LANCASTER PAIL? 1JSTELL1GE3SCEU MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1881 Lancaster ntelUenccr. MONDAY EVENING. MARCH 28, 1881. A (JuesUen of Taste and Law. Seme of tbe lawyers in tlie legislature take exception te the action of the statt treasurer and auditor general in calling upon the attorney general for advice as te the constitutionality of thelaw giving a per diem pay te the members be3'end the hundred days, and te that of the at torney general in undertaking te decide the question propounded te hini. Senater Stewart, who is a lawyer of much ability and a man of spotless repute, declared in the Senate that since the acts of the Legislature are presumed te be censtitu tienal the state treasurer, who is but an executive official, must pay such war rants as are drawn en him by the speakers of the two bodies of the Legislature pur suant te the law, and that the only proper way te prohibit such payment is by mandamus from the supreme court. He declares that the attorney general would have acted mere properly if he had replied te the officers consulting him that " it does net concern you whether this act is constitutional or net; the act of Assembly provides that you shall pay upon certain warrants ;" and they should pay tnem unless lniiiDiieu Dy u:e supreme court. That may be geed law, but we de net believe it is. It may have been a mere decorous way of proceeding, but we can not admit even that. Ner can we con cede that Senater Stewart's construction is the sensible one. Te us it seems that the state officers, just like each citizen, are amenable te the law and te be gev. erned by it. The question with every one, in considering his acts, must be, "is it lawful ?" If he does net knew, his proper course is te consult his legal counsel. Just this the auditor general and state treasurer did. Their proper counsel was the attorney general. The law imposes upon him the duty of an swering the questions of these officers about their official acts. It therefore makes it their duty te consult him con cerning them when they are in doubt. New, what can mere surely invalidate the law than its unconstitutionality ? If in violation of the fundamental law, an act of Assembly is absolutely void and commands the obedience of no one. Hew then can it command that of the state's servants, though they are but its ex ecutive officers ? It is just by these offi cers that the laws need te be construed, for it is their province te execute them. It seems te ba quite untenable te held that they are obliged te blindly accept the statutes upon faith, and te suppress doubts they may have of their constitu tionality ; and this, though it be sug gested that they de se in obedience te the demand of a supposed " geed taste." An officer of the people has no business te consider a question of geed taste in construing a question of law. It may be in better taste for a servant te obey his master and te leave the question of the lawfulness of his act te him te deter mine. Hut this is net where the law leaves the responsibility. A wife may excuse her criminality by alleging her husband's duress ; but net a man's ser vant, nor the people's. Unquestionably the supreme court is the final arbiter of the question of a law's constitutionality. But that, in no way relieves an officer of the state from the duty of deciding up:n his primary ac tion according te the bust light he can get. We held that in this case it was lawful, riffht and " becoming " for the auditor general and state treasurer te ask and for the attorney general te answer, upon all the facts made public. If, as is charged, they had a sinister design in their action, te cause au early adjourn ment of the Legisiatuie and se defeat legislation they wanted defeated, then they certainly were net honest and are net te be commended. But only en this ground is their condemnation possible ; and that allegation needs te be proved before it is entitled te credit. It is quite as easy for the members of the Legislature te ask the supreme court te construe a law they have passed in their own favor, as it is for the state's executive officers te de se; and quite as becoming, if net a little mere se. Detective Legislation. When there is a geed deal of hurry the old adage says that there is apt te be little speed; and se it has been with the effort te relieve Philadelphia from the cost of the delinquent tax office. The frameref thelaw that was te effect this, and that was adopted hastily te get the enactment passed before the late mayor alty election, neglected te observe the constitutional prevision which forbids the Legislature, in amending a law or extending and conferring its previsions, te de se by reference te its title only, but requires that the amended law shall be recited at length in the new act. The act in question declared that the receiver of taxes should have all the powers and discharge all the du ties imposed upon the collector of delin quent taxes by existing laws. Judge Hare decides, and apparently with great soundness, that this is net a compliance with the constitutional demand. It cer tainly does net seem that the words of this statute can be held te " amend, extend or confer" " at length" upon the receiver of taxes, the previsions of the statutes gov erning the duties of the collector of de linquent taxes. It is unfortunate that a geed law is thus summarily knocked en the head ; but it is better se than that the geed previsions of the constitution should be disregarded. The lessen te legislators will be te study the constitu tion mere. They seem te be ignorant of it and over-fend -of judging them selves and their work te be supreme. It will de them geed te be brought up with a round turn, by the stout lariat of the constitution, as they just new have been in two notable instances There is still time te amend the delinquent tax law, but it is doubtful whether the incli nation with the Legislature te de se will be strong. m n It is anneuueed te-day, with a posi pesi tiveness that indicates autheritv, thr.t Mr. Conkling will oppose the confirmp cenfirmp confirmp tien of Bobertsen for collector or. "Sew Yerk. In an open fight en the fleer of the Senate he could net likely prevent it, but by the manipulation of the appoint ment in committee, he may delay it long enough te inaagurate the war en the ad ministration after the administration is well prepared te meet it. Mr. Conkling may have great influence in Jthe Senate, but there are a great many senators de pendent en executive patronage who will ponder long befere entering the lists against the dispenser of it. MINOB TOPICS. Whes the great Mr. Conkling inquires after " the man milliner " of Earner' $ Weekly he asks : " Hew is Georgiana ?" "Wemex?" said an expert; "well some of them are worse than ethers, bat none arc better." Steele Mackate is about te organize a theatre in New Yerth with $1,000,000 capital, in which players and playwrights will have a share of the profits, and from which well-drilled companies will sally out te storm the country towns. New Greek meets Greek. A paper by Mr. Emersen en his personal impressions of Carlyle, made up from his unpublished letters written at the time of his first visit te England, will appear in Scribner for May. Caklyle rated Dickens's "essential fac ulty" as that of an actor and said : "Had he been born twenty or forty years soeuor we would most probably have had a sec ond and greater Matthews, Incleden, or the like, and no writing Dickens." "Pa, what is the difference between civ ilization and barbarism ?" "Civilization, my son, is blowing your enemy te pieces with a bombshell at a range of four miles. Barbarism is knocking his brains out at arm's length with a brutal club !" The young gentleman who new bears the name of Mr. Ashmead-Burdett Coutts has determined te take te politics, The bareness being an intense admirer of Lord Beaconsfield, he will be brought out under the patronage of the Carlten club, and he has made up his mind te contest the sec ond seat for Northampton with Mr. Charles Bradiaugh en the high Tery ticket. Eng land, like Lancaster county, has a great many political "bums" who will delight te pluck such a fat goeso as Ashmead. Mr. Hitt, the new assistant secretary of state, has been in Paris as secretary of le gation for eight years, aud previous te that he lived in Washington. He is both a French and German scholar, of inde pendent means, easy of access, quick and firm te decide a question, very quick and able with the pen, and familiar with pub lic business. He was the"stenegrapher en the San Dominge commission in 1871, but he did the work of the two official secrc tarics besides his own and wrote the com mittee's report beside certainly a very strong document, the credit of .which was given te Ben Wade. BEFORE THB SFRIXG. The wind has blown the last year's leaves Frem off the primrose head ; The lilac-sheet its prison cleaves ; The elm-tree tips ure ml. And all about, though trees are bare, Ami coven none te sing. The blnckbird herales cvers'Whcrc The cemliiR or the spring. Mm? en, sweet bird, for you have f.ilth Te trust all darknesv is net death. The spring has signs te uhew her nigh, And bill the world prepare : H's Jey no heralds, or must 1 Loek for no future fair ? M y heart seems barren as a world Where spring comes nevermore ; Xe leaf shows from its sheath uncurled : Xe birds their raptures pour. Tet. faithless heart, believing be The spring 7tiut come again for thee. Londen Spectator. The Philadelphia Press justified the an nouncement of its publishers and the ex pectations of its patrons yesterday by the publication of the first number of its future regular Sunday edition. It has purchased the franchises of and consoli dated with this enterprise the Sunday Press, lately published by Dennis F. Dcaly, who new takes and continues the Sunday Mercury. The Sunday paper has been superseded in the large cities by the "daily " paper, aud in accordance with its alvauccs in journalism the Press recog nizes and fully meets the demands upon nrst ciass metropolitan dames te print a paper every day in the year. The initial number of its Sunday edition is one well calculated te satisfy its patrons. Fer, be sides the news of the day, in the regular line of its daily issue, it presents the special characteristics which are expected of Sunday editions. Articles of local in terest here are an account of ex-Senater Cameren's early life by Cel. Burr and Mrs. P. E. Gibbens's sketch of Dr. LeMeync, the crematienist. PERSONAL. The appointment of William Walter Phelts te Austria was made, it is said, at the request of Whitelaw Reid. Governer Harris M. Plaisted, of Maine, together with several friends, is about te pay a visit te his old army com rade, General W. H. H. Davis, of Doyles town. Mrs. Lucy Ann, wife of CnARLES A. Stetson, for nearly forty years tbe pre prieter -of the Aster house, New Yerk,. died of pneumonia at the residence of her son-in law, Mr. J. Harry Ferd, at nine o'clock en Saturday night. Mrs. Stetson was 73 years old. She was born in New New burypert, Mass. D. B. Bailey, a rising member of the Yerk bar, died at his residence en Satur day afternoon from accesses of the lungs. Mr. Bailey was before the last Democratic convention as a candidate for the office of district attorney. Daring the late cam paign he took an active part, and con tracted by constant exposure a lung affec tion, from which he died. When it was proposed te send in the nomination et Stanley Matthews for the supreme bench MacVeagh opposed it se earnestly that the president became very angry. MacVeagh almost refused te make O-it the nomination and Garfield had te put his feet down very heavily. In two or three ether cases, notably in an Illinois appointment, where MacVeagh was deter mined te beat Legan, who wanted a Grant man appointed, the attorney general has shown a geed deal mere independence than was expected of him. He already shows signs of being disagreeably tena cious, and some fine day he and Garfield will part company. Hew angry that would make William E. Chandler, the new solici tor general ! Mr. Conkling has never been an habit- uai caller at the White Heuse. Even under Grant's administration his calls were few and generally of a formal char acter. Grant frequently called upon the senator at his rooms and their relations were most cordial, buc Mr. Conkling does net think it te be the province of a senator te dangle at the heels of tbe executive. During General Grant's term the senator attended the social entertainments at the executive mansion. He refused te accept any of the invitations which were sent him at the beginning of Mr. Hayes' term. He has visited the White Heuse only once since tue inauguration, .nearly tnree years elapsed after Grant's. term expired before Mr. Conkling saw the ex-president. He only called three or four times upon Grant during the last year of bis term, and almost ten months passed after his return from his foreign tour before Mr. Conkling met him. The personal relations of the two men new arc said te be closer than ever before. STATE ITEMS. Hugh Karnes, a brakeman at the weigud scales at Tyrene, was instantly killed by the cars en Saturday morning. The Baldwin works are filling a $1,500, 000 order for 200 locomotives for the Mexi can National narrow gaue railroad. Samuel Lewry, of Johnsten, aged 00, arrived at Pittsburgh en Friday with a blushing damsel of 1G, with whom he had eloped from Greenville, Mercer county. The girl was sent home, Hen. Gideon W. Palmer died at his resi dence at Glcnburn, Somerset county, yes terday. He was a member of the consti tutional convention of 1873, and was the father of the present attorney general. A car leaded with bricks and ascending and inclined plane at fielina, Westmore land county, jumped tke track en Friday. One of the bricks struek II. M. Tayler, of Cencmaugh, Indiana county, killing him James Fowler, a yard brakeman in Al Al Al toena, was stepping between two cars and another car dropped down and caught him between the dead weeds, squeezing him te death. lie leaves three small children, his wife having died some six months age. Edward S. Menaglian, 9 years old, while ridiug en a train at Indian Ridge colliery, was crushed te death between the locomo tive and the cars. He was the son of "Big Ned" Meuaghan, the Mellie Maguire, new serving a seven-year term in the Pettsville jail. The Grecnbackers a,re the first in the field with a call for a state convention. It will be held at Pettsville in June, the par ticular day te be designated by the county committee of Schuylkill. That is about the only place where much of a Greenback party is left in this state. On the recent visit of tbe membcrs of the Pennsylvania Legislature te the Nor Ner Nor ristewn hospital. Judge Ress aud Dr. Atlec, in speeches approved of the employ ment of female superintendents and physi cians in the care of the insane, Beth gen tlemen had the candor te say that they had entertained a different opinion and were new convinced of their error. The photograph of a young girl found in the pocket of one of the coats left be hind by the burglar who murdered Sam uel W. Clugsten at Valley Ferge has been identified as that of the daughter of a Phil adelphia peddler who left that city for a trip through the Chester valley about the time of the murder, and who is new missing. While Geerge Bulleck was visiting the eastern penitentiary two felons, engaged in whitewashing the walls of the corridor of the second tier, immediately above. Mr. Bulleck, upset the pail ceutaiuing the di luted lime, and its contents went stream ing down ever the pertly form of Mr. Bul Bul eock, completely covering his clethiug aud ruining it, the rim of his hat shielding his face from a coat of whitewash. LATEST NEWS BY MAIL. The outbuildings of Themas Jewell, a farmer living near Princeton, N. J., were burned, with horses, mules, sheep, cattle, hay, straw and machinery. Less, $10,000; partly insured ; incendiary. The betting en the University beat race, which will come off en the Thames en Friday. April 8, is new six te four in favor of Oxlerd, which is net quite se geed as .at the beginning of their training. The machine shop of E. J. Crangle aud most of its contents, at Calais, Me., wcre burned en Friday night. Less, $12,000 ; insuraucc, $3,500. Messrs. McCullough & Tail, iron founders, had patterns valued at $3,000 stored there, which were also burned. Insured for $450. The cause et the fire is net known. In Iowa City, Miss Hattie Deuel com pleted the thirty-second day of her fast last night.. The case is proueuueed by leading physicians the most wonderful case of fasting ever known. Miss Deuel continues te maintain the silence she be gan three years age, and converses only by signs. The body et the Rev. Abiel Silver, a well-known Swedcnbergian clergyman of Roxbury, Mass., was found floating in the St. Charles river at Prison Point. It is supposed that he fell into the river by accident. The deceased was 80 years old, and was held in high respect in the com munity. The cable steamers, Dacia and Interna tional will begin laying the first section of the Central and Seuth American cable southward te Tehauntepec. When they have completed this work they will return te England and take en the cable te be laid en the Pacific coast, from Callae, Peru, te the Tehauntepec Isthmus via Panama, Cesta Rica, Nicaragua and Gua tcmela. The explosion in an Elizabeth, N. J., upholstery caused a fire which spread un til o:.e-third of the block between Wash ington street and St. Jehn's church was destieyed. The large unoccupied store and building en the corner of Washington street were partly burned. Kuntzman's jewelry store, Barry's saloon, Andersen's lambrequin store, Mrs. Bulleck's confec tionery and Brophy's plumbing shop were all totally destroyed with much of their contents. William B. Tucker's hardware store was burned out. Beld Burglars. The office of Geerge W. Higgins & Ce., perk packers, at the Chicago stock yards, was entered by burglars, who blew open the safe aud robbed it of its contents, about $2 000. The night watchman was surprised by four masked burglars, who knocked him down, and while one steed guard ever him stretched out en the fleer, the ethers drilled the safe deer. After blasting the deer open they seized the money and hurried off, dropping $23 en the fleer in their haste. Burglars entered tbe house of Themas L. Egan, in New Yerk, when his niece, Miss Nellie Cunningham, aged 16, was alone in the house. When she screamed ene ruffiian stuffed a handkerchief in her mouth and the ether bound her with a clothes-line. They demanded te knew where Mrs.Egan's jewels and money were, but Miss Cunningham refused te tell thorn, when one of the ruffians struck her in the face. Still exasperated by her re fusal te answer their question the ether burglar stabbed her several times in her arn8, face and hand with a penknife. Ihe young lady became insensible, when the robbers, fearing they bah killed her. fled. ' I Tax BUI Declared Unconstitutional. .The General Assembly had a great time in passing the bill for the abolition of the office of collector of de linquent taxes in Philadelphia. Tiie bill was however, finally passul in time te become effective before the Febru ary elections, and en the 14th of Feb ruary was approved and placed en the statute books. In a very few days Mr. William J. Donohugh, the present collector, at once brought a bill in equity against Collector A. C. Roberts te test the constitutionality of the new law. This was argued at length and held under ad visement by the court. On Saturday Judge Hare rendered the court's decision, de claring; the new law unconstitutional un der its third section, which contained the operative clause, net because of its opera tion, but because of a technical censtitu tienal defect in abolishing the office by reference te another office and its duties, instead of directly. -High Lire in the West. Jack Roberts, the murderer of Tem Grcaterex, was lynched at Durange, Cel., last night. In Walla Walla a bad character named Dick Osberne fatally stabbed Alenzo Bebb in a dance house. Osberne was arrested. A party of masked man broke into the jail and took him te the nearest high fence and banged him. At Lipman's sawmill, Jacksen county, Arkansas. Chris Carrell and Lem Jehnsen, left in charge of the mill while the ether men went te dinner, get into a quarrel, and, drawing knives, began a desperate duel with these weapons. Beth were horribly cut, portions of flesh being severed from their bodies. Carrell fainted from less of bleed and Jehnsen disappeared in the adjacent weeds, where his course was marked with bloody footprints. He has net vet been found and it is thought will perish miserably in the dense pine thickets where he has taken refuge. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. Christ. KauffintU Uelni; te Pottsville. PetUvUlc Chronicle, Dcm. The advertising columns of the Miners' Journal contain a call for "a mass meet ing te take action for the recovery of the rights of the Republican voters of Scuyl kill county, and for the reorganizatieu of the party government upeu the American and Republican basis that the majority shall, rule." The meeting will be held at Union hall, en Meuday morning, at half- past ten o'clock, and will be addressed byj Hen. Charles b. Welte, senator .Lee. el Venango, and Senater Kaufl'mati, of Lan caster. All who favor the principles of the address issued by the committee of one thousand are cordially invited te attend. In their call the committee of arrange ments announce that they "will fight it out en this line if it takes all summer-" The gathering of these unsophisticated Republicans, whose credulity General Sigfried imagines has been im posed upon, premises te be quite an cxteusive and respectable atfair. It is rather difficult, however, te under stand what business Charles S. Wolfe and Senators Lee aud Kauttinan have te take sides in a faction fight among the Repub licans of Schuylkill county. The right of the Republicans of this county or any portion of them, te be addressed by prominent gentlemen from a distance is unquestioned; but there is certainly no mere propriety in Senater Kaitlfmau taking up the cudgel for the "swallow tails" against the "short hairs" of Schuyl kill county, than there would be in Judge Green or D. C. Henning, esq., going ever te Lancaster te advocate the cause of the "Bull Ring." It is a question of propriety that ought te c lmniund itself te tlie gen tlemen themselves; but if Republicans de net pretest against its manifest indeliuaey, we de net knew that the outsiders have auy right te complain. Unclaimed Letters. The lollewmg is a list el letters remain ing unclaimed in the Lancaster posteflice for the week ending Monday, March 28, 1881: Ladies" List Mrs. E. II. Bachcuhciin, Miss Mary Bcntley, Mrs. Mary E. J5ru bakcr, Mrs. Jennie E. Btisheng, Miss Fannie Herr, Mis-; Carrie llcurine, Mi-s C. G. Knuflman, Mrs. Annie E. Kurtz, Miss Ellie McCarrcn, Miss A. Sides, Mrs. Mary E. Schaub, Miss Sallie Stanten. Gents' List Harry Callahan. Jehn E. Emericke, Henry S. Furry, A. Geisr, Lewis Heisler, Leenard W. Hess, Anten Human, Gee. H. II liber, J. C. .Limes, S. M. Knox, David P. Leng, H. W. Miller, JehnPryde, H. L. Reiter, Simen Ressler, Gee. W. Rush. P. F. She-lifer. Henry Sullivan, J. Williams Therne (2). Anether Miitnl te be ISulit. Philadelphia Times. The Rev. Ignatius S.igercr, Superior of the aectcty et bt. Jehn et Ged, has bought a farm of 372 acres, between New Castle and Delaware City, for $34,000. Tbe pur chase was made for the purpose of estab lishing a hospital where sick and super annuated Catholic clergymen will he cared for. When completed it will be the sec ond one in this country, the only one at present being at Lancaster. The cstab lishment of the institution has been dis cussed for some time, Cardinal McCleskey desiring te have it erected somewhere along tlie Hudsen river, while ethers wanted it te be located in semj of the Southern states. Finally the present site was agreed upon. The institution will be richly endowed. It Was Leaded. Wm. Burr, aged fifteen, who lives at the corner of Jehn and Locust streets, started en Saturday afternoon about 3 o'clock te go out gunning for blackbirds with some companions. As he was going through tha gate at his home some of his friends, then en the opposite side of Locust street, called te him te knew if they could sheet. Te a boy named Cennell, whose gun he knew was net leaded, he said " Yes." Anether boy, whose gun teas leaded, fired. The charge struck the gate except one heavy grain of shot which entered Burr's cheek bone under the left ear and passed in an inch and a half te the tendons. where it ledged. Dr. H. E. Westhaeffer attended him, but deemed it better net te attempt te extract the grain of shot at present, as it would necessitate the cutting of the tendons. It will likely "wefk out." A Man Supposed te be Missing. On Saturday night a basket filled with groceries was found en the bumper of a car drawn by Engine Ne. 181 west, en the Pennsylvania railroad, between Glen Lech and Gap. All conductors of the western bound trains were warned te keep a sharp lookout for a roan, as it was believed that one bad fallen from the train. Ne one was seen, and it is new thought that the gro ceries were placed en the train by some man who was unable himself te get en en account of the high rate of speed. Accident te a Lady el the "Olivette Troupe. Miss Lucy Mitchell, one of the members of the "Olivette troupe, fell down stairs en Friday at the Merchants' hotel in Reading, injuring her head and right side. She cculd net appear in the evening, and en Saturday morning had te be removed in a car riage te the depot. She left with the troupe for Harrisburg, where "Olivette" was given that night. Coming te Lancaster County. The Pettsville Chronicle says "H. J. Meixell, cashier of the Mt. Carmel bank, will leave that place shortly te accept the Ps"" cashier of a new national bank m Lancaster county." Most likely the Ephrata bank. RELIGIOUS. SPECIAL SEttVICfeS VJiST-EUAT. At the Sew Jerusalem and Methodist Chare lies. Twe very interesting services were held by the New Jerusalem society (Swedcn (Swedcn eorgian) at their chapel. Leng's building, yesterday. Rev. J. E. Bewers, a minister from a distance, was present. In the morning he preached en the text, " Fear net, little fleck," and in the evening en "Deathbed repentance ; will it save the sinner?" The latter being a subject of mere than usual importance, a brief synop sis will doubtless be of interest, aud prob ably of value, te our readers. " The question is often asked," Mr. Bewers began, after reading a few scrip tural selection, but with no definite text, "Will death bed conversions save the sinner? Will the man who has spent 30 or 40 years in wickedness and vice in an instant be chanced front a demon of dark ness into an angel of light? There is no such instant transition from evil te geed. Persons get geed gradually. Repentance may be brief; conversion may be sudden ; but true repentence and actual conversion are by gradual development. Like the "tree -that is planted by the rivers of water," conversion is likened by the psalmist. First the acorn, then the blade, the twig and finally the oak "the king of the forest." It is the seed' of the truth, watered and nourished by Diviue love and affection, until it shines forth in all its true loveliness, seen and admired by men. Deathbed conversion may save a man. but only en certain conditions. Man is saved by regeneration, and between the two there is a vast difference. The condi tion is whether it is real or net. If actual or real, certainly he will go te the place Ged has provided for all theso who love Him. In proof of the genuineness of ante mer tem conversion, he gave several illustra tions where men have come te die ; have feared death, but all of a sudden an nounced their willingness te die, aud peo ple called them converted. But the climax of the disease was reached ; the man ral lied, improved, and finally get well again, aud in a short time was back te his old vices. If that man had died, even when he professed conversion, tliere can be no doubt of his uen admittance through the pearly gates of heaven. Nine hundred and ninety-nine out of a thousand death-bed coriversiens are the outgrowth el fear, net love. They profess faith, but faith without works is dead. We cannot judge if such conversions are real, but if real, they are but the beginning of a preparation for heaven, which continues after death in that intermediate state that land of departed spirits where man's ruling character is judged, aud if that con version is real and actual, ministering angels instruct him and prepare him for the eternal heaven. If no', real they are in like manner prepared for hell. The Ged who is ruler of all makes devils aud inhab itants of hell as comfortable as possible. Catholics have perverted this idea of the intermediate state by their purgatory. He spoke of the conversion of murderers with hands yet reeking with the bleed of their victims, who cling te the false theory of faith and faith alone, and closed with an earnest appeal te be ready when the sum mens comes. It is better net te wait, for the call may come "as a thief in the night," but when it docs ceme may you, like Simeon of old, say, "New lettcst Theu Thy servant depart in peace," and attended by ministering augels passed through death's dark vale and up into the mount the place that Ged has prepared for all that love Him. Rev. Bewers is a man of fine appear ance aud has a commanding voice. Though net particularly eloquent nor ornate, his discourse abounded in feed for thought, combining both the logical and interesting qualities of a successful preacher. AT THE 1JUKE STItEET M. K. The New Paster in the Pulpit. The auditorium of the Dnke street Methodist church was net crowded yes terday merninir, and the galleries were en tirely devoid of auditors, except the choir aud the lone occupant of "Jimmy Dore's corner," the occasion being the introduc tion of the new pastor, Rev. Wm. C. Rebin iusen, late of Chester, and assigned te this congregation by the conference just closed at Pottsville. Rev. S. H. C. Smith, late pastor of this church, also preached for his new charge yesterday in Salem church, Philadelphia. The Duke street people greeted their new pastor with handsome floral decorations and the word "Wei come," wrought in boxwood leaves, sus pended across the chancel. A large cress of choice flowers and vines steed en the communion table and a bouquet en the pul pit. Rev. Robinson, who was the guest of Mr. S. M. Myers during his temporary stay in the city, is a tall, bread-shouldered, fine-looking, gentleman, with dark hair falling ever his shoulders and a bald fore head ": he is about fifty-five years of age, and notable as a successful pastor in bis previous charges. Alter the singing of the 770th hymn Rev. Robinson engaged the devotional at tention of the congregation with a prayer, in which he remembered the educational institutions of the country, the press and public eflkids. He re id the xlvi. Psalm and a pait of II Ceiiuthians, iv. chapter. Hymn Ne. 7G8 was sung, the collection lifted and Mr. Robinson proceeded with his introductory sermon en the theme : The Leve Jehovah Hears for Ills Church. Text: "Fer the I.enl shall comfort Zion ; he will eonifert all her waste places and he will make her wilderness like Kdcn and her desert like the garden of the Lord ; Jey and gladness shall be Ieunl therein, thanksgiv ing aud the voice et melody." Isaiah 41, 3. After a short account of the "royal prophet," Isaiah, son of Ames and father-in-law of Hczekiah, the preacher dwelt upon the significance of the Old Testa ment in its relation te the New, the premises of its prophecy and the. solemn truth it taught that tbe same Providence which had guided the destinies 6T the early people was the Ged of te-day. 3Ir. Robinson described the local Zion of sacred history and explained hew the term had come te be used for the Church of Ged in its broadest meaning, citing many elo quent .passages of scripture in illustration thereof. The only danger of Zion becom ing disconsolate lies in forgetfulness of Ged and the only protection against this is purity. By some the meaning of the text is widened into a prophecy of the final conversion te Christianity of tbe Jews and their re-establishment in Jerusalem as a United Christian nation. Without affirm ing his belief in this, Mr. Robiusen inti mated that it was net te be discredited. Fer some reason Ged had wonderfully preserved the identity of the Jewish peo ple in all their disintegration aud persecu tion ; gradually prescriptive anti-Jewish legislation had been abated and Bismarck's latest attempt te renew it was short-lived ; the Jewish mind was in a state of unrest and showed an inclination te accept the Christian Messiah,, if the ene expected by them came net seen ; he urged his con gregation te pray for the Jsw and for bis conversion te "our Hely Christianity." In referring te his own coming hither the new pastor spoke feelingly of his mission from Ged, entreated a spirit of mutual geed-will, forbearance and Christian en deavor, and trusted that all personal dif ferences would be sunken and prejudices surmounted in common zeal for the com mon canse of advancing Christ's kingdom. Hymn 771 was sung and Mr. Robinson made the usual announcements. Among them was one te the effect that the class of Sunday school teachers engaged in the study of the International lessens would -t? in the Y. M. C. A. hall next Sat. urday afternoon, Bev. S, Stall, Instructor, 'That's a ceed thine," said Mr. R., "but net te be substituted for an hour alone with your Ged and yeur'Bible." Last evening the congregation was very large. The reverend pastor's text was the 17th verse of the 13th chapter of St.-Jehn's gospel : " If ye knew these thing", happy are ye if ye de them." The theme of the discourse was that human responsibility is proportioned te human knowledge ; that infants who cannot understand and heathen who have net heard of Ged arc net re sponsible ; but that in this enlightened age when almost all have opportunity te acquire knowledge and knew the truth, almost all are responsible. Mr. Robinson speaks without reference even te notes, and is singularly fluent and choice in the use of his language. His style of expression is ornate and impressive, and he is likely te prove a popular preacher. On Thursday ha wiil remove with his family te the parsonage en East Walnut street. TOBACCO IN CUBA. " Key West " Clears Frem Pennsylvania Tobadte. Cel. James Duffy in U. S. Tobacco Journal During ray recent trip through the Southern states and the Island of Cuba I observed some facts in reference te the growth, care and manufacture of tobacco which may be of interest te your readers. After careful investigation 1 am con vinced that the bulk of the better class of cigars manufactured in the Seuth, es pecially iu Flerida, and sold as "Key West cigars from Havana tobacco," nvi really made from the better grades of Pennsylvania. Most of the cigars sold at Nassau, in the Bahama Islands, arc also made of our tobacco, aud the price et a geed Havana cigar there is 25 cents, about the same as in the United States. In Cuba, where you can get the best cigar iu the world,. few geed ones are retailed ex cept at the price you would pay for the same article iu this ceuutry. Most of the geed cigars arc exported. While the soil and climate of Cuba com bine iu the production of the best tobacco iu the world, there is no question but that the care bestowed upeu its growth and manipulation there has much te de with the excellence of the manufactured goods. Excepting the highest grades, hewever. there is as geed tobacco grown in small quantities in seme sections of Pennsyl vania as iu Cuba. There is also the same marked difference in the grades of tobacco grown there, upon what appears te be the same quality of laud, as we find in this ceuutry. A grower there jnay have 500 acres of tobacco upon soil apparently the samc.and yet he gathers three distinct grades el" to bacco ; one of which makes cigars worth $200 a thousand there, auether worth from $40 te $50, and still another worth from $20 te $30. This diuerence in the tobacco grown upon the same laud has given theso who raise it the same per plexing questions te study that have puzzled the grape growers and wine pro ducers of the world for generations. Seme time since, the French government sent a chemist te Cuba te cxamiue the SUUjeUb, UUU U3 WUU l"-"; w w. v.. j sod ler anaiyzatien. iaeu sampic, uuuer a through test, showed the same ingre dients, which has naturally increased rather thjin mollified the diverse opinions as te the real cause of the difference iu goods. Frem observation, and the best information I could gather, I am convinced that thcre is a subsoil butieath the top soil which produces this diuerence ; for if there is any ene thing settled in my mind- about the culture 01 tobacco, it is tuac tue character of soil determines the quality, as well in Cuba as iu this country. The use of any foreign substance ex cent vefftable manures upon tobacco ground seriously affects the quality and flavor of the product. Growers in Cuba have used phosphates and artificial fertil izers, anil this iu my judgment has some what te de with the difference in the qual ity of the tobacco of which they complain; fdr one of the most intelligent men I met told that me where these patent manures had been used, it would take eight years for the soil te regain its natural condition. They grew three, sometimes four, crop of tobacco from the same planting in Cuba, and the quantity depends much upon the amount of rain falling during growth. A great deal of rain increases the product, but injures the quality. Tobacco growers in that country de net approach these who grew it in this coun try in the care bestowed upon the prepa ration of the ground, but from the me mentthc plant is set until the plant is de livered te the manufacturer, they give it much greater attention than our people de. During growth it is watched and cul tivated with almost sleepless vigilance. When it is gathered it is cured aud stored with sedulous care. As it is cut it is put in sheds closed en all four sides, and the quantity of air touching it determined by the use of lattice work, which is under the direction of a man whose sole duty it is te regulate the amount of air upon it during the different changes of the wind and climate. Where the reefs of the curing sheds are net made of palm leaves, porous ventilators are constructed at the top, and the air passes in from the bottom and out of the top. A steady and equitable current can thereby be main tained during all the curiug process. The manufacture of tobacco there is attended with the same care as the growth, and I gave this branch of the business some at tention as well as the ethers in which I was especially interested. Gen. Cameren had a letter of introduction from the cap tain general of the island te the tobacco men of the different sections, which gave me an excellent opportunity for these ob servations. After looking into the growth and care of tobacco, we selected the Henry Clay manufactory for a visit, as it is one of the largest en the island, as well as one of the best known brands of cigars sold in this country. The proprietor is a grower as well as a maunfacturer. The establish ment is situated about three miles from Havana, " and is a very extensive one. employing a thousand hands. We found Mr. J. Alvarez a cultivated gentleman. He spends his summers at Saratoga, and has many personal friends in th United States. He was decorated by the French government a knight of the "Legien of Hener" for his intelligent and superior work with tobacco. He received us cor dially, showed us all through the establishment, and gave us much valuable information. He took us te his tobacco warehouse where we saw it in bales, and then he explained his mode of sweating and drying it. He tpek us upon a left in his factory, where we saw boys selecting the leaves, both as te color and grade. This work is done with great care. After the tobacco is selected each quality is placed in a hopper by itself and passed te the lower story into the work ing room. Here it is weighed out te the hands, each man being required te return te the finishing room the number of cigars the tobacco he receives will make. The factory produces a hundred thousand cigars each working day. When we had completed a thorough inspection of the es tablishment, he invited us into his resi- dnncn. adieinin? it. and entertained us. Here we found his wife and three daugh ters, all accomplished and cultivated ladies, selecting the cigars according te grade and color, and pasting geld labels upon the choicest brands. All of them seemed te be proud of their amusement, for such they considered it. He showed us through his house and into his chapel, where he has Divine serv ice for his family and friends whenever he wills. He presented General Cameren and me four boxes of his best cigars, which his wife and daughters put up for us while there. When we were icady te leave, he drove us into town in a fpleudid turnout, and we all agreed that our etndy et the to bacco industry in Cuba, at the Henry Clay establishment as well as elsewhere, had been notenly profitable, bat exceedingly pleasant." '" m $IO CAMKKOA'S YOUTU. Ilis iJjrrly ilslit With. Puverry. Cel. F. A. IJurr in Ptinadclpnte P.iess. It is net often that a man builds se well from se slender a foundation. Hew small that beginning was and hew desperate the struggle he made te lay even the founda tion eC practical knowledge few men kuew. Yestcidayan old gentleman who knows much of his early history ;ave me eue incident as ;; specimen of hew he be gan life. "Gcueral Cameren's mother," said Unseld friend, "was a great woman. She labored for her children with a zeal aud energy of which few beings" are capable, and it was her teaching and example, as well as native meutal force, which marked the life of her boys with these strong characteristics which have enabled them te make their mark in life. The old storekeeper in Maytown," the little hamlet in Lancaster county where Genera! Cameren wasliem, said my informant, el'teu told of his strug gle for his first bjek in geography, lie was only 8 or 9 years old when he became far enough advanced in elementary cdu catien te study geography, and he ap proached tin; teacher with the desire of his heart. The iea'hfr prerut.cd if he could get a book te put hiiu in the class. It cost a dollar, aud even pennies were scarce in his home. He consulted his mother and thuy together planned for the geography. She entered heartily into her son's ambiii.ui. After thiei! months of effort, enough of the odds and ends of the family economy left from the daily demand for bread was saved up. These were carried te the coun try store by the boy who has since written se RtreniIy upon the pages of his country's political history. When they were weighed aud counted the merchant shook his head and said : fhcre is only seventy-three cents' worth, Simen, and the book costs u u dellar." As the boy thought of the strug gle he had made te aiuuiinul.itu what he had brought and still the prize was far away, the tears sprang te his eyes The merchant relented, and, taking him by the shoulder, said, ' Simen, yen are a go d !iy ; you shall have the book and you can pay the ether twenty-seven cents when yu: get it." He net only lived long enough, said his friend, te pay the twenty-seven cents, but todetheman who thus served his childish ambition many kindnesses. His respect for him who did the serviee is te this day simply sublime, and his veneration for the place where these early struggles began is as marked as his fidelity te his friendships. The house where he was born he bought re cently and uavu as a paisunagc te the church where his wife worshipped, and the Denegal farm, which is a model of an estate aud a p:ir.itliu in surroundings and I equipments, was purchased bceauseius an- ( cesters were tenants titer i elutien. iK!iers thu nev- i'alil Usui Hevesity-Uve Dellar. The Wilkcsb-ivre Recerd h:is the follow ing account of hew a man iu that city made a speculation from Teny Dniei's pantomime treupe which lately appeared here :" Yesterday, as the band of Teny Denier's treupe dreve up Seuth Main street, the music frightened the horses of Dr. On Hard, eue of the animals being tied te a -pest. Th-j outside horse pushed again.-r. his mate and the pet was thrown down and broken. The pole of the wagon was also broken and the horses started te- I run aci'tss tlin street. It was ;;aid that. one el tue hei.scs was ui)urcd. Dr. Hullurd sent a hill !e Frank I). Hildreth, treasurer of the com pany, claiming $100 damage. Mr.. llildreth refused te pay this sunu and called upeu Jereme G. Miller, esq., for legal advice. In the meantime Dr. Hullard handed his claim te IJ. F. Dor Der rauce, esq., for collection. Mr. Hildreth telegraphed te Teny Denier iu New Yerk asking for in.-.ti action:;. A cupius had beeiu obtained for ilns arrest of some el tin treupe who were thought te b managers., and placed in the hands of Olficur I leery. $1,000 bail was required. Teny Denier telegraphed t settle i at her than have any trouble, hut, Mr. Hildreth objected te pay ing $100. and if he could have icadily pro cured bail would net have detiu se. As it. was, Ik could net stay here te light the claim, and the matter was finally com promised by tlie payment of $75. This amount wa p lid in silver at the oiii-je in Music hall." A Lively Chaw. Yerk I)e-p.-ttch. Officer Samuel Wailiek !at evening brought : Yerk a young man named Zacharias Uuiuh.trd, and committed limn te the ea;;: of Sheriff Ahlaud, en the charge of rrim. con. The officer, clothed with ava;T.;nt. issued by Justice Patter son, en the nth of Angelina Frey, of Wiiidvu-tewn-hip, started for Marietta. Lauca-ier county, near where the accused was employed in making cigars. Pro ceeding ciutiiu-!y, he te'k another man with him from .Marietta, and when with in a quarter of a mile of thtj place where the accused worked. Officer Wallick stepped his team, and his companion pro ceeded te the house for the purpose of detaining the yeuug man, (who knew Wallick), until the latter ciiuld arrive and make the arrest. But "the ruse did net. succeed. The fust thing Officer Wallick saw, after his assistant entered the house, was Reichaid leivingby the back deer and running like a deer toward Bainbridge en the railroad track. Tiie officer put his horse at full speed, driving between the railroad and the canal, but seen came te a. point where the buggy could net pass. In a moment he unhitched, and springing upon the back of the faithful mare, took the railroad track, and aftcr a desperate ride, overtook and arrested his man and brought liim here, as stated. Officer Wallick says that " riding en the rail '" may be well enough, but "riding between the rails en horse-back is net very pleas ant." A Ilc:iu:itnl Ultimo. II. Z. ithe.uk & Bre., of this city, have just completed the manufacture of a beau tiful gihl badge made te the order of the G. Q. Richmond luvik and ladder company et Pueblo, Colerado, te ba by them pre sented te Charles Otere. The badge isef beautiful design, and contains about forty pennyweights of 18-karet geld, two inches iu diameter and three-eighths of an inch in thickness. Upen its face, which is of dead yellow geld, arc grouped the hooks, ladders, giappling irons, axes, spanners, nozzle, horns, lire-hat and ether ap pliances of a hook and ladder company, all mad" of solid red geld, highly burnished and contrasting beautifully with the dead yellow geld background. Above the disk and attached te it by he ivy geld chains, is a panelled bar of "geld, of pretty design, en which is the name :! the dome, Chaklls Otere, in raised capital letters of solid geld. Belew thf dish and attached te it by geld chains i- -- shorter geld bar or pendant, containing the word CHIEF, the badge is a most beautiful and costly one, creditable te the manufacturers; and reflecting honor en the gentleman for whom it is intended aud the company whose liberality and ap preciation of their chief induced them te order se handsome a testimonial. Special Meeting of CeuncUf Theic will be a special meeting of select and common councils this evening te amend the ordinance providing for refund ing the city debt.
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