'Hreryifr'''' " LANCASTER BAIL 1OTEIXIGE3XGER TUESDAY, MARCH 22 1881 I-& ?: Lancaster fntelltgencet. TUESDAY EVENING. MABCH 22, 1881. A Raised Cats-Paw. Mr. Speaker Hewit lias only been vin dicated by a committee of the Heuse from a charge of partisanship yind un fairness in referring bills te committees, when he embraces the opportunity te demonstrate that the charges were proba bly true and the vindication undeserved. The original accusation against him fades into insignificance beside the de monstrated infamy of his abuse of his power as speaker of the Heuse. That the man is a knave is tee clearly ex hibited te be doubted, unless he be a feel. One would say that a man of fair intelligence,who honestly complained of a newspaper that it had falsely charged him with sending te unfriendly committees measures of legislation te which he was opposed and te friendly commit tees these which he favored, would be exceedingly careful afterward that his rulings as speaker should bafair. It is a reasonable conclusion, new that Mr. Speaker Hewit has in dulged himself in an abuse of power which ought te bring the blush of shame te a brazen man, that he was net honest in his complaint against the Pittsburgh correspondent. He seems te have in curred a debt te a certain element in the Heuse which secured for him its prompt vindication ; and that debt he appears te have been in haste te pay off. He has set himself te help the ring element which seeks te secure the defeat of the repeal of the recorder's bill. He appears te the public as tlva unscrupulous ser vant of these men. They were the men who expelled the Pittsburgh correspond ent. We said en that occasion that the expulsion was just if the charges were false. Since the Heuse decreed the ex pulsion we were disposed te believe that it decided justly. We can believe se no longer. A man who could conduct him self in the speaker's chair as Hewit did last night is capable of any criminality as speaker. He. is absolutely contemptible ; net only for bis unfairness, but because he should be se densely stupid as net te see hew injurious it was te himself. Who despises any man mere than he who shows himself always ready te de ether people's dirty work ? What has Mr. Hewit in the recorder's bill, that has led him te sacrifice the esteem of the people of the state and te demolish every polit ical prospect he ever had ? Docs he knew no better way te help himself than te help Mr. Quay ? Can he net see 'that Mr. Quay isjust the last man in the state that it is healthy for an aspiring politi cian te be seen in company with ? Dees he net knew that marked by the people and deserted by his allies he is bound te be driven from the robber's cave that the recorders bill gave him ? Cannet Speaker Hewit see the handwriting plainly written en the wall ? It seems net. He is an ass, besides being a scamp. Probably these words are harsher than any the Pittsburgh papers used. Yet they have the merit of being true. We feared that he demonstrated it when he drove a correspondent out of the Heuse for saying what the Allegheny delegation steed by him in affirming and when that correspondent was received into the Sen ate. Sustained by the Senate and. the Allegheny representatives it seemed that Dr. Palmer, the correspondent, was bet ter supported than Mr. Speaker Hewit with the approval of a packed committee and the Philadelphia delegation. The suspicion is confirmed by the late devel opments. Mr. Hewit can only de one comfortable thing, or perhaps two first te resign and second te die. He is of no use te the state, or te himself, or even te Quay. Such an exhibition as he has made of his willingness te abuse his trust makes him forever unavailable for the use et any person or party seeking the suffrages of the people. The story of men hanged and whipped until nearly dead, and of fifteen ethers driven from their homes under penalty of death, which we print te-day, comes net from Louisiana and Seuth Carolina, where, erstwhile, we 4iad such blood curdling tales, but from the staunch lie publican commonwealth of Illinois. These occurrences have stained the soil and shamed the law of the state repre sented in the federal Senate by that fam ous outrage snerter, Jehn A. Legan, who has also named the secretary of war in Garfield's cabinet. Xe doubt the men against whom these violent pro ceedings have been instituted were great rascals, at whom the wrath of their neighbors was justly excited and from whose expulsion, even by mob law, the order of the community will be vastly conserved. The feature of the af fair which we wish te distinguish is that if just such events attributable te just such causes had occurred in any part of the Seuth they would have been ascribed by Republican partisans te po litical influences and an immense ame.unt of party hate and party capital would have been engendered by the misrepre sentation. As it is, Mr. Legan will make no assaultten his mother tongue in the Senate, by reasonef them, nor will Secretary of War Lincoln be called upon te summon troops te preserve the peace in the state where his father's ashes re re pesel The New Yerk Times publisher's fund of $250,000 for Grant seems te have in its wake a great deal of trouble for the inventors of the scheme. The Times man brought himself into some disfavor with some of the contributors for with holding the names of the subscribers, because, it. is charged, Jay Gould, the object of his paper's odium, was one who put down .$25,000 while Jenes, of the Times, himself only gave $1,000. Considerable discredit is also thrown upon the alleged popularity of the scheme by the disclosure that Gould, Vanderbilt and Mackey alone subscribed nearly a third of the total sum raised. Xew comes a difficulty as, te whether Grant is te have an absolute or limited interest in the fund. When the scheme te make the fund one for the elde3t living. ex-president was abandoned it is claimed that the idea of giving the beneficiary only the interest for life was also changed te an absolute benefit, and that Grant is new te have the money te de-with what he pleases, te will it te his children or te invest it in Mexican rail way enterprises. It is manifest that the subscribers will have te be called together and settle the many differences arising about the disposal of their fund. If such antagonisms are developed as in the world's fair commission, Grant may re sign the benefice as he resigned the fair presidency but then he seldom lets go a geed thing. PBBSONAU William G. Cbesbt, LL. D., governor of Maine in 1853 and 1854, and for nearly fifty years a prominent lawyer, died yes terday in Belfast, aged seventy-five years. Secretary and Mrs. Wisdom have three children a son, who is in New Hampshire preparing for college ; a daughter, Ilelcii Windem, who is in her teens, and another a child of seven years. Secretary and Mrs. Kibkwoed are as sisted in their hospitable duties by an adopted daughter, Hiss Rachel Kirkwood. Miss Abigail Dedge and Miss Alice Blaine aid Mrs. Blaine in receiving her guests. Gen. Ord has been received with great honor in Mcxic, gorgeous banquets and special cars being offered te him. The general took te Mexico with him a quan tity of German carp te be used stocking Mexican waters. In Manchester,. N. H., Judge Ira A. Eastman has died suddenly of neuralgia of the heart aged seventy-two years. He served two years in Congress. In 1863 he was the Democratic candidate for gover nor of the state, and in 1803 he was the candidate of his party for United States senator. Since Cel. Tues. A. Scott's return from the Seuth be has endowed the chair of mathematics in the University of Penn sylvania, new held by Professer Kendall, with the gift of $50,000; he has pre sented the like sum of $50,000 te the Jef Jef fereon college, and a third sum of $30,000 te the Orthcepccdic'hespital. Mr. Richardson, of Mississippi, is the. largest cotton planter in the world. He has many plantations, factories and mills, and also a great many country stores. He is a man of sixty-two. He has a peculiar habit of rising at 2 o'clock in the morning waking his secretary and dispatching all his business before his 7 o'clock break fast. Auntie Graham, West Chester's eldcstH inhabitant, was 104 years old en Sunday, The event was celebrated en Saturday by the congregation of the Presbyterian church, of which she is a devout member, and many mere of her friends, who paid her a friendly call. Everyone brought her a valuable present in the shape of money, clothes or some ether useful article. Rev. Themas A. Kine, recently elected pastor of the New Jerusalem, Calvert street, Baltimore, preached en Sunday morning in that church for the first time since his baptism into the Swcdenbergian faith. Mr. King was formerly a minister in the Methodist Protestant church, but bad studied the doctrine of the church te which he is united for some time, anil several times preached m the church of which he has been chosen pastor. The state department, has received no tice through the United States consul at Bangkok, that the king of Siam, as a mark of his satisfaction with the descrip tiens of his country in the book upon Siam and Java, recently published by Colonel TneMAS W. Ksex, has conferred upei that gentleman the diploma aud decora tions creating him a Knight of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant. iOi. ivuex is me nrst American upon whom this distinction has ever been con ferred. Judge Hunt bad net the remotest thought of a cabinet place. He was upon the bench of the court of claims, and te all appearances was fixed for life as a part of that drowsy tribunal. One evening he was surprised by a call at his house from the president-elect, who asked him in few words if he wenld take a cabinet position, he did net knew precisely what he might desire te offer him because the matter was net fully arranged, and left him in a state of pleasant astonishment. Next day he read in a newspaper his name as sccrc tary of the navy in the cabinet list sent te the Senate. MINOR TOPICS. Tnu Arkansas Legislature last week passed a bill making it a misdemeanor te Bell in that state a bowie-knife, dirk sword cane, or brass knuckles or pistol of any kind, except such as are used in the army or navy. Warren R. Marshall has written a long letter te President Garfield as chair man of the White Union Republican party of Seuth Carolina, asking him te extend what aid he can in building up the Repub lican party of that state en a white basis. It is generally understood that Geerge C. Gerham will be elected secretary of the Senate ; James -R. Yeung, executive clerk ; and the Rev. Dr. Rankin, chap Iain. Mahone is conceded the right te name the sergeant-at-arms, but he seems unable te make a selection. W. H. Thacher, with the Philadelphia Prttt, is in Lancaster te-day arranging for the distribution of the regular Sunday edition of that enterprising paper, the first number of which will appear next Sunday. It comes te stay, and with capable man agement will find place for the exercise of its special aims. In addition te all the familiar features of Sunday papers it will make a specialty of G." A. R. and National Guard matters. Springfield Republican : "If Mahone lived in any Northern state barring Min nesota every Republican senator would fight him at home and denounce him in the Senate. If Mahone lived in Massachusetts, if he was the boss of an ignorant vote, if he had attacked the credit of the state and proposed the repudiation of her bends, Senater Hear would fight him day in and day out, at home and in Congress, in cau cus, convention and at the polls. Mahone is all these things in Virginia, and the fact should have moderated Senater Hear's en thusiasm." The supreme ceurfrhas.reveised its late decision that Fayette county was net a separate judicial districtand hence entitled te associate judges, Judges Skarswoed i wwuvxw juugce, uu8p (uenuuu and Paxson having changed and turned a minority of two into a majority of four. Justices Mercur, Gorden and Green new dissent. They say that no one part of the constitution in relation te the judiciary should stand alone, but it should be taken as a whole, and that " it cannot be con tended that the Legislature intended te take from the inhabitants of one county rights which are enjoyed by these of any ether county." Fayette's judges net learned in the law must go. Had the former decision steed Dauphin county and possibly ethers, would have had te elect associate judges before holding any mere I rte H courts. THIS EX-SPKAKER. Republican Compliments for tar. Randall. Philadelphia Press. Fer his own personality he is an honest man, an aggressive leader and a national statesman. It is greatly te his honor that through his long-public service his person al probity has never been impeached, and his sympathies and influence have been en the side of pure legislation. He has re sisted jobbery in its multiplied forms, and has fought a vigorous battle against the horde of schemes and schemers that prowl around the capitol and seek te prey en the public treasury. There is no pel itics, however earnest aud vehement, which commands injustice te any man; and it is only just te Mr. Randall te re cognize that he has net only been honest in bis individual action, but that the in fluence and power of his official position have been exerted in favor of honest ruin. Mr.llandall leaves the speaker's chair te become the acknowledged leader of the minority. He was bold, persistent and tenacious when-he led the opposition be fore ready in debate, fertile in parliamen tary expedients, dashing in methods and he will return te the fleer with broader experience and traiuing. There is scarcely a leader in the Democratic party te dispute his ascendency. North American. Mr. Randall very well deserved the compliment of the reception given te him in this city by his political colleagues last Saturday night. By the very able and conscientious manner in which he has dis charged the difficult and important duties which devolve upon the speaker of the Heuse of Representatives, he has wen a measure of respect which is by no means confined within party limits. Philadelphia Ledger. Ex-Speaker Randall's reception en Sat urday night by the young men of his party was a well-merited tribute te his public service and a flt acknowledgment of the distinction he has wen for his native city and state as well as for himself. He is the single Philadclphian who has occu pied a first-class official position in the National Legislature since the days of Mr. Dallas. STATE ITEMS. Mrs. Elizabeth Bradley, aged fifty-eight yearn, committed suicide at Ne. 4300 Fern ing street, Mauayunk, by hanging. Andrew Conway was struck by a jrallcy of a derrick at an oil well near Bradford and received fatal injuries. An elevcn-months-eld child of Samuel Winesteck of Bradford, swallowed six teen quinine pills aud died seen after ward. A man named Algicr, was drowned at Danville by the upsetting of his' beat while out in the river catching driftwood. The body was net recovered. About $1,500,000 of the $2,000,000 stock of the projected Pittsburgh, Youngstown & Chicago railroad were subscribed en Saturday at loungstewn. The survey begins at once. The thieves in Harrisburg have as much' check as the members of the .Legislature. Ten attempts te break into the house of Tem Jenes, city editor of the Telegraph, but they were frightened off by dogs. While Mrs. Christian Loes, of Ne. 1229 Randelph street, Philadelphia, was en gaged in picking coal en the tracks of the Philadelphia & Reading railroad, above Montgomery avenue, she was caught be tween two cars and instantly killed. One of the most painfully suggestive as well as disgraceful illustrations el the low level of greed which actuates the profes sional politician, has just been developed in Pittsburgh. A dying man's last hours were made doubly agonizing by the anx iety which were upon him, and undoubted ly aggravated bis illness and hastened te his death, in consequence of the scheming efforts of unscrupulous men te get his place. And when dissolution came, the body of the late official was net cold before the governor, was personally importuned by a vraan, tee, who euce occupied the .bench te appoint a political dependent te the vacancy. LATEST NEWS BY MAIL. Tens of thousands of wild ducks arc new feeding near Fert Delaware. They are net easily reached by gunners, how ever, being very wild and wary. A party of Canadian emigrants filling with their stock and baggage ninety cars and numbering nearly 900 persons, have been snow bound en the outskirts of Chi cago since Saturday night. They appear te be of a superior class of farmers and are bound for Manitoba. A bold rascal went te a bank in Bosten, and by representing that he was an agent for a counterfeit note detector, obtained possession of a bad fifty dollar bill, across whose face the word counterfeit had been written with red ink. Having removed them with acids, he made a two dollar purchase at a store and received forty eight dollars in geed money as change. One of the DuPont earthquakes ran along the Brandy wine yesterday morning. It was caused by an explosion in the Hag ley yard of the powder works. The reef of the rolling mill was blown into the creek aud the building otherwise shattered. Ne person was in the mill at the time. Twenty minutes later a gang of men would have entered fhe mill te remove the rolled powder and put in a fresh supply. A three-story brick building, one hun dred feet square, owned by the Rochester, N. Y., hydraulic company, and occupied for manufacturing purposes, fell in ruins yesterday. The cause is believed' te have been the explosion of a forty -hersa power steam boiler, used for heating the build ing. Jeseph Schell, aged twenty years, was killed instantly en the sidewalk "by a falling wall. Four or five ether- men were injured, but none fatally. Less, $20,000. A Fine Time or It. Patriot. The scenes in the Pennsylvania Heuse of Representatives last night beggar de scription. They were the most uproari ously disgraceful et this session, which has been marked by many scenes unbefit ting the dignity of a legislative body, and it is te be doubted if they have often been equaled in previous years. During the session from half-past seven o'clock until ten, the Heuse did no business at all, ex cept te pass three bills en first reading, en one of which the yeas and nays were called. The Heuse applauded one speaker and hissed another, the Speaker pounded with his gavel until his arm. must have achcd,and still motions were hurled at the clerk's head in rapid succession withent regard te the order of business. The fili busterer was rampant and he practicedjiis art en every motion that came before the Heuse. The Speaker at length comeletelv est hI" temper and evidently his head, as a -:j ii i " " f ""pawiuiemary ,, jug The main cause of the row seemed te be that the Philadelphia members have made up their minds te have no business transacted by the Heuse until their pet schemes are put through. HEWIT'S PERFORMANCES. Bis Arbitrary Baling 1b the Heuse Last Aigni. The scenes in the Heuse at Harrisburg, last night, referred te by the Patriot in an article printed elsewhere, were largely due te Speaker Hewit's rulings, manilestly in the interest of the Philadelphia ring op-, posing the repeal of the recorder's bill. Rillintrslev. of Washington, led the ring forces with a motion te take up all bills en first reading in their order, se as tegtt the recorder bill te the feet of the list. A resolution by Niles, of Tiega, te take up out of its order ana pass en first reading Heuse bill Ne. 378, te improve lumbering streams passed, and Niles's bill was then read and the speaker declared it carried in accordance with the usual custom, when Wolfe rose and asked if there was te be no vote taken. Hewit replied that the. rules apparently contem plated only the reading of a bill and the announcement by the chair that it was agreed te and it would be transcribed te second reading, and said that immemorial custom had been te dispense with an act ual vote. Wolfe raised a point of order that a vote must actually be taken pn the bill, and after much complication and bit ter complaints of the waste of time, he was yielded the point as well taken and said l:a weuid call for a vote en every bill read, by which means only could he prevent the recorder's bill from losing its place. It was evident they were net going te get many bills ahead et the recorder's bill. Myers, of V enange, meveu re neiu a spe cial session from two minutes after ten till midnight. Law addressed the chair for the purpose of raising an objection te the motion as out of order. Hewit refused te recognize him, put tne motion ana de clared it earned. Law demanded the ayes and nees the instant the vote was taken and the call was loudly and re peatedly seconded, but the speaker paid no attention te the call and ordered the clerk te proceed with the reading of the bill. Law persisted in addressing the chair and was as persistently rapped down and told by the speaker that he was out of order and would net be recognized. Wolfe, Ruddimnn, Kneass and ethers indignantly and vehemently protested against this action of the speaker, and, though the arbitrary chekiug off of Law was anelauded by certain fellows of the baser sort, who shouted te the speaker that the Heuse would sustain him, it-was evident that the highest privi lege was being sacrificed te the alleged desire te forward the reading of a few bills. Law persistently appealed te the speaker for recognition, aud intense excitement prevailed. Finally Hewit ordered him te be seated and called the sergeant at-arms te enferce the order. Wolfe seized his hat and coat, and with a muttered anathema of contempt for the speaker walked out of the Heuse. Business was at a standstill, and Law escaped the attention of the officers only because everybody en the fleer was in disorder. Kneass ran af ter Wolfe and brought hiin back te con tinue the fight, while Famico read the Timet circus editorial and remarked that the principal performers advertised had net taken a prominent part. Seeing Wolfe coming back Fauucc charged him with hurling a firebrand into the Heuse by demanding a vote en first read ing of a bill, which involved the privilege of calling ayes and nees, and would come up in future te the great delay of business. While Wolfe rose te his favorite business of personal explanation Hewit ordered the reading of bills te go en, Law all the time stand ing in his place and calling for recognition and leave te take the point of order, which the speaker with equal pertinacity refused. Bill 35, changing the close of the season for several kinds .of game, was read and declared passed, Wolfe's call for the yeas and nays being unheeded. At 10:04 the speaker declared the regular evening session adjourned and the special session convened. Law vainly protesting against the regu larity of the action. Wolfe moved te ad journ. Hewit ruled the motion out of order en the ground that the special busi ness for which the session was appointed had net been taken up. Law finally get an opportunity te ask Hewit why he was net recognized and allowed te make his point against the regularity of the pro ceedings. Hewit said he would net. recognize him new because Law had net stated his point of order when the motion for a special session was originally made. The Heuse shrieked with laughter at this fine bit of Hewit's humor, for Law had net ceased for one moment since the motion was made te de mand recognition by the chair for the well understood purpose of raising this very point of order. Wolfe renewed his motion te adjourn and was ruled out of order. Law asked permission te make a statement, which he would put te vote. It was refused and Law persisted in stating his position, Billingleys en one side trying te drown his voice by shouting that he was out of order, while Wolfe en the ether side shouted almost as vecifer eusly that Law was in order. Hewit or dered the sergeent-at-arms te compel Law, Billingsley aud Wolfe te take their scats. The sergeant-at-arms gently push ed Billingsley into his seat, while Petter subjected Law te moral suasion and another assistant charged en Wolfe. Quiet was restored without a breach of the peace. Several unimportant bills en first reading were then taken up in succession. One the first one Wolfe moved te indefi nitely postpone and called yeas and nays for the purpose of delay. Hewit ruled the motion out of order. Wolfe appealed. McReynelds moved te lay the appeal en the table, and en that motion Wolfe called the yeas and nays, and thus accomplished his purpose after eight bills were passed. Hewit declared bill 165 carried, without paying any atten tion te Wolfe and his distinct call for yeas and nays, seconded by Hillis and Law, before the result of the vote was an nounced. This brought out Wolfe's most emphatic pretest, and se much bad bleed had been occasioned that several country members approached Wolfe with muttered threats and an evident disposition te de him harm in case he gave any provocation, which his excited manner rendered net improbable. Hewit justified his refusal te recognize Wolfe by claiming that he heard no -second, and he also deueunced Wolfe as de laying and obstructing business and gave Law some further rebuke in the harshest and most dictatorial manner, a manner which characterized his treatment of Law during the entire evening. At five min utes before 12 Edmunds, of Schuylkill, moved te continue the session till 2 a. ra. Wolfe raised the point of order that the motion was net in order, and for the first time during the evening the speaker ruled in his favor and at twelve declared the session adjourned. Regulating Things In Legan's State. In Charleston, 111., a vigilance commit tee of 6eventy-five took Myren Martin, Wm. Sweeny, alias "English Bill," aud Charles Scott, alias "Grasshopper," ex convicts, from their beds Thursday night, hung and whipped them till nearly dead, then drove them from the county under penalty of death if they return, and en Saturday posted bills ever the county or dering fifteen ethers by name te leave and never return under penalty of death. Every one named left Saturdav nieht. They were suspected of complicity in the recent, robberies, burglaries, ars"en and outrages en stock. . ' THE SENATE'S CeUBTKSYV WelcosBles; the Reporter KxpelleU from tbe Ilease at Hamsbnrg. Palmer's Harrisburg letter te Pittsburgh Commercial-Gazette. " Thursday afternoon I chanced in the Senate chamber, where I was accosted by its two presiding officers, Lieutenant Gov Gov ereor Stene and President pre tern, Wm. I. Newell, of Philadelphia. Say the lieu tenant governor, 'We have get a desk ever here in the Senate for you where you shall be made welcome te come and go at all times. Say what you please about me 'in the Cemmercial-Qazette. I will never make myself ridiculous and bring you into prominence by trying te debar you from the fleer.' The lock of the desk assigned me in the Senate happened te be out of order, and while it was being prepared the president pre tern., Senater Newell, insisted upon my making use of his desk en tbe fleer of the Senate and also offered me another desk in his private room in the building. He said : 'I don't care hew much you pitch into me, or hew often. I'll never raise a row about it. Say what you please about mc aud I'll never ask te have you expelled. I have been iu politics all my life and I find the best policy is te leave the newspapers' alone. I have been pitched into in my time, but as I never noticed the article?, they were forgotten. If I had raised a big row about it, it would only have made matters worse by advertising the whole business and have done me no geed. If you should fcel like pitching into anyone ever here, I had a little rather you picked en mc than any of my friends, and you can de it any time you think I deserve it.' A goedlv number of senators have con gratulated me en my ' getting away from the contaminating associations of the Heuse into respectable company en the Senate sidf.' " SMALL.PKX DELIRIUM. A Man Hushing Wildly through tbe Streets or New Yerk. In New Yerk yesterday a naked- man, who had small-pox, was rushing about the streets, en the west side, creating a veritable panic. He was at length captured anil taken te the Twenty ninth precinct htatien house, te which Dr. Smith, of the sanitary staff, proceeded with a small-pox wagon. Upen his return he reported that the man whose name is Walter Mitliaud, -was in '.the de lirious stage of the disease aud would probably die. He was removed te the Riverside hospital. Mahaud, who is a young, strong-limbed negte, was in bed in his house in West Twenty-seventh street, and being asleep he had been left alone by the friends who were nursing him. In their absence he awoke delirious, tore his shirt from his body, and made his way into the street without a particle of clothing te cover his nakedness. The excitement was intense. He turned into Sixth avenue en his way up town, and entering Broadway rushed up that thoroughfare followed by a vast crowd of men and women yelling "small-pox." He was at length captured by a sheet being thrown ever him and holding him in it firmly. Philadelphia & Reading R K. The master appointed by the court te preside ever the recent meeting of the stockholders of the Philadelphia & Read ing railroad company yesterday filed his report in court. It says that the judges received and counted votes upon 211,077 shares of stockholders duly registered be fore the election, of which 211,015 were cast for Frank S. Bend and 62 for F- B. Gewen, and that they received and counted votes upon 208,287 shares of stockholders registered for three calendar months pre vious te tbe time of election, and of this number 208,222 were counted for Mr. Bend and 62 shares for Mr. Gewen. The court common pleas Ne. 2 will, it is believed, probably decide en Thursday morning whether the meeting was an annual or a special one. James E Gewen,counsel of the Reading railroad company, is confined te his bed. having injured one of the ligaments of his leg yesterday while trying te cress Spring Garden street, at Ninth, before an ap preaching car. m The Uld Story. Mrs. J, R. Scott was found dead in her house, near Williamston, Michigan, en the 15th inst., and was supposed te have com mitted suicide. In consequence of recent developments her brother has been arrest ed en the charge of murdering her. . Paul Lawsen, colored, has been arrested in Burke county, Ga., for killing a woman with whom he was in love. A lumberman named Upright, shot and mortally wounded his wife in Stanten, Michigan, en Saturday. When arrested he alleged infidelity as the provocation, but there is no evidence in support of bis assertion He is 22 years of age, his wife 19, aud they were married nearly three years age. Deserved Credit Clieertully Awardee. New Era. ThelxTEiiMGEXCER rcmiuds us that in stating the position of the members from this county en the repeal of the recorder iniquity, wc overlooked the sixth member, Mr. Snyder, representative from Lancaster city, who voted right. The point is well taken, and wc cheerfully award Mr. Sny der the credit inadvertently withheld in our former classifications. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. WASHINGTON BOROUGH ITE315. Frem Our Regular Correspondent. The late rains swelled the river te a con siderable height and it is very high. ;A few rafts went down last week ; the pilots were Messrs. Walter and Hippie. There are a few large beats iu the dam at Colum bia which will be taken down as seen as the river and weather will permit. It is the common rumor here that the great law suits between ex-Assetnblymau J. L. Shuman and Jehn Walk, which were started some time age, have been settled. If this proves te be true it will be well re ceived by the citizens, and may we never have any ether cases like them. The " Star cornet band" are making arrangements te held another fair for their benefit in May. They received their new suits eti last Friday, and were .them for the first time last (Monday) evening, when they attended the " socia ble", in the M. E. church. Tobacco buyers are scarce here at pre sent. Wm. Ortman sold his entire crop te Messrs, Leeb & Ce., for 20, 10 and 5. Har vey Brush was offered 25, 10 and 5, and Mr. N. Urban, 21, 10 aud 5, but both re fused te sell for that amount. Mr. Jacob Cellins has started a candy store. He intends te turn it into a grocery store after April 1st. Mr. Henry Snyder moved his family up te an island opposite Bainbridge, last week. He expects te engage in raising tobacco for Cyrus Shartzer, who owns the island. Our shad fishermen are getting ready for the season's work. They expect an early shad season from present appear ances. Sudden Death. Herace Hull, aged about 25 years, a son of the late Dr. Levi Hull, was attacked with cramp at his home at the Sturgis house, Lititz, en Sunday morning, and after suffering terribly, .died last even ing about 9 o'clock. Mr. Hull was a bright, active, intelligent young man. Fer some time past he was in tbe tobacco trade. He was unmarried and was uni versally esteemed "by these who Knew him. He had many mends and aequamt- ances m this city, who will be shocked te hear efhis sudden death. A SPRING CHICKEN. The first of the Season Yeung and Tender and Nicely Cooked. He was a tall, slim yenng man, with yellow hair, parted in tha middle. His watery eyes were protected by green goggles. On his skinny hands he were kid gloves ; and en his crane-like neck a lay down cellar two sizes tee large for him. Under his arm he carried a roll of foolscap manuscript. Entering the editorial sane turn he inquired : " Are you the literary editor ?" " I am." "Yeu sometimes print poetry in the Ixtelligexcer, I believe '?" " Yes, occasionally." " And pay liberally for original compo sitions, I suppose ?" "Well yes sometimes when they possess unusual merit." " I have something here, which I am sure will please you ; something entirely original and just in season. Permit me te read it te you ; it contains only about five hundred lines ; here it is : Ode te spring. "Hail glorious Spring! te thee my lays I sing! Xe longer te my spring-bed will 1 cling. But into my spring-bottom pants I'll spring; Press gently en the window-spring, and fling The lattice wide and drink the breath et Spring! " 1 hear the joyous birds in chorus sing ! I hear the rippling wavelet et the spring Te whose cool besom cuddling pebbles cling !Viul from whose grassy banks young violets spring. "O Spring! thy vernal glories let me sing Till nil the world witli echoing plaudits ring. And pnuse the source the great primordial spring Frem whence the ecstasies et peels spring. Inspiring them te strike the tunctnl string. And spring te bring and fling before the king Of all the seasons ever welcome Spring Their choicest" " Held there, idiot, ere I fling a paste pet at your addled bead or wring, your geese-like neck or with a bodkin sting you inthe ribs or clip the owlet wing, en which you sear, with these sharp scissors. Spring leap, vanish down tne stairway ere I fling you headlong from the window. bard of spring. De you hear me ? Are you going ? Then by jing here's at you !" With a vengeful cat-like spring tne editor pounced upon him ! With a swing from the high window burled mm : tie fell "bing"upeu the Belgian pavement limber as a string. A fearful warning te the stupid thing that dared te pen aud read the Ude te spring. THAT DROWNED MAN. Whi is Missing that Answers This Descrip tion? It has been briefly noticed in the Intei. ligexcer that the body of a drowned man, supposed te have come down the river, was lately found in Harford county, Md. The following letter gives further partic ulars and. may lead te his identification : Darlixoten, Harford county, Md. t March 18, 1381. Messrs. Steinman & Heksel Gentle mzn : I write te inform you of the finding of an unknown white man en an island iu the Susquehanna river en yesterday, nearly opposite te the lock en the Tide Water canal, perhaps best kuewn as "Hawkins' lock," as the lock is kept by Win. Hawk ins. I held an inquest upon the body. There was nothing found upon it, by which he could ba identified, as the only cloth ing upon him was a pair of beets and stockings and a portion of the lower part of his drawers. The beets were net heavy and had been half-soled and one of them had a patch upeu it. Hu was about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, aud what little hair was en his head was dark. He seemed te have a full set of natural teeth, and the front teeth in his lower jaw were very clese and crooked ; looked almost like a deuble row of teeth. His body, and particularly his face, were very much bruised, the face cut somewhat. There was quite a diversity of opinion in regard te bis age, seme putting him as young as 30 and ethers as old as 50. I think myself that the latter was nearer his age, as his teeth seemed te be consider ably worn. I had him buried as decently as I could, under the circumstances, en the shore between the canal and river, and the grave marked. I think by publishing a notice in your paper wc may hear some thing respecting him, as he may have come some distance, down the river. Henry R. Watters, Justice of the Peace. Darlington, Harford Ce., Md. THE RENTZ-SANTL.KK PARTY. A Geed Shew Last Nlht. Last evening the Rentz-Santley company appeared in the opera house te a medium sized house, which was rather top-heavy, the gallery having the largest crowd. The minstrel first part showed, ten ladies richly attired, two black-faced end men and an interlocutor. The songs were well sung by the ladies aud many of the jokes were new. The olio opened with the musical act of Keating and Sands, who arc really excellent artists iu their line. The skipping rope song and dance of Capitola Ferrest and Laura Bennett was very neat. The sketch, entitled "Deception," by Jehn Ilcnsbaw and ' May Ten Breeck was very geed, and the for mer proved himself a clever comedian. Quiltcrand Geldrich were fine, as they always are, in their song and dance. The act of Frank Bennett aud Lida Gard ner (who was also billed as Mabel Santlcy) was old, but it was well played, the lady doing a pretty dance with a hoop. Miss Helen .Courtland's singing pleased her hearers. Charles and Annie Whiting gave a remarkably geed musical act, both play ing en the trombone. The stump speech of Lew Benedict was a decided failure and he succeeded iu making the audience laugh but twice. After he had made his speech he left the stage (which he should have done years before), but mistaking some noise for applause he again came te the footlights. lie then made a tremen dous effort te enlighten the citizens con cerning the show ; be complained that there were no ladies in the house, and was sorry that there were no mere males, as they had always played te audiences largely composed of both. He thought that the people here believed them te be a set of mountebanks by the manner in which they looked at them. His remarks, which wereecntirely-uncaPcd for and out of place, did net take. Lew is net a come dian by any means, although he is about as geed new as he ever was. Tbe. enter tainment closed with the musical bur lesque entitled "Penn's Aunts Among the Pirates," in which the full company was seen. The ladies were handsome cos tumes and their singing and music was geed. Nothing was said during the entire evening which was in the least way objec tionable, and the show with the exception of Lew Benedict was first-class throughout. Twe Judges la the JTaiaUjr. Harrisburg Correspondence or Philadelphia Sunday Mercury. The most impertans place te be filled is that of president judge of this judicial district, Judge Pierson's term having about expired. The venerable judge does net desire re-election, but hopes te spend the evening of his days in peaceful retire ment. Se the slate makes Jehn B. Mac Mac Pbcrsen, esq., the successor te Judge Pier son. Fer seme time the choice hung be tween Mac and Jehn W. Simonton, esq., an equally distinguished lawyer here, but it was thought that Mr. Simonton lacked "stalwart" weight, and he was excused. Mr. MacPbersen is a talented young attor ney, practicing at this bar, and as a law judge for this district will bring honor te the ermine. Serenaded. Mine host, Daniel Moere, of tbe Swan hotel, corner Seuth Queen and Vine1 streets, was treated te a fine serenade last evening by the Keystone band. TUB LtLlt. Leeai Tobacco Market. The rush of bu.vcrs te secure desirabie lets of the crop of 'SO continues unabated, though the activity is net quite se appar ent ou the surface as it was a week or two age. The apparent lull is probably caused by the immense amounts of leaf received at the city ware houses within the past fortnight, and which it is absolutely necessary te get out of tbe way before any mere is delivered. The fact, however, that a great dral of the better quality of the crop has been al ready purchased, and many buyer have net yet secured as much of it as they waut, keeps them iu the liel :, and they will probably remain there until they arc fully supplied, or convinced that they can not find what they want. That there is a great deal of the crop they-de net want, except at low prices, is beyond qestien, and it will probably re main en the bauds of the growers unless they are willing te aecept buyers prices. The amount of cash paid by buyers t growers, at the banks of this city, during the past two weeks is net less thati half a million of dollars and may be considerably mere ; and this is exclusive of large sums paid by country packets. Te this must be added thousands of dollars, paid week ly by packers te the many hundreds of men in their employ. Verily the tobacco trade is a getl-send te the giewer aud the laborer, and they should net object te the packer and jobber if they tee make a geed round pretit e:i the capital they have in vested iu the trade. There has net been much doing in old tobacco liming' the past week for the very gee;l reason that there is net much of it left in Lancaster. These who can find it arc willing te pay well for it. talrs of Tobacco. The following tobacco sales were made last week in Drumere te Hoever : Enes Carrigan, 9. 5 and 2 ; Edwin Gregg, 15, 6 and 3 ; Win. Chandler, 10, 4 and 3 : Jas. McPherson, jr., 10, -1 and 3. Cooper Peters sold te Hylan for 19, 6 and 3 ; Jehn Wills te same for 21, 6 ami 3, and Jeseph Rinecrseld te Swift Bres., for 6 cents through. The following are purchases of tobacco made by Jehn Uildebrand iu Drumere and adjoining townships lately : Benja min Stanten two acres at 13, 5 and 2 ; Mrs. Ktiukh: one acre at 13. 5 and 3 ; Henry Gardner una acre at 8 antl 3 ; Chris tian Krcider three and one-half acres at 12, 4 and 3 ; Henry Bmbaker one aero at 10, 5 and 3 ; Jeseph IIuss two acres at 20, 8, 6 and 3 ; Themas Wilsen one aero at 13, 4 and 3 ; Jehn Suiferd three acres at 20, 12, 5 and 3 ; Themas Tremble one aero at 17, 10, 3 and 2 ; Wesley Shirk three quar ters of an aero at 18, 1 aud 3 ; Walter Shirk three quarters of an acre at 18,6 and 3 ; Daniel Haily one aero at 18. 8, 4 and 3. These are the lets of tobacco delivered en the 19th inst. The following sales have also been "picked rp" in tobacco circles and en the street : Daniel Myers, of West Earl, te Fatraau, at 20, 10, 5 and 3 ; Aaren Way, of Strasburg twp., te Fatman, at 20, 8, 6, and 3 ; Jacob Hubcr, of East llcinplicld, te Edw. Kauifman, at 15 and 3 ; Mr. Esh leman. of Little Britain, te Skilcs & Frey. at 19, 13. 7 and 3 ; Mr. Gray, of Little Britain, te Skilcs is Frey, at 15, 7 and 3 ; Abraham Bmbaker, of Chester county, te Blair, at 20, 12, 0 and 3 ; Jecph Brenc man, of Pequea, te II Slmbert, at 16, C and 3 ; Henry Nissley, of West llciup field, te Skilcs & Frey, at 24, 7 aud 3 ; Ben. lliuivhbcrger, West Earl, teC. Herr, at 17, 7 and 3, aud another let at 15, C and 3; Neah Rupert, Chester county, te Shirk, at 20, 8 and 3 ; Mr. Harvey, Chester coun ty, te Shirk, at 17, 7, 5 and 3 ; Gee. Elsen. Chester county, te Shirk, at 1C, G and 3 ; J. E. Hudsen, Chester comity, te Shirk, at 15, C an ' 3 ; C. 15. Lapp, te Bitner & Zeek. at. 17. 8, 5 and 3 ; Jacob Esh, te Bitner is Zeek, at 15, 5 and 3; M.S. Essliiigner. West Earl, te C. Herr, at 17, 6 and 3; Gve. Ramsey, Salisbury town ship, te Skilcs is Frey, 18, 0 and 3 ; Mr. Semiuuis, te Strins, 19, 15, tiand 3; Levi Kurtz, Salisbury township, te Skilcs is Frey, at 19, C and 3. Benja min Eavenseu, at 5 and 3; Geerge Hetl'rnan, at 11, 5 aud 3 ; Jeseph Ottcy, at 1G, 7 and 3 ; Jeseph Parkcsen, at 12, 5 and 3; James Musser, at 12, 5 and 3 ; I!. Musscr, at 13, 5 and 3. West Chester Republican. Mr. Levy, of Lancaster, who hail a warehouse at Meuntvillc, Connecticut, has leased from Worrall Brethers the old foundry building, Kcuuctt Square, for a tobacco warehouse. He has bought a great deal of the crop in that ueighbor ueighber ueighbor .heod and will commence packing it seen. Kennett Advance. Mr. Levy has purchased the '79 crop of Jehn I'ylc. of Willowdale, at 8 cents all around. The wune gentleman has bought EugciiL Bartholemew's crop of '80 ai 24 for wrappers and the balance at prices net stated. Alse, the crop of Wm. Robiusen, south of hTenuctt. Ten acres were pur chased en Thursday in this vicinity by Mr. Levy. BARTTTEMS. It! : :imltreiuil (jeorgetewn. Mud is a common article everywhere and in Georgetown iu particular, it is abundant at present. Mai tin & Frit x have closed a bargain with Jack Graham for the erection of a tobacco waioheuhc in this village en the site of W. II. Stcacy's burnt store house. The building is te be 32 by 10 feet, two stories high and the second story will be used as a hall. Masens are about putting up the wall aud the building will be under reef in about fifteen days. Mr. Jeseph Rittcnheusc, of Virginia, formerly pastor of the Octoraro Presby terian church, has been en a visit te this neighborhood and is looking remarkably robust. Miss Sarah Graham, for seme time housekeeper for Rebert Ilea, died from a stroke of paralysis en Friday, the 18th inst. The Nickel Mine baud have equipped themselves with an excellent uniform and will give a musical entertainment en the 2Gth inst. te assist in defraying their ex penses. They will be assisted by the young ladfes of thcjicighborheod of Nickel Mine, aud an excellent treat is premised te tbe levers of music. The flitting season is at hand, and con siderable changes will be made in our township, which fact is causing seme of the politicians a trifle of uneasiness. Speaking of politicians reminds us that one of the yeuug men of Bart, a Republi can, is in great distress about the action of Mahone and when elated with a light potion of "fire water" talks fluently of Mahone and Benedict Arneld. It hurts this young Republican te think that their strength in the Senate must depend en the recreancy of a rebel Democrat, and, under the in fluence of some "lire water", he can tell a story te fuit political company The only harm this young man ever did, was done when he forget te put the spile iu Girvin's cider buret, after quenching his terrible thirst at 1 o'clock a. m. v"Bad colds are a common inconvenience, and handkerchiefs in demand. The past week has been a very quiet one with the tobacco men. Only- one sale has been heard of ; Themas Nelsen sold at 1G, 3, te Diller & Ruttcr. .At a rough estimate there is ever 100 acre's or tobacco still in this township, the great bnlk of which has n;t been seen by the buyers yet. Sate of Benes. Yesterday afternoon, at the Mcrrimac house. Samuel Hess & Sen, auctioneer sold for Daniel Legan, sixteen head of Franklin county horses at an average of 8190.20 each. Twe of the animals brought $237 each.
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