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Volume XYIINe. 168.
LANCASTER, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1881
Prlw Twe IViiK
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PK-JlAL ANrJUBNCEMEJiT.
ALROSENSTEIN,
THE LEADER OF FASHIONS, "
Twe hundred and. twenty-five uuiU for
men.
Twe bundled ami lerty buitb for boys.
One hundred and bixty-flve suits for
children.
And about three hundred pairs et 1 miser-,
ler men and boys et all styles and qual
ity, i-, the b.ilanee, et my stock et ready,
madc Clet!niir, which I will dispene et at
very low prices prier te removing en May
1st te my new store room, Xe. 37 North
Queen street, at presenteccupied by Mr. J.
Relirer, the liquor merchant, which will be
lemedeled dining the month of April,
wnere I propose Je de a trenenil Merchant
Tailoring ISuinu, making it a specialty.
The prices el leady made Clothing r.ingc
a-, rolleut: Children' Suits, $1.50, $1.75,
-', fi.."iJ,"8, fl.M), ?l,$I..V)anl $.". Heys' Suits,
?'. $'.5, $:. !."!', $1, $l"', . $".i0. , $0 50
and 17. .Men Suils, !, "tf.i0, $4. $1.50, $5,
i..'i, $0, 7, and up.
Oveiceat-, of wliieh 1 havea large stock
en h-ind, I will close out at 2pcr cent. less
than the original cost. The above figures
are pe-itivclr about hall of my former
prices and then 1 sold goods for much less
than any clothier in this city.
1 have al-e a large Heck of Weel and Fur
Hats u hiehmu.st be clo-cdeut regardless of
pi ice. as 1 intend te de away with tbatde
p.irtsucnt altogether.
1 h.-ve purchased a large let el Fine
White '-hiils Irem u manufacturer of this
city, which will be sold ler 7." cents; they
ucicseld lermerly at $1.50. Don't lu'l te
procure some ei tlicni before they arc all
sold, a? they arts selling very rapiiily, ai.d
you may never get the ttpertuuity again te
uiehae -e lare a bargain. With this let
et shirts 1 also purchased 100 dozen Linen
Cellar.-, hc-l quality, which I will sell at
the very low price of :e cents per dozen. As
1 ie-irc going into icy New Stere witli an
entire New Stock, thcvefeie 1 have made
tli' gicat reduction in prices.
A ctll will convince you of the truth et
my repie-eniatiens.
I have added te my large stock of ready
made Clothing an elegant and well assort assert
ed stock el
AMERICAN SUITINGS,
. hicli are of the lines labrics and equal in
quality te the imported. These goods are
generally represented by Merchant Tailors
as Kngli-.li, Scotch and French makes,
t hereby commanding higher prices. I guar
antce every SUIT of CLOTHES made te
order at my establishment a perfect fit.
Kmpley none bnt first-class cutters and
tailor.. The best trimmings that can be
procured will be used.
As an inducement te these prepared te
pay e.ish, having adopted this system. I
t ill make te order liund-einc Spring
suits at iieui $12 te $20. Pants Irem $3 te
$;.5e, which will compare favorably with
th-e el ether Merchant Tailors charging
ler suits tiom$18te$3'i; Pants from $5 te$10.
I make my $15 Suit- a specialty and ant
sure that it you call and examine the ma
terial, trimmings and the style in which
they will be made up. I am confident it
w ill be an inducement for you to'leave
veur measure.
AL. ROSENSTEIN,
THE LEADER OF FASHIONS.
154 North Queen Street.
marll-lyd
Special Announcement!
New i. your time te secure bargains in
CLOTHING!
Te make room for our large stock of Cloth
ing ler .-pring, new being manufactured, we
will make sweeping reductions throughout
our large t-teck of
HEif Y WEIGHT CLOTHING,
coxsistise or
Overcoats, Suits, &?.,
MEN, UOl'S AND YOUTHS.
OODS AN 1 KND.S OK CLOTHING IN COATS,
PANTS AND VESTS, BELOW COST.
Call early te secure the best bargains.
1 1 Hostetler & Sen,
24 CENTRE SQUARE,
tMytl
LAN-CASTER. PA.
A RARE CHANCE!
The Greatest IJeilnctinn ever made In FINE
WOOLENS for GENTS' WEAR at
H. GBRBAKT'S
Fu Merii nm&mi
A Large Assortment of Genuine
English & Scotch Suiting,
sold during the Fall Season from S30 te tMO.
A Suit will be made up te order in the Best
Style from SX0 te 830.
HEAVY WEIGHT DOMESTIC
Suiting and Overceating,
Ilcducedin the same proportion. All goods
warranted as represented.
The above reduction will ler cash only, and
ler the next
THIRTY DAYS.
H..GERHART,
Ne. 51 North Qcnn Street.
DRY
N1
Etf THINGS!
NEW THINGS!
JOHN WANAMAKER'S,
13th Street, Market and Chestnut, "- Pliilailelplii:i, Fa.
DUESS GOODS.
Among our new all-wool dress-labrlcs Is
an cxtraeruinary flannel, if it is a flannel. It
is se extraordinary as te take it out'ef flannels
altogether, perhaps ; but we have no better
name ter it. Many ladies will lie obliged ter
this notice.
JOHN WANAMAKEU.
Third circle, southeast from the centre.
DUESS GOODS.
What ait and skill are doing in cotton
dress fabrics! Twe counters are gorgeous
with them. The lowest price Is 5) cents a
yard. and tie highest 62 cents ; but they arc
made in soft and delicate ways by texture or
print or tlye. te rival the bluff et luxury.
Here arc the familiar names :
Scotch zephyrs Foulards
Madran ginghams Sateens
Seersuckers Lawns
Chintzes Cretonnes
Oxford cloths Memies
Toile d' Alsace Cheviots
I'rinte.'l shirtings
In almost every name are triumphs. Yeu are
net elten asked te admire se modest weiks et
art and skill; but see it you cin pass these
counters Wftneut a new -view e: modern
achievements. JOHN WANAMAKEU.
Feurtli circle, northwest from centre.
COTTON DRESS GOODS.
A lady who lias bought $45 worth of
sateens at several visits here, and who iiH
been everywhere in town, says there's no such
collection et wonderful goods anywhere. Our
assortment is se large that many patterns arc
nowhere else perforce; bat this is especially
true et small figured goods, the choicest of all.
JOHN WANAMAKEU.
Fourth circle, northeast from centre.
WOOLLEN DUESS GOODS.
Seme neat checks tetlay, browns and
irravs. 23-inch. 25 cents. Will vass ter all-wool :
.but a little cottea is carded In.
JOHN WANAMAKEU.
Third citcle, cast lrem centre.
1JURE LINENS.
We hav'nt a mixed linen In the store, net
even in handkerchiefs.
JOHN WANAMAKEU.
Third, fourth and fifth circles, southwest
from the centre.
Chestnut, Thirteenth -and Market streets, and
City hall squaie.
SCOTCH GINGHAMS.
-. Mere Scotch zephyr ginghams are in 'te
day, but net all by any means. Our price is 31
cents; 40 is the New Yerk price.
New don't suppose that such a difference as
that means anything whatever in the ging
hams. It does net. It means simply that we
buy et the makers, and save one profit.
JOHN WANAMAKKU.
Feurtli circle, Thirteenth-street-entrance.
DOMESTIC GINGHAMS.
It you would rather buy a coarser and
heavier gingham, that leeks as well a little
way off, at 15 cents, the Madras zephyrs, et
American make, are what you want. They are
fast colors te.
Then the zansibars, at 18 cents, arc a little
heavier, and closer woven. The modest Chev-iet-plaitis
at 15 cents and seersuckers at 15 and
IS cents are here also.
JOHN WANAMAKEU.
Fourth circle north lrem centre.
OMESTIC CALICOES.
Chintz et lndige-blue ground with white
polka-dot et various sizes, and ether little fig
ures net unlike the dots et American make, at
le cents, is a great favorite.
Calicoes in general are 8 cents ; but some
f citterns arc 5j, simply because they are net
iked se well.
JOHN WANAMAKEU.
Fourth circle, northeast from centre.
IADIES' CLOTHS.
j An entire counter is devoted te ladies'
cloth ler dresses. There's nothing new in
them but the colors, plain and illuminated.
New ladies' cloths are here. It is useless te say
mere et these favorite stuffs.
JOHN WANAMAKEU.
Third circle, south from centre.
INFANTS' CLOTHING
or like range ; very rich te very plain.
Seme specimens are shown in the Arcade.
JOHN WANAMAKEU.
Southwest corner et building.
VEff FANCY UUYON COLLAUS
i for ladies and children ; mere than 30
styles, some et them humoieus (such as have
been worn by younggciitlemenet late). Ladies
will diller about the shape as well as about the
print.
At this counter last Saturday the sales
amounted te ever 800 cellars and cuffs. One of
the busy places.
First circle, southwest freirf the centre.
JOHN WANAMAKEU.
JOHN WANAMAKER,
Chestnut, Thirteenth and Market and City Hall Square,
PHILADELPHIA.
IJtOX JtlTTJCUS.
ritON B1TTEKS.
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A TRUE TONIO. SURE APPETISER.
IUON BITTERS are highly recommended ter all diseases requiring a ceriiiu and efli
cicnt tonic; especially
INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA, INTERMITTENT FEVERS, WANT OF APPE
TITE, LOSS OF STRENGTH, LACK OF ENERGY, &c.
It enriches the bleed, strengthens the muscles, and gives new life te the nerves. It act
like a charm en the digestive organs, removing all dyspeptic symptoms, such as lasting the
reed. Belching, Heat in the Stomach, Heartburn, etc. Tlie only Jiei. I'repaia.i.iii that will
net elacken Jtlie tietli or give headache. Sold by all druggists. Write lei t.ie A I, C Heek, J
pp. el useful and amusing reading tent free.
BROWN CHEMICAL COMPANY,
123-iydAw BALTEMORE, MD.
yOTICE.
k TTENTION, HOUSEKEKrEBS:
MOVING! MOVING! MOVING!
Personal attention given te all kind of MOVINGS this Spring.
BEST OF CARE AND REASONABLE PRICES.
43 Leave orders for day and date et moving, or address te
J. C. HOUGHTON,
CARE OF
M. A. HOUGHTON,
Ne. 25 NORTH QUEEN STREET, LANCASTER, PA.
GROCERIES.
k Z. IMNGWAMC'S
Cheap Liquor and Grocery Store
NO. 205 WEST KING STUEET.
feMO-lyd
8 O'CLOCK COFFEE IS THE PUREST
and best for the Breakfast Tabic.
ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC TEA CO.,
Ill North Queen Street,
feb23-:nid Lancaster, Pa
HOODS.
N
EW THINGS:
AT-
BLACK DUE'S GOODS.
' New tilings in black tires goutliet almost
all sorts are ready.
SMlk grenadines came some time age; new
the wool ami -ilk and wool grci.adiue are
here; and the varietv is greater ilinn we ever
had before gieatcr than anybody ever hail, m
lar as we knew;
New armurcs plain and flgue !. are uetablt,
especially the latter. Among them are arinure-.,
with small figures and plaids, thai can be e-n
only when loekcU at in certain ways. Th
draping of a dress of thee would nprn-arte be
partly plain and party figured or plaid. The
figures and plaids .-.eem Iti have no xNtenee
at all. Yeu can't find them exccpt'bvaecident.
JOHN WANAMAKEU.
Net outer circle, Ciiestnut-strett entianee.
LINENS.
Ju-t received a large qunntityet Irish
shirting linens; uncommonly satisfactory : iS
te 75 cts. tome remnants at ihrce-qmiiter-.
value.
hlieeting and pillow linens et many makers.
Netice.it you please, luu-inch sheeting at $1,
and 45 inch pillow at 45 cents.
A certain threc-iuarter napum at $ ; a ne.en
lias been compared with one considered a bar
gain elsewheie at a higher nriee.
JOHN WANAMAKEU.
City-hall-pipiare en trace.
HOSIERY.
Misses' ami boys' r leiit'h ribbed hesis ai
l te 55 cents', according te size; C te inch :
is Paid te be selling l:-wheivut("i te t0 cents.
Cardinal, navy bin and ecru.
JOHN WANAMAKEU.
Outer circle, Cln-S nut-sl I eet cut 'since.
SHIUT1NG LINEN
el a certain make which we knewall about
we have in ten weights. Th'ce.n st is suit
able for men's drauci; the liuestlerthe finest
shirt Irems.
Tlds linen we eiiler six months in advance
el our wants, have, it bleached wholly en the
grass, finished without dressing, and labeled
"Old-fashioned linen." It is a perttet linen.
If care and skill can produce such. We se'l it
by tliesidtifit Uichardsen linen at two-thirds
le three-quarters the price of the latter, which
is net a whit better. iS te 75 cents.
All our linens are bought wiihjust such care
and skill as this statement iiupdes ; and tlie
largeness of our dealing enables us te add an
inducement in price aNe.
Jluycrsel table, sheeting and pillow linens,
towels, Ac, ler hotels ami institutions had
better call here first.
JOHN WANAMAKEU.
Cith hall-square entrance.
LINEN UEMNANTS.
Anether maker's nliertlengtli remnants,
similar te theshirtingiinensiuentiiined above,
in four weights, value as geed 51 te 75 cents,
are selling all at one price, 40 cents.
JOHN WANAMAKEU.
City-hall-squarc entrance.
SUMMER SKIRTS.
Fin-striped sateen (the French cotton silk
like tabric new be popular) skirt trimmed with
plaiting ei same, or with that and baud et silk
embroidery, is the favorite of all the washable
skirts we liave; and the variety is beyond be
lief aline-i.
Net washable, also for summer, is Italian
cloth or Farnier-saiin, made Imiid-eiuc in a
great many ways by combination., phiitings,
bindings, pipings, eiiibreult'i ic, iVe.
JOHN WANAMAKEU:
Southwest corner tit building.
HANDKEKCIIIEFS.
New fancy while handkerchief; many.
New initials: new letters.:! dillt-rent letter ler
each price. New colored borders. I Jncn cen
ters with colored silk border (nowhere else,
Brebably), require te be washed with care:
tit with care they wash perfectly ; colors fast.
Woven color borders, jdaid and stripes et
course. Netamived e.'tteu and linen hand
kerchief; in the store.
JOHN WANAMAKEU.
Third circle, southwest lrem centre.
UNDERWEAR,
nnc inuslin and cambric underwear,
richly decorated with lace and embroidery.
carefuHv linclv and skilfully made. This we
have in greater vaiiety than you will llnd else
where; but there is no tlifllcu'.ty In getting
this grade of work.
Underwear of a plainer fort I- difficult te get
earefully autl skilliilly made: but we have a
really great collection tr it. Fer mere than a
year past we have been raihingthestandaid el"
manufacture and cultiiialing simpler styles.
We have work the.likeet which is in no ether
house, here or in New Yerk. The ideal of it is
the best et home-made underwear at such
prices as will cau.e it te be pielerred te home
made and step home making as fust as the
work becomes known.
JOHN WANAMAKEU.
Southwest corner of building.
rUON 1UTTKKS.
lM) INVENTORS.
W. H. BABOOCK,
Attorney-at-Law. et Washington, P. C, form
erly an examiner in IT. S. Patent Office, offers
his services us solicitor before the U. S. and
Foreign Patent Offices. Careful work at lair
prices. Was associate of Mr. Jacb Stautler, el
Lancaster, until the lattcr's death.
110-3mdftw
GRAIN SPECULATION
In large or small amounts. $23 or $20,000
Write W. T. SOULE A CO.. Commission Mer
chants. 190 La Salle street, Chicago, IlL, ler cir
nUrs. m23-ryd
Hancaster intelligencer.
THTJESDAY EVENING, MAB. X7, 1881.
THE LAW W LIBEL
as censi i:ui:i v judge uasukaith.
Publishers Criminally Responsible for All
Priuted in Their i'apere
Whether They Knew or -Its Publication or
Net.
Cem'th vs. Jas. R. Willunl. Quarter
sessions of Erie county, Ne. 17, February
term, 1881. Motion for anew trial.
The defendant's counsel did net deny
en'tlie trial that the article complained of
was libelous. Tt was net pretended that
there was the slightest foundation in fact
for the narrative in which the prosecutor
was made te iigure, or that such occur eccur
icncescver took place. But it was urged
as a sufficient legal exculpation that the
enensive publication was made without
the knowledge of the defendant and
against his instiuctiens picvietuly given,
' never te publish or allow te be publish
ed any aitiele of a libelous nature without
first submitting the same te him fur his
approval." It. was held by the ceuit as a
matter of law. and the jury se charged,
that this was net a sufficient defense. It
is tiew claimed us a ground for a new trial
that this instruction was erroneous and
also that the court erred in charging that
the publication wa libelous, instead of
leaving that question te be decided by the
jury-
As te the latter position, it is sufficient
te say that the jury were only told what
had already been admitted by the counsel
for the defense in their presence, and
mei cover the propriety of the course taken
in this particular was determined by the
.supreme court in the case Pittock vs. O
Neil, G: Pennsylvania state leperts, 237,
where it was held tiiat " there can be no
doubt that both iu criminal and civil cases
the com t may express te the jury their
opinion as te whether the publication is
libelous."
As te the remaining question. Can the
publisher of a newspaper relieve hi msec f
from criminal liability for a libel appear
ing in his p.ipcr, by proof that it was writ
ten by an employee and published with
out his knowledge and against a general
order forbidding libelous publications."
The Pennsylvania statute denning the
offense of libel net only includes these who
write, print, or exhibit libels, but these
also who publish tlicni. Aside from the
incalculable danger that may and often
docs result te the innocent from a misuse
of the press in the Hands of reckless or
malicious persons and the consequent cau
tion proper te be exacted from these man
aging newspapers as te the selection of
the subordinates in whose hands they in
ttust this dangerous power, there is" the
peculiarity incident te the profession of a
publisher that the publication of a journal
or magazine or a book is net the visible
manual act of the i ublisher himself, but
is made up of the labors of many diiferent
persons, in no tine portion of which he
may have any actual patt. He may net
be present at or witness any single one of
the various processes of work by which
the completed book or newspaper is final
ly produced; he may net evcu sec it when
done and issued te the public, and yet the
publication is his act. This is in p trt, no
doubt, the reason why the law of libel
forms an apparent exception te the usual
rule that one can only be liable criminally
for his own individual acts.
That such is the law, whatever may be
the reason ler it, there would seem te be
no question. It was established by a long
line of cases iu England, decided by such
judges as Hale. Mauslield. Ithymend, Ken Ken
yen, Powell, Fester, Ellenborough and
TViiterden, and which will be found fully
stated in a note in St.uk ie en-Slander, lirst
American cditieti, vel. 2, pages 39 te 34.
It is found clearly lccegnized in all the
leading text books en criminal law, and
has been also recognized aud affirmed by
the courts in many of the states of the
Union. In "Koscec's Criminal Evidence,"
sixth American edition, (edited by Geerge
Sharswood, new chief justice of the su
preme ceuit of Pcupsvlvania) en page 031,
under the head of "Constructive Publica
tion,"' (he rule is stated as follews: "It is
new well established that in order te ren
der a party guilty of publishing a Jibel it is
net. necessary that he should be the actual
publisher of it, or that he should even
have a knowledge of the publication ; net
only is a person who piecuies another te
publish a libel him-elf guilty of the of
fense, but a bookseller or publisher whose
servaut publishes a libel, is criminally an
swerable for that act, though it was done
without his knowledge. This rule, which
is an exception te these which govern the
ether branches of criminal law, appears
te be founded upon a principle of policy
aud te have been arbitrarily adopted with
a view of rendering publishers cautious
with regard te the matters te which they
give general circulation."
And iu " What ten's Criminal Law"
(seventh edition, published in 1874), Sec
tion 2504, the same law is thus tersely
stated by the eminent PtMiiisylvaui.i law
yer autl law writer. Francis What ten :
"Evidence of the libel having been pur
chased in a bookseller's shop, or at a
newspaper office, or the office of a news
vender, of a servant there, iu the course of
business, will maintain te court charging
the master with having published it, al
though it be proved that the master was
net privy te it."
In a leading English case, the King vs
Gutch, 1st Meedy & Malkin 443, where it
was urged that the rule respecting the lia
bility of publishers in iibel was contrary
te the principle which prevails in all ether
cases, Chief Justice Tentcrde:i, iu sum
ming up te the jury, thus reasoned as te
the justice aud propriety of the law.
"The rule seems te me te be coufermable
te priuciple and te common sense. Surely
a person who derives pielit from and who
furnishes means for carrying en the con
cern and intrusts the conduct of the publi
catien te one whom lie .'-elects and in
whom he confides, may be said te cause te
be published what actually appears and
ought te J)C accountable, although you
cannot show that he was individually con
cerncd in the particular publication. It
would be exceedingly dangerous te held
otherwise, for then an irresponsible per
son might be put forward and the person
really producing the publication, rn I with
out whom it could net be published,
might remain behind and escape alto
gether." Among the many American cases in sup
port of this rule, a leading and quite re
cent one is that of commonwealth vs.
Morgan, 107 Massachusetts reports, 199,
in which it was held after a full argument,
and review of the cases, English and
American, that "The publisher of a news
paper in which a libel appears is prima
facie presumed te have published the
libel and this presumption is net rebutted
by evidence that he never saw the libel
and was net aware of its publication until
it was pointed ent te him and that an
apology and retraction was afterwards
published in the same newspaper, and the
exclusion of such evidence at his trial en
an indictment for the libel gives him no
ground of exception."
Anether quite recent case in which the
liability of newspaper publisher.", was very
carefully considered, is that of Perret vs.
the New Orleans Times, 23 Louisiana 170.
Certain irresponsible persons, whose resi
dence was unknown, published iu the de
fendant's journal au advertisement se
verely reflecting en certain public men.
The publication was admitted, but the
defense was that it was received during
the absence and without the knowledge of
the proprietor of the paper. It was denied
that the defendant had any malicious in
tent, and as proving an absence of malice,
it was shown that as seen as the injury
was brought te the notice of the defend
ant au editorial article was inserted ex
planatory of the publication. The defend
ant was, however, held liable.
1 Ins Irjst was a civil suit,, but t .e euly
diflerence between a suit for dainr.ies aud
a criminal prosecution se far as the evi
dence is cencernen, as shown by all the
authorities, is that in the former, such
proof as that proposed in this case, gees
te the -jury in mitigation of damages,
while in the latter it is for the court only
in mitigation of sentence.
But it is needless te occupy further time
in referring te the numerous authorities
bearing en this question. They are re
markably uniform and consistent iu one
direction. Only a solitary case was citetl
by defendant's counsel in which the oppo
site rule was held, Smith vs. Ashley, 11th,
Metcalf (Mass.) reports 307, and this has
been overruled by the case of common
wealth vs Meigau, already cited, and
which was decided 2-i years later, atid iti a
note by Mr. Wendell, editor of the first
American edition of Starkie en Slander,
vel 2, page 34, this same case of Smith vs.
Ashley is severely ciiticisedV and he says
of it. "With all respect, it is conceived
that this decision may be questioned as
net warranted by the authorities cited iu
the case."
By a recent English statue (0 aud 7 Vic Vic
eoria) a defendant in a suit or prosecution
for libel is there jennittcd te prove in his
defense that the publication was made
without knowledge and did net arise from
a want of due care aud caution en his part.
But no such statute has been enacted here,
and the Pennsylvania constitutional con
vention iu 1873, where the whole subject
of the respeusibiiities of publishers was
most ably aud elaborately debated, the
press being represented by some of the
lirst talent in the state, refused te make
any change in the then existing laws se far
as men net iu official position were con
cerned, except te provide that where the
matter was "proper for public investiga
tion or information " no conviction should
be had in any prosecution " where the fact
that such publication was net maliciously
nor negligently made shall be established
te the satisfaction of the jury." An addi
tion te this amendment, amounting in
substance te the English statute, was pro
posed during the discussion by Mr. Dedd
of Veiiange, but it was net adopted. (De
bates in constitutional convention, vel. 5,
patre 590.)
The present case, it will be observed,
is net that of a libel .surreptitiously smug
gled into a paper by an employee whose
position did net authorize him te prepare
or select matter for its columns, as was
fhe fact in Goediich vs. Stene (11th
Metcalt. Mass,, reports 4S0) for the article
was prepared by the local editor, employed
for find entrusted with tllftt bni eh of
business, and it was done in the usual
course of his daily occupation. Ne'r is it
the case of objectionable matter shown te
the publisher aud by him refused and after-,
wards priuted against orders, nor was it a
fraud or imposition practiced upon a pub
lisher, by which he was misled. It is net
even the case of a publisher absent from
town, and obliged te trust the man
agement te another during his ab
sence. As shown by the testimony
of the defendant, himself, it is
simply the case of the editor ami
publisher of a newspaper leaving his press
anil office te the soul control of a
subordinate, and with such app.trcnt
indifference as te the outcome of
this ceufidcticc that up te the time of his
arrest he had net seen tin: publication
complained of. It, may be considered by
judicious, thoughtful men, who are iu
favor of the' freedom of the press but op
posed te its license.that this case furni shes
in itself an illustration of ami an argu
ment for the wisdom of the rule, but be
that as it may. it is my duty te enforce
the law as it, and net te theorize as te
what it ought te be. When public opinion
requires additional modifications of thelaw
of libel, that popular sentiment will doubt
less be respected by the law-making
power, the Legislature ; until then the
courts can only cairy out the law as they
find it.
The motion for a new tria" is refused.
By the Ceckt.
March 9, 1881.
Launching a Ship.
Net one half the people who witness the
launching of a vessel can tell hew it is
done. They hear a great sound of pound
ing and driving of wedges for half an
hour or se, then a loud shout is raised,
and the ship slides slowly at lirst, but
gradually increasing her speed, slides
with a steady, stately motion from off the
pile of timber aud blocks where she Iris
been standing for mouths ; and where but
a moment before the huge creature tower
ed aloft, nothing rcmaius but a debris of
timber and planks, whiie out en the water
floats one of the most graceful works of
man.
When the ship is abtmt ready te
launch, her immense weight rests princi
pally upon blocks some eight or ten inches
square ou the ends, and perhaps some fif
teen or eighteen inches in length. These
blocks arc placed directly under the keel,
aud in order te launch the vessel it is nec
essary te transfer the weight of the vessel
te the way two long lines of heavy tim
ber reaching about two-thirds the length
of the vessel en cither side, and about mid
way the bilge or bottom. These ways are
simply two lengths of timber with a thick
layer of grease between them, se that as
5 seen as the ship acquires any momentum
they will slip ene along the ether, le
transfer the weight of the vessel en te
these ways, se that gravity the stern or
heaviest part of the vessel being much
lower than her bow will cause her te
move, is the whele secret of launching.
Te de this, between the top of the ways
and the vessel are driven pine wedges,
which, of course, raise her somewhat, and
se relieve the blocks under the "keel of part
of the weight resting upon them. This
done, workmen take their places under
the vessel, and with iron wedges cut and
knock away the blocks. When these are
removed, the entire weight of the vessel
settles at once upon the greased ways, and
the result is exactly the same as would be
if a person should seat himself upon a sled
pointing down hill upon an icy slope
away she gees.
There seems te be a strange seit of fa fa
cinatien for most people in the launching
of a large vessel, and iu our ship building
ports it is net uncommon for a thousand'
persons te be present te enjoy the spectacle.
DR. HIGBES.
A SKJSTCH OP HIS I.11JE.
One Who Will Have no SallaH Enterprises
Connected With bis umce.
Rev. Elnathau Elisha Higbee. was
born in Burlington, Vermont, in 1830, and
is consequently about fifty years of age.
When quite young he entered the Univer
sity of Vermont, where he distinguished
himself in a class of great ability and was
graduated with honor in 1849. After his
graduation be commenced the study el
law, but was induced through the in
fluence of bis brother-in-law. Rev. Geerge
W. Aughenbangh, new president of Palat
inate college, Meyerstown, Pa., te engage
in teaching in Emmittsburg, Frederick,
county, Md. Here he was engaged as
tutor in the family of the late Hen.
Jeshua Mettcr, whose daughner he after
wards mariied. While in Emmittsburg
his mind was turned te the Christian min
istry and seen after he entered the thee -logical
seminary of the German Reformed
church, then at Mercenburg. under Drs.
Philip Schaff and Bernard Wolff as pre
fessers. He was licensed te preach the
gospel in May, 1834. and served as a sup
ply te the Emmittsburg charge. In 1833
he was dismissed te the Congregational
association of Vermont and labored with
meat acceptance at Bethel, in that state.
He:e an incident occurred which might
teach a lessen everywhere else. The
subscription lists, with names and amounts
pledged for his support, were deposited by
the cjiurch members in the bank. Que
day he went te get it with the view of
erasing the name of a peer widow, who, as
he thought was giving beyond her means.
The officer allowed him te cress ent the
name, but would net permit hitn te take
the paper away ; because it was regarded
as a note entrusted te the institution.
When asked whether the bank intended
te pay such a promiscuous note at matur
ity, the cashier replied : "Certainly. We
took it as worth ene hundred cents en the
dollars, aud when we cannot honor the
paper of leading Christians of the coin-'
munity, given te support the gospel, we I
wiil net knew who te trust and had better .
close our doers." I
In 1838 D.-. Higbee received a call te the
First Reformed church at Tiffin, Ohie,
and at the same time served as professor
of lauguage in Heidelberg college, located
at that place. Seme of the pupils who en
jeyed his instructions there have sinca
ranked among the ablest linguists in the
country. In 1862 Dr. Higbee took charge
et Grace church, Pittsburgh, where his
brilliant sermons attracted much atten
tion. In 1804, while Dr. Schaff w.;3 en a
visit te Europe, Dr. Higbee was appointed
by the beard of visitors professor of church
history and exegesis, and se satisfactorily
did he perform his duties that when Dr
Schaff resigned the chair in 1803 the synod
at Lewisburg unanimously and by accla
mation elected him te fill the plaee per
manently . Dr. Higbee continued his con
nection with the seminary until its re
moval te Lancaster in 1807. when he re
signed aud took the presidency of Mercer? -burg
college, where he has since labored,
except during the year 1878, when leave
of absence "was given him te travel
in Europe with the view of exam
ining the libraries and studying the
educational institutions of foreign lands. J
Dr. Higbee received his doctorate from
Franklin and Marshall college about fifteen
years age. In person he is-shghtly above
middle height, his body is spare, his head
unusually large and remarkably well fur
nished. His scholarship is beyond all
question, the most eminent men of the
land being the judges. As a linguist, his
torian and mathematician, he has few
superiors and net many equals. In the
field of English literature and belles let
tres he is quite at home and with all these
lcquiremeutshe brings immense energy
te any work set before him. As a con
versationalist and a public speaker he has
great magnetism and force, rising at times
te real eloquence. His power consists
largely in enthusing ethers with any sub
ject he talks about, and the qualifications
together with his experience as an educa
tor, will, give warmth aud glow te our
common school system, and at the same
time promote the higher educational inter
ests iu the state.
Frem Ills Neighbors.
Cli.imljersburj- Repository.
Dr. Higbee has long been identified
with the Mercersburg college, and for sev
eral years has been its president. His !
great abilities as a teacher, aud his spleu- I
(lid scholastic attainments, are widely i
known, while his intense fervor in the
cause of education have made him cele
brated. Tae office of superintendent
will be honored by his occupancy.
He will infuse into the system new en- ,
thusiasm. He will devote himself '
entirely te his duties. Ne selfish ends
will be subserved. Ne enterprises
connected with his office will briughim an '
increase of revenue. Ne influence will be j
exerted te secure political preferment. J
Visions of congressional and guberna- I
terial honors will net weaken his alle i
giancc te the high office he will fill with
becoming dignity aud unequaled ability.
Dr. Higbee will seen win distinction in his
office, and he will add te his fame as a
great theologian, a splendid pulpit orator, '
an unsurpassed college professor, the re- .
nuw n of the model superintendent of the ,
public schools of Pennsylvania. J
The Dead Hire.
The Reported Lynching of Frank Wright a
Mistake.
A few weeks age news reached Westmin
ster, Md., and reported in the Baltimore ,
papers, of the death by violence of Frank i
Wnut, son Isaac Wrignt, or Westminster.
Mr. Wright left Washington for Colerado
in May, 1880, and until the middle of
August wrote regularly twice a month te
his family. Since that time nothing
has beeu heard of him until the sad news j
of his death by violence at the bands of a
se-called vigilance committee was com
municated te the family by Rev. Dr. David
Wilsen, formerly pastor of the M. P.
church, but new a chaplain iu the
United States army and stationed iu Col Col
orado. Dr. Wilsen stated that young
Wright had purchased two mules and
started te the raining district ; that the
mules proved te be stolen and the owners,
forming themselves into a vigilance com
mittee, had followed him and netwith
standing Mr. Wright assured them that he
did net knew they were stolen when he
purchased them, bad hanged both him aud
bis servant te a tree and there Iefc them.
The only thing that gave a- ray of hope te
the family was the fact that a letter had
been received from the postmaster at Han
cock, Colerado, in January, stating that
Frank Wright was there en the 11th of
November, whicix time dated after the
supposed lynching ; that he had sold a
pait of his mining claim te a man who had
accompanied him te Alpine, paid him the
money and left him, and that was tha last
time he was seen alive by any friends.
The hope that.he might have been alive at
that time, and that some nnkuewn and
unforeseen combination of circumstances
had prevented his writing, took definite
form in the following tele, ram received
en Tuesday :
Silvee Citt, N. M., March li, 1831.
Te Isaac Wright :
Read te my horror an account of my
death iu the New Yerk Herald. Arrived
here after perilous adventure.
Fraxk.
When the last letter was written, in
August last, Mr. Wright walked ten miles
te mail it, net waiting for a convenient
opportunity, as he did net wish te keep
hisfamilyinsuspcn.se. The family and
.friends are new awaitiug with great anx
iety the letter which they hopefully expect
in a few days, and which we trust may
satisfactorily explain all things. Active
measures had been taken toward securing
government detectives te find out the
facts and if possible punish the actors in
the crime, but until something further is
heard from Mr. Wright action iu the case
will be suspended.
Seme Solid Advantages.
The chairmanship et the Senate com
mittee is mera than an honorary distinc
tion. It has some solid advantages which
the Chicago Tribune describes :
The chairman of the Senate committee
is a luxurious aristocrat. The traditions of
the Senate are peculiar. Feriustance. the
vk-e president is the dictator ever the res
taurant en that side of the capital. He
has the appointment id the restaurateur,
and it is the only pitrenagt) that attaches
te what is nominally the second effi-e" in
the government. Se the chairman of a
Senate committee is supreme hi tin apart
ments and appurtenances presumptively
set aside for tlie c ainittee. Tuu desk, the
easy chair, ami the lougiie are all his.
Ne ether member of the t'eiiimittee
ever dreams of tlispntlag with the
chairman the cxclu-ive possession
and enjoyment of these privileges.
The committee room is the chair
man's domain There he transacts what
private I u-iuess he may li ive. If he be of
a sec.al turn he has his sideboard ami im
tertaius his friends there. Even Iau visi
tors are said te be welcomed by the loitu leitu loitu
nate chairman, while the desolate associ
ates must cither remain in their seats or
seek consolation in the coiiimieu cU-.ik
rooms. The clerk of the committee, paid
out of government appropriations really
a clerk or private seeretaiy te the chair
man. The chairman selects him. and, as
a rule, either confers the place upon some
relative or makes thecheice en account of
the personal serviee the clerk is expected
te render him. The clerk is designed te
be useful in the preparation of the chair
man's speeches, the writing of the chair
man's letters, and such ether duties as
may contribute te the chairman's conven
ience and comfort.
"Quack. U'iclc. quack." saM the octer,
when he leuiul nr. I. nil's C0114I1 Syrup in the
house of a'mesl every pititmt, but his bills
tlt'creaseil aii'l the ii-eplu were happy. 1'ricu
25 cents a bottle.
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