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LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCES, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1881.
Lancaster intelligencer.
THURSDAY EVENING, HAY 12, 1681.
A Wrecked Party.
The remarkable narrative in the 2s ew
Yerk Herald concerning Garfield's du
plicity is attributed te Jehn Russell
Yeung, who is notoriously, of newspaper
men, nearest te the Grant regime. This
circumstance, no less than the tone of
the article, points irresistibly te the con
clusion that all of its statements which
relate te matters of fact are inspired by
Mr. Conkling Indeed much of its sub
stance, set down as authorized announce
ments, is of such a nature that Mr.
Conkling only could furnish it or au
thenticate it. It might almost as well,
for the purposes of its challenge te the
president, be ever the initials " R. c."
In this view, what ordinarily would be
only a newspaper sensation, becomes a
document of national interest.
In the first place it exhibits very plain
ly the desperate straits of Garfield before
the late presidential election ; hew he
was squeezed by the Grant faction into
a shameful bargaiu for their votes and
their money in consideration of his
premises te them of the patronage ; hew,
as se often before, the weakness of his
moral nature succumbed te the appeals
te his hopes and fears, and hew he furth
er illustrated that weakness by refusing,
in the hour of his prosperity te fulfil the
bargain made in his distress. There is
very much of the politician in all this,
and particularly of the weak politician
of the Ohie type, who is se apt te lie
and make volub'.e premises te get place
and then forget them. The elder Cam Cam
eeon, it will be remembered, has told us
hew Hayes went down en his marrow
bones te the the family, and even ac
cepted his pocket money for the cam
paign from Den, and then would neither
appoint the old man te the English min
istry, nor the young man te a cabinet
place, as his readiness te accept aid from
them had led them te expect he would.
In that part of the Herald' narrative
which we reprint te-day, the bargain
made by Garfield with Levi 1. Morten,
head of the syndicate which raised the
corruption fund for his election, is vivid
ly set forth. Hew nobly the liner fabric
of the real statesman, Hancock with
the integrity of Jeffersen and the firm
ness of Jacksen contrasts with the piti
ful attitude of the Republican candidate
peddling his prospective patronage en
Wall street.
The narrative gees flu te tell tliat as
swnas elected Garfield suffered " par
alysis of memory," and the contrast of
affairs before and after the Xevctuber
ides is picturesquely told in this Conk Cenk
lingesque sentence ; " The pledges and
premises of the campaign leaded down
the jMenter mail, se that it required the
labors of three or four secretaries te send
back statesmanlike notifications of their
dishonor and repudiation." Conkling
was sent for te have the news broken te
him gently. His lip curled at the diluted
tea-table talk which he was obliged te
undergo; and then Judge Felgcr was
sent for, and disgusted at the offer of a
subordinate cabinet place which he in
dignantly declined ; and the upshot of
it all was the offer te Morten of the
secretaryship of the navy, the one place
which Conkling had expressly asked
should net be tendered his state. It is
further related that Garfield, distinctly
premised Conkling te make no changes
in the Xew Yerk custom house at pres
ent, nor without consulting him, and
broke his word. As all this is offered te
be proved as seen as challenged by any
responsible party, it rests with the
friends of the administration te make
that call or admit its truth.
The whole situation shows the pitiable
condition of our politics under Repub
lican manipulation of them. Here is a
party which had wen victory out of the
jaws of defeat and seemed te have taken
a new lease of life, all its factions ap
parently cemented in support of one of
its strongest men intellectually who was
weakened by no factional affiliations :
and yet in less than three months his
administration is shipwrecked and his
party drifting en the rocks. And all for
what V Upen no question of high prin
ciple or national concern, but in a
greedy, hoggish scramble for the spoils
of office! The cohesive power of plun
der is a strong tie ; it has held that or-,
ganizaiten together when all its vitality
was extinct and its limbs were retting.
New it is snapped and can never be
spliced.
People who talk about an iudepend
ant judiciary and of keeping the bench
out of politics, will de well te remember
that that docs net consist solely in the
minority accepting the candidate of the
majority party, or in the people electing
the choice of the politicians without a
pretest or an appeal for a tetter man if
he can be found. Political independence
in the selection of judges, which is a
most excellent idea, means that
the people of a judicial district
or the majority of them shall
divest themselves of all considera
tions of party fealty and prejudice, and
select that lawyer of their bar or of some
ether bar who most fitly combines the
learning, the integrity, and the high judi
cial qualities which adorn the judgeship.
When they are willing te de that it is
well enough for men of all parties te ac
quiesce in the movement, but for the
minority te stand off and let the small
politicians of the etlier party, puddling
in their dirty peel, pick out their party
candidate and then endorse him as "a
non-partisan" is a travesty en political
or judicial independence.
With the same pertinacity as charac
terized the Republican obstructions te
the refunding measures-in Congress, the
Republicans of our state Senate resisted
the efforts of the Democrats and Sena
tors Kauffman, Lee, Everhart and Em
ery, te have the $10,000,000 of state lean
refunded at 3 instead of 4 per cent. It
has been agreed in the Senate, however,
te make 4 per cent, the maximum rate of
interest, and te authorize the financial
officers of the state te advertise for pro
posals for bends at 3 and 3 percent.,
and give them power te accept such basis
as he considers for the best interest of
the commonwealth. This amendment
js a measurable triumph for the Deme- the
cratic and Independent Republican pol
icy of reduced interest.
Ix the sunny Southland of our com
mon country, which was scarred by the
revolutionary battles of the forefathers,
yesterday was unveiled a significant
memorial en an historic battlefield. The
Cowpens monument is erected te 'the
American soldiers who en that field
"fought victoriously for the right of
self government and civil liberty."
With eloquent patriotism its face, which
turns te the Seuth, bears this inscrip
tion : " One hundred years age, the men
of the North and the Seuth fought to
gether, and by their bleed secured the
Independence and cemented the Union
of the American states. The bend .that
then bound them together is the bend of
their fellow countrymen te-day. The
common country they created is the her
itage of their sons. The perpetuation of
the Republic of their fathers is the safe
ty and honor of North and Seuth.
Alike the sentiment and duty- of all
the states. Este Perpelua." And the
generous response of that great section
which must ever be the conservator of
our political and commercial greatness
is in these words inscribed en the face
that represents the Middle States:
"Middle States 1781 One people, no
North, no Seuth, no East, no West, a
common interest, one country, euc des
tiny. 1681 As it was, se ever let it 1m?.
Pickens."
PERGONAL..
A Paris letter says: " At the recent
MACKCYball the toilette of the hostess
was a poem."
Blaine will be commencement orator
at Kcuyeu college ; Cel. BnemiEAD at
the University of Virginia, and Gaiifield
gees te Williams commencement.
Mr. James Laws has died at his resi
dence in Gcrmantewn, having reached the
age of ninety-two years. He was a very
prominent citizen, and was at one' time
widely known in business circles by his
extensive traffic in leather.
Mrs. Garfield's illness has been caused
by the excessive strain upon her nervous
system during the presidential campaign
and aggravated by malaria from the river
flats, which are but a short distance "from
the rear of the executive mansion.
Among the journalists attracted by the
stale medical society te Lancaster Mr.
Themas M. Celeman is doing the pro
ceedings for the Legcr ; and Jehn Nenius
famous fee of bogus medical schools and en
the Recerd staff, is working up sentiment
in the fraternity for the bill te establish a
state beard of health.
When Wm. H. Vandeiibilt came home
from Eurepe one of his old trunks get
lest, though he never missed it. Among
its old paper contents was a breast pin,
set with 90 diamonds, worth from $3 te
$5000 each. An ash' man picked up the
old box for 50 cents, found the jewel, re
stored it te its owner, and new waits te sec
if honesty meets its reward.
Bosten's young tri-millienaire, Mr. R.
Montgomery Sears bought the Brattle
Square church at auction for $81,000. An
attempt Had previously been made te
raise, by subscription, a sum sufficient te
purchase the church and preserve it for
religious service and musical purposes.
The building cost $284,000 ten years age.
The preposition of a compromise, so se
called, based en the withdrawal of the
nominations of Robertsen and of Chandler
te be followed by the nomination of
Chandler as collector of the pert of New
Yerk,and of Robertsen as solicitor general,
is the latest lovely suggestion of the des
perate and bewildered Republican rank and
file. This brilliant idea seems te have
originated with Blair, of New Hampshire,
who was moved te it by Rollins, that
able statesman having been thrown en his
beam end by Chandler's declaration that
should he be rejected when nominated for
solicitor gencrship, he will go te New
Hampshire and be elected te the United
States Senate.
The newspapers and pelilicans out in the
Grcene and Fayette district have lively
times. Here is the Uuiontewn Standard,
Rep., pitching into its late candidate for
Congress, James E. Sayeus, for a politi
cal printing bill of $12.50, which, it savs,
he will net pay, though he is rich ; the
Democratic Messenger, of Wayncsburg, is
equally fierce en its congressman, Morgan
R. Wise, and of its senator it says : " One
Honorable TneM.vs Benten Schnatterly
of Fayette county, member of the Senate
of the great state of Pennsylvania, ewes
US a bill or 2."i for fintef m-inf in.r .&
WW, ,-..-..-0 ,,.,
winch we propose te swap for the Stand
tifd's bill against Mr. Sayers, upon the
editors of that paper handing us the
difference.
MINOR TOPICS.
Greater scratches than this have made
men's fortunes : Schoolmistress What is
the dative of denutn? What? Next?
-Next? iXcxt? Dunce Do'ne. Scheel
mistress Correct. Ge te the head !
Twenty six bills have been passed by
the Legislature this session aud sent te the
governor, all of which have received his
approval except the one te enlarge the
jurisdiction of the courts of common pleas,
which was vetoed en the twenty-first of
April.
Among a collection of autographs lately
sold in this country, comprising Macau
lay, Goethe, Douglass, Jerreld, Leigh
Hunt, Victer Huge. Lafayette, Malibran
and Jenny Lind, the autograph of Charles
Lamb brought the highest price, fifty dol
lars being paid for it, which signifies that
somebody has a higher opinion of him
than Carlyle had.
Kant would be as much surpiiscd te
read in one of our local contemporaries
that he " said there were two things which
the mere you looked at the mere you were
compelled te admire the starry universe
and the waters of the deep, " as anybody of
"literary" character would be shocked te
read the Police Gazette clipnincrs whiM,
adorn the "literary and personal" depart
ment of another esteemed local contempor
ary. Tiieke is every prospect that California
win ne a lanci ei plenty timing this year
of grace. The crops are all in excellent I
condition, and the supply of fruit will be
enormous unless some unforeseen disaster
cuts it off untimely. In many localities
frat Dutls ,vcre ? from inj"ury bjr
late frosts by keeping smevldying fireg
under the trees at night. The gtpe crop,
which increases largely from year te year,
will net be seriously damaged by the
phyllexera, though that pest has threaten
ed te invade the California vineyards.
STATE ITEMS.
It took fifty-one ballets te elect a county
superintendent out in Greene county, and
then Nickesen wen.
Hen. W. J. Baer has consented te be
come a candidate for the bench in the ju
dicial district composed of Somerset and
Bedford. He'll de.
In the epeniqg of the railroad mails in
Philadelphia the ether day a cat walked
out of a mail bag from Cincinnati marked
"foreign.
Referring te one of the passages in Mr.
Gewen's speech, Mr. Charles E.Parrish. of
Wilkcsbarre, one of the JJend beard of P.
& R. directors, claims te be the owner of a
larger number of Reading railroad shares
than were held by all of the Gewen direc
ters combined.
Crawford county's Judge Church has
decided that a statute providing separate
schools for negrees and mulattoes is in
direct violation of the 13th and 14th
amendments, therefore null and void,
and orders the issuance of a peremp
tory mandamus enjoining the directors
from making any race distinctions.
Mr. J. A. M. Passmore, of Pottsville,
made a narrow escape from serious injury
while traveling en the Philadelphia &
Reading i ail read recently. While step
ping from a ear te the platform of the
Reading depot the train suddenly get un
der way. Mr. Passmore was thrown down
with great force and was severely bruised,
but fortunately escaped without any broken
bones.
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
A fire in the big straw stack of the
Niagara paper mills extended te the mills
and machinery and $200,000 will hardly
cover the less ; insured for $50,000.
Richard Cooper, of Wesleyville, noticing
an obstruction en the Lake Shere track,
gave the alarm te an approaching passen
ger train which was stepped in time te
prevent a terrible accident. A heavy rail
was found chained across the track.
The police have discovered a plot te
assassinate the king of Italy. The sus
pected mandatory is an Italian who re
cently arrived in Reme accompanied by a
member of the International society.
They arc being dogged by the police.
Inviting death by sunstroke : At Buf
falo Buffalo, 1 ; Bosten, 0. At Chicago
Trey, ;) ; Chicago, 11. At Cleveland
Cleveland, C ; Providence, 5. At Detroit
Detroit, 3 ; Worcester, 5. At New Ha
ven Yale, 0 ; Metropolitan, 5. At Wash
ington National, 4 ; Atlantic, 2.
The complete failure of peacbes en the
Peninsula has turned attention te the re
spective berry crops. It is large, mere
particularly strawberries. Reports from
shipping stations along the line of the
Delaware read say that it is se large that
a glutted market is unavoidable.
In Enela, Franklin county, Ark., by the
use of poisoned flour Mr Reynolds, wife
and daughter, Mrs. Jehn Trum, Dr. Brown,
a German laborer, and one ether person
were all taken sick in the same manner
and about the same time. Doubts are en
tertained of the recovery of Reynolds,
Brown, and the German.
Catharine Marshall, the fourteon-year-eld
daughter of a railway laborer, who,
the Glasgow papers stated a couple of
weeks age, had net eaten anything since
the beginning of the present year, is re
ported te have commenced taking feed.
She was threatened with being sent te a
lunatic asylum if she did net de se.
At the Youugstewn, O., cemetery when
the funeral precession of a lady reached
the grave, they found it half dug, and the
digger drunk. The bereaved husband and
friends were compelled te wait until the.
undertakers in charge completed the work
The same sccne was repeated in the after
noon when a young father and mother
followed the remains of their little child te
its last resting place.
Lewell, Mass., is horrified at the finding
in an ash vault of the partially decayed
body of a woman, entire but for the less
of much flesh and having the longhair dis
connected from the skull. The vault is
attached te the dwelling of two prominent
citizens, both of whom have held many
public offices. As the vault can be opened
from a narrow alley running between Ap Ap
plcten and Winter streets, a theory pre
vails that the body was brought there sifr sifr
rcptitieusly and deposited te conceal a
crime.
A play company struck a town in south
ern Georgia en the day of a local celebra
tion. The mayor offered the members of
the band five dollars apiece te give up
their own show and join in and help the
town. The boys concluded te de it. The
city officials treated them se handsomely
that before the day was ever they were all
drunk ana the mayor lined them five
dollars apiece for disorderly conduct.
This squared his account with the musi
cians, and provided music for the town
free.
The twenty-first annual convention of
the National Brewers' association in Chi
cage, is remarkable for its large number of
delegates and the greatly-increased amount
of wealth and production which it repre
sents. H. B. Scharmaun, of Brooklyn, en
taking the chair, made an address show
ing from statistics of the internal revenue
bureau that the receipts from the govern
ment tax for 1880 were $2,100,000 greater
than in 1879, while the brewers' special
tax decreased $1,383, showing that the
business is enlarging, hut concentrating
iute fewer hands.
AX INNOCENT VICTIM.
The Wrong Man Said te Hare Ileea Hanged
The people of Princess Anne, Crisfield
and ether part of Somerset county, Md.,
arc greatly excited ever the reported con
fession of a woman who is new en her
death bed of having murdered a man eigh
teen years age. Twe negrees were ex
ecuted for the crime in 1806. The mur
der occurred some time during the
latter part of 18G2, the victim being
Azariah Dougherty, who was found
dead in his store. As was then sup
posed, his meney was the incentive for
the crime. 'Suspicion rested upon two
colored men, who were arrested seen after
the murder was perpetrated, but no
money was found in their possession and
none could be found about the premises
of Dougherty. It was generally supposed
that some ether party or parties were ac
cessory te the crime, but time failed te
unravel the mystery and the "men ar
rested were seen after placed en trial for
murder and found guilty and sentenced te
be hanged.
The evidence upon which they were
convicted was purely circumstantial, all
efforts te show directly that they com
mitted the crime having . failed. The
strongest evidence connecting them with
the murder is said te have been the find
ing in the pockets of one of the accused of
a knife that it was shown belonged te
Dougherty. On the scaffold both men
solemnly protested innocence down te
the moment when the fatal drop fell, and
one of them, in a speech from the gallows,
declared himself guiltless of the terrible
crime and said that the perpetrator of the
murder would be discovered in less than
twenty years, and that he wouldn't be
found te be a black man, either,
The woman who is reputed te have made
the startling confession is a Mrs. Patty A.
Ward, living a few miles from Crisfield.
She is suffering from a terrible cancer,
which has placed her beyond all fear of
buaun law. aad her confession is believed
te have been prompted by a knowledge of
her approaching death aad the fear of en
taring into the presence of her Maker with
out having confessed her crime. It is un
derstood that she has given te her friends
a fall detail of the horrible affair, in which
she discloses the fact that .she, together
with her son, murdered Mr. Dougherty
for his money. The son died a few years
age and a short time before his death it is
said he expressed a wish te disclose semel
thing as it is believed, his share in the
crime but that Mrs. Ward prevented him
doing se by placing her hand ever his
mouth. There are many rumors in cir
culation about the whole affair, one being
te the effect that the friends of the dying
woman won't allow her confession te be
given te the public until after her death
has taken place.
FAKLIAMENTABI MANNERS.
One Scene In Mr. Hewlt's Beese.
Frem Yesterday's Legislative Proceedings.
Mr. Davis (Ferest) called up the act te
lay out, build and repair the reads and
bridges of this commonwealth, and made
an elaborate argument in its favor. A
motion was made te indefinitely postpone
the bill. Mr. McGiffin opposed the bill and
in the course of his remarks said : " The
farmers don't want anything of this kind.
New, why should a lawyer away up in the
northern part of the state insist upon this
bill? There is no ether reason except
that there are fees in the case."
" That is a falsehood," said Mr. Davis.
Sensation.
' ' I hurl that back in the gentleman's
teeth." said Mr.Mc3iffin, "and am prepar
ed: te answer ler that language here and
elsewhere." Great sensation. 1
Mr. Davis demanded that Mr. McGiffin's
remarks concerning "fees" be taken
down, which was done, the clerk reading
tnem.
The speaker Baid he hoped the Phila
ueipnia memoesMweniu net interlere in
this matter.
"I hope it is seen new, Mr. Speaker, that
fhiladelpbia does net produce all the
eames." said Mr. Souder. TLauchter.l
Mr. McGiffin said he was opposed te this
bill and in explanation of the word "fees"
said it would produce endless litigation,
ana mat; meant lecsier lawyers, it was
an outrageous bill and he called en his
friends te vote it down. Unmitigated ap
planse from the farmers.
Mr. Davis said that the intimation that
he was receiving fees was false and infa
mous and Mr. McGiffin was ungentleman
ly. Surprise all ever the Heuse.
Mr. Wolfe, as a lawyer, accepted Mr.
McGiffin's apology. Laughter of a feeble
size. J
Mr. McGiffin said he was a farmer, net a
lawyer. W endermeut expressed.
Mr. Davis. "I'm glad you are net, I
should be ashamed of you. Laughter.
Mr. Mapes said that the best farmer in
Venango county had drawn the bill, and
it was a geed one.
Mr. Hillis said the act was a very proper
one, and had been found te work well in
certain counties.
Mr. Nilessaid Tiega county had tried
the system contemplated by this bill and
it was a total failure. He didn't intend
that his people should ever be inflicted.
with an incubus like this, if he could help
it. incy preferred three read cemmis
sieners for the county te a pathmastcr for
every school district.
After considerable discussion the yeas
and nays were called en the motion te in
definitely postpone, resulting ; " Yeas 110
nays 34, and the bill was killed.
Telling Tales Out or Scheel.
Examiner, anti-HIgh-Stnsenig Organ.
Mr. High is net unknown te " fame" in
political methods and practices. He train
ed for a long time as a successful lieuten
ant of Sensenig's in East Earl, when the
sheriff's bce get into his bonnet. Three
years age Sensenig was committed te
Strine, and High ran en the " Reform"
ticket, paying a thousand dollars into the
" peel" and when defeat stared him in
the face en the Sunday after the primary,
he authorized his agents te have him
"counted in" at any cost even three or
four thousand dollars.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
OBITUARY.
Death of Leuis J. Voigt.
The following dispatch, received in this
city last evening, conveys the news of the
death of Leuis J. Voigt, poet and painter,
member of the well known Voigt family
of this city, and brother of the late Charles
Fred. Voigt of the Intelligencer :
White Plains, N. Y., May 5.
Keeper of Woodward Hill Cemetery :
Open grave for remains of Leuis J.
Voigt, between Mrs. Sarah Voigt and
Augusta Hepkins' grave. Have hearse and
two carriages at depot en arrival of 2:15
train. Have an Episcopal clcrgvman te
meet us at the chapel in cemetery. Send
answer te Reading ; will be there at 12 to
morrow en train. Publish notice of death
in morning papers if you get this in time.
Banks & Lockwood,
Undertakers.
Mr. Veict died en Tucsdav. at his resi
dence, in White Plains. He was a bach
elor and aged about 70. He was born in
this city and left Lancaster when about
30. He was a portrait painter, and worked
at nearly every branch of kindred arts,
having been mere recently engaged in pro pre
paring fashion designs for magazines. He
also was an occasional contributor of
poetical sketches te high-class literary
publications.
Sunday Scheel Convention.
The fourteenth annual session of the Sun
day school convention of the East Penn
sylvania eldership of the church of Ged
bad been in session at Goldsboro, Yerk
county. The meeting was organized by
Rev. D. A. L.Laverty, late of this city, re
tiring president, and Rev. A. H. Leng, of
Marietta, conducted the religious exer
cises. The progress of the Sundy school work
was discussed at length by M. M. Feese,
of Mechanicsbnrg ; Rev. G. W. Scilham
mer, of Lancaster ; Rev. J. C. Lockwood,
of Mount Jey, and J. M. Carvell, of Ship
pensbure. The permanent officers elected were :
President, Rev. J. M. Carvel, of Sbippens
burg ; Vice President, I. Frazcr ; Secre
tary. Rev. J. F. Meixel, of Landisburg ;
Assistant Secretary, Jehn Funk, of Golds Gelds Golds
bero' ; Recording Secretary, Rev. J. C.
Behney,. of Duncannon ; Treasurer, S.
Knisley, of Orrstown.
The sessions are devoted te the discus
sion of religious and Sunday school topics.
Tbe Geetheam.
Following are the orators assigned te
places en tbe pregramme of the 46th an
niversary of the Geetbean literary society
of Franklin and Marshall college, te be
celebrated in Fulton ball te-morrow even
ing: Salutatory. W. H. Ranch ; third orator,
M. B. Reber ; second orator. H. C. Ap
penzeller ; eulogist, A. D. Elliet ; first
orator, W. H. Bridenbaugh : Geethean
orator, C. B. Heller ; poet, W. E. Hey.
Getting Better.
S. R. Miller, aeent for the Champien
reaper and mower, who was thrown out
of his buggy en April 29th, and badly in
jured en the hip and side, from the effects
of which he has been confined te his bed I
at the Grape hotel, is getting better and is I
able te sit up and be about the hotel. '
THE DOCTORS.
PBOCEEDIXOS IN THC CONVENTION.
AddreMee'aaa Papers Bead aad IMscumcu
Musical Entertainment.
The officers being absent Dr. Traill
Green, of Northampton, was called te the
chair, and en motion a committee of three
was appointed te hunt up the officers and
inform them that the time for assembling
had passed half an hour.
After a brief absence the committee re
turned and reported that it was their pain
ful duty te report that the officers had
been lest, strayed or stolen. Great
laughter.
In a memcut afterwards the president
and secretary arrived and were greeted
with cheers.
Dr. A. H. Smith, of Philadelphia, of
fered a resolution protesting against the
Legislature taking any action looking te
the removal of female physicians and at
tendants of female insane and replacing
them with male attendants, at the state
hospitals.
lhe resolution was made the special or
der for te-morrow morning.
The amendment te the constitution of
fered at last year's convention by Dr.
Dale, relative te the appointment of cen cen
eors, and appeals from censer's decisions
was discussed by Dr. Traill Green, Dr.
Dale, Dr. Atlee ; the last named favoring
the appointment of a judiciary committee
te whom all such questions be referred.
Dr. S. M. Ress, of Blair county, then
read an "Address en Surgery." He warm
ly advocated conservative instead of he
roic treatment, unless the latter was abso
lutely necessary te save life or prolong
life. Conservative and successful surgery
are almost svnonemous. The doctor de
scribed at some length several cases he
had treated, in which the limbs, or parts
.of limbs had been saved bv conservative
treatment. The profession are apt te be
tee unwilling te trust te nature's recuper-
tiens. Tight banda"e of wounds lie said
has done mere harm than all ether
causes combined, bv obstructing the cir
culatien. The anti septic treatment of
wounds aud lacerations was commended:.
After the second battle of Bull Run,
wounded men were permitted te lie en the
field for many days before they could be
placed in hospitals ; all of them get well ;
while these who were at once placed in
crowded hospitals died off like rotten
sheep, ewiug te the crowded condition of
the hospital, the impurity of the air and
the medicine and sursicry of the doctors.
Dr. Ulrich, of Chester county, endorsed
Dr. Ress's views, and gave the particulars
of one or two of his own cases.
Dr. Jacob Price, of Chester county.
read a paper en " The Importance of Lecal
Treatment m Congestion aud iniiamma-
tien of the Cervcx of the Pregnant
uterus." lhe paper was closely listened
te bv the convention, aud a warm discus
sien followed. Dr. Sutten, of Pittsburgh,
net only disputed the soundness of Dr.
Price's treatment, but declared it te be
based upon a false pathology, exploded
hundreds of years age, and revived again
recently. Dr. Price found able advocates,
however, in Dr. Potts, Dr. Dale, of Yerk ;
Dr. Albert Smith, of the University of
Philadelphia ; Dr. Jehn L. Atlee, of Lan
caster, and Dr. Ulrich, of Chester county,
all of whom made speeches in general
accord with Dr. Price's theory and treat
ment. The reporter begs leave te state just
here that the addresses, papers and dis
cussions, though of great value no doubt
te the medical profession, were entirely
tee long te be published at extense in any
ether than medical journals, and that they
abounded in se many technical phrases, of
which lay reporters and lay readers are un
acquainted, that it is quite impracticable
te make an intelligent condensation of
them. Hence we de little mere than men
tion the titles of the several matters dis
cussed. "Affections of Lachrymal Passages
Their Nature and Treatmcnt"-was the title
of a long paper read by Dr. S. D. Risley,
of Philadelphia, and se entertaining did it
prove te his fellow members, that, though
his time expired before he had finished it,
he was urgently requested te "go en"
and was grauted mere time. He exhib
ited and explained the use of probes used
by him in opening or enlarging constricted
lachrymal ducts, and also showed some
ether instruments manufactured for the
same purpose, but which were utterly un
fit for the purpose.
Dr. J. L. Crawford, of Indiana county,
who was set down en the pregramme for
a paper entitled "Indications Calling for
Active Treatment in Typhoid Fever," was
net present and the subject was passed.
Dr. J. W. C. O'Neal, of Adams county,
read a paper entitled "Contributions te the
History and Use or Katalysine spring
water at Gettysburg." After referring te
the battle of Gettysburg and its dcci sive
results, Dr. O'Neal stated that many of
the people of their section were left in an
impoverished condition, and were com
pelled te leek around aud find means of
support. Just west of the ridge en which
Gen. Reynolds was killed is a mineral
spring, which, up te that time, was held
in small account ; but the owner conceivel
the idea that it mitrht prove valuable in
both a pecuniary and medical sense.
The historic associations of the locality, the
beauty of its surroundings, its variegated
scenery and salubrious air, would of them
selves be attractive te tourists, and if the
waters of the springs should prove te be
valuable, there was a fertune in them.
The waters were analyzed and found te
contain many valuable properties; theyab
tainccl notoriety through wide and judi
cious advertising, and are much sought by
invalids who are always hopeful. The
speaker gave an analysis of the waters.and
claimed that properly used they were ben
eficial in cases of gout, rheumatism, dis
pepsia, diabetes, indigestion and some
ether diseases. He thought, however, te
secure Iastins benefit, the patient should
live at the springs, drink the waters and
bathe in them, and inhale the pure air of
the surrounding country which is 550 feet
abeve the tide.
"The Pathology of Sheck" was the
title of a paper read by Dr. C. C. Sea
brook, of Dauphin county. The speaker
detailed the results of many experiments
made by bim en this subject and exhibit
ed diagrams showing the rise and fall of
the bleed currents, as shown under the
microscope in some experiments, with
wounded frogs, dogs and rabbits.
All the above papers were en motion
received and referred te the committee for
publication.
An amendment te the constitution and
bv-laws. offered by Dr. Rabter, of Harris-
bur?, at the last annual convention of the
society, was taken up for action, and after
a spicy debate adopted, it provides ler
the appointment of a judiciary committee
of nine members te whom shall be refer
red for determination all personal differ
ences arising among members and also all
contested credentials of delegates te the
convention.
Adjourned.
Evening Session.
At 7 o'clock the convention met in the
court house te hear read the annual ad
dress of the president. Dr. J. T. Carpenter
of Schnylkill county. The doctor referred
te the great progress made by the state
Society Since Its eigauizaiiiuu ju tuia city
thirty-three years age. Then it was weak
and without organization ; new it is strong
and is a power in the land, and influences
for the geed of the people the legislation
of the state. After recounting at some
lemrth the importance of the society its
objects and duties, Dr. Carpenter entered
upon the subject of his address, "The
Treatment of the Insane." He stated that
there are 45,000 insane persons in the
United States, and that the ratio is largely
increasing ; that they belong te all classes
of society, and that their proper treatment
has become a question of oversnaaewing
importance. Dr. Carpenter described, at
considerable length, the treatment of the
insane, both in this county and
Europe, and while he gave enr super
intendents and physicians in charge
of these institutions credit for
doing the best they could under the cir
cumstances, he declared our present sys
tem essentually wrong and far behind
that of England and some ether European
nations. He argued that the superintend
ent of an insane asylum should be entirely
exempt from business matters, such as
the furnishing of supplies, keeping ac
counts, &c, and should devote his whole
time te a scientific study of his patients
and the training of his assistants. He
complained that under the Pennsylvania
system or rather want of system young
and inexperienced physicians are selected
te take charge of such institutions instead
of elder and mere experienced physicians,
and that the number of physicians is far
tee small te properly attend te the patients.
Wnat is te be done with convalescent
insane is an important question, and ene
that appeals for early action. The Eng
lish plan is far in advance of ours in this
respect. There special wards are pro
vided for the convalescent apart from the
asylum. These are often at the seaside or
ether pleasant place where there is little
or no restraint upon the patient. The
transition from the asylum te the home
should net be tee sudden, as relapses are
often thereby caused. Dr. Carpenter con
cluded by expressing the hope that the
time was net far distant when the United
States, new se far behind Great Britain
in the treatment of insane, will take a
leading position and instruct Eurepe in
stead of receiving instructions from her.
On motion of Dr. Jehn L. Atlee the
thanks of the convention was tendered
Dr. Carpenter for his address.
Adjourned.
Last Night's Concert.
The concert given at the opera house
last evening, by the Lancaster County
Medical society, complimentary te the vis
iting physicians, was an artistic treat that
was all the mere relished eccause it nau
been arranged se quietly, and was there
fore in the nature of a pleasant surprise
te a large portion of the audience, lnvi
tatiens had been issued te the visitors and
te representative citizens of the cemmuni
ty with their families, se that the audi
ence was of uncommonly high character.
and ene fully capable of appreciating snob
a rich musical feast as was te be expected
from such a distinguished source as the
Carrene concert company. The lower
portion of the hall was completely eccu
pied and a part of the gallery was taken
up. The pregramme began with a
piano sole by Mme. Carrone, Liszt's
famous Rhapsodic Hougreiso Ne. 2, one
of the most difficult of compositions, into
the execution of which the distinguished
lady infused all tbe brilliancy and dash,
joined with the exquisite delicacy and
finish, that have given her an enviable
position in the forefront of the world's
greatest artists, Mme. Carrene was ac
corded a royal reception. Signer Stantini
sang Verdi's "Ah Si ben mie " in charm
ing style, his voice a sweet tenor of high
range net lacking volume and under perfect
control. Miss Jieere s hne contralto capti
vated the audience before she had sung
a dozen notes of Sullivan's " Let me dream
again," her voice combining the rare qual
ities of full compass, with the most accu
rate formation of every tone. When her
voice drops into the lower leger lines the
notes are produced rich and in all their
purity, while above the stall they ring out
with the clearness of a bell, and unaccom
panied by apparent effort. There is ex
pression in her singiug that greatly en
hances its effect. The audience signified
its pleasure by an enthusiastic recall of
the lady who responded with Molley's
" Kerry Dance." 3Iadamc Carrene's sec
end appearance was iu a Nocturne, D flat
(Chepin) andPasqunade (Gottschalk), the
execution of both of which was character
ized by the same thorough mastery
of her instrument and intelligent appre
ciation of the meaning and requirements
of the score notable in her previous per
formance. In the second of the two com
positions above designated the talented
lady's power of expression was manifested
in an especial degree, and te the impera
tive encore accorded her rendered a
beautiful and intricate arrangoment of
"Heme, Sweet Heme." Signer Taglia
pietra, whose appearance here a few years
since in company with Carrene yet lingers
as a fragrant memory in the minds of all
who then heard him, sang "LcsRamcaux"
(Faurc). It is indisputable that a finer
baritone voice than that of this famous
Italian has never been heard within the
walls of Fulton opera house, if indeed it
exists anywhere. There is the volume
and rtewer which allow ample scene for
sympathetic expression, but which are ut
the same time under entire intellectual
command ; while there is at all times an
ineffable sweetness in his voice that appeals
irresistibly te the hearer's inner feelings.
The Italian sings with a consciousness of
reserve power, and at no time is there '.in
dication of a strain upon his capacity.
His rendition of this noble composition of
Faure may fairly, and without detraction
of the ether performances, be described as
the "gem" et the pregramme, and was
rewarded with a prolonged encore, te
which Tagliapietra gracefully responded.
The concluding number of the first part
was the Quartet Rigoletto ( Verdi ),
in which the voices of Mme. Car Car
reeo ( who showed herself the
possessor of a soprano of geed quality and
range), Miss Becre, Signers Stantini and
Tagliapietra blended harmoniously and
produced some rare music, The evening's
entertainment concluded with portions of
the first and fourth acts of the opera of
" II Trovatore," with the cast as fellows :
Leonere, Madame Carrene ; Azueene, Miss
Beere ; Manriee, Signer Stantini ; Count
diLuna, Signer Tagliapietra. Many of
the prettiest numbers of Verdi's popular
work were given, the singers were in cos
tume, and all are geed actors. In every
respect the entertainment was a delight
ful one and long te be remembercd.
Thursday Morning.
The session was opened with prayer by
Rev. C. F. Knight, D. D., after which the
following announcement was made of ad
ditional members of the nominating com
mittee :
Allegheny, T. J. Gallahcr ; Berks, Dr.
Knbn; Blair, Geerge W. Smith;
Butler, Samuel Graham ; Chester,
Jacob Price ; Clarien, William Leaden
ham ; Columbia, F. W. Redecker ;
Crawford, W. Varian ; Cumberland, W.
Dale ; Dauphin, H. L. Orth ; Delaware,
J. W. Phillips : Erie, J. L. Stewart ; Fay
ette, R. W. Clark; Franklin, D.
M. Ungcr ; Huntingdon, J. W.
Dinwiddie ; Indiana, J. L. Crawford ;
Jeffersen, M. M. Rankin ; Lancaster, J.
A. Ehler ; Lycoming, Themas Tyson ;
McKean, J. C. Elliett; Miffliu, II.
Van Vajzah ; Montgomery, William
Andersen ; Menteur, J. D. Mansteller ;
Northampton, A. Seip ; Perry, 31. B.
Strickler ; Philadelphia, L. Turnbull ;
Schuylkill, J. H. B. Arnick ; Venango,
A. L. Petter ; Washington, A. J. Patter
son ; Westmoreland, it. iucuaugney ;
Yerk, S. J. Reuse.
The preamble and resolutions offered
yesterday by Dr. Smith relative te female
superintendents and physicians for the
female patients in the insane asylum at
Warren, nd asylums elsewhere was taken
up. They were discussed at some length
bv Dr. Smith. Dr. Atlee, Dr. Traill Green
Dr. Corsen, Dr. Curwen and Dr. Rahtcr,
after which they were voted down by a
decided majority.
Drs. Merris and Stewart, of Bahimcrc,
were invited te seats en the platform.
The proposed amendmentte article 3,
section 2, of the constitution for a change
in the manner of selecting delegates te the
convention was voted down almost unan
imously. Dr. S. S. Schultz, of Danville, read the
"Address iu Mental Disorders" a care
fully prepared paper, delivered with much
force aud listened te with elose attention
by the convention.
Dr. Jehn Curwen, of Harrisburg read a
voluntary paper en "Rest in Nervous Dis
ease," the importance of which cannot be
ever-estimated, though no positive rule
could be laid down te be followed in all
cases, as no two cases arc just alike and
the amount or kind of rest suitable for one
patient may net be suitable for ethers.
The physician must keep in view the
mental and bodily condition of the patient,
and regulate the ameuut of rest and exer
cise accordingly, a safe rule being te give
mere rest thin appears te be absolutely
necessary.
A delegate spake at some length of the
value of electricity as an agent with which
te exercise tbe muscles of patients.
The secretary stated that the com
mittee of arraugements requested all
holders of white banquet tickets te return
them aud have them exchanged for ethers
and thus avoid trouble, the white tickets
having been called in.
Dr. Trail Green read a paper en
"The State Medical Society aud the Pre'
paratery Education of Medical Students."
Dr. Green took the ground that many stu
dents cuter the medical schools entirely un
prepared ; that many of them have scarcely
the rudiments of an Euglish education.
This society insists en higher qualifications
but there are large numbers of physicians
who de net belong te the state or county
societies and these cannot lie reached and
cannot le made te conform with the rales
of the society ; but they and their stu
dents can be reached by the medical
schools demanding n higher requirement
en the part of pupils, and refusing gradu
ation te thohe who de net attain the
proper tundard. It is a disgrace that
many young meii fresh from the cellege
are rejected as unworthy or unfit when
they apply for positions iu the army and
navy.
Dr. Traill tiieeu resigned his position as
delegate te the Massachusetts medical so
ciety. Dr. Alice a-ked for information whether
the Philadelphia medical society had ever
complied with the rule of the state society
requiring county societies te appoint an
examining omuiittce te report upon
the standard of prep; rat ion of appli
cants. The secretary answered that such com
mittee had been appeiutcd.
Dr. Oscar If. AHis, of PIiiIadeIphie.rcad
a brief paper entitled, " In what should
preliminary examinations consist and
what steps should be taken te make them
uniform throughout the state?" The
paper was discussed at some length and a
resolution adopted for the appointment of
a committee te report at next annual con
vention a schedule or form te be used by
county medical societies and members of
the same, requiring preliminary examina
tions of applicant;; prier te accepting them
as students of medicine. The chair ap
pointed the following gentlemen said com
mittee : Drs. O. II. AHis, Traill Green,
W. R. Finley, J. B. Roberts and W. B.
Ulrich.
The secretary presented a report from
the committee en state beard of health.
The action taken by the Legislature dur
ing its present session was recited, show
ing that the Senate bill relative te said
beard had failed te become a law through
the unavoidable absence of some of its
friends iu the Heuse, but that the matter
has been reconsidered aud the Heuse will
probably pass it before adjournment.
Dr. Ne ;i is read the names of these nicm
bequ)f tbe Heuse who had voted against
the bill or failed te vote among them
being Messrs. Peeples, Snader and Snyder
of Lancaster county and urged members
of the society te use their influence with
these members in behalf of the bill.
A resolution was presented and unani
mously passed in approval of the Senate
bill, and urgiug its speedy passage.
The coin in it tec en rules reported a sc
ries, altering in sonic respects these new
in force. They were adopted and ordered
te be priuled.
Lint of Members Present.
Jehn T. Carpenter, Pettsvlilc.
J. A. Kecd, Allegheny county.
.1. L. Ziegler, Mount Jey, Lancaster county.
Gee. U. Wclchans. Lancaster.
W. IJ. Atkinien. 1'liilaiiclphia.
Wm. Blackwood, L-incastur.
lleht. M. Unleniiis. Lancaster.
1'lie-i. It. Cox, Lancaster.
Jehn K. Liuea weaver, Columbia.
G. W. Smith, HeIlMayhljtirtr.
K.S. s-ntien, Pittsburgh.
J.Aujr. Killer, Lancaster.
31. L. 1 1 err. Lancaster.
J. I. Zifgli:!-, Mount Jey, L-inuaMi-r county.
K. IS. Mewri'V, AllesiieiivCity.
The-. Lyen. Williamspeit.
Gee. .1.
rtautz, Jersey Slieu. Lycemlnir
county.
JJ. A.
county.
Knicry, liiuniiisvillc, Washington
II. II. Mcloiieii"li,
Vnnteville, Washington
count
1. Met Jill. Williumitewn, Dauphin county.
C. Li'iikcr. I.ticklieru, Columbia county.
S. S. Hcliultz, Danville, Menteur county.
J. Pm-Mill. Danville. .Menteur county.
J. 15. Mansteller, Danville. Menteur county.
G. A. Getu-altl, ISutiilclicm. Northampton
county.
Win. II. Jeiinins, ISIessburjr, Tiejjil county.
J. A. 1'atturaeu, Zellcrsville, Washington
ceuntv.
Jeiiii Curwen. Jlarrisljur.
S. 31. Kess, Altoeua.
J. II. Clossen, Altoeua.
II. Lcanmn. Leaiuan Place, Lane, county.
C1ku. T. I'altner, rettsville.
K. 1. Tewiisewl, Beverly, X. J.
r . u. Albright. iancusicr.
A. 31. 1'olleulr, Pittsburgh.
James W. Xeely, Pittsburgh:
A me-, eip. Ku-,teu.
Trull 1 Green, Kasten.
C. C. heabroek, Harrisburg.
J. W. Leailcu'.iam, Knox, clarion county.
II. II. lleriluur, 3IcC'lnru, Sinyilcr county.
II. L. tlrtli. Harrisburg.
II: 31. Xippht. l'rccburg. Snyder county.
Oliver KelaiKi, Lancaster.
Henry Carpenter, Lancaster.
Ilenj. K. Ilerr, Millers villf.
A. L. Bettem. Wcseman, Tiega county.
It. W. Clark, Dunten, Jtayette county.
Jno. L. Atlee. Iincaster.
Wm. Vxriaii Tituvl!le.
Wm. Compten, Lancaster.
Alex. Craig, Columbia.
J. L. Stewart. Krie.
K. 31. Livingston, Mountville. l.ane. county.
Wm J. Wvntz, Xew Previ'leuce, Lancaster
county.
O. ir. iVr.'ght, Bradford, McKean county.
II. II. .Steliinan. Lancaster.
W. 11. Tlieuii, Masteraenville, Lane, county.
A. S. Ilensti'cl, Cerry, Krle ceuutv.
G. Thii'kstun, Wallsburtf, Erie county.
Wm. W. Dale, Carll-le.
A. S. IJrubaker. Akren, Lancaster county.
A. A. Haniia, Pert Deposit. Md.
James A. Stewart, Baltimore.
K. S. Lewi. Littiestewn, Adams county.
I. W. C. O'Neal, Gettysburg, Adam county.
Themas J Gallagher, I'ittsbtirgb,
TlK.ma 3'j-len, Allegheny City.
Jehn M. ISatteii, Pittsburgh,
M. H Alter. Armstrong county.
J. G. Cunningham, K manning, Armstrong
county.
W. Slurr.iy Weidman. Heading.
Bernard It. Lee. ICealing.
Kllis Kurtz. Heading.
Leuis DeB. Kuhn, Beading.
James Y. Shearer, Sinking Spring's, Berks
county.
Crawieru lrwiu, mair county.
Sidney 1 l.otnpsen, lieUidaysbu
tjnrtr.
William it. t inicy, aiioeiuu
A. 31. Coep'jr. Point Pleasant, Bucks county.
William K. Doughty, Ilamvili, Buck,
cennty.
S. Graham, Butler, Butler county
Samuel Jluser. Aaren-burg. Centre county.
Aug. Hlbler, Belletente, Centre county.
F. H. Van Valzah. Spring 3IUI, Centre
county.
J. r. Alexander. Centre HuIl.Ccntrcceunty.
J. Willi.-, Ola. Chester county.
W. JC. Perdue, Unlenville, Chester county.
W. O. Stephens-, Avendale. Chester county.
Jacob Price. West Clicster.
Kuw.ird Jacfcfen, West Chester. .
Charles K. Weedman, West Chester.
11. B. VanValzah, ClearUeld.
J 31 Lydte, Troutville. Cleartleld cennty.
w. u. Powell. si'idenfburg, Clearfield
county. .....
F. W. Kedcher, Espcy, Ce.umbta county.
B. F. Gardner, Bloomsburg.
J. K. Evan. Bloomsburg,
It. L. .Mbbett. Carlisle.
(i, Winlleld Zicslcr. Carlisle.
C. C. Hummel!, Slcchanicsbur, Cumber
land county.
' E. B. Brandt, Mechanicsbnrg, Cumberland
county.
E. Lane SchefleUl. Wicunis'ce, Danphin
C3untv.
II. McUewan, llirrisburg.
J. Z. Gcrnard, Harrtstmrg.