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LANCASTER DAlLi 1OTELL1GEK0ER TUESDAY, MAJROH 15, 1881.
Hancastct fnielltgencec.
TUXSDAT RVENING. MABCH 16, 1881.
Ambition Overleaping Itself.
Well knowing the man and noting Lis
maneeuvres, we have never doubted
that Mahone would be found acting with
the Republican party. We have often
declared that there was no doubt at all
of his contemplated treachery te the
Democratic party, his position in which
he has been using in Virginia in an ef
fort te build up a party of his own.
There has been a contest between him
self and the regular Democratic ergani
zatien in the state, in which he had
called te his aid every fragment of op
position te the Democracy, while yet
proclaiming himself a Democrat and se
holding control of a faction of the Dem
ocratic party which hugged te its soul
an insane longing te repudiate the state
debt. There has absolutely been noth
ing at the foundation of Mahone's Dem
ocratic support in Virginia but the re
pudiation, or as it is called there the
" readjusting," sentiment ; and yet te
thisbasisfera party he has hooked en
the Republican party in the state, and
has new made his alliance with it in the
nation ; albeit, that party loudly pro
claims its horror of repudiation.
In the last campaign the Mahone iarty
had the audacity te run a Hancock elec
toral ticket in Virginia. It was mani
fest that in se doing they endangered
Democratic success; and it was very
clear that they cared nothing at all for
it. Mahone desired te carry the elec
toral vote or Virginia in his pocket,
readv for use after the election where it
would be of the mdst value te him.. It
would have been very stupid net te
recognize this fact, and therefore
it was that the Democratic national
-committee urged the Virginia Democ
racy te vote for the electoral ticket nomi
nated by the regular organization. Every
effort had previously been exhausted te
persuade Mahone te agree te some ar
rangement by which one ticket could re
ceive the support of every Virginia
Democrat. But he would consent te
nothing and insisted that if there was te
be unity it should be had by supporting
the ticket he had caused te be nomi
nated, which he proclaimed was ' the
true Democratic ticket and the one
which would lc-ar te General Hancock
the vote of the state. Only very guile
less men could be deceived by
this declaration from such a man.
It was made without any truth
or sincerity, as these who knew
Mahone could net doubt and as the pres
ent exhibition of the nature of his devo
tion te Democracy shows. If his ticket
had carried Virginia, Hancock would
have received the vote of the state prob
ably, but net certainly. If Mahone had
controlled the vote he would have been
a power in the Democratic party and
might have forced his leadership upon it
and obtained national recognition by
bearing its vote te Hancock. The Re
publicans would have had te bid high
for him te offset se important attrac
tions te the Demeceatic side. If the re
sult of the election had depended upon
Virginia they might have offered enough
te have bought it.
In any event Mahone would (,hen have
been a big man. Rut the election showed
that lie was net a power in Virginia.
He fell between two steels, notwith
standing his agility. The decent Re
publicans, as well as the decent Demo
crats, repudiated him. He had the
riff-raff with him and si handful of re
spectable gentlemen whom his activity
and impudence imposed upon. He was
reduced te his scuateristl seat, which he
had secured by a union of the mongrel
elements in the Legislature against the
regular Democratic candidate, sis the sole
basis of his political power. He wsis
bound tejutilize it ; and it was manifest
that he could only de se by trading with
the party that controlled the natiensil
patronage.
It was therefore very clear where Ma
hone would land in the Senate. He lias
been wriggling and masquerading before
the public eye since the election smd :it
tracting a great deal of attention from
these who did net knew him and se
wondered what he would de. The Dem
ocratic senators, hi organizing the com
mittees, put him en four of them as a
Demecrat: net, however, believing in
his Democracy, as we imagine, but se sis
net te give him the excuse of saying that
the party refused te recognize him. As
he hsid, up te date, proclaimed himself a
Democrat, it wsis right te tsike him sit
him word and put him en the commit
tees as a Democrat.
It would, nevertheless, have been a
great surprise if he had sided with
the party. He could net afford it with
out surrendering his ambition. Hener
and ambition pointed different wsiys,
and a man of his constitution could net
hesitate. Buying tue Virginia patron
age with his senaterisil vote, he hopes te
be able te held a party together in his
state. With the Democratic party there
his' " geese wsis cooked." There is this
excuse, such sis it is, for his tresicli
ery and dishonor. That he is dis
honored cannot be denied. Though it is
true that he was elected te the .Senate
in opposition te the regular Democratic
nominee, yet he wsis elected proclaiming
himself a Democrat, with Democratic
votes. And he supported in November
last an electoral ticket which he pro
claimed te be for Hancock.
There is no escaping these facts. Un
til yesterday he never declared himself
anything but a Democrat. Yesterday he
voted as a Republican. Fer thsit the re
ward he expects is obvious. He has un
deniably sold himself. What will his
Virginia friends say? Hew will the
decent Democrats of the state who have
been se far with him endure this
record? Our judgment is that Senater
Mahone will find himself without a re
putable Democrat te support him in the
state. The atmosphere of Virginia is
net a geed one for such antics. He has
made a mistake ; and is done for in Vir
ginia forever. His ambition has o'er-
leaped itself.
Representative Lanbis induced
the lower house of the Legislature te
thank the president for appointing
Wayne MacVeagh te his cabinet. That
Legislature somehow has get strange
ly enthusiastic ever MacVeagh since the
day, a short while since, when it would
net send him te the Senate.
Superintendent Wickersham
writes te the Philadelphia Press te cor
rect its correspondent's statement that
he had declined te resign. He says that
" the governor asked him te remain and
that he has never expressed a wish of a
different character. He knows very well
that the slightest hint te that effect
would have left my place vacant in-'
stantly. " Se that the fact is, evidently,
that Professer Wickersham is staying te
accommodate the governor. This is made
still mere evident by his declaration that
he does net want the place " unless it
came of its own accord as a free gift,"
and he is " very much chagrined that
many of my friends have deemed it a
duty te act contrary te my wishes in this
regard." These " friends" seem te have
given the professor a great deal of trou
ble since t,hey, tee, printed that circular
which get him into het water with the
governor, and of which he says "any
one can see that it placed me in a false
position, and besides, if I had wanted
support I could have called for it ever
my own signature in a manly way." The
dear professor is net the first man te
cry, Save me from my friends ; and te
pronounce them stupid asses ; but it is
neticesible that they never have occasion
te de it except when the friends' efforts
miscarry.
The opposition te Mr. Ge wen suc
ceeded in voting but about one-third of
the whole number of Reading shares,
and these held by a very smsill number
of persons. Se that it is clear that Mr.
Gewen is supported bya large majority
of the stock and nearly all the stockhold
ers. This a remarkable result and a
great personal triumph. Ne one doubts
that Mr. Gewen's policy in the psist has
been rsish and mistaken; yet few un
prejudiced observers doubt that just new
he is distinctly the right man in the
right place. The opposition te him has
! Itann nc innf nmnt ifite in ifc ninHvuc mill
character sis it is new seen te be in its
power.
rilOUKESSlVK JOURNALISM
Among the State Newspaper.
In the U. B. conference in Yerk, the
Yeung Republican, a small sheet published
in Chambersburg, wsis condemned au ac-
I count of the contcmptible falsehoods it
: publishes concerning this church and its
; bishops and ministers, and the resolution
j was ordered te be published in the Reli
1 gieus Telescope.
The Carlisle Mirror, a semi-weekly
, paper, has been consolidated with the Car
lisle Herald, and they appear jointly under
the name of the Herald and Mirror. Mr.
Adams, editor of the Mirror, continues in
charge, and the paper will be thoroughly
independent with Republican proclivities.
It will be published every Monday and
Thursday, and there is plenty of room ler
its energy and its politics in that section.
The Philadelphia Inquirer has just put
f en a new dress of type and with it no
1 doubt a new lease of life and fresh inspi
ration te newspaper enterprise.
The Xorristewn Daily Itegieter closes its
first volume ami enters upon its second
! with a vigor which tells ifc that it has
I come te stay. It found and has fully met
a necessity for such a publication, and the
Montgomery county Democracy are te be
congratulated en its prosperity.
The Philadelahia Press is taking long
strides in progressive journalism. Yeung
bleed and brains en its editorial staff arc
beginning te tell, and the keenly felt want
of a liberal, independent and influential
Republican state organ has been greatly
reduced under the present management of
the Press.
The Philadelphia Times is only six years
old, but it is such a necessary institution
that people are apt te forget thsit it is a
newcomer in Philadelphia journalism,"
which has been revolutionized since the
start and through the influence of the
Times. Its success has been a phenome
non in the newspapcx world and it retains
the vigor and the sparkle which at the
outset gained for it such a cordial recep
tion. While it is a rival of the New Yerk
dailies in the scope of its enterprise it is
essentially the representative of Penn
sylvania journalism, and there has never
been any paper in the state ou which the
local and national press depended m
largely for fresh news and fearless com
ment. MINOR TOPICS.
The state department has been advised
by Messrs. Evarts and Thurman of their
acceptance of the office of United States
commissioners te the international mone
tary conference te be held in Paris next
summer. Mr. Howe has net yet signified
his acceptance.
Tue stalwart Bulletin of Philadelphia is
highly gratified at the announcement that
Attorney General MacVeagh endeavored
te persuade the president net te send into
the Scnate the name of Stanley Matthews
for the supreme court. Tlie Bulletin
thinks "it is net a small matter whether
Matthews gees upon the supreme bench
or remains off of it. It is a matter of
huge importance, and nothing can be
mere gratifying than the general anxiety
manifested by the people te have 5t se con
sidered, and te exclude Matthews from
the highest court."
Tin: appropriation committee of the
Pennsylvania Heuse of Representatives
has under consideration a bill proposing te
take from the treasury $2GO,000 for the
liquidation of the indebtedness of the
normal schools of the state. These
schools have cost the state in appropria
tions about $1,000,000, notwithstanding
the fact that they were erected with the
understanding that they should be self
sustaining. The governor recommended
the cancellation of the normal school in
debtedness, and the consequent acquire
ment of the property, in the hepe that
the annoying demand for money would
cease.
The National Metropolitan bank of New
Yerk yesterday deposited with the comp
troller of the currency $1,000,000 in coupon
bends for the purpose of increasing its
circulation.
PERSONAL.
Ex-Senater Hamlin is te be dined by
Bosten merchants.
William H. Vaxderbilt's wife is
about te have readings in her parlors, and
the world of fashion is expected te open
its cars.
The governor of Minnesota has appoint
ed General A. J. Edoebten United States
senator te succeed Windem. He has left
for Washington.
Ex-Senater Simen Cameben passed
through Richmond, Virginia, yesterday
afternoon, en his return from his trip te
the Seuth and the West Indies. He is
greatly improved in health.
The commissioner of customs, H emit
C. Jehnsen, of Pennsylvania, thinks it
would be useless for any one te try and
succeed him. He is strongly backed and
te be able retain his place.
Mrs. E. S. Housten, wife of Lieut.
Housten, of the navy, who has been justly
popular in Washington society this witer,
leaves with her two children for her home
in Pennsylvania.
W. U. Hensel has been engaged te de
liver the honorary address before the
Philokesmiau literary society of Lebanon
Valley college at its next anniversary en
May C. His subject will be "Wives of
Great Men.
Senater Mitchell, of Pennsylvania,
called en Secretary Windem, last week,
te urge the appointment of Hugh Yeung,
of Pennsylvania, a brother of Governer
Tem Yeung, of Ohie, as rogister of the
treasury in place of Hen. Gleuni W. Sco Sce
field. Queen Victema's drawiug room en Fri
day, Feb. 25, Was, according te the Lon Len Lon
eon World, net a brilliant affair, as,
owing te the cold weather, the attendance
was very small. The quceu was dressed
in a black satin dress trimmed with
sable. Seme of the dowager ladies felt
the ceid very much and one remarked that
she had net been in a low dress for the
last live years. Miss Ethel Fuller carried
off the palm among the young ladies pre
scntcd.
Lester Wallack is CO years eld,drcsses
in geed taste and has made $50,000 this
season. He is married. William Hen Hen
dereon is about 50, wears a plug hat and
is making a lortune out of "Billce Tay Tay
eor." He is married, his wife being the
author-actor Ellie Hendersen. Aueustin
Daly is net far from 40, is rather careless
in dress, is paying up back debts fast, and
is married te a daughter of Jehn Duff.
A. M. Palmer is in the neighborhood of
45, lias cleared $50,000 this season, dresses
like a parson, wears side-whiskers and is
married, also. Jack IIaverly is 42,
dresses like a revivalist, has made $69,
000 this season, and has a black-eyed wife.
STATE ITEMS.
Yesterday afternoon there were placed
in the room of the state library two por
traits of Pennsylvania's distinguished
sons General Geerge Meade, painted in
1804 from life, and Gouer.il Wiuflcld S.
Hancock, painted in 18S0.
Rufus E. Shaplcy, esq., has resigned as
counsel for the Philadelphia police depart
ment, te take effect- immediately. In the
large number of suits, civil and criminal,
naturally growing out of 252,354 arrests
made during the past, six years, but one
adverse verdict was rendered in court,
after a fair hearing of both sides, followed
by a merely nominal fine.
The committee te nominate a tickel, te
be voted upon at the coming annual meet
ing of the Pennsylvania railroad company
made the following nominations for direc
tors : Messrs. Geerge I). Roberts, Wistar
Merris. Samuel M. Felten, Alexander
Biddlcj Henry M. Phillips, N. Parker
Shertridge, D. B. Cummins, Henry D.
Welsh, Jehn Price Wctherill, Alexander
M. Fex, William L. Elkins, II. II. Hous Heus
tsn and William Thaw. This ticket, with
the exception of. the name of Mr. Housten,
inserted in the place of Mr. James Me
Manes, who declined a renominatien, is
the same as the present beard.
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
A meeting of the socialists and commun
ists of New Yerk has been called for this
evening te rejoice at the assassination of
the Czar.
David Tyler, siged 05 years, of Wiuslcd,
Conn., was killed by a traiu en Sunday,
while walking en the Naugatuck track at
that place.
Baptiste Berliugcr, 10 years old, was
putting up a clothes line yesterday at his
home 089 Sixth avenue, New Yerk, when
he fell off the reef into the yard below.
He was taken te the hospital "in a dying
condition.
In the New Yerk Heuso of Representa
tives, last evening, a resolution was unani
mously adopted, expressing sorrow for the
assassination of the Czar Alexander II.
The United States Senate passed similar
resolutions.
The elevator of Barnes & Magill, with
25,000 bushels of wheat, at Maplcten,
Minnesota, was burned en Sunday after
noon. On the same afternoon, Pillsbury
& Hulbert's elevator and grain house at
Big Lake, Minnesota, were also destroyed
by fire, with a quantity of grain.
A telegram from St. Leuis reports that
the steamer Heward, of about three thou
sand tens burthen, the largest en the
Western rivers, was burned en Saturday
night. The passengers were saved by be
ing lowered from the stern of the beat into
a yawl, the women and children being
taken out first. Most of them were in bed
when the fire broke out, and were taken
from the beat in their night clothes.
Mrs. Lydia Marie Pest died ju Wash,
ingten, D. C, Friday. She was a ladv
known in northeastern Pennsylvania, and
was one of the Wards, a wealthy and
prominent ramily in that region from the
earliest settlement. She ijas for many
years a leader of society in her home at
Montrese. A son, Mr. A. H. Pest, holds
a position in the government printing of
fice, and a daughter by her first husband,
Miss Dimeck, is employed in the treasury
department. Mrs. Pest's remains will be
taken te Montrese for burial.
Deeds of Violence.
As four men named McPherson, Old,
Whiteherst and Fisher were leaving Prin
cess Anne court house, Virginia,in a wagon
at dusk en Saturday evening, they were
twice fired at from the roadside, and Old
and Fisher were killed. The assassins are
unknown, but are suspected te have been
antagonists of McPherson in a lawsuit, in
which his companions were witnesses.
Grearville Messcrville was shot dead at
Darlington, Me., en Sunday by the hus
band of a woman whom he had taken
from her home.
A constable's posse last Friday night at
tempted te arrest a colored thief in Drew
county, Arkansas, and a young man
named Isaacs was placed at the back deer,
while the ethers surrounded the house.
The thief broke out of the back deer, was
followed by Isaacs, and the latter, beta?
mistaken in the darkness for the fugitive, I
was shot dead bv his cnrrmnninns I
MAHONE SELLS UuT TIRGINIA.
"GOING OVEK TOTHS .BlSl'UBIJ.CAS!.
Senater BUI Neatly Flaying the Ueadjuster
In the Semite A Kemarkable
Scene.
Mr. Voerbees took occasion just before
adjournment of the' Senate yesterday in a
speech disclaiming any intention en the
part of the Democrats te capture by un
fair means the control of the committees.
te say that in twenty years of legislative
experience he had never been witness te a
scene like that enacted in the Senate this
afternoon. The fleer had been crowded all
day. Sofas and chairs had been brought
from the cloak rooms and ether retiring
rooms, filling completely the area behind
the desks en each side of the chamber, but
they were insufficient accommodation,
and lining the walls, blocking
the approaches te the corridors
aud cloak rooms and packed even
in the niches made by the furniture were
gentlemen te whom right or courtesy had
given the privileges of the fleer. The
rush te the galleries was similar te that of
inauguration week. There ceased te be
vacant benches before the Scnate was
called te order, and hues began te form in
the corridors. As the day were en the
gallery doers were thrown wide open, and
by 3 o'clock, when interest was at its
height, the benches being still occupied,
fully two-thirds et the upstair visitors
were standing, and through the doers
around the entire upper fleer the crowd ex
tended as far as could be seen into the
corridors A vague expectation that Mr.
Mahone's position would be detincd had
drawn the crowds. The battle was open
ed when Mr. Pendleton (Dens., O.) called
I up his resolution relative te the reorgani reergani
I zatien of the committees, in a sneech of
some length denying the imputation that
had been put upon the Democratic sena
tors te organize the body by uufair
means.
Mr. Bayard spoke briefly te the same
effect, and Mr. Allisen (Rep., Iowa) inter
posed a motion te go into executive session
which was supported by the Republicans
and opposed by the Democrats and finally
rejected by a vote of yeas, 85 ; nays, 87.
When the name of Mahone, of Virginia,
was called there was a confused murmur
en the fleer and applause in the galleries
as he voted in the affirmative with the Re
publicans. Mr. Conkling replied te Mr. Pendleton,
aud Mr. Hill (Ga.) took the fleer te con cen
tinue the debate. '5
Mr. Hill speke long, aud it almost
seemed as if it might be taken as liberally
true when he said he was speaking for
fifty million people, se powerful were his
tones. Mr. Hill did net mention Mr. Ma
hone's name nor his state
" Who is that one ? Laughter en the
Republican side. Who is that one?" re
peated Mr. Hill, in a loud and excited tone
of voice. " Who is ambitious te de what
no man in the history of this country has
ever done te stand up in this high pres
ence, and proclaim from this preund emi
nence. that he disgraces the commission he
holds? Applause in the galleries. Who
is it? Who can it be? Laughter, while
every eye was turned upon Mr. 3Iauene,
who is seated among the Republicans.
De you (addressing the Republicans) re
cene him with anectien? De yer. receive
him with respect ? Is such a man worthy
of your association? buch a man
is net worthy te be a Democrat
is he worthy te be a Republi
can? If my friends from Illinois,
Kansas, and New Yerk (Messrs. Legan,
Plumb and Conkling) were te come te me
holding Republican commissions in their
pockets, sent here by Republican Legisla
tures, and were te whisper te me that
they would vote for a Democratic organi
zation, I would scorn te accept their
votes ; aud I would tell them that if they
came they would be expelled with ignom
iny from the ranks of the party. And why
de you Did us te wait ? 11 all wne were
elected as Democrats are te leniain Deme
crats, what geed will waitiug de you ? Yi u
will still be in a minority of two the
same minority in which you are te-day.
Gentlemen of tlie Republican
party, you cannot organize the Senate un
less you get a vote tliat was elected as a
Democratic vote. Have you gotten
it ? If you have nobody knows
t lint-. vniii-cilvc TLmr linve vim (mh ih
There is no effect without a cause,
no bargaiu without its consideration.
Hew does it happen that you knew of the
change and we de net ? What induced
the change ? I deny that there has been a
change. I maintain that all these who
make up the thirty-eight Democrats en
this fleer stand by the constituencies that
elected them. Thev were elected as Dem
ecrats, and ou a question of organization
(which is a political and party question)
they will act with the Democracy. Yeu
gentlemen (addressing the Republican
side), will be deceived if you think ether
wise : and, therefore, there is no ne
cessity for you te enter en all this filibus
tering." At first Mr. Mahone seemed te pay
little heed te it. lie even walked e-er te
a sofa and sat chatting for a while with a
gentleman. But the impersonal attack of
Mr. Hill was se pointed and se severe that
Mr. Mahone evidently determined te an
swer it. Before Mr. Hill finished Mr.
Mahone spoke, seemingly in some excite
ment, te Den Cameren and ethers. lie
then went down te Ueu Cameren's seat
in the first row. There was a bustle of
exsitement in the galleries and en the
fleer as lie arose. The throng that had
been admitted te the fleer of the Scnate
pressed forward se heavily as te incom
mode the senators who sat in the rear
rows en the Republican side. In what Mr.
Hill afterwards characterized a most re
markable theatrical exhibition, Mr. Ma Ma Ma
houe challenged Mr. Hill's right te speak
cither for the Democratic party of the
country or of Virginia, and he warned Mr.
Hill that he should never allow any man
te set up as sponsor te him, or attetupt te
lecture him en his course : but what es
pecially delighted the Republicans, both
of the Senate and of the galleries, was
his fierce attack en Mr. Hill's Democracy.
That Democracy, Mr. Mahone said, was
one that kept up sectionalism, that did
me oeucu uarm; mat prevented peace,
and stepped progress and prosperity. As
ler lumsclt, Mr. Mahone said that he was
net the representative of such a De
mocracy as that; but of a Democracy
which did ' net put one thing in its
platform and preach another, but which
believed in a free ballet and a fair
count. There was no restraining the
galleries at this, and tlie example of ap
plauding was set by nene ether tluui Ros Res
coo Conkling. "He wants te -knew,"
continued Mr. Mahone, "where the man is
who dares come here and de as his judg
ment and net a party dictator savs. WcTl.
here is the man !" and Mr. Mahone
jjeuuucu uis cuest as ue saiu se, and went
te his seat as rapidly as the crowd of Re
publican senators who seized his hand
would permit. Conkling rushed ever with
small decorum. The impetuous Burnside
almost bedly lifted the attenuated senator
in his brotherly embrace. The cool and
caustic Hear was zealous of his praise,
while the veteran Antheny wept tears of
joy.
" I have at least uncovered the 6c'nater
from Virginia," said Mr. Hill when order
was restored, "aud I de net intend te an
swer this most remarkable theatric exhi
bitien, except te say that I never once re
ferred te him or te his state. If what I
said has caused this response, it is because
a guilty conscience doth make cowards of
us all.
Never belere has there been such an ex
hibition in the Senate, where a gentleman
showed the Democracy by going ever te
the Republicans. I will net defend Vir
ginia. She needs no defense. She has
given te the country and the world and
humanity some of the proudest names in
history. She holds in her besom te-day
the ashes of some of the noblest and great
est men that ever illustrated the glories of
any country. And I say te the senator
from Virginia that neither Jeffersen, nor
Madisen, nor Henry, nor Washington, nor
Lee, nor Tucker, nor any of the long list
of great men that Virginia produced ever
accepted a commission te represent one
party and came here aud represented an
other party." Applause en the Demo
cratic side.
Mr. Mahone (who had returned te his
scat en the Republican side) De I un
derstand you correctly as saying that I
accepted a commission from one party
and came here te vote for another party ?
Mr. Hill I understand that you were
elected as a Democrat.
Mr. Mahone (imperatively) Ans wer
the question.
Mr. Hill (with provoking coolness) I
say that you were elected as a Democrat
and accepted your commission as a Demo
crat. Mr. Maheue (persistently) Yeu said
that I accepted a commission from one
party and came here te represent another
party.
Mr. Hill (imperturbably) I say that
that will be the case if you vote with the
Republicans. Yeu have net done it yet,
and I say you will net de it.
Mr. Mahone (impatiently) I want te
say, if it is net out of order here, that if
the gentleman undertakes te make that
statement, the statement is unwarranted
anc untrue.
Mr. Hill (composedly) Was net the
gentleman ' acting with the Democratic
party, and was he net elected te this body
as a Democrat? (With a fierce tone) An
swer that.
Mr. Maheue Quickly, sir, quickly. I
was elected as a Re adjuster. De you
knew what Rcadjusters are? Applause
and laughter en the Republican side.
Mr. Hill I understand that there arc in
Virginia "Readjusting" Democrats and
"debt-paying" Democrats, but as Iun
derstantl they are both Democrats. We
have nothing te de here with that issue.
The question of the Virginia debt is net te
be settled in this chamber. I ask the sena
tor again, was he net elected te this na
tional body as a member of the national
Democratic party?
Mr. Mahone Ne. Are you answered
new ?
Mr. Hill Then I concede that the sena
tor speke truly when he said that I did
net knew what he is (with a puzzled air).
What is he? Laughter. 1 Everybody
has understood that he voted with the
Democrats. Did he net support Hancock
for the presidency? And did he net in
the presidential election proclaim himself
a Democrat?
Mr. Hill again asserted that it was an
act of treachery for any man te accept a
commission from the Democratic party
and then te act with the Republicans. At
this Mr. Mahone jumped te his feet, point
nig his long, skeleton-like linger at Mr.
Hill, and said :
I allow no man te accuse
me of treachery
without making prompt
answer, i warn you, sir. that this must
step."
The Scnate was silent. Mahone steed
with pointed finger in his place Mr. Hill
nervously tore up papers. Ne one knew
what would next come, and Sir. Garland
hastily moved au adjournment. This was
at first voted down, but seeing that noth
ing could be gained by delay the Deme
crats yielded, and the aenate adjourned
till te-morrow. Mr. Voorhees announced
his willingness te pair with one of the va
cant seats, and Mr. Garland may de se to
morrow. Then organization will be effect
ed by the vice president's casting vote.
All sorts of rumors are afloat
respecting tlie Mahone bargain. It is re
garded as certain that he has gene ever
completely te the Republicans, and the
question is what will he get for it. The
narrow escape from an encounter, at least
of violent words, with Mr. Hill is some
thing that both parties are glsul of.
Mr. Wsillace, who was ou the fleer of
the Senate, is reported te have said te some
of his old associates that the Republicans
would find that they had caught a Tartar
in Mahone, aud that the only course for
the Democrats te pursue was te go en
without any bargaining, even yielding
without a contest the organization te the
Republicans.
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CAKLYL.E AS A I'UOPUJST.
Au Interesting Pulpit View of the Grcst
Essayist, by Kev. It. Ifeber 3Tewten.
The Rev. R. Hcbcr Newton preached in
the Anthen Memerial Episcopal church.
New Yerk, en Themas Carlyle. "Themas
Carlylc," he said, " was. as Dean Stanley
has it in a recent sermon," a prophet.
Prephetlike was his rugged, unconven
tional exterior. He was a sort of Elijah of
the Scotch desert, brought amid the pro
prieties of modern society, clad as nearly
as the climate would allow iu a Baptist's
shaggy clout. Prophetlike was the soul
of the man, intense, earnest, seeing
through things seen and temporal and
things unseen and eternal. He heard
voices from out tiic eternal depths, his
spirit was all allamc with the greatest
thoughts and the noblest aspirations. Of
Themas, the preacher, I say as of Jehn,
' He was a man sent from Ged.' "
The speaker gave the following pen pic
ture of Carlylc : " He was tall, gaunt,
clastic, and as eccentric in his emotions as
the abrupt spirit within? Uis lace was
long aud thin, his nese strong, his lips de
cisive, his eyes dark, deep set, and, search
ing, looking out from under bushy eye
brows. His brew was massive and
crowned with a shaggy, lien-like head of
hair. He looked as though he had ceme
from heaven by way of hell, and while the
joy of heaven's hepe laughed iu his face,
far back in him he was scorched in sor
row's secret."
Mr. Newton next speke of Carlyle's
family ; of his gentle, loving mother and
his upright father, both coming from
sturdy Scotch stock. Of his father, an
honest, hard-working stone mason, Car
lyla said : "Ought I net te rejoice that
Ged pleased te give me such a father ? I
had the example of a real man of Ged's
own making." Whatever his father did
was an honest job ; aud Themas Carlylc
spoke of his first translation as an honest
job ; as though echoing his fathers sincer
ity of purpose. "I am," he said, "the
continuation, a second volume of my
lather."
Lett te Their Fate.
The captain of the Norwegian bark
Hermes, whose crew were saved and taken
te Bosten by the steamer Samaria, says
that when the bark was lying helpless a
steamship bound from New Yerk te Ant
werp hove in sight. A tremendous sea
was running, but the steamship went
alongside and tried te threw life-lines te
the bark,
The attempt was unsuccessful.
and the steamship after lying by all night,
made a second attempt in the morning,
which proved unsuccessful also, where
upon the captun, apparently losing
patience, put en steam and sailed away en
his course, leaving the crew of the Hermes
te their fate.
Herse luteins at Nlcbt.
Levers of outdoor sports will be inter
ested in the announcement of a new fea
ture in horse-racing which is te be intro
duced by the new Louisiana jockey club
at their spring meeting, in April. Some
of the races are te be run at night, the
ceurse being illuminated by electric lamps,
forty of which arc te be provided for that
purpose It is claimed that this plan will
be of great value at turf meetings during
the summer, as it will give the horses, as
well as the jockeys and spectators, the
benefit of the cool air of the evening.
A MAN TCTOKR THE ZED.
A ToeBg Weman's Startling Discovery
Wnlle Leeking fur lier Mat Bex
On the west side of Second avenue, be
tween Thirty-second and Thirty-third
streets, New Yerk, there is a row of four
story brick buildings, the ground floors
of which are used as stores, and the upper
stories as French flats. Their numbets
range from 581 te 590. The second fleer
of 595 is occupied by Mr. Themas Kelly
his wife, aud a grown-up son and daugh
ter. The latter, Miss Mary Kelly, is a
pretty girl of nineteen years, with brown
hair and eyes, and a mild expression.
Shortly before 8 o'clock en Saturday even
ing the brother and sister decided te visit
a friend. Miss Keliy left her brother in
the sitting room and wcut te her bedroom
for her hat. This she kept iu a hat box
under the bed. The box was net in its
accustomed place. She get down upon
her knees, and reaching beneath the bed,
began te search for it. Her hand came in
contact with a man's arm. She drew back.
The next moment a man crawled from be
neath the bed. Miss Kelly screened.
"Keep still, for Ged's sake, keep still,"
said the man, "I am doing no harm here.
There is trouble next deer, and I only
came here te hide."
The girl still continued te scream, and
the man made a break te get the window,
which was open.
Miss Keliey, knowing that her jewelry
was in the room, and fearing that the
man had stolen it, caught held of him and
held him in spite of his struggles until the
arrival of her brother, who came iu an
swer te her cries.
He dragged the intruder into the sitting
room, and told his sister te see if anything
had been stolen. The young lady had no
soeucr left the room than the prisoner
broke from his captor. With a bound he
reached the window, which leeks en te
the street, and inade a plunge through it.
There was a crash of glass, and half the
sash was carried away. Before he was en
tirely through it, young Kelly caught him
by the legs and pulled him back. He was
cut about the hands and face. Policeman
Clinten, who was en the oppesito side of
the street, hurried te the spot and took
the man into custody. He said that his
name was Henry Blake, and that his age
was twenty-three years. He claimed te
be a gasfittcr. He could give no explana
tion justifying his preseuce beneath the
bed. Re was taken te the Thirty-fifth
street police station, where he was locked
up.
Ten minutes before Miss Kelly had
found Blake concealed in her bedroom,
there was quite a commotion in Ne. 593,
the adjoining house, where Mrs. Eliza
Danzigcr keeps a dry goods store. She
also occupies the second fleer as a resi
dence. The apartments en this fleer are,
after the French flat pattern, separated by
a central deer. The front rooms are, as
yet, unfurnished, while in the rear rooms
are the lady's valuables. On this central
deer there is a burglar alarm, which com
municates with the store below. This
deer is usually kept locked. The alarm
began te ring at twenty minutes te 8
o'clock. Twe clerks, at Mrs. Danziger's
direction, ran up stairs. A window open
ing into the hall from the front room was
raised, and another overlooking the street
was also open. The deer te which the
burglar alarm was attached was ajar. Ne
intruder could be found.
This circumstaucc explained hew Blake
get into the room of Miss Kelly. He en
tcred Ne. 593 through the side" deer, as
cended the stairs, and get into Mrs. Dan
ziger's front room through the hall win
dew. Frightened by the burglar alarm,
and hearing the clerks running upstairs,
which cut off his retreat by the way he had
come, he get out of the front window and
walked along an eight inch ledge, which
i just above the store fronts. He then
entered the adjoining house.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
PUKiar.
Hew the Jewish Festival will be lclebratcil.
Purim is a Jewish feast which falls en
the 14th aud 15th of March (Adar). It
commemorates the deliverance related in
the book of Estlitr, and has always been
religiously observed by the Hebrew race.
The story in the book named is in sub
stance that Hamau, a vindicitive minister
of the king, incensed by the independent
spirit of Mordecai the Jew, resolved upon
the destruction of all the Jews in the king's
dominions, but was prevented from carry
ing out his purpose by Queen Esther, who,
inspired by Mordecai, saved her nation at
the risk of her life. Te commemerato the
almost miraculous salvation of their pee
pie aud the destruction of their enemies,.
Mordecai and Esther introduced the feast
ou the 13th of Adar, the day of danger,
and the festival of Purun or lets, as men
tioned above, is celebrated by the Hebrews
en the 14th and 15th of the same month
as days of entertainment and joy, aud for
sending presents te each ether and alms te
the peer. On the former of these days
the Mcgillah is read in the synagogue.
The Persian name of the queen has been
differently translated and that of the King
Ahasucrus, " who reigned from India te
Ethiopia ever the 127 provinces et the em
pire of Persia aud Media," is a source of
contradictory opinions among critics.
Frem the last king of Media down te the
last king of Persia each monarch of that
united empire has his advocate. The
claims of Xerxes, the mighty, luxurious
aud fickle invader of Greece, are best sup
ported by his character ; these of Arta
zerxes Lenginianus, by the authority of
Septuagint and Jescphus. The apocryphal
additions te the book caused it te be vio
lently attacked by Luther. By a singular
coincidence, another Jewish Esther also
attracted the love of a mighty Gentile
king, Cassimir, the Great, of Poland (1333
-13701, became his mistress and caused si
great deal of geed te her people, in a time
of most barbarous persecutions. Her his
tory has been adorned by the romantic
pen of Bcrnatewiez, Bulgarin, Broniknow Breniknow Broniknew
ski, Jesika and ethers ; and her memory
is preserved by the tomb of Lobzew, near
Cracow, once her residence.
Last evening services were held in the
synagogue. The book of Esthcm was
read. This evening a grand ball will be
given in Lecher's hall, Centre square, in
celebration of this holiday.
Yerk Bar Association.
A special meeting of the Yerk bar asse
ciatien was held en Saturday evening,
and the following permanent officers were
elected :
President Themas E. Cochran.
Vice President Jehn Gibsen.
Secretary D. K. Trimmer.
Treasurer W. II. Sitlcr.
Committee of Censers James W. Lat
timer, W. C. Chapman, H. L. Fisher, Levi
Maish and Jehn Gibsen.
The members number forty. The reg
ular meetings of the association will be in
June and December, each year.
Sale of Keal Estate.
Jacob Gundakcr. auctioneer, sold last
evening at Philip Wall's hotel, the prop
erty efthe late Henry Gantz, Ne. 524
West King street, consisting of a let of
ground en which is erected a double one
story brick dwelling and ether improve
ments, te Geerge Gantz, butcher, for
1,964.
Contract Declined.
Aimziah C. Barr, who was awarded tie
contract for collecting the stat3 and cenn
ty tax in the West wards of this city, has
thrown up the contract. 'His bid was 9
20 of 1 per cent. The nvxt lowest bidder
was William 11. Gorrecht, at 9-10 of 1 per
cent., and te him the contract will oe
awarded, en his furnishing the county
commissioners bail.
THE DRAMA.
Mrs. Seott-Slddeas as Kesailnd.
The severe criticism which the dramatic
work of Mrs. Scott-Siddons has undergone
during the past week iu the Philadelphia
press prepared these of our people who
have read the extended reviews that daily
appeared in the columns of the newspapers
of that city for a very unsatisfactory and
imperfect performance last evening,
when this lady appeared at the opera
house in Siiukspcavc's comedy of "As
Yen Like Ii." The censorious judgment
of these Philadelphia critics, however, did
net suffice te prevent a large and cultured
audience from assembling te witness the
production of the comedy with Mrs. Scott
Siddons in the rele of its charming hero
ine. Fer the lady has a strong and
kindly following among our people, who
probably took this means of attesting
their continued friendship and a purpose
te accord her a fair hearing in spite of the
billows of adversity that have rolled ever
her devoted head from the rude ocean of
Philadelphia criticism. Te be forewarned,
however, is te be forearmed, and whilst
Mrs. Seott-Siddens is liked aud admired
here, many of our people have an implicit
faith in the oracular utterances of seme
of the Philadelphia papers upon all sub
jects, whether they relate te politics,
science, art, the drama, or what-net ; and
it was in consequence el tins faculty et
unbounded belief that last night's audi
ence, sifter the exuberance of its first cor cer
dial recognition had subsided, settled itself
bsick suspiciously aud cautiously awaited
developments. At the outset of her
acting Mrs. Scott-Siddons gave premiso
of justifying the left-handed compli
ments that had been se unreservedly
bestowed !y her august Philadelphia
critics. She surprised all who have been
charmed with her almost perfect elocution
upon the rostrum by a hurried and alto
gether monotonous delivery of her lines
that even the best-trained car failed te
catch entirely. There wsis manifest a ner
vous l'ear that the words were about te
lice her memory before she had time te
utter them ; and with no thought of their
true meanisii.' she gave them free flight
in a tone of voice that must have been to
tally inaudible a dozen rows from the
footlights. It was a palpable case of
stagc-fiiglit. which did net, however, long
continue. Mrs. Scott-Siddons gradually
gained con lid nce in herself, and the im
provement in her declamation, which wsis
noticeable iu the second scene in which she
appeared, increased with the progress of
the play ; the beautifully-rounded sentences
of the text took en si meaning as they fell
from her lips, and their modulated ex
pression found reflection in the delicate
play of her features. Soen the audience
besran te catch glimpses of the liesalind of
Shakspesue, anil te recognize the evidence
of dramatic genius of which the earlier
scenes had given no token. The fair
heroine seemed te gather strength from
the moment she denned male at
tire, aud her impersonation of the
merry, capricious boy wsis an excel
lent picce of work out aud-eut. She gives
the masculine phase of the character
a prominence net customary with the tra
ditional conceptions of the part. In the
Rosalind of Mrs. Scott-Siddons we have
the playful, light hearted, quick-witted lad,
full of sunshiny words, wilful wayward
ness, and a merry laugh that betrays hew
thorough!) she is enjoying her masquerade ;
while the feminine clement underlying the
character is net overlooked, aud was skill
fully developed in some of the scenes with
Orlande, in which there is seme charming
by play and rapid changes of facial ex
pression finely indicative of the con
flicting emotions that fill the
breast of the heroine, whose very
efforts te repress her womanly in
stincts se nearly betray her en mero oc ec oc
csisiens than one. Notably excellent wsis
her act ion in the scene wheie. she mischiev
ously banters the love-lern Orlande te im
agine her te bu his Rosalind, aud te make
love te her, and the ecstatic expression of
her countenance when the youth laugh
ingly kisses the hand of his supposed male
companion as he leaves her was net lest
upon the audience, whose sympathies had
been quickly engaged. The scene in
which the fair masquerader is tendered
the handkerchief stained with her here's
bleed was si capital piece of acting, aud
as the curtain descended upon it the lady
was rapturously called before the curtain,
as she had also been at a previous stage
of the play.
Ail in all, Mrs. Scott-Siddons, while net
presenting si thoroughly finished picce of
work, may be said te have totally dis
proved the exceedingly harsh judgment of
some of her Philadelphia critics. There
are indeed some faults which she should
devote herself te overcoming, chief,
among which is that alluded te at the out
set of this at tide ; her declamation, though
it showed wonderful improvement in the
latter stages of the performance, was still
marred by a tee rapid delivery ; earnest
study will enable si lsidy of Mrs. Scott
Siddenss natural gifts and endowments
te stmedily overcome this obsta
cle te the perfect enjoyment of
her acting. The entire command of facial
expression which she possesses iu such an
eminent, d -gree will net sivail where the
words of the text arc spoken tee fsist and
with iiiie":!. ct, enunciation. Then she
needs te mere thoroughly sink her own
identity into the character which she is
representing, se sis at no time te leave her
audience iu doubt as te whether it is the
dainty Mr. Scott Siddons or the lovely
Rosalind in the disguise of boy's apparel.
Her lemi absence from the dramatic stage
aud habits formed upon the platform
readily account for these imperfections,
and renewed familiarity with the exacting
requirements et the drama and intelligent
application may be relied upon te seen
give her an divisible positienamongthestani .
of Shakspcaieau comedy. She supplements
native histrionic talent with apparent
youth, undoubted hesiuty aud grace ; pos
sesses au sutist's eye te effect, and is fully
capable of distinguishing whsit is purely
conventional from what is positively dra
matic. Mrs. Scott-Siddons is fortunate in a
thoroughly competent support. The
Orlande of Mr. Luigi Lsiblstche was a
manly stud really artistic impersonation.
Mr. Cooper's ToueJistene evinced careful
study of the part and developed consider
able humor. Mr. Pearson gave a fii3t-rate
interpretation of the part of Adam, and
the ether members of the cast filled out
the bill quite satisfactorily ; Miss Isabel
Merris, a lady apparently new te the stage,
furnishing an altogether interesting ren
dition of the part of Celia.
'evm from Washington Borough.
The late rains swelled the river te a con
siderable height, but at present it is fall
ing rapidly. Wild ducks are rather scarce
but 'our gunners bring a few in occasion
ally. We have had qnite a number of tobacco
buyers here in the last week, but they have
net made any purchases in this district.
Quite a lively time there was at Capt.
Andrew Kane's en Friday evening last.
The captain arrived at the age of thirty-
eight, and his jjoed wife arranged a party
for the occasion which was quite a success.
The Star cornet band, of this place, was in
attendance and discoursed some very geed
music.
More families will change their resi
dence this year than there has been for
quite a number of years. Harry Steincr
is geim: te sell off and spend the summer
in traveling in Seuth America for his
health.
31 a; or 'a Coert.
The mayor had seven customers tl.is
morning five vagrants aud two diso.dtr dise.dtr
lies. The latlcr and one of the vags were
sent te jail, the ethers discharged.
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