J, tl HI LANCASTER DAIL17 INTELLIGENCER FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 188.. Uiiastcr l-nfcUigenccr. FRIDAY EVENING. JAN. 28. 1881. The Philadeipia Felly. We hardly think tliat there can be two opinions among Democrats of geed judg ment about the exceeding felly of the majority of the delegates te the Receiver of Taxes convention in Philadelphia, in refusing te nominate Jehn Hunter. There seems te have been something be sides a desire for the welfare of the party whi'.h prompted the action of many of the members. Seme no doubt were hen est in their mistaken purpose. It is im possible, for instance, te consider lhat Mr. Vaux had any unworthy motive. He was simply unwise; and he has been un wise before. He has net earned a repu tatien for political wi-detn equal te his well established character for honesty and the courage of his convictions. He tbiuks that t he proper policy for the Dem ocratic party is always te light under its own Hag, and always te make straight out nominations, without combinations or compromises. As a rule, we tee, be lieve in that policy. But there is no rule without exceptions; and in municipal affairs the exceptions are frequent: te the policy which lequires a geed Democrat and a geed citizen te vote for none but geed Democrats, who are at the same time geed men, for elHce. We de net be lieve that it is at any time the duty of a Democrat te vote for a bad man because he is nominated by his party, though he often may vote for an indifferent one. And in city elections he U entitled te de mand that the candidate his party offers him should be the best in tue field. In the present cuuditi m of affairs in Philadelphia it is Mie dictate of wisdom for qyery geed Democrat who is a geed citizen te vote for just one man for re ceiver of taxes, and for no ether. His choice isabselutely thus restricted -by the fact that this man. admittedly lit in every way, has been alreadv selected by ai influential and numerous body of Re publicans, who have proposed te support the Demeciatic candidates for the ether cilices in return for the party support of Jehn Hunter. Willi this combination he may be elected : and his election will be of great advantage te the Democratic party and te the city. Se strong is the Democratic feeling in his favor that the Democratic candidate for mayor dc. clared te the convention that he would net accept its nomination 'inlcss Mr. Hunter was put upon the ticket with him; and after this declaration he was nearly unanimously nominated. That this party feeling should net have been displayed in equal strength in the Re ceiver of Taxes convention can only be attributed te the fact that certain men who desired the defeat of the party and the election of Stokley were able te take advantage of the sentiment represented by Mr. Vaux and te coalesce with it se as te secure the majority they sought in the convention. There is such an ele ment in the Democratic party in Phil adelphia and Pennsylvania. It has fat tened en such Republican coalitions. Pretending Democracy of the straight est kind in public they but put en the livery of Heaven te serve the devil in, and privately are found in partnership with the Republican machine managers in the distribution of public plunder. An especial clement in Philadelphia conspicuously represented by Alderman McMullin,. and ethers represented by men of like lustre, have kept the Denif cratic party there chained te the Re publican chariot wheels. These men have shown their power te de what they p'.ase in the ways of lawlessness and te yj nnwhiptef jurtice. Th"y have waxed iu.i, Swelling in clever while the party wandered in the desert. It is a tiling te be expected that these men should new cry aloud for straight-out nominations, when their only effect can be te weaken the party. They declare otherwise ; avowing that the party can only be held together by Democratic nominations; that the rank and file will net vote for anyone net a Dem-icrat. The rank and file are net feels, though theirspekrsmen may be knaves, and may turn against their party this time as they have often done before. The rank and file of the Democratic party are net likely, at least, te vote against a Democratic candidate for may or because a Republican is joined with him en the ticket ; nor ile we think that many of them would vote against se ac ceptable a Republican as Jehn Hunter.' But if they de, it will only tend te de feat Hunter ; for hew could it hurt King ? They answer that the Republi cans who premise te de se will net vote f ir him. We de net believe thai either ; bat if they de, Mr. JCing will have at least his party v,:e. :.:: 1'he.v can he get mere than thar "e jnuii.ial'ng a straight Democratic ticket ? And tuat admii tedly is net strong enough te elect him. Se that the policy of putting Mr. Hun ter en the ticket te strengthen the ether two Democrats upon it is se obvious that the blindest Democratic advocate for straight-out nominations, even the king Of the blind, Richard Vaux himself, ought te be able te see it. We cannot think that geed sense will fail te dominate our party in Philadel phia, widely as it seems new te have wandered from its behests. At present the party has two tickets, both bearing the names of Democrats nominated with unanimity by the different conventions, while from a third convention, divided nearly in half, we have two candidates, one a Democrat who cannot pep sibly be elected, and the ether an independent Republican of admitted fitness, honesty and fairness, who may be elected. If these tickets lcmain thus in the field, we believe that no honest anl wise Dem ocrat will eventually fail te vote for the ticket whose election is possible. But we have great faith that Mr. Mc Grath will withdraw his name. He stands tee well with his party te permit his candidacy te divide it. The objec tion is net te him personally. And there is nothing te make him feel at adlag- jtrieved that the party a3 a whole refuses his candidacy. He is a man of marked asacity and recognizes as fully as any one the force of the leasens command ing a unanimous support of Hunter .en the part of the enemies of Ring Republi can rule in Philadelphia. He will net permit himself te be it3 monkey unless j he is induced te be its well rewarded tool. That we de net believe of him, We have every reason te believe in hi3 integrity and sound Democracy and geed sense; and these can guide him but one way. We de net share the apprehension of our esteemed contemporary, the Chatn bersburg Valley Spirit, that unless the Democrats at Harrisburg make terms with the Cameren faction they will be utterly crushed out in the apportionment, which, the Valley Spirit assumes, is en tirely within the control of that element of the Republican partv. It seems te forget that the Democrats and auti-cau-! cus Republicans constitute a majority et the Legislature as well as the Democrats and caucus Republicans, and that any policy which blocks the election of a " machine " candidate for the Senate just as effectually recommends a fair ap portionment te the independent Republi cans, as the contrary policy is likely te se cure sucfi an apportionment from the regulars. The Democrats have been left te the tender mercies of the Cameren faction before new in the apportionment and have been gerrymandered out of their just representation. If they are disposed te de tlis they will de it again. If they j would cheat the people out of their just rights they would cheat the party in any trade made with them. The Republicans will go just as far in this direction as they dare go ; they knew there is a lim it. We have no fear that a Democratic Congress will allow any scheme of appor tionment, te pass which would render possible the election of a solid Republican delegation from Pennsylvania. The Democracy will de well te net allow themselves te be scared into a trade, whatever ether consideration may im pel them te one m MINOR TOPICS. There is a very ardent temperance movement in progress through the Seuth at present, sweeping from North Carolina te Alabama. Mr.s. Lucy II. Hoercit writes that the streets of Paris are becoming mere and inure insecure for women, and a pictty American girl is liable te be kissed at every street corner in bread daylight. A Chicago paper tells of a man who was complaining that he had invested a rather large sum of money in Wall street and lest it all. A sympathizing friend asked him whether he had been a bull or a bear, lie replied, "Neither : I was a jackass." . There is a premise of a deficiency of about ten million dollars in the finances of the po.-tefnec department this year. One reason is that the department is compelled te carry free of charge all the rubbish that the members of Congress can thrust upon it uttiler the name of "public documents." It has been estimated that if all the free matter sent through the mails should be paid for at regular rates it would increase the revenues by about three and a haif millions of dollars. Te make shoe pegs enough for Ameri can use consumes annually 103,0DC cords of timber, and te make lucifer matches 300,000 cubic feet of the best pine are re quired every year. Lasts and beet trees take 500,000 cords of birch, beech and maple, and the handle of tools 500,000 mere. The baking of our bricks consumes 2,000,000 cords of weed, or what would cover with forest about 50,000 acres of land. Telegraph poles already up repre sent 800,000 trees, and their annual repair consumes about 300,000 mere. The ties of our railroads consume annually thirty years' growth of 75,000 aires, anil te fence all our lailreads would cost 8-15.000, 000, with a yearly expenditure of $i5,000,000 for repairs. Tiie Yerk Press, Carlisle Volunteer and Huntingdon Monitor are flat-footed against any Democratic dicker with the warring Republican faction:; in the present beauti ful struggle ever the scnatership. The Williamsport Sun thinks that " if after all that the Demeciatic party of thisstatc has said, it should through its representatives elect a Cameren man like Oliver in place of a man like Wolfe or MacVeagh, it will d serve te be kept from power in this state, and it will tee, for that important factor in the politics of the present, the independent voter, made se by the Cam eren ring rule, will net trust any party which wiil help the man the party is con stantly crying out against, when for once it happens that that man is placed in a position when ha can be whipped." The recent sale in the Jersey Isles of four fine cows te America, at about $1000 each, has startled the Channel Island world. The farmers were just beginning te get used te some of the high prices at the recent sale of Mr. Kent at Ilerkncss's, when the news of this comes upon them, and they are fairly wild about it. Mr. Willis P. Hazzard, of Chester county, who is in Guernsey new, writes. " In our visit te view the cattle, they seem afraid te name prices for fea- they will net be high enough; and when named, tluy are se high that, with the increased cost of ship ping new ruling, it is almost prohibitory te further shipments. The only way will be te let them severely alone ler a while, until they find buyers are net rushing in quite se freely as they imagine. But in the meanwhile wc would advise the secur ing of all the geed cattle offered at any coming sales, at advanced prices, for Jer- ser and Guernsey steek is going te be scaicc and dear. Insurance companies have put up the rates te 10 per cent.! And steamship companies refuse te carry any mere cattle, at least te Philadelphia, as emigrants pay better." m A Serious Fire. A fire in the six-story brick building, Njs. 3C5and 367 Broadway, New Yerk, last night, caused a total less estimated at 4000,000. The upper stories were burned out. In the first fleer and basement the dry goods stock of Sweetser, Pembroke & Ce., was damaged te the estimated amount of $300,000 by water. The stock of Law eon Brethers, dealers in laces and em broideries en the second fleer, was dam aged, it is believed, te the extent of $100,- , W0. Hie remainder of the building was , eccupicu ej a. v m. mviasen, shut man- wacuirers, wiies estimiled at $150,000. The damage te the building, which was fermerjy .the International hotel, is set down at 50,000. BENCH AND BAR. THE OATH OF A LAWYER. "FID3LITY" TO THE COURT. THE OIILIGATIOXS OF TUE HAR TO JUDliES AND THE PEOPLE. Fer the Ixielligexcsii. In the Examiner a issue of the 17th iust. annc-arcd a communication from " Mem- ber of the Bar,'" which discussed the vexed question of the responsibility of the bar for the acts of its individual members in vio lation of the law and their oath of- office. The positions assumed and the conclusions announced by the writer are se at variance with the principles of duty and responsi bility in the profession inculcated by the bench, and acquiesced in by the bar from time immemorial, as well as se damaging te the character and commanding position of the bar and se utterly destructive of that high-toned ctpril da corps which ought te characterize all learned professions, that it does net seem just te the Lancas ter bar te withheld their disavowal and, by their silence.epcn themselves te the im putation of acquiescence in the views ad vanced. We have waited some time with the hope that an abler pen would come te the defenseaef our profession against its do mestic enemies, for of the bar it may be truthfully sajd, ' ' Our worst enemies arc these of our own household." The view presented aud enforced at some length by the writer referred te is that the bar is under no obligation te su pervise the professional conduct of its in dividual members Fer the purpe-e of the argument it is net important whether the obturatien referred te has a legal or a. moral sanction, for either one imposes the duty of supervision. Let us then inquire whether this obligation exists ; and, if se, whence it arises. "Member of the Bar," by his citations from the acts of Assembly, and rules of ceuit, shows conclusively that the court is resnensiblc for the conduct of the bar. In deed, it is upon that tribunal that he nlaces the entire responsibility. That the court is responsible in a very important sense for the conduct of the bar is agreed between us. Frem that postulate, then, we may proceed with the argument. The law touching the subject will be found in the act of Assembly of, April 14, 1834, sections 09, 73 aud 74, a3 fellows : Sec. 09. Before any attorney, ad mitted as aforesaid , shall make any plea at the bar, except in his own case, lie shall take an oath or affirmation, as fol fel lows, viz : " Yeu de swear or affirm that you will support the constitution of the United States and the constitution of this com monwealth, and that you will behave your self in the office of attorney within this court, according te the best of your learn ing and ability, and with all geed lideuty, as well te the court as te the client, that you will use no falsehood, nor delay any person s cause for lucre or malice, ram nhlct Laws 1834, page 331. Snc. 73. If any atterncy-at-law shall misbehave himself in his office of attorney he shall be liable te suspension, removal from eflice, or te such ether penalties as have hitherto been allowed in such cases by the laws of this commonwealth. Sec. 74. If any such attorney shall re tain money belonging te his client, after demand made by the client for the pay ment thereof, it shall be the duty of the court te cause the name of such attorney te be stricken from the record of the at torneys, and te prevent him from prose cutiug longer in the said court. Pam phlet Laws, 1834, page 354. Frem the foregoing sections of the act of 1834 is easily deducible the obligation, which we affirm rests upon the bar. te supervise the professional conduct of its individual members.. With one eye rest ing upon sections 73 and 74, read with the ether section 09, which contains the official oath by which an attorney is constituted an officer of the court, and it becomes tee obvious te need argument, that the law yer's oath makes it his duty te aid the court in executing the requirements of sections 73 and 74. Te a niiud possessing an accurate conception of what a lawyer is, no ether conclusiea seems possible. Courts and lawyers arc the machines em ployed in the administration of justice. Lawyers arc officers in as high a sense as are the judges, aud both arc sworn. The functions of the bar have always been held te be, te aid the court aud suitors in the administration of justice ; and in lurtherance et tuat euu tlicy are sworn " te all geed fidelity." The purity of the bar is as necessary te this object as (he purity of the bench, and the corruption of either equally impairs the machinery by which rights are protected and wrongs redressed ; for it can make no difference te the suitor whether he is robbed by his lawyer retaining his money, or, by a cor rupt decision of the ceurfc,hasyiis property given te another. Te say that the bar can suffer itself te become impure, venal aud depraved, thereby impairing the machinery of justice, aud subverting the very object of their existence without violating their oath of fidelity, is te declare a paradox which the sense of mankind will net com prehend. As well might it be said that a husband does net violate his marital vow of fidelity wheu he leaves his own and lives with the wife of another. Te make it still mere palpable te the reason, let us lift the legislative de claration of -the obligations of the court and the bar out of their settings of ver biage, and leek at them in their simplest possible form, thus : 1. The court is under a legal obligation te administer justice according te law; but justice can net be administered ac cording te law, when the officers of the court, its attorneys, unlawfully retain the suitors' money ; therefore, the court is bound te remove such attorneys from the bar. 2. Fidelity te the court requires the at torney te inform it of the existence of any serious impediments te the administration of justice. Officers of the court (attor neys) who unlawfully retain the suitors' money arc a serious hindrance te the ad ministration of justice, therefore the bar (being collectively bound by the oath taken by its individual members) is under ebli- gatien te make known te the court the cx- jstcace of such a hindrance. Frem the conclusion of this simple syl logism there is no escape but by impeach ing the validity of its major premise, and affirming that the word fidelity, as Used in the attorney's eath.bas net the extended meaning wc ascribe te it. That the ordi nary meaning of the word has this extent, at least, will appear from an examination of any English dictionary, while the very ob ject of its use in the text of the law and the entire reason of the case, require that its ordinary meaning be extended rather than curtailed. An illustration may threw some light upon this point in the argument. Suppose a half dozen members of the bar have misbehaved in their office,, have embezzled their clients' money, bribed arbitrators, or tampered with jurors ; the court is ignorant of the fact, the bar are aware of it ; clients who have been robbed are bribed or intimidated te silence ; the public are iu possession of the facts ; they withdraw their confidence and respect from a court of justice which suf fers embezzlers and bribers te minister iu its temple ; aud the entire administration of justice is brought into disrepute and degratien, while the judges are calum niated, held up te scorn and reprobation, believed te be corrupt, venal aud depraved, because their own officers, sworn te "all geed fidelity te them," have knowingly withheld the information which would have enabled them te discharge their duty, retain the respect of the public, and keep pure the fountain of justice. Fer tiie bar te allow the bench thus te suffer by their emission of the duty of information and co operation is as grave a violation of their oath of fidelity as if they were te conspire te destroy public confidence in the court or te refuse te support the constitution of the state. This argument is drawn from consequences te be sure, but that docs net invalidate it. Extreme cases test principles ; and while no case of the mag nitutle of the one supposed is likely te oc cur, yet it may possibly occur ; the illus tration is wanting in nothing te demon strate the absolute correctness of our preposition that fidelity te the court im poses the duty of communicating any facts known te the bar which seriously affect the administration of justice. This standard of fidelity is net higher thauthat which the bench aud bar of this county have unifeimly recognized ; and whenever an exigeucy has arisen which gave rise te an expression of sentiment upon' the subject, they have sustained this elevated view of the obligations imposed by the lawyer's oath of office. The Lancas ter bar net long since declared its sense of this obligation, when, believing that the administration of justice was being imped ed by the extortionate charges of officers of the court, net attorneys, they inau gurated proceedings te remove the hind rance by preventing the overcharges. If it was the duty of the bar te marshal the force of organization against trivial ex cesses in the charges of underpaid clerks, hew much mere urgent the duty, if prac ticing attorneys were misbehaving te the detriment of justice and the reproach of the profession, te institute proceedings for the protection of themselves and the court ! In the Derringer case, in Philadelphia, reported in 1 W. N. C, 200, the ceuit held that for an attorney te move for the admission te the bar of a man whom he knew had been rejected by the examining beard, without communicating the fact te the court, though the applicant for admis sion held a certificate of admission te the supreme court, was a violation of his oath of fidelity, which justified his suspension from the bar. In the Davies case in Philadelphia, re ported in 8 W. N. C, 437, the bar pro ceeded en their own motion te defend their own honor and vindicate their own integrity by dealing with one who had forfeited his right te be a lawyer. In the Dickens case in Pittsburgh, reported in 17 P. F. S., 109, a petition of a number of the members of the bar was presented te the ceuit of common pleas of Allegheny county, setting forth that "a member of the Pittsburgh bar has been accused by the public journals and common report of being guilty of illegal practices aud un professional conduct, unbecoming a mem ber of the bar," &c, and praying the court te appoint a commissioner te investi gate aud report upon the truth of the ac cusations. The commissioner was appoint ed,, the accusations found te be true, and the attorney was disbarred. Wc refer te these cases te show the sense of the profession of the obligation imposed by their oath of effiee, and hew promptly the bar elsewhere move in the fulfillment of that obligation. Judge Gib Gib eon in Rush vs. Cavenaugh, 2 Bar., 189, speaking of attorneys, says, "he violates his oath when he consciously presses for an unjust judgment." This, doubtless, would be held by " Member of the Bar " te be giving an ideal scope te the meaning of the lawyer's oath of fidelity, but it is necessary te the administration of justice, and that oath must in its very nature held the lawyer te the utmost geed faith te the court, iu every matter great or small within the range of his professional rela tions, which affects the administration of justice. It is important te justice as well as te the honor and dignity of the court that it give its endorsement te no man unworthy of public confidence aud trust ; therefore, it is a breach of fidelity iu the attorney te obtain endorsement by the suppression of facts a knowledge of which would have caused it te be withheld. But it is equally important te justice and the honor of the court, that when au attorney becomes un worthy of that endorsement it be with drawn ; therefore, it is a breach of fidelity in attorneys te withheld from the court or suppress information of facts which would cause that endorsement te be withdrawn. Te held te the contrary is simply te say that a servant may withheld information that a villain has poisoned his master's breakfast and still be faithful. Thus far we have looked chiefly at that aspect of the question which touches the duty of the bar te the court. When we consider the ether, net less important, as pect touching the duty of the bar te them selves, it becomes equally obvious that a very high obligation rests upon the bar te vindicate their own honor and maintain their own purity. The language of Judge Agnew iu the opinion of the supreme court in the Dieksus ca3c, is as fellows : " In tegrity as well as skill aud learning is es sential te the character of the profession, and it becomes the duty of the bench, as well as of the bar itielf, te preserve that character in its highest state as a means of usefulness, and of answer ing the true end of a profession, se honor able, and at the same time se neet'.ful." In the Austin case, 5 Rawle 191, Judge Gibsen said: "Attorneys have a deep stake in the character of their profession, and they are vitally concerned in prevent ing it from being sullied by the miscen duct of unworthy members." Self protection ought te ba a sufficient, active motive te impel the bar te guard well the gateways te the profession, and te provide when necessary a meaus of exit. It is net correct speaking te say that the bar is net in any sense responsible for the character of the persons admitted te prac t ice, and "Member of the Bar'; commenced iu the wrong place te make a lawyer. He forget that the judges whom he thinks are the makers of lawyers are themselves the creation .of the bar. Every Judge was a lawyer before he became a judge, and they ewe their fitness for the bench largely te the training, which the bar gave them. The calibre of the judge depends upon the calibre of the bar from which he came. A learned and honorable bar will have a learned aud upright court, while a bar loose in its morals, careless of its own protection, and reckless of its own honor aud purity, will most likely, practice before a court of the same inferior character. The rules which ordinarily govern admissions te the bar, though ad opted by the court, are as often the sugges tion of the bar as the creation of the court. The last rule adopted by our own court upon that subject was in pursuance of a resolution of the bar. and doubtless, if it were necessary, the united action of the bar would change all existing rules touching the subject of admission. The character of the court, the charac ter of its rules, and the character of the persons admitted te practice, in the last analysis of the question, depend upon the character of the bar. Hew transcend cntly important then is it for them te pre serve their elevated tone, spotless purity and commanding position. They held the power of exclusion and are therefore justly held responsible for these who enter the charmed circle. But we have said mere than enough te show the unsoundness of the views we are cembatting. Enough te show hew ten aciously the bar, with few exceptions, held te the true life-saving principles which have in the past, meulded the conduct of the profession, and enough we trust te make " Member of the Bar" realize that he does a vain thing who lifts his voice against the rooted convictions of the noblest profession among men. It is tee apparent te need te be men tioned that the bar will cease te be a learn ed aud honorable body the moment it ceases te care what quality of men assuuie the character, and exercise the privileges of the profession. Courts will cease te be the tribunals wherein justice is judicially administered, when the bar ceases te ac with all geed fidelity te the bench. While Aaren and Hur, held up the arms of Moses en Hercb, victory followed the children of Israel. Se while the bar held up the arms of the judges the red of jus jus tice will net fall, but when they falter, and withdraw that faithful support contem plated in their oath of office, the sun will set forever en the justice of the country. Let it be understood that the views en tertained en this subject by the Lancaster bar are that the court iu which they prac tice and of which they are sworn officers, is pure, upright aud able, and that they intend te keep it se by keeping themselves the fountain from which the judges flew pure and upright. That, though all of them have net had the highest scho lastic training, nevertheless they arc a body of learned, honorable and pure mem associated in the pursuit of a profession which exacts the highest fidelity te truth and justice. That the characteref the bar is se elevated and should ba kept se eleva ted that te be a.member of it is a passport te the confidence and respect ofthe public. That recognizing the fact that unworthy people may occasionally gain admission te the society of honorable men and te the privileges of a noble profession, they held unalterably te the principle that every member of the bar holds his office by the tenure of honorable conduct, and that a forfeiture of his claim te the confidence of the court, the bar and the public, by mis behavior, works a forfeiture of his office. That this standard of fidelity has been recognized, in the past, is iusistcd upon new, and will in the future be uncom promisingly adhered te. The lawyer who inculcates sentiments less elevated than these, or acquiesces in a rule of duty less exacting, or a standard et wlclity less se vere, unwittingly wrongs the profession by opening the way for a degeneracy in the tone of the bar, into which, thanks te the prevalence of the views we have en deavored te maintain, it has net yet fallen. A Member ok the Lancaster Bar. PERSONAL. The widow of General Jeffeissen C. Davis is said te possess a valuable scarf pin, once owned by the Emperor MaximiV ian, it having been purchased by General Davis at a low price from a jeweler in the city of Mexico. It is said that Professer O. C. IIiu,, principal of the Nermal school at Oregon, Hall county, Missouri, will be President Garfield's private secretary. Professer Hill was ene of the faculty of the college at Hiram, Ohie, when Mr. Garfield was president. Alpiioxse and Christina of Spain are new living quietly and simply at their pal ate of La Gran ja. They walk, hunt and amuse themselves placid'y. The royal home is accessible te all petitioners and the greatest pleasure of the king seems te be in sending them away satisfied. Miss Selisa Fetter, the new Ken tucky actress, has se distracted with ad miration the Louisville mind, that the cit izens of that town have presented te her a casket of beautiful jewels. The presenta tion was made upon the staga by Mr. Henry Watterson at the close of Miss Fet ter's last performance. Te keep a lecture engagement in Dwighr, III., a few days age, Theodere Tii.ten, having missed connection at Bloomington, ordered a special train, which carried him fifty-live miles in fifty six minutes. He arrived in time te keep his engagement, but the trip cost him twenty-five dollars mere than he received for the lecture. Popular Vete of the States for lVrMdent, 18SO. Baltimore Stin. Careful revision of the returns from all the states, obtained by correspondence with the best sources of information, en ables us te lay before the readers of the Sun a correct table of the popular vote of the United States for president in Novem ber, 1830. The total vote of the count! y was 9,200,794, divided as fellows : .Jumes A. Garltelrt, Republican Winfleld 5. Ilnnceck, democrat... lames B. Weaver, tJrttcnbaclc , Seal Pour, rreliintimi Scattering 4.457,91 4,4U.3i:; :W7,0' 9,04 1.793 9.2)0.791 Gen. Hancock's majority ever Garflchl 0,332 The total vote polled for president in 1S7G by the same states as in 18S0 was 8,411.130, and the increase is 789.058. The vote of the states for Garfield, Han cock and Weaver is as fellows : States Garfleld Hanc'ck Weaver W.17S i.fiST 4,tit 41.061 (50,4-9 4,070 80,5111 SO,4iT. 3,392 27.450 21.C17 1,4.S5 07,073 (M17 SOS 1U3 1.11S8 21051 27.ft 52,52 lei.522 4S1 31S.037 277.3211 i5.SS 232 104 225.52S 12.9 1SVW1 1(15.841 32.321 121,520 5',7 10,710 101,550 117,1190 11,493 31,891 IB,3I0 74,t'3 05,17li I.4IH 7S.513 93.71M SIS 1(55.2)5 1I1.9GO 4 51S 1S5.190 131,301 3l.rt)5 93.903 53,315 3.270 . .;i.t-5t 7-,750 5,797 153.507 20S.0KU 3" 045 51,979 28,52:: J',S53 8,732 9.011 41.852 40,791 52S ' 10.555 121,505 2,017 l 555.511 531,511 12,373 115 37s 121,201 1,130 375,013 340,821 0,4V. 20 019 19.94$ 215 411.701 407.128 2tf,OW 18.195 10.779 230 5S.H71 112.312 50.! 107.730 180,109 0,010 53.200 150,528 27 105 45,090 13.131 1,212 ' S3.tJ 127,9 0 IS) 4(5,213 57.391 9,079 144,397 lll,U-;i 7,980 1 4,1:17,931 4,414,313 307 003 Alabama Arkansas Culiternia Colerado Connecticut Delaware Flerida Georgia Illinois Indiana Inwu Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Xe!ra-da Nevada Xew Hampshire... N'ew .)er:y New Yerk. North Carolina Ohie Oregon Pennsylvania Itliode Island .Seuth Carolina.... Tennessee Texas Vermont Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin Total . IN CONGlttSS YKSTEKDAY. J'alr Treatment Demanded for Iiitli.uis. In the United States Senate, yesterday, a petition was presented .signed by lien. Jehn Welsh, Bishop Simpsen Wendell Phillips, Rev. Jes. Cook and ever 30,000 ethers, asking Congress te ebseive the treaties heretofore made with the Indian tribes, and in the future, de justice te the remnants of that pcople. The Heuse bill providing for a delieiency in the appropri ation for interest en the 3-CI bends of the District of Columbia was reported favorably, and placed en the calendar. Mr. Beck addiessed the Senate en the sub ject of free ships, taking for his text the resolution introduced by him en Tuesday last, lie was replied te at considerable length by Mr. Blaine. The resolution then went ever. The naval apprepviatian bill was passed ; also the Heuse bill te supply the deficiency iu the appropriation for pay ment of interest en the 3.05 bends of the district, and the bill te establish an assay office in St. Leuis. The Indian Lund seve ralty bill Was taken up, and the Senate then adjourned. In the Heuse the pest route bill was re ported, ordered te be punted and commit -mitted. Mr. Speer called up the resolu tion in the contested case of Ycates vs. Martin, of North Carolina, and, after de bate, Mr. Springer, of Illinois, demanded the previous question. The Kepublicans refused te vote, leaving the Heuse with out a quorum, and a motion te adjourn wasagicedte. Before the Heuse committee en foreign affairs yesterday, ex-Secretary Thompson finished his argument in opposition te the suggestion that the construction of the Panama canal would be prejudicial te American interests, or in any way at vari ance with the Menree doctrine. I'alr i'nricg. A special dispatch from Washington says : " According te rumors at the hotels, Her Majesty's opera troupe, which played hereon Monday and last night te lull houses, de net dwell together iu sweet ac cord. The troupe is divided into two sec tiens. The first, consisting of .Mine. Gerstcr and her following, having ap peared Monday night, left yesterday for Pittsburgh. Acceiding te a local report thcre was some unpleasantness between two of the female singers after Gerster had disposed of herself and her deg com fortably in the car and the train had at tained a speed of forty miles per hour. One of the singers referred te was seen te approach the ether with a menacing air, and in a minute two costly bonnets were in a dilapidated condition, " Saratoga waves" dashed high and sonic of the marvelous paraphernalia new in use te set oil the hair en the female head was scattered around promiscu ously. The scene was well set, aud in the cast were five lady artists, the conductor and porter of the car and the flagman of the train, the train people playing the parts ofthe peace makers. There was no bloodshed, and the damage has been amply repaid in Pittsburgh. Mme. Gerster had nothing te de with the scrimmage. The principal?, two remarkably handsome girls, get into an animated conversation before the train left the depot about one ofthe male members of the company." Trouble With tiie "Squire." Philadelphia Evening Halletin. Then a man by the name of Cobb, of the Twenty-eighth ward, took the head of the line and shouted, " Let us go up te select council chamber and sec nunlcr." They went upstairs and entered the chamber. Iu the middle of the room was standing William McMullin, councilman from the Fourth ward. Cobb approached him and said : " Yeu are a pretty sucker ; ain't you?" " Oh, don't talk se much," replied Mr. McMullin. " Yes ; I will ; I have a right te," re torted Cobb. Yeu you hired Beb Lister Smith te hammer me at Tenth and Chcsnut." " My friend, you arc mistaken,'" said McMullin. "I guess the best thing you can de is te go out of here." " I won't go you can't make me. Yeu aiea liar and a thief." The words were no sooner out of his mouth than Mr. McMullin struck him two heavy blows en the mouth, drawing bleed. Then there was a rush towards Mr. Mc 31ullin, but Geerge Jehnsen, one of the messengers of council, came forward and separated the men. after which he went out and brought in a force of police men, who Urove the crewu out. Singular Death en the Kail. An unknown tramp was killed en the Baltimore & Ohie railroad near Laurel, Md Wednesday, under the most tragici- cahcircumstances. He attempted te cress in front of au express train, going thirty five miles an hour, when he slipped and fell. Leaping te his feet and seeing the trajn almost en him he lest his presence of mind and jumped directly at the cow catcher. He was struck with terrific force and thrown upwards, his body falling en the cab of the locomotive, where, in a half unconscious state he hung for several minutes, when he relaxed his held and fell between the cats. The entire train of ten coaches passed ever his body, which was literally ground te pieces and strewn along the roadbed for ever a mile. There was net enough of the remains found te held an inquest en. " A deg, supposed te be hydrophobic, was killed en Thiitccnth street, New Yerk, yesterday afternoon, after it had bitten four men in a terrible manner. LATEST NEWS BY MAIL. James Gaddis, aged 21 years, killed his mother in a drunken quarrel at Chatta nooga, en Tuesday night. He is in jail. Four children of Mrs. Bascomb perished by the burning or her house, in Alteua, N. Y., during the temporary absence of the mother en Tuesday evening. The livery stable of Jehn Coates, at Avoca, Iowa, was burned Wednesday uicht, and ten horses and a hostler named Chinawerth perished iu the names. The first and only cram elevator en the Seuth Atlantic coast was opened for busi ness at Pert Royal. S. C, yesterday. Its capacity is 100,000 bushels. Theodere Patrim, a farmer, liviug near Assumption, Illinois, deliberately murder ed his wife and then attempted suicide last Tuesday evening. His injuries are fatal, nn and his wife had been continually quar reling. Tne population of Dakotah territory is as fellows : Males. 82,302 ; females, 52, 878 ; native. S3.3S7 ; foreign. J! 1.793 ; white 133.177 ; co ered, including 233 Chinese and 1,38 1 Indians and half-breds, 2.003; total, 135.1S0. The driver of the omnibus which plies between the village of St. Rambcrt and Lyens, France, saw a large bundle float ing down the Saer.e. With the aid of a peasant he fished out the bundle, and the contents were found te be a portion of the remains of a young woman who had been cut into pieces. Bedretto, a village it Tcssin, has suffer ed considerable damage from nn avalanche. Three persons were killed and several in jured. In 1S03 the same village was abnest swept away and thirty lives were lest by a similar calamity. Three years age the greater part of it was again de stroyed in lika manner. The score of the New Yerk walking match at 12 o'clock last night steed as fellows : Hughes. 417 miles ; Cox, 392 ; Albert. 390 ; Vint 390 ; Heward. 388 ; Ivrehne,38."i,5 ; Phillips. 35 1 J ; Curran, 330 ; Campana, 320J. When Hughes retired te rest, after midnight, he had beaten Row Rew cll's record by 1 mile and 105 yards. The bodies of two recently buried females were exhumed by "hotly snatch crs" In a cemetery at. Alexandria, Vir ginia, en Wednesday night. The sexton surprised the robbers before they could take off the bodies, but the miscreants es caped. Twe negrees were arrested yes terday en suspicion. At Paterson, New Jersey, the trial of the first of fifteen indictments against the Merris canal company for neglecting the condition of its bridges in Passaic county, resulted yesterday in a verdict of guilty en two specifications. The remaining four teen indictments arc te be tried in succes sion. The state authorities of Flerida have entered into a contract with I. Coryell, of Jacksonville, and A. B. Linderman, repre senting capitalists of Philadelphia, and San Francisce, te drain Lake Okeechobee, in Southern Flerida. The scheme, if suc cessfully carried out, will reclaim 12,000, 000 acres of excellent sugar lands, a terri tory about as large as the state of New Jersey. A pistol duel at fifteen paces has been fenght in the neighborhood of Frankfort between two German noblemen, Hcrr von Franklenbcrg Preschiltz, knight of the Royal Household and Master of Ceremon ies at Wiesbaden, and Frcihcer von Froe Free lich. Gentleman of the Chamber at Berlin, resulting iu the instantaneous death of the former, who rccicvcd his antagonist's ball in his threat, his own pistol missing fire. STATE ITEMS. In Pittsburgh thirty dollars is the amount asked for a geed first-class "stiff,' ' old men and children at reduced rates. President Cattcll, of Lafayette college, at Easten, announced in the chapel, lait evening, that Hen. Jehn P. Blair, of lilair lilair tewn, New Jersey, bad given $40,000 te the college for the endowment of a presiden tial chair. The Republicans have sheriffs iu the Democratic counties of Cambria, Clinten, Cumberland, Juniata, Schuylkill, while the Democrats have sheriffs iu the Repub lican counties of Beaver, Butler. Dauphin. Franklin, McKean, Mifflin, Union and Washington. In Philadelphia yesterday, a large num ber of delegates belted from the Demo cratic receiver of taxes convention, aud held a convention at the rooms of the citizcus'Conimittee of One Hundred, where they unanimously nominated Jehn Hunter for receiver of taxes. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. SXKI.SiAKKK'S MAJKSTICS. T.'ic belt Variety Sheir of the Season. Last evening Snulb.ikcr's Majestic Con solidation drew au immense andience te the opera house, which was packed in every part, many people ceing obliged te stand during the cntiic evening, Ne show of the kind that has ever been here left a bet ter impression. The company includes forty or litty people, among the number being many artists who stand iu the front rank of their profession. The curtain arose at 8 o'clock aud it did net fall until the close. The show opened with a sketch, after which Goldie and Steel appeared in their break-neck songs and dances, which pleased all, and they were several times recalled. Following these gentlemen a triple performance was given, in which Sallic St. Clair danced a jig, Karsby Orday juggled, and Little All Right, the Japauc.se, did a balancing act. Miss Leu Sand ford, a pretty women, sang several songs iu geed style, and was fol lowed by Magee and Allen, in the very amusing act entitled 'The Men of Nerve," Pi ess KIdridgc, the stump speaker, who has been here before, received a warm welcome, which his performance deserved. A feature of the evening's entertainment was the introduction of Jehn 'Fill's Marion ettes, whose wonderful acting astonished and amused all. These wooden figures are worked by Mr. Till and liis wife by means of scagrass; strings, which are invis ible. Mr. Till ha.-; been iu this business during the whele of his life. He is the constructor and owner of a large number of figures. Mrs. Till, who is known pro fessionally as .Miss Leu Sanderson, is the grand-daughter of au old marienettae worker of England, and she is said te be the only lady befere the public who un derstands manipulating the figures. Mag gie Cline is the natne of a pleasing vocal ist who made herself popular by singing several songs. The performance of the Clipper quartette was amusing and their -singing excellent. After their appear ance another triple act was given, in which Orday indulged in. plate spinning and jug gling. Goldie, Steel and Sallie St. Clair gave an excellent statue clog. They are artists of ability and there are few better than them before the public. While the performances of these people were going en Little All Right was astonishing the audience. With nothing in his hand but an umbrella he walked backwards te the top e( the gallery en a rope, which was stretched from there te the orchestra box. After aniving at the top he sat down and slid te the bottom. He then reascended this time with his face upward. At the top he suddenly turned and slid te the bottom j en his tcet in a standing position. The evening's performance concluded with the burlesque of "Prince Pretty Pat," which contained many hits and plenty of geed inttsic. The comedians were funny, and the ladies had an ample opportunity of displaying their handsome wardredc and shapely limbs. Miss Virgic Jacksen, the girl who is reported te have W3S3C3SS
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