a right te de.
Careful inquiry shows that only one Dem
ocrat Senater Cockrell, of Missouri was
se convinced of the lack of power en the
part of Congress te pass such a hill as that
which has been pending by Senater Car
penter's argument that he will vote with
the Republicans. If any ethers thought
as he did last Saturday they have appar
ently had their objections satisfied by the
excellent arguments of Senators Bayard,
McDonald and Jenes. What will deter
the Democratic senators from consenting
te again taking up the bill this session is
the determination of the Republicans te
make a partisan question of the discussion
and te attempt te use the Democratic ac
tion for campaign purposes. As a matter
of fact, the Southern Democrats feel that
they are put in a very delicate position.
They are convinced that General Perter
has suffered great injustice, but see very
clearly that their votes te relieve him
would only lead te inflammable speeches
by Republicans, and all this sort of thing
they are very desirous of giving no excuse
for. They have taken General Gorden's
advice and stoutly maintained the policy
of silence en all sectional questions, and
they are really anxious te avoid being
made an issue of in the coming campaign.
Since Senater Hear's return he has heard
of the Republican caucus and its deter
mination, and has apparently changed his
views about voting for the bill.
PETROFF.
A Jury That Was of One Mind.
A Harrishurg Telegraph reporter inter
viewed one of the jurors en the Petroff
case. He was net at all reticent in regard
te telling what transpired in the jury room,
and in answer te the reporter's question of
why the jury remained out se long, said :
" The lirst thing we did alter we went
out was te select a foreman, our choice
falling en Mr. Pettiger. Then Mr. War
ren Zellinger was selected as secretary and
the indictment was produced. Mr. Ferrpe
started in te read it, but the writing was
none of the best and he gave up in despair
when about half way through and Mr.
Zellinger finished. After we were thor
oughly satisfied as te its contents,
the foreman put the question as te
whose story we believed, Petreffs or Wat Wat
eon's, and all said Watsen's. Then he
asked which one we believed of Petroff and
Maclay, and the unnauimeus answer was
Maclay. After a short deliberation in
which it was developed that we were all
pretty much of one mind, the foreman
again asked that all who were in favor of
a verdict of guilty should ' held up their
right hands, and every hand went up. We
had then been out about half an hour.
A consultation followed regarding the dis
position of the costs. Some seemed te
think that a verdict of guilty would free
Petroff of the costs and they did net want
te de that. They wanted te give him all
they could. Finally they made up their
minus that lie would have te pay the costs
ii found guilty. The jury still held back.
They did net want te go into court se
quick, because they were afraid it would
leek as if they had decided with unseemly
haste, and they waited until half-past
eleven talking it ever. The opinion among
all was that Petroff knew tee much-he was
tee positive as te the exact minute. Watsen
and Maclay were disinterested and created
a very favorable impression by their plain,
unassuming manner. There was but one
opinion from the time we left the court
room, and that was unanimous as te Pe Pe
teoffs guilt."
JUDGE KELLKV TAKES THE FLOOR
Nat
McKay's Attempt te Improperly
fluence the Veteran's Vete.
In-
Ill the Heuse yesterday morning Mr.
Kelley rose te make a personal explana
tion. He sent te the clerk's desk te he
read an article from the Philadelphia
Bulletin giving a description et a scene
which recently occurred between himself
and Mr. Xathaniel McKay, of Philadelphia,
who has been very active in Washington
in connection with the various attempts te
introduce Demerara sugars at a lower rate
of duty than they ought te bear. The
paragraph referred te also contained the
statement that Judge Kelley's course as a
member of the committee en ways and
means was very displeasing te his con
stituents, and they would punish him for
it.
Judge Kelley's explanation was brief
and te the point. He said that recently,
at the end of nineteen years' service in
Congress, he had for the first time been
corruptly approached in order te secure
his vote, He had repelled the attempt as
it deserved, hut he should never have nub-
lished the infamy of one who had been his
friend had net this reereant friend given
te a newspaper a false version of what had
occurred.
Judge Kelley's remarks were delivered
with great earnestness and feeling, and
they made a deep impression upon the
Heuse.
McKay has addressed a letter te Speaker
Randall, in reply te the statement made
by Judge Kelley. He denies the charge
and asks for an investigation.
Huge Ven Ulrich was arrested in Xew
Orleans yesterday and committed without
bail te answer the charge of breaking into,
the house of his divorced wife, with intent
te kill her. This is a capital offence under
the laws of Louisiana.
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IiATKST NEWS BY MAIL.
The Ohie Republican convention will
meet in Columbus en April 28.
Herace Binney, of Bosten and Philadel
phia, died suddenly at Xewpert, R. I.,
last night.
The Rhede Island Heuse of Representa
tives yesterday passed, a bill repealing the
act prohibiting marriages between blacks
and whites.
By a railroad collision at Engle weed, III.,
yesterday morning, Jacob Lieber, a brake
man, was fatally injured, and his sen.aged
23, was killed.
San Francisce, March 11, 9 p. ni.
O'Leary, 344 miles ; Westen, 333. Inter
est in the match is increasing. Beth men
are in geed condition, although Westen is
the fresher.
The steam yacht Arrew was burned en
Geneva lake, Wisconsin, yesterday morn
ing. A discharged employee is suspected
of having set her en fire, and the people
threaten te lynch him if caught.
A fire in Augusta, Ga., en Wednesday
night, destroyed Murray's stable, with
seven horses, a store room of R. M. May
& Ce., containing 130 vehicles, the grocery
store or Jehn D. McCarthy, and several
smaller buildings. Less, $30,000.
The Missouri state Republican commit
tee was reorganized by the election of
Chauncey J. Filley. late postmaster of St.
Leuis, in place of Gen. Geerge II. Shields.
Filley is a strong Grant man. Shields is
for Blaine.
A schooner is reported ashore three
miles north of Little Egg Harber inlet.
Her sails have been blown away and she
lies with her bow en the beach. The life
saving crew have gene te the rescue. The
wind is blowing almost a tornado from
the northeast.
The jury in the case of Valler, who
killed his father and shot his mother and
brother, in Strongsville, O., en the niht
of the 21st of October, brought in a
verdict of guilty of murder in the second
degree, penalty, imprisonment fur lire.
The jury was out twenty-three hours.
William Connelly, a well-to-de (armor
of Dinwiddie county, Va., committed siii-
cidc by blowing his brains out with a
double barreled shotgun, The deceased
was about forty years of age, and had
only been married about four months. Xe
cause is assigned for the rash act.
A collision eccured en the Chicago,
Reck Island and Pacific railroad, at En En En
glewoed, between a west bound express
and a freight train, Jacob Seiber, a brake
man, was probably fatally injured, ami
his son, aged 25 years, killed. A few
ethers were slightly injured.
A portion of a Xew Yerk train en the
Reading railroad, was thrown from the
track near Wayne station, yesterday, by
the sudden breaking qf a switch bar,
and the rails separating or spreading.
Fortunately none of the passengers were
injuied.
Yesterday morning James Mulavcn en
tered the home of Mr. Henry Dierks, Erie,
during his absence and madr a deperate
attempt te outrage Catherine Dierks, a
child of eleven years. A neighbor hearing
the cries came te the rescue in time te pre
vent the commission of the crime. The girl
was brutally handled.
Yesterday morning the San Francisce
police seized a number of placards ex
hibited in the public streets bearing the
announcement, " Read the Communist and
awake ; be freemen ; thieves in council ;
price 10 cents, by newsdealers. " The
authorship of the placard has net been as
certained by the authorities.
The IIouse cemmittee en appropriations
has agreed te add the appropriation for
marshals' fees te the immediate deficiency
bill. The section making the appropria
tion contains the word. " for fees of
marshals and their general deputies."
This is intended te and will exclude special
deputy marshals from receiving any fees
for their services. This cuts off all elec
tion mashals who served in California at
the September elections.
Michcal Paddcn and a neighbor named
Clark both laid claim te a piece of land at
Lebeurc Oregon, and during Clark's ab
sence Paddcn commenced fencing In the
land. Mrs. Clark ordered him off, and en
his refusal te go put a shot gun into the
hands of her son, only eight years old, and
told him te drive Paddenaway, whereupon
the boy shot Padden dead. Xe arrests
have yet been made.
The Gate City Guards, of Atlanta, Ga..
who recently made a trip Xerth, intend te
erect a " memorial armory " in Atlanta
" te commemorate the union of the states
and the return of peace, " and te be
" always open te all who march under the
stars and stripes. " Captain Burke, the
commander of the company, has started a
subscription for the erection of the build
ing with $1,000, and it is proposed te open
subscriptions in all the principal cities of
the United States.
The flax mill of Lehman, Rosenthal &
Ce., at Frankfort, Indiana, exploded and
was entirely destroyed by fire. Ten per
sons were killed, among them Patrick
Leahy, the foreman, and Themas Croxten.
the engineer. Cause of explosion unknown.
At the time of the explosion all the em
pleyees ei tue mui, ten in number, were
gathered in the boiler room, apparently
for the purpose of warming themselves
preparatory te going te work at seven
o'clock. The explosion completely de
molished the building, shaking the neigh
boring town, and hurling pieces te a dis
tance of three hundred yards. Xet ene of
the ten men escaped. When help arrived
Engineer Claxton was the only one alive.
He never spoke, and died in a few minutes.
STATE ITEMS.
West Chester has a new turn-table, and
the papers make mere fuss ever it than is
made ever De Lessep's intor-eccanic ship
canal.
Jeseph Fritchey, of Bethlehem, while en
his way home from Easten, fell from a
freight train, and being run ever, was
killed.
The clothing of Willie Bates, employed
in the iron mill of Lewis, Oliver & Phillips,
in Pittsburgh, caught fire, yesterday, and
he was burned se badly that he will likely
die.
Jehn Hensen colored, of Ceatcsville
who was struck en the lrtad with a
club by Augustus C. Brown, died en
Wednesday. Brown has been arrested
and imprisoned.
A Fifteen Uame Tragedy.
James Andersen and William Swain,
who are employed at the Philadelphia file
works, at Sixteenth and Spring Garden
streets, quarreled ever the intricate
moves of the gem puzzle during dinner
hour en Wednesday because, as is alleged,
one of the men accused the ether of
trickery. They came te blows, and Ander Ander
eon, snatching up his hammer, endeavored
10 impress nis views ei tiie solution upon
Swain's head with the implement. Swain
was taken home in a dangerous condition,
and Andersen was committed by Magis
trate Pancoast until the result of Swain's
wounds is determined.
A Drunken Pair.
About neon Officer Swenk found a
drunken man and woman lyiug in a pri
vate alley running in from West King
street, opposite the Stevens house. He
started with them te the station house,
but when they arrived at the square they
refused te go, preferring te He down.
Here Officers McDcvitt and Kautz came te
the assistance of Swenk, and they had
plenty of trouble before the prisoners were
landed in the station house.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
BELGIAN BLOCKS.
THE .NORTH QUEEN STREET CONTRACT
Mill or Eqnity te Restrain the Street Com Cem Com
mitteeSubscripteons te Pave
theSecend Square or North
Oueen Street, &c.
As announced in the Intelligexckii of
Wednesday, the street cemmittee has
made a contract with Messrs. Cunningham
and McXicel for paving Xerth Queen
street from Centre Square te Orange street
with Belgian blocks, en the same condi
tions that East King street and Centre
Square were paved by the same firm. We
arc informed that the contract has been
duly signed, and the contractors have
given bends for the faithful performance
of the work. The street cemmittee claim
authority te make the contract by virtue,
of the resolution passed by city "council
authorizing the paving of East King street,
said resolution authorizing the paving eC
ether streets en condition that the prop
erty owners thereof subscribe and pay $2
per lineal feet of their respective fronts
along the streets te bg paved.
On the ether hand, Mayer MacGonigle
and many citizcus and members of city
council contend that the street cemmittee
have no authority te make such contracts,
and they are taking steps te prevent the
street cemmittee from proceeding with the
work. The following bill in equity has
been framed and presented in court :
In the Court of Common Pleas of Lut
cahter county, sitting iu Equity, between
Jehn T. MacGenigle, Mayer of the City
of Lancaster, and William Millar, a
citizeu of the said City of Lancaster, and
an owner and holder of real estate within
the said City of Lancaster and a taxpayer
of the said city, and R. W. Shenk. Jehn
A. Bering, William Sales, Ilulbert E. An An
dereon, Henry Deerr, Amaziah C. Ban Ban
Themas Hays, Philip Lebzelter and Wil
liam D. Sprecher, the Street Committee of
the Select and Common Common Councils
of the City of Lancaster, and Themas Cun
ningham & Daniel McNichol, partner
trading as Cunningham & McXichcl.
The said plaintiffs complain and say :
1. That Jehn T. MacGenigle is the
Mayer of the City of Lancaster, Pennsyl
vania, and that William Millar Ls a.
citizen of the said City of Lancaster, an
owner of real estate therein and a lax
payer te the said city.
2. That bythe2:5d Section of the Act of
the General Assembly, approved April 3,
18G7, P. L. 1887, page 7811, it is, inter alin,
made the duty of the Mayer of the City of
Lancaster te be vigilant and active in caus
ing the laws of the Commonwealth and the
laws and ordinances of the said City te lie
executed and enforced therein.
3. That by the 33d section of the a.ut
act of the general assembly, approved
April 5, 1S67, it is provided :
"That the several departments of the
said city shall annually, en or before the
stated meeting in the month of June, pre
sent estimates te councils of the probable
amount of receipts, and of the amounts
that in their judgment will be required
during the currant fiscal year, for the puh,
lie service in the several departments re-,
spectively ; aud the said councils shall im
mediately thereafter proceed te apprepri
ate the public money, by ordinance, te the
several departments for the currant fiscal
year for the payment of leans te meet the
expenses of the eity, and the making of
such improvements as they may deem nec
essary, and the amount se appropriated
shall be disbursed iu such manner as coun
cils may direct, from time te time, by joint
resolution during the year."
4. That by the 4th Section of the Act of
the General Assembly, approved March 13,
1853. p. I. 1833, page 81, it is provided :
"That the Mayer, Aldermen and citizens
of Lancaster, in Select and Common Coun
cils assembled, shall net, in any case, au
thorize the borrowing of any money, ler
any purpose whatever, wheieby the actual
indebtedness of thccity will be increased,
unless it is authorized by eidinauce, regu
larly presented and passed : Provided, .that
the said ordinance shall net pass the final
reading within two weeks from the meet
ing of councils at which the same was pre
sented. 5. That by the Cth Section of the said
Act of the General Assembly, appteved
March 15, 1833, it is provided :
"That the Mayer, Aldermen, and citi
zens of the city of Lancaster, iu Select and
Common Councils assembled, shall net
have the power or authority te ciect, con
struct, or make any public improvements
for the benefit of the said city, wheie the
expenditure thereof will exceed the sum of
three hundred dollars, unless the erection,
construction, or making of the said publiu
improvements is first authorized by an or
dinancc, passed for that purpose, agieeably
te the previsions of the fourth section of
this act. Provided, That this section shall
net be construed se as te apply te the
erecting, constructing, and making of
such public improvements as are paid out
ei tue regular annual appropriations,"
0. That by the 7th Section of the Act or
the General Assembly, approved May 2:5,
1874. P. L. 1874, page 230, it is provided,
"Xe money shall be paid out of the city
treasury except upon appropriations made
by law, and en warrant drawn by the
proper officer in pursuance thereof."
7. That by the 11th Section of the said
Act of General Assembly, approved May
23, 1874, it is provided ;
"That no money shall hereafter he bor
rowed en the faith aud credit of said cities,
unless the ordinance or ether authority au
therizing the same shall have been intro
duced at one stated meeting of the com
mon council, and the draft thereof pub
lished in at least two of the newspapers of
the city, daily, four weeks before the final
consideration and passage thereof by th
said common council ; and at any stated
meetings of the select council held at least
one week after the final consideration of
any such ordinance by the common coun
cil, the select council may consider and act
upon any such ordinance ; but the select
council shall net originate any ordinance or
ether authority for borrowing money ; and
no lean shall be authorized without a vote
of two-thirds of the whole number of mem
bers of each council : And provided also,
That the specific purpose or purposes for
which the said lean is authorized shall be
distinctly set out in the said ordinance,
and that the moneys received for said lean
shall net be used for any purposes ether
than these se stated."
8. That R. W. Shenk, Jehn A. Bering,
William Sales, Ilulbert E. Andersen,
Henry Deerr, Amaziah C. Barr. Themas
Hays, Philip Lebzelter and William D.
Sprecher, are the Street Committee of the
of the Councils of the City of Lancaster,
whose duty it is te(conduct and superin
tend the expenditure of moneys from time
te time appropriated by the Select and
Common Councils of the City of Lancas
ter. 9. That the Select and Common Coun
cils of the City of Lancaster appropriated
in the month of May, 1879, the sum of
$10,000, te be used for the repair and im
provement of the streets of the City of
Lancaster, te be expended in the "vear
begining June 1, 1879, and ending May 31,
1880.
10. That the said appropriation of $10 -000,
se m.ade by the Select and Common
Councils for the repair and improvement
of the streets of the City of Lancaster, has
been all expended, and the said appropria
tion is exhausted ; and, in addition there
to, the said Street Committee has incurred
bills, for the payment of which no prevu-
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