LANCASTER DAILY INTKLMOENCEK. WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 27,1880. Jlancastcr Intelligencer. "WEDNESDAY EVENING. OCT. 27, 1880. The Contrast. We have an anneunceiuent te-day from Richmond, Virginia, that the Re publican candidate for Congress in that district has withdrawn at the request of the Republican national committee, in favor of the " Readjuster " or Mahone .part', the reason assigned being that its candidate is sound en the tariff. That does net explain whether he in clines te free trade or protection, the Republican idea of soundness enjthe tariff question varying very much with the locality. But it does net matter in this case, since the assigned motive for the withdrawal of the Republican candi date is net the real one. It has been done because of the alliance entered into lie tween the Republican party of Virginia and the wing of the Democratic party which proposes te repudiate the settle ment made with tha creditors of the debt of the state, which wing has just been discountenanced by the Democratic na tional committee, through its request te the Democrats of Virginia te vote for the electoral ticket nominated by the reg ular and debt-paying organization. The alliance between the Republicans and the followers of Mahone in Virginia has long been notorious, but the espec. ial significance of the news we new have is that the National Republican organi zation has recommended and endorsed this alliance between its followers and the Virginia Reputlinlienisls. This gives a national interest and significance te a local contest, since the Republican party is thereby compelled te defend the cause with which it has allied itself. That cause being one of repudiation it fellows that the national Republican party is put by the action of its representative committee in the position of sustaining the repudiation and the repudialers of a slate debt. We say that the se-called "Readjuster " party of Virginia is in fact a party of Repudiation, although by the name it has taken it seeks te persuade itself that it prope.ws only te " readjust " and net te repudiate the slate debt. Still te the common sense of unprejudiced men who understand the question the attitude of llahene's party is strictly one of Repudi ation ; and it is the only attitude it has, since it has severed itself from the regu lar Democratic organization solely upon this question of debt and has absolutely no ether principle or doctrine for its foundation. The question between the two branches of the Democratic party briefly stated was just this : The debt of the state, .since the war, has been adjusted by the Legis latiue which threw a third of it upon West Virginia, and agreed te discharge the ether two-thirds upon certain condi tions which were accepted by the credi tors and carried out for a time by the state. The executive and judicial de partments of the state haw affirmed the validity of the contract, anil no earthly chance of doubt exists that the state is bound by it. The Democratic parly stands by the contract and the law: the ' Readjuster" faction has separated itself from it en this issue. It gels its vitality from the leadership of Mahone, who has ground his axe with it and get into the United States Semite by it and an alliance with the Republicans in the Legislature. He proposes te erect a party en this combination, which will make him political master of Virginia. The Republicans of the state are disposed te help him, having nothing te lese, and everything te gain. The Republican party of the nation has gene new into the same combina tion; but it lias something te lese by it; and if its voters have any sense of right and self-respect about them it will have a great deal te lese. Hew can a party which pretends all ever the nation te be the defenders of national, stale and in dividual credit, and te bear upon its shoulders the "business interests" of the nation, go down into Virginia and take into its arms a party of dirty Re pudiation's without being smirched by the association se markedly as te exhibit te the people its absolute insincerity and its disposition te sell its birthright for a miserable little mess of pottage! See the contrast ! The national Demo cratic committee repudiated the repudia tion's of Virginia: the. Republican national committee embraces them ! The Flerida Fruiul. Theevider.ee of the fellow voyager of these New Yerk roughs te Flerida shows that when they reached there, they had no business with the railroad they weie reported te have been sent out te, but did seem te have business with the Re publican parly. If these men went te Flerida en a political mission no one will need te be convinced that they went there in the Republican interest, since it is manifest that Flerida is a state in which there is no need for Democratic repeaters. The exceeding weakness and felly of Chairman Jewell's explanation of his telegram that came se strangely and providentially te light is found in his statement that he thought these men were being sent te Flerida as Dem ecratic repeaters and that therefore he telegraphed te the collector of the pert te leek out for them. Ne one can deny the absurdity of such a suspicion en the part of Mr. Jewell, and lie was desperately bad off for a hole te crawl out of when he dropped en this. He in fact confessed his own guilt by his ex planation, and his concession that these men had gene te Flerida as repeaters; for he cannot persuade any one that they were. Democratic repeaters. It is hardly worth while adding any evidence te Mr. Jewell's admission te show that he was sneaking voles into Flerida; it could hardly be mere satisfactorily proved if he had been delected putting them en beard the ship ; found sailing with them. Of course with this belief we must con sider that Mr. Jewell has deliberately lied in his.stntemeutte the public. That is adifiicuHy it is I rue: but net an in surmountable one by any means in view of the faculty (nv deliberate falsification which has been devclejied in Republican leaders in this campaign. We must also consider Mr. Jev II te be a wry .stupid man te tell a lie that is se apparent. That, tee, is a difficulty ; for the chair man of the Republican national commit tee ought net te be a feel. But hew else can yen possibly designate a man who says he thought that the Democrats were sending voters fromXewYerk, where they will certainly need all they can get, te Flerida, where they have plenty of them te spare 'i If the voyage of these people had bt.en reversed and New Yerk their destination, Mr. Jewell might have had a case. But evidently he was tee much confused by the sudden uncovering of his little game te get his wits in geed order te get him out of trouble ; and se he has get into into it very deep indeed. HANCOCK AT UKTTYSItl'IMi. The Thanks of the Natien. Be it Jlesehed, by the Senate and Heme of Iicpresentatites, d-c. That, in addition, te the thanks heretofore voted, by joint resolution, approved January 28, 18C4, te Maj. Gen. Gee. G. Meade, Maj. Gtn. O. O. Heward, and te the officers and soldiers of the Army of the Potomac, for the skill and heroic valor which, at Gettysburg, repulsed, defeated and drove back, broken and dispirited, the veteran army of the rebellion, the gratitude of the American people and the thanks of their represen tatives in Congress arc likewise due and arc hereby tendered te Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock for his gallant, meritorious and conspicuous share in that great and decisive victory. Passed by the Heuse, April 10, 180C ; pasted by the Senate, April 18, 18GT siined by the President, April 2-, 18Cfi. " The troops under my command have repulsed the enemy's aitack, and have gained a great victory. The enemy are new living in all directions. ' W. S. Hancock, " Majer General.'' ''Say te Gen. Hancock that I regret ex ceedingly that he is wounded, and that 1 thank him for the country and for myself for the great service he has rendered te- Gi:e. G. Mk.yuk. Gen. Commanding. -Iai MOIOKAKLi: WORDS. Lincoln' Opinion of Ilanvecl:. " Seme of the elder generals huce said le me that he is rash, and I have said le than that I hue watched General Hancock's con duct very carefully, and 1 hate found that when he gees into action he achieves his pur pose and comes out iciiha smaller list ofcas efcas uallicslthan any of them. If his life and atrriiflh arc spared I believe thai General Hancock is destined te be one of the Most distinguished men of the age.'' And te show hew much he thought of I him Mr. Lincoln declared that he always opened his morning mail in fear and trem bling lest he would hear that Gen. Han cock had been killed or wounded. MINOR TOPICS. Oxk of the most pleasant .surprises in this life is te awake in the morning feeling "awful sleepy," spring quickly out of bed under the impression that it is lale, and then suddenly remember that it is Suud ay and you can lie in bed ten hours longer if you want te. Tin: entire business of the government has virtually come te a .stand.-lill. The heads of departments and chiefs efbureaus have been absent during the greater part of the summer en the stump. The under strappers are new called upon te perform their work. All arc expected te go home and vote. The exodus was begun last Saturday, and it has been kept up without intermission ever since. In one of the rooms of the war department, where forty clerks constitute the force, there are only seven clerks en duty. Other branches of the government are .similarly depleted. The clerks are regularly paid off daily, and the mere impecunious ones are assisted te their homes te vote. Tiik managers of the Singer sewing ma chine company's works, in Eli.abethpert, N. J., have at length taken a decided stand against the efforts of the unscrupu lous men who have been attempting te frighten their Democratic employees into voting the Democratic ticket. A high official of the company has promulgated the following notice, which has been cir culated ameug the men : " Ne bulldozing or coercion of employees is or will be tol erated, but the men are and will be left free te the exercise of their own convic tions, uuawed and unsolicited by the com pany te de otherwise. Further, the man agers premise te reinstate any employee who may have been discharged en any political ground whatever, if such there be, and the boss or foreman who se offends will himself be discharged." This notice has put.a quietus en the small beer politi cians who have been trying te mislead the Singer operatives, and the men are begin ning te come out in accordance with their party predilections, as in past years. PERSONAL. Kiug'At.roxse has introduced Amer ican customs into his palace, lie new frightens his baby te sleep by showing it Chester A. Arthur's picture. Yenkcrs has a whole-seuled Democrat, who says, if necessary, he will crawl all the way te the polls te vote for Hancock and English. He is Cant. Isaac Df.xiki who is in the 102d year. His first wife was an aunt of Chaunccy M. Dcpew, and he is a brother-in-law of Majer Jehn Paulding, one of Andre's captors. Senater Fn.vxcrs Ki;itx.x called at the rooms of the Democratic state committee of New Yerk yesterday. He has been speaking in various sections. He reports that the canvass which is being made in the state is thorough and effective. He is confident that Hancock will carry the state, and believes that, unless the Republicans successfully commit gross frauds, the Democratic majority will reach 30,000. Mr. Brx.iamix Xickkkmn, the original owner of the DcGelyer pavement, patent, is out in a card in which he agrees te pay 1,000 into the Garfield corruption fund upon the presentation of a certified tran script of the beard of public works, Dis trict of Columbia, of any opinion, written, printed, or otherwise, filed or offered te be filed with said beard by Gen. Garfield, or that he at any time appeared before said beard and made any argument, erai or et her wise, upon the pavement question. FLORIDA REI'KATEKg. A Sequel te the "BrnOi" Tclesruius. The story of a Man Who Accompanied a Ganc of Men te Flerida Passing eir as Railroad Workmen, but lear- Infj About the Republican Headquarters. Mr. A. D. McCabe, of Monmouth county . J., was a fellow-passenger with one in- N stalmcut of Chairman Jewell s repeaters forwarded from this city te Flerida. An affidavit from him is te be printed in the Sun. The weight of 3Ir. 31cCabe's testi mony is signally emphasized by the fact that he could have had no intimation of the scheme contemplated by the Republi can managers, since he left Jacksonville en his return te New Yerk en October 1(5, or nearly a week before Mr. Jewell's tele grams were published. He said quite enough, however, te arouse his own sus picions, and the facts recited by him ac quire a sinister meaning in the light of the dispatches. The affidavit is as fellows : Asncnv Jark, .Monmouth Ue., -. J. Allen D. 3IcCabe, being duly sworn, de poses and says that he is a resident of Oceau Greve, Monmouth county, N. J. ; that en October 1, 1880, he left New Yerk en the steamer Western Texas for Flerida ; that there were en beard the same vessel, in the steerage, about a hundred rough looking fellows, who, according te the statement made by the captain of the ves sel te this deponent, were railway laborers hired te work en the Way Cress and East Flerida railroad. Deponent says that the said railroad is a line projected between Fernandina and Jacksonville ; that some work has been done en the 1 crnandma end, but that no work is new being done or is apparently in contemplation en the Jacksonville end. Deponent further says that en the arrival of the Western Texas at Fernandina en the evening of Tuesday, October 5, the alleged laborers were land ed at Fernandina, but that en Saturday October 9, deponent saw a number of the men in Jacksonville, and that en Monday, Octeber.ll, he saw and recognized in the streets of Jacksonville nearly the whole body of the alleged workmen who had come down en the steamer ; that deponent, knowing no work had been begun en the Jacksonville end of the Waynesburg read. interrogated several of the men as te their business in that place, saying : "I thought you fellows had come down te work en the railroad," te which the answer was : "We ain't going te work en no railroad ;'" that te further inquiries they refused te make any reply and walked away, and de ponent further says that from October 0 te 10, at which latter date he left Jackson ville for New Yerk, he saw great numbers of the alleged laborers going up te the Republican headquarters en Bay street ; that he asked the reason of their visits te said headquarters, but received no answer, and deponent fuithcr says that Horatio Jenkins, jr., is the chairman of the Repub lican state executive committee of Flerida. A. J. McC.vr.E. Subscribed and sworn te this 2Cth day of October, A. D. 1880, before me. David Haiivkv. jr., Notary Publk AsnruY Pvijk, N. J. Following the above is Mr. M. W. HazlcUm's a.lidavit that Mr. ' McCabe is a resident of Asbury ', Park, in geed social and husiui'us I standing, and that he returned from Flerida at the end of last week. The Mr. Jenkins referred te in the affidavit is the person te whose care ene of Chairman Jewell's dispatches was sent. STATE ITEMS. Dr. Absalom Trausne was run ever killed by the cars at Slatington, en and the Lehigh alley railroad mi Monday. A sad ease of suicide occurred en Mon day in West Philadelphia in the death of a premising young lawyer named Henry Kennedy in the Presbyterian hospital from the effects of an overdose of lauda num. Fer some days past a movement has been in progress in Philadelphia among the mercantile community having for its object the re-election of City Controller Rebert E. Pattison. The movement is en tirely confined te Republicans, and ranks among its leaders some of the most promi nent merchants of this city. Circulars have been prepared and freely circulated among the business men, and the result already has been of the most gratifying character te the origiuaters of the plan. The Kansas papers say that ever TOO former residents of this state attended a reunion of Pennsylvauiaus at Atchison i;itv en the 14th instant. Air. A. .i Harwi, formerly of Bethlehem, who is the president of the Pennsylvania club, acted as chairman at the reunion and iceitcd a humorous Pennsylvania Dutch poem, en titled "Hacmwch,"' or "Homesick," which was enthusiastically received. The toast, "Pennsylvania, Our Native State," was responded teby Majer W. 11. Scott, formerly of Lancaster. LATEST NEWS BY MAIL. Texas & Pacific stock sold at " ves- terday a jump from 31 . The Heeds near Cherbourg have .suhsid- ! cd. Only two children were drowned, but the inundation caused much damage le ! property there and in ether parts of the I country. Jehn V. Farwell, the senior member of. the firm of Farwell k Ce., has filed a ' pruicipc for libel in the circuit ceuit against the proprietors of the Chicago j Daily Xacs, laying the damages at $.10,000. The libel is net specified in the writ, but j is understood te be an article in last Sat- i urday's issue reviewing the early history ' of Mr. Farwcll's business life. ' j In a church building in Reck Hill. S. C, i the collection plate was being passed j around alter an earnest exhortation had been made for money te help the Chris tian cause. James Geech, a young man in the congregation, did net have a cant, and being moved by the minister's appeal he attempted te borrow ten cents from a man next te him. The man refused. Geech then took a pistol from his pocket and elfercd it as collateral. The man took the pledge and while cxaming it the weapon went off, sending a ball through the brain of Geech, killing him instantly. Till: OUTLOOK IN INDIANA. A Itepubllcan Paper Acknowledge (!u, Mhitote be Deauirul Uenntcratie Activity. The average Republican plurality ever the Democratic state ticket is only 4, OS". The Democrats are making a remarkably vigorous campaign.aud astonishing report'-. come in from t.bfi wmntifts iiremiKin" Inrw Democratic gains. There is no doubt that the Democrats arc better organized at this time than three weeks age. They seem de termined te carry the state for Hancock. The Republicans arc frightened at the out leek, and the Journal, their state organ, admits that the state is in doubt and will be Inst if the Republicans are net. mere ac tive, which means a new supply of money. Mr. English is confident that the Demo crats will carry the state. Delectable Danville. In Danville, Va., last Saturday night, Mary Mitchell, a disreputable woman, was dangerously, if net fatally shot by Barten 'Smith, her companion ; Dennis Mereney was fatally shot by Jehn Itaney in a qnar icl about a deg: and David v.5 roves shot Edward Celeman in a quarrel about the hitter's wife. Celeman's wound is net fatal. In the same city, en Sunday morn mern ing, the murdered body of a man named Hawkins was found in the canal. In the same city, en Monday night, two peddlers, named Cenrad and Haggerty, quarrelled, and the former was seriously injured by a blew from a bludgeon iu the head. ROBERT P. -DECHEUT. A Splendid Endorsement Frem .Eminent Citizens or Philadelphia. Te the X'etcrt e) the Slate of Pennsylvania : The undersigned citizens of Philadel phia, irrespective of party, recommend te their fellow-citizens Cel. Rebert P. Dechert, candidate for the office of auditor general. This department is in no proper sense a political office. The welfare of the state requires that it should have an honest and efficient officer at its head, and that its affairs should be conducted without re gard te the demands of party. We be be eove that Coleuel Dechert is eminently fitted te discharge the duties belonging te the office : he is honest and capable, and entirely worthy of your support. University of Pennsylvania. D. Hayes Agnew, Jehn Rhea Barten, professor of surgery and clinical surgery. Horatio C. Weed, professor of materia mediea, pharmacy and general therapeu tics. Jeseph Leidy. professor of anatomy. Harrison Allen, professor of physiology. Jeseph G. Richardson, professor of hy- .JolVer.'e!i .Medical College. Samuel D. Gress, professor of institutes and practice of surgery. Ellerslic Wallace, professor of obstetrics and diseases of women and children. J. M. DaCesla, professor of practice of medicine. William II. Paueeast, professor of gen eral, descriptive and surgical anatomy. Rebert E. Rogers, professor of medical chemistry and toxicology. Roberts Barthelow, professor of materia medica and general therapeutics. Henry C. Chapman, professor of insti tutes of medicine and medical jurispru dence. It gives us the greatest pleasure te com municate te the physicians of the state the fact that Colonel Dechert was most in strumental in laying before the Legisla ture of Pennsylvania the claims of the hospital of the Jeffersen medical college and the hospital of the University of Penn sylvania, and of securing favorable action upon these claims for the hospitals en the occasions alluded te. William S. Ferbes, demonstrator of anatomy. Jeffersen medical college. Samuel W. Gress, lecturer en diseases of the urine-gcuital organs, Jeffersen med ical college, II. Lenex Hedge, demonstrator of anat omy. University of Pennsylvania. J. Ewing Means, demonstrator of sur gery, Jeffersen medical college. Rush S. Huidekepcr, assistant demon strator of surgery, University of Pennsyl vania. Jehn II. Brinten, lecturer en operative surgery, Jeffersen medical college. Jehn L. Ludlow, president medical , beard of Philadelphia hospital. ( J. C. Wilsen, physician Jeffersen hos hes ! pital. I S. D. Risiey, chief of eye dispensary, University hospital. ' diaries S. Turnbull, chief of car clinic Jeffersen medical college hospital. i 11. F. Hamell, superintendent University , hospital. V in. Barten Hepkins, assistant demon strator of surgery, University of Pcunsyl- i vain a. j Henry 1 J. Wharten, assistant demonstra demenstra ; ter of surgery, University of Pennsylva : :iia. F. H. Getehell, lecturer of gynaecolegy, Jeffersen college hospital. Andrew Nebinger, medical director St. ; Mary's hospital. E. O. Shakespeare, lecturer en opthal epthal 1 molegy, University of Pennsylvania. ; Geerge R. Morehouse, physician, St. Jeseph's hospital. , Charles W. Dulles, surgical registrar te j University hospital. Themas II. Andrew::. Charles A. McCall. Charles T. Hunter, demonstrator of Mir I gery, University of Pennsylvania and sur- genu of Episcopal hospital. I J. Win. White, lecturer en venereal dis j eases, University of Pennsylvania, and , surgeon of Philadelphia hospital. Rebeit II. Alisen, attending physician Orthepaedic hospital. Henry M. Wcthcrill, jr., Merces B. , Crell, Richard II. Harte, S. M. .limine.. ; Jehn Grigg Lee, resident physicians of Pennsylvania hospital. William V. Keen, 1. K. T. Van Pelt, William II. Heeper, Themas Wistar, med ical director of the nrevidenfc life and trust. 'Veinniiiv. Hicham it. Jewnscnd, Jeseph F. Ed wards, Charles II. Mcllvainc, L. Wolff, i Jehn B. Roberts, R. B. Glasgow, assistant ' physician, University hospital. ' Charles W. Fe:. William Schmeclc, , Isaac W. Hughes, W. Pcnn Buck, I). . Murray Chcsten, Jehn Y. Shoemaker, , Nathan Hatfield, Nathan L. Hatfield, sur sur gcen, Philadelphia hospital. i Augustu C. Bournonville, Charles H. Burnett, aurist, Presbyterian hospital. Ilollingswerth Ncill, assistant surgeon, university hospital. J. P. Stidham. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. i'UAlM'lSO a tk:ci:ei: Ciipiiiie nfii Noted ltersa Thief Surprised ii Stan A!. Denly's Arrcwt. Al. Deuly, the horse thief, who for years has made Lebanon, Berks, Lancas ter and Dauphin counties his objective places te visit te steal horses, for which he has manifested a partiality from youth up, was captured, while in bed, at his mother's house at IJisiaarek. Cornwall township, Lebanon county. He is arrested for the .slcalim; of a horse from Daniel Lauder milch, of Lebanon, having obtained possession of the horse under the pretext that he desired te go te Cornwall and would he back in a few hnuiv. Mr. Lau- (lcrmiicn seen discovered tuat the man who had his animal was Deuly, the cele brated horse thief, who had already served ene or mere terms in the penitentiary for appropriating unto himself ether peo ple's horse flesh. The horse of Lauder milch's was stolen en the 2d of August, was recovered en the 7th of the same month and 10 days afterward, the 17th, the animal died. 'i hunvn i'rern :i Phaeton. This morning about half-past 8 o'clock as Henry Baumgarduer was driving en North Queen street, near Orange,his phae ton was upset and he was thrown te the pavement, being .severely bruised about the hips. The accident was caused by tac tongue of a heavy freight wagon striking the hind wheel of Mr. Banmgardner's phaeton while the driver of the freight wagon was crossing the railroad track"te get one ei me way ei another wagon. When the whel j of the freight wagon struck the railroad track or one of "the many protruding Belgian blocks, the tongue was suddenly lurched te one side, struck the wheel of the phaeton and upset it. Mr. Banmgardner's injuries are net considered serious. In connection with this accident it may net be amiss te call the attention of the city authorities te the very imperfect and irregular manner in which the Belgian pavement is laid along the line of the street railway. In some places the blocks are depressed far below the level of the rails and in ether placer, far above it. The contractors or the street committee should be instructed te make the necessary repair before cold weather sets in. l-:elt Plenty. Largi: Lumbers of eels are being caught iu the Susquehanna. "Buz" Sellers brought between 300 and 400 pounds te this city this morning. Twe of them weighed eight penuds. - Tilt. CHCitCHKS. General Convention Delus of Lecal Interest. In the Church of Ged eldeiship in Harris- burg yesterday, quite a discussion ensued ever a preposition te ask the general elder- i ship te appoint a committee te prepare a life of J-Jder Jehn Wmcbrcnrcr and a his tory of the church. Elder Gable said that such a work is already in course of prepa ration. He regarded the resolution re ferred te as an interference with the work already begun. The motion, however, prevailed. In the report of the stationing commit tee the following appointments have a local interest : Lancaster G. W. Seilhamer. Harrisburg, All Worker's Chapel D. A. L. Laverty. Mount Jey J. B. Lockwood. Washington J. W. Miller. Columbia J. II. Eterline and A. If. Leng. Bainbridgc and May town G. W. Gelz. Elizabcthtewu and Mavtewn S. B. Heward. Middlctewn D. S. Sheep. Alteena J. W. Deshong. Newvillc and Plainfield J. Hunter. CIKCCITS. East Lancaster T. Still. West Lancaster and Mountville S. C. Stencsifer. Churchtown W. P. Winbigler. MISSION'S. C. II. Ferney, editor of the Church Ad vocate. The next place of meeting is Mechan icsburg. The convention adjourned sine die. KcteriiitMi yueil. At the invitation of Rev. Dr. Aughiu baugh, president of Palatinate college, the synod proceeded in a body te that institu tion. The members were met at the deer by the president and were taken te the chapel. They were welcomed by ene of the students in a neat and appropriate speech, which was responded te by Rev. Aaren S. Lcinbach, president of the synod, followed by Revs. J. Samuel Vaudersloet and S. R. Fisher, D. D.. of Philadelphia, and C. Z. Wcizer, D. 1)., of Lehigh county. Miss Marv Urich. a musical nredijry of about fourteen years of age, delighted all present witii her wonderful performance en tpe piano. The synod met and proceeded te the election'ef members for the several church beards wiih the following rcseult : Beard of Publication Geerge W. Hen scl. Trustee of Theological Seminary Israel Loucks. Trustees of Frankiu and Marshall Cel lege J. O. Miller, D. I)., L. II. Steiner, D. D., and'A. Hcrr Smith. Sunday Scheel Beard C. Z. Wcizer, D. D. Trustee of Synod Rudelph F. ICclker, esq. After the election the report en the state of religion within the bounds of the synod was read, and, after some discus sion, adopted. The report of the com mittee en missions was also read and adopted. In the evening at 7 o'clock the usual missionary meeting was held. President of Svned Lcinbach presiding. Rev. Dr Thce. Anpel, of Lancaster, spoke en home missions, and Rev. Dr. Van Heme, of Philadelphia, en foreign missions. A number of brief aud spirited addresses were also made. The building was crowd ed. A resolution was offered recognizing the Missionary Herald, a monthly paper, pub lished by the tri-synedic Beard of Missions, and edited by Rev. Dr. Theodere Appcl, of Lancaster, Pa., which was unanimously adopted. The usual resolutions of thank were then presented and passed, Several members then made lee ling speeches upon the subicct of peace. The synod then selected its committee of reference with the ether synods en publication interests, as fellows : Rev. Dr. Geerge Wolf, J. K. Lees and J. Samuel Vaudersloet. At 11:30 this roll was called and the minutes read. The entire body then gathered about . tue chancel and sang "Blest be the tie that binds,' when they were led in prayer by J. Samuel Vandcr Vandcr Vandcr sloet, concluding with the Lord's Prayer. the apostolic ocncuictien was then pre neunced by President Lcmbach,eflier.iimg, and the synod steed finally adjourned. AZKKTINU AT KK.1.MSTOW.N. The Democracy of the Cocnlicecs Aroused There was a large and enthusiastic meet ing of the Democracy of Rcamstewn held last evening at the public house of Andrew Ream. Delegations were present from Ephrata and ether places. A grand parade was held, after which the meeting organ ized by the appointment of the following named officers : President Dr. J. W. Trabert. Vice Presidents E. S. Ivillian. J. M. Flerv, N. F. Hartmau. Bcnj. Weidnsr, Jehn S. Hciscr. Gee. F. Bare, Elias Wcit zcl, Henry Rupp. Secretaries M. C. iviliian. Jehn Smith, jr., T. J. Eberly, Jehn A. Xillian. Jacob Kerns, D. C. Hauck. Speeches were made by Win. R. Wilsen, esq., J. G. Garman (who spoke in Ger man), Jehn A. Ceyle, csq.,audll. N. Moh Meh ler. Great enthusiasm prevailed, though everything was conducted in the most orderly and decorous manner. J he sue cess of the meeting is in no small mean urc dun te the devoted and untiring work of Mr. Pierce Leshcr and these who work hand in hand with him iu support of Dem ocratic principles. Court, of Common I'leus. Simen P. Eby, executer of Elizabeth K. Heeper, deceased, vs. Wm. IJ. lloepcs. This is an action brought by the executer of Mrs. lloepcs, late of Downingtown, Chester county, against her husband te recover about $7,000 of money which it is alleged that he borrowed from his wife, who died in 187S, during the last few ycais et her lite. I his money Jlrs. lloepcs in herited from her parents and it was her own private estate. The plaintiff admits having received bank stock, etc., from the defendant in part payment for the debt. These, when sold by the plaintilV, realized something like 3,000. The defense is that they have paid all they ewe the estate and arc net indebted te it new. On trial. Rebert E. Menaghau, esq., of the Ches ter county bar, is associated with Mr. North for the plaintiff, and William M. nayes, esq., also of Chester county, ap pears with Mr. Uresuis ler the delcnsc. Stealing Sawn. Jeshua Kahn, a tramp, was en Monday caught in the act of stealing saws from the sash factory of Urban & Burger, 431 Seuth Prince street. When arrested he had in bis possession a geed handsaw that docs net belong te Urban it Burger. It is a Henry Disston & Sens' saw, manufactured for G. M. Stcinman & Ce., and was no doubt stolen by Kahn from some mechanic. The raw has fine teeth, recently sharpened, and a little place of the handle is broken off. Kahu was cemnittcd for a hearing before Alderman Spurrier en Monday evening next. Anether Kcpiibitran !'!.!.. One of the poorest meetings held by the Republicans this campaign was the one in Washington borough List night. There was a club of about a dozen' and a-half present from Locust Greve, aud a small club of negrees from Tew Hill. The pole was net get up until 0 o'clock at night. "Ceck"' Gatchell. Jehn II. Landis ( states man) and Chris. Kanfx'man made what they called speeches. After the Game. 3Ir. Chas. Breck, of Lsbanen, and Dr. Wharten Sinklcr, of Seuth Carolina, are j sheeting en Elizabeth farms. THE FIELD TRIALS. WHAT THE AKE, WHO PARTICIPATE' AND THE WINNING UOtiS. The Trials at UaarryvlUe Yesterday A Scar city or Birds The State Society Meeting. The Pennsylvania State Field Trials as sociation is organized te promote, encour age and improve the breeding and train ing a superior class of dogs, and their ex hibition and competitive trials in the field : te adept rules and regulations for conducting field trials, and te promote a mere friendly relation amongst sportsmen of the state. The following gentlemen liave comprised its organization during the past year. They have done much te develop the pur poses of the association and have arranged for the present meeting in this county : President J. Palmer O'NeihPittsburgb, Pa. First Vice Presideut Samuel G. Dixen, Philadelphia, Pa. Second Vice President Edgar Huide Huide keper, Meadville, Pa. Treasurer F. A. Diflenderffer, Lancas ter, Pa. Secretary I. R. Stayteu. (17 Fourth Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. Executive Cemmittee B. F. Dorrance, chairman, Wilkesbarre, Pa.; Wm. A. Mc intosh, Pittsburgh. Pa.; S. S. D. Thomp son, Pittsburgh, Pa.; J. J. Snellcnburg, New Brighten, Pa.; Edward Gregg, Pitts burgh. Pa.; S. S. Brown, Pittsburgh, Pa. Eligibility et Entries. A deg te be eligible te run in the field trials of the association, must have been owned iu the state of Pennsylvania at least three months prier te the date of commencement of the trials. A puppy whelped en or after April 15 of the previ ous year shall be eligible te run in the puppy stakes, and ene whelped en or after October 15, shall be eligible for the nursery stakes. ISuIcs for Field Trials. The following rules adopted by the as sociation te govern field trials will give sportsmen and novices a better idea of the purposes of the association and the man ner in which such mceMngs as tluy present arc conducted : Dogs shall be drawn iu braces by let, and run in heats, the beaten dogs te be retired (except as hereinafter provided), and the winners te be run again iu the order in which they wen their successive heats. If there should be a bye, the deg getting the benefit of the bye shall be run iu the first heat of the next scries of heats. If two dogs, owned aud exhibited by the same person, should be drawn te run together, or come together in any suc cessive heat, the second deg shall change place with the next deg in the or der of running. This shall be continued until only two dogs remain, and the win ner of these two shall be winner of first prize. The last deg beaten by the winner of first prize shall compete for second prize with the best of these dogs previously beaten by the winner of the first prize. The winner of this heat shall be declared winner of second prize. The deg beaten in this heat shall compete with the best of these previously beaten by the second prize winner, and the winner shall be third in the race. The discretion is given the judges of deciding which is the best of these beaten dogs iu the competition for second and third places by selection, or by running extra heats between them. When two dogs, owned or trained by the same person, shall be drawn together, one shall run only in that heat, and he with the next deg in the order of running, net se owned, unless at the latter end of a trial it be found impossible te avoid running two such dogs together, when it may be permitted. A withdrawal from any heat is a withdrawal from the race. If in draw ing there be a bye, aud a deg be withdrawn in this heat, the deg with the bye and the ether deg in the heat withdrawn from, shall be compelled te run against each ether, as if se drawn. The judges shall order up the dogs as seen as they have determined which is the best, according te the scale of points in Rule 5. The privi lege is granted the judges of ordering up any deg or brace of dogs, that have net suilicicnt. merit, in their opinion, te get placed ; but these ma- be put down again if there is a pessible chance for them le win. Positive points for merit : Pointing, Xi ; pace, 15 ; backing, 7 ; style, 6 ; stauch-nc-ss. 8 ; ranging, 5 ; quartering, 8 ; ebe dience and disposition, 6 ; retrieving, 10 total, 100. Negative points for demerit : False pointing, 1 te 5 ; breaking in (each offense), 5 ; breaking shot (caclwrffcnsc), 8; chasing or breaking shot ana chasing (each offense), 12. Ne person except the judge, attendants and reporters will be permitted te accom pany the handlers of dogs. Twe persons will net be permitted te work ene deg or a brace of dogs. If from any cause the handler of a deg or a brace of dogs is dis abled te such an extent that he cannot sheet, the judges shall appoint a person te sheet for him. The handlers of the ;two dogs shall go together as if it wcre a brace of dogs, se that the dogs shall be upon an equality as te ground, opportunities for pointing, etc. Ne spectators will be allow ed nearer the handler of the dogs than Fcvcnty-five yards te te the rear, and a marshal shall be appointed te enforce this law. JNe person shall make any remark about the judges or dogs in hearing of the judges. Such person se offending shall be expelled from the grounds. Should any handler of des annoy the judges after having been ordered te desist, the judges shall order such dogs as he is handling up and out of tiie race. The privilege is granted the handlers te ask the judges for mlormatien or explanation ?':.it lias a di rect bearing upon any point at issue; pending such question the dogs shall net be under judgment. Dogs afflicted with any contagious disease, or bitches in sea son, will net be permitted en the grounds. Pointing fur, feather, or reptiles shall net be considered making a false point. A deg making a false point and discovering it te be such, without encouragement from his handler, shall net be penalized. Governing the Judges. The following regulations govern the judges in their decisions and awards : (Pointing) The judges will allow only such dogs the raaxmum that point all the birds possible for them te point under existing circumstances ; a deg te earn the maxmum number of points under this head must dis play a lirst class nose and exhibit great judgment in finding and pointing his birds, and make no flushes that a deg with the above qualities would avoid in ordinary hunting. The dogs arc te be hunted in all respects as in an ordinary day's sheeting. Inexcusable or willful Hushes will detract from a deg's score under this head,but the character of the flush must be always taken into account in estimating the penalty, if any. The judges must net ask the hand lers if their dogs arc pointing, but must decide for themselves. They shall always consider the nature of the ground, the wind and the birds, and net penalize a deg for flushing a bird it would be impos sible te point. The penalty for flushes te be graded by the character of the elfensc. The judges shall net require the handlers te work their dogs down wind. Judges are allowed the discretion of declaring a deg or dogs out of the heat if absent when called. (Pace) The deg that maintains the fastest gait throughout the trial, except in cover or en game, te rcccive the fall num ber of points, all ethers te be graded by him. ( Backing The maximum enlv allow-;! such dogs as stand or drop promptly at) sight or another deg pointing. But no I deg shall be expected te back unless the deg pointing stands and is motionless. A deg shall net be said te refuse te back unless he sees the deg pointing. Te get credit for a back the deg must step at least tea yards (when practicable) in front of the handler. (Style) The judges shall consider the deg's grace in ranging and drawing, the attitude in pointing and backing. (Staunchness) The maximum allowed such dogs only as de net advance from their point when they are en game, until ordered en. (Ranging) The maximum only allowed the dogs that maintain the most killiug range throughout, viz.: wide or close, a the necessity of the case may require. (Quaitcring) The maximum only allowed such dags as work at right angles with the handler, unless the nature of the ground renders such work irapractible. (Obedience aud disposition) The max imum only allowed te a deg that works promptly te the gun, without neise or se verity, and is obedient, prompt, cheerful, and easily handled. (Retrieving) Te receive the maximum under this head a deg shall go promptly and cheerfully for the bird, and deliver it te the handler without mouthing or mu tilation. (False pointing) The judge shall give a deg ample opportunity te discover whether or net he is en a Inte point, and the pen alty shall range from 1 te 5 for his acts throughout the heat. (Brcakingin) Is when a deg through im perfect breaking or from cxeitc mcut leaves his position when the birds rise, whether the guu is fired or net, aud starts te break shot or chase, but steps within a few feet of the point from which he started, of his own accord, or at command. (Breaking shot) Is when a deg runs in when a shot is fired, with the intention of getting the bird, aud does net step prompt ly at command. (Chasing) Is when a deg fellows the birds cither when the gun is lired or net, te an extent te be beyond the control of the handler for the time being. In the Nursery stakes no points aic al lowed for retrieving. The Brace stakes slightly modify the rules for the All Age stakes. Tiie Present TtlaN. As we noticed yesterday, the present meeting of the association in this city and the trials in this county attracted the presence of many gentlemen interested in the purposes of the association, including famous sportsmen of Pennsylvania and distinguished members of the sporting press." On the special train, which took the members and spectators te Quarry villc at 9 a. m. yesterday for the first day of the trials, there were sixty persons, of whom mere than half were from ether parts of the state than Lancaster, the largest repre sentation being from Pittsburgh. They leek with thorn tha dogs entered te? the AH Age stakes as fellows : SAME. KEilDCN'CK. IMC. .1 It Stayteu Pittsburgh.. Helten 111. J It licnricks Plttsbni-Kli..KIii Daili. I Yisirslcy, Jr.. . .Centcsvtlte. ..Kexey. 1 Yearsley. ir....Ceiitesviile..L'ntintu.- I Yearsley, jr.... .Ceittcsvltlc.. Little Liuly. Wm IjacKvr Clenlleld Docter. II C Ste-aliiiinn...Mi(llk-lewn.Put Xe. - II C Stealiinau...Middletewn.lti(lily. J .1 SncIlcnbcrK-N l:rililon..ilutteii. .1 J .SiU'llcnl('r.Xllri;liteii..Tiiumli-r. .1 .1 SiiclIunbcnr.X Brighten... May I.avaiiick. U Sinister, 1r PhH'u Cernelia. V Ij Mc(:eiinell..NetrC'astlv..Iditly Ijivar:u;k F A llllenilerirer.I.aiicastcr...Li'uli. V XV Seller Harrisbur.Pasli. E AGlvcns Pittsburgh.. Minerva. Sain'l S llrewn... Pittsburgh.. l.i$h. The excursion reached Quarryville at 10 a. m., and the dogs net te be engaged in the trials having been tied up, the party proceeded te the grounds selected for the purpose which wen a short distance south of the village, opposite the Reformed church, en the property of C. 31. Hess. The pairs having been drawn in accordance with the above rules the braces were as fellows : First heat : Palmer O'NeiU's (Pitts burgh) Dash; II. C. Stehman's. Oliddle Oliddle tewn) Pat, Ne. 2. Second heat : Isaac Vearslcy's (Coatcs (Ceatcs ville) Rexcy ; J. J. Snellenberg's (Pitts burgh) Thunder. Third heat : Isaac Yearsley 's Countess, J. J. Snellenberg's Butten. All of the above wcre setters except Butten, who is a jwintcr. The above heats wcre all that the asso ciation was able te run yesterday, even the last net being finished. The remain ing heats of this trial arc te be run te-day. At the outset of the trials great diffi culty was experienced and much disappoint ment occasioned by the scarcity of birds. It had been represented that the grounds wcre favorable for trials and it is com plained that they have been hunted ever recently. The Trials. After the lirst brace, Pat Second and Brown's (formerly O'Neill's) Dash had run an hour and ten minutes, they were takeu up and Dash declared the winner of the heat, he having made one point and Pat net a point. The second brace, Thunder and Rexcy, after ltcing down an hour and fifteen minutes, were taken up and Thunder awarded the heat. Each made a point. Frem the conclusion of this heat, at 1:15 p. m. te 1: 15, the next brace, Butten and Countess ran without either getting a point. Countess made a flush and the heat will have te be ended te-day. The judge.-: of the trials for the whole meeting arc B. F. Wilsen, of Pitts burgh ; J. 31. Tayler, of Lexington, Ky., and W. A. Cester, of Fiat hush, L. 1. The scarcity of birds yesterday was quite a drawback te the trials, aud if it continues will greatly prolong the time necessary te complete them. Besides their natural scarcity and their depiction in advance of the trials the rains of Mon day night had a tendency te drive them te thick cover. At all events the management concluded net te risk disappointment at the same place aud this morning the trials were re sumed at a point near 3Ianhcim, the dogs left at Quarryville being brought up this morning and the conclusion of the All Aged stakes is new in progress. The prizes fertius stake arc : First prize 100, second, $50 ; third, ?25. The State .Meeting. The annual meeting of the state associa tion was held at the Stevens heuse last evening after the return from Quarryville. in the Irec interchange of opinion? among the members there was a general expres sion that the entries in number and breed ing compare favorably with etn'cr trials, but the scarcity of birds was much re gretted. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year : President J. Palmer burgh. O'Neil, of Pitts- First Vice President Samuel G Dixeu, of Philadelphia. Second Vice President 'A. S. Brown, of Pittsburgh. Secretary I. R. Stayien, of Pittsburgh. Treasurer F. A. DififcntierJTer, of Lan caster. Executive Committee B. F. Dorrance, chairman, Wilkesbarre ; Edward Grigg, Pittsburgh ; Dr. Robt. Ilucy Philadel phia ; William A. 3IcIntesh. Pittsburgh ; R. G. Weed, 3IcKecspeit : S. D. Thomp son, Pittsburgh. The treasurers repoitshev.ed a balance en hand or $-142.45. The following new members weie elected : J. W. Orth. Pittsburgh ; Jas. O. II. Denny, Ligonier, Pa. ; Wm. .Tame-! 3IcCrickhant, Pittsburgh; R. G. Weed, 3IcKccspert ; B. J. 3IcCIure, Pittsburgh ; Dr. S. T. Davis, Dr. J. B. McCa-kcy and Prof. W. B. Hall, Lancaster ; T. S. Thern-,.- son, Thompsontown, 3Ir Diflenderffer aud Alderman Spurrier, of this city,dcclarcd te the meeting that the ' i.1 j jr, r -rf t'''p)t' M-J