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LANCASTER DAILY IKTELUGENCJER. WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 1880
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WEDNESDAY EVEN'G. SEPT. 29, 1880.
Discrediting their Witness.
Judge Black has ceased te be an au
thority whom the Republican newspa
pers are anxious te quote, and these who
have kept a fragment of his opinion of
Garfield standing in their columns will
find ether use for their type in view of
the latest exposition of his opinion of
their candidate which baldly pictures
him te the world as a deliberate perjurer.
The Philadelphia Press is moved te a
column of denunciation of one who was
se lately a high Republican authority.
It was very dangerous for our radical
contemporaries te take te their confiding
besoms such a witness of the goodness
of their candidate. It was like a geed
many ether of the preps they have sought
te put under them in this campaign, and
which have-failed them se signally and
let them down into the mud. It was
only the great scarcity of geed timber te
support them that led them into the in
discretion of relying upon General Han
cock's opinion of rebel war claims,
Black's opinion of Garfield's innocence
of intentional theft in the Credit Mob Meb
ilier matter, and the ether slippery buoys
which they liave been grasping for se rash
ly and often. We have no consolation te
offer the mourners in their bereavement
of Judge Black, and his exposure of Mr,
fcrarueld as a congressman who swore
before a committee of Congress that he
had net taken the Credit Mebilier stock
and dividends from Oakes Amesafter
distinctly stating te him that he had done
se but with no guilty knowledge or in
tent. But it certainly occurs te every
fair mind that after lauding the judge
for stating his opinion that Garfield did
net intend te steal it does net leek well
te abuse him for stating the facts which
show that Garfield swore te what was
false. After using the witness in Gar
field's behalf it is tee late in law and
morals te reject him when he comes up
en the ether side.
Very Brazen.
General Grant has been delivering
a speech in Ohie for the purpose, he says,
of declaring why he is a Republican. One
reason he gives is that every Democrat
in the land can vote and have his ballet
counted; while in fourteen states and in
localities in ethers Republican voters de
net have this privilege. In view of the
stealing of the presidency by Hayes with
Grant's help, and the notorious ballet-
box frauds that have been practised
against the Democrats in Pennsylvania
and many ether "localities," this is a
very brazen declaration from Grant.
As another reason, he states that the
Republican party assures the payment of
government, state, county and muni.
cipality debts, which the Democratic
party does net. Again, in view of the
fact that the Republican parly in Minne
sota repudiated the state debt, and that
new in Virginia it is allied with these
who seek te overthrew the regular Demo
cratic organization upon no ether issue
but its declaration in favor of the pay
ment of the state debt, this is a brazen
assertion.
That the Republican party is in favor
of bettering the condition of the peer
and of education, and the Democratic
party is opposed thereto, is a third rea
son Grant gives for his Republican ism ;
but the fact he states does net accord
with the Democratic record of devotion
te the interestsand education of the many
and the Republican legislation in favor
cf the interests of corporations and mo
nopolies which has been the bane of the
country and which has robbed it of mil
lions of dollars from the treasury and of
acres from the public lands. Gen. Grant
speaks as a partisan and with a prejudice
and lack of truth that will give his words
no value te the thinking voter. He
would have done better te have avoided
giviug his reasons for his Republican
ism ; whereupon he might have had
a credit and influence for his conclusion
that his reasons rob it of.
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We are afraid that even our venerable
t"-iend Simen Cameren is afflicted with
the 5U"t' ""truth which is running
threu '1 n's l'11'' se destructively. The
aged WinTieoage 1S ,10W en a PgrimaSc
te the Westei"" country which he visited
many years age "JS "ssi J "?
and peace and prelu t0 ,e l JfdiaM
wi,ftm iw. wt the Middletown
inv nnt-j. SnmRthinff ev":,dently ever- J
came Simen en these fields of J,s ancient
glory ; for he don't like te tell a ie ' llt
least he does net like it much sinCb ue
has settled down alongside the old Den
egal church and has no longer anything
te make out of politics. This is what he
said out in Indiana :
Just before he left home one of the larg
est iron masters of Lancaster county, and
a Democrat, tee, in talking with his work werk
ingmen, pointed te the ascending smoke
from the great chimneys of his furnace
and said, "Beys, if you want te keep that
going you knew hew te vote;" meaning
their interests, as well as his, were with
the Republican party.
Herace Haldeman said in Marietta
the ether night at a Democratic meeting
that he and his family had always been
Democrats and iron-masters, and he pro
posed te continue such, and he was for
Hauceck. As the Haldcmans ars the
only iron-masters in the county te whom
our aged friend of Indian fame could
have referred, we are forced te the mel mel
"anchew reflection that he has been draw
ing a long u?w in ludiana. He had bet
ter come away or ) will leam again te
lie like Garfield.
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Tu attempt of the A'etf Jt''" editor
te justify his falsification of hMf-eryby
reference te Appleton's Cyclopedia is
most of all indefensible, because he, of
all men, knows hew fallible that Cyclo
pedia is. Fer instance, in the XVI.
volume of the edition of 18G3, in the list
of contributors, appears the name of
"Rev. J. M. W. Geist, Lancaster, Penn."
New we all knew that, however well he
merits clerical orders and honors, the
editor of our esteemed contemporary has
pever been awarded, and still less has he
ever claimed them. An authority which
does such discredit te his modesty should
net be held by him te be final en matters
of personal or military history,
There are twelve clubs in New Yerk,
organized entirely by Hancock Republi
cans. "As we go marching en,"
In a letter te the New Yerk Tribunt,
Rev. Dr. W. Ciunmings says that B. F.
Perry, late previsional governor of Seuth
Carolina, in a recent address, said : " The
return of the Republican party te power
in Seuth Carolina must be pre
vented, let the consequences be
what they may." After this the rev
erend doctor gives a leug list of murders
and outrages that have been sanctioned
by Gov. Perry and his associates.
This is a remarkable letter. Here are
facts:
Dr. Cummings, under the Patterson,
Chamberlain & Ce. government, was
president of the Seuth Carolina college.
He managed te drive off all the students
but drew his pay until a new order of
things was brought about in 1870. The
doctor then left.
B. F. Perry lives in Greenville, S. C.
He is an old man of high character. He
was before and during the war an open
and avowed Unionist. Like James L.
Pettigrew, his great ability and high
personal character endeared him te the
people in spite of his politics. He was
appointed, after the war, previsional
governor of Seuth Carolina, and this was
approved by the Senate. He discharged
his dulies te the entire satisfaction of all
parties.
Is it probable that " B. F. Perry, late
previsional governor," in the retirement
of his honorable old age) would be guilty
of such villainy as Dr. Cummings de
scribes ?
Tjie Examiner complains that we de
net give our authority for the statement
of Lincoln's opinion of Hancock which
we prominently publish. Our contem
porary ought te knew that we said,
when we first published the fact, that we
stated it upon the authority of Mr. James
McDougal, a prominent merchant of
Baltimore and a Republican, who com
municated it during the summer te Mr.
Steinman at Bedford Springs. Consider
ing its reputable and Republican source
there is no ground for the imputation
that it is a " campaign invention." Mr.
Lincoln, as we have heretofore said,
communicated this opinion of General
Hancock te Mr. McDougal and his fel
low members of a committee f rein Bal
timore during a conversation had with
them en the occasion of their visiting
him te congratulate him upon the issu
ance of his emancipation proclamation.
At the meeting in Menter yesterday
General Grant is reported te have said :
There is net a precinct in this vast na
tion where a Democrat cannot cast his bal bal
eot and have it counted as cast. Ne mat
ter what the prominence of the opposition
be, lie can proclaim his political opinions,
even if he is only one among a thousand,
without fear and without prescription en
account of his opinions. There arc four
teen states, and localities in sotne ether
states where Republicans have net tins
privilege.
Of course Commedore Hicstaud was
net present as he expected te be, or he
would have corrected the proofs of
Grant's speech. He would have told him
that in this great Republican county of
Lancaster as the Republican papers
here agree the Republican factions,
holding primaries under the general elec
tien law, cheat each ether by wholesale
at every primary, and doing this among
themselves, they will de it against the
Democrats whenever they arc net
afraid of being sent te iail.
The Republicans affect te give up In
diana, partly because they want te break
the force of their fall and partly te lull
the Democracy there into an inactivity
of which the opposition expect te take
advantage during the last days of the
campaign. Neither device will succeed.
The Democratic management will relax
no effort. They will see that the state is
carried and the people of the country
will properly weigh the significance of the
result.
MINOR TOPICS.
Tuu Cleveland Leader took down the
banner it had stretched across the street
because the wind had tern the letter "J"
out of the James and the banner read :
"Ames A. Garfield for President."
Yesterday was the first day's registra
tien te voters in Brooklyn, N. Y. The
whole number registered was -13,231 against
26,543 en the first registration day of 187G,
and 25,1G5 en the first registration day of
last year.
The supreme court of California decided
yesterday that no county or municipal
officers are te be voted for at the election
in that state this fall, cither in San Fran Fran
ciseo or tiic interior counties. This deci
sion undoes a great deal of work done by
the county conventions of the different
parties.
TffKffdveraer of Illinois has ordered an
electron for four additional judges of the
superior court of Cook county, in which
Chicago is situated. The order is in ac
cordance with a prevision of the state con
stitutien giving one junge te eacn eu.uuu
persons, and is rendered .necessary by the
increased population of (fee county. The
official census returns give Cook county a
population of 607,538.
A co&OB&D man, an accredited minister
of the Friends in Ohie, in a sermon at the
Quaker yearly meeting recently held in
Plainfield, declared his belief in the actual
resiirrectien of the mortal body, quoting
scripinre profusely te prove his assertion.
This is a startling departure from the doc
trines of the Friends' church en the sub
ject of the resurrection, they holding and
teaching" for a century and mere a spirit
ual resurrection only.
Tue New Yerk Sun recalls the fact that
Washington's farswell address has this
ulvira te Cenklinirr " In contemplating
the causes which may disturb our Union, J
H occurs as a matter of serious ceuccrn
that any grounds should have been furn
ished for characterizing parties by geo
graphical discrimination Northern and
Southern, Atlantic an Western ; whence
designing men may endeavor te excite a
belief that there is a real difference of local
interests and views. One of the expedi
ents te party te acquire influence, within
particular districts, is te misrepresent the
opinions and aims of ether districts. Yeu
cannot shield yourselves tee much against
the jealousies and heart-burnings which
spring from these misrepresentations ; they
tend te render alien te each ether these
who ought te be bound together by fra
ternal affection."
PEBSONAI.
Elisha Buss, jr., president of
American publishing company, died
the
yes-
terday in Hartferd, Conn.
Hen. Frank Jenes has written a letter
accepting the. Democratic nomination for
governor of New Hampshire.
Gen. W. S. Rosecrans was nominated
for Congress by the Democrats of the First
district of California en Monday night.
Rebert Kxetz was reneminated for Con
gress yesterday by the Democrats of the
Eleventh district of Pennsylvania.
Secretary Schukz will leave Washing
ton te-day for Cleveland. He will make
five speeches in German in Ohie, begin
ning in Cleveland and ending in Cincin
nati. 3Irs. Prudence Laukin, who had reach
ed the alleged age of 100 years, was buried
from her residence in Hancock, N. Y.,
last Friday. Her son, a preacher in the
Seuth, is said te be 80 years of age.
Rjeunsternb Bjornsen, the Norwe
gian author and statesman, arrived in
New Yerk, from Europe en Sunday. He
has gene te Cambridge, Massachusetts'
He will remain in this country until after
the presidential election possibly until
spring.
Calvin Geddaud Child, United States
district attorney for Cenuccticct, died in
Stamford, Conn., yesterday, aged 47 years.
He was a lawyer of high repute and was
Gov. Buckingham's private secretary dur
ing the war.
GEO. BUlX.OCK'S REASONS.
A Pennsylvania Republican Manufacturer
en Hancock.
West CoNsnenocKEN", September 25,
1880. Edward T. Britt, esq., Chairman
My Dear Sm : Yeu request of me a letter
te be read at the meeting of the friends of
Hancock and English te be held this even
ing.
I have refrained from answering or tak
ing notice of the different newspaper arti
cles using ray name as it has been done in
the present political canvass. It gives me
pleasure new te say something and define
my ceurse and action, as this meeting is
being held at my home and among my
neighbors and friends.
I have given my support te Gen. W. S.
Hancock, influenced by my personal feel
ings of regard for him, with full confidence
that if he is elected president of the United
States the honor and prosperity of the
country will he safe and secure under his
guidance. I believe the election of Gen
eral W. S. Hancock will secure en a firm
er basis what has been established by the
war. The people of the country will sec
te it that no party shall destroy the pros
perity or vitiate the great principles the
war has accomplished.
I have known General Winlicld Scott
Hancock for years, and knowing him as I
de I have no hesitation in saying that if
elected he will sec that nothing is done by
his party te destroy or hinder the general
prosperity of the country. In the last in
terview I had with him his words were, "I
want te see the country prosper under my
administration if I am elected."
As regards the tariff, I am well satisfied
that Congress itself cannot frame a bill
that will satisfy all sections of the coun
try, and in my opinion the only feasible
way te frame a tariff bill is te leave it te a
commission te be appointed by the presi
dent and confirmed by the Senate. Such a
bill I bclieve is new in the Senate, and is
called the Eaten bill.
Yours truly,
Geerge Bulleck.
fetlquette at the Theatre,
"Mam'sclle" relates in the Philadelphia
Mirror some grievances which the gentler
sex have te complain of at the theatre,
and volunteers the following crisp word
of advice :
The overcoat season is almost here again,
that, tee, brings with it its grievances. A
word of advice. Take off your overcoat in
the corridor, young man, as we de our
wraps. Don't wait until you get iute
your scats, and then wriggle about like
worms en hooks. It's net a graceful
performance, displaying as it is apt
te, an expanse of shirt sleeves, frequent
ly net ever clean, te say nothing of the
jeopardy you place all your neighbors in.
Yeu can no longer accuse us of obstruct
ing your view with our towering hats. In
fashienable parlance towering hats have
"gene out" and we wear new, en all dress
occasions, only tiny, dainty miracles that
a tee rough wind would demolish. If you
want te knew why it is that the ladies se
often duck their heads down suddenly in a
theatre, or clasp their two hands beseech
ingly around their bonnets, I will tell you,
it is because their stalwart neighbor
has yet te go through the violence of re
moving his overcoat, and they knew net at
what moment they may sustain a damage
that all the " I beg your pardons " in the
world couldn't repair. These are little
faults, but in the aggregate become big
ones. The modern young man is net held
by the gentler sex in such perfect esteem
that he can afford te go en committing
them, and the sooner he seeks for and ap
plies the remedy, the better it will be for
him.
civiss it ur.
Thus JacK Illestand Writes tu His Paper
"Indiana is net se necessary te Repub
lican success in November that it should
be carried in October, but it is a Demo
cratic necessity, as the less of it would
give them a 'Waterloe'' in New Yerk,
New Jersey and Connecticut in November.
New Yerk is regarded as mere certain
te go for Garfield with or without In
diana in October, than Indiana is, even
in October. With an honest vote, a fair
count, no buying of voters en election day
and no colonization of voters from Ken,
tucky, Indiana is Republican by a hand
some vote. But all the power of the solid
Seuth in money and votes will be felt here.
St. Leuis, Louisville and the whole Seuth
are collecting money te be sent here. The
Seuth is ' fixed,' and all her energies are
new turned te subduing the North. In
diana is te be made certain and Ohie
doubtful in October. Indiana is almost as
much at the mercy of the Seuth te-day, as
was the Seuth and Lee at 'Appomattox
and its famous apple tree.' "
STATE ITEMS.
James Duffy, who shot and killed Wm.
Cenner, at Rochdale, en the 29th ult., was
convicted at Chester yesterday of involun
tary manslaughter.
Mary E. McLauglin, aged 26, a dress
maker, of North East, Erie county, took
a draught of aconite and bellcdenna in
mistake for medicine, and died.
Edw Martindale, of Germantown while
attempting te beard a train of cars at
Norristown slipped and fell, the wheels
passing ever and crushing both legs below
the knee.
The body of an unknown woman, aged
apparently 50 years, was found yesterday
in the Delaware at Neble street wharf.
She were a black silk dress, black kid
gloves, two geld rings en her fingers, one
chased and the ether with a white setting,
a breastpin and earings with garnet set
ting and a pair of geld spectacles.
The convention of the grand conclave of
the U. S. Independent Order of the Seven
Wise Men convened in Reading yesterday,
about TO members from different sections
of the country being in attendance. Grand
Master Felix Henkle, of Pittsburgh, pres
ided. Frederick Phillips, grand secretary,
called the roll of officers, all of whom were
present. Reports of the various commit
tees were presented and read. Degrees
were also conferred.
SOLID FOR HANCOCK.
Tbe New Verk Democracy Harmonious and
Enthusiastic That Settles It.
In the convention of the Democracy of
New Yerk state, yesterday, the chair ap
pointed Jehn Kelly, of New Yerk, and
Mr. lliu, of Chemung, te conduct .air.
Peckham te the chair. Mr. Kelly's name
was received with great applause, which
was renewed as Mr. Peckham took the
platform te address the convention. He
congratulated the party upon its presence
here as the reunited Democracy of the
state. Applause. He stated that the
business here was first te nominate a
chief judge of the court of appeals, and
Second te notify their brethren in ether
states that New Yerk could de its duty in
the coming election and secure the election
of the Democratic ticket for president
and vice president. Applause. He
proceeded te consider the question
of a " Solid south," which he said was
simply a pretest against Republican mis
rule ; and in this connection be criticised
the reconstruction acts and policy of tbe
Republican party, denouncing them as
unconstitutional and infamous. He es
pecially charged that the purpese of the
reconstruction acts as well as their ef
fect was te overawe the people of the
south in support of the carpet-baggers
and for political aims alone. He denied
that the Republican party is entitled te
credit for the national prosperity which
they offer as the reason why there should
be no change of administration. This
prosperity was net because of the princi
ples and practice of that party, but in spite
of them. It was the beneficence of the
nation, the genial sun and prolific soil
which have brought prosperity and net the
party new in power. The Democratic
party was new in the field te secure free
speech and a free press all ever the coun
try. Applause. He predicted a popu
lar majority of 30,000 at least in the No
vember election, and 35 votes iu the elec
toral cellege for Hancock and Euglish.
The roll of the convention was then
called.
When New Yerk was called the name
of Jehn Fex was received with applause
followed by a perfect storm of cheers upon
the announcement of the names of Augus
tus Schcll and Jehn Kelly.
The roll call which had just been ended
was made the permanent roll call of the
convention and a list of vice presidents and
secretaries adopted.
The temporary officers were then made
the permanent officers of the convention.
Union.
Mr. Faulkner, of the state committee,
offered the following resolution, which he
said had been unanimously adopted by the
state committee. i
"Resolved, That the state committee
by unanimous vote, recommend te the
state convention the following names as
additional members of the present state
committee : Augustus Schcll, Jehn Kelly,
Edward Kearney, Erastus Corning and
William Purcell."
The convention, amid applause, adopted
the resolution as their own. The men
named in the resolution are Tammany.
Jehn Kelly's Speech.
Jehn Kelly, being called upon te address
the convention, came te the platform and
was received with cheers. He said he
thought he could new congratulate the
party en the certainty of carrying the com
ing presidential election. He was origi
nally of the opinion of the state committee
that it was net neressary te call a state
convention te nominate a single judicial
officer, and it has subjected you te less of
time and inflicted expense, ilut when you
take into consideration the fact that
the delegates of the party and
their friends are brought together
here in entire harmony, all your
losses arc recompensed. ApplJusc. He
then speke of the nomination of General
Hancock and extolled his services te the
country. If he had filled the position of
General Grant he would have proved his
equal as a soldier, and he was a statesman
as well. He reviewed Hancock's services
briefly and claimed that he had proved
himself equal te any task imposed en him.
His services in Louisiana were such as te
command the approbation of the entire
people. His letter te the governor of Texas
was such that no better could be written
by any statesman in the country. Such
also was the case with his letter te Gen.
Sherman, and his recent letter relative te
rebel claims placed him high iu the opin
ion of the people. A reference te Benja
min Hill, of Georgia, was received with
applause. That gentleman, he said, at a
late meeting at New Yerk had declared
that before the war he was iu favor of sla
very, but new if he had a hundred lives he
should lay them all down te prevent its
restoration. Applause. He cited this
and ether sentiments of like nature te
show that the Seuth accepts the re
sults of the war. The official reports
showed that the education of the
peer negrees at the Seuth was going en,
and that in Georgia alone there arc
70,000 colored children in the schools.
Applause. These people in that state
pay in taxes two million aenars en tne
property they own. This showed that the
reports of the treatment of that class are
unfounded. There is a large increase in
the business of that section, proving te
the people there that slavery was a curse,
and they new understand it. In North
and Seuth Carolina, in fact in all the
Southern states, all the people need is the
confidence of the North, but the Republi
can party desires te keep up sectionalism
te keep alive the passions engendered by
the war. As the men of the Seuth have
confessed their error and ask forgiveness,
it is our duty te accept their penitence and
generously forgive. Applause. As seen
as the Republican party allowed the South
ern people te take charge of their own
affairs, prosperity returned te that section,
and this year they will add $60,000,000 te
the product of wealth of this country.
The negrees new trust their former mas
ters. If they can de this, is it net our
duty te give them our confidence? Ap
plause. The Other Leaders.
Jehn Fex, of New Yerk, being called
for, took the platform te address the con
vention. He also joined in cengratula
tiens because of the harmony new exist
ing in the Democratic party of the city of
mew Yerk, anu Democracy in that city
means union in all the states and a victory
in November. He felt that there was an
honest union in New Yerk. They had
sent a united delegation hither and he
hoped there would be no faltering in com
pleting tne goeu work. Applause. At
the suggestion of Mr. Bergen, of Kings,
the chair invited Judge Amasa J. Parker,
of Albany, te address the convention.
The Platform.
Mr. Dersheimer, from the committee en
resolutions, reported a platform which was
adopted. It re-affirms the declaration of
tbe principles made at the state conven
tion en the occasion of the grand ratifica
tion of the proceedings of tbe Democratic
national convention ; pledges the thirty
five electoral votes of New Yerk for Han
cock and English: and expresses confidence
that the next federal administration will
be conducted en constitutional methods,
itapalle for Juage.
The convention then proceeded te nomin
ate a candidate for chief judge of the court
of appeals. The names of Chas. A. Rapallo,
Geerge B. Bradley, -William C. Ruger and
Calvin Frest were presented. On first bal bal
eot Judge Rapallo received a majority of
votes; and his nomination was made unan
imous. Adjourned,
DBAWING-BOOX DRINKING,
The Leve of Streng Drlnklncreasing Among
Englishwomen.
Londen Truth in a recent number says :
Net long age a strange scene took place in
a pretty garden net a hundred miles from
Londen. The tree shaded lawn was scat
tered ever with seats, with here and there
a bright-colored Persiau rug for the spe
cial behoef of any guests who object te
open air amusements en account of "damp
grass." Te some minds grass is always
damp. It was early in the afternoon, and
the only tenants of the garden were the
I servants, who were arranging refreshments
upon some taeies unuer tue trees, iney
seemed full of nods aud becks aud whis
pers of apparently mysterious import
passed among them. A carriage drives
up te the gate, aud two ladies, enter
ing, leek round for their hostess.
The servant who has admitted
tbcm gees in search of his mistress,
and a few moments afterward a young and
beautifully dressed woman issues from the
house, her face deeply flushed, her eyes
half closed, and her gait uncertain. Just
at this moment another carriage drives up,
a gentleman and ladv being the occupants.
They, tee, enter the garden gate, and ad
vance toward the house across the lawn.
As they approach the uncertain, swaying
figure of their hostess they leek at each
ether significantly, and the lady says in a
low voice : " I was afraid of this. Where
can Mr. X. be te allow her te
be seen in this state?" The inter
pretation of these wild leeks, that
disordered hair, and these meaningless
words, is that Mrs. X. is intoxicated,
though net sufficiently se te be quite help
less. She wanders about among her
guests, her condition, however, being se
palpable, se unmistakable, that the major
ity laugh and titter, while the friendly
few pity, though they condemn her. The
painful scene was ended by the arrival of
her husband, whose leek of misery, as he
led his wife en his arm through the groups
of gayly dressed pcople into the house,
touched even the laughers with pity.
This is no exaggeration of facts. It is,
unfortunately, a scene from real life, and,
I fear, net an uncommon one. The leve
of strong drinks appears increasing among
the educated women of our day. Dur
ing the season just passed, instances of
this were se frequent as te leau te the con
jecture that a kind of epidemic of drink
was pervading these classes of society in
which culture, position and the possession
of every comfort of life would appear te be
a sufficient guarantee against se degrad
ing a vice. "Society" ladies in fact,
live tee much upon excitement
net te suffer from the inevitable reaction.
Fer a few mouths in the year
they endure continued fatigue in treading
the social mill, and for the remainder they
are a prey te ennui. They try the first
dese of chloral as an experiment. "My
eyes leek se dull and heavy this morning.
So-and-se says chloral is bitch a capital
thing ; I think I'll try it." In this case,
as in reugc.it is net " the first step that
costs." It is easy enough. But, from be
ing an experiment it becomes a practice,
and from a practice it develops into a ne
cessity. It is no longer servant, but mas
ter. My lady has her half pint of cham cham
pagne about an hour after breakfast,
another at luncheon, a glass of liquor in
stead of afternoon tea, a regular sequence
of wines at dinner, and brandy in her post pest
prandial coffee. Her chloral in her dress
ing room is as permanent and indispensable
an arrangement as her bath, and much
sooner missed from its usual position than
her Bible.
FINDING LOST DIAMONDS.
Airs. Uuiuia's Discovery Alter Uer Cham
bermaid's Arrest.
Mrs. A. E. llanna, who," en Thursday
last, missed her $400 set of diamonds from
the bedroom of her residence in Schermer
horn street, Brooklyn, and then caused
the arrest of her chambermaid, Louisa
Eckert, aged 19, daughter of ex-Alderman
Eckcrt, formerly a Rockaway hotel keep
er, yestcrdaysent word te Pelice Superin
tendent Campbell that bhe had found the
diamonds en the top of the window sash of
licr room. Mrs. Ilanua put her diamonds
under her pillow when she went te sleep,
but she missed thorn them the next morn
ing after Louisa Eckcrt had made the bed,
and when she inquired about them the
girl said that she took them from the bed
and placed them upon the mantlcpiecc or
upon the bureau, she could net tell which.
After a thorough search the diamonds
were net found and the chambermaid was
arrested.
Miss Eckert is a bright, intelligent
young woman. She formerly assisted her
father at his hotel in Rockaway. She was
taken te the pelice station and then te
pelice headquarters. She protested her
innocence, but Superintendent Campbell
told her that as she was the last person
who had seen the diamonds, if Mrs. llan
na pressed the charge, she might have te
go te prison. The girl broke into tears,
and continued te pretest her innocence.
"Arc you willing te search for the
diamonds yourself?' asked the chief of
police.
"Certainly," said she,
The superintendent then directed a po pe
liceman,instead of taking the girl te court,
te go te Mrs. Hanua's residence with her,
and te permit her te move freely about in
search of the diamonds, but net te intrude
upon her. Mrs. llanna was also requested
te give the girl free range of the rooms in
her search.
"Yeu knew," said the chief of police,
" that these articles, being small, are apt
te get into corners you least expect, and
this girl probably knows mere about the
Miss Eckcrt went with the policeman,
and was permitted te search for the dia
monds as closely as Mrs. Ilanua had done.
but she did net find them. After Miss
Eckcrt went te court Mrs. llanna found
the diamonds upon the top of a window
sash, which, she says, in the use of the
room she had raised and lowered many
times. Having recovered her property
she would net press the complaint of grand
larceny against the girl, and Justice Bleem
discharged her.
HER COUltAGE FAILED
The Yeung AVemiin who Went Away te Kill
Herself Back in Her Heme Again.
The young woman whose disappearance
from her home in New Yerk, after a threat
of suicide, was published recently, returned
Monday in safety. She sent a note in the
morning te the detective agency engagcu
in search of her, and later in the day she
visited the agency in company with her
father and told the story of her wander
ings. She said she quitted home fully bent
upon suicide, and get aboard a Statcn Island
ferry-beat en Thursday night with the in
tention of drowning herself iu the bay.
When the beat get under way she
went aft te leap ever the rail, but after
gazing at the dark waters her ceurage
failed, and she remained en the beat until
it reached Statcn Island. She went
ashore, she said, and wandered about iu
some town whose name she did net knew.
She was still determineden self-destruction,
and thought at last that her nerve would
net fail her. She get aboard a beat that
was starting for New Yerk, but at the
critical moment her resolution failed again.
When she arrived in New Yerk she says
she went te a small hotel te plan some
ether mede of suicide. There she saw in
a newspaper an advertisement offering $100
reward for her. The advertisement gave
her name as Sarah Joyce, a fictitious name
but she recognized the description of her
person. Her first thought, she said, was
te disguise herself as much as possible
te escape detection. She bought a
bottle of bair dye and a brush
in a neighboring drug store, and in a few
hours the "bright red hair " mentioned in
the ad Yertisemeut wajs changed te a brown
color. She dyed her eyebrows and lashes
also, and her appearance was se changed
that a detective inquest of her passed with
out recognizing her. After further reflec
tion she repented efher resolution te end
her life, add put herself in communication
with her parents, with whom she was
completely reconciled. Detective Fuller
refused te divulge tbe name of the young
woman by her own and her parents' re
quest. Her says that her despondency
was caused by her father discountenancing
a suitor whom he thought te be unworthy
of her, and that she herself has new be bo be
ceme convinced that the young man is un
worthy. LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
The National Council of the Order of
United American Mechanics met yester
day iu New Yerk.
Julien Phelps was shot dead by his
cousin, Larue Heuse, in a quarrel at a
barbecue in Lumbrisville, Ky., en Saturday.
A worthless colored man known as
"Shang, the bootblack," picked up a
quarrel with Jehn Summers, a respectable
colored youth, and fatally shot bim, at
Het Springs, Ark., last evening. The as
sassin gave himself up.
O. S. Daniel was shot and killed by Jehn
Bell, at Eddyville, Ky., en Saturday
night. There was an old feud between
them, and the crime was committed in an
ticipation of an attempt by Daniel te as
sassinate Bell.
The annual meeting of the American
academy of medicine, composed of 91. D.'s
who have also received the degree of A. 31.,
began yesterday in Providence, R. I. Dr.
Frederick D. Lent, of New Yerk, the
president, occupied the chair. Twenty
four new fellows were elected.
Jehn Fannigan and Charles H. Willard
escaped from the jail at Salem, Mass.,
yesterday morning. They sawed off a bar
of their cell, and when the watchman en
tered the jail struck him en tbe head with
an iron bed-pest, stelo his keys and re
volver and get off.
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Pan-Presbyterlanlsn.
The Presbyterian alliance decided yester
day te held a series of sabbath school
meetings next Sunday afternoon. Papers
were read byPrincipaUehnUairns, u. v.,
of Edinburgh, en the "Vicarious Sacri
fice of Christ;" by Prof. A. A.
Hedge, D. D., of New Jersey, en
the same subject ; by Rev. T. Wither
spoon, of Virginia, en "Future Re
tribution ; by Rev. Dr. R. M. Patterson,
of Philadelphia, and Rev. Dr. W. J. R.
Tayler, of New Jersey, en Church Exten
sien in Large Cities; byKev. Lr. W.J.
Rcid, of Pittsburgh, en Church Extension
in Sparsoly.Settled Districts ; by Rev. Dr.
Rebert Knox, of Belfast, en the Evangeli
zation of Ireland ; by Rev. Dr. Arthur
Mitchell, of Chicago, en sabbath Schools ;
by Rev. Dr. Alex. MacLeed, of Birken
head, en Children's Portion in the Sabbath
service, and by-Kev. Ur. Jeseph K. Wilsen,
of North Carolina, en Evangelists and
Evangelistic Werk. Papers in ucrraan
were also read at an evening session in
Horticultural hall.
The Kesult In Maine.
The complete returns of the election in
Maine show that the total vote polled was
147,024, which is the largest vote by near
ly 10,000 ever cast in the state, the next
highest vote being that of last year, 138,
335. The votes for the respective candi
dates are as fellows :
Plaisted, Fusion 73,839
Davis, Republican 72.G05
Nye, Prohibition 812
Scattering.. 1G7
Gen. Plaisted's plurality is 234. He
lacks 246 of a majority and Davis lacks
714 of a majority. The amendment mak
ing plurality elect is adopted by net far
from 20,000.
. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
"THE STRATEGISTS."
An Amusing Performance at the Opera
Heuse.
The comedy-farce of "The Strategists"
is one of the most mirth-provoking con
glomerations of wit, humor and nonsense,
and the audience assembled at Fulton
opera house last evening te witness its
rendition by Clinten Hall's company,
though in number small and select, sur
passed itself in attesting its appreciation
of the unlimited flew of fun that prevailed
from beginning te end by continuous rears
of laughter and applause. Although there
is a suspicieu in the public mind that the
variety business disguised under the title
of musical comedy is being rather over
done by the astute theatre managers who
se quickly detected the popular fancy in
this direction and were net slew in turning
it te account, Mr. Hall's contribution te
this particular class of composition is
doubtless destined te held its own with
the best of the let ; and se long as the pub
lic appetite for this sort of thing remains
se long will "The Strategists" continue te
play their amusing parts before fun-convulsed
audiences. It would be useless te
attempt te outline the alleged plot of this
medley, although there really docs exist a
palpable thread of argument upon which
the ridiculous incidents that make up the
three hours of merriment are strung in
such generally well-ordered precision that
the occasional lapses into bewildering in
consistencies only Ferve te enhance the
effect. Mr. Clinten Hall, who, as Jack
Ruttlcge, is the strategist nonpareil before
whom the glories of Caesar, Alexander,
Napeleon and Ven Moltke pale, is a clever
actor, and the pranks he plays upon his
confiding old dad and irascible old dad-in-
law in prespectu are irresistibly amusing ;
his "doubling up" performance was cs
especially geed, and the "counterfeit
presentment" of the latter two individuals
capital. Mr. Charles A. Gardiner showed
himself an excellent Dutch comedian, his
singing and dancing being especially well
received, and Mr. James Kearney's make
up and Irish eccentricities were very comi
cal. Miss Mattie Vickers, as Nellie How Hew
ard, Jack's consort in his strategic cam
paign, made a pronounced hit ; she is a
sprightly little actress and her vivacity
took with the audience from the start ;
her German song and dance and her make
up and gait constituted a revelation that
took the heuse by surprise and called out
a tremendous encore. Fer the remainder
of the cast we have nothing but words of
commendation ; the excellence of the per
formance being uniform throughout The
campaign of "The Strategists" will un
doubtedly be a brilliant and successful
one, as it deserves te be.
Knights Templar.
Past Eminent Commanders Frank Hop Hep
kins and W. F. Cochren, a committee rep
resenting the Knights Templar of Balti
more, visited Lancaster this morning for
the purpose of inviting Lancaster com cem
mandcry, Ne. 13, te participate in the
150th anniversary of the foundation of the
city of Baltimore en the 12th day of Oc
tober next. They were met by a number
of Sir Knights of this city, and after a
pleasant interchange of courtesy we under
stand a special meeting of Lancaster com cem
mandery will be called at an early day te
take action in regard te the matter. Frem
the former pleasant experience of our Sir
Knights who visited the Monumental City
some years age, we have no doubt a large
delegation will accept of the present cor
dial invitation te attend the great anni
versary. Draped in Mourning.
The engines en the Quarryville railroad
and the business office at the King street
depot are draped in mourning in respect
for the memory of the late R. W. Shenk,
who was president of that branch of the
read.
PRUMOKE NEWS.
Dysentery Politics Colored Meeting dan
day Scheel Celebration.
Our Bejrular Correspemlenco,
We have had mere dysentery this sum
mer than for a number of years. Whole
families have been stricken with it. Last
week Themas M. Slorrisen buried two
children Samuel and Ellis in one grave.
It is a sad thing te lay two children in one
grave at the same time, and Mr. Morrison
and his family have the deepest sympathy
of the community. At the tuaeefthe
funeral, Mr. Morrison and five of his chil
dren were quite poorly, three of thea be
ing unable te attend the funerals.
A Derelict Assessor.
The Republican party is diseased, net
only iu its great trunk and roots, but
through every branch, even ent into the
very quivering little leaves. Frem presi
dent te town clerk the same unhealthfnl
sap moves through the whole. We have a
little trembling leaf down here en our Dru-
mere branch of the afore-mentioned tree,
called the assessor. Of this leaf, as a leaf,
"Drumere" hath naught te say, but of
this peer little leaf as an assessor, he has
something te say. Oh ! if our Republican
friends would only de the "square thing."
or if they chance net te knew what that is,
would de what we Democrats tell them is
right and proper, all this worry and trouble
we have with them could be avoided ; and
all the unpleasant, unfriendly things we
insignificant rural appendages te the press
have te say could be left unsaid. It is the
ene who commits the misdemeanor, net
the one who records it, that deserves the
blame, remember.
Our registry of voters closes ei the sec
ond of September, and we generally sup
pose that no mere registrations are made
after that date, but if any ene is se curi
ous as te leek at our registry if he can
find it he will see enrolled among the last
entries the name of ene young man there
may be a dozen such that became of age
a few days after the second of September.
And if his curiosity will carry him far
enough te examine the taxassessraents in
the hands of our collector, he will find
that there are Republicans assessed twenty-five
cents tax, and Democrats, in pre
cisely the same circumstances, assessed
fifty cents. Strange it is that our cross
road politicians don't knew that it is policy
te act honestly.
Republican Pole Raising.
Our Republican neighbors in Fulton,
expect te raise a pole at Wakefield next
Saturday evening. It will be a great meet
ing, no doubt for the whisky distillers,
and will likely make a Democrat out of ene
of their young Republicans, nurtured en
their faith, as their last meeting did.
Let the geed work go en. If they desire
a reporter for the occasion, " Drumere "
is "te let."
Colored Camp Meeting.
The darkeys are having a ten-days' camp
at Arcadia, principally for the purpose of
raising money te finish their church at
that place. Se many hucksters gather iu
and such bad order is allowed, and se
mauy hen-roosts are disturbed in their
midnight quietude, that some of the
whites' all Republicans in the Arcadian
community have been talking strongly of
reporting the devotional meetings of their
" colored friends " te use a campaign ex ex
presseonas a nuisance. But the meet
ing can reach a peaceful end, for it is tee
near the election for the Fultenites te
run the risk of losing a few negre votes by
opposing negre wishes.
Sunday Scheel Celebration.
Last Saturday was the " happy day "
for the Sunday school children, it being
the occasion of their annual eclabratien,
which was held at Chestnut Level under
the management of Rev. Jehn Galbrcath
and his estimable wife. The Sunday
schools connected with Chestnut Level
church grew mere flourishing and interest
ing every year. Te hear and partake in the
service of the morning se many were in at
tendance that every scat in the church
was occupied. After prayer by the Rev.
R. Lorenze Clark and singing, Rev. Gal
brcath reviewed the scholars in the shorter
catechism, and the long, twisted answers
were given te the questions with a readi
ness that clearly showed that the Presby
terians intend their children te be fully in
structed in the Presbyterian faith ;
and that they have efficient teachers who
work hard and are rewarded by suc
cess. Then came a review of
the "infant class, which is the
special charge of Mrs. Galbicath, and
it was really pleasant te listen te the
childish voices, full of little lisps, as they
answered the question distinctly ami
fully. Then an address te the children
by Rev. Clark, in which he praised them
for their thoroughness as pupus, anu
pleasantly told them that that was net the
time for long talks, but for the emptying
of the deep baskets.
Rev. Galbrcath followed with a short
address in the course of which he gave an
account of the children's home missions of
the church ; hew they must meet ouce a
month; pay five cents dues, which they
are obliged, according te their constitu
tion, te cam themselves ; hew they open the
meetings by prayer and singing, and
pass the time of meeting iu the manu
facture of countless nameless little
things of beauty and use, which
were te be sold that day from a
stand conducted by officers of the mission,
and hew the proceeds were te go iute the
treasury of the mission, and thence out
west te pay the tuition of a little Indian
girl, whom these little white girls of
Chestnut Level church arc supporting at
school. Then came dismissien, and the
children went te play and the mothers,
sisters and wives, te getting dinner ; and
the dinner was a perfect success. We will
turn our mothers, sisters and wives out
against tbe Union's mother's, sisters and
wives, for dinner producers.
REPCHLICAN MEETING.
Tem .Marshall at the Court Heuse.
The court house was well filled last even
ing by a crowd assembled te hear Hen.
Themas M. Marshall, who was extensively
advertised as being the " great orator of
western Pennsylvania." There is no tell
ing hew great an orator Mr. Marshall may
be from his address last evening, because
unfortunately he had a very peer subject
te talk about. It is an uphill business for
any one, however able, te upheld and de
fend the short-comings of the Republican
party and the proved dishonesty of its can
didates, Garfield and Arthur, and it is
equally difficult te find geed ground of
complaint against the Democratic party or
its distinguished candidates; hence Mr.
Marshall had no opportunity of showing
himself te advantage. He of course
waved the bloody shirt vigorously, de
nounced the Southern people unsparingly,
charged them with all manner of crimes
from murder down, contrasted their shift
less lazy way of living with the thrift
and enterprise of the North, but
the moment he touched politics he ap
peared te Tcel that he was getting into
deep water and prudently waded out and
amused his hearers with an anecdote. In
deed the only hearty applause he received
waswhen he repeated humorous stories that
have been better told many a time before.
IU? wisely refrained from attempting te
defend Garfield from the DcGeyler bribe,
the Crcdidt Mebilier steal, the back pay
grab, and the ether crooked transactions
in which he hs been engaged ; and
every shaft he hurled against Hancock's
inpregnable armor bounded back te his
own discomfiture, and tbe worst he could
say against him was that he was an excel
lent soldier, had done the state eminent
service, but that he was a Democrat, with
out civil record and would be made use of
by Democratic leaders te carry out Demo
cratic principles. Mr. Marshall in person
al appearance, manner, voice and argu
ment, fell far short of what was expected