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Lancaster intelligencer.
THUBSDAY STONING. AUG. 5, 1880.
What Is Jatlclally Decided.
Frem the records of the court at Chi
cago, where suit was brought by one
Chittenden te recover from the represent
atives of DeGelyer & Ce. a hundred
thousand dollars for his service in secur
ing the contract te lay the wooden pave
ments in Washington, out of which he
averred DeGelyer & Ce. had made $400,
000, getting $3.50 a yard for what cost
them but $1-50, it appears that the de
fence te the suit made by DeGelyer &
Ce., who were represented by ex-Senater
Doolittle, was, first, that the contract
was void upon its face; and, secondly,
that it was void as against publie policy,
because of the five thousand dollars paid
te James A. Garfield, a member of Con
gress, for his influence as a congressman
in getting the beard of public works nt
Washington te give DeGelyer & Ce. the
contract. In June, 1875, Chittenden,
the plaintiff, was ordered te re
ply, or demur te the answer.
He demurred; or, in ether words, he
admitted the facts stated in the answer
te be true, but declared that the law
would permit him te recover his claim
notwithstanding. Upen argument Judge
Farwell, a Republican, overruled the
demurrer ; and thereby it was judicially
decided that the contract was void be
cause of the bribery practised in secur
ing the influence of congressman Gar
field te obtain it. Ne appeal was taken
from this decision and the case was fi
nally dismissed in May, 1876, for failure
te further prosecute it. There is, there
fore, en record a judicial finding that
Garfield received five thousand dollars te
procure this contract and that it is se con
trary te public policy that congressmen
shall be thus retained in private claims
against the government that they are
rendered totally void by it. The public
sense agrees with this decision. What
then is te be said in favor of the election
te the chief magistracy of one who has
se grossly offended against the law ?
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Het AgaiBst a Governer.
The Xew Yerk Sun is intensely de
nunciatory of the governor of Xew Yerk
for his failure te relieve from the death
penalty a peer Italian who unfortunate
ly finds himself committed te the hang
man's hands, "and gees te his deem en
Friday. The Sun has need te control its
soul in patience. The disgust it feels at
the mixture of cowardice, stupidity and
brutality which induces most men in
gubernatorial places te refrain from ex
ercising their prerogative en mercy's side
naturally excites the intense disgust of
these who observe it. There is conceiv
ed te be a popular prejudice against the
exercise of clemency te murderers; as
there is. But there is no such feeling
against the release from the noose of
these who are unjustly caught in it.
Many governors are unable te
appreciate the difference, and think
they are safer in a policy of
non-interference with the verdict of the
jury. Others interfere without intelli
gence, or owing te some improper influ
ence. Se that it happens that public
criticism is very often indeed unfavora
ble te the governor, whatever he does. It
is inseparable from his place and his re
sponsibilities. If he discharges his duty
fearlessly, intelligently and conscien
tiously he will secure applause. If lie
fails in these particulars he will be con
demned ; and he certainly cannot save
his skin by administering his office mer
cilessly, if mercy is the demand of the
occasion. The Sun believes that the
hanging of this Italian will bring Gov.
Cernell into such contempt that " many
men will refuse te take his hand, imag
ining they see bleed en it; and he will
be known hereafter as the red-handed
governor. Should he have future chil
dren we shall expect te see them marked
with red spots. When he dies the anate
mists will search with curiosity te see
whether he had a physical heart or net.''1
He will hardly earn se dreadful a deem
from one exhibition of his unfitness for his
duty, though quite probably he will earn
it by the general course of his govern
ment if he is as unfit for his place as the
Sun makes him out te be. The title of
" the red-handed governor " he will
scarcely be able te wrest from our own
Hartranft, who secured it with many a
meuldering body.
The Republicans affect te derive much
comfort from the confident assertion of
Murat Halstead that the flank of the
Democracy in Indiana is exposed te dan
ger. With Mr. Halstead the wish is
father te the thought. When the Dem
ocratic convention was in session in Cin
cinnati, he was very anxious te act as
wet nurse for it. He get the idea into
his head that McDonald ought te be the
nominee, and that he and his paper
ought te control the issue te that end.
Mr. McDonald, who was in the conven
tion as Mr. Hendricks's friend, at once
and very forcibly sat down upon
the suggestion. He had noticed
Garfield's conduct at Chicago, and
had read this same Murat Halstead 's
withering denunciation of Garfield's
alleged treachery te Sherman ; McDen
ald was true te Hendricks and would
hear te no mention of his own name. Hal
stead was disappointed and has ever
since been trying te make it appear that
McDonald is in the sulks because Hen.
dricks staid in the field, and that both
are offended because English was taken
for the second place. There is no such
feeling. On the ether hand Indiana with
one voice at Cincinnati asked for Eng
lish because he was the strongest man te
carry the state in October, and he wiil
see that it is done. Senater Pendleton
comes en te Xew Yerk with the news
that if the Republicans de net bestir
themselves they will lese Ohie and Illi
nois. Without showing any fallacy in the
finance committee's statement of the
constitutional limit of the city debt, the
friends of the vetoed ordinance for its
increase have introduced a measure sim
ilar te that which the mayor recently
vetoed, except that the amount is in.
creased. There is no better excuse for
passing this measure, under existing
.conditions, than there was for its prede-
cesser and the insuperable objections te
the mayor signing that one, under his
oath of eflice, have certainly net been
removed by any feature in the new one.
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The interest et the readers of the In
telligencer will be at once engaged
by the narrative of President Lincoln's
exalted opinion of .General Hancock as
received by us from undoubted authori
ty at Bedford Springs, and detailed in
editorial notes made in another column
of what was seen and heard during the
brief visit. Equal credit is reflected
upon the dead president and his living
lieutenant, in the judgment that was
dictated by a sagacity that time has se
singularly vindicated. In the sub
sidence of passion that new en
ables every one te judge of the
characters of the rclcllien with calm
ness, esteem for that of President Lin
coln has grown te such degree that his
admirers embrace all classes of the com
munity ; and his opinion of Gen. Han
cock will be valued by both Democrats
and Republicans; but te the latter it
must apieal with singular force. It is a
judgment te be received by them with
reverence and submission, even if it ap
peared less linnly founded.
Tjie Jhrahl, which has its Hancock
cap en these past few days, is as much
delighted with Hancock's letter te Sher
man as it is disgusted with the verbose
progress of Garfield from Menter te Xew
Yerk. The Ik raid isn I the sun, but
when it crews sometimes it is a sign of
sunrise.
Mn. Xast contrasts the Democratic
party's hungry condition with Dr. Tan
ner's. It leeks ;is if Tanner would get
through and eat the watermelon. It
leeks, tee, as if the Democracy would
get ever their fast in time for the feast of
fat things.
MINOR TOPICS.
The valuation by the city assessors of
Bosten, shows an increase of $25,7GG,500
ever last year, a Democratic city, by the
way, is Bosten.
Tuns te your file of Harper's Weekly for
1873. Thcre'is a double-page cartoon in
the issue of March 15, of that year. Xast
has Gaificld and ether Credit Mebilicr
"statesmen" arranged under a placard
reading as follews: "Disgraced in the
eye of the public for owning Credit Mo Me
bilicr stock, which was in fact and intent
a fraud upon the government. Alse for
deceit and evasion."
Senater Em Saui-shuhy says : " The
letter just published, written te General
Sherman in 187C, I regard as a most con
clusive evidence that Hancock is a states
man of a very superior sort, and it will
have an astonishing affect upon the country
It cuts away the radical pretense that Hau Hau
ceckjisa mere soldier unacquainted with the
spirit of the constitution and the spirit of
liberty governing this country. The cir
cumstances surrounding its prepcratien
and the manner of its publication arc cal
culated te impress upon every mind the
force of character and dignity of Hancock's
nature."
Glneral James B. Weaver, presiden
tial nominee of the Greenback-Laber party,
has issued a circular te the members of
that party appealing for contributions of
one dollar and upward te aid in defraying
the expenses of the campaign from new
until November. This appeal comes at a
bad time contemporaneously with the
Alabama disclosures that Weaver is draw
ing pay from the national Republicau
committee, that the national Greenback
executive committee is in communication
with the national Republican executive
committee, and the two committees will meet
in secret session in Chicago en August 9.
However Greenback orators have been in
the hire of Republican politicians before
new in the Pennsylvania campaign of
1878 for instance.
Regarding the Sherman letters which
called out Hancock's reply, General Sher
man says he is net disposed te mix himself
in a presidential contest, but if the publi
cation of the two letters referred te will
further benefit Hancock or make mere
clear his letter te him, then Hancock has
Sherman's permission te give them out for
publication. In the case of the ether let
ter Hancock was obliged te ask Sherman
for a copy of it, because he was net able
at the time te make two copies. The copy
furnished Hancock by Sherman was made
by Colonel Bacen, one of the aides en
Sherman's staff, who certified en honor
that it was a true and exact copy of the
original, and the charges of garbling or
rewriting are of course baseless.
Referring te Cel. McClure's argument
in the disbarment case Cel. J. W. Ferney
in his paper of this week says ; " Yeu de
net frequently find an accomplished jour
nalist and ripe lawyer in the same person.
But that double gift undoubtedly belongs
te Colonel McClurc, of the Times, and the
argument in question was pronounced,
when it was made, te be a production of
rare literary merit, legal research, and ora
torical finish. The whole proceeding
against the independent editors of the Lan
caster (Pennsylvania) Intelligencer,
who arc also members of the bar of that
county, was se harsh, extra judicial, and
passionate as te have excited considerable
surprise and regret among these who knew
Judge Patterson. I believe the decision of
the supreme court in this important case
is still reserved."
Short and Sweet.
The following letter was sent te the Re
publican congressional campaign commit
tee by Ralph P. Howe, of Little Valley,
N. Y., an ex-soldier connected with the
Seventy-second Xew Yerk volunteers and
and an officeholder, in response te a letter
levying an assessment upon him :
" E. McPherson, Secretary:
" Sir : Yeu ask me for 818 te help elect
a man that was nominated by a party of
politicians that issued orders and stationed
pickets te prevent crippled soldiers from
entering the building where the Republi
can convention was in session, and for the
only reason tbat they were supposed friends
of General Grant. Yeu have get your man
new elect him !- My vote and influence
in the present campaign, and my money
also, shall be given in favor of the soldier
statesman General W. S. Hancock.
Ralph P. Howe.
Seventy-second Xew Yerk."
"July 24, 1880.
Twenty five Republicans and seven
Greenbackers who are employed in Daniel
F. Beatty's piano and organ factory at
Wesliinirtnn N J.. havA rlmOaml their
intention te vote for Hancock and Eug-1
hsh.
BEDFORD SPRINGS.
People and Thing as I round tln'm With
out Change The Spirit of the k lace and
the Style et the GsnU-Whtt they
de and hew they de it.
Lincoln' Great Opinion of Ifanceclc.
Kdtterlal Notes.
It is a brief journey of seven hours from
Lancaster te Bedford Springs, through
pleasant valleys and by running waters
tliat you gaze upon with contented delight
from your open car window, into which
pours the cool breeze caused by the rapid
ly moving train. Landing in the ancient
and pretty town of Bedford, a ride of a
mile and a half yet remains between you
and the wonderful valley where a half-
dozen great springs burst forth close to
gether from the mountain side, of different
virtues a royal family indeed, clustering
around a very king of mineral springs.
Bedford ought te be as frequented as Sara
toga ; and this its visitors have been saying
for many years. The Andersen spring is as
beneficent as the Congress, and even mere
valuable in the opinion of its votaries. It
is accessible and near te the centre of pop
ulation. It is among the cool, sweet val
leys of the mountains, instead of en a flat
audarid plain. Yet thousands resort te the
one place, while tens go te the ether. Evi
dently Saratoga is net visited for its
waters. In this great ceuutry of ours,
where the people grew rich se rapidly and
pi such numbers, a desideratum in a sum
mer resort that Saratoga has supplied is a
place where the most money can be spent
in the shortest time and the greatest dis
play be made of its possession. The newly
rich want their wealth te be seen and ad
mired. Ugly women lead themselves with
haudseme dresses and great jewels, and
enhance their ugliness in comparison,
that their adornment may be won
dered at and they receive "the reflected
glory of such ownership. Men are feels ;
and se Saratoga is nessiblc.
And a pleasant place it is even for these
who de net use it for a show room. It is
pleasant te leek at the show ; and the
waters are delightful te the taste. They
are mere agreeable than the Bedford water,
because of the carbonic acid gas with
which they are freely charged. The
hotels there are palaces ; at Bedford, in
comparison, hovels. These springs have
always been in possession of the Andersen
family,and they are new managed according
te the family traditions without change or
shadow of variation from the old ways.
Hardly a new nail is put into the sacred
weed, which does net venture te decay
though it puts en the grey and weather
beaten visage of age and seems te frown
upon the gay fashions of youth. In tone
with the spirit of the place the company
comports itself. The ladies dress once for
all day in the morning, selecting from their
trunks the attire of soberest hue, but put
ting en their diamonds, which Bedford loves
te see and which arc almost necessary
as a passport at its gates. JJedfdrd visi
tors are as as a rule wealthy people, who
could easily buy all the comforts and glare
of Saratoga, but who love this homely place
for its essential life and endure with com
plaisance the rude accommodations which
are in sharp contrast with the tee soft
luxuriousness of their homes. The men
come here with one suit of clothes and a
small valise, and have precisely the same
appearance at all times of the day and en all
days of the week. A couple of years age
I appeared with a Cape May trunk and un
dertook te air its contents te keep out the
moths. The resultant sensation was
enormous, and if Barnum had come along
then with his show I would have been
lassoed for exhibition along side the wooly
horse.
The same bells are about this place that
rang in the early part of the century, and
new with cracked voice, all through the
dav. speak out their messages te servants
who have listened te them all their lives.
The same dishes appear upon the table,
served in the same way, at the same hours.
The breakfast time is ever at nine, and the
dinner hour is limited te from two te three.
The attendance at the table is excellent
and the fare quite geed enough ter any
body who gees te the springs for some,
thing else than te cat. The table is abun
dantlv supplied, although there is that
sameness in the supply which you would
expect in a place that is se steadily run in
ancient ruts. It could net be persuaded
te accept a new idea, and one would almost
think it a sacrilege te suggest it. Fer in
stance, the thousands of chickens that
fleck about the kitchen deer would seem
ingly be better cooped ; but there has never
been a coop : and a coop would interfere
with the practice of the negre executioner,
who calls the fleck te him as he stands by
the prison box into which he casts them as
rapidly as he picks them up ; then he opens
the lid and draws them forth with one
hand, while with the ether he pulls their
heads off as fast as he can handle them.
Bedford used te be a great place for the
politicians of the state te gather, but this
season there have net been many of this
class registered upon the books. Judge
Sterrett with his large and handsome pres
ence at present looms up almost alone
among the men of the state well known te
fame ; and he should net be classed among
the politicians. This special character
would seem te bring some discredit even
here, judging by the way in which I
heard a cabman speak, one afternoon as I
passed a group of them in the het hours
of the afternoon, en the lawn, where they
had usurped the chairs of the guests. " I
don't argey politics. I ain't none of that
'ere kind : but I tell yer Garfield is the
man; and that's all there is of that."
Perhaps he had copied that style of dis dis
cussiem from the guests ; it is quite a fa
vorite style with people who affect te
despise argument.
There are a geed many iron manufac
turers here, chiefly from Pittsburgh, which
is very loyal te Bedford. ' They will talk
iron te you till you feel as heavy as a pig
of the metal. It is a geed thing, though,
with which te balance the political talk.
Iren is as solid as politics are airy ; aud it
is a cool sort of thing. It is rather i: -freshing
te think of it in summer ; and
when it is going up, and you have any of
it, you can take in a great deal of talk
about it. Iren is always going. Gener
ally it is going down when you have it and
up when you havn't any. Se it is well te
study the idiosyncrasiesef the creature; and
Bedford will pest you. If you have a tal
ent for " mixing in" when you come in
contact with intelligent people, you can
learn a great deal at Springs. I am la
mentably deficient in this regard, but yet
pick up a little en the outer edges. There
is a geed deal te be learned by watching
people, when you don't talk te them ; and
this is a common occupation of all Springs
visitors with which te improve the shining
hours. It is net the best way but it is bet
ter than te go te sleep.
I met Mr. James McDougal, a lumber
merchant of Baltimore of high respecta
bility, a relative of Mrs. B. J. Mc
Grann, of Lancaster, aud oue of
the genial class of Springs visitors
who become generally known and
popular. Mr. McDougal has been an ar
dent Republican ; a demoniac condition he
reached after starting in life as an Old
Line Whig, and passing thence through
the purgatory of Douglas Democracy.
Mr. McDougal lest forty thousand and
some- odd dollars by the relwllien, a cir cir
cumstance which may account for some of
his bitterness against the rebels. They
say he was in danger of being lynched in
the unpatriotic atmosphere of I'altimere in
the earlier days of the rclicllien ; a fact
which I can readily believe, for he evi
dently is brim full of strong opinions and
plain language and has no disposition te
check their overflow. He told me some
thing which you will lie glad te hear and
which I am surprised that we never read
before.
When Mr. Lincoln issued his Kmanci Kmanci
patien proclamation I believe that was
the occasion a deputation of citizens from
Baltimore went en te Washington te con
gratulate him. Mr. McDougal was of the
number. They speedily get through with
their address at the White Heuse, aiid
were about te leave, with the declaration
that they would net further trespass upon
the president's valuable time.
'Take scats, boys, take seats," exclaimed
Mr. Lincoln, as he rang for chairs te be
brought in, "it would be strange if I could
net spare a half hour or an hour for con
versation with friends who have come from
Baltimore te sec me."
Aud the visitors sat down aud
spent nearly an hour in conversation. Pres
ently the subject of Generals came up and
various opinions were expressed as te who
was the ablest officer en our side. When a
great many opinions hail been given, Mr.
Lincoln, said :
"Gentlemen, in my judgment, you have
net struck the right man yet."
And of course all were anxious te hear
him name the man aud asked him te de se.
He said :
"It is General Hancock."
The countenances of his visitors expressed
their surprise and one of them ventured te
say that he feared Hancock was tee rash.
"Yes," said Mr. Lincoln, "se some of
the elder generals have said te mc, and
I have said te them that I have watched
General Hancock's conduct very carefully,
and I have found that when he gees into
action he achieves his purpose and comes
out with a smaller list of casualties than
any of them. Beld he is, but net rash.
Why gentlemen de yen knew what his
record was at West Point."
And Mr. Lincoln went te his
book shelf and. taking down an
army register, showed the position
in which Hancock had graduated, and
that, furthermore, in a class that was one
of the most distinguished that had ever
graduated at the military academy. Con
tinuing te speak of him in the highest
terms, he further said :
"I tell you, gentlemen, that if his life
and strength are spared, I believe that
General Hancock is destined te be one of
the most distinguished men of the age.
Why, when I go down in the morning te
open my mail and I arise .t four o'clock
I declared that I de it in fear and tremb
ling lest I may hear that Hancock has
been killed or wounded."
Was net that a remarkable narrative
te take from an absolutely trustworthy
source in the quiet valley by the Bedford
Springs, and is it net a waving plume in
Hancock's hat? Mr. Lincoln's prediction
comes true in this hour that finds Han
cock at the summit of his highest possible
ambition ; and his estimate of him has
come be shared by every intelligent reader
of the great letter te Sherman, which ap
pears, coincident with Lincoln's stamp, te
fasten upon him the highest fame.
The seaside resorts seem te be growing
in popularity at the cost of these in the
mountain. The shore is filled this season
with hundreds of thousands of visitors,
while by these Bedford Springs, most an
cient and renowned of life-giving feun
tains, but a few hundred sit down te quaff
the healing waters. The Bedford season has
has net been brilliant, because of the lack
ing crowd. Its quietude suits the aged,
who most de congregate there, aud the
children, who can be happy anywhere that
their life is free, but is hardly se agreeable
te the charming daughters who have gene
from home te sce and te he seen, aud who
need net mineral waters. Neither de the
sons ; but they glide from under the pa
ternal wing and spend their summer vaca
tions as it suits them. The peer daughter,
though, cannot be out without a chaperon ;
and se it comes that the girls at the Bed
ford Springs have few brothers of ether
girls, of appropriate age, te regale their
eyes upon, and few of tlieir own, of any
age, te de duty as very peer substitutes.
Truly at these mineral mountain springs a
chaperon is. hardly needed, se light is the
temptation te levity.
But it can be made a very pleasant
place, even te these who are fend of gaiety,
if there happen te be a few guests of the
proper constitution te leaven the mass ; or
should there he, as there is generally at
the Virginia Springs, some one commis
sioned by the proprietors of the house te
take charge of the amusement of the
guests and aid them te the proper degree
of sociability and intercourse. An official
character of this kind enables persons who
naturally desire te become acquainted te
meet each ether ; and he serves te remind
ethers, who are selfishly content with the
society of their especial friends,of the duty
that rests upon them te make themselves
AnA9lltr QrrAaqTilA Tn tltn n11 Tlfultfrtwl
days, Mr. Courtenay for many years per
formed this part te the great satisfaction
and entertainment of the guests ; but new
they are left entirely alone and te their own
resources ; and if there does net happen te
be some eue among them of that rare and
precious nature that inspires its possessor
te exertion te secure the happiness of these
around, even though they are outside a re
stricted circle of friends, the Springs will
certainly be condemned as dull. A bright
and lively matron or two, with social
instincts and industry, are worth a
a score of young men te raake a summer
resort agreeable, even te young ladies wh
most de affect the latter. A few young
fellows and there are always a few
about can be utilized by a skillful hand,
se as te de service for an army. Bedford
generally has a few ladies, such as Sirs.
Jehn Hampton, who de their part towards
bringing the company into sociable rela
tions, but this year they de net seem te
have answered the roll call. It is truly re
markable hew differently people view their
social duties ; and hew incapable most
JK.TK011S are of performing them even when
they knew them. The difficulty rests iu
recognizing me proper mean- uc
tween diffidence and boldness, and
then in acting up te the conception.
A young married lady said te me at Bed
ford, speaking of one who had made her
self popular there a couple of years age :
" It must take a great deal of boldness te
be popular here. I would rather lc mere
retiring and less popular." And that prob
ably is the general idea. Ladies especially
young ladies carefully educated, arc se
solicitous te be modest that they forget te
Ihs gracious. It is a fault en the right side
in them ; but married ladies of matin cage
may afford te risk and venture mere and,
under the safe protection of their condi
tion, te distribute their recognition
where it may seem te be merited. Te dis
cover the happy mean between boldness
and timidity in social intercourse is simply
te discover hew te be truly polite.
Bedford is famous for its old habitues.
The same eepc come te it year after
year and bear this best testimony te its
solid merit. There is nothing te de but te
use the water anil enjoy the air and
make yourself easy. The spirit that rests
ueu the place permits no excitement.
Belore breakfast the regulation
is te drink two glasses of water
from the great springs and walk a mile or
se between them. An hour after break
fast a glass of the Sulphur water is
proper ;'and so,befero and after each meal,
two glasses from the Andersen and one
from the Sulphur are taken by these who
use the water as prescribed. The morning
hours arc spent under the trees en the
lawn or mountain side, the ladies having
their work baskets with them.
One very agreeable lady from
Pittsburg, declares that she ravels at night
what she knits in the morning ; and her
work truly did net seem te progress ; but
then she was always very busy talking. The
early hours of the afternoon are spent by the
fair guests iu their apartments, whence they
emerge in the cooler hours te walk or
drive. The evening is spent in the parlors
playing cards, or en the portico in conversa
tion, or in the ball room, which is patron
ized chiefly by the youngest of the guests.
The very early time of ten o'clock is that
prescribed by the custom of the house for
retiring, and at eleven it has se deserted
and melancholy a leek that I found myself
perforce compelled te hasten te my own
apartment. The spirit of the place was
tee strong for mc, aud I should really have
feared te be found traversing the silent
passages at the midnight hour. A. J. S.
PERSONAL.
J. W. F. Swift, esq., and wife have re
turned from Cape May.
Bishop Simpsen is staying at Santa
Cruz, the Xcwpert of California.
Eugenie intends shortly te quit Chisel
hurst, aud will take the remains of her son,
the late Prince Imperial, with her.
General Butler is mentioned as having
large interests in geld mines en the Pacific
coast.
Colonel Valentine Baker, the Turk
ish pacha, will net, in case of war, fight
against Greece, because the King of Greece
is a brother of the Princess of Wales.
During the siege of Paris Marie Reze
and Sarah Bernhardt were associated
in the corps of co-workers in organizing
relief for the sick and wounded. After
ward the two ladies received a brenze
medal and diploma of thanks.
Colonel B. J. Chamijehs, Greenback
candidate for vice president, states that
the improved condition of his health justi
fies him in announcing te the people his
intention of remaining en the ticket te the
end of the campaign.
General Garfield arrived in Xew Yerk
last evening and was warmly received by a
large gathering at the depot. He proceed
ed te the Fifth Avenue hotel, aud subse
quently in response te calls appeared en
the balcony and simply expressed his
thanks. On his way te Xew Yerk, he was
enthusiastically received at Batavia,
Rochester- Lyens, Albany and Poughkcep Peughkcep
sic, and made brief speeches at most of
these points.
A SOMNAMBULIST S DKEADFCX. DEED.
Murder of Ills Friend While AMeep Arrest
and Statement of the Perpetrator.
At Tyre, a little village in Davidsen
county county, X. C, Mr. Urich Phelps
has a store. A few nights since he had a
difficulty with some negrees, whom he
aud his brother attempted te eject from
the house. Anticipating further difficulty
with them, he secured the services of Mr.
O. W. Click a young man who lives in
the neighborhood, who is in the habit of
walking in his sleep. They lay in the
store and watched for half the night and
finally fell asleep, having stretched them
selves across a bed. It appears from sub
sequent developments that Click, the som
nambulist, get up and seizing an axe that
had been placed near the, bed te be used
in case of an emergency, dealt his bed
fellow two blows across the neck, com
pletely severing his head from his body.
Click is new in custeday awaiting the
result of a coroner's inquest. He professes
te have known nothing of the occurrence
until some time afecr the deed was com
mitted and even denied that he did it until
convinced by the overwhelming testimony
of the bloodstained weapon and the condi
tion of his garments, together with the
fact that there was no one else in the room
and no evidence that any one could by any
means have entered and afterwards gene
out without disturbing the locks and bars.
The case has naturally caused consider
able excitement in the community. Click's
well known habit of sleep walking, to
gether with the friendly relations which
had existed between the two men, turn the
scale of public opinion in his favor.
Still They Come.
Ex-Senater Peel, of Xerth Carolina,
who was a Republican United Stites sena
tor, voted for Mr. Hayes four years age,
and new announces himself for Hancock,
and will make speeches during the cam
paign for the Cincinnati ticket.
Stephen X. Winslow, the editor of the
Commercial List, one of the most influen
tial Republican editors in Philadelphia has
fipel-ired for Hancock. Jehn Luther
RiDgwalt, the gifted editor of the Railway
World, one of the old Democracy who
joined the Republicans during the Le Le Le
compten struggle in 1858, has declared in
the same way.
- LATEST MEWS BY MAIL.
Maud S. and St. Julian will trot at Ro
chester August 12, for a special purse of
82,000, te beat the best record of 2.12J.
There was a slight frost en the low
lands around Peoria, 111., en Tuesday
night.
Wilbur F wen the 2:36 race at Buffalo
in 25 ; Maud S the 2:19 purse in 2:15,
and Bay Billy the 2:22 pace in 2:15.
Dennis Hayes was shot dead by Michael
Delan in a trifling quarrel in San Fran Fran
ciseo, yesterday.
The peach crop will reach 5,000,000
baskets. Atco, X. J., shipped 35,000
quarts of huckleberries during the past
season te near-by markets.
James Cahill, assaycr at San Francisce,
yesterday afternoon fired an ineffectual
shot at Mrs. Sheline, and then shot him
self through the head. The cause of the
deed is unknown.
Jehn Travcrs, a jealous silversmith, aged
40, of West Meriden, Conn., left his wife
and children there, went te Xew Yerk and
ended his life with a bullet through his
heart.
A yeitug physician of Lyens en Monday
commenced a fifteen days' fast for a wager
of 2,000f., if he succeeds ; but he will for
feit lOOf. for each of the fifteen days he
may fail te complete.
Robbers have se worked up the feelings
of the citizens of West Vincent and East
Coventry townships, Chester, that pistols
by the pillow and butcher knives by the
bedside are new common sights.
The Passaic river in Xew Jersey has
startled the mill owners en its banks by
suddenly becoming se low that many of
them had te shut down. The eldest in
habitant was astonished at the freak.
The severest storm of the season visited
Asbnry park yesterday. The streets were
flooded and the many swollen streams
rushing into Wesley lake broke down the
gates of the new dam, which was built last
winter at a great expense, and an immense
body of water rushed into the ocean.
At Xijui Xovgerod, en the 3d inst.
seventy houses near the fair were destroy
ed by a great lire, which is attributed te
incendiaries. General Ignaticff, ou being
appointed temporary governor of the town
was specially instructed te guard against
incendiarism.
Twe Cherokee boys were attacked by a
band of Creek negrees near Gibsen Sta
tion, in the Indian Territory, en Tuesday,
in revenge for the lynching of two negre
cattle theives. supposed te have been done
by Cherekecs. en the 29th ult. One of
the boys was killed, the ether wounded.
Serious trouble was threatened in conse
quence, but it was averted by the Creek
Indians agreeing te surrender the offend
ing negrees.
An old roan named Hull, working en
Gaye's farm, near Vineland, X. J., was
very badly hurt by the breaking of a chain
attached te a stump machine, which he
was operating at the time. A piece of a
link of the fractured chain flew into his
leg at a short distance below the right knee
causing a slight fracture of the joint and
imbedding itself firmly in the part. Mr.
Hull having been put under the influence of
chloroform, the fragment of chain was re
moved. ----
STAT1S ITEMS.
The $500 Geary monument bought by
the state has reached Harrisbnrg, and new
there is a quarrel whether it shall be put
in Capitel park or " ever his grave, " as the
appropriation act directed.
A huckster named Geerge S. Hanii, who
gathers country produce for the company
store at Steclten, was attacked by high
waymen near Xew Buffalo. Perry ceiity,
en Monday, and robbed of about sjSO.
The Democrats having put up a stately
pole at the corner of au unpaved local
street in Pittsburgh, the envious Republi
cans appealed te the street commissioner
and an alderman te have it cut down as a
nuisance. Xe go.
Jehn W. Cullen, the cenveyancer who
was condemned a year age te live years'
imprisonment te the Eastern penitentiary
for altering the deeds te properties, and
whose trial attracted great attention among
lawyers and real estate men, died several
days age in the Eastern penitentiary and
was buried quietly from the residincc of a
relative. His decease was undoubtedly
hastened by remorse.
About one mile cast of Curtin station en
the Bald Eagle Valley railroad, the early
morning train en Tuesday jumped the
track, the baggage car and two coaches
rolling ever a steep embankment. The
train was filled with county officials bound
for Bedford te attend the convention of
county officials of ihe state. A geed many
ladies were aboard, but nobody was serious
ly hurt. Seme of the passengers, how
ever, had some miraculous escapes, just
getting out from underneath the cars, hav
ing been thrown through the windows.
Presbyterians at Leus Branch.
The Presbyterian general assemby com cem
mitte, appointed te revise the form of gov
ernment and the discipline of the Presby
terian church, arrived in Leng Branch hist
evening and will held sessions for the ac
cemplishment of their work at the Ocean
hotel. The committee are as fellows :
Rev. Dr. E. T. Hatfield, Xew Yerk city ;
Rev. Dr. A. T. Magill, Princeton, X. J. ;
Rev. Dr. W. E. Moere, Columbus, Ohie ;
Rev. Dr. E. R. Craven, Xewark, X. J. ;
Rev. F. C. Patten, Chicago ; Rev. Dr. W.
West, Cincinnati ; Rev. R. W. Patterson,
Chicago; Judge William Streng. Washing
ton ; Judge Xixen, Trenten, X. J. ; Judge
S. M. Moere, Chicago ; Judge Brcckcn
ridgc, St. Leuis, and Judge Allisen, Phila
delphia. The session will occupy several
days.
The Dentints Object.
At the session of the American Dental
Association in Bosten yesterday, a report
was made by Dr. C. L. Stockton for the
directory committee, making a special al
lusion te a dental directory for the State of
Xew Jersey. The report was adopted as a
report et progress and was followed by a
reries of resolutions by Dr. II. J. McKel McKel
leps, which provided in effect that, "This
association discountenances in a formal and
emphatic manner the pernicious practice of
members of the profession holding high
positions in our schools of allowing their
names te appear in advertisements as in
dorsing either any special material or com
pound for filling teeth, or any therapeutic
agent whatever." The resolutions .were
adopted by a majority vote.
Temperance Union.
The tenth annual convention of the Cath
olic Total Abstinence union of America
met in the Academy of Music, iuScranten,
yesterday. Addresses of welcome were
made by Rev. Fathers O'Hara, of Wilkcs
harra, and McManus, of Archbold. Rev.
Hugh Ree O'Donnell, president of the
union, also made an address. About 100
delegates, representing GOO societies, with
a membership of (50,000, are present in the
convention. There wil be a street parade
of local societies te-day.
Sheeting Case.
A young man aged 17 years, named Mar
tin employed by Jacob Musselman, resid
ing near Xew Helland, shot himself se
verely with a pistol en Sunday last. Just
hew the accident, if it was an accident,
happened, is net known, as the family was
absent at the time, and the young man
will net or cannot explain the matter. His
wound is in the side, and is net considered
very dangerous.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
"THE INCOMING."
Why the 'Stockholders" or a Mutual Insur
ance Company Complain.
Quite an excitement has been created iu
this city and mere especially in Columbia
within the past few weeks by the demand
upon policy holders of the Lycoming
Mutual Insurance company for the pay
ment et heavy assessments upon notes
which the company takes from these in
suring in it. These notes though given
simply as collateral for the payment of as
sessments are for much larger amounts
than their drawers ever expected te pay.
and 1 25 per cent, assessment and the
threat of prompt legal collection of it if
delayed payment has caused quite a flutter
among the policy holders. In Bellcfente
where they are numerous they held a
meeting, had an investigation and moved
te ask for a receiver of the company, but
the sufferers in the Milten fire who are
looking te the company for their nierey
begthat no steps be taken te hinder them
from getting it promptly.
A gentleman of this city who is well ac
quainted with the Lycoming company and
its operation says in its behalf and in ex
planation of the present position of things:
"The Lycoming fire insurance cemiaiiy
has for at least twenty years been a great
favorite with Lancaster property owners.
and has en the whole done a large and
profitable business with small expense te
the policy holders. It is only within a vei y
few years past that it has met with serious
losses and been obliged te call upon its
policy holders for extraordinary assess
ments en their premium notes. The total
losses of the company from May 1st 187'.
te May 31st 1880, feet up te tin
enormous sum of $4S0,372.:S.
By the Milten fire alone the company
lest ever $90,000. It was tin-Mr
heavy losses that made it necessary
te levy the recent extraordinary assess
ment of 25 per cent, en the premium notes
of the policy holders which have created
such excitement here. These notes aggre
gate about $2,000,000, and the 25 pjr cent,
assessment as above, ought te bring into
the treasury 500,000, but the sum will In
considerably smaller, owing te exonera
tions, failures, sales of property, &c. Tin
amount of the assessment en Lancaster
policy holders is about $3,000. Although
the recent assessment of 25 per cent, niav
seem high, yet if it is considered in cornier
tien with the very low assessments mai'e
during a period of twenty years it will net
appear exorbitant. A single illustration
may be given. A property insured in the
Lycoming ten years age for 81,500 cost tin
assured $6 perannum. Had the prnpcity
been assured en the cash plan the a;imi:il
cost would have been $11.25 per annum.
Wc have no means of ascertaining the
number of policies held in Lancaster n
the amount of insurance covered by them.
The rates vary greatly, as the property is
mere or less exposed te fire. Tims tin
premium note for an insurance efsl,0i:0
en a substantial brick building isas low :s
$40, whereas en an exposed frame tn:c
ture in which fires are used the premium
note is sometimes as high as $G0O en the
81,000.
All the insurance journals that have dis
cussed the recent troubles et the Lycoming
company concur in stating that the com
pany has been, generally, well managed ;
that no frauds or peculations have Ih-.wi
committed by its officers, and that its em
barrassment has been caused by unusual
losses that could net reasonably have bc.ii
anticipated. It is acknowledged, however,
that the company for a few years past has
been "spreading itself," and attempting te
cover tee much ground, especially in the
West ; but having lest heavily by its am
bitious designs, it has learned wisdom and
will confine its operations mainly te local
insurance. It is also complained
that the company has been borrow
ing money te pay losses, instead of
promptly meeting them with the neccssa re
assessments. Complaint is made tee that
the cash policy holders have hail an advan
tage ever the "mutual' members, hut the
company says the contrary is the case,
though it is notable that no mere policies
are te be written en the cash plan.
As te the refusal en the part of some of
the assured te pay the assessment laid
against them, able lawyers say there is no
use of kicking ; the assessment will h:ne
te be paid.
Experts in insurance seem te disfavor
the mutual plan and te prefer the stock
companies. While mutual companies are
apt te grew weaker as they grew elder,
the stock companies increase in wealth.
The Xerth American or the Pennsylvania
could te-day quit business and clear 20
per cent, en their stock.
UNDKNOMINATIONAI. PICNIC.
A Wet Day, Hut a Pleasant One.
The rain yesterday did net interfere in
the least with the childrens' enjoyment at
the free picnic given by the Rockland Un
denominational Sunday school in What
Glen park.
A mere enjoyable jpicnic has net been
held this summer ; every baby was happy,
and each one tried te make ethers happy.
The attendance was large. The childien
left Centre square at 9:30 o'clock, and be
fore starting they sang, "Prai.se Ged
from whom all blessings flew. '
Arriviug ou the ground the chil
dren were immediately served with
refreshments consisting of lemonade and
cakes, after which all proceeded te enjoy
themselves in different ways, upon the
large covered platform and in the house
erected upon the grounds. At 1 o'clock a
substantial dinner was spread; the children
gathered around the tables and after re
peating the Lord's prayer proceeded te
satisfy the inner man. Various enjoyments
followed until 4 o'clock when at the ring
ing of the bell, the children assembled upon
the platform and after being seated engaged
in a short service of song and prayer. Then
followed a short address by A. C. Leenard,
the superintendent of the school, under
whose auspices the picnic was gotten up,
after which all present were served with
ice cream and cakes. Then the children
again passed the time in innocent sports
until C o'clock, the hour announced for
supper.
At seven o'clock the busses arrived te
bring the youngsters home. They again
assembled, and after thanking Ged for
what He had done for them during the
day, repeating the Lord's Prayer and sink
ing " Praise Ged from whom all blessings
flew," the busses were quickly filled and
all returned te the city. Thus ended the
third annual picnic of the peer children of
Lancaster.
Xe one cennecfed with this wei k has
ever charged or received, nor expects te
receive one penny of earthly gain for ser
vices rendered. The work is one of love,
prompted by love and done in love.
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