LANCASTER DAIIA7 1NTKLL1GES0ER THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1881. Lancaster intelligencer. THURSDAY EVENINQ, FEB. 10, 1881. The Contest at Harrisburg. Senater Cameren is quite tee ebsti. nate a man te have consented te the withdrawal of his candidate for senator, if he could any longer have held his force te his support. It has been a very heavy business te held it se steady se long, and the interposition of Mr. Garfield made it impossible. The Cameren in terest would be best served by keeping the senatorial seat vacant, but as that is net possible, obviously the next best movement is te dictate the man who shall Jill it ; and te make sure that lie shall be a friend and net :m enemy. The with drawal of Oliver is a Cameren retreat ; Willi a body of devoted followers, attend ing him into his .second line of entrench ments. Sufficient in number te prevent the election of anyone by the Republi cans of the Legislature, whom they de net accept, they may still control the situation and elect a friend of the family. The caucus at Senater Cam Cam eeon's house last night, seems te have been attended by such a number, and the strong probability is that the senator still has this grasp (in the situation. He may be able te force upon the ether side one of his own followers; but if he does it will be because only of their being de ceived. Knewing their strength as they de and having demonstrated it in the first knock-down secured te them by Oliver's witlidrawal.it is net conceivable that the leaders of the anti-Cameren movement will be se weak as te surrender the game in their hands by consenting te the elec tion of any adherent Of THE I'AMIT.Y. They have been fortunate in getting rid of Grew. Cameren might have spiked his enemies' guns i.i the outset by ac cepting Grew, who would have proved as subservient and .serviceable te him as juiv man he could have chosen. This is becoming apparent new te the anti-Cameeon side by Grew 's withdrawal and his expressed willingness that his friends should vote for Cameren's candidate. If he could control the votes he has had he would seen strike a bargain with Cam Cam eeon and Quay for their transfer te them. But this he cannot de. lie h:is simply been the figure-head for the anti anti Cameren sentiment ; and a very peer one at that. Forced te drop Oliver, the tactics of the i ing will be te start out their friends as candidates, one after another, taking cue te vote for no one they de net feci sure of using should he be elected. In this way they hope le persuade the peo ple that they are net the obstructionists but that they are doing their best le har monize the party. As the, however, will vote for no man that the ether fac tion can prudently accept, they are net likely te come together unless one side or the ether is deceived in the position of a candidate. This state of affairs will afford a golden opportunity for the Janus faced style of people te scheme for the prize. They will go from one side te the ether, with these premises, freely made. But they will catch only gudgeons. Every man of geed sense will at once distrustene who makes such liberal premises te .secure se exalted a place and must confess te him that he is deceiving the ether side te get its vole. The conclusion at once must be thai such a man is net le be trusted. Jehn Cessna is this style of creature. " Without knowing what Jehn is doing at Harrisburg. we would like te bet a pretty penny that he is as busy as a bee Hitting from one side le the ether, prom prem ising each everything they ask from him and deceiving the ether side as freely as hfs truly Christian character will permit him le. Cessna is such a political sneak that he could net de anything else if he should try. In the past he has been Cameren's servile tool, and unless he should clearly see his title clear te better grazing en the ether sid of the fence he will be likely desert his paddock. The Cameren strategy in withdrawing Oliver ler Heaver is ably met en the ether side by taking down Grew and putting up Baync. There are likely le te be a number of movemenlsef just this kind. We are net neai the election yet. Every time a fresh Cameren henchman is trolled out he will be met by a new entry en the ether side ; and unless one party or the ether falls into a trap, and is induced te vote for an enemy, under the guise of a friend, the chances are that the Democrats will net have te be called upon te pick out the Republican senator if one is te be elected. The situation is one which calls for great alertness upon the part of the lead ers of all the factions, for it is one emi nently calculated te award the victory te these who are most wide-awake. The anti-ring people have need te beware of Greeks bearing gifts. There are plenty of them about ; and the only safe way is te give them all the cold shoulder and trust no man who makes great premises in return for an offer which no man who will keep such premises would thus offer te buy. Mil. Ei.ixx, of Pittsburgh, has intro duced a bill into the Legislature for the relief of the estate of Rebert W.Mackey, which sets forth thai the deceased dur ing his official career paid 3100,000 from his own funds, which had been deposited with banks and bankers who became bankrupt while holding the state de posits; that his estate is new almost in solvent, there being ne: king for the heirs but some heavily encumbered real estate: that Mr. Mackey left dependent sisters and neicea, and that the. balance Of $1,(513 3S still remains due from his estate le the commonwealth, being losses te it from the failure of banks in which he had deposited .slate funds. Mr. Flinn's preposition is a specious one bat its whereases de net justify its re silves. It is true Mr. Mackey had le make up, out of his private funds, heavy losses occurring te the stale treasury by the failure of some banking houses which had its moneys. Rut in all such cases the slate money had been deposited in these rotten concerns, rather than in safe institutions, because they premised and afforded imiawf Al gains te Mackey and - I me utsibuiy i ";,'. " ioek iiiu nuances j of profit and neither liener his estate should have any consideration, because he incurred the risks of losses. Moreover, if we are net mistaken, Mr. Mackey used te beast that in his subsequent speculations, with state funds presum ably, he made up all his losses in the Yerkes and similar failures. These losses we de net believer ever amounted te $400,000 nor mere than the half of it. Mr. Mackey's estate is insolvent, net because he ever paid te the state treasury as much money as he made out of it, but because he put his booty into a gambling house partnership. There is no mere reason why his estate should have relief from the commonwealth which he shamed than why the Legisla ture should vote bounty te the impecuni ous sisters, aunts and cousins of any ether insolvent gambler and lobbyist. The Republicans had enough majority in the Ohie Senate te pass instructions te Senators Pendleton and Tkurman, in bahalf of their vote for StanlcyMatthewv confirmation. But the Democratic mi nerity came up smiling and put upon the minutes a forcible pretest against de grading their body "te the level of ward politicians and making it a pliant instru ment in the hands of the majority te strengthen the sickened cause of a vul nerable office-seeker, whose election te the great office which he se diligently seeks would net be for the best interests of the people, even though he gained it by the usual and honorable methods." It arraigns him for his part in the elec toral fraud, and for his advocacy of the cause of dishonest corporations en the fleer or the Senate. " Such a man is neither a safe nor proper person te sit in the highest and holiest temple of Amer ican justice unless the veil of the temple is rent asunder and fraud, is te invade the last refuge of the people's rights.' Sena Sena eor Thurman will mere likely take his instructions from the Democratic pretest than the Republican resolutions. Mr. Pendleton will de well te de likewise. The Philadelphia Titnen sees ahead for the Democrats nothing but severe punishment in the apportionment be cause they " have been loe weak le de a great act and tee timid te trade" in the election of a United States senator. It expects the Cameren faction le punish the Democrats because they did net help te elect Wolfe ; and the anti-caucus ring te punish them because tlieA- would net corruptly combine te elect Oliver. MINOR TOPICS. Evi;nv Republican statu is new well as sured of a man in Garfield's cabinet and several have picked out two places. The state Senate has finally passed the bill te permit husbands or wives of defend ants charged with crime te testify in be half of their husbands or wives in all cases wherein the defendants are compe tent witnesses. Fekney's Progress is of the opinion that the true story of the ballet girl is net one of jelly midnight suppers, with rivers of champagne and little palaces of homes, but it is a story of very hard work, meagre pay, and two or three weary girls in a closet of a room in a peer lodging-house. Mekk than two hundred and fifty years age Helland ettered a reward of 610,000 te the discoverer of the passage found by Prof. Nordcnskjeld, and it is expected it will new he paid te him, although he knew Heming ei i tie ener when lie maue ins voyage. lx Philadelphia, of the two hundred thousand postal cards that were sent out, sixty thousand have already come back t3 the Reform campaign eoinniiilce eeinniiilce Ten thousand signatures of men declaring for the reform ticket came in yesterday in five lets. Had they all been brought up from the postetfice at once by the com mittee's messenger he would have had a wheelbarrow full. Seme enthusiastic citi zens have put postage stamps en sheets of pasteboard, written out their reform sen timents in characters an inch and a half long, and mailed the huge cards te the secretary. MAY DAWN. A winil caine up out of the sea. Ami suiil, "(), mist-, make room ler me."' It hailed the slops, iiml crieil "Suli en, Ye mariners, the night is gene." And hurried Iuiulwar.l faruwav. Crying, " Awake! it id the day." It said unto the forest, "Shout! Hung all your leafy liunner.s out !" It touched the weed-bird's folded whig, And uuld, "O bird, awake and sin;;." And o'er the farms, "O chanticleer, Your clarion blew, the day i near." It whispered te the Holds of corn, " Hew down, and hail the coming morn.'' It shouted through the belfry-tower. " Awake.O bell ! proclaim the hour." It ct-esecd the chuichyard with a sigh. Ami said, ".Net yet ! in quiet lie.'" Lorttfellew. The Chanibersburg daily Herald makes the point that James D. McDowell, repre sentative in the Legislature from Frank lin county, is ineligible te the position. McDowell was elected associate judge of the e'Jlh district in 1871 for the term of five years, but as the new constitution, which went, into effect in 187:1, provides that all persons holding efiicc under the common wealth at the time of the adoption of that instrument shall held until their suc cessors arc duly qualified, and as no elec tion was held at the expiration of Mc Dowell's term as judge iu 1870, te cheese his successor, the JTcrald claims that Mr. McDowell is still the legally constituted as sociate judge, and consequently ineligible as a member of the Legislature, the two offices being incompatible. Tin: New Yerk Sim pays this well merited compliment te Speaker Randall in referring te a Republican scheme te gerrymander him out of his seat : " Mr. Randall leaves the chair after five yea; a' service, during which the lobby has been almost extinguished, and no corrupt ieb of I any magnitude has been allowed te pass, j He will go le the head of a powerful miii erity en the fleer, where his incorruptible- lntfMri'tl ir iviwrifMiw nml vicrilnine rill I !- ...... .. . . . I CJ 7 w "miv"vw Bsx.K w it. vw rt lerm uiceest reliance eitne people against, such vicious and extravagant legislation a3 disgraced the Heuse and filled the country with scandal before the present i fr1 ' h . . r ? "I-nemnfM-.it.in mninr.-v , ;..f.. ... i hke body, the withered limbs recovered - -ww.M.-w -m-.jw.j viiinv J.l.l.r SVf 11 ins removal weutu ee nmvcisaiiy rcgart.- ed as a public calamity, and his removal l. 41... n.ic cilfTiwietnfl 4V.-I.M IT.. !,.1 - ltm3 iiu(;c;ivu II mil JlillllMJIirjr would lead te very serious consequences le these who should cause it te be done." PERSONAL. Geu. Siiekmax has celebrated his Gist birthday and next year can retire, hut he won't. Mr. W. F. Story, proprietor of the Chi cago Times, is said te have avowed his be lief in spiritualism and te have stated that he J3 "iu constant connection with the spirit world." Judge Black, Judge Peaiifex and Judge Pershing looked down upeu the senatorial convention yesterday while the ballet was being taken, but that did net settle it. It is rumored iu Titusville that Colonel E. L. Roberts will build and endow at that place a scientific and mechanical col lege. The building is te cost about S1.10, 000. Patti, Xilssen and Judic are said te earn mere than $50,000 a year. Creizette is wealthy by marriage, but with the ex ex csptien of one or two ethers, there aie no enormously rich acti esses in Paris. San gai.m and Sciinf.ider have about 3,000 a year lrem their property. JeAqrix Miller's first wife is new Mis. Themas Legan. She is described as J5, with a thin, wasted form and a wealth of black hair. Her health is said te have been affected by her separation from her daughter, removed by Mr. Miller te a Canadian convent. 'Te me," writes Rev. Phillips Biioeks in reply te an impeachment of his orthe doxy, "the incarnation and the miracles which Christ Jesus is said te have wrought seem te be sublimely reasonable and con tradicted by no knowledge of man or of the world which Ged has given us. I be lieve that they arc true historically, and most natural philosophically." Ex-Judge Edmund Tayler died at his home in Wilkcsbare en Tuesday, aged seventy seven years. He came te this country from England in 1818, and was actively engaged iu business in Pennsyl vania until 1S70, when he retired. In 1810 he was elected an associate judge of the Luzerne county courts, Judge William II. Jessup being at that time president judge of the district. The report conies that Bret Haute has become an awful cockney. He frequents the crack clubs of Londen, and tells his American acquaintances about his "dinner last night with Lawd So-and-Se, deah boy," aud his engagement te-morrow te "sup with the Prince, ye knew." He hardly remembers that there is any such place at all as San Francisce. Ha actually told an old friend, with an immense amount of patronage about it, tee, that he dined en an average six times a week with the nobility. And he further de clared thaffifty thousand pun, "as he call ed it, had been subscribed te start a mag azine for him ever there. What he want ed, he said, was te have all the really great writers iu the world write for it. STATE ITEMS. Jehn Mawhinney, a prominent citizen of Oil City, a petroleum pioneer, is dead. Charles S. Will, lately of Pcnn Maner, was drowned in the Delaware river, oppo site Bordcntewn, en Monday night. Themas Connard, of Birdsboro', had his feet se badly frozen during Hie late cold weather that portions of each feet had;te be amputated. A young man who imagined he had in vented a telephone with which he could held direct communication with the Su preme Being, has been committed te the insane asylum at Norristown. Heward Rex, a Montgomery county teacher, put his hand under the lire in the school house stove te cleau out the cinders, when all the fire in the stove fell, impris oning his hand and burning it in a horrible manner. The bill abolishing the office of collector of delinquent taxes Philadelphia passed finally in the Heuse of Representatives, at Harrisburg, yesterday, by a vote of 17ti te G, and went te the Senate, where it was reported and parsed first reading in the afternoon session. -. Three prominent members and friends of the Philadelphia highway depaittneiit one an assistant commissioner and the ethers contractors were yesterday found guilty of criminal conspiracy, the statutory penalty of which is two years' imprison ment in the penitentiary and $500 fine. At Wyoming, Luzerne county. Mrs. Van Buskirk, an old lady who had passed her three score years and ten, who was almost blind, was sitting near a very het stove, when some of her garments became ig nited aud she was almost immediately en veloped in flames, dying in two hours from the horrible burns received. Albert Jenes, a plumber, made a fear ful leap while engaged en the reef of the Catholic church at Carbeudale. The dis tance from the reef te the ground is :0 feet. Jenes claims he lest his foothold ami slipped, falling te the ground and striking upon his head. One eye was cut out by a sharp stick. The man was otherwise in jured and is in a critical condition. Father anil Daughter Drowned. At Fert Smith, Ark., Mr. Ishnm Carter and his daughter, Miss Cecilia Carter, a lovely and accomplished young lady, were crossing te the opposite side of the Peleau river in a skill. Recent rains had swollen the river te unusual dimensions, and, when midway in the stream, they v.eic caught in a strong current. The tittle beat was whirled around like a top and finally upset, throwing the occupants into the stream. The father made a frantic effort te save his child, his desperate struggles overcoming the violence of the waves for a time ; but they were seen separated, drifting apart and down the stream. The pitiful cries of the young lady were heard en either shore, mingled with the supplications of her father, but before assistance could reach them they had perished. i A Horrible Ruilre:uI Accident. A construction train, with twenty-five men, in a caboose, under Conductor Lock Leck hart, was backing towards Owaneke, III., in order te go en the side track thci'e te let a passenger train, which was running fast te make up for less time, pass, and the latter having no notice of the construc tion train being en the track a collision occurred. The engine of the passenger train tore through the crowded caboose, pushing these inside out, killing three out right and wounding ten or twelve ethers. The following arc the names of the killed : Allen Jenes, of Owaneke. and W. W. Tat L)ck and II. MePhersen, Pennsylvania. The Head Keaterci. Miss Ellen MeQuillian, of Summit, Erie county, aged twenty, was suddenly stricken with a disease that paralyzed her whole body se that it began te wither i. -I l r or eight days she lay in a state 0r t,..uice.lll(, te ...i aD1Mfflraiim ,iC!Ui Rev.Fatlier Malency came te pray for her, and as ? invoked the help of Jesus and il. .!.. ...,,. ...1 1 their plumpuess and she arose uniuded and walked about, lnc subscribers te the statement made affidavits te its truth. The priest was se terrified at the result of his invocation that he nearly fainted. GROW AND OLIVER. BOTH GET OFF TUB TRACK. Grew Accused or Selling Out. Early yesterday morning a meeting took place between Oliver and Grew, at Den Cameren's house, when the situation was full' talked ever, but no determination reached. During the afternoeu there was another meeting between them aud at one time it was agreed that both should with draw and give the Republican majority a possible chance te unite upon some one who could be elected without further de lay. In accordance with this understand ing Mr. Oliver about 8 o'clock last even ing called the Allegheny delegation to gether aud announced that he had with drawn from the contest. Meanwhile the supporters of Mr. Grew were busy canvassing the situation, and in view of the contemplated withdrawal of I their leader were preparing te held a cau cus ler tuc purpose el deciding upon a new line et action. They met at Ne. 10 Market Square at 8 o'clock. Fifty-six members were in attendance and Senater Lawrence presided. Mr.Grew was present, and thanking his supporters in eloquent terms announced his withdrawal from the fight in the interest of harmony and party unity. He said that since the preposition had been made by Mr. Oliver, his leading opponent, there was no ether honorable course left for him te pursue, any he de clined te continue a hopeless struggle with no ultimate result save an ignominious backdewn. Mr. Grew's remarks were well received, but Senater Stewart made a scathing reply, in which he criticised the course of the chosen leader of the inde pendent Republicans in deserting them iu this crisis. The caucus then took action en the name of General Beaver, which was quickly tabled. A number of speeches were made, the tenor of which was te the effect that the Independents would stick together aud fight it out te the bitter cud. A ballet was then taken en the name of Wolfe, which was submitted by Representative. Law, but he only re ceived eighteen votes. Mr. Wolfe and his friends objected te letting any of the members present vote save the forty eight signers of the original compact. This caused a spicy scene, out of .which har mony was eventually evolved. The cau cus then proceeded te take action en the original list of seven names submitted by them te the regulars. That of Colonel Themas M. Baync, of Allegheny, coming first was first submitted and received forty ferty tluee votes, after which Baync was de clarcd the choice of the caucus as a candi date le be supported in the joint conven tion until further orders. After making an effort for B.iyne's election the caucus will take action en the name of Geerge Shiras, jr., which stands next en the list. The meeting lasted until midnight and was at times quite stormy, but finally wound up with three cheers for Bayne. A Meeting at the Cameren Residence. Simultaneously with the caucus of the belters a meeting of members was held at the residence of Senater Cameren. Fifty one senators and representatives wcre pres ent, and Senater Hcrr, of Dauphin pre sided. Senater Cameren addressed the meeting in a ringing appeal for party unity. He disclaimed having any per sonal interest iu the light, and said when the proper time came he could take caie of himself ; but new the life of the party was at stake, aud in this crisis its true friends would be tested. Four names were then submitted te the meeting, namely, Beaver, Armstrong, Bayne and Stene. The name of Baync was voted down almost unanimously, after which Representative Beycc, who presented it, withdrew from the caucus. General Beaver was then made the unanimous choice of thc'Smeeting amid considerable enthusiasm. The new dead-lock is new be tween Bayne and Beaver, and the chaotic situation last night presented a case of "confusion worse cenfunded." OLIVi'lt'S WITHDRAWAL. Ills Letter Announcing That He is Ne Lenger Candidate. Mr. Oliver issued the following ad dress : Te Hie Ki'iuiliiUv.n .Members of the Ueucral Assembly : The contest for the scnatership has been se protracted aud without reasonable hope, of solution as long as the principal candi dates remain as contestants that it is alto gether fitting in me at this time te ex press te you my views ou the subject. It is an honorable ambition in any man feel ing that he has the proper elements within himselfte worthily fulfill its duties te aspire le a seat iu the national Senate. Especially is this se when this ambition is ( e represent a great commonwealth like Pennsylvania. Inspired by this feeling, I became a candidate for senator aud received the nomination of my party. Political parties have existed in every state of which we have any history, and they are neces sary te the well-being of government. In matters of party representation and organ ization tiie nominating convention and the caucus are as necessary adjuncts te suc cess as the individual membership upeu which party is founded. As a Republican aud the party nominee I was entitled te the support of every member of the Gen eral Assembly who had been nominated and elected as a Republican, unless unfit ted for the office by some moral, political or personal defect. I am unaware of any sueh objection, nor has any, te my knowl edge, been suggested, but unfortunately for my aspirations, a sufficient number of Republicans have refused cither te take part in making the nomination or support the nominee of the majority. Many, perhaps all of the gentlemen who have adopted this method of compassing the defeat of the party nominee, arc doubtless actuated by upright aim conscientious motives, and in se far as they are se actuated they have my entire respect, although as a Republi can I cannot approve of the steps they have taken. It would be highly absurd te say that the interest and welfare of the people of this commonwealth would be best subserved by the election of any one man te the Senate of the United Stater. In a state se large and populous as ours, rich in material, wealth and culture, there arc many men who'weuld honor as well as be honored by the position. Fer myself, realizing that the party nominee cannot be elected, owing te the refusal of a large and respectable number of Republicans te join with their brethren in the cheice of the majority, it is due te my supporters te say that I am no longer a candidate and they are free te select any ether worthy Republican. It is liaidly necessary f.r me te express my appreciation et the manly and steadfast support which has been accorded me by a majority of the Republican members of the Legislature apart from my personal friends. I regard tneir support net as a tribute te myself, but as a manifestation of respect for the rules and customs of the party te which we belong. Time will demonstrate that their action has the anitreval of the Re publicans of the state. This letter, owing te the circumstances, is te some extent necessarily personal, but no mere se, I trust, than a modest appreciation of the situation warrants. With great respect, I remain, very truly. Henry W. Oliver, Jr. This step was taken by Mr. Oliver alter he had been told by Mr. Cameie.i that there was no possible chance of his elec tion and that his continued candidacy only added te thcdiffieulticsef the situation, and increased the bitterness of the stiug gk It is said that Mr. Grew and Senater Cameren had a conference, in the course of which the latter gentleman submitted te Mr. Grew the names of 31. S. Quay, Wil liam IL' Armstrong and Gen. James I A. Beaver. 3Ir. Grew is said te have sig- nifled his willingness that General Beaver should be the candidate instead of Mr. Oliver and the inference" is that he agreed te influence his fricmls te vote for Gen. Beaver, but was unabie te handle them. Seme of the supporters of Mr. Grew express themselves with great bitterness regarding his actions in conferring with Senater Cameren, and charge that he has been premised some substantial benefit in a political way for his acceptance of the candidacy of Gen. Beaver. LA.TEST NEWS BY MAIL. Jehn Terwilliger, of 3Ibmbaccus, N. Y , has been frozen te death in the forest near his home. A sleeping car costs, en au average about $12,000 and earns about $1,000 a month. Herdic's chariots have come down like a been upon Washington aud the strcat car companies nave cut tares te three cents. A bill te revive the whipping pest for wife beaters is likely te pass the Indiana Legislature. It limits the punishment te twenty-five strokes en the bare back with a cat-e'-nine-tails. Of the women or rather girls married iu Gratiot county, 3Iich., during the last year, nineteen were just 1C years of age, four were 15, two were 14 and one only 13. Of the whole number married nearly "one third were under 18. In Warren, R. I.. Christopher 3IcKcnzie was drawing Alice Ceyle, aged sixteen, en the river, when both broke through. The young man was taken out and resuscitated, but the girl was drowned, and her body has net been recovered. There is a movement in St. Leuis te strictly enforce the Sunday law. IJv a prevision of the act, Jews may work en Sunday if they religiously observe Satur day, liic a lube Ifemeerat declares that, if interfcrred with, it will employ Jews exclusively te get out the 3Ienday morning edition. The stock exchange at 3Ientrcal was ex cited, yesterday, ever the announcement of a heavy transfer of 3Ientreal telegraph company stock te Wilsen G. Hunt, of New Yerk, a director of the Western Union. The transfer is regarded as fore shadowing the absorption of the 3Ientreal telegraph company by tiie consolidation. Allisen has arrived at Fert Buferd with three hundred and twenty-tivc of the hos tile Sioux, under Crew Wing, Black Eagle, Geed Bear aud Leng Deg. They surren dered their arms and ponies. Crew Wing, the head soldier et Sitting Bull, is the In dian te whom we are most indebted for this surrender. It is important from the fact that the pcople were net isolated from Sitting Bull when the movement to ward surrender began. It was made while forming a portion of his camp and in spite of his opposition and entreaties. Seme iron mills in Pittsburgh have had te suspend because of the break in dam Ne. 1, 3Ionengahcla river, which is a ter rible calamity te the coal interests of that city, and the losses that will he sustained thereby cannot be estimated, inasmuch as the down river coal trade will be equally affected. The water has all drained out of the peel leaving scores of coal laden beats and barges lying high and dry. It will be impossible te move these until the dam is repaired and this cannot he accomplished until summer at least. Meanwhile no coal can begotten out and a famine will surely result. 13-1 -1-1 5. An Ati-:iiemer Tackles tlie 1'iizilc. These of our readers, if there be any, who have survived a serious attack of the "Fifteen Puzzle fever" will doubtless take a languid interest in the following communication en the subject which ap pears in the Londen Truth of January 27 : Mr. Richard A. Procter has devoted his energies te the solution of the "fifteen" or "boss" puzzle and has published some three or four learned articles en the subject. He has calculated that there arc no fewer than 20,922.789,888 positions in which the puzzle may be placed if an aspirant desires te attempt its solution. Of these he has satisfied himself that one-half arc soluble and the remaining half insoluble. The solubility of the problem depends upeu a strange law of relation between the line in which the vacant square occurs and the number of what 3Ir. Proc Proc eor terms "displacements." If, for in stance, we read the box iu the ordinary way, beginning with the upper horizontal line from left te right, and find it te begin with 5, there arc then four displacements, because "i conies before 1, 2, 3and-l, where as it ought te fellow them. If the next fig ure be 3 there are then two mere displacements, because ' comes before 1 and 2, whereas it ought te fellow them. New, according te 3Ir. Procter, if the number of displacements arc even aud the vacant block is in one of the even horizontal lines, reading from left te right that is te saj iu the second line from the top or iu the bottom line then the prob lem is soluble. The same is the case if the number of displacements arc uneven and the vacant block be in an uneven line. But where the displacements arc even and the line of the vacant block even, or vice versa, the prob lem is insoluble. I de net profess te entirely fellow 3Ir. Procter's reasoning, any mere than te be able te ceut the stars in the nebula of Orien. But T have fol lowed his rule, and I have never found it fail. 3Ir. Labeuchcrc publishes this with the observation that for his own part he finds it rather tougher than the puzzle. " Ilia Fruuilulency." Lancaster Kxamincr, late Republican Orgun. The present Ohie man who is about going out of office, unregrctted by even a respectable minority of the party 'that elected him. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. DAUFHIX COU.NTY DOCTORS. Ktttcrlainiiig the l'refewiinii from Yerk anil Lancaster. The Dauphin county medical society holds a special meeting in Harrisburg to day and in reciprocation of courtesies ex tended its members by the Lancaster and Yerk society, they are guests of the occa sion. The following will be the order of excecises : Pravcr: Address of Welcome, II. L. Orth,3I. I)., Harrisburg, Pa. ; 3Iedical Education in its Relation te Quackerv, J. L. Zicgler. 31. IX, 3lt. Jey ; Practical Ob servation in Using Chloroform, Jehn T. Carpenter, 31. D., Pottsville, Pa. : The .Physician The Grandeur of His Profes sion, II. O. Orris, 31. I).. Newport. Pa. Lunch at ( p. m., at Association hall. Evening Exercises, 7 p. m. Embolism, J. W. Kerr, M. I)., Yerk Pa ; The Mimicry of Disease. S. Weir 3Iitchell. 31. D.. Phil adelphia, Pa. : Treatment of Nase. Pharyn geal Catarrh. .1. Montgomery, 31. I)., Chambersburg, Pa. ; Seme Diseases Pecu liar te 3Ien and Beys, S. B. Kicller, 31. D., Carlisle, Pa. Supper at 10 p. m. at Lcchicl hotel. Tilth Ward Nominations. The Democrats of the Fifth ward nomi nated the folio wing ticket last evening : Select Council R. If. Schnadcr. Common Council 3Ierris Gcrslicl, Henry Wolf. Assessor S. S. Jerdan. Constable Samuel Lcntz. Judge Geerge 3Iusser. Inspector O. B Shertzer. City Committee W. B. Strine THE FREEZING OF INSECTS. A 1MPJ5U BY UK. RATUVOX. In Which He Sets Dr. tirevne Rlt;ht. We could net possibly attend the Feb ruary meeting of the A5riculiur.il and Horticultural society, and had we been there wc probably could net have heard what was said en this subject. The reports of the proceedings by the three dailv papers de net seem te convey exaetlv what Dr. Greene advanced, but all seem te agree that he admonished these present That they need net entertain any apprehension in regard te insects the coming season, " solely from the fact" that threugh'the long aud intense cold of the present win ter, e:gs, larva', pupa:, and mature insects would largely be frozen. This does net. fellow by any means. Under favorable circumstances (unfavorable te the in sects) this may fellow te some extent, but it cannot be regarded as a matter of course. It is very hard te freeze the eggs of insects, especially in a dry and contin uously cold winter. The eggs of Ai7ud9 Cecci, and "Tent' caterpillars, will bear a very low degree of cold without injury, aud this is also the case with many of the pupa.', and even some of the litrciC.' As te the developed insects themselves, many of the hibernating species are under ground, and the ground tee. deeply covered with suew te be much effected by freezing. A few years age, when 3Ir. Lutz reported the ground frozen three feet in depth, iu Lancaster cemetery, "Colerad.i potato beetles' taken out of solid block's of earth, revived in two hours after they had been removed te a warm room. That same winter we had our eye tliily en a chrysalis of the "white cabbage butterfly" from the month et JNevcmbcr until the follow ing April, when one warm day the fly evolved and lied. We think it was that same winter, that one of these butterllies ,flew into the Ixtei.mee.Xit.r office en the 22d day of February, which was given te us by Lieut. Johnsten. The day was net very cold, but the ground was still covered with snow. When a silk-worm breeder receives eggs before he has any feed for them he puts them in an ice-house te retard incubation. The Japanese scud silk-worm eggs te San Francisce, from whence they are shipped across the conti nent te New Yerk, and from thence te different ports in Europe. These are pre served from incubation by placing them in refrigerators, or packing them in ice. We have frequently seen species of Pev lidic (shad flies) coming up through fis sures in decomposing ice along the shore el the busquehanna, in 1'cbruarv Mid March. AV'e have also found insect l.irvre frozen se stiff that they ceujd be broken like icicles, aud yet en the removal of these intact le a warm medium, they have revived and become active. On 0110 occa sion wc cut the caterpillar of Arctiu hmi bellu out of a solid block of ice, iu a. rain stand, and within one hour afterwards we found it creeping ever the carpet in a warm room almost as briskly as in sum mer. During the cold winter alluded te above 3Ir. Ilensel, of East Orange street, cut potato beetles out of frozen earth, but the beetles did net seem te be frozen they mashed and made a yellowish streak, as they de en being ciushcd in summer time. And yet, there are meteorological conditions that are detrimental te the life an 1 health of insects, namely, watery satuartiens and extremes of alternate freez- nigs aud thawings. Almest all the architectural structures of insects are impervious te water. The oh - eh - ject seems te be te keep out moisture and net the cold. A gravid female insect ap- pears te have as many lives as a cat. Af- tcr all her eggs are deposited she loses her tenacity ; the case is similar with a "bachelor' male. After his fertilizing office is performed he looses his vitality and passes away. v hen we advise a far- ' mer te turn up hi soil with a plow and . expose the larva or chrysahds 111 it, it is mere te subject them te destruction, by buds, skunks, etc., and te freezings, thaw ings and watery saturations, than te cold. AH this, however, does net militate against the fact that insects at a certain low temperature may freeze : especially when ether conditions render them mere j susceptible te the effects of cold ; hut wC ; de net think that it makes any difference with these below the " snow line " the present winter, hew cold it is above that line : and te illustrate hew invulnerable sem above that line are. we have eriv te mention that en Monday, the 7th inst, a I mn I-,A ,0"'. r '"st"l,-1 ''. h !,,s ... " .. 'I ...:i. ......1 ciin : -r.-.;-.,.L- .. i.,..r. :.. f :... young man meugnt tens a lively chrysalis of Atlitctts cecrepin "for a name" which he had very injudiciously taken out of its cocoon. This is the large " Ameri can silk-worm," or "Cecrepia moth," and we think if any insect would be likely te freeze this one would, for it always spins its cocoon and fastens it in a low branch, a weed, a shrub or some such place. Its cocoon is impervious te water, and that is pretty much all it provides tigainst. Thus secured, it is very doubtful if ever one "-as killed by cold. Ner will water always effect the destruction of insects, unless they arc immersed in it for a long period or until decomposition takes place. It is certainly known that "house Hies " caught in a "water trap" have revived after exposure te the sun's lays in less than an hour. Rev. 3Ir. Kirby, one of Eng land); most distinguished entomologists, had his attention first called te the study of insects from a most striking case of their tenacity, which came under his ob servation. He immersed a small yellow and black-spettc'd " Lady bird " (CeceincUu 20-puiictitlit) in spirits, and en placing it in the sun some hours afterwards, it re vived and Hew away. We have often been astonished, when wc had killed and im paled insects, le find them :' alive and kicking" two or three days thereafter. Although a certain degree of heat will re vive insects that are thought te be dead, yet intense heat is a surer mode of de struction than intense cold. We wish we could assure farmers and ethers of a milieu nial absence of noxious insects through the intervention of cold winters, but wc cannot. They are here, ami have been here from our earliest recollection, and perhaps al ways will he here as long as the earth pro duces feed for them te feed upon, and the mere the untamed earth is cultivated and its products improved iu quantity and quality, the mere inviting and facilitating will it be te the presence and the increase of insects. Ne farmer cuics hisincat,er has his meals cooked without providing s.tlt. This is an all-pervading and ever accom panying essential. Let him repaid insects as something that he shall have " always with him," as a matter of course, aud make previsions by prevention, circum vention, or extcravnatien. as conditions upon which he can only be enabled te " reap what he sews." As te Prof. Riley's predictions in refer ence te the appearance of the seventeeu year locust in Lancaster county in 1881, te which Dr. Greene alluded, wc think the professor only refers te it approximately ; and net as a reality. He doubtless bases his theory en certain data which ought te produce certain results, if these data have been correctly noted or reported. Prof. R. has done mere te reduce te systematic order the chaos that has existed in regaid te the various breeds of these insects Ibi the last hundred yc.irs, than perhaps any man living. We de net expect inch an advent of these insects this year in Lancaster county, as these wc wit nessed in le'Jl, 18."1 and 18C3 ; al though small and isolated breeds may appear, in certain localities, both in Yerk and Lancaster cenntirs, and te which wc have mere fully alluded elsewhere. It docs net require much prophetic power te forecast the damage done te vegetation by the seventeen-year locust. Beyond a lit tle pruning, In some beneficial te some trees. tie damage, except te very young trees, or dwarfs and shrubbery : but their visits are .se "few and far'between" that a single year may setmattcrs right again. Had they never been wrongly called "locusts,"' perhaps, no destructive char acteristics would have attached them ; but that name suggests the locusts of Asia and Africa. &c. R. v T1IK KKFUKMED I'UUItCU. A riece of tireunri Purchased iu Wahlngtei, D. C. antt it Cliupel te be Krccted Thta Summer. Wellington, D. C, l'est. Rev. Theodere AppeJ, D. I)., of the Re formed church, is new en a visit te this city te inaugurate a movement for the erection of a chapel or suitable house of worship for the mission con gregation of that denomination recently organized here. Yesterday, Dr. Appeland the pastor of the church. Rev. Charles F. Sontag. were joined by Rev. C. w it:i .ie J . : t. W iii.iiiii.iii, in eumeiset county, ra., a minister of the beard. Thus far their ef forts have met with an encouraging degree of success. An eligible piece of ground at Fourteenth street and Ithedc Island avenue has beeu purchased by the beard, and the chapel will doubt less be built during the coming summer. Dr. Appel was for a long time professor in the Franklin and .Marshall college, at Lin caster. Pa., and is new superintendent of missions for the eastern part of the Re formed church. He has the oversight of missions iu Pennsylvania, Maryland, Vir ginia, Kansas, California, Oregon, Seuth Carolina and Flerida Mt?iiLi-:xitKK; AXD Kill. TON. Meettuz of the 1'ennsTlvanla Statuary l'ntmlsMeii. The Pennsylvania statuary commission, the body cut rusted by the Legislature with the duty of seeing that the state is properly represented by the statues of two of her prominent men in the eapitel at Washington, met at the Lochiel hotel, Harrisburg. yesterday afternoon. 3Iessrs. 1 lager, if Lancaster; ex-Representative F. A. Osberne, of Phila delphia, and Cengiessman-clect Ermcn Ermcn treut, of Berks county, were present. The claims el the commission wcre heard by the general appropriation committee during the afternoeu. Au appropriation of $15,00!) is asked for and will probably be granted. Mr. Roberts, the artist, has his plaster east of Fulton already prepared, and Miss Xevin, who is new in Italy, has finished a clay model, of 3Iuhlenberg. The bill hefere.the Legislature at the last session which made au appropriation te defrav the expenses of the commission was 1 pushed as far as the lliird reading, but the bribery investigation began about that time and its passage was prevented. The Teats nf :i Cew Frezen. West Clic-Mcr Lecal New.-. Geerge P. 3Iatlaek, of East Brandy wine, tells us that a very singular thing oc curred with one of his cows a short time age. She was kept iu a warm stable, and notwithstanding which during the recent cold weather all four of her teats wcre badly frozen and three of them dropped 1 entirely off close te the udder. Since , I lien she has had a calf, which he tells us I manages te tjet alen admirably. It some times uses the remaining dug and ether times attacks the openings where the teats have beeu, and, as the cow has no way of ' retaining it, the milk flews copiously, and ! which the calf takes in with avidity. The freezing of a cow's teats is something , never before known te any farmer within ' ' 3Ir. 3fat lack's acquaintance, ami which he thinks was probably caused by a liniment j of spirits of hartshern and oil, which was applied te the cow's udder te remove a cake which had made its appearance. The I hartshern he thinks extinguished the heat from the teats, causing them te freeze as I they did. The IJeys' Cern Crep. Last ear several prizes were offered iu different, sections of Chester county te lie competed for by boys in order te induce the rising generation te show what they could de. The Chadd's Ferd Farmers club offered prizes for the ley who eeuld raise the most corn from au eighth of an acre and Chailes Lcvcrgoed, of Houeybreok, astonished them hyauneuuc j ing that lie had ratuercd H1 peunus I or at the 1 ate of 1H2 bushels te the acre. Uut Charley's yield sinks into a very small one compared with that el a tankce boy I " X ils shown by the icportste Still- Lt !ft'lll.'.J1! 4.wts 111 '1 l.t..i 1,1V irJjn III ITi.ftiiitj, under iijditccn years of aire, who have raised the most Indian corn off one-eighth of a acre during the past season. 3Iore than six hundred boys competed iu all parts of the state, and the first prize of 6200 was carried off by Frank E. Small, of Stockton, who raised 2,241 pound. The ISrenK at the Renervuir. As seen as notified of the break at the city reservoir yesterday, Sujicriutendcnt Kitch took prompt measures te discover the location of the leak and make the necessary repairs. He lowered the water in the reservoir eight inches, and discovered that the main which enters the reservoir near the top of the embankment had been raised about half an inch by the frost. When the thaw el yesterday came the pipe fell back te its original position, leav ing an opening above the pipe of about half an inch space, through which the water found its way and flowed down the bank as stated yesterday. The damage done is inconsiderable, aud the leak was closed by neon te-day. Opera Heuse Noted. Charlie Shay's variety troupe is booked te appear here 011 February 17th, a -week from te-day, but the agent has net yet put in an appearance. Gill's Goblins were yesterday booked te appear here iu "Fun 011 the Rhine." 011 Satuiday, Febjuary 10. Brune Kenticett, agent of 3tadamc Rentz's min.strels, was in town yesterday. He was tiyinj; te make arrangements for their appearance here en February 18th, tne night betere they show in Columbia. That date is taken, however, and the show will go te 3IiddIetewn en that night. The "Om Maii Ulscnurceil. William Blauchard, agent of the Oiel in Scranton, who was arrested en Saturday. en a charge of libel preferred by Themas McAudrcws, was discharged 011 Wednes day, the evidence, in the mayor's judg ment, net being sufficient te held him. The above information was furnished te us by the publisher of the Old. On the ether hand the Scranton llepubhcaii says : "Chailes Blauchard was yesterday sent te the county jail, iu default of bail, for ap p.carancc at next court. When asked why he was sent there, he sadly replied : It was the Oirf .' l'atcute (.ranted. In the list of patents granted by the United States te citizens; of this state for the week ending February 8, 1831, we find one te I. L. Land is of Lancaster for bad bottom, and etic te II. ('. Mussulman, as as sigeor of one half te I J. 31. Slaymaker, of Lanctster, for brush bridle. Haad Creaked. Mr. (' Bailey, a brakcmaii en engine 135 extra local fi eight cast had his right band badly crushed this morning while engaged in coupling cars at Leaman Place. Dr. Lcauiiui dressed the wounded hand, and Bailey was sent te his home at the (Jap. Though very painful his injuries arc ii"t considered dangerous. Appeal Oay. Te-day the assessors of Bart, Little Britain, Eden, Colerain and Fulton town - lit Mill' ! v.v - j uuniiiii.jii7UVIi1 cases absolutely Ojficote i,car appeals from assessments i, they de very lit, Thcrc xfen vcry ,cw appCiats present. ships sat in the county commissieners7 I Wl maaumeatfaai
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