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LANCASTEttdUiLY INTELLIGENCER. SATURDAY AUGUST 21,1880.
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iancastcr Intelligencer.
SATURDAY EVENING. AUG. 21, 188
ilauceck and Ike Seuth.
The Republicans who se eagerly em
brace the forgery of Senater Hampton's
speech at Staunton, Virginia, made by
the Valley l'tr;mta?i,aRepublicaii paper
of that place, are entitled te a measure
of sympathy at our hands, which will go
far te cause us te forgive them their gul
libility. There is se little offered them
te encourage their canvass, and the truth
is se relentlessly against them everywhere
they turn, that they are positively driven
toliestekecpupeventhc semblance of
a light. And then, when they de lie,
hew resolutely de they turn te the bloody
shirt for consolation! What Senater
Hampton says te the Virginians about
Lee and Jacksen, and the principles they
fought for, is hardly very geed evidence
against Hancock te show that
he is the representative new of these,
principles. And yet this must be
the object of the language attributed
te Hampton by the Republicans if
they expect it te have any weight in de
ciding the case ljetween Hancock and
Garfield. These men are se prone te
wave the tomahawk ever their once re re
liellieus Southern brethren, and te thrust
their treason down their threats, that
they actually cannot persuade them
selves te forbear when these Southerners
arc proposing te cast a solid vote for one
of the generals who fought against them
in the rebellion. One would think that
it would Ikj apparent te the stupidest un
derstanding that it would be of no avail
te seek te fire the Northern heart with
an alleged declaration of Wade Hampton
that the principles that Hancock advo
cates and represents are the same for
which he and Jacksen fought -, and yet
it is iwsitivcly true that this is the decla.
ration which leading Republican news
papers keep standing at the head of their
columns as a great campaign argument
against Hancock, and think se much of
it that they cling te it even after Senater
Hampton has positively declared that he
never said it.
Of course we believe that he never
said it, and se probably de the Republi
can newspapers that persist in attributing
it te him. We believe him because a
United Stales senator of geed character
is entitled te be lielievcd ; and further
more, because he would have been as big
a feel te make such a declaration as the
Republicans are who seek te use it as
a campaign argument against Hancock.
He could net have said that Lee and
Jacksen and Hancock fought in the war
e the rebellion for "'the same princi
ples," for no one suspects either of these
great generals of being faithless te the
cause for which he fought. The man
who lielieves that Senater Hampton
said what he is charged with say
ing must consider him te be entirely
without sense; and the Republican who
believes that Hancock represents the
principles of the relKjllien must lxs with
out sense himself.
It is strange that these Republican
newspapers, that se eagerly seize upon
this forged declaration for campaign
thunder, de net see hew it must burn
their lingers. If it was a really geed solid
point they were making we would for
give their feeling cheerfully in view of
their desperate strait ; but we regret that
we have te yield our forgiveness se con
tcmpliieusly as we must in this case.
It is net pleasant te have even your ene
my exhibit tee gross felly. The task
of overcoming him becomes tee easy and
loses its interest with its glory. It is al
ways pleasanler te defeat one for whose
capacity you are compelled te feel re
spct than te overcome weakness that is
palpable. Surely it is absurd in the high
est degree te seek te make the loyalty of
General Hancock an issue in this can
vass ; and if his loyalty is impregnable
what matters it hew disloyal the South
ern Democrats were V Hees net every
body knew that they were rebels ;
and de they net admit it ? And
if they arc charged with being
of the same opinion still, hew are
they encouraged in that state of mind by
the election of one of the generals who
subdued them ? and hew can it be said
thev manifest such disposition by voting
themselves for that general ? Certainly
if there is one thing that the Republican
orators may profitably avoid discussing,
it is the loyalty question, while Hancock
leads these who were rebels. It is pre
cisely this fact that forms one of the
strongest reasons why he should be elect
ed, if it is for the country's geed that a
loyal devotion te the Union shall be
made te reign all ever the nation.
The difficulty which surrounds the
eisay te impede the coming Democratic
triumph by charging that Hancock leads
these who were once rebels is absolutely
insurmountable. Xast makes an essay
at the same argument in the current
number of Harper's TFcc,in which he
represents General Hancock as surveying
a graveyard full of Confederate dead and
apparently regretting the less of se many
votes. Rut hew can it be a reproach te
him or them that they would have voted
for him V Surely it is te the greatest
honor of both. These who were enemies
are new at peace ; and we seek a united
country. If the men whom Hancock de
feated new vote him the chief magis magis
hew can these he led te victory withheld
from him their support ?
Tiik mountain labored in city councils
last evening and the result of its perform
ance was an exceedingly small mouse.
Reth branches of the municipal legisla
ture appeared te be alllicted with a very
bad case of ill-humor, which, however,
the big majority in the lower chamber
did net permit te unbalance the nice dis
cretion that caused it te defer sending
its pet projects before the grave and rev
erend seigneurs en the ether side of the
house, who were just in the mood te sit
down en them unmercifully. Common
council was in shape te saddle that
$17,000 en te the already overburdened
city debt, without probably mere than
one dissenting voice, but se far from be
ing puffed up by their preponderating
numbers, the wiser heads in that body
took the precaution te count noses across
the hallway, and recognizing the malign
visages of a couple of evil spiiits who be
lieve that the constitution and the laws
are entitled te some respect, succeeded
in curbing these of their mere restless
colleagues whose foresight is net com
bined with that hindsight which is se
often the most valuable of accomplish
ments. He who fights and runs away
may live te fight another day.
" Dean" Buchanan's trick of evad.
ing the law officers by getting some
swimmer te personate him and jump off
a ferry beat seems te have been neither
se neat nor se nearly successful as the
somewhat similar frauds that have at
times been perpetrated en insurance com
panies. Suspicion followed the occur
rence very quickly, and it is well assured
new that the quack, if he took te water
at all. was sufficiently web-footed t sur
vive it, though a circumstantial report
has it that he is in Detroit disguised and
somebody else jumped elY the beat.
Tin: New Yerk VYmrs thinks that the
age of Mr. English, Democratic candi
date for governor in Connecticut , is
" against him." Mr. Knglish is one of
the Democrats, who, like geed wine, im
prove with age.
Vetkks should improve their Satur
day night leisure te scrutinize the regis
try lists, and see if their names are prop
erly set down.
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PERSONAL.
One of the most stunning costumes at
Old Orchard is worn by a lady who regis
ters thus : "Mrs. and made."
Senater Wallace has our thanks for a
copy of "Political Manual for 1880," com
piled by Stilson Hutchins, of the Wash
ington Pest, a tade mccum of Democratic
argument.
Aueutixk J. Amulkij, an inventor of
rare merit, who recently received $077, 11
for the use of his patenls,has been se over
come by his fortune that his life in Wash
ingten is one perpetual spree.
At a late Ohie campntcctiug Rev. Mr.
H.vwtisex, the "boy revivalist," who
made such a .sensation in Talmagc's taber
nacle last spring, prayed that the "closing
hours of the meeting might put hell hi
consternation."
Rev. Jehn Meksk, a clergyman of Dex
ter, Me., has been suspended by a church
council because of " his frisky and mulish
spirit or perversity." This is supposed te
corrcsend with murder in the second de
gree. Rev. Prof. Chas. J. Littlk, of Dickin Dickin
eon college, set up for congressional de
feat by the Cumberland county Republi
cans, was years age junior preacher in the
M. 15. church, en the circuit of which
Christiana, this county, forms a part.
Sakaii Winxemccca, Princess of the
Piute Indians, has been provided with a
comfortable little house in Oregon, with a
yearly pension of $000, as a reward for her
services during the last Banneck war. She
is an intelligent, comely maiden, and has
been of great service te the government
for many years, both in Nevada and ad
joining states, during the Indian troubles.
Rev. Dr. Themas G. Awlk, president
of the Franklin and Marshall college, and
Professer el church history and exegesis
in the theological seminary of the Re
formed church, will read a paper bcrere.thc
Pan Presbyterian council that meets iu
Philadelphia next month. The subject of
Dr. Apple's paper will be "The Theology
of the German Reformed Church."
Owen Bkewn, the son of Jehn Brown,
lives en Gibraltar, the Lake Eric island
home of Jay Coeke. He is described as
tall and steep-shouldered, with a sandy
beard, in which lay a few streaks of white,
blue eves, a pleasaut voiee, and an air of
gentleness. One could hardly imagine
that he had played a part in such troubled
scenes in Kansas aud the Seuth. He is a
bachler and likes the lonely life he leads.
Gkekge Eliet, before she was married
te Mr. Cress, rid herself of every scrap of
clothing and ornament that belonged te
her life with her first husband, Lewes.
Her trousseau was a very large one, and
she was married iu white silk and orange
blossoms. She is going te live in a new
house, with new furniture, in a new block
in Chelsea, looking ever the Thames.
Tannek's weight is up te 155, with two
pounds of his ante-fast heft. Recently
after eating and drinking a luncheon of
clam chowder, bluctish, potatoes, and
:i lint.Mn of Bass' ale. he went ever
te the Manhattan and there dined,
eating soup, fish, tongue, bread and pota
toes, and drinking another bottle of ale.
His gums have get sere from much eating
aud with their shrinkage during his fast
he has had te have his teeth all drawn and
replaced by art.
A lady of rank received the honor of an
invitation te dinner from the Princess
Maiiy of Tcck, for a day when she was
engaged te dine with an old friend. She
wrote two letters one te the princess in
her sweetest manner, acknowledging the
honor, etc.; another te her friend, begin
ning : "Such a bore, dear ! Fat Mary has
invited me te dinner en our day, aud, of
course, I must go." Te her horror she
learned by the next pest that her friend
had the letter for the princess iu her en
velope. The mischief was done, and she
went prepared te threw herself at the feet
of her royal hostess, when the princess
met her with open hands and smiling face
as she said: "Fat Mary is very pleased te
see you, and hopes you won't find her a
bore."
Mr. Mencuke D. Conway, who is just
returning te America for a vacation, has a
religious belief of a decidedly composite
character. His congregation numbers five
hundred persons, and the music of the
church is the best iu Londen. He himself
says: "The hymns we sing are from the
works of Dante and Goethe and of ether
great poets. Above the platform where I
sit are te be built three arches, with the
name Jesus ever the central arch, with
Buddha ever the left arch, aud Shakspcare
the right. Then en a brilliant frieze run
ning around the chapel are te be painted
in brilliant colors the names of Zoreaster,
Secrates, Confucius, Pythagoras, Plate,
Marcus Aurclius, Seneca, Mohammed, So Se
cinius, Scrvctus, Swcdcnberg, Channing,
Theodere Parker and ether great religious
teachers." Where are Moses and Beb In-
gcrsell ?
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The will of Dudley Field, written by
himself, has been offered for probate in
New Yerk. He gives te the daughter of
his sister, Mrs. Musgraves, $10,000; te
William Ashburaer, San Fraucisco, he be
queathed his geld watch: and all the rest
of his estate te his wife, Sara Belden Field.
MINOB TOPICS.
"SANCTU.vnY shoes" are advertised in
England. They are warranted net te
squeak.
Tub
within
man who opened a dram shop
a mile of Ocean 11 rove, has been
visited Ity a stage lead or praying evange
lists, and he has lieen "impressed."
Ceri.it Kzckicl have had an eye te the
coining bicycle in that vision where he saw
' one wheel with one cherub and another
wheel with another cherub."
' Wu T did the Puritans come te this
cvuutiy for?" asked Massachusetts
teacher te his elass. "Te worship (Sed in
their own way. and maku ether people de
the same." was the icply.
Tin: Christian Index says it does net care
hew Jehn Smith and Reger Williams were
baptized in the 17th century. " What ice
are concerned in is the teaching and prac
tice of Christ and the apostles before the
centuries began."
In one of the Rondout (N. V.) churches,
en a recent Sunday, the supply, a minister
from New Yerk, after listening te the fine
singing of an anthem, said : "New that
the choir have had their little fun, wcwill
commence the worship of Ged by singing
the 911th hymn."
In a recent issue of the Christian Union,
Hcnrv Ward Bccchcr's paper, Solemon
the preacher's "vanity of vanities" is
spoken of as "the estimate which a
used-up old reue puts upon the world after
he has abused it in sensuality and ambi
tion for a life time."
Philadelphia clergymen, members of
the Can't-Gct-Away club, are new preach
ing what they call "scrmencttcs," little
ones for a cent. A contemporary explains
that they are net intended te save souls,
but te simply keep his satanic majesty
from moving in and occupying the
churches during the dull season.
Dk. Blaikik, of Scotland, writing of the
work of Mr. Meedy in that country, admits
that mere of the converts have gene back
te the world than he expected, but says
the fruits arc great and manifest in the
increased number of young men who have
given themselves te the ministry, te Sabbath-school
teaching, and te the work of
colpertagc.
It was Rev. Samuel Hansen Cexc who
spoke of the clerical degree of " D. D." as
"semi-lunar fardels." In the Pittsburgh
Christian Adceeate of this week we find
the following remarkable paragraph :
"One of our reverend aud valued contrib
utors sends us an article and makes the
following startling request, 'Please emit
the D. D. It is tee ' blasted ' common.' "
A missienaky who had been appointed
te the work in Spain, from the vicinity of
Bosten, found it necessary te secure a
wife before starling, and in correspond
ence with a lady proposed marriage. Her
reply was merely this : ' Remans xv., 2-1."
The verse reads : " Whenseever I take my
journey into Spain, I will come te you ; for
I trust te sec you in my journey ; and te
be brought en my way thitherward by
you, if first I be somewhat filled with
your company."
All danger of a yellow fever epidemic
at the Seuth appears te be ever for this
summer at least, and it will new be in
order for Memphis and New Orleans te
congratulate themselves en the excellence
of the sanitary precautieus which were
adopted last spring, and but for which the
plague would doubtless have returned'
Their satisfaction, however, will be tem
pered by the reflection that had these pre
cautions been taken before they might
have saved many valuable lives.
The Jeicish Advance is indignant ever
sons of Abraham marching around as
Christian knights under a banner bearing
the cress and the motto In hoc sigite vinccs.
It concludes a long article en the subject as
follews: " What Jews have te de with
' the sweet mother of Ged,' is mere than
an ordinary mind can comprehend; what
Jews have te learn from a fraternity whose
very origin lies in the crusades, whose em
blem is the red cress red with the gore of
thousands and thousands of innocently
slaughtered Jews is mere than any man of
common sense can understand. But there
are Jews adorned in the paraphernalia,
labeled with the gay designs of the patent
medicine' for the soul, whose virtue the
quack alone knows and by which he alone
is benefited."
Ix regard te the story that Mr. English
has,during the past three or four ycars,lbre ycars,lbre
clescd a considerable number of mortgages
in Indiana te recover payment of small
leans, Mr. Garfield's friend, the New Y'erk
Natien, says : "This discovery was made
by the Cincinnati Cmnvicrcial, and many
of our esteemed Republican contempora
ries seem te think it a very valuable 1 10
Seme of them have given up nearly a
whole page te the list of foreclosures. Mr.
English, seems like many ether men, te be
in the habit of investing considerable sums
en mortgage, which is usually considered
a business transaction, the object of the
raortgage being te enable the creditor te
get his money back in case the interest is
net paid. But the esteemed Republican
contemporaries seem te think that the
mortgage is semthing which is drawn up
cither for fun or te save the debtor's dig
nity and which no creditor fit te be vice
president would think of taking seriously.
Se when Mr. English treats his as real se
curity and enforces it, they denounce him
as a humbug and hypocrite, and as no
peer man's friend. This is a sorry busi
ness for a paper like the Cincinnati Com
mercial te take up, and would be much
better suited te Deais Kearney's organ.
When the editor takes a mortgage we won
der what he docs with it."
The peer deg, it seems, "must go"
from church. A correspondent of a South
ern Baptist paper pretests against the
practice of bringing dogs te church, and
te fortify his position relates the follow
ing anecdote : Last Sunday, just as our
pastor was about te administer the com cem com
muuien, a deg slipped up slyly, laid held
of the leaf of bread aud left with it. The
meeting before that, we had a deg-fight
right in the midst of a sermon." The In
dependent remarks that "this is worse
than anything we have ever known, al
though the present writer has a vivid rec-
ollcctienof stepping en a deg's tail in the
middle of a sermon in a Wisconsin school
house, and being somewhat confused for
five minutes by the snapping of the cur
about his ankle." Whereupon candi
date Gricst adds his testimony as te hew,
some fifty years age, Rev. Gruber, of
Cecil county, Md., one day said te his con
gregation : "Brcthrcu, if you want me
te prcaeh te your dogs, and will bring them
all here for that purpose, I will de it ; but
Idonetcbooso te preach te people and
dogs both at the same time ; se until these
dogs are taken away there will be no preach
ing here te-day." These incidents seem
te make out a conclusive case against the
deg.
W11KRK HE IS.
Highly Important 11 True.
rittMmrxli dispatch te Pres..
Dr. Jehn Buchanau is at present, and
was at the time of his supposed suicide, in
the city of Detroit. The name assumed by
him was Dr. Fairchild. The gray sidc
whiskcrs worn by Buchanan during his
residence iu the Quaker city are no mere.
His head is shaven close. All alterations
that could be niade in his dress and appear
ance were effected with real artistic taste,
and even the most intimate acquaintances
of Docter Jehn would fail te recognize
him. But his disguise was penetrated by
one who has known him and been thrown
into his society ferjmany years. The gen
tleman whose keen eye discerned behind
the disguise the features of his old ac
quaintance, while fully aware of the
troubles of the bocus-diplema manufac
turer, had net heard the suicide story, and
he brusquely addressed him in his own
name saying :
"Helle! Buck. When did you leave
Philadelphia?
The two men met en the public street,
ami no ether persons heard thenamoef
Buchanan mentioned. The supposed sui
cide was taken aback, and hastily stam
mered out words of warning. He told
the gentleman net te address him by that
name, as he had dropped it forever. The
man se famous as Dr. Jehn Buchanan
henceforth was te be known as plain Dr.
Fairchild. professor in the new Detroit
college. The episode took place en the
dav that the suicide startled the residents
of the Quaker city. When the two separa
ted the bogus-diploma mnn'turncd te the
one who penetrated the disguise, and said:
"Call me Dr. Fairchild the next time;
keep quiet."
The Pittsburgh people who are shadow
ing him arc in communication with elhcis
en his heels in Detroit.
11LOOD t
Shadows' or the Gallows.
Albert Iluxley, an aged farmer of
Clayten, Wis., was shot by his son-in-law,
North Emmens, who then shot himself,
both dying within an hour. The tragedy
was the result of family and business diffi
culties. Menree Robcrsen was hanged at Green
ville. Darke county, Ohie, for the murder
of Wiley Coulter, his wife's brother. On
the gallows he was expected te make a
confession, but he only made a brief ram
bling talk, closing by shouting "Good
bye" te the sheriff and attendants.
Geerge Deran was hanged at Corsican
na, Texas, for the murder of Jeseph Fitz Fitz
simmens, en June 1st, 1879. The prisoner
said he would prefer te be shot or guillo
tined. On the gallows he said : " I for
give you all. Yeu have been very kind te
inc."
Edwin C. Mix, jr., aged 32, was killed
at New Orleans. La., by the three Derance
brothers, Ferdinand, Armand and Henri.
The Dcranccs, after being imprisoned, de
clared that Mix had flirted with their
young sister, and, although waracd,hc had
continued te fellow her.
Norfolk, Va., is considerably excited
ever an expected hostile meeting between
Capt. James Barren Hepe, editor of the
landmark, aud Cel. William Lamb, mayor
of the city and a candidate en the Read
justee' Hancock and English electoral
ticket. The difficulty grew out of a card
published by Lamb, characterizing an edi
torial letter written by Hepe as a deliber
ate falsification.
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
L. A. Hazard, for mauy years one of the
editors of the Elmim (N. Y) Gazette, has
died of paralysis, in his 41st year.
J. Kcrcher, a wealthy fanner of New
Philadelphia, Ohie, died from the effects of
a severe bite en the hand, inflicted by
Simen, an insane son.
Jeshua Dunn, a vctcrau of 1812, and
postmaster under President Fillmore, died
at Portland, Me., yesterday afternoon, in
his 85th year.
Rev. Orell Cene, D. D., lately professor
of languages and literature iu the Canten
theological school, N. Y, has accepted
the presidency of Bcchtcl college, Akren,
Ohie.
Philip A. Bisscll,Mahaney City, was held
for trial by United States Commisiencr
Gibbens en the charge of sending an ob
scene letter through the mails te a resident
of Philadelphia.
At Springfield the 2:2-1 race was wen by
Wcdgcwoed; best time, 2.22J. The pac
ing race was wen ey liowey iiey, iiucy
second
Time, a:ivj, :rs, -:ii a:ij
and 19J. Hattie wen one heat of the 2:25
race in 2:22 and the race was postponed.
The American bar association, at Sara
toga, N. Y., instructed committees te as
certain and report hew far Congress can
invest in state courts power te execute a
national bankrupt law, and hew far the
executive officers of the general govern
ment can reverse an action of their prede
cessors iu canceling land patents which
have already been issued.
Brownsville, Texas, near the mouth of
the Rie Grande, was nearly destroyed by
thc fearful storm along the Texas coast,
en the 12th and 13th instants, and
many lives were lest. The telegraph wires
south of Corpus Christi, and from Browns
ville, up the Rie Grande, have ecen tern
down se that no communication can be
had with the stricken city.
The case of Geerge Smith, of Philadel
phia charged with corrupt solicitation of
members of the Legislature in connection
with the riot claims bill, will be called for
trial in Harrisburg en Monday next. The
trials of Christian Leng and E. J. McCunc
of Shippcnsburg, for the same offence, set
down for this term, will fellow en subse
quent days.
At Paincsville, Ohie, Miss Louisa Partcr
was married Tuesday night, and the
bridal party left en a wedding tour. Dur
iug the night almost the entire wedding
party were taken violently ill, showing
symptoms of poison. Nene died, but many
were very seriously ill, including a number
of guests from a distance stepping at the
hotels.
The Democratic state convention of
Colerado has nominated for Governer Jehn
S. Houge, of Hillsdale county ; for Lieu
tenant Governer, W. C. Stever, of Lari
mer county, and for Secretary of State, O
Urfug. R. S. -Morrison, of Clear Creek
county, was nominated for Congress, and
S. S. Wallace, J. S. Wheeler, and Nat
Nathan were chosen Presidential Electors.
The chief of the bureau of statistics,
at Washington, D. C, reports that the
total value of the experts of domestics,
previsions .and tallow from the United
States during July, 1880, were $12,804,770,
and during July, 1879, $8,887,531 ; for the
seven months ended July 31, 1880, $81,
471,785, and during the same period in
1879, $07,089,797.
JnrlirA Barnard, of Rondout N. Y.. hav
ing recently held that special licenses for
the sale of ale and beer arc illegal, Judge
Westbroek has taken the opposite ground,
basing his opinion en the amendment of
18CGte the law of 1857, which amend
ment, as well as the earlier law, of which
it forms a pa: t, has never been repealed
and docs net conflict with the law of 1870,
which only repealed such previous laws as
were inconsistent with it.
STATE ITEMS.
J. n. Skclten, a councilman and livery
stable proprietor, and Dr. Jennings, of
Pittsburgh, Pa., claim that Dr. Buchanan,
the notorious bogus diploma man of Phila
delphia, reported te have committed sui
cide, is alive and in geed health and in
easy reach of that city, where he can be had
provided a sufficient reward is offered for
his return.
The examination of the seven men ar
rested for the murder of an unknown man
who was driven into the Ohie river and
stoned te death last Monday, resulted in
the recognition of four. Jeseph Belch,
Herbert Gould, Erwin Lustis and Jehn
Martin, as participants in the affair.
They were held te answer en a charge of
murder. 1 he ethers wcie discharged.
l'UT Ul OH SHUT UI
Ami He Onickly Shut Up.
On August 5th the Republican papers of
Pittsburgh published a card signed by Jehn
W. Geedman, making the following effers:
First, I will bet $5,000 that Pennsylvania
willlgivc'Garlicld 20.000 majority ; second.
$5,000 that New Yerk will give Garfield
5,000 majority : third, $15,000 that Gar
field will be elected. Geedman said he
would be at the Seventh Avenue hotel en
August 20th te make these bets. When
the offer was first printed one man frem.St.
Leuis aud one fremJPittsburglt, represent
ing different parties, sought Goedinon. but
found him net. Yesterday half a dozen
Democrats were seeking Geedman and
found him net. Jehn L. Petter, of Point
Creek, W. Va., has offere.1 by postal card
te take all Geedman's bets and te double
the amount. Jeseph Bradley, of Chilli Chilli
cethc, Ohie, makes the same offer. A
citizen of Evcrcttsville, New Y'erk, also
wants te take the bets. Besides these gen
tlemen half a dozen ethers from different
sections of the country have written te
Geedman at the Seventh Avenue hotel.
A Big Kebbcry lit France.
An audacious robbery was committed
yesterday morning at Ceurueuve, near St.
Denis. Thieves broke into the bedroom
of General Schramm, a veteran of the
Napoleonic campaigns, and while its in
mate slept emptied all the drawers and
carried off securities of an estimated value
of 000,000f. The police arc en the track.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
TIIK -SIXTH WAi:l.
A Ketuiiiur Democratic Sleeting.
Schiller Heuse, the headquarters of the
Sixth ward Hancock and English cam
paign elub, was the ccntrc.ef much attrac
tion and enthusiasm last evening; the elub
was te be visited by the Aiuerieus or East
End club of the same ward, and the two
clubs, acting together, were te fire their
first gun for Hancock and Victory.
At 8 o'clock the hall was well filled with
the members of the club proper, and Pres
ident McGovern called the mcetingte order.
After the transaction of some business
pertaining te the elub, a committee of live
was appointed te meet the Aiuerieus en
their arrival at the deer, and conduct them
te the halt.
Shortly after, the sound of the drums
being heard, announced the near approach
of the visitors and sren they inarched into
the hall, filling every available seat and
crowding the hall. After the usual hand
shaking aud the interchange of geed fecl
inir common en such occasions. President
McGovern introduced E. 1). North, esq.
.Mr. North's Speech.
Mr. North began what proved te be an
eloquent and geed-humored address, by
congratulatory remarks for the Democratic
party for the marked harmony that pre
vailed in its conventions and with which
its deliberations were received from Maine
te the gulf and from the Atlantic te the
Pacific. The Republicans see the golden
dawning of a day of victory for Democracy
and are driven te desperation in the at
tempt te lay charges te General Hancock,
but net one charge can be sustained. Gen.
Sherman himself said he would sign his
name and nete the approval of the " best
thing ever penned of f lanceck as a citizen
and soldier." The Republicans say
that he is a military man "simply
tliis and nothing mere." Did net that
same party lercc upon this country a mere
military man in '08, again iu '72, and tried
te repeat it in '80, and all this when Gen.
Grant knew no mere about the philosophy
of government than he docs about German
metaphysics? In Gen. Hancock is the
combination of soldier and statesman; se
bravely did he act his part as tha here of
a hundred battles that he wen the admira
tion of all loyal men. and even Presi
dent Lincoln opened his morning mail re
luctantly, fearing te receive the intelli
gence of Hancock's deatn, whom he
considered one of the noblest soldiers of
the army. The speaker read order Ne. 10
and dwelt at length en its display of a
statesman; after it was issued "Gen."
Garfield attempted te get an order through
Congress te tal:c trem the army a major
general and that general te be Hancock
and why '.' because when General I lanceck
assumed contrell of Texas and Louisiana
he did net keep up that feeling of hate aud
animosity which Garfield tried te fester
in these reconstructed states. His inaug
uration te the governorship was the ad
vent of peace. Gaiiicld was like Sheridan,
who wanted Cougresste brand the Seuth
as outlaws and leave the rest te him.
Mr. North spoke of the willingness of
the Democratic press te answer all
charges against their standard bearers ; of
the Sherman letter and the New Y'erk
Times's unwillingness te publish it after
clamoring for it se long, and of Judge
Black's Paris letter. Gen. Garfield has
always been the friend of large subsidies
and a strict partisan. Jlen are judged ey
the company they keep, as their religious
affiliations are ascertained by the churches
they attend. Se with Garfield. While
his party press in the East say he is a
protectionist, his friends in the West at
tribute te him free trade principles. His
congressional record aud his membership
of the Celnlcn Free Trade elub prove that
his Western friends knew him best.
The accession te the party of Ferney,
Pearson aud ethers speaks volumes for the
party under whose rule Texas, the " Lene
Star," was taken into the Union, and our
national bounds were stretched te the
golden shores of the Pacific, the Gulf, and
te Mexico. Fifteen years age the war
ended, and for all that time the Republi
can party has been a sectional party, try
ing te fester a feeling of hate, sectionalism
and animosity, and te widen the breach
between two sections. Te-day they say
the Seuth at heart is disloyal, and in Han
cock they sec the accomplishment of their
base purposes. This is a base party lie.
In Hancock the Seuth sec the embodiment
of peace for all sections. He who con
quered them in war knew hew te rule
them in peace. Though victorious, he
knew hew te be magnanimous. In the
dark clouds of defeat we sec the silver lin
ing of victory, aud with it prosperity com
ing hand in hand through the golden har
vest fields and past the ringing anvils and
whirling looms te be greeted by the thou
sands of sons of toil.
As Mr. North closed, a thunder et ap
plause arose, which culminated in three
reusing cheers for Hancock and English.
The best of order prevailed throughout
the entire meeting.
OBITUARY.
DEATH (IF JOSKfU MIS1II.EK.
Oue or Heading's Old Citlzci:.
Shortly after neon yesterday Mr. .cph
Mishler, an old and highly esteemed resi
dent of Reading, died at his residence, Ne.
25 North Sixth street, surrounded by the
members of his immediate family. Mr.
Mishler has becu ailing for a longtime past.
and liual separation haviug been looked
forward te and expected for many weeks
past, the announcement of his death is
much less startling than it would have been
under ether circumstances. Mr. Mishler,
was born at Rcamstewn, Lancaster county,
en March 14th, 1S20. He was engaged
there in agricultural pursuits until lSlti,
when he removed te Lebanon county and
was married te Rebecca Zimmerman, at
Ncwmanstewn, in that year. In the spring
of ISIS, he removed " te Reading and
engaged in the wholesale liquor busi
ness, which he continued until 1872. At
one time he was the partner of Mr. Sam
uel Buch. Mr. Mishler has, all through
his residence been closely identified with
the best interests of the city and all chari
table projects, as well as measures tending
te the promotion and enlargement of the
channels of trade, and was sensible of the
benclts arising from his hearty support.
Deceased was a life member of the Read
ing Relief society, and a liberal contribu
tor te its wants. At one time lie was also
a director of the Union national bank,
and a prominent member of Reading's
first beard of water commissioners. It
was through his energy and liberality
that the academy of music was
erected, and he continued te he its
sole proprietor up te the present time.
He has always held the interests of the
public in high estimation, and there have
been but few progressive projects that Mr. :
Mishler did net aid pecuniarily, or strive te
advance by giving'the same his countenance
The deceased leave a wife and two sons.
Jehn D. and. William 1). Mishler. lie
also leaves behind him live brothers aud
two sisters. In the latter part of the year
1878 Mr. Mishler had a stroke apoplexy,
which affected him seriously at the time
and interferrcd with his attending te busi
ness, he only being able te get about with
assistance. Fer the last six or eight months
he has never left his room and his entire
family have been assiduous in their atten
tions upon him.
Death finally resulted from debility and
generally neiveus prostration of the entire
system.
Death or "Hilly" IJavis.
William Davis, better known as " Billy
Davis," a well known resident of Drumore
township, died suddenly last evening at the
residence of Jehn Heaps, his son-in-law, in
(Juarryville, where he was en a visit, i fe
had been unwell, but his death was unex
pected. Mr. Davis was a very hard work
ing and well-to-de man and had amassed
quite a geed estate. He owned a farm
near Libccty Square, and wp te the last live
years he quarried and burned considerable
lime at Quarryville, where he ewnjd a
quarry let, and had a cabin erected en it,
snd here he lived fur weeks at a time. lie
was a consistent member of St. Catherine's
Catholic church, te which he wilt be a less
as well as te the community iu which he
lived.
Mere Mortuary Matters.
Geerge Perter, a young man well and
favorably known in Mt. Jey, died at the
residence of his mother, en Tuesday night.
He was au only son, and the affliction
comes the mere severe from the fact that
his mother is also down with the sime dis
ease (malarial fever), and was unable te
be with him during his illness, or te attend
his funeral.
Rev. Daniel Webster, a celebrated col
ored exhorter, has died at Springville. He
was the founder of the colored cemetery
near Mt. Jey.
Mr. Jacob Burtlieff, formerly a resident
of the vicinity of Mt. Jey, lately of King King
seon, Cadwell county, Me., had dug a new
well, aud the old ladder used for that pur
pose was still in it. He went down this
ladder te bring up a bucket tiiat hail fallen
down. He brought up the bucket and
handed it te another man, but just at that
instant the rung en which he steed broke,
and lie fell backward into the well break
ing his neck.
Cyrus Ruttcr, a prominent citizen of
East Earl, after a severe attack of bron
chitis, has died from its effects, leaving a
widow and five young children and an
honored name.
The W. Rightcr estate is erecting a
handsome white marble manseleum in Mt.
licthel cemetery, Columbia. It .vill have
a granite base and massive bronze deer.
The sides and reef will be of marble of
elaborate workmanship and tasteful de
sign. The superficial dimensions are six
teen feet front and twenty feet in depth,
with an elevation of ever eighteen feet.
Over the bronze deer will he the family
name "Rightcr" iu large block letters, in
high relief. In the interior will he recep
taclcs for twenty-live bodies. Each of these
apartments will be elescd and sealed with
marble tablets, bearing the usual dates of
birth and death, age, etc.
The Columbia Spy is impatiently wait
ing te see or hear of the deaths of a dozen
or fifteen boys at the coal shutes or en the
It & C. R R. in that borough, who jump
the trains te pick the eeal that is dropped.
Mrs. Harriet Smith, or color, aged 85.
who died recently at Cajw May, was
buried in Philadelphia yesterday. Rev.
Dr. Tvler. iu the course of some brief i-
marks, stated that the deceased was born
iu Maryland iu 17!)5, aud went from that
state te Uelumuia, i a., where, in isr.,
she was married te Stephen Smith. About
the year 1840 they moved te Philadelphia.
Stephen Smith accumulated a considerable
amount of money, and before his death
founded the home for aged colored per
sons, at Belmont and Girard avenues.
After its erection he stipulated that, if his
name was te be placed about the building
in any way, that of his wife, Harriet,
should he upon the same tablet, as it was
through her influence that he was led te
build and endow it.
A TKAUIC HEATH.
A Fermer Marlcttlan Mangled at Mjiic Mjiic
tewn. Jehn McKcewn, formerly of Marietta,
where his parents live, but lately ofTitus efTitus
ville, met his death near Hydctewn, Pa.,
en Thursday evening, by being l mi ever
by the ears. He was employed en the
P., T. & B. R. R. as brakemau, and was
braking a Wild Cat freight train of fifteen
cars at the time of his death. The train
was switched at Hydctewn te allow an
other te pass. McKcewn was standing en
top of a bark ear with bis back toward
the engine, watching the switchman iu
order te convey his signal te go ahead te
the engineer, and as the train started up
he did net notice the spans of the railroad
bridge at this peiut doubtless must have
forgotten it and as the train moved
forward his head came in contact with
the hard weed, knocking him almost in
stantly off" from the end of the car and
down among the wheels, aud the four or
five cars in the rear ran ever him. His
right leg was cut off and the stump all
crushed, his left feet and arm were ground
te powder and his head cut. He was given
every attention, medical and religious and
lin.l nftrr lmin? baptized by a Cathelie
priest The hotly was washed, the man-
led limbs bandaged up, anu taKcn te me
residence of his uncle, Mr. James Gahu,
where it will lie until the arrival of his
narcuts from Marietta, they having been
telegraphed immediately after the acci
dent. McKcewn hau been braking en the
Pittsburgh, Titusville & Bullale ndread
about five months, and was considered a
careful man. He was nearly twenty-live
years of age, unmarried, and was iindus iindus
trieus, temperate, and a general favorite
with his associates en the railroad. In
1878 he worked iu Bennett & Warner's oil
refinery.
Till: 1V111TK fiki:.
Ucarln r t:e Alleged Incendiary.
Referc Aldeiman ilarr yesterday after
noon, Henry Leenard, accused of having
set lire en A u ,'. l-l te the frame building ad
joining tue American engine house, belong
ing to'JeM.'ph White, was given a hearing.
Charles. I. White iestilied that his father
was the owner of the property burned ; en
the dav of the Ihc he saw Leenard in front
of the'engiii'j house ; Leenard asked him
if the property was insured ; he told him
it was net ; Leenard asked mm 11 it weuiii
net pay him te burn it down. He replied
that it would net, and would Iks sorry te
see it burned ; Chas. King was present
during this ciicrsatieu.
Chas V,. t ! testified that after the
alarm .f fu .. et up. and ran the lire;
Jacob 1 a. ..in ned the engine house; he
saw Lceuuid hhigen a. bench iu the en
gine house ; he get up, staggered and then
ran ever t the he.;e carriage.
"Jacob Foust testified that when the
alarm of lire was given he was in bed ; his
brother's wife saw the tire when she was
in the act of closing : shutter. Witness
ran te the engine house and rang the bell ;
Leenard was in the house and seemed te
be asleep en the lattice gate, which was
lying en the fleer ; the bsll was rung sev
eral times before lie awoke ; witness thinks
Philip Smith and Jake Price were also
present.
Philip Smith Iestilied that Leenard was
at the eugiii." house when he arrived there
at 12, o'cleck: they both lay down en the
gate. Witness get up ami went out for a
short time ; fifteen minutes tx'foie the
alarm of lire he saw Leenard asleep en the
gate : witness also lay down again and
was there when Feiist rang the bell ;
Price and Leenard took out the carriage.
Phil. Smith, Jake Price, Leenard and wit
ness were iu the engine house. Witness
went there about 12 o'clock ; the fire was
between 1 and 2 o'clock, llefere the
fire witness went out te the yard for
a few minutes, leaving Leenard asleep
en the gate, and when he returned
he was still asleep. Witness laid down
again aud was asleep when I'eust rang
the bell ; didn't at that time knew where
the lire was ; could see no Itie nor smoke
from the front of the house.
Jacob Price testified that he went te the
engine house alxml 12 o'clock. Hums.
Win. Leenard and Heggy Leenard were
there, asleep. I'eust rang the bell. Smith
and witnesses took the engine tongue, and
intended te inn down stieet. The carriage
was out and the bell ringing before wit
ness get. awake ; there is always some one
in the engine house.
W. S. Hunts testified in eei roheration of
the above.
Mrs. Geerge Hair saw a light ami told
her husband Sally Gardner's house was en
lire; hail heard iwrsens say some time age
that the house would make a geed lire.
After hrr husband had ;et up and gene te
leek after the lire, she saw a short stout
man, with slouch hat comeeut of the alley
en tiptoe; when he saw witness he ran
down toward Gilchrist's. The house was
then en lire in the back part and it was
light enough te pick up a pin ; the man
she saw was net Henry Leenard nor any of
tiie American (ire company.
Geerge Hair testified that his wife wak
ened him, and that the American bell rang
as he get out of the house ; saw no one
run te the engine house ; saw no one
prowling about ; saw no one in the engine
house but members ; Price was still asleep
when Leenard took the tnge of the hose
carriage.
Klizaheth Reynolds, Lydia Pinkcrteu
and Chailc; King were called as witnesses,
hut did net add any new evide.iec, except
that Mrs. Pinkcrteu saw a short clumsy
man with sleuh hat come out of the alley
and run away, and she is sure it was net
Henry Leeuaid. Charles King heard
Leenard ask White if the house was in
sured, but did net hear White's reply.
Alderman Ilarr reserved his decision of
the case until this evening.
cefirr !' UAiiTi:i: kkssiens.
The Aliquot Term r Criminal luliie.
Friday Afternoon. The jury returned a
verdict of net guilty in the case of cem'th
vs. Herman Khrhnrl, indicted for receiv
ing stolen goods.
The grand jury returned au indictment
against a Chinaman, name unknown, for
entering the outhouse of Jehn King, of
Caernaiven township, with intent te com
mit a Iclein. It. having been ascertained
that d.-'Vi'.I.i a is insane by the testimony
of the p.-i.-.i : u.itehinan and a certificate
from Dr. '"'. L. Herr, the prison physi
cian, a eiilii . of net guilty was entered
en the gieuud of insanity. It is supposed
that the Chinaman escaped while being
transferred from the insane asylum at
Philadelphia te the new insane asylum ut
Norristown. The defendant will lie sent
te the insane department of our county
hospital.
diaries Wright, for loud talking in the
court room, was brought lielbre the court
and lined $1. Net having the requisite
amount, of cash te pay the line he was
placed .: th-' d.wl;.
Jack ikv.in, alias Jack the Rever, was in
dicted for felonious assault and battery en
James Watsen, by cutting him with a razor
en Saturday, July 21th. The diliicnlty le
tween these people occurred en the Phila
delphia pike, near LandisY. weeds, 'and
was reported in full in the Intim.i.kw.xckk
of Monday, July 2ith. Jury out when
court rose.
James and Rese Gibsen, Samuel aud
Mary Craig, Jehn and .Mary Ryan, were
charged with being tiamps. These parties
were arrested near Landis's weeds shortly
after the stabbing affray between Jack
Ryan and James Watsen. I peu reading
the act of Assembly the district attorney
ascertained that the tramp law did net ap
ply te females, and the women were at
once discharged from custody. The testi
meny for the commonwealth showed that
Craig was a disabled soldier, and the case
against him was abandoned. The defense
of Ryan was that he is a peddler and as
te Gibsen that he worked whenever his
health permitted him. The jury returned
a verdict acquitting Gibsen and Ryan, but
directed that they pay the costs.
Jehn Myers was indicted for felonious
assault and battery en Daniel Miller in
Edward KauU'man'.s corn field en Tuesday
night. The partieulais are still fresh in
the minds of our readers. The testimony
was substantially the same as that reiort reiert
cd iu the paper en the evening after the
occurrence. T he jury had net agreed upon
their verdict when court rose.
William Wainwright pi: ad guilty te
the larceny of four shirts from the le-jm
of Aldus Patterson, near Intercourse, and
was sentenced te undergo an imprisonment
of 2 mouths.
Jehn Temple plead guilty te burglary
in breaking into the house of Nancy Wil
mer and Jehn Jehnsen of Kden township,
and stealing therefrem clothing and
jewelry. He was sentenced te undergo an
imprisonment of one yerfr at hard labor.
Friday Ketniny. Court met en the ring
ing of the hell te receive the verdict of the
jury in the case of commonwealth vs. Jehn
.Myers, charged with felonious assault and
battery en Andrew Miller. They rendered
a verdict of guilty of simple assault, and
the court sentenced him te one year's im
prisonment. Saturday Jferuiii'j. Court met at nine
o'clock. In the case against Jack. Ryan,
alias the Rever, for felonious assault and
battery en James Watsen, the jury ren
dered a verdict of guilty of .simple assault
and battery. He was sentenced te pay a
line of M and costs of prosecution.
Jacob Reed, Henry Duck, Haldcman
Jacksen. William Frew, Geerge Fisher,
Neah Keesy, Frank P. Hogcntegcl, Mat
thew Jehnsen and Geerge Slieetz (two in
dictments) were charged with vielatidg
the fish laws. They were indicted under
the following section of the act of June,