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LANCASTER DAILY lSTELLIGEJSCEft, TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1881.
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TUESDAY EVENING. JAN. 25, 1881.
'e Union.
The names said te have bc-en present
ed te the caucus Republicans at Han is
burg by the anti-caucus element of the
part' de net indicate that the latter aie
very anxious te come te an agreement
with he Oliver people or te have the
regulars come te them. Fer they could
net have proffered any one of these
names in the hope that it would be ac
cepted, saving perhaps that of Wayne
MacVeagh, who is only acceptable te the
Cameren iieeple en personal and r amily
grounds. Mr. "Wolfe and Mr. Stewart
as principal facteis in the present legis
lative revolt, and both being men of
greater positive force than Grew, would
naturally be mere objectionable te Cam Cam
eeon and his friends than Grew himself.
It is net likely that Oliver and his Pitts
burgh delegation would consent te the
choice of any ether Pittsburgher, least
of all te thai of two men whose
fiit-nds have Kept up a constant
their tear during the pending
gle. The suggestion of Mr.
ten's name is comical. He
lire in
strug-
Whai-
is a
rich Philadelphia!!, owner of the
nickel mines of this county, out of which
he makes a large fortune because he has
large governmental pietecticn. He is a
party tyrant and enforces his political
opinions with iron will. He has no .sen
atorial qualities that Mr. Oliver does net
possess in as gt eat degree, and the sug
gestion of his name by these who are op
posing Mr. Oliver is, we lepeat, comical.
This show of a conciliatory spirit by
the Grew forces is instructive te the
Democrats. It will sei ve te inform them
what foundation there is for icasenable
expectation of a union between the op
posing elements in the Republican party.
It might reasonably be followed by the
offer of the legulais te unite with their
opponents in electing the elder Cam Cam
eeon. Ilejt or (Juay. The outcome
of -all siich negotiations can confi
dently be pu dieted in advance. The
dead-lock thin far lias manifestly net
induced a kindly tooling between the
factions. Each is afraid of being
cheated in ae.ting any man offered by
the ether, and ti.sless the Grew feices
can be entrapped into submitting a very
different let of names, no Republican
8jiiaer will be elected by Republican
Veles.
.Se long as this probability continue we
S31 no embar.issment environing the
D"inecratic members of the Legislature.
The best they could ever nope te have ac
complished is te prevent the election ei
a Republican. They are doing veiy well
. te de that. Tiie Philadelphia Times
seems te think it is their duty te elect a
Republican, and that if certain Demo
cratic leaders de net de what is right te
be done in these premises tnev are
"mere boys te be spanked and kicked
about by the leaders of Republican fac
tions' The value te be attached te the
T ,". suggestion would Iv mere mani
fest if it would plainly avow what in its
view is "light te de" en the pait of the
Democrats at this junetuse. There
is a suspicion abroad that its
editor wants Olivi r elected by Demo
cratic votes and the Republican machine,
almost kicked te pieces by Republican
kickers, reconstructed by Democratic ma
chinists. The Democratic leadeis who
lend thenrselvc te this wen; would cer
tainly be putting themselves into the
hands et Republican foclienists te be
kicked and spanked. Thus far the De
mocracy have been enjoying the kicking
and spanking because the Republicans
have been gi ing it te each ether. We
prefer that it should ? en in that way .
since the Legislature has te meet en
Monday and Saturday, the Philadelphia
member needs te travel sometimes by
night .and the parlor car and sleeping car
companies will please take notice of this
lamentable state of affairs and of the
Honorable Mr. Souder's little bill;for the
relief of the oppressed public.
m
GennAM, a notorious Republican
manager, has come en te Harrisburg
from Washington te help te elect Oliver.
Simultaneously it is given out that
Mahone will net act with the Re
publicans nor help them te organize
the Senate. Mr. Gerham's plausible elo
quence is doubtless te be invoked te per
suade the Democratic members that
there is no danger in the election of a
Republican of the opposition organizing
the Senate. Mr. Gerham has a nice par
lor but the Democrats will net likely
walk into it.
Simex Cameren has postponed his
Southern trip until after the senatorial
election. When lightning is striking
around anywhere the wise m.in taketh
net in his red.
MINOR TOPICS.
SENATOK-ELnCT PlIir.ETUS Sawyek is
said te be the i idlest man in Wisconsin ;
Fair is the richest man in Nev.'da; Brown
elected this winter, the richest man in
Georgia, and Miller, of Califen.ia, is an
other rich man, lepresentinga coiperation
constantly inteiested in legislation.
3iiiulcip.il Reform.
We have net much s mpa hy with that
class of municipal lefermeis who will net
vote a geed Demeei at ic ticket against a
straight-out machine made and ling
maiked Republican ticket, and we have
never thought their view-, entitled te
much defeienee. Rut time is an ele
ment of the Republican paity in Phila
delphia that is entitled te some consid
eration bv the De-iii it-iacv of that cit
Without whose aid the Dtmcciacj can I
accomplish little, and who-e as-isfance
they can receive in a .sincere contest for
municipal reform in which the Demo
crats have the Jitter candidates. We le le
ferte the Republicans whose votes elect
ed and ie-elect-d Mr. Pattison control
ler. As we understand the piesent sit
uation, this classef Republicans new ask
the Democrats te suppeit Jehn Hunter
for receiver of taxes, who is very much
such a Republican as Pattison is a
Democrat. In return they propose te
show their sincerity by voting for a Dem
ocratic candidate for mayor and city
solicitor, provided proper men aie named
for these placts en a proper platform. If
the Democracy de net name such they
de net deser e succc-s. It they propose
te nominate such men and want te elect
then), they will need Republican votes.
They cannot get them by any ceirupt
bargain with the corrupt Republican ele
ment, ier even if such a combination
were net disgraceful, it is impossible
new that this element is already commit
ted te Siokley and the ring ticket. Any
dishonorable coalition at a sacrifice of
piiuciple for the sake of spoils works
harm te the i numeracy, but in muni
cipal politics that party is going te win
permanent and abiding success, which
puts itself in a position te command its
whole u al party strength, and at the
same time teaJti.ict le i' the votes of
men sinceielj lo-nten municipal lefein;.
Such an oppeitumty new seems te invite
the Philadelphia Democracy.
Tun new constitution of California has
haidly pieved se gieat a hindrance te the
commercial prosperity of that state as wis
anticipated, leastwise t litre weic incoi incei incoi
peiated in San Fiaucisce last year compa
nies with a capital of meie than $SC0, 000,
000, and in the state enough nieic, prob
ably, te make a giand total of 81,000,000,
000. A meeting of Dfineciatic citizens yes
terday adopted resolutions declaring that
it is for the best interests of Philadelphia
"that the evils prevailing in th" adminis
tration of the office of the tcceiver of taxes
should be terminated," and asserting that
"the best means which cm ba adopted
for the defeat of these new in municipal
power w the endorsement by the Demo
cratic paity of Jehn Hunter for receiver
of taxes."
Sukveyeii Rutan, of Pittsbtugli, is the
first lieutenant of Cameren in the West,
and Hayes yesterday did his pni I in turn
ing Rutan out of office and pewei by nom
inating Jehn F. Drave for the suiveyor suiveyer
ship, and he did it in the face of the most
evci whelming leeonimendatiens in favor
of Rntau. Ceugicssniaii Ilaync, of Alle
gheny, had senatorial aspiration.-., aud
when Oliver i.au away with the Allegheny
delegation Iiavnc cairied the war te Wash Wash
ten, took Drave te the president, de
nounced Rutan as a machine man and as
periideus te civil scivice refeini, and de
manded Rutau's place for Di.tve. Sher
man steed by Rutan, but Hayes took the
last guess himself and he ycsteiday nom
inated Drave as Rutau's successor, thus
slaughtering one of Camcieifs cDips
cemmaniteis in the midst of the light.
T.niee.
IIex. Je-i.i'ii It. -eri,!.!- a patriotic
inemlref the I.-giiJ.tture from Phila
delphia, jntieduces a bill pieviding that
for a seat in day time, only one -eighth of
a cent per mile and for a .sh-cning birth
half-a-cent per mile shall be charged by
all parlor and sleeping c.u companies, aiid
declaring all violations a misdemeanor,
punishable by fine and imprisonment.
When the Honorable Mr Souder get his
yelic-w pass from the Pennsylvania lail-
re.id fiempaiiy this year, and then swore
te .support the constitution which pro
hibits the issue of such passes, the Hon
orable Mr. Souder should also have get
a parlor c.u ard slciipinj pa: pass. Fer
PERSONAL,.
Den J. Romxsex, secietaiy or Giaud
Western tietting eiicuit, died ycsteiday in
Jaukteen. Michigan, aged 47 yen--.
Augustus P. Luinw, who was pi-tins-with
Hn-tee Greek and R.bit Dale
Owen, in New Ymk, in 18j0, died in At
lanta, IlhtiJis, ea Sua 1 ly, from an over
dose of opium. He was a wvll-kuewn
type feuuder in St. Leuis in 1833.
Prince Gertscuaksfi- the Russian
chancellor, we may new state definitely,
letiies fieni public afl'aiis. This leavte
loom fei doubt as te the fntuie ceuisc of
the power te whidh the whole -usteie dif
ficulty has frequently been attributed.
Ex-Senater Simen Cameren writes te
Washington that he piehably shall net
stait en his projected Southern trip "until
after the Pennsylvania senatenal election
isever.'" Aftes he shall Lave visited the
f-eutheiii states lie piopesc- te extend his
journey te Cuba and Peit-au-Prince.
-m.jjkaska is wrestling with the ques
j tien, "Cm an Indian vote?" It seems
tliat a uiuchage Indian by the name of
Jehn Elk put in a claim for the light of
suffrage at the ic-ceut election, which re
fused, and new Mr. Elk has put in a
claim for $0,000 damages. The attorney
for the Indian holds that under the four
teenth amendment the Iutl a
te vote.
According te a Ros-teu lcctuier:
'Japan had been unduly stimulated, and
abandoned her old customs te imitate
these of Euiepeans, by which she had iu
cui red a gi eat national debt, while the
Chinese believe China is better than any
ether ceuntiy. There me no raiheads, no
telegraphs, no mining, no pics-, and no
national debt iu China, although she has
about ."00,000,000 people, aud yet these
people aie satisfied.'
JrsTUs C. Ramsey, brother of the sec
retary of war, w is found dead in his bed,
in St. Paul, tfuriejti, yesterdvy morn
ing, lie hid cviiiiiittel suic;dj with a
pistol. He removed te Mimic .era from
Philadelphia in 18-iS, aud has held many
positions of trust in that state. He was
never married, and leaves cmsidai.ihln
prep-rty. In ceuss-iueiuj of Ms death,
Secret iry Riui-ey left Washington last
night for St. Paul.
Neah's (New Yeik) Suniliy Times :
" The acme ei meanness was reached when
William II. Vaxderbilt used his own
son Cornelius te hoodwink the confiding
public into selling Western Unieu tele
giaph sheit when it had fa'len te SO. The
seu lest .,00,000 and his father mere than
made this geed by giving him a check for
$600,000. He could afford te de this, hav
STATE ITEMS.
But seven women have been hanged iu
Pennsylvania in eighty-six years. Wil Wil
Hamspeit wiil seen increase the number te
eight.
A party of boys while coasting en East
Norwegian street. Pottsville, ran into a
mule team, and Frank Desmond had his
skull ciushed by a kick from a mule. Lit
tle hopes are enteitained of his recovery.
At Rightneur's mill, near it chtelville,
Beiks county, little daughter of Jehu
Rightueur was playing around a circular
saw, and in some m inner get her arm
badly lacerated. It was found, that am
putation of the arm was necessary te save
the child's life. She is very weak, but it
is expected that she will recover.
A driver boy at the Presren colliery,
Pottsville, carelessly threw a can of lubri
cating oil into a stove aieund which were
seated seveial iniiicrs eating dinner. The
explosion burned Jehn Davis, a boy
named Geerge Hewell., Henry Jei.es and
Edwaid Eagen the two former piebably
fatally.
The movement stai ted some time age
for the abolishment ei tiie sessions of the
supreme ceuit in Ilariisbuig and Pitts
burgh, and theii consolidation iu Philadel
phia, has culminated in the piepaiatien of
a bill for that purpose, which was ie.nl in
the Senate a fuv days age by Mr. Hall.
The Ilariisbiiig Iawycisaic indignant and
blame Judge Gicci for the movement.
Majer James G. McQu.ide. of Noiris Neiris Noiris
tewn has died at his home. He had been
at Hanisbuig in the eariy part of the
present session during the severe weather
and took cold, which resulted in his death.
He was quite well known in politic il cir
cles, having been a piemiucnt and leading
Republican. He held the office of master
warden of the p.u t of Philadelphia under
the administration of Govvrneis Geary
and Ilaitranft.
As a sleigh leaded with six person?, con
sisting of J. L. Tayler, wife and two chil
dren and Mrs. Shatto, a daughter, with a
ttabe feui teen months old, were passing a
Williamspei t stieet ciessiiig, a mnaway
horse, dragging a pair of shafts, dashed up
the ether stieet and jumped clear ever
them. The shafts caught in one of the
seats and evci turned the sleigh, throwing
the occupants out. Mrs. Shatto, Mis.
Tayler and the babe wcie badly hmt, the
latter, it is feaied, fatally.
While the congregation of the Presbyte
rian church, Shenandoah, a iiame stuic
tuie, were at wciship, the house took fire
iu the basement fiemthe heater. It was
a cold night and the chinch was ciewdcd.
The ppeple became panic stricken and
crowded jm?1I mell tew.uds the main en
trai.ee-, while many, including several
women weighing ever 200 pounds, es
caped through windows. Though the
sc.ue was complete no one was injured in
the rush te get put, and the fire was extin
guished before much damage had been
d ne.
Atthe large fmnitura warehouse of A.
II. Ileilmin & Ce., iu Willia-nspeit, a
man named Hewell, engaged en the thud
fleer, was in the act of placing a dressing
case e.i the elevator, and forget that it
was open, and with the piece of fuinituic
in his hands he stepped baekwaid into the
pit and feJI a distance of 3, feet. In the
descent he turned completely areand aud
lauded en his feet.; breaking the bone of
the left leg above the ankle and .sendiug it
tlueugh his beet. The ether leg was aNe
bieken and he was seriously injured about
his head and sheuldeis, and piebably in
ternally, as he is a heavy man and must
have st i nek the gieund with great feicc.
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
The New Jeiscv Demnci.-its e Unn.
deph the sjnateii il nomination.
Fer the iii.-t time in eais there- aieliun
die Is of miles of magnificent skating along
the lake shore in fient of Chicago.
The ltuttscngcr who e.i..ic.l tins electeial
vote of Oregon te Washington, received
$9C2.7e mileage.
The total population of Tennessee U
1,542 403, of whom 77:J,089 aie female?,
IPS, 343 colored, and l!).e82 foreign bein.
The total population of .Mir.snui is
2, 1G8 S01, with an excess et males ever fe
males ef87,044. The foreign bem number
211.240, and the colored 115,230.
Mrs Wellington Runes, residing hi Lon Len Lon
eon. Out., died en Sundry from the effects
et swallowing two aitihcial teeth, which
were loosed while she was brushing them.
The wife of Elias Cummings. colored,
living near Cranston, N. J.,' gave biith
last Satuiday night te four boys. Mether
aud children are lepmtcd te be doing well.
In St. Jehn, New Biunswick en Sunday
evening, Geeige Allisen tried te piss fieni
THE SENATORIAL SITUATION.
TOK DUAIMLOCK "SET UStCCKKl.
His
h is a fright
his loom te an adjoining one bv means of
an attic window, and was killed by fallin"
headlong te the gieund, 00 feet below.
Hugh Leyland. fhiid engineer of the
British steamer Architect, was drowned
by falling into tut-river at New Oileuis
yesterday. He leaves a wife and two
children in Lnglaud.
Fif ecu pei sons were killed and wounded
y a band of Apache Indian-, neai fan
Maria), New Mexico, en Satu; day and
Sunday List. Nine men are missing, and
believed te be killed.
The ciafty ice dealers of S.m Francisce
have a trick that does honor te the trade.
They annually buy up the cren of an
Alaska ice company te the amount of li),
0f)0 tens, which is left te melt where it is
cut, while San Francisce and California
are served with ice artificially made at .in
exorbitant price.
Pueite Cerees, Guatemala, has been the
secne of a frightful raihe.ul accident. A
tiain consisting of two passenger coaches
and mail baggage cars jumped the track
at the Gelden Reck curve, en the Amour
mountain, and was precipitated down the
mountain seventy feet. Nearly all en
beard were cither killed or fatally wounded.
In Waircnten, Ga., while the body of
the late Mr. Samuel Hall was awaiting
burial, Moses, a colored man and former
siave ei tiie deceased, approached the
house te see his old master ence mere be
fore they laid him away, and before reach
ing the gate he was ebseivcd by several
genuemeii 10 suriucniy l.ill and then make
an efTeit te rise. They hastened te his as
sistance, but upon being raised he heaved
a deep sigh and breathed his last.
Margaret Spitzrr, a young married
we-i an, died at 184 Eklndge street. New
Yeik, en Satuiday night An autensv
set iiewn en representations of t!i.
Itubblii; it lu en Oliver Offering
Friends Twe Otber nttsbarcherft
Patriot.
Yesterday afternoon a caucus of the
belting Republicans was held at the looms
of one of their number at Felix's, and
lasted several hours. As the upshot of
their deliberations they have agreed te
submit the names of seven promi
nent men of the party for the consideia censideia consideia
tier. of the regulars. These are Galusha
A. Grew, Geerge Shiras aud Themas M.
Bayne, of Allegheny, Wayne MacVeagh
aud Jeseph Wharten, of Philadelphia,
Charles S. Wolfe, of Union, and Jehn
Stewart, senator et the Franklin aud
Huntingdon district. The names were
selected by a majority of three-fourths of
the caucus, Jehu Cessna, Gienni W. Sco Sce
lield, Senater Davies, of Bradford, aud
some ethers were voted for in the caucus,
but did net receive the requisite majority
of thiee-feuiths.
If the regulars condescend te ticat with
the rebels at all there is net the slightest
probability that they will accept any one
of these names. Putting Mr. Grew aside
as the fust choice of the belters, they
could net have selected six prominent Re
publicans iu Pennsylvania who would be
less likely te obtain the suppeit of the
caucus Republicans for United States sen
ator. Mr. Shiras who heads the list can
not be considered, for the reason that Ids
nomination would be personally offensive
te 3Ir. Oliver. After the selection of Mr.
Oliver as the choice of Allegheny county
the friends of Mr. Shiras have sent a
deputation te Harrisburg te urge his
claims upon the Republican members
of the Legislature. Much the same
objection lies te Mr. Bayne who
has in addition just made himself obnox
ious te the Allegheny county regulars by
persuading te geed Mr Hayes te appoint
Mr. Diave collector of customs in Pitts
buigh in the place of Mr. Rutan. As the
most active aud most unrelenting enemies
of the machine among the Republican
monitors of the Legislature, Mr. Wolfe and
Mr. Stcwait need net be considered. It
is but just te them both te say that they
did net wish their names te be submitted
te the regnlais, knowing full well the
scorn with which they would be rejected,
but their associates insisted en naming
them.
'ibis leaves Jeseph What ten and Wayne
MacVeagh of Philadelphia. It was sup
posed at iiist that Wharten was the dis
tinguished lawyer of that name, aud it is a
fact that some nicmbcis of the caucus
voted for him mulct that impression. -But
the mistake is unimportant. Mr. Whar Whar
eon is a wealthy manufacturer and the
owner of a nickel mine iu Lancaster coun
ty, which pi educes nearly all the nickel
that is consumed in this country. As he is
in th? cnieyment of a bounty 'fieni the
government in the shape of a forty
per cent, duty en nickel it need net
be said that he is the most devoted ad ad
vee.it e of the cause of protection te
A nierican industry. In the Senate of the
United States he would vigilantly watch
ever the interest sol Pennsylvania and his
own especially. Mr. Wharten was one of
the fust te send congratulations te the
belteis for their "manliness and inde
pendence" in resisting the machine, and
this no doubt is what has eat ncd him the
compliment of a nomination at their hands
and this alone will cause his percmpteiy
rejection bv the Republicans of the caucus
if they should ever be compelled te lower
their flag te the rebels.
There is no Republican in the state
whom the managers of the machine would
reject mere peremptorily than Wayne
ji.wi eagn, ami one reason is mar. mere is
no Republican iu the state who has less
connection with the machine Though he
possesses abilities that would enable him
te take a position in the Senate thatweuid
be highly creditable te Pennsylvania he
will never go there as the product of a
eonipiemise between the belters and the
caucus, and none knowitbetterthanthe.se
who have put him en this list. He is a
politician, it is tine, but one of the highest
elder, as was pieved by the skill, piudence
and ability with which he aided in restor
ing civil government te the people of
Louisiana at the head of the commission
sent te that state by Mrs. Hayes in the
spring or 1S77. If elected t . the Senate it
must he by a different combination from
that of the belteis and the caucus.
When the names presented te the Re
publicans of the caucus by the belters are
reviewed it is evident that there is no im
mediate prospect of a compromise. Had
the belters been anxious for a compromise
they would have submitted the names of
Cessna, bceliehl, Heyt and Quay along
SLIDING BOWS I11XX.
The Imcljr Contests with Deable Kippers
they are Having in Cennectictit.
Norwich is the coasting paiadisc of New
England. It has mere hills than old
Reme, and most of them are twice as
steep. It is impossible te go twentv reds
in almost any direction in the old town
without climbing. Since the snowfall of
Clni-tmas week the city has been surren
dered en every evening seen after nightfall
te the coasters. After d.uk it has been
perilous te walk the streets, aud there
have beu accidents te meu, women, boys
and horses without number. In the cen
tre of the city Broadway hill has been
the most generally ned. On the west
side Elizabeth and High streets have
been the favorite descent?; en the south
sh'e Whittaker hill, beulered by
weeds, and abrupt as the reef
of a Gothic cottage, has been a resort ;
while " up town" and Greenville, suburb
an viUagps, have each widely used "slides."
On the various hills aieund Norwich a
spectator counted one evening last week
nearly 1,000 sleds of every description,
from the long pickerel double ripper te the
small boy's tip-up and the home-made
miniature "ripper." At the feet of Bio.ul Bie.ul
way hill is a I.uge square, flanked by pub
lic buildings. Six streets open upon this
square, and three of the streets are pre
cipitous hills. Down these descents dashed
for benis from one te three hundred sleds.
All pissed aero is the square at lightning
speed, and few pedestrians were belTl
enough te face them, taking roundabout
avenues te reach their homes. At length
the police forbade the sliding, and officers
were stationed at the top and feet of the
hills.
But the boys impei tuned 3Lvyer Os
good, who gave the coasters permission te
continue their sliding after 9 o'clock.
Seme of the large sleds passed through
four or five streets en their swift course
before losing their momentum. Oa Bos Bes
well avenue, a famous hill en the cast of
the town, the double i ippcrs covered a
mile before coming te a halt.
In these sliding matches young and" old,
male and female paitieipatcd. Aged men
aud gmy haired matrons were often seen
careening at railroad speed en the oak
plank of the ripper or the resplendent up
bolstered cushion or the expensive double
sled.
The double ripper is a late iuventie-i of
xeung Amcuca, but is familiar te coun
try people. Its relation te the eidinary
sled is that of the ice beat te the skate iu
point of speed. It is fei med by y ekiug up
two large sleds tandem, and joining them
with a lhuiew oaken plank. The pilot
sits en the' prow of the plank and steeis
the fient sled with a feet tiller. The rip
per is made large or small te suit the plan
hurled against a lamp pest and ever the
ground. All were picked up unconscious.
Someefthemlay.it the point of death
for days ; some were crippled for life. One
man was partially disemboweled, and the
leg of another was broken in two places.
HONORING A FKAV0.
A Correspondence That Kxpl lius ItseU.
Bosten-, Dec. 27, 18S0.
Dear Sir : Only three persons have
ever been chosen president of the United
States who have received a degree in course
at Haivard university. These aie Jehn
Adams, Jehu Qnincy Adams and Presi
dent Hayes, who took our degree of
LL. B. in regular course.
Iu Memerial hall, at Cambridge, are fine
portraits of the Adamses, one by Copley,
and one, in part, by Stuart.
We have thought it weuM be a geed
thing te obtain a geed portrait of Presi
dent Hayes, while he is yet president.
With this view we propeso a subscrip
tion among the alumni, net te exceed in
any case ten dollars, se that the invitation
te te him te sit for his picture may come
from a large number of his fellow gradu
ates. Will you join in that subscription ".
Please address either .of the undersigned.
Tiulyyeius, W. Ameky,
Ames A. Lawrence,
Edward jJ. Halt:,
Joux Lewell,
Jeseph II. Cheate.
New Yerk, January 21, 1331.
Gentlemen : I have received your com
muuicatieu of the 27th ult., inviting me te
join in a subscription te procure a peitiait
of Mr. Rutherfeid B. Hayes te place in
the Memerial hall of Harvaid University
at Cambridge, along with the poi traits of
Jehn Adams and Jehn Quiucy Adams,
presidents of the United States ;nd grad
uates of the university.
I decline te join in such a subscription.
I am net willing te de anything that may
be designed or censtiued as a compliment
te Mr. Hayes, or that may recognize his
tenure of the executive office at Washing
ten as anything ether than an event of dis.
honor. He was net chosen president. He
was defeated in the election ; and then a
band of conspiiaters, Mr. Hayes himself
J conspiring and conniving with them, set -
I ting aside the constitution and tiie law,
1 and making use of forgery, perjury and
t false counting, secured for him possession
of the presidency te which another man
had been elected ; and when he had get
possession of it, his most sedulous cue was
te repiy with offices and emoluments these
! autheis, managers and agents of the con-
spiiacy te whom he had been chiefly in-
. debted for its infamous success.
A rolltlce-ltellgoiis Slnrtler.
Rev. Father Gillet, a Jewish priest of
Belize, in British Honduras was put te
death by order of President Burreis, of
Guatemala, en the 17th instant. Under
the laws of that republic all Jesuits are
banished from its soil, and any caught
there are executed. It appears that
Father Gdlet visited Guatemala for his
health, and was arrested immediately en
his arrival in Livingston He was heavily
ironed and sent te the city of Guatemala,
where he was tried, sentenced and shot te
deai en the plaza, en the 17th instant , in
presence of the populace.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
T1IC KOAUS.
Hew great an insult you are proposing
te the two illustrious presidents of the
name or Adams is made manifest by the
following words from the son of the one
and the giandsen of the ether :
iT ii..i Ar t- .
"iiumK Jir. naves was eiecteu ova
with the.se of MacVeagh, Shiras, Wharten,
and Bayne. They ceitainly would net
nave geaucu then-opponents with the nnVr
of Wolfe and Stewart. Cessna or Sceficld
might have been accepted and thair names
were prudently withheld from the list.
The result of this caucus of the belters
shows that the gulf that separates the two
factions is becoming mere impassable
each day. The belters will name no Re
publican whose tia-ks in the direction of
the Cameren camp are visible, and the
caucus will accept no one who is net con
spicuously identified with the machine.
An dibit was made yesterday aft ei neon
te bring the Democrats together in caucus
te-day te consider the situation, but it
was abandoned, this movement is be
lieved te have bt.cn in favor of .Mr. Wolfe,
W I 4-h linn m.....A.?.K--.l-l. 4
vim, iiii, uiKjuesuonaeiy a geed manv
friends among the Democrats iu the Leg
islature. The mere prndcsffc and level
headed among the Democrats deprecate
the com se of a few of their associates in
giving ineffective votes te Republicans,
llicy say that such a course, while viola viela
tive of the obligations of the p.iimmis i r
I no benefit te its object as it provokes hes-
imiy msieau ei drawing te him support.
Whatever is doue they insist should be
done after mature deliberation as the act
ei me uemeciatic party of Pennsylvania.
Nothing but harm in their opinion can re
sult fiem the sporadic ballotsef individual
members gunning for a senator en their
own account, and as far as can be ascer
tained this is the view of the masses of
the Democrats of the state.
KemiPl tll.ltl Twinnivilklir inminiimniitn
of its piopiieter. Norwich and New Len- ( such an event or de public hemae te sucli
(Inn Knar.. I .... . t...l !.. i.T.- .1 1 . . . n r .
7'"""" nvicuni uie iiuveiepmeui ei . a man, l uc" you, gentlemen, with your
deublc-npper aichitecture, and they leek ' own hands iiist destiey the poi traits of
upon the coasting meu of the west of New ! Jehn Adams and Jehn Quincy Adams iu
England as simply amateius. lu the Memerial hall and then te laze te the
course of the past live winters thev b.ivn ernimil tlm i.!,ii ;tcir
- ... I "- ww atm awua
developed coasting into a sport as distinct
ive as that of .yachting or horse lacing,
They have their peculiar models ler build
ing and their peculiar terms te de-
scnbe features of the speit. They hav.j '
undoubtedly attained rates of speed un-
equalled anywhere else, aud fearlessly , fraud, and I de net mean te have it said
f.Ltfft ! iscs flint: lrtull1 em,.l ,.. .-.t IT....!. ' !.. At1. 1. !-.: T1 1 e ii-. .
.... .-., ...... ...,. ..j.j,,., ujura. uatii ( iu.it iii niu UC&.L uiecueu i nan iorgeiieu It.
winter New Londen sends her liveliest ' I de net say that Mr. Hayes committed the
double ripper and her favorite riders ! fraud, but it was committed bv his party,
te Norwich en a January evening te com-' I have no emnitv te Mr. Hayes, but after
pete for the championship of the season ( the fraud by winch he became president I
I he sleds that are used in these matches i could net vote for any person put up en
are great structures, that will scat eigh- j the Republican side for president who did
teen te Unity men. The place chosen for net disavow the fraud committed. I would
the contest is Fex's Hill, in Preston, a ' net supneit any memler of that patty
populous sulmrban village just across the 'who had any seit of mixture with that
Shctuckct river. It is the highest point fraud. I feel that the counting out is just
of laud, with the exception of Taunton as much a baud new a-, at the timn it was
uiii. a'eng tiie Connecticut seabeid. It is
a Titan among the ether eminences around
Neiwich. It is called Fex's Hill bn.l
cause the old tavern of Mr. Fex, who,'
fifty years age, enteitained charcoal
burners from Voluntown, still stands en !
its biew. Frem the summit the village of
Piesteu is seen far below, and in the dis-1
tance the eyes leek down en the house- '
tops and st'-eples of Norwich. The sum-!
init is in the country. The tavern is the
only stiuctuie near. A gnailed oak, that '
throws its branches halfaciess the read, '
is the starting point for the contestants. ,
The slide is three-qu.irtcis of a mile long, '
and when the icy track is unusually smooth
and solid the best double rippeis have gene (
across the bridge into the city. The usual '
stepping point is an old water trough, a
quaiter et a mile from the bridge.
Fex's hill has been thienged with ce.i-t-
ers all tins season, out! some fair time has
eeeu made. On las!
Charles S. Fiske's double lipper, which
for three years has been accounted the
fastest sled in Connecticut, was timed by
two timekeepers, one at tins feet and 'he '
ether at the top of the hill, with accurate
chronometers. The track was by no means
in first-class condition. The sled bore
Lnuivu iiiuu, wiiu .ur. r 1SKC, WHO IS tile t
most expei t stcerer in eastern Connecticut, I
at the front. The descent te the watering
trough, three-quarters of a mile, was
made in a fraction less than 43 seconds. !
On the double ripper no one is allowed te '
move his feet from the feet supports
along the plank ; he is enjoined te keep !
pei fectly still, as the slightest movement
of a passenger when a sled is making such
fearful speed is likely te result iu disaster. I
Disaster means mutilation, ami peihaps J
dcatu. oepertect is Air. 1-iske in the ait
of steering that he can ruu his led with
in a hair's breadth of a line, and he avows
that with a single movement he can upset
the sled in an instant, if it i . necessary te
avoid collision. As every passenger is
in danger of being killed in case Mr.
perpetuated."
I remain your veiy obedient servant,
Crarles A. Dana.
Me-s-.i-. W. Armery, A. A. Lawrence,
Ednaid E. Hale, Jehn Lewell. Jeseph
II. Cheate.
Viewers Appointed and Reports Ceuhruied.
In court viewers for new reads were ap
pointed in the following cases last week :
Fer a lead in Martic township te lead
fiem where the read leading from Cedar
Greve school, en the Martic Forge and
Wentifs mill read, ends te a point at or
near MeCalls Ferry in Martic township ;
vieweis, Baitholemew Simpsen, Jehn J.
Geed, Themas E. Ambler.
Ter viewers te assess damages by the
opening of Mauer street. Columbia ;
viewers, Ce). Samuel Shech, Jes. II.
Black, J. B. Baughmati, Samuel Evans, J.
P. Frank, G. W. ilaldcman.
Continued Absolutely.
The report of viewers in favor of a read
in Lancister township, from the Wabank
read te the Maner turnpike.
The report vacating a part of the read
in Miner and West Hcmptield townships
which leads from the Millcrsville and Sus
quchauna read te the Lancaster aud Col
umbia turnpike, and lay ing out another
in lieu thereof.
Vacating that part of a read in Drumere
township, which leads from the rad from
Fite's Eddy te Rawlinsville, te the read
leading from Liberty Square te Wentz's
mill.
Vacating a part or a read in Salisbury.
Leacock and Paradise townships, leading
fiem the New Helland and Hcss'smill
read te the old Philadelphia and Lancas
ter read ami laying out another in lieu
thereof.
Vacating a p.ut of the lead iu Salisbury
township, leading fiem Seldoiuridge's mill
te the Buena Vista, co the northeast cor
ner of David Stelfuss's farm, and laying
out another iu lieu thereof.
Repeit :n favor of a read iu M.iulieini
township, leading from the bridge ever
the Conestoga creek, en the Mcchauics
bmg lead, te a point oil the Oregon read,
near Point Mill.
The repeit ndveisu te the divisieu of the
27th election district, Ephrata township.
The repji t favorable te the annexation
of the lands of Lewis W. Irwin, in Bart
township, en the line of Salisbury town
ship te the latter township, for school
pill poses.
ALT. -mi: kaci:."
Tin: i:aktujuakk is
Hen It AflVcled
SIAINK.
Fiskc
the Feeikle of IS.ith antl
Vicinity.
The Bath (.Me.) Times ei Jan. 21 says:
" Last night at, 9.40 an eaithquake shock
was plainly felt by the majority of the
people iu the city. Many were startled
liem sleep by the unusual and mystifying
sound and jar, the cause of which they
could net satisfactorily explain ether than
by attributing it te an eaithquake
or explosion. Te people who had
net retired and were sitting quietly
in their houses, the sound appeared
somewhat like tlmiiiW f.iinfc at. (ii-f l.nf-
Wednesday evening gradually increasing in volume, acce'mpa-
meu ey a raining net just iikc anything
else, but somewhat such a neise as if
chains were being dragged ever the baie
ground. The thuudcr-bke rear increased
in intensity, houses were felt te vibrate,
light ornamentations en shelves weie seeii
te move. The climax was reached in a
loud explosive sound, the whole net occu
pying mere than four or five seconds.
Seme describe the sound like the roll
ing of a table or bed en casters, gathering
strength as it moved, and coining in celli-
sien with the wall a sudden and loud con
cussion. It might also have sounded like
balls in tiie famous game of ninepins wit
nessed by Rip Van Winkb in the Adiron
dack mountains. People coming in fiem
the country report like experiences. In
the Ireland district of the town Mr.
Geerge F. Wright a milkman icpeits that
his family wcie startled from slumber
by the noise and vibration accompany
ing it, which was quite plainly felt. At
Harding's Station the shock manifested
I itscu in like manner, and from parties
! livinjr well-nigh te Biunswick we liavn
ing made 32,510,000. An honorable and
high-toned man is William II. V.inderbilt !
He is an ornament te the city. It would
be a pity te legislate against anv of his
enterprises."
Snow in tiie Seuth.
Five inches of snow fell iu Mobile en
Sunday night. The suew in New Oilcans
continued te fall during Sunday night and
yesteiday morning, until it lay two or
three inches deep en the house tops in the
city and three or four inches deep en the
ground iu the suburbs. It was the heav
icststiew fall in New Orleans since 1832.
aiiew leu at Augusta, Ga., yesterday, for
eight heura a thing unprecedented there
but it melted af fast as it fell. " The
heaviest snow fall in firry y.-ars" is rcpoit rcpeit
cd in Seuth Carolina, and heavy shows is
also reported in Neith Carolina.
was
family that she had been hi utaily beaten
uy ner nnsnaiui, lioeeit Spitzer, a law
elci k. Her abdomen was found blackened
by eeal dust carefully rubbed in with the
apparent intention of concealing the hi uiscs
or discoloration. The coroner ordered the
husband's arrest.
While a number of men were engaged
... iaiiinj; .i uvavj c.ieiiii ;it me leunaiy
connected with the Dicksen. manufactur
ing company's works, bcranten by means
era large chain, one or the links broke
and the huge piece of machineiy, weighing
many tens, fell te the ground -vvitli great
force. All of the workmen escaped with
the exception of James Claik. who was
....... 1 1 ... .1 it. r ... ; .
i-iuMicu in iicuiuiu un instant, lie was
about fsrty-five yean of age.
Iu Newark, Ohie, Jehn Comming, a day
laborer, forbid his eight-year-old son
coasting en an adjaceut hiil. The boy
uisoecyed, and the inhuman father took
him te the bat n, procured a hickory sap.
"K. i". ".. pus me oeys rnumus inside,
nailed the sapling tight where split, then
with it lifted the boy up en the side of the
bam and nailed him, keeping him in this
crucified state from 4 o'clock in the after after
neon till 10 at night when passers-by
heard the lad's groans and released him.
The People ami the Leader;.
Ilauisbm-K Patriot.
The Philadelphia Times advises with
much earnestness that the Democratic
members of the Legislating join with one
e. tiie ether in the Republican factions
and elect a United States senator. Ruf.
its plan for bringing about the coalition
is a peer one. It savs : "Whatever is
right te de, Wall ice, Randall, Dill, Stcng
er, Jenks, Mutchlcr and ether prominent
leaders should agree upon and manfully
maintain. They can thus settle the sena sena
tei ial issue any day. and thev will de it
unless they are merc'beys te be spanked
and kicked about bv tee leaders of lia.
publican factions." Wallace, Randall,
Dill, Stenger, Jenks, Mutchler and
"ether prominent leadeis' cannot settln
the senatorial issue and if they attempt
te de it they will be "spanked," if net
"kicked," net by the leadeis of the Re
publican factions but by the Democratic
party of Pennsylvania. The Democratic
members of the Legislature can settle the
senatei i il question. Teare the "lead
ers" who must take the responsibility
and who must answer primarily te the
veteis of the nartv for thci.- action. Tt is.
their duty te "settle the senatorial ques ques
teon'' if they can le it decently, honor
ably and consistently. They should con
sult together and agree if pissible en a
policy which will at once benefit their
paity aud reflect credit en the state.
They will doubtless de this in their own
geed time.
ni ntc lam i Iswl al.n. . a -v.
ij-);i,.- ma ni.-ii nucii treiuir siminar renerrs. ir. has iipimi nm vn.ire
at breakneck speed, he has net been' able ! since an eaithquake shock has been felt in
te cany ms incery uire practice, une et tins vicinity, and iu intensity and clear
ness none, se far as we knew, lias equalled
this. The distui bance seems te have been
confined te a very small arca,hewever,as far
as already knewn.as neither iu Pei tland nor
Auguta, or cither side of us, is mention
made of the phenomenon in the local pa
peis of this morning. The shock was no
ticed in Woolwich, Phipsburg, Tepsiiam,
Bowdoinham and Richmond."
the passengers en the ti ial trip, en Wed
nesday evening, said te the writer that it
was his first experience, and weu'd be his
last. "It was a perfectly still night,"
said he. "The hill descends steep, you
knew, at first, for about fifteen reds. As
wc began te descend that pitch we seemed
te be floating in the air. Thcre was no
sound, we move : se softly. I didn't think
that we were going fast. But in an instant
a perfect gale was blowing ; the i ead was
e TPhitn trtSai- . tliA.... -..., ,. ..rx.ic-4 .... 1 (
.. nuiii. luni., i.iviu .- it V.UI1.H III, uuzz KjbtOll
in my ears, i ceuidn t breathe ; i knew
when we reached the Preston village,
which begins at the feet of the first de
scent, by the wall that was en one side of
the lead. That was ail I could sec ; the
rest was all a blank, a white mist. I never
expected te reach the feet of the hill alive.
In a second, almost, we began te slew up
and in another I get off the sled for the
last time.
Mr. Fiskc is about twenty-five years of
age, slight and athletic, and is the son of
a well-known physician here. His sled !
was made in l'revidence, and he bieught
it wh him when he moved here threeer
four years age. Its great sneed was nevpr
developed until a few years age. It is
called The Queen of Norwich. The con
necting plank i3 of three-inch seasoned
white oak. It is strong enough te support
five tens It is shed with fine half-
reuud silver steel. Its cost was about &r( I
It is the sled that was used in a disastieus
contest with the double ripper of New Len.
den about this time of the month in 1877,
and which was described at length in the
Sun. Mr. Fiskc steered his sled at that
time and wen the race without accident.
The New Londen party, piloted by Mr."
Fred Allen, were unluckv. Frem t.he
stait nearly te the silk mill, which is about
half way down the course, the Norwich
sled, which had staited behind. Rh:wi;u
gained. Atthe mill the sleds were neck
te neck, and here Mr. Allen, confused by
the terrific speed or ou account of his un
familiarity with the way, made a wieng
movement with his feet, and the next in
stant the sled and its occupants were
Cannet He Trusted.
Vigils.
The contract, it is said, between the
Cameren legislator and the bargaining
Democrats is for the latter cither te
vote fei Oliver 01 te absent themselves
from the joint convention without a
pair. The latter would be equal te a
vote for Oliver, since if enough Demo
crats could be induced te remain away
he could thus obtain a majority of the
convention. In exchange for the eler.
tien of Oliver the Camerons nremisn t..
! give the Democrats a fair shai. of thn
congressional and legislative districts.
considered alone tins would be a most
infamous bargain. The friends or Oliver
commence their negotiations by saying
that it was their intention te treat the
democrats unfairly, but that iu their
necessity they are new willing te de what
is honest and in accordance with their
oaths. They thus admit that if they
could have united the Renublicans th.v
would have outraged the party the votes
of whose representatives they new seek.
Would any business man deal with another
who made a similar confession? And can
any Democrat respect and trust the pledges I large
of such men, even though he might ba in-1 .Messi
cimeu te saciihce his principles for a tem
porary advantage? Ne Democrat who
votes for Oliver will hereafter be above
suspicion.
I'.irc-lcal Comely i,t the Opera Henae.
"All tin: Rage" was the rather engag
ing title of a faieical comedy, the presen
tation of which attracted an audience of
goodly numbers te the opera house last
evening. The wink comprises a rather
ciudcly grouped scries of tunny situations
aud laughable incidents that arc eminently
calculated te keep an-average assembly in
hilarious spirits. Te attempt tenuravel
them by describing them or te give
an outline of the story with its relative
and interweaving complications, would
he a well-nigh hopeless task. There is no
p.u licular plot te speak of two men of
the same name, one an author and jour
nalist, the ether a chiropodist, arc mis
taken one for the ethor. The latter re
ceives the praise due the former for a
literary production that has made him
"all tha rage," and also the denunciations
and assaults of an exasperated politician
whom the journalist has abused in his
paper. There is a thread or two
of love making i mining through the
play, but the- surroundings are
entirely tee ridiculous for sentiment.
There is, tee, lather a superabundance of
exaggeration throughout the performance
which in the course of its four acts
grows wearisome; the appearance of labor
ious effort te prodnce je-nicai ctlcct becomes
manifest and .serves iu a great measure
te detract from the enjoy men t ; and worst
all the threadbare and intensely stupid epi
sode of a duel, iu which both principals are
scaled out of their wits, is ciewded into
the last act, and used te terminate a per
formance that would be a great deal
better off without it.
The greater portion of the evening's
honei s wei c captui cd by Mr. Fi ank Hard
enbergh, who as Docter Ooeihcin, the chi
ropodist, was in appearance, conversation
and action the embodiment of mirth.
The supreme smujfreitl with which he ac
cepts the adulation intended for his liter
al y namesake, and the shocking slaughter
of the king's English and reckless slang
with which he acknowledges the compli
ments showered upon him, is ludicrous in
the extreme. Mr. Mm. Davidgc in the role
of the irascible old Dr. Jlngjs, candidate
for jwlitical preferment, also furnished a
Luge share of the amusement. Miss
Winner, as Julia Onle, was petite, pretty.
a vivacious little actress, and sang a song
or two in clever style, and the ether mem
beis of the cast filled their parts te gen
eral satisfaction.
Nermal Literary Society.
The twenty-fifth anniversary of the
Nermal literary society, Millcrsville, will
take place next Friday evening. Following
is the pregramme :
Chorus " Jey. Jey, Frei-deui Te-dav"
fc IZ.-1W..-.3 W....t. I.. .. I 1 Ml.... -- .. .- .
"JI'V "., ) IMI1 UltTO UUU.
s,!ltiitery AtWu-s,by tliti prcstlent, Mr. J.
N. llarr. Alteena, I'u.
Vee.il Trie-" Hest Then en thin Messy Pil
low " (smart), MI-i-s burner, Cmter and
Jenkins.
Ewuy "Triumphs," Mbd I.eim l'usey.
Pnrki-linrg, Pa. "
Vecal Sole" Piiililinl,lunien " (Violin ami
piano accempaniment, Keinecke), Miss Ade
I.iidi Clements.
Nermal Oration "The Seveu Ase " Jehn
h. Andre. Philadelphia. Pa. '
Piane Duet" line I)ratiiatiine " ("Viilac).
MHnCS Cmw fold and Kiantz.
Headings "The Oukite buukc." (J. .Beyle
O'Kei ily) " Tin- Hatchet Story " Mk. Alice
I- Pylc, I'hiliiileinliiu. P.i.
Vecal sole'- lcl ;iel Ru"inn " (Terryj.
-i 33 umijui u. truer.
Anntveisary Oration " Learning and Lire."
Rev. Jehn Edgar. KIoe:ifli-Iil, Pa.
i-iaiioane organ Hint " Amt.tntc" (Kalli (Kalli
weda), Mrs. liroeks and Miss liroeks.
Sentiments Memhc-ra.
Quartet '-Geed Xlffht " (C. A. White),
Ml-jis Clements nml Jenkins, Messrs. Lan
stngerand Elliett.
Adjournment.
Tobacco Itnyera.
The trains arriving in this city last
evening carried hither quite a number of
tobacco buyers fiem New Yerk and else
where, and all of them shis morning are
en the " war path," some of them leaving
the city in sleighs and ethers by rail en
tiie I'ennsyivania and liuarryvillc rail rail
leads. Seveial of our local dealers
are also iu the country te-day, their prin
cipil object being, it is said, te secure what
is left or the '79 crop, though it is probable
they will pick up a little of the '80 crop if
they can find any of it that suits them in
qualitv and pi ice.
I), ti. llusn, ei tins city, lias sold a
picking of 18ft I'ennsyivania te the
rs. liamnergcr, ei riuiaecipiua, at
private lates.
G. Glcndenning. of Salisbury, sold one
acre r 18S0 te Skiles & Frey for 20, 6 and
3.
Gcerge Kenworthy, 40 years old, a driver
ler tnc Knickerbocker ice company, was
ciushcd te death between two sections of
a Reading railroad train at Twenty-second
street and Pennsylvania avenue, Philadel
phia sheitly after G o'clock last night.
Aasesier Appointed.
The county commissioners yesterday ap
inted Jehn S. Ewing. of Martic town-
as assessor of aid tewnshin. te fill
tne unexpired term or James A. Ewing,
deceased.
poi
snip,