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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.
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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
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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-
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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."
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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.
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"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
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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.