V- J-" " -?,-. LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER FRIDAY DECEMBER 10, 1880. Jiancasfcr IrstfcIUgenrtT. FRIDAY EVENING, DEC. IO, 1880. The Electoral Count. It is very hard for Democratic con gressmen te receive Republican appro bation, and quite useless indeed for them te try. They are audaciously assailed new because they did net at the last ses. sien enact a law which would prevent any trouble in making the electoral ceuut.and the danger te which the coun try would have been exposed if the re sult of tin election was new dis puted is pictured in the Xew Yerk Time.-!, the leading Republi can organ, te the disparagement of the Democratic majority, in Congress ; whereas every one knows that at the last s-jssien the settlement of this matter was defeated by the opposition of the Repub lican minority in the Heuse te a measure which had passed the Senate. That measure has come up in the Heuse with the opening of the session, and is again virulently assailed by the Republican members; although it is in substance t lie very joint rule governing the counting of the electoral vote by Congress which was adopted by the lie publican Congress in 1SG5, te serve its purpose in keeping out the votes of Southern states, and which was main tained until KS75. If it had been contin ued in force until after the election of lSTc;, Tililen would have b.'en declared elected. J5y their legislation en this subject the Republicans have se clearly demonstrated their disposition te have the vote counted te .suit their existing exigency ,t hat it is net surprising that they .should new suspect the Democratic con gressmen of a similarly sinister design. These who would de evil themselves are ever ready te accuse every one else of being dually unpi'i.iciplcd. Notwith standing there is no intimation of the Democratic purpesi: te challenge Mr. Garfield's elect ion. the Republican lead ers seem te suspect it. An uneasy con science probably makes them de se. The; may knew of unlawful things done te elect Garfield, which, if uncovered before the count in ruary. may .show him te have defeated. They would hardly pose se violently their own of counting the vote, if Ihev had Feb been op plan net some knowledge of cause te fear a future disturbance of the present general acquiescence in Garfield's election. They see. in the fact that the Democrats want te deprive the vice president of the op portunity te claim the absolute power of declaring who has been elected, a purpose te dispute the admitted result : and they seek te retain the advantage they think they new have. Wc are ignorant of any cause for the distrust they feel of the seating of their candidate, although we suspect that if we knew what the Republican leaders knew, Garfield would never get his place. The vice president could never give it te him by an aibilrary assumption of a disputed power, if there was cause te challenge his election ; and the present preposition of the Democratic- majority in Congress will net lese it te him if no reason appear.-; te distrust the existing disposition te concede it. The former Republican joint rule pro vided that when objection was made le the vote of any slate, the concurrence of ImIIi houses, voting separately, should be necessary te have it count ed. Ne question could be allirm alreaily decided without a concurring vote. The proposed concurrent resolu tion provides that any objection offered shall be made in writing by at least two senators and three rcpicscntalives ; and that if no certificate is presented from a state without objection being made te it, its vote shall net be counted unless both houses, voting separately, shall agree te it : ecept but eneceililicate is presented from the stale, which shall be counted unless both houses agree te threw it out. These previsions seem fair and, se far as they differ from the former joint rule, te be an improvement en it. The osten sible reason urged for opposing their adoption is that it is beyond the power of Cengrer-s te exercise any jurisdiction ever t he vote. I f we comprehend the Re publican argninciit it is that congressmen sit as mere spectators of the physical per formance of the vice president in open ing the envelopes and reporting the tine that suits him best te the tellers, up. Perhaps, who record and add it though, we de net their position. They slippery that it is keep track of their understand are se very difficult te ideas. They suit their cii- change their ground te cumstances: ami the only thoroughly comprehensible thing about their present performance is their great desire te keep the count in the hands of their creature, the vice president, and te save it from the touch of a Democratic Congress; and their logic is lilted, as best they can de it, te their want. What His speech Confirms. Cel. A. Wilsen Xerris. who has been nominated in the slrengly Republican Sixth .senatorial district of Philadelphia, te fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senater Klliell. is a very clever and in telligent gentleman, but he exhibited a remarkable deficiency of memory in his speech accepting the nomination ; in which, after declaring that he thought it fitting te speak te his proposed constituency, " in re gard te the great legislative meas ures that may come up before the Sen ate,"" he forget le say a word about any of the important matters of local legisla tion that will be lxiferethe Senate and in which his constituents were of ceur&e particularly interested in hearing his views. The Lcilycr thinks this was a remarkable emission, and that it was equally remarkable that Cel. Xerris should speak for the Phil adelphia bosses and feel inclined and authorized and even " glad te say that these who have administered the public trusts of the city are will ing te make concessions."' There is room te doubt whether a man who can thus speak confidently of the feeling of the city bosses, and who finds nothing odd in premising " conces sions " te the people from the people's elected servants, is net a great deal tee close te the bosses and tee deeply infected with their spirit te be trusted as a people's representative in the Senate. Cel. Xerris is reported te be a slave of the Republican ring, and his speech confirms his repute. , Seme of the Republican papers affect te characterize as " unmanly "" the re ported indifference of the Democratic congressmen te Hayes's preposition te make Grant captain general as well as te the McCook bill, which proposes te put him en the retired list with the rank and pay of general. Wc trust the Demo crats in Congress are mere than indiffer ent te both these prepositions. We hope they will be active and courageous in opposition jte them and te all pro posed special legislation which has Grant as a beneficiary. He has had all lie deserves: and if he cannot support himself with dignity and comfort he merits no further benefices. The toad eaters and tuft hunters may raise him all the private purses they cheese. If he has fallen se low as te stand before the public with his hat in his hand let him have all that drops in. Rut net a dollar from the public treasury. If the Re publican politicians want te preserve him for the uses te which they put him in the last campaign that is their own concern; it is no business of th- Demo cratic Heuse. Tin: Republicans are casting about with some anxiety for a leader in the next Heuse. They seem te have nobody with the energy and dash of Blaine nor the scholarship of Garfield. The Demo cratic minority retains nearly all of these who were most distinguished in the ma jority and numbers in its ranks many strong, intellectual men, trained in com mittee service and skilled in the parlia mentary tactics that are se useful en the lloer. The Republican majority is se slender that their lack of leadership will be painfully felt, and the Democracy can take signal advantage ei their own equipment. the MINOR TOPICS. Tin: experiment of illuminating Iloesae tunnel by electricity is about te be tried, with a view of having the illumina tion made permanent if successful. Tin: executive committee of the Xew Yerk world's fair of 1S83 has derided en a site for a piece of ground of 2.10 Junes called Iuwwed. It is eleven miles from the city hall, and it will take 55 minutes te reach it from the Grand Central depot, provided the elevated railroad is extended te ii. This would make about an hour and a half from the city hall and mere from the Batlerv. A Wii.mixctex jury has act a geed ex ample by a verdict in a libel case, dis missing with costs an insurance company which had complained that Mr. Creasdale, the editor of the Ecery Ec cniny, had "in jured the geed name and fame " of the company by editorial criticisms upon its methods of business. The jury sustained Mr. Creasdalc's defense that his articles were intended te protect the public, that it is the duty of a public paper le protect the public, and that what lus wrote did in fact protect the public Skxatek Coke, of Texas, was asked if there was anv truth in the statement tha t there was a scheme en feet te divide Texas into four states, and thus add six Democrats te the Senate. The senator re plied very emphatically, " Xe, sir, there will be no division of Texas." He said that the people of Texas are almost unani mously opposed te any division. Xe man could be elected ie office in any comity of the state en a platform favoring a division and the Democrats are all in favor of the continued unity of the state. PERSONAL. Mesuv has written that he will certain ly return te this country about the 1st of February next. Mr. G 1:01:01: Meimmman and wife, of Litchfield, Conn , celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of their marriage n fhe 150th ult. Congressmen elect Fakweij, of Chicago, his sued lhe Chicago Xew for S30.000 damages. He charges that it libeled him during the last campaign. Hayes. Secretary of War Ramsey, General Sherman and ether distinguished person were the guests of General Rennnr Pattekmix. of Philadelphia, yesterday, at a dinner given te the Farmers' dub, of which he is a member. Cel. James Dully was there. Mr. James R. Kkexk. who has recently thoroughly identified himself with the turf by establishing first-class racing stables at. hemeand abroad md purchasing a quar ter interest in Jereme park at a round figure, has met a great less in the death of the famous sire, " Blue Gewn," the only winnerefth.e Dei by ever purchased te be important te America, and for which Mr. Kecnc pait $20,000. Lewis Baiibek was the most popular negre preacher in Georgia. He had a cir cuit of four congregations, with a member ship of e,000 persons, ever whom his sway was absolute in both temporal and spirit ual affairs. He died several months age. Over the pulpit of his church in Lee county an cfiigy of cloth and straw, blackened wiiu snareeai, nas iieen placed te repre sent the dead pastor. This rude image is regarded with awe by the negrees, some of whom are said te bow before it in wor ship. STAT3 ITEMS. Cel. Chapman Biddlc, a member of the Philadelphia bar, died last evening of an affection of the chest. A brakeman named Ceylo was run ever and killed by a train at C.itasauqua. en the Lehigh Valley railroad. They say Harry Oliver of Pittsburg will take off his coat and run for Tinted States senatership. The Montgomery comity Republican committee instruct the newly elected legislators for Grew for I'nited States scuster. An explosion at the Union lime works, corner of Nineteenth and Lincoln streets, Chicago, Resulted in the killing of one man and fatally wounding of another. The dead man, whose name is Jehn Maugh. was engaged in the "pump house " mak ing cartridges for blasting purposes when the powder keg exploded, killing him in stantly and dangerously wounding Walter iiau. windows or houses within two blocks of the accident were shattered by the shock. FitOai TKXAS. TJie Vnice of a Hopeful Weman. Office of J tins C. Heiierts. ) JJnExose, Robertsen Ce.,Tex., Nev. 29.1SS0. $ Steintaan & Hensel, Lancaster, Pa. : Inclesed find $2) subscription in advance for thcIxTELUGESCEi:. I am a little slew, as usual, but delayed awhile te see your " editorial" after the election. My idea is you did uet learn all " The Lessens of the Battle." Yeu missed a paragraph or two. We (old-fashioned states rights Democrats) arc net the least terrified, and a: c glad that you are disposed te rid the party of ail such innovators as Hill of Georgia. The preservation of a constitutional government rests with the solid Democ racy of the ichele country. The Seuth will net, and cannot be di vided Let the Northern Democracy keep guard hat for the next four years, and the Republican party will fall by the freight of its own abominations. Fer twenty long years the Northern De mocracy, under the most trying circum stances, under the most powerful fabrica tions of falsehoods ; operated against by the money of the nation, and cheated by the lying villainy of pretended philanthro pist?, have continued without profit or reward in the path of duty and of right. What a glorious picture for the schoolboy of te-day. There is a geed time coming and wc will await the Intelmeencei: te herald the glad tidings. Geed wishes, M. L. W- ReitF.irrs. DAN IIKVAXT'S 1U7.VT1U Al'TUUKAI'lt. Tim Tall El:n Tree wlucli 111m Friends lie- gartl as 111 Monument. Of the many thousand pedestrians who daily pass up and down Broadway, prob ably lew have cast mere than a cursory glancc at the tall elm standing at the corner of Washington place, near the Xew Yerk hotel. But the old tree is an object of peculiar interest te theatrical men On it in strangely distorted characters is the name of Dan Bryant, carved by the favor ite comedian many years age. It would only be noticed in a close inspection. Tin: Dan and B are comparatively distinct, but the remainder of the name is ' almost entirely illegible. Yesterday t morning, as Teny Paster was ( walking down Broadway with ''Ad' 1 Ryman, he stepped te point out te his friend the rustic inscription, ami quite a i crowd gathered about as Mr. Paster told its history. One summer afternoon about seventeen or eighteen years age, I Dan Bryant, with Xelsc Seymour, Eph j Hern, and Geerge Christy, were taking I their usual walk up Broadway from j Broeme te Fourteenth street, at the time ' the fasienable promenade, when they met at Washington place several acquaintances. They steed for a while en the comer, and as they chatted Bryant cut his name in I the tree, which was then quite small. The I letters retained their shape as the tree j grew in size. Bryant seemed te have a I strong feeling for it, and the spot became ; a favorite rendezvous for his friends en 1 pleasant afternoons. New that he has passed away it is regarded by his pre- ' Sessienal associates as a sort of monument i te him. lnt'.cpeiulent View of Campaign Stories. i Natien. As te the morality of campaign stories, dodges and devices, we held that there is , but one morality for betli parties, and I tiiat a Republican lie or frauds calls for i precisely the same quantity and quality of , reprobation as a Democratic one. We have ' therefore, especially since Mr. Hewitt ap peared en the scene as an awful cxamplu ; of Democratic depravity, been pained by i . the recollection of the calm with which I ! en- Grant's campaign story about Gen. Hancock was received bv Republican ! I novelists. ! Although, as plainly appears from the Hewitt case, full te the neck of virtuous wrath, they had net one word of indignant remonstrance for a charge against General Hancock of ellicial complicity in a mon strous fraud, told with the utmost calm and minuteness, and given in a revised form te a Methodist minister for circula tion through the religious press. There was no truth in it. It was false and sland erous from begiuing te end. It came from a man in high position. It was intended te deprive Gen. Hancock of votes he would otherwise have received. It imputed te him, net defensible economical opinien.1;, but absolute criminality in one of its worst forms. Wc de net knew te this hour, however, what our Republican contempo raries thought of it. Was it het, under the Davis ruling, something in the nature of "an appalling crime,'" a "national crime," and a "war en the safety and sanctity of popular government:"' Xew, don't put en that far, uninterested leek, brethren, which is se apt te steal ever your countenance when your attention is called te Republican sins. Keep up the stern Reman expres sion which you wear when you arc watch ing the Democratic villains, and let us have a judgment en the little campaign story above mentioned, commonly known as the " Fowler Story," which made Gen. Hancock a partner in a conspiracy for the issue of fraudulent bends in Louisiana. (iarficlil'K Silly Gush. Natien. When one reads Gen. Garfield's speech te the Ohie presidential electors one can not help rejoicing that the time for elec tion oratory lias gene by. The ethical no tions he produced en this occasion were of the most extraordinary kind. IIu laid it down, among ether things, that the duty i imposed en the presidential elector te vote ', for the man designated by the party for ! the presidency, was "the most solemn ob ligation of obedience which can be con ceived, except that which the Ged of the universe might impose en him." "The Ged of the universe' has, how ever, imposed en the presidential electors already certain obligations with which the commands of Gen. Garfield's " august sovereign" and " omnipotent sovereign," the majority of the American peeplc.misrht conflict, and in laying down the moral law of their business it would have been .. - -.... .--' well te lake notice of this notorious act. The " august sovereign," for instance, cannot authorize anybody te carry out a fraud, and yet he might readily he led te try te de se. Later in the same discourse General Garfield talks of this "great political sov ereign having laid his commands upon him, and of his being bound by his will and his great inspiration and purpose, as he could be by any consideration that this earth can impose upon any human being." Wc arc net sure that we knew what this means, but every one must regret the growing tendency of which it is an illus tration te import into American politics the terms of abatement in which the sub jects of Oriental despots have from time immemorial described their relations te their political ruler. iogeoa can come te any community from any mau's thinking of himself or talking of himself as the subject creature which Gen. Garfield here describes him self. It is, however, made somewhat ludicrous by the fact that if 12,000 voters in New Yerk had voted the ether wav Gen. G.ii field s" august sovereign" and "omnipo tent sovereign " would have " laid his com mands" en another man, and would have refused te employ the general in any place of trust, and the latter would have been described in the newspapers as a mis- guided and unfortunate person, who was suffering the consequence of his own follies. Slaughter or the Innocents. Baltimore Gazette. Public attention has been directed-te the deplorable condition of child-labor in the Massachusetts factories through the me dium of an exhaustive article from the pen of Emma B. Brown in the December At lantic, and it the statements set forth are strictly accurate, as there is every reason te believe they are, the statesmen ami philanthropists of the old Bay state might find some desirable occupation in mitigating the condition of a help less class, instead of concerning them selves about the rest of mankind. Massa chusetts take an especial pride in her ed ucational and reformatory institutions, and yet the developments that hare just come te light disclose a condition of affairs among her laboring classes that calls with painful vividness the scenes of wretched ness among the English laboring classes in by-gene days. While the "philanthepists" of Massachusetts have been worrying their brains ever affairs in which they were in no way concerned they have permitted nay even encouraged an evil which has grown up among themselves until it has assumed proportions of such magnitude that a bare recital of the details is sufficient te send a thrill of horror ever the entire country. In the manufacturing districts of England it is well known that the overworking of young children in factories produced a pale, stunted and ticket v race of people within tluec generations and Mrs. Brown declares that the same horrible process is being re peated in Massachusetts, and unless a remedy is quickly provided the melancholy evils will have been firmly established in the manufacturing districts of Xew Eng landevils which it. has been found im possible te remove in old England even with the aid of the most rigorous legisla tion. The statistics gathered by Mrs. Brown from official statements are of the most sickening and startling nature. She discovered that these are 25,000 children in Massachusetts between the ages of five and seventeen who have never been te any school ! In one of the factories the first child encountered by the inspector was under 10 years of age ; and in fact child labor seems te have become a part of the industrial system of Massachusetts. The struggle for existence among the factory people appears te be simply terrible and the fact that this baby-labor should be em ployed by Massachusetts capitalists in order te enable them te earn big dividends en watered stock is a burning disgrace te the boasted civilization of the Xew England people. Figures show that 44 per cent, of the laboring classes et .Massachusetts are children between the ages of 5 and 13 children who should be in the schools. The fact that there arc stringent laws en the subject of infant labor in the state ren ders the fact of their illegal employment even mere disgraceful, and it appears that the terrible evil can only be corrected by the creation of a strong public sentiment that will impose upon the employers of these innocents the extreme legal penal tics. The absolute necessity for some sueh course will be the mere readily understood when wc mention the fact that out of 100 factories only two were found that coin plied with the previsions of the law. Aside from the humanitarian aspect of the case there is another serious evil growing out of it. The employment of this army of infants at cheap wages has overcrowded the factories and cheapened adult labor te a starvation point Until the Xew England people remedy this crying evil let her statesmen and philau -threpists cease prating about ignorance and inhumanity in the Seuth. They can find plenty of profitable employment at their own doers employment that, if properly directed, will remove from the factories the curse of child-labor that year by year destroying morally and phys ically a large class of helpless persons. A JUODKKN I.i;i:itKAi:!. lie DrenriiK Ills Wives In :- Caircne Well? Gaire has' been phmiied into profound consternation by the discovery of an ap palling crime or rather, series of crimes perpetrated by a religious recluse, Sheikh Hamunda Benin, hitherto enjoy ing a high reputation for sanctity, and even popularly credited with supernat ural powers of extraordinary efficacious ness in the way of curing female patients by holy spells, imparted te him by the prophet. Women were went te make pilgrimages from all parts of Lewer Egypt te the house of this supposed saint, in order te solicit his intercession with Allah m their behalf. About three weeks age the wife of an Egyptian officer betook herself te the sheikh's residence for this purpose. When, however, several hours had elapsed without anything hav ing been heard or seen of her since she entered Hamnda's doers, her husband ap plied te the Caire police for assistance te discover her whereabouts, and a rigid search was forthwith instituted in the holy man's domicile. Te the horror of the unfortunate officer, his wife's body was found, with several ether female corpses, thrust into a huge cistern standing in the Sheikh's garden. The cistern, in fact, was brimfull of mur dered woman. Ilamuda Bcrda, arrested en the spot and ceuvcyed te prison, sub sequently confessed tothe cadi that it had been his practice for some time past, when ever consulted by a female pesseiscd of rich jewels or ether poi table property of value, te invite his visitor te take a turn with him in the garden, where lie would proceed le strangle her, despoil her re mains and fling them into his cistern. Egyptian .justice has probably made an ex ample of this saintly personage by hang ing him up in front of his own house deer. ' im:nsiexiu grant. Seinc Sellil Reasons .Aair.st J I I'hilnlelphia Evening Telegraph, Ren. When Congress, during President urant s first, term, increased the salary of the executive from twenty-live te lifty thousand dollars a year, the country had geed reason te believe that enough might be saved from the aggregate sum te enable the incumbent of the presidential efiice te provide for his future ; and it is declared by a leading member of Congress, who knows whereof he speaks, that the presidents " all save a geed deal of money, and if the salary were te be again doubled they would save the additional pay, for the style of living and entertainment at the White Heuse lias net improved in the least since the the presi dential salary was raised from $23,000 te $50,000." There would be nothing heard of this pensioning of ex-presidents if the extravagance and snobbishness beget by the war had net found its way into the White Heuse as well as into ether houses. It is net at all a spirit that is te be encouraged, for it. is net at all a demo cratic spirit, but the very reverse of it. Xe one is forced fejacccpt the eflice of president of the United States, it is net an office that gees a-begging, even if cx- :.?....- ,i.. 1 :. ..-:n ....- l... c. . JflUSUIUilLTI Ur, Ulll lb IV 111 llllb U13 lUlUtlVII tint no one ever leugut mere desperately for it than "the efdest living cx-prcsf-denfdid. Ne one sacrifices anything in taking it, and therefore iu leaving it, at the end of a foreknown time, he has no rigid or excuse whatever te demand that lie shall he given a pension, ei a life-seuaterhip, or a state-senator- ship, or that he is justified in passing around his hat for shekels iu order th it he maj-, as long as he lives, by pursuit of pleasure and indulgence in luxury, sup port the dignity of an ex-president. Wash ington, Jeffersen and ether cx-presidents found no difficulty insuppesting their dig nity after their retirement as tillers of the soil. They had the real dignity in them- selves and did net depend upon the sham dignity of display which money gives te sustain them. The whole suggestion of pensioning our civil servants is wrong, because it is un democratic ; it is altogether at war with the spirit of our institutions; and it is strong evidence te the excellent seusc and propriety of the country that it has tin far received with manifest disfavor a ms all prepositions te pension in an eldest living ex-prcsidenr." i . way "the LATEST NEWS BY MAIL. The American coffee failures have net; affected the trade in Londen. The billiard match in Paris betwecu Yig nanx and Slossen has been postponed te December 20. Geerge Allcu, aged 19 years, fell through an elevated hatchway in Baltimore yester day and received fatal injuries. The Theatre Cemique in St. Leuis had a $12,000 fire yesterday. Springfield. Mass. suffered a $100,000 fire yesterday. Yesterday a woman m Marquette, Wis., in a fit of temporary insanity cut off her babe's head and then committed suicide. Four hundred persons have been thrown out of employment by the burning of the Broekfiehl cotton mill at Stockpeit, Eng land. A Louden dispatch sajs : The bark Ilea at Bremen from Philadelphia, before re ported en fire, has been burned te the water's edge. Traffic was suspended en the Richmond & Danville railroad and Piedmont air line yesterday by the burning of the Banister river bridge. Alabama Cadmus, aged 40 yeais, was fatally injured by being run ever by a wagon leaded with lumber at Bergen Point, Xew Jersey. Emma Gciglin, a little girl, was burned te death by her clothes catching fire from a stove, while playing with ether children in Baltimore, yesterday afternoon. At Silver Clill" en Wednesday night lire destroyed tha Colerado hotel, Colerado restaurant, and two small adjoining build ings. Less, $10,000 te $15,000 : insurance $1,800. Aliee Baker, colored, was assassinated en a farm a mile and a half from Xavasta, Tex. Frank Marshall, her paramour, was arrested and committed te jail without bail. At Petersburg, Ya., W. A. Tretter charged with the murder of Claiborne Jehn son, was found guilty of voluntary man slaughter and sentenced te eighteen months' imprisonment in the penitentiary. There is much anxiety in Gloucester, Massachusetts, for the safety of seven ves sels of the Banks fishing fleet, exposed te the terrible November gales. Four of the vessels have been absent six weeks, and should have returned te Gloucester. A fn-p at Custer City, D. T.. destroyed the principal hotel, store and postefiice. Less, $1,000. The surrounding buildings were greatly damaged. Six incendiary fires have been discovered and extinguish ed iu the city during the past fortnight. There seems te be a determined effort ie destroy the town. Nicholas Ferd, Rcpublican-Greenbackcr ( from Missouri, has received a certificate of ' election as a member of the next Congress. ; The vete as announced by the secretary of ! state shows 21,770 for Ferd and 21,763 for j craig, licmecrat, giving tiie lermcr a ma jority of two votes. The four o'clock express train from New Yerk struck Mr. Theodere Daven port's carriage at a crossing in Slamfeid, Conn., instantly killing Miss Harriet Davenport, a young lady about seventeen years of age, and sevcrly injuring Mr. Davenport and the daughter ei the Rev. J. W. Hyde. Captain Tcrcnseu. of the bark Sverre. ; reports that en October le, latitude 34:20, longitude 12:83 west, he fell in with the brig Maria 3Iontre.se, which had been abandoned, lie went close te her but owing te the fearful stench that came from her he did net beard her. He hailed scv- ; eral times, but there was no reply. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. JIT. JOY SKffS. Our Regular Ilareuli CisrrKinmlcnca. On Tuesday evening, while Nehcmiah Haines and Samuel Warner, two young men of this place, were driving in a buggy close by the railroad near Rohrerstown, the horse took fright at escaping steam from a locomotive and ran off. The top of the buggy was damaged and the jeimg men sustained slight internal injuries. Tlsc horse was caught after running a short distance. Dr. 31. K. Bewers, of Spriugville, was surprised en Wednesday evening by a party of fifteen couples. The guests were from surrounding towns and a real merry time was enjoyed by all. On Wednesday night Dr. A. 31. Hiestand was called te attend a seven-year-old seu of Benjamau Geedman's, Raphe town ship. The boy suffered intensely, and be fore morning died of epilepsy. The ice en Snyder's dam measures live iuches and the ice-dealers arc making preparation te cut it. The boys having a geed time at skating. .,..,. I "i- Jehn S. Xisslcy of Raphe, sold his crop of tobacco at 27, 10 and 5 cents per pound. Valuable Fancy Stock. One of the most important sales of thor oughbred stock ever held in Ids country was made yesterday at the bazaar of Al fred 31. Iferkncss & Ce., i.nth and S. in- ! sem streets, Philadelphia, when the I .It lleni t of Guernsey and Jersey cow.-, heifers and buffs imported by Samuel C. Kent, of West Greve, Chester county, was disposed of. The sale was largely attended by stock breeders from different parts of the country and remarkably geed prices were realized. The bidding was spirited and i but three hours were occupied in disposing I of seventy head, aggregating the sum of $20,000, 31. i. Greider, of 31 1. Jey, this hceunty, paid $143 for Pride's daughter, three months old, Orange r awn. Among these in attendance at the sale were James Yeung, Celin Cameren, 31. L. Greider, I). 31. Eycr, S. S. Spencer ami Cel. James Duffy. Vending aiilk. Before Alderman 3IcConeniy heard the case of Jehn Anlhenv. : was mill: dealer en the Petersburg turnpike, a short distance north el this city, who was charged, en oath of Daniel Fegley, with vending milk in violation of the act of As sembly of 3Iay 25, 187S, which provides that all milk venders must place conspicu ously upon their wagons their names, the name of their dairy and the locality at which the milk is produced, under a pen alty of net less than $10, or, in lieu of payment, imprisonment of net less than eight days. 3Ir. Antheny plead ignor ance of the law, and as his is the first case ever brought before a magistrate in this city (and perhaps the first in the state), and as he is about relinquishing the busi ness, the caac was net pressed, ami In? was discharged en payment of costs. Current Notes. Court adjourned at an early hour yester day afternoon for want of business! The jury in the neglect of duty case, which was the last one held, was discharged after the sudden termination of tl-e case. Te morrow morning court will meet at 10 o'clock for the purpose of sentencing several parties and the transaction of cur lent business. On .Monday, December 20th. the regular week of argument court will commence. The fiisj court after thrtt will be the January quai ter sesiens, which will com mence en the third 3Iend,iy iu January. Four or five weeks of ommen pleas will then fellow. ANOTHER SENIOR ORATION. L'ili: FRKEDOM OFTHEl-KESS. Ky.. I. Sjcumldr, Glas-s of "SI. F. t. 31. Vel limV.t, Clas of 'SI, F. &. M. The age of the Crusades had but recently passed away, when Europe began te emerge from the darkness, ignorance and superstition of the Middle Ages. Tyrants, who for years had ruled with reds of iron, and knew no laws ether than these cuferc ed by themselves, found their power weak ening slowly yet most fatallv. On the ether hand, these who never knew aught else than te obey the voice of their oppressors, seemed te be imbued with new life, new passions and new dc shes ; uet such as tend te plunge human ity into deeper degradation, but te lift it up, ennoble it and place it in its proper sphere. AVithhi a space of fifty years changes occurred tiiat a few years before seemed net only improbable but impossible. New lauds weie discovered, new theories pro mulgated and new inventions produced. The papal power received a blew from which it never recovered monarchs no lengei plead for pardon at its throne nor (beaded its sentence of excommunication ; patriotism and the love of liberty went hand in hand, v.hile civilization and com merce received a new birth and grew as only sueh powers can grew after having Iain dormant for many years. Among the many important inventions of this period none can claim a greater prominence than that of printing. In its simple forms this art is known te have been practiced by various nations from re mote antiquity, but all efforts te trace it te its earliest use have proved fruitless. That the Assyrians and Egyptians were familiar with some rude method whereby they im pressed their bricks with strange' and curious characters has been shown by ruins that have been unearthed from time te time. Later wc find Reman inscrip tions mere perfect and bearing a mere .striking resemblance te printing ; thus step by step there appears te have been a gradual preparation for the completion of the art as it is known te us. Considering the amount of labor required by the ancients iu copying their books by pen or brush, it has been a matter of no little surprise that they should have approached no nearer te printing with movable type before the middle of the fif teenth century. The time and place of the invention of this art is net detinitely known ; however, the claims of Jehn Guten berg are most generally recognized. In 143S he is known te have had in possession printing material, a press.and as is claimed by some, movable type : but it is net before the year 1450 that any werksarc identified as coming from his press. With the revival of letters, the demand for literature steadily increased. The news letter seen gave way te the news bal lad, which was sung or recited in public, then followed the news pamphlet and final ly the newspaper. Tlie first newspaper published iu the United States was issued at Bosten iu the fall of the year 1G90. It at once attracted the attention of the Lcgislature.and en ac count of its containing "reflection of a very high nature," as they thought, a sec ond copy failed te appear. But such a suppression of news litcra- iurc, the suppression of a means of knowl knewl I edge, was net destined te continue many i years ;seen ether papers sprang up and the j freedom of the press was insured by that no clause in our constitution which says I ' Congress shall make no law abridging l the freedom of speech or of the press." j Yes, ours is a free press, free te defend the j people against all iisurxatien by these in ' authority, and free te demand that both ' people and rulers continue true te their country and te the law. The newspaper net only represents the i thought of the people, but appears for or against them as defendant, accuser, judge j or jury, as the case may demand. The ; power that it wields and the influence that ! it holds can only be estimated when we , consider hew destitute wc would be with ! out it. , If, then, our press bears such a vital rc- lat ion te the welfare of our people, should I it net be held subject te certain laws of j equity and be restrained or condemned whenever it oversteps its bounds '.' Seme one has said. "Whateverwe would dolor our country must be done for the people." Especially is this true under a republi can form of government ; net only de the people make the laws, but it is for them te see that they arc duly carried out. If the press speaks for the people it is essentia! that it utter nothing but what shall be for their best interests and truthfully repre sents their views. But hew far has it re mained true te its vocation ? Let us examine it in a few points and see whether it can bear the test of a close scru tiny ! Fer an intelligent person te pick up a copy of many of our leading dailies, es pecially of the se-called organs during the heat of a campaign and carefully j read their contents, he "is at once led te ! suppose that our country is in imminent danger of being ruined and seen te he numbered among the nations of the nast. -v- ...... V. ... .lnee eniy is tins tlie case with the organs ei one political party, but most sadly true of both. Te expect a true statement of the con dition ei our government from party organs at such a trine is te indulge in a hope as vain as it is hopeless. Each party feels it te be its solemn duty te outrival the ether as far as possible in wild anil idiotic ;n-t; clcs. Tritf.t!iie ij nnt lm ..,c n.;tl. ..II -- , w..... .. .ifu ..aiv. wwi. tffii.it ,411 t!l! KOlMll.'il-lircve lint tin. IYt- !,.,. ......! v...... ..u...., .iiw bi.i. iv bii.iv nitiiiii as exceptions are of but little conseeuence u; opposition te the majority that have seemingly lest their power of reasoning. Can such a press tend te educate or elevate a people? Again, it has become the duty, for duty it seems, of many of our papers te bring before their readers crime in its most re pulsive forms, net simply te note it in a general way, but te devote whole columns in minutely describing the most repulsive and bleed curdling deeds, such headings as "A Chapter of Crimes," "A Galaxy of Horrible Tragedies," are of common oc ec cunence, and the mere startling the head lines arc made the mere salable becomes the paper. Of such a character is much of the edu cation that is imparted te tiie people of our land and especially te the youth. Its degrading influence can already be seen and felt, but when the rising genera tien snail nave a voice in the governing of our religious as well as political affairs, the fruits of such a sewing of dragon's teeth will be then most sadly reaped. c (ie net ask nortle we think it would be well for the secular press te assume the garb of religion and thereby attempt te remedy the evil ; what we de ask and what should be required is that it held the moral law as most sacred and be ever ready te point the linger of scorn at such journals as refuse te observe it. Se long as the education of morals gees hand in hand with that of the intellect, our government will remain stable, and se long as the press continues faithful, the people will receive such an education. That the press of our land is te a great ex tent accountable for the stability of our government is a truth no longer questioned; when it becomes corrupt, when it becomes the tool of partisan and trickster, then will our country be in dangeref a disgrace ful disunion. While the people remain virtuous and intelligent, while they clearly understand and honestly decree justice, our laws will commend themselves, but should they be come ignorant and their decisions be the dictates of passion and prejudice, rather than of reason and right, that moment are our liberties at an end, and glad te escape from the mad despotism of millions, wc will flee te the despotism of one. hepim ci v enuirencd there. Should the time te try men's souls ever come again, our reliance under Ged must be in thecharacter of our citizens ; if they are men whose besoms swell with the dig nity and pride of freemen, and who be lieve that there is a just Gcd who over rules all nations, then can we hope for a successful contest with the nations embat tied against us, but should such a free man's pride be wanting and the people be without a Ged, then will the fate of our nation be sealed. " Then will the world's last hope be extinguished." Infidelity will pour forth its miasma, and darkness again breed ever our much beloved land. i TllK 1MCAM.V -MissCIiarlette Thompson iu Tlie i'lauter's WUe." Last evening 3Iiss Charlette Thompson and her company appeared at the opera house in the comedy drama of "The Plan ter's Wife," the audience being a small one. The general character of 3Iiss rhompsen's acting is familiar te play goers in this city, where she has appeared en former occasions. Her performance last evening indicated that she retains the full measure of the power which has len since given her a by no means iticenspic" ueus position iu the ranks of the emotional school of actresses. Te this class she be longs, and ' The Planters' Wife " is a play adapted for the development of her talents. It deals with the misfor tunes and persecutions of a pure and in nocent woman, thrown upon the cold charcty of the world, where she is made the victim of cruel buffeting?, tossed by varying winds, encompassed about by suspicious that arc ground less and which yet appear supported by the most indubitable evidence, but from all of which she emerges in the bright sun light of vindicated innocence, uuassailcd honor and perfect happiness. The scene of the play, as indicated by the title, is in the Seuth ami flic time is during the pro gress of ths war. Whilst there is no es pecial force in its construction or develop ment, there are a number of clever situa tions through which runs a clearly de fined narrative, and there is a blending of humor ami pathos that serve te enlist the sympathy of the audience. The company gave an intelligent and satisfactory inter pretation of the work. 3Iiss Thompson iu the role of Edith Gray, the victim of mis representation, treachery and deecit, was striking ami effective, bringing te bcar upon the part much of the emo tional power that has wen her reputation. Miss Rese Kecne,as Anyie Gor Ger Gor eon, was an altogether interesting little beauty anil curried of a geed share of the honors of the evening by her rendition of the character of an exceedingly juve nile coquette. 3Iiss Ethel Grcybroekc, in the role of Deru Gruhtin, was. satisfactory in every particular, and the gentlemen of the cast, 3Icssrs. Dennis, Craig, Murray and Stephen.", each furnished an intelligent rendition of his part, the last named being very amus ing as Simeon Sincec, the bashful lever. OUlt C'LUUH. Smiety Seriiiliy, Sclentlllcally ami Studious, ly Inclined. The "Thursday club," a social organiza tion which was organized quite success fully in Lancaster society last winter and had a brillant season of dramatic enter tainments, masquerades, &c., reorganized under the old rules and forms last evening by the election of officers as fellows : Pres ident, 3Irs. Blackwood ; vice president, 3Ir. A. J. Steinman ; secretary, 3Iiss Bell ; treasurer, 3Ir. Rupley ; executive commit tee, 3Iiss Shreder and 3Iiss Bessie Hager, 3Ir. 3Iusserand 3Ir. Hensel. The active membership of the club was increased te hlty-hve. The Gridiron cooking club, which was composed of a dozen young ladies of the city, associated te perfect themselves in cuisine arts, will also be reergaized fertius winter. As previously noticed the Schiller Verein, German class, under instruction from Prof. Jehn S. Stahr of the college, are reading Goethe's "Iphigcnie" this winter. The Cliosephin society, numbering fifty or sixty members, are engaged this winter in the consideration of social topics. This club meets every alternate Friday evening and after the reading of the paper it is dis cussed. The course was opened by the presi dent, Rev. Dr. Thes. G. Apple, in a paper outlining the winter course. Dr. Gcrhart at the last meeting read a paper en "The relation of the state te public morality," and at the next meeting 3Ir. Adams will treat the topic, "The sphere of woman outside the family. Besides these we have from time te time recorded the proceedings of the Star and Plant and the 3IicroscepIcal societies, en gaged iu the popular and exhaustive study of scientific subjects. A party at the Stevens house is ie be held during the week betwecu Christmas and Xew Year, and elaborate preparations are being made for a brilliant social event. The whole series of diversions speaks well for Lancaster society, and indicates a degree of social and intellectual activity that marks a bread and refining develop ment. XKH.HBOKUOOI) NKWS. Event Acrusn the County Line. Dr. Edwanl S. Jaskcen, a young physi cian or West Chester, and who has made the eye one of tiie leading studies of his profession, has been fur some time exam ining the eyes of the children at West Chester high school. He generally ex amines three patients a day, at neon, mak ing careiui tests as te tlieirstght, near and lar, tlie capacity te distinguish colors, etc. Fer the use of the ophthalmoscope, a roen room is darkened, anil the made quite thorough. examinations arc Reading will have rrem 200 te 300 strangers the latter part of next week. The state firemen's convention which will meet in the Grand opera house Dee. lfc and 17 will be a large representative body of men throughout the state devoted te fire interests. Seme 80 companies have already reported as having elected dele gates, and ever 30 mere are expected te come. Tlie residents of Brooklyn addition in Birdsboro are excited by the appearance nightly of a ghost in that immediate vi cinity. The apparition has several times confronted travelers at night, and though the bravest of them have attempted te strike up a conversation with his ghost ship, they fail te elicit any reply te their questions. The ghost has the appearance of a man and inhabits a cornfield near at hand, walking into the shocks without in the least disturbing their arrangement and without making a particle of noise. Ulg I'riccs Ter Ileal Estate. On Thursday, December 9, 1880, H. F. Rewe, auctioneer, sold for Jehn N. Bru baker, administrator of David Brubakcr, late of East Hcmpfield township, this county, deceased, a piece of land situate in said township, 2 miles west of the city Lancaster, en the Columbia turnpike, con taining 18 acres and 137 perches, with im provements, te Adeline Brubakcr, for $30(5 per acre. X'e. 2. a tract of laud ad joining the above, containing 41 acres and 123 perches, with improvements, te Eliza beth Kready for $300 per acre. Ne. 3, a tract of land adjoining the above, contain ing 18 acres and 43 perches, with improve ments, te Emanuel Livingood for $357 per acre. The whole tract containing 70 acres and 10 perches amounting te $27,501.11 The Weather. The temperature yesterday morning in this city was from 7 te 10 degrees abbve zero net below zero, as printed. This morning it was one or two degrees higher.
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