Lancaster daily iktilugbncer Wednesday neyember 24 1880.
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Eancastcv intelligencer.
WEDNESDAY EVEN'G, KOV: 24, 1880.
New and Then.
Senater Cameren naturally has a high
er esteem for Garfield as an elected pres
ident than as his party's candidate for
the ellicc ; and manifested it by the
greater cordiality and attention which
he showed him at HarrLsburg, a day or
two age, than lie found it in his heart
te exhibit a few months since. Then his
coolness was as marked as his present
warmth. On both occasion the sena
tor's conduct was such :is might have
been exacted. It was wise and just.
Then Mr. Garfield was known te the
senator as a man of mere than doubtful
character, about whom a committee of
his fellow congressmen of like politics
had reported facts showing him te be
dishonest and false. Senater Cameren
was fully possessed of the estimate of
Mr. Garfield's character current among
his fellows at "Wiishingten. He knew
him te be a man of intellect encumbered
with a character that it did net guide,
and that was went therefore te fall into
the way-side ditch. Thus besmeared it
did net leek te the senator like a goodly
presidential character, and he was net in
haste te embrace it as likely te be the
elect. Events having shown that his ap
prehension lest the people should prefer
a pure te a soiled character in their presi
dent was unfounded, it was right in
Senater Cameren te reverse his conduct
and te treat with distinguished con
sideration him whom the people have
chosen te the chief magistracy. A politi
cian who is net able 4hus readily
te adapt himself te the popular idea of
the fitness of things is lacking in the first
qualification of hisail. Men who are un
willing te fellow the judgment of the
people, and who would rather be right in
their own esteem than in that of the ma
jority, arenet of the common kind whose
prime instinct leads te the places
wiiere the fatness is found and te whom
no sentiment is valuable that will net
bring profit and power. These who
would sneer at our senator that his bold
ness te Garfield changed te warmth sole
ly because Garfield has been elected te
the presidency, have need te reflect upon
the substantial reasons that maybe urged
for such deference te the popular will in
a democracy ; and hew gratifying it must
be te men who have waxed fat by stealing
and lying that one like unto themselves
has become the accepted of the people,
possessed of full knewledge of his charac
ter. It would really have been wonder
ful if our senator had net fallen upon
Garfield's neck and embraced him
warmly when he came te him in Harris
burg thus anointed by his fellow
citizens. Divided Responsibility.
The Examiner should net rush tee
foolishly te the defense- of the prison
keeper against the charges for his due
share of responsibility in the mismanage
ment of that institution. Before a grand
jury, where the inspectors are net heard,
he bus every chance te make -out Lis c;.se
and te induce them te lay ui tli- white
wash very plentifully. The i-ecil;c
charges made against him remain unan
swered and unexplained. We de net be
lieve the inspectors are all that thty
should be nor that they act with an eye
single te the public geed in their service.
But we de net believe either that they
would find the keeper willing and anx
ious te co-operate with them in meas
ures having no ether end in view than a
sound, economical management of the
prison. It w.is manifest that he was
able te make the grand jury believe, in
the absence of the inspectors, that all
the blame lay with them. It is net man-
if est, nor in the remotest degree likelj .
that this is the fact.
The truth is that the management of
our public institutions has been for years
a stake, for which rival rings of the Re
imblican party play a desperate game.
They spend far mere money te secure
control of the beards than the salaries
amount te, and when they get in their
chief concern is te reward their ponies
with the subordinate positions, te create
new places, te oblige and favor their
friends in the purchase of supplies, and te
make the almshouse and jail a nursing
place for new political expeditions. Ex
perienced and fit men are turned out and
inexperienced and unfit men turned in
regardless of anv sound public consider
ation : and tiie result of all this is seen
in a wasteful, crude and improvident
system of management.
The superficial examinations of grand
juries will net bring all the faults of the
present management te light. The re
criminations of the rings cannot be de
pended upon te furnish the public with a
colorless view of the existing defective
workings of our public institutions.
They need a complete overhauling by
expert, honest and intelligent men, seek
ing no favors at the hands of interested
-political managers and with no white
wash for the dishonest or inefficient.
Thanksgiving Day.
Comparatively few persons will give te
Thanksgiving' day the significance of its
title. It has come te be a national holi
day, thankfully received by the young
and welcomed for its geed cheer ; but
net very many will think of spending any
part of it in considering what they have
had in the year te be thankful for, and
in giving thanks therefer. Really the
day is useless, but as a holiday. There
is no geed reason why we should be
thankful one day in the year mere than
every day.
The sentiment of New England which
long age set apart this occasion can hardly
be defended en grounds of piety or geed
sense. Since the day comes every year, it
is net cherished in especial thankfulness
for the kindness of Pre, idence te the
people in any one year livery year
we are supposed te have cause for
thanksgiving and se we have : but net
mere truly than everyday. The religious
person daily gives thanks for heaven's
mercy and protection te him and his ;
and the day in the year that is
set apart for all men te be thank
ful in wins from the pious no
thing that they de net constantly
render, while the thanks of the impious,
if they are get at all, are wen by the tur
key and the holiday. It would be a goetj
deal mere frank andhenest te base the day
upon what really secures its proclamation
and general welcome ; and that we con
ceive te be the fact that it is a conveni
ent season for a holiday, in the leisure
time of the year at the advent of win
ter, corresponding te the Easter season
which celebrates the release of its icy
held upon the soil.
MINOR TOPICS.
Vexite aderamus.
Ti!.NKS-giving. Don't you forget it.
Te give thanks with geed heart see that
your peer neighbor has occasion te de
likewise.
Tiik Columbia Ue7 aid is fifteen ycais
old and sprightly. But it says that
its lenders de net knew hew much better
it would be if tliey all paid nn like little
men.
The editor of the Reformed Church. Mcs
tciirjer thinks that it. is ;i matter of es
pecial congratulation just new, that wc
have passscd thieugh another political
canvass in safety." In fact he is se thank
ful for it thai In publishes. Gov. Heyt's
Thaukgiving precl .1111.1 tieu in fu'I.
I.N no department, of trade has the. Mid
den freeze had a mere disastrous elVeet
than in the transportation of grain te New
Yerk by the Erie canal. The immense
impel tance of this interest cau be im
agined from the fact that about 7., 000,000
bushels of grain have been carried ever
the water highways of the state since the
opening of the season. The sudden cle.s
ing of this great inland avenue of com
merce by the cold has locked up about 800
beats, laden wiih about G,r00,000 bushels
of grain. Wheat is advancing rapidly in
price.
Gov. Davis, of Maine, has issued a pie.
elamatien declaring that 57,015 voles were
cast in favor and 35,501 against the amend
ment te the constitution, makiug only a
plurality of votes necessary te elect a gov
ernor, ami that the amcmlncnt has become
a part of the constitution. The Lewistewn
Journal, in making this announcement,
says: "The legislative resolve submitting
the question, but net the amendment
itself, provided that it should apply te the
September election. It is claimed by
many that the Legislature has no author
ity te se provide, and, therefore, that it
can only apply te future elections". It
may be that the court will have te settle
this question."
Tnn Philadelphia Democratic wiauglers
and the pcace commissioners appointed by
the state convention have agreed that the
present rules of the Democratic party in
that city shall be suspended and the sub
ject of revising them shall be delegated te
a committee of twenty-one, ten te be
named by the city executive committee,
ten by the county committee, and
the chairman te be appointed by the
peace commission. Each side is te an
nounce its selections en or before Novem
ber 30, when the chairman chosen by the
peace commission shall be made known.
The committee shall then meet en Decem
ber G and adept new rule. which shall be
repei ted te the peace commission for final
action December 30. Everybody i happy
evrr the conclusion readied.
PERSONAL.
The serious illness of the empcier of
Germany is announced. Prince BiSM.uif k
is also said te be very ill.
Rev. Olivek II. Srnr.NXK, feiincrly of
this city but new pastor of the Reformed
church at Bloomsburg, Columbia county,
is in town en a visit te his friends.
Mr. Victek M. Haldkmax, son of the
late Professer Ilaldcmau, of duckies, has
been married te Miss Jesephine II. Kam
mcrcr. It is considered h singular coincidence
that the iatc Lord Chief Justice Cook Ceok Coek
uukn, in expressing his admiration for
the new law ceuits building, added: "T
shall never live te sit there.''
After enjoying Cameren's Ilarrisburjr
hospitality, Gakiiki.I) went te Washing
ton yesterday and the first man te greet
him was Ingersoll. ''Helle! Beb," said
Garfield, just as cheerily :.s if Beb be
icved in hcll-O.
A tfery ccmclrall the way ft 0111 Atkin
son, Kan., te explain why Claha Louise
Ki:m.eci: has never married. In her school
clays bhc fell in love with a peer boy, and
they exchanged vows of constancy.- She
went en the stage aud made a fortune. He
declared that he would net become her hus
band until his wealth equaled here ; and it
has never done se, though he has strug
gled hard te increase it te the required
amount.
1
James Ckaig atsen, LL. D., the fa
mous professor of astronomy and director
of the observatory of the university of
Michigan, died yesterday at Madisen, in
his forty-second year. He was graduated
at Ann Arber in 1837 and, becoming
teacher of mathematics, has been in the
service of the university ever since. He
has discovered a score of asteroids ; has
observed several eclipses of the siiu, and
was the head of the American expedition
te China te observe the transit of Venus in
1874. He received the geld medal of the
French academy of sciences in 1870 and
various ether honors. He was the author
of several astronomical works, including a
" Treatise en Comets."
THANKS!
Queen Victeria's present te Mr. 11 ayes.
A large box was received and unpacked
at the White Heuse yesterday, which was
found te contain a massive desk, or writ
ing table, a present from Queen Victeria
"tej the president of the United States."
It is made of live-oak, weighs 1,300 pounds,
is elaborately carved, and altogether pre
sents a magnificent specimen of work
manship. Upen a smooth panel is the
following inscription : "H. M. S. Reso
lute, forming part of the expedition
sent in search of Sir Jehn Franklin in
1832, Wets abandoned in latitude 74 de
grees 41 minutes, longitude 101 degrees 22
minutes west, en the 15th of May, 1854.
She was discovered and extricated iu Sep
tember, 1855, in latitude G7 degrees north
by Captain Buddington, of the United
States whaler Geerge Henry. The ship
was purchased, ntted out ana sent te .bug
laud as a giftjte her majesty Queen Vic Vic
eoria by the president and people of the
United States as a token of geed-will and
friendship. This tabic was made from her
timbers when she was broken up, and is
presented -by the queen of Great Britain
and Ireland te the president of the United
States as a memorial of the courtesy and
I loving kindness which dictated, the offer
of the gift of the Resolute."
TUK PRISON 3IAXAGE51ENT.
Who i te Blame for the DeUeteaetts There?
Examiner Editorial. '"
Se the grand jury went te work, aud en
Saturday presented te the court a unani
mously sinned report, and te show hew
nsemc facts Ien;; since and very persistent
ly pointed out by the Intelligencer "
leek when investigated by the graud jury,
we make an cztract'freui their report. ?
Sr tnm-li Tins linn said :it dift'er-
ciit times 'sometitnes merely for the pur
pose of throwing mud, te accomplish party
ends, that we feel au especial pleasure in
giving the above vindication of Jehn P.
Wcise, the keeper, a special notice, lie
deserves all that the graud jury say in his
behalf, and it puts te shanie his idle accu
sers. The Other Side.
An Ex-Inspector" in the New Era.
Last spring, about April 1st, the keeper,
Mr. Weise, allewed a prisoner named
Geed, sentenced te separate aud solitary
confinement at labor, te dress in citizens
clothes te go down town in bread daylight
te attend the moving of Smith ic Tripple, Tripple,
te the Copper house This, I have since
learned, was the case referred te by Judge
Livingston iu his April charge te the
grand jurv, the facts of which were
months age published in the Nan Era and
Intim.lieencek. Seeing this published
statement, aud hearing that some favored
convicts always were citizens dress, 1 said
te an inspector : " Hew can you tolerate
such conduct en the part of the keeper '.'
Your duty is te remeve him at once. Fer
a similar ofVenso (in 18) the inspectors
removed the keeper, aud every undcr
kecper and night watchman in the jail and
the people approved the action. T hey
will approve your course if ye de likewise,
and will held you responsible if you allow
such violations of law te go unpunished."
He replied: '"The inspectors have net
the power they once had. Since 1S71 the
keeper has been elected by the people, and
he can enl be removed by the governor
en address of two-thirds of the Senate.
Why, when wc even remonstrated with
him en this point, and en net compelling
all convicts te wear the prison garb, as re
quired by law, he threatened us, saying :
' If you arc going te make a fuss about
these little thiiigs, and let the newspapers
knew hew Geed went down town, I'll
lock up every d d man about the jail,
and the county may hire men te de the
work.' "
Many of the prisoners are sent there a
drunk and disorderly ; ethers for costs, or
for simple imprisonment only. These
men are detailed te work the pumps, the
heaters and for ether purposes, and it was
te de the work they de for nothing that
Mr. Weise threatened te make the county
pav.
Why did net the present grand jury in
quire of these facts ? Among the keeper's
favorites they might have cnumcretcd as
wearing citizens clothes Abe Buzzurd the
notorious Welsh mountain thief; Mrs.
Speece, the abortionist : or Samuel Rupp.
the adulterer, aud Jehn B. Dennis, neither
of whom ever even tried en the stripes.
Again, some 0110 should be responsible
te the people for the keeper's expenses.
By the act of Assembly authorizing the
election of the keeper he is te received
1,200 per year aud shall net be charged
with "house rent, fuel, light or bearding
ter himself or family proper. The slid
salary and allowances, however, te be iu
full for all services rendered." We
speak advisedly when we say that
the keeper's salary aud allowances,
as he allows himself, costs the county
a greater sum per annum than the
salary of the president judge. Take
the single item of beef. The county audi
tors found iu their last report that the
siugie item of beef for the keeper's family
during the year 1879 cost ever $800 (sec
auditors' report), aud that this sum was
paid in addition te the beef bought for the
prisoners. Buying in such large quantities
they paid 14 cents per pound for beef and
10 and 12 cents for veal. If wc take 13
cents as the average price, you sec that the
family required fi,"154 lbs, of meat, in ad
dition te the eggs aud poultry.
The " family proper " of the keeper, Mr.
Weise, consists of himself, ene servant and
four children his wife is dead. The in
spectors dine at the prison once a mouth.
Allowing them the 134 lbs., which is ever
two pounds a piece per meal, there is just
1,000 lbs., left for each member of the
" family proper."
NEAlt ZKUU.
The Dropping Mercury.
Temperatures were reported by the bn
nal office yesterday, as follews: Duluth l,
Alpena 2J, Indianapolis 23, Madisen 2-.
Marquette 2, LaCresssc 4J, Milwaukee
4, Pert Huren 5-, Denver .V.
Cleveland S-, Detroit 8-', St. Paul
8 Pittsburgh 83, Yankton 8-, Cin
cinnati 9, Brcckenridge 10-, Sandusky
103, Bosten 12, Chicago 12-, Eastpeit
I2-, Buffalo 13-, Grand Haven 13, Roch
ester 13, St. Leuis 13J, Teledo 13-, Port
land, Maine, 14-, Burlington, Vcrmeut,
150 Louisville .150, North Platte 15-,
Washington 15, Davenport 15, New
Londen 15, Erie lG, Keokuk 16, Albany
17. Caire 17, New Yerk 17, Baltimore
IS3, Cheyenne 18-, Knoxville 19, Nash
ville IIP, Omaha 2QO, Fert Gibsen 20-,
Oswego 21-, Memphis 21, Leavenworth
223, Wilmington 25", Vicksburg 2( Nor
folk 2P, Shrcvcpert 28, Augusta. Geor
gia, 303, and Montgomery, Alabama, 31.
A temperature of $'- below zero is reported
at Serel, Quebec, and 25- below at Winni
peg, Manitoba.
Last night the temperature .in the north
west, wmen had risen slightly, was again
falling, se that severe weather may be ex
pected for several days. It is believed at
Quebec that all the vessels in the St. Law
rence, as well as these remaining iu pert,
will be frozen in, and the destruction of
sorae of the great lightships, as well as
large numbers of buoys in the lower St.
Lawrence is apprehended. The severest
storm for seventeen years was experienced
at Anticesti Island en Monday, aud yester
day morning the shore was strewn with
shell fish, showing that the sea was heavy
enough te break the beds. A telegram
from Detroit reports Lake St. Clair
finally closed with ice, and navigation
rapidly closing en the entire chain of the
great lakes. Seventy-four vessels bound
from Buffalo for Chicago are frozen in at
different points en Lake Eric ; 2S vessels
from Chicago for Buffalo are in the St
Clair river or Lake Huren : aud 21 vessels
from Escanaba for
frozen in en Lake
Lake Eric ports arc
Huren There seems
very little prospect of any of these vessels
reaching their destinations. Navigation
in the Connecticut river and the Kennebec
river, in Maine, was closed yesterday.
The Hudsen river, above Coxsackie, is
completely blocked, and its tributaries are
frozen. The ice is from 2 te 4 inches
thick en thd New Yerk canals west of Al
bany, and many beats are blockaded. The
value of grain alone embargoed by the ice
is estimated at $7,000,000. Ice 34 inches
thick is being stored in the ice houses at
Leng Branch. The Schuylkill and Union
canals arc closed, and the Schuylkill river
at Reading nearly frozen ever. The Del
aware river at Bordentown is frozen from
shore te shore.
GcorgeJSchoonovcr, an old andjrespectcd
resident of Bushkill, was found dead in a
kneeling position. The rope was tee long
for him te hang clear of the fleer and he
had slowly strangled, with his knees nearly
touching the fleer. Schoenover was a
well-known citizen and lived entirely
alone. He conducted a tannery, at which
he made a comfortable living. His isola
ted life and protracted illness form which
he was just recovering caused mental de-l
pressien which led him te take bis life,
THE DAT WE CELEItRATE.
Tliauksgiving Cay, its UUtery ana Growth .
Frem the earliest ages and among all na
tiens the ingathering of the -fruits of the
earth has been observed as a season of
gladness. Especially has "this been the
case with these nations and in these periods
of the world in which have existed definite
views as te au Unseen Pievidence and the
obligations lue from man te the Ruler of
the universe, and the modes of celebrating
the occasion have been such as seemed
most deceut te signify the sense of grati
tude for past bounties and the dependence
for their continuance. The special nation
al interpositions in times of war, and in
fact all instances of relief from great im
pending calamities from pestilence and
grievous calamities of every kind have
often been made, in like manner, occasions
of thanksgiving.
"Thanksgiving Day," which has new
become iu this country a national festival,
has grown into its national character from
a humble origin iu the earliest history of
the American people. Its first observance
was peculiar. The colonists who had
lauded at Plymouth in 1G20, and these
who had joined them in the next ten years,
had scattered themselves along the shores
of New England, and among the places
where they had planted themselves was
the spot afterwards named Salem. On the
8th day of April, 1G30, Jehn Wiuthrep,
the father of Bosten, left the bhercs of
old England with an emigrant company
of seven hundred souls for a home iu tha
wilderness of the New World. The ship
iu which he sailed was uamed in honor of
Lady Arabella Jehnsen, who, with her
husband, was of the company. It was of
three bundled tens burden, aud there were
in all some eleven ships in the enterprise.
On the 8th of June, says Wiuthrep in his
journal, "there came a wild pigeon into
the ship, a harbinger of land," aud en June
12 they landed, amid welcomes, at their
destined pert, new the city of Salem, find
ing their friends hi great destitution, some
eighty of the colonists having died in the
previous winter, and these surviving were
"weak and sick with fevers and scurvy
and could net build a city." Many lay in
tents along the Charles river, and iu
their sufferings had scattered where they
could, some at Charlcstown,semc at Mcd
ford, aud ethers at Watertewn, Roxbury,
Lynn, Dorchester, and a few at "the
Neck," new Bosten. It was en the 17th
of September 011 this year, 1030, that the
colonists mustered strength and courage
te begin te cut down the trees aud te make
the first foundations of what is new the
great New England city, and, as the his
torian of the time expresses it, " wanting
everything tools, materials, and carts, as
well as carpenters especially they thus
began te build houses and found their
city."
Winter approached, and with it the in
crease of their sufferings, and se many
had licd after the arrival of the new
colonists, and se gloomy were the pros
pects, that ever a hundred went back with
the ships te England. They had con
tracted with Captain Picrce before the
ships left that he should "return from
England with all speed " with a shipload
of previsions ; but tiiis trip was net then
made with the expedition of the present
day. After his departure the feed grew
short, the cold severe,, and the mortality
very great. ' ' Fasts were held aud prayers
sent up te the Lord," says Dudley in a let
ter te the Countess of Lincoln, the mother
of Lady Arabella, "but He would net yet
be placated," and at this time their chief
subsistence, according te Yeung's Chroni
cles of Massachusetts, consisted of "clams
and niuscls, and ground-nuts and acorns,
and these get with much difficulty in the
wintertime." Jir. lager, a surgeon, "a
right godly man," died
teeptcmber ou,
iu.50 ; .ur. nigjrinsen, ene
01 the minis
ters of Salem died ; the Lady Arabella,
the high-born and fair, "the beautiful
flower driven by the wild winds from her
sheltered garden te this desolate shore,"
the fragrance of whose memory, embalmed
in tender inspirations of poetry, is
still preserved, died, and "last fell
also her husband, himsdf one of the
undertakers and one of their foremost
men." Frem the time of their departure
from old England, iu April, lG'iO, down te
December of the same year, about two
hundred of the Wiuthrep colonists had
died. In the midst of these overwhelming
afflictions they had watched and prayed
for the returning shin, but it had net come.
They had fasted in body, and with starva
tion upon them had appointed a solemn
fast in spirit; aud, as tradition has it,
while Governer Winthrop was iu the act
of dividing his last peck of meal with a
starving man, en the 5th of February,
lifting up his eyes he detected "the white
wings of a ship en the line of the ocean,"
which " brought light and life te the way
farers." While thus making ready for
their solemn fast. Captain Picrce arriving
with his shipload of supplies, the occasion
was changed from wee te gladness, and in
stead of a fast ou the 22def February,lG31,
the whole colony celebrated the first
"Thanksgiving Day" en record. Between
this date and 1G85, a period of mOre than
half a century, the colonial records show
that no less than twenty-nine Thanks
givings, most of them for general causes of
gratitude, were celebrated iu the colenics.
The colony of New Yerk, under a pro
clamation of Governer Kieft, held a public
Thanksgiving in February, 1G44, en the
occasion of a victory ever the Indians of
Westchester, and in 1G45 auethcr ou the
conclusion of a pcace with these ncople.
They also celebrated by authority a
Tliauksgiving October 1," 1700, for the
conquest of Canada from the French
which was consummated by the capture of
vjueecc ami Jieutreal, and the subsequent
cessation of hostilities of September 8,
17G0. The first attempt ou the part of
any colony, outside et .New ingkmd, te
institute the custom of an annual thanks
giving, was by Jehn Jay, who, at the bo be
giuuing of his administration as gov
ernor of New Yerk, issued a procla
mation recommending such au obser
vance. His political opponents, appeal
ing te religious prejudices, de
feated his purpose. Governer De Witt
Clinten, however, during his administra
tion, renewed the attempt, and since that
period the custom has always prevailed iu
that state. There was a very curious
Thanksgiving from an early day in the
towns of Southampton and Easthampton,
ou Leng Island. Montauk Point, some
0,000 acres of pasturage, owned in com
mon by these towns, was also pastured iu
common, the vote 01 the towns hxinr the
time for putting the cattle in and taking
tucm out 01 the pasture. The Thursday
after taking home their cattle was always
observed as ThanksgivinjjDay and when
Governer Jay issued his proclamation the
Southamptenitcs and Easthamptenitcs
were intensely scandalized in his having
fixed upon a different day than that upon
which they were that year te celebrate.
They accused him of a design upon their
sacred festival.
During the early history of New Yerk
as a state, many of the New England
families were accustomed te ebsA-vc the
day that was fixed as Thanksgiving in
Connecticut, aud the book of common
prayer ratified in 1780 making the first
Thursday of November unless another
day is designated " te be observed as a
day of thanksgiving te Almighty Ged for
the fruits of the earth aud all ether bless
ing of His merciful providence," many
families of the state besides these of the
Episcopal church were went te join in the
observance of that day. As used before
the Revolution, the English church service
marked November 5, as an occasion of
annual public thanksgiving, in commem
oration of the Gunpowder Plot in 1603,
aud May 29 in memory of the -restoration
of Charles II. iq 1GG0. The anniversary
of the accession of the reigning sovereign
is also a day of thanksgiving.
In, Great Britain thanksgivings have
been frequently keldtey autherityin med-)
ern times, among which may be mentioned"
that of January 14, 1814. for victories evct
Napeleon, and January IS, 1S1G, en resto
ration of peace ; also, February G, 1S3S, by
the Cauadian government, for success in
suppressing "the patriot riot"; JuIyM5,18jG,
by the authority of the British Indian gov gev gov
ermuent, throughout all India, for the suc
cess of the British troops iu the Indian
war.
Dating the Revolutionary war there
were en eight different occasions solemn
days of thanksgiving ordered by Congress,
when the exigencies would allow, always
suspending its own sessions ou the
occasion. On one of these oc
casions, December 18, 1777, Samuel
Adams, R. II. Lee. and Daniel Rebcrdau
were the committee of the Continental Con
gress which presented the resolutions for
the object, and the order was proclaimed
by Genera! Washington te the army, then
at Valley Ferge, and with great solemnity
observed, "for signal success lately ever
the enemy." - On these occasions during
the war General Washington often antici
pated Congress In his orders for such ob
servance te his troops, as we think he did
en this occasion. On the 19th of February
1705, General Washington, as president of
the United States, ordered a national
Thanksgiving en the occasion of the sup
pression of the whiskey rebellion in west
ern Pennsylvania, which at ene time creat
ed serious alarm for the safety of the
Union.
A few days before the adjournment of
the Congress of 178!, after they had satis
factorily considered and disposed of the
proposed amendments te the federal con
stitution made by the minorities of the
several state conventions which ratified
that instrument, a resolution was adopted
requesting the president of the United
States te recommend a day of public
thanksgiving and prayer, te be observed
by the people of the nation in acknowledg
ment of the many signal faveis of the
Almighty in permitting them te establish
in peace a free government.
Soeu after the treaty of December, 1814,
which terminated the second war, another
national Tliauksgiving following the
proclamtieu of peace was appointed and
observed with great devotion throughout
the Union.
tfOKH 3IIKACI.ES AT KNOCK..
A Alan With :i C'runlieil anil StiCciiea Leg
liesterett A Sear Iilan Hears.
Twe men living in Pert Jervis, N. Y.,
havejust returned from their pilgrimages
te the Virgin's shrine of Kncek. Ireland,
cured of the diseases with which they
went. One was Owen Taffeny, aged about
40, a former flagman of the Erie railway,
who, in February, was fearfully injured
by au accident. His left leg was crushed
between the knee .and ankle. The
bones were brekn and splintered, aud
the calf of the leg" was tern into
shreds. The physicians decided that
amputation was necessary, but Taffeny
objected. It was bandaged and care
fully attended by physicians, aud finally,
after months of intense pain, he was able
te go about en crutches. Seven pieces of
bone had sloughed off, aud the calf of the
leg had dwindled, away until the leg was
no larger than a goetl sized wrist. The
knees were stiffened, and every attempt te
use it was attended with severe pain. He
started about October 1 for Knock, where
he was directed te bathe the affc.tcd leg
in holy water taken from a peel near the
chapel, in which was mixed syme of the
clay that forms the soil about the building.
The application was attended with prayer
and an exercise of faith. The lirat treat
ment was had en Friday, aud by the next
day Taffeny discarded his cane and crutch
and walked a mile and a half. On
Suuday, the third day of the treatment,
he walked thrce miles, and did it.
he says, without inconvenience or pain.
His leg has really undergone a .singular
transformation. The mucles, that had
been se lacerated aud shrunken, have nearly
regained their former size and appearance.
The bone, which had been thinned and
seemed te be firm. The kneojeiut, fer.1
weakened ly the less ei seven large pieces,
lncrlyset stiff aud swollen, has become lim
her, and can ec freely bent or worked m
all the natural directions. The crutches
en which he has for many weeks, hobbled
around painfully are thrown aside, and he
walks about without even a cane, and with
only a slight limp.
The ether patient vsau a yeuu man
j named Cellins, who has been deaf for sev
eral years, and conies back restored te
hearing.
I LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
I The beard of canvassers of Indiana have
i found au error in the returns which may
reduce Garfield's majority thare freniG.400
te 3,771.
Mrs. Chateau and Mrs. Gregorie, while
crossing the river at Dubuque en the ice
last evening, misled the track and falling
into an air hole, were both drowned.
Jamss L. Pugh, the Democratic caucus
nominee, was unanimously elected U. S.
senator by the Alabama Legislature yester
day. The official vete of New Jersey gives
Hancock 2,010 plurality, and Ludlow,
Democratic candidate for governor G51
plurality.
Four men were killed and two injured
by a disaster te a construction train en the
Hastings & Dakota railroad in 3Iinueseta
en Mendav.
Galusha 31arauvilla, inventor and pat
entee of a calendar clock and ether articles,
was killed in Rutland, Vt., yesterday by
falling into a lly wheel in the engine room
of a factory.
The official vote of Illinois for president
is as fellows : Garfield, 318,032 ; Hancock
277, G45; Weaver. 20,053; scattering, 517
Garfield ran 4,4G7 votes ahead of the Re
publican candidate for governor, and Han
cock 104 votes ahead of the Democratic
candidate for the same office.
The murdered bodies of two men named
Brown and Hack, were found en Monday
morning in " 3Iarb!c Hall," Hawkins
county, Tennessee. The building had been
unsuccessfully fired te cover the crime.
The motive was robbery, Brown having
had several hundred dollars in his posses
sion. Twe engines aud nine freight cars weie
wrecked by a collision en the New Yerk
& New Englaud railroad, near Andevcr,
yesterday. Several train hands were in
jured, one, a brakeman, named Peter Aple
bct, se badly that he died last night. The
damage te property is estimated at 820.-
000. The'disaster-is attributed te the care
lessness of an engineer named Gillette,
who has disappeared.
Sergeant-at-Arms Bright, who has just
returned irera inniaua, says there is no
probability of a dead-lock iu the Indiana
Legislature. The Senate stands 25 te 25,
with the Iieutenaut governor (Grey) act
ing governor. The Democrats held the
whip hand and will organize the Senate,
because the Republicans cannot afford te
risk a United States senator for a few
petty legislative offices.
At a reception tendered Joel Hembrce
and wife, at the residence of the bride's
faiher, Colonel Dail, near Kingsten, JUoane
ceuuty, Tenn.,arscnic wasjuscdjby mistake
and six persons have died from the effects.
The arsenicjwas intended for crews, but
was put in the edibles as seasoning instead
of salt. Twenty-seven of the guests were
poisoned and three mere will probably die.
Ben Bassmau, the inmate of the 3Iinne 3Iinne
seta asylum arrested en suspicion of hav
ing fired the building, has made a confes
sion te the deed. He says he was badly
treated.and tried te burn the bnilding down j
ia revenge. He says he wishes all had
been bwrneVJHe placed a can of naphtha
in the female wing, but it did net ignite
When he tried te kindle it. He was con
sidered a mild case and allowed the run of
lha.building. .
STATE ITEMS.
It strikes us that the Pittsburgh Leader
has new type and "werry hansura it is."
While attempting te beard a tram of
ears at Twenty-Sve and Federal streets
Philadelyhia Themas Fulton, aged fortv fertv
cight years, residing at 2518 Dnsheiig
street, was run ever and instantly killed.
Philadelphia Time$ short of news : "A
Dreaded Apparition What Police and
People Say of It. A Mysterious Figure
Which Has Caused Such a Scare in West
Philadelphia Suburbs That Women Will
Net Ge Out After Nightfall and Men Ge
Only in Squads." A column and a half.
Iu Saluvia, Fulton county, Miss Kate
Ilaun's cousin was leading a gun, pre
paratory te going a-hunting, when the
hammer fell and the gun was discharged.
The ball entered the young lady's breast,
penetrated the heart, and caused instant
death.
Judy Hammers, Alteena's "best bur
lar." was arrested en 3Ienday evening.
On his person were found the keys with
which he had opened a shoe store, from
which he had stolen ever $100 worth of
goods. Seme of the stolen goods were
also recovered.
It is announced from Mercer county that
the error which cut Electer Pinchot out of
five thousand votes was net in the ballets,
but in the "return lists," which would
have cost the county two huudred dollars
te correct. " Still," it is graciously added
" this weiild have been done if it had been
necessary te make Mr. Finchet's election
certain." This is very geed of Mercer
county.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
.l(imiORHOOn SEWS.
KventH Acress the Ceifntjr lane.
On Saturday Henry Davidsen, cf
Phceiiixville, while temporarily deranged
attempted te commit suicide by cut
ting his threat with a knife ; although he
bled te a considerable extent he was net
successful.
Mrs. 3Iary D. Swavely, wife of Dr. S.
B. Swavely, of Springfield, Chester county,
has died, aged 29 years. She had an
ovarian tumor removed, weighing four
teen pounds, and death resulted in eight
and a half hours afterward.
There has been considerable excitement
during the past few weeks regarding a wild
catamount that is new. and has been for
some time, reaming ever the hills of
Greenwich township, Berks county, and a
party has been organized te hunt and kill
it.
The recent death of Geerge A. Miller,
senior member of the firm of Geerge A.
Miller & Sen, dealers iu general hardware,
Chainbcrsburg, will net affect the busi
ness of the firm. Mrs. Miller has assumed
her husband's interests and the business
will be conducted as heretofore under the
same firm name.
The Pennsylvania steel cempay, at Steel Steel
ten, Dauphin county, has a contract te
finish ten thousand tens of steel rails te
the Northern Pacific railroad company.
The steel company arc putting up a number
of new buildings and increasing their
facilities in every possible manner for the
successful carrying en of its immense
operations.
Miss Margarctta Perter, of Norristown,
died en Saturday last. She was a niece
of General Andrew Perter, of the army of
the Revolution, and daughter of his
brother Stephen Perter, an uncle of Gov.
David R. and Judge James 31. Perter
Stephen Pertcraftcr being for seme time
a teacher, was later an eminent citizen of
.Montgomery county until the time of his
death. 3Iiss Perter was a sister of the
late Mrs. William Hamill, with whom she
lived until the lattcr's death a few years
age. The subject of this sketch was for
many years a worthy member of the First
Presbyterian church of Norristown and a
munificent contributor te its improvement
and support.
HIKTUDAY CELEBRATION.
Hounding Three-Quarters of a Century.
On Saturday, November 20, Jehn S.
Wentz, a leading citizen of Drumere town
ship, eelebrated the seventy-fifth anniver
sary of his birth, or rather his friends and
relatives celebrated it for him with a sur
prise party that was as unexpected as it
was grateful te the honored recipient.
Assembling te the number of sixty at the
residence of 3Ir. Hugh Penny, the com
pany proceeded therefrem te 3Ir. Wra.
Morrison's, ou the state read, west of the
Buck. 3Ir. 31. is a son-in-law of 3Ir.
Wentz and the latter makes his home
there, his wife beins deceased. The com
pany included BIr. Wentz's nine children
and twenty-ene graud children, no death
having as yet broken the family circle ex
cept that of 3Irs. Wentz.
Arriving at 3Ir. 3Iorrisen's at neon, the
relatives, neighbors aud friend paid their
respects te 3Ir. Wentz, and his children
presented him with a large easy chair and
cane, the presentation being made by Mr.
David Earnhart and the acceptance by
3Ir. Themas Wentz. Timely addresses
were made by ethers present. The com
pany was handsomely entertained and the
afternoon pleasantly spent. ,
3Ir. Wentz was born in 3Iartic township
in 1805, and has always been an honored
resident of the community in which he
new resides, ile has seen vast changes
and improvements in the neighborhood,
and through them all has maintained the
character as well as the reputation of an
upright citizen, a geed neighbor and a be
loved father of the offspring who have
grown te womanhood aud manhood and
established for him a worthy posterity.
He is a staunch defender of the Demo
cratic faith and upheld it with vigor in the
late campaign. In all the relations of life
his integrity, consistency and sturdy char
acter gain and keep for him the esteem of
his fellow-men.
Ground te Pieces.
Yeung Jeffersen 31. Hauck, who was
-ground te pieces in the pipe mill of the
Reading iron works between three and
lour o'clock yesterday morning, had gene
te the cog wheels for the purpose of pro
curing a weight of seme kind, and te get
at what he wanted, it was necessary te re re re
eoeo several planks that cover the im
mense wheel and chain. After taking
away the beards he reached down for the
weight, when in some manner, with a ter
rible crushing of bones, he was drawn into
the cogs and mangled in a terrible manner.
The workmen near by could render no as
sistance, and before the unfortunate man
could be extricated from his appalling po
sition he was terribly mangled. Shreds of
flesh, pieces of bones, and clots of bleed
adhered te the cogs after the lifeless body
was removed.
Uelden Wedding.
Te-morrow will be the 50th anniversary
of the marriage of Mr. Pirmin Kaul and
his' wife 3Iagdalin Kaul, father and mother
of Rev. Antheny Kaul, pastor of St. An An
teony's Catholic church. In celebration
of the interesting event, the usual cere
monies attending the golden wedding will
be celebrated in the church, and Rev.
Father Kaul, the youngest son of the ven
erable couple, will re-marry them. Solemn
high mass will be said at 10:30 a. m.
Patsed Through.
The president and directors of the Penn
sylvania railroad, who have been en .1 visit
te the West passed cast through this city
en their way home at half past twelve
o'clock te-day. They had a special train.
DECAMPED.
TUB STIMCY Olf WJl. KKUS HXPLOlTii.
A Smart Thief Gets Away with Other Veo Vee
ple's Slency.
On Monday Wra. Krug left Lancaster
suddenly and surreptitiously, taking with'
him $G9 which he had just "borrowed"
from 3Irs. Careline Welfersberger. and
smaller sums from some ether people,
while he also left behind seme unpaid bills
among them being a bill for washing due
3Irs. Welfersberger amounting te $25, aud
a former lean from her of $15, making a
total of $109 lest by that lady.
Krug's maimer of getting possession of
the 66'J was quite ingenious. Having
made known te her that he wanted the
money aud would pay a geed interest for
the use of it, he premised in addition te
give the lest possible security, namely a
judgment nete en the property of his
friend Wm. C. Siefert, blacksmith, G43
Seuth Queen street. Yesterday morning
Krug, accompanied by 3Ir. and 3Irs. Wol Wel
fersberger, started out Seuth Queen te see
3Ir. Siefert. On 1 caching the Columbia
Gardeu hotel, nearly oppesito Sicfert's,
Krug proposed te go in and "set 'em up."
The invitation was accepted, and the party
proceeded te business. The $09 were
counted out, King took it, and the
weathcr being cold he suggested
that the business would be" com
pleted mere comfortable where they
were than at Siefert's, se he would
just run across the street and bring 3Ir.
Siefert ever. This was assented te. 3Irs.
Welfersberger saw Krug cress the street
and enter Siefert's, but becoming impa
tient at his long stay, she went across the
street te hurry him up, and was astound
ed te learn that he was net there ! As seen
as he entered Siefert's house he told the
family that he wanted te go ever toward
the creek, and asked them if he couldn't
take a short cut across the fields iu rear of
their house. Tiiey made net the slightest
objection, and he climbed the fence ami
disappeared, since which time nothing has
been heard of him.
Krug is a geed-looking and intelligent
young man, and was for about two years
employed as estler by Dr. 31. L. Hcrr,
who had the utmost confidence in him,
and says he was one of the most, indus
trious and intelligent men he ever had in
his employ. His education fitted him for
a much better position than the 0110 he
held. He was an excellent English, Ger
man aud Latin scholar, aud had a fair
knowledge of seme ether languages. He
read Virgil with great ease aud translated
rapidly aud correctly. It will be recollected
by some of our readers that two years age
he was arrested for selling blelen shoes in
Reading, but was acquitted for want of
sufficient evidence anil by reason of the
geed diameter given him by Dr. Herr.
The men who stele the shoes were con
victed, but it was net positively proven
that Krug knew the goods te have been
stolen. It will also be recollected that he
was arrested last summer for taking :-.
countryman's horse and buggy from the
stable-yard of the Swan hotel, this city,
but he was promptly discharged by Alder
man Spurrier, it appearing that lie took
the team t drive te Dr. 3IcCleery's drug
store te get a prescription for which Dr.
Herr sent him, telling him te hurry.
He left Dr. Hcrr's employ about two
months age. since which tune has becu in
the employ of S. B. Cox, coach builder, as
estler and man of all work. Mr. Cox,
also, gives him au excellent character ami
cutrustcd him with the keys of his estab
lishment. Ile never missed anything and
never .suspected him of dishonesty,
but after his flight his trunk
was examined and in it were found
a large pair of geld-plated buckles
belonging te Mr. Cox, valued at $4. He
had cvidentlv made preparations for his
flight, as all his better clothing and a few
ether valuables were neatly put up in a
small package, .10 as te bn easily carried,
while his old clothes and ether trash were
Iclt in his heavy German trunk. He ap
pears, however, te have been afraid te re
visit 3Ir. Gov's office te get his package,
and se all his effects were left behind, and
by 3Ir. Cox handed ever tt 3Irs. Wolfers Welfers
berger, who apicars te be the greatest suf
ferer. A German brewer in the employ of
3Ir. Keehh-r also loses a small .sum bor
rowed by Krug. and there arc probably
ethers in the same fix.
3Irs. Welfersberger will be remembered
by our leaders as the fortune-teller and
magician or clairvoyant, who by certain
charms in her possession claimed the
power of discovering hidden treasure, and
who, in company with a number of ether
ignorant Germans, spent several nights iu
digging at various points for an iien chest
said te be packed full of geld coins. Of
course the chest was never found, but it
was said at the time that 3Irs. W. was
liberally paid by the diggers.
Since Krug's flight there is a .suspicion
that he may be connected with a trans' of
burglars, anil may have coached them in
their operations in this city. His sup
posed geed character aud the opportuni
ties he had te make himself acquainted
with the wi-ak points of stores and dwell
ings into winch he had access as Dr.
Hcrr's servant, added te the fact that his
scholastic attainments were far above his
station lends Mime color te the suspicion.
Evidently there wa some mystery that
held him se long iu a menial relation. The
photograph of his father, mother and sis
ter, show tiiein te be above the common
run of pveple, and these he had carefully
packed e take along with him. The police
arc making inquiries for him, but as yet
have no clew te his whereabouts.
MH AM. IMITATION ROTATE?
Or shall l'rebyteri:ui Elders be -Life
rix-
tures?
The death of Plldcr Jacob Stauifer, of
the Prcsby tci iau church, this city, creat
ing an " apparent vacancy " in the elder
ship of the uhuich, and the increase in
membership of the church suggesting an
increase iu the established number of el
ders, there has been an undercurrent of
active discussion for many months in
church circles ever the election of elders,
involving the selections te be made and a
proposed change in the number aud tlieir
tenure. A congregational meeting was
held last evening te consider these .ub
jeets. After prayer aud singing Rev.
yiitchcll announced the purposes of the
meeting.
Bre. Themas C. Wiley moved that the
congregation adept the rotary system of
eldership aud that the number of ciders
be five.
By. the rotary system elders would held
their offices for three years, subject of
course te re-election or succession at the
end of that time. This system has been
adopted by soma churches and sanctioned
by the highest Presbyterian judicatories.
It has a geed many friends iu the Lan
caster church. The present ciders arc
Hen. D. W. Patterson. Dr. Jehn McCalla,
3Ir. A. 3IcKim. They held their elder
ship indefinitely.
Brether Hugh S. Gara favored proceed
ing immediately te elect under the present
system.
Elder I). W. Patterson opposed the ro
tary system in a vigorous speech, and de
precated the introduction of frequent elec
tions into the church polity. They are cal
culated te excite unwholesome contentions
and rivalries and te engender such feelings
as are evoked by primary aud civil elec
tions. Brether Themas C. Wiley held that the
Presbyterian was a democratic (with a lit
tle "d") church, and that elections for
elders were different things from primary
elections for judges,
Brether J. W. Jehnsen, anticipating and
seeking te avoid a heated comparison of
Presbyterian and primary elections moved
that the whole matter b$ deferred until