-; v -- . - t "' W" k. i " ,4 -W4I vrf, VH -$: .-r -, -vr-" s7yv" ' --? - .----v- '"i '-i ?".'-, 1vJVv ?- ,,- -J( "waSsifcPtf-if jc ; r-, i. "- s LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER SATURDAY, AUGUST 20 1881. & ILancastct me Utgencrr. . SATURDAY EVENING, AUG. 20, 18S1. -The Virginia Issue. The Northern Republican journals which are urging Republican support in Virginia of the Mahone ticket have great labor in making their course con sistent with their profuse declarations of hostility te debt repudiation. The leading organ; the New Yerk Times, scrambles ever the difficulty by declaring that as neither party in Virginia pro poses te pay the whole of the state debt, it feels itself at liberty te give its sym pathies, independently of that question, en the principle that it is as much a sin te steal a pin as a greater thing ; and se the Mahone party, which proposes te pay a little bit of the state debt, is no mere dishonest than its opponents, who desire te pay a bigger bit, but net the whole of it. The position is mere ingenious than ingenuous, since the Times fails te give its due weight te the fact that the Vir ginia creditors have consented te accept en a full acquittance what the Demo cratic party proposes te pay, though it is net the full sum of their bend. If the creditors de net complain probably the Times need net. The fact is that the Ma hone orators and newspapers in Virginia rail at the bondholders and the Democ racy as in coalition and the main part of their capital is the antipathy they thus seek le excite against their politi cal opponents as the bondholders' friends. Under the circumstances, which are very familiar te the Tines, it is of course very insincere and wholly dishon est in claiming that there is no differ ence, but in degree, in the repudiation designs of the parties in Virginia, and that one is net mere entitled than an other te the sympathy of debt-paying advocates. The Philadelphia Press, which has been blowing het and cold en the Mahone alliance for six mouths past, being very het befeic the administration get cold, and fast cooling with its frigidity, was warmed up again under the seeming political expediencies of the situation and the encouragement of the 2nies, into vehement advocacy of the Mahone ,; Readjustees ;" and reconciles the debt paying conscience te such a repudiation alliance in pretty much the style of its cotemperary, but with a difference. The Press discovers that the Virginia Demo crats, though premising te pay mere of the debt than the Mahone people, de net intend performance. While the " Read justee, " who offer very little intend te pay that little. Thus the Press satisGes itself, or pretends te, that the Mahone party is the real debt-paying party, and jis such joyfully embraces it. It is some what .singular that the Virginia bond holders have net made this notable dis covery along with the J'rcss. One would think that they would be for the p.irty that proposed te pay, and that, they would rather have a little cash than any amount of prom prem ises, and would be alert and quite as sagacious as the Press in discerning the parly that gave them the best asshrance of their money. If it be true, as the Press alleges, that it is the Mahone peo ple who are the real bondholders' friends, it is notable that the Mahone people de net themselves proclaim it in Virginia, but en the contrary seek te threw the odium and the glory of that connection upon the Democrats. And here a remarkable thing is te be observed ; which is the total difference in the ground taken by these Republican coadjutors of Mahone in the North and his partisans in Virginia. There the contest between two parties that have made nominations for the stale offices is distinctly upon the question of repu diation, or. as tin advocates of that policy style it, "readjustment " of the state debt. This is the issue upon which the contest is made and the parties are di vided. It was strong enough te cause the disruption of the Republican con ventien and the adjeurnm.nt of the fragments without making nominations There is no Republican state ticket. The Democratic ticket is headed by Majer Daniel, an uncompromising debt payer, and Mahone's ticket by Mr. Cameren, who claims te be a Democrat and was until new, and who has no difference with his old party, except upon the question of the payment of the debt, upon which he makes his canvass. He dare net make it as a Republican, even if he would, nor as anything but a Demo crat, because he must secure Democratic votes te succeed. Te gain them he needs te declare himself as geed a Democrat as his opponent. The fight in Virginia, then, is distinct ly waged between Democrats one who has left the old organization and one who stays in it en the question of the debt ; and the Republican journals in the Xertli who support the Democratic readjust ers, rather than the Democrat who ad vocates the payment of the debt accord ing te the agreement made between the state and the bondholders, cannot te any intelligent apprehension twist away from the fact that they sustain these who refuse te keep the plighted faith of the state te its creditors, and oppose these who proiese te maintain it. The object of this Republican support of Mahone is very obvious, and the jour nals which seek te cover it up with the shallow pretext of the Thnes and the Press must have a very small opinion of the intelligence of their readers. The Republican politicians have come te think that Mahone is a necessity te them te be purchased at any price ; and since the president's danger, and the possibil ity of the Senate president being a very important officer,they are mere than ever solicitous te keep held of the vote that controls the choice. Maybe they are doing the right thing for their party success ; and maybe net. "When they abandon their party in Virginiaand hand ever its remains te Mahone they give a bird in the hand for one in the bush ; which is rash. The article from the Ledger giving a general idea of the laws passed at the last session of the Legislature will agaie serve te remind the public of a fact often alluded te in these columns : that there is no prescribed and sufficient way of announcing te the people of the state the enactment of a new law te govern them, and affecting their lives, liberty and happiness. One of the first requisites of sound lawmaking is neg lected, and many laws are in operation in this commonwealth many years before a tithe of the people are aware of them. Judge Pattebsex and District At torney Davis for neither of whom the Istellieexceu will be accused of any partiality deserve credit for the com mendable, dispatch of business in the quarter sessions court, one improvement in which is the limitation upon the speeches of counsel in trifling cases. Nevertheless the large number of ver dicts of "net guilty, "bills ignored and cases abandoned show what a mass of inconsequential business is taken te court te increase the costs of the county. One man with geed judgment, a stout arm and a horsewhip could dispense jus tice in half the cases that plague our .sessions. By 20G te 77 delegates, the renomina renemina renomina tien of State Senater Sessions, of New Yerk, is secured. He was the man who was accused of trying te bribe Bradley te desert the stalwart cause in the senato rial struggle. Whether that charge was true or false, Sessions proved his own character by his testimony lefere the in vestigating committee, in which he ad mitted that he was in the habit of using money te secure the passage of such bills as he was interested in, and played poker habitually at such places where games at the poker table were the means by which members lest their virtue and get their bribes. The argument of the Harrisburg Pa triot, which we republished, against sen atorial delegates te the state convention has a geed deal of strength in it and is worthy the attention of the party. - MINOR TOPICS. Ne opium smoker is admitted te chinch membership by auy Christian mission werkiug hi China. Fhem the lene of the editorials which the New Yerk Independent excludes from its regular editorial department, it is manifest that in Mr. Twining it has the right man in the wrong place. REFEimixa te the eases of the i itualis- tic clergymen of England, who seem de termined te make martyrs of themselves, whether or no, the archbishop of Canter bury very truthfully and wittily says . "If a man is determined te go into jail, it is very difficult te keep him out of it." There arc seme men who are never happy unless they have a grievance. Tur. growing humauitaiian view is that in the present condition of the human mind, and the rather unceitain status" of theology, it may be well te fellow the teacher Longfellow sings about, who Skilful nllkc with tongue anci pen. He preached te nil men everywhere The Gospel el the Gelden It'nle. The New Commandment given te men, Thinking the deed unci net the creed, Would help us in our utmost need. Of 400 Lutheran churches in the Penn sylvania Hyned, 44 are named St. Jehn's, 30 St. Paul's, 27 Zious, 18 Trinity, 18 St. Peter's, 14 Christ, 10 Salem, 7 St. James', 7 Jerusalem, 7 St. Michael's, 3 St. Luke's, 4 Immauuel's, 4 Grace, 4 Fiicdeti'8, 3 St. Mark's, 3 St. Matthew's, 2 St. Themas', 2 Bethel, 2 Epiphany, 2 Union, one each Augustus, Hely Communion, Trausfignra Trausfignra tien, David's, Solemon's, Conceidia, Himmcls, Ebcnezcr, Zear, St. Stephen's. The rest are named after the locality or the nearest neighbor. They organized a debating club in Dead weed last week. The fact that the president was a dead shot ami sat with two revolvers in hand kept the society in comparative quiet while the questions : " Ought a lush royal te beat four aces ?" aud " Is it wicked te lynch Mexicans en Sunday ?" were debated. Cut when they tackled the question : " Ought you te lire when a man reaches for hs hip pocket, or are you bound te wait till you see whether it's a revolver or whisky bottle he's draw ing ?" the president couldn't control them and five fuucrals was the result. The growth of the Methodists as a sect has probably been without precedent in rapidity. Their first " preaching house " dates from 1739, at Bristel, England. But before that an unused foundry in Londen was se used. The worship iu Methodist chapels iu England today is divided into that of the Liturgical and non-Liturgical. Wesleyism combines both, and iu many Wesleyan chapels the service diners but little from that of the Episcopal church. A writer of authority computes the adher ents of Methodism at 5,000,000 in connec tion with the Bristel conferences, aud 14,000,000 with the American. The eccle siastical property of the connection iu Great Britain may be calculated at 11, 000,000, and that iu America i'18,000,000 sterling. Tun Chautauqua school of philosophy, reminds the Newark Advertiser of the pliable schoolmistress who was willing te teach that the world was cither square e r round, as it might best please the commit tee. ' Chautauqua is net at all particu lar ; the scholars who go there can have any kind of theology they wish aud are willing te pay for. The teachers comprise leading clergymen of all the sects. There is Tayler, the Congregationalist, Fester, the Methodist, Schaff, the Presbyterian, Sanders, the Baptist, and ethers, and al though we de net notice either a Catholic or a Uuiversalist, we hope they will be brought te the front, and that all shades of belief will be fairly present from the rankest Calvanism te the Bread church, that takes in everything and everybody." Den CuniSTMCHKn Kukdsciiaftek, published and edited by Elder Jehn F. Wcishampel, comes te us this week in mourning for the late Jehn S. Gable, and with a poem te bis memory, for the re publication of which we cannot find space te-day. That Elder Welshampel is net pleased with seme of the comments of the church organs en Brether Gable may be inferred from his fervid editorial observa tion that: "The death of Brether Gable has been ailuded te editorially by the D. D. who rules the ring that wauts te rule the Church of Ged, iu such a heartless and. cold spirit, that shows no degree of ser- rOW for the less of t.liafc rrA.it. and trnnd man, that we can readily believe the de-1 raise has caused the reverse of sorrow. The fallen worthy told us some time age, that he was told some time before, that the immaculate editor had declared he could net get along well as long as that man was in the beard of publication, and he worked him out of it by a trickstering maneeuvre. Then the beard bad lest its brains, as a geed brother said. Next this geed conservator, who had kept the ring in check, was elected upon the beard of education, and seen the college project took a taugible form through his masterly management. But the Lord saw fit te call him suddenly awar from that unnec essary work. New the brains have gene out of that beard tee, and the learned D. D. will have te supply the rest with some of his superabundance, and no doubt he will gladly de se, since the ob ject of his hatred is removed out of his way. O, the deceitfulnsss of the hearts of seme men ! And such hypocrites want te rule the Church. " It is sad te think that " rings " and " tricks " should nour ish iu the "Church of Ged." PERGONAL.. The amount embezzled by Captain Howeate, ex-disbarsing officer of the signal service, is new stated at $70,000. Dr. C. A. Grxexe writes us that the president will die from bad treatment. " He asked for beefsteak aud they gave him quinine." The Emperor Fkaxcis Jeseph has given the sum of 20,000 florins towards rebuild ing the Czech' threatre, which was de streyed by fire recently. Rear Admiral J. II. Spotts arrived at Rie Jauerie en the 22d ult., and en the 23th relieved Rear Admiral Bnvex of the command of the Seuth Atlantic squadron Kate Shelly, of Beene, Iowa, is report ed dangerously ill from the effects of ex pesure while saving a passenger train from destruction during a storm, en the night of July Cth. Clakksex N. Petter, of' New Yerk, has been elected president of the Ameri can Bar association. II. M. North, esq., of this ceuuty, is ene of the members of the local council for Pennsylvania. Rev. W. II. II. Murray is operating a ranche near San Antonie, Texas, and is contributing a scries of litters te the Bes ten Jltrald. Ae expresses himself as much pleased with Texas aud the people, and finds much in his Mexican neighbors te praise. Jehn II. Adams, one of the first settlers efthu Northwest, died en Wednesday night at Green Bay, AVisceusin, aged 59 years. He was a member of the Seuate of Illinois from 1852 te 18G8. and at the time of his death was president of the Second natienial bank of Frecpert, Illinois. The present Duke of Wellixotex, who is seventy-feur years of ae, has drawn a pansien of $20,000 a year since the death of his father, in 1852. He lias also 100, 000 a year from estates given te his father by the government, and the interest en $3,500,000 voted te the great duke by the British Parliament after the battle of Wateiloe. tm m LATEST NEWS BY MAIL. The temperature reached 103 degrees in the shade at Des Meius, Tewa, en Thurs day aiternoen. The wheat in New Brunswick is repeit cd te b3 damaged by rust aud the potatoes by bugs. Harvey Fellbeurn was beaten and stabbed by masked robbers in one of the streets of New Brunswick, New Jersey, en Wednesday night It new appears that the disaster attend ing the bull fight at Marseilles, en Sunday last, resulted in the death of tweuty-seven person, aud the weuudiug of 306. An icrenaut of Armenticres ascended fiem Meutpelier en Sunday and has net since been heard cf. It is presumed that he was lest at sea. Our experts of domestic breadstuff's dur ing the seven months endimr July 31, 1881, were valued at $131,962,709, against $153, 586.362 during the corresponding period of 1880. An incendiary tire iu the central block at New Britain, Connecticut, yesterday morning, caused damaze te the amount of about $15,000. William Williams, colored, was arrested en suspicion of having started the fire. Redney Willis and Ezra Skilltnau, both colored, being rivals iu love, fought a duel with daggers in a stable yard at Princeton, New Jersey, en Thursday. Willis was dangerously wounded and Skillman was ledged in jail. James Cerrigau had his skull fractured by Geerge Jehnsen in a saloon quarrel in Chicago en Thursday evening aud died of his injuries 'yesterday. Jehnsen and his three brothers, who were also in the fight, weie arrested. William Baker, thirteen years of age, fired at a bird with a pistol in Halifax, en Thursday evening. The weapon missed fire aud he placed it iu his pocket, when it went off, tearing open the lower portion of his stomach and killing him en the spot. Lafayette Grcenlcaf and Charles Nelsen, of the Gloucester fishing schooner Grace L. Feare, were lest in the fog while visit ing trawls en the Grand Banks, en the 10th hist. As there was a large fleet in the vicinity, it is hoped they were picked up. A cyclone near Alburt, Lea and Ambey, Minnesota, en Wednesday, utterly de molished the houses of E. J. Lanr and Frank Wiers, and wind and hail almost ruined the crops in the vicinity. Cattle were lacerated by flail, but fortunately no person was injured. An international polar conference has opened at St. Petersburg. A representa tive of America is expected te attend. England is te contribute te the enterprise by the erection of au observatory in north ern Canada. America will erect stations at Point Barrow and Lady Franklin Bay. May Grebby, who recently disappeared from Phillipsburg, where she has been'liv ing in the Hale family, and about whom there has been quite an excitement, she having been supposed te be the victim of a couple of villains, has been discovered at the residence of an aunt in Michigan. In Annapolis, William Worthington, colored, hired himself te Robinson's cir cus. Seme colored men connected with the circus found he was serving for lower wages than they were receiving and near Adenten they assaulted him and threw him from the train. He was most horri bly injured when found and died at six o'clock. m m A Crank In Fettlceau. Early yesterday afternoon a young woman, attired in a bathing suit, ap peared at the entrance te the White Heuse grounds, and demanded admission, saying "she must see the president im mediately, or he would be dead iu an hour." She carried a " miniature saw" aud a vial containing some liquid. After repeating her demand, in the midst of a cuneue crowd, she was taken in charge I by a policeman. She said " she was just from Manhatten beach, and her husband I was a fireman in Brooklyn." I LAST SESSIONS LEGISLATURE. Sew Laws te be Noted. Philadelphia Ledger. A nicely printed volume of 27S pages brings as the laws passed by the General Assembly of the state of Pennsylvania, at the session of 1881, which extended from the 3d of January till the 9th of June. Although three months of the session went by with almost nothing done, there were one hundred and eighty three acts added te the statute book when the gov ernor had get through with the mass of legislation which the Assembly left in his hands en the day of adjournment. Of this large number of bills passed, only seven had become laws en the 7th of April, at which time the session had lasted three months and four days, am pie time for all the legislative work necessary te be done, and much mere than enough for 'that actually accomplished. On the 1st day of June, then nearly at the end of the fifth month of the session, only forty-two of the hundred and eighty-three of the approved acts had become laws. Then the rush be gan, and one hundred aud forty-seven bills engaged the attention of the governor during the remaining seven or eight days of the session, aud for thirty days after the Legislature had adjourned. This re sume of dates will give the public some thing of a notion of the idleness of the first three months ; the laziness of the next two months five iu all that were ldle or lazy and of the headlong rush of the last eight or ten days prier te the adjourn ment. There has been a geed deal of tinkciing at the law we meau law iu the bread sense as it affects the legal relations of pai -ties. We can de no mere here than indi cate the subject, se that lawyers, judes and ether persons ceunected with the pro fession, who are new enjoying their sum mer vacation, may have something te re mind them that there is additional law en these subjects which it is necessary for them te leek up. On page 13 there is an act relating te executions, the return of writs of fieri facias, aud the number of jurors en inquest upon real estate levies. On the next page is au act extending the previsions of the act of 1865, providing additional remedies against trustees in certain cases of trust for life or during marriage. Pagn 17 contains an act of five lines relating te ac ceptances of bills of exchange ; and page 20 presents an act enabling parties in interest te testify in certain heretofore prohibited cases. Page 24 brings us an other patch en the statutory law relating te cases in ejectment ; and en page 80 there is a one-section act relating te appeals and writs of certierai and of error requiring surety for costs. On page 84 is au act. de fining defeasances in this Commonwealth ; and en 96 is one te enable mothers te ap point testamentary guardians for her child or children in certain cases. Then fellows, en page 97, au act regulating the satisfac tion of mortgages where the legal presump tion of the payment of the same exists from the lapse of time and no satisfaction ap pears of record. An act appears en page 102 authorizing courts te niake distribu tion of the proceeds of sale, where there have been sales under assignment for the benefit of creditors, of real estate encum bered by liens ; and en page 106 there is an amendment te the act of 1859 relating te cxccuteis, administrators aud guardians, enabling a ward who is of legal age, and a married woman te give her own refunding bend te her guardian or his legal represen tative. The foregoing embrace mainly, if net entirely, the acts of the last session regu lating or relating te legal procedure or, the legal standing of parties. We go new te ether descriptions of legislation, as re minders te theso who de net keep the pro ceedings et the cgislature in their memo ries from one session te another. There are two acts of strong interest te the ma nipulators of the party nominating ma chines. One of these (page 70) is directed te the punishment by line aud imprison ment of all bribery and fraud connected with delegate elections ler nominating conventions, returning beards, county or executive committees, &c, &c. Beth the briber ana the bribed person are punish able and se are porsenators, repeaters and ether frauds the same as at public elections. This act and another en page 12S, are bread in their sweep, and cover most, if net all of the usual tricks, games and swindles resorted te for cheating iu delegates and committeemen and in pack ing conventions. The second act above referred te regulates the holding of prim ary elections and any violation of it is punishable by fine and ene year's impris enmeut. Aspirants for party nomina tions, their friends, champions, "strikeis" aud the men who run the machines, will de themselves a fricudly turn by taking full notice of these laws, and try le keep out of jail accordingly. There are thrce new acts relating te ts. verns en pages 12, 32 and 102, respec tively. The first of these makes it an im im priseuAble misdemeanor for any miner (emhraciug all boys) te represent himself as of full age, in order te get iutexicating liquor at any sort of tavern, saloon or res taurant ; the second (page 37) punishes by fine and imprisonment auy tavern, res taurant, hotel or saloon keeper, who per mits the game of peel or any ether game of chance for "drinks," en his or her premises ; the third prohibits the issue of licenses for the sale of liquors te theatres, circuses, or auy places of amusement, or for any place that has au eneuinir into a theatre, circus, museum, or ether place of amusement. This is an exceedingly bluu- uei mg piece et legislation. Still the pro hibitory part of the act will held geed, aud violators of it can be punished under ether laws. In this general class of legis lation we note also (page 43) au act mak ing it an imprisenable misdemeanor for any person engaged in the brewing of ale, beer or ether malt liquors te usa uny poisonous or deleterious drugs or chemi cals, or impure or injurious materials or materials prejudicial te the public health in the fermentation, distillation or man ufacture of their liquors. Probably there arc but few brewers subject te this law but it will opcrate as a check en the scamps who are. Of ether miscellaneous acts, mention is made of the following : On page 56 is au act giving mechanics' liens of work done or materials furnished priority of lien ever advance money mortgages ; ou page 82 au act for the punishment of the thoughtless youngsters, unconscionable grown up scamps, and pestiferous tramps, who break through or jump ever fences, trespass upon fields, grounds and gardens for the purpose of stealing fruits, nuts, vegetables,' flowers or ether growing things ; and en page 83 the act that obliterates the color line in the public schools. On page 68 there is an act declaring that the municipal authorities and cSurts hav ing jurisdiction in any city of the Common wealth shajl have exclusive control and direction of the opening, widening, nar rowing, vacating and changing grades of all streets, alleys and highways within their respective jurisdictions. There are two acts relating te policies of insurance ; ene (page 20) requiring references te any document outside of the policy, te be at tached in full te the policy, or otherwise te be no part of the contract ; the ether (page 109) te punish agents, physicians and ethers who make false statements or mis representations for the purpose of getting life insurance policies. Anether en page 89 provides the means by which foreign corporations may become corporations of t hastate of Pennsylvania ; and en page 107 there is an act (with which we close thisj tinning review) of importance te all persons or corporations dealing in stocks, bends or ether securities, or having the custody of them in any way as security or pledge. This act forbids under severe penalties, including five years' imprison ment, the re-pledgiug or re-hypothecation of such stocks, bend or securities. STATE ITEMS. Jehn Munley, Themas Butler and James McNeury, all boys, were smothered by a fall of a sand bank in Scranteu en Thurs day afternoon. Meek's Bellefonte Watchman tenderly addresses the "Dear Defeated :" "Be loved brethren, take comfort. Mourn net ever the less of that the possession of a hich only a short time age seemed se certain. Reflect, that if you did net get what you wanted, somebody else did, and the public will still be served." The Fayette county alleged miner mur derers were gathered in by James Mc Parian, the celebrated detective, who was chiefly instrumental in bringing te justice the Mellie Maguires in the Schuylkill re gion. About six weeks age it was casually remarked that James MeParlan, the de tective, was dead, the strain of his terri ble experiences having been tee" much for him. The report was quietly circulated and served as a "blind." LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. QUARTER SESSIONS SKETCHES. TENUIS' COURT AND GITTIN' LAW. Hew t lie Colerod Citizens Bring Urlst te the Justice Mill. Is there a person in this city, who has ever had occasion te pass the court house, during big court week, that does net step aud take a leek at the funny crowd of people who are always about, and wonder where they came from ? It is the same in every week of quarter sessions court and the same familiar faces always can be seen. This crowd is largely composed of colored people, many of whom are of the worst stripe. What they want at court is net known, but if asked they will tell you that they are either witnesses, prosecutors, or defendants. Many of the colored people are from Columbia but the most of them hail from the Welsh mountains. The latter drive or walk te this city en Monday and generally remain uutil Friday evening. The teams which they own are as funny looking as the people. The horses are of the " fiucst " kind, indeed seme of them arc se fine that a man with a geed eye could read the Ixtelligexcer through them. But the wagons are the objects of gi cat curiosity. They leek as though they had been used by Western settlers, and had made a dozen trips across the continent. Some of them have four different kinds of wheels, for it is a mighty queer darkey who can't rig up a wagon te come te ceuit in, even if he has te put a cart wheel and ene from a sulky en the same axle. The harness is made of pieces of leather and repe lines are used. The man who owns a team is very popular during court week, and the number of fiieutis who knew him is very large. Many people weuder where this gaug stays at night. It is said that some of them go te the peer house in the evenings. The writer saw ene crowd with a two-horse wagon, who, during their sojourn iu this city, camped iu a weeds near town every night. They did net eat dinner, or if they did they caught it en ttie fly, or visited the slop barrels iu the rear of the hotels im mediately after dining hours. They come into the court house bright aud early aud always stay late at night. They never leave until the " Black Maria" has been leaded, for most of them have freinds or relations concerned in it, and they want te catch a glimpse of them as they pass in te "git law." A geed time te see these regulars is w hen court adjourns at neon or just be bo be fere it meets in the afternoon. Men, women and children can be found all ever the front of the court house. Seme are smekiug(and there are nene of the woman who don't smeke or chew), seme eating peanuts, some "sheeting suipes" or " birds" and all talking " law." There are very few of them who don't knew all about court, and te hear the learned ar guments of the men weald astonish a judge et the supreme court. The child ren are allowed te run at large, and the mere trouble they can get into the better time they have. On Friday these citizens get ready te go home and the crowd go ing that way is generally smaller than it was when they came in en Monday, as many of these who were se loudly claiming justice in the early part of the week are detained at the stene castle en the end of East King for costs or some equally geed cause. Many an im poi tant darkey, who takes the trouble te walk te town en Monday, is sure of a free ride m the black barouche before the week is out. The drivers and attendants of this turn-out are very attentive and are always anxious te show theso they fiaul the sights inside of the prison doers. The crowd of colored people trem Cel umbia who attend court is smaller thau in ether years, but their places are taken by " tewu " coons and Welsh mountaineers. The town darkeys can always be distin guished from their less fortunate friends from the country, aud the two kinds de net associate very pleasantly. It is very strange hew many "coons" can get te be witnesses, but they always de. If a fight occurs in the Welsh moun tains, darkeys can be found in Columbia who wcre there and saw it and are willing te say se after kissing the big book. Among and associating with these from the mountain a number of drunken, inde lent and worthless white people can be found. They all live together ami many of them are married te colored people All of this gang seem te be fend of Jaw, and as long as they are allowed te bring petty cases they will be at court. They would probably come if they had no cases at all, as they think their presence here is necessary te the successful running of the court. But these people are net the only " queer " ones who attend court aud make humor for the officers, lawyers and spectators. There are many ethers who will receive attention shortly. Cars Wrecked. Last evening about 8 o'clock, while workmen wcre engaged in shifting and dropping cars upon the wharves at the outer depot of the Reading railroad, this city, a section of cars moved backward from one of the wharves, owing te the failure of the brakes te operate, and ran from the siding te the main track. Just at that instant the passenger train hap pened te be backing out of the upper de pot te run di own te the King street sta tion, and, the engineer and conductor fail ing te notice the accident te the coal cars, ran into them, crushing one of tboceal cars and breaking the steps and otherwise damaging the passenger car. The passen gers were considerably shaken up, but none of them seriously injured. Fruit and Flowers. Mrs. Free, 334 WestOrange street, sends te this office a fine bunch of pears grown upon a tree in her garden. The bunch is a small ene but contains fourteen hand some and fully developed pears of fine shape and excellent flavor, and the lady assures us that it is a fair sample of the entire product of the tree. Accompanying the above, which were quite an acceptable gift, was a cultivated jimson flower, that is very handsome being of the purest white, and of very graceful shape and pro portions. In Geneva. The uame or Miss Lizzie B. Gaia, of this city, appears in the list of visitors pub lished in the Geneva (Switzerland) Conti nental Times of August 6. She was regis tered at the Hetel Metropele. THE AUGUST COURT. Friday Afternoon. Gem'th. vs. Henry Rodenheuser, felonious assault and bat tery (two charges). The prosecutors were Gideon Williams aud Ann Dunmeyer, colored. Rodenheuser is a special police officer in Colum bia and is appointed by the borough authorities. On Decoration day he was making an arrest of some colored men, and the complainants were in the crowd drawn together by the noise. According te the testimony for the prosecution, the officer, without provocation, struck these people en the heads and arms with a billy. ine evidence for the defense showed that this was a big day for the Columbia " mekes." They raised a big fieht in the afternoon, and when the police attempted te interfere they were driven away. Mere officers seen arrived, and each attempted te arrest one man. The accused attempted te arrest Isaac Graig, a "coon," at 5th and Union street, and had secured him, when Williams and a let of colored men in terfered, aud Williams attempted te res cue Graig ; he struck the defendant, who finally get both Graig and Williams te the station house, and did net use un necessary force in taking cither. On the way te the lockup Mrs. Dunmeyer went te the rescue. She rallied thcjolered people again, with her hands full oFstencs and danced a sand jig ou the sidewaik while she gave orders te her friends. She resisted arrest and some of her clothing was tern but she was net struck with a billy. These facts were sworn te by a large number of white gentleman, including the officers and chief burgess and they all told the same story and from it, it was evident that the officer had simply done his duty. The jury rendered verdicts of net gnilty. Cem'th vs. Miller Smith, robbery, as sault and battery, and larceny. The evi dence for the prosecution showed that ene night in January, 1880, Themas Liv ingston, whlle en his way from Kinzer's Station te the Gap, was ' robbed of $17. Livingston testified that en this night he had been drinking some ; he started home about 8 o'clock and the defendant and another man overtook him ou the read. He was riding ou horseback and se were they. One of these men was Miller Smith, but witness did net knew the ether one. Smith said " this is him," jumped from his horse and caught held of witness ; he drew his (Livingston's) overcoat ever his face aud thou pulled him from his horse and choked him severcly,after which Smith took his money, about 17. Among the money was a $10 bill, with two holes iu it This note, or one like it, was spent by two young men at Ammend's hotel at the Gap en the same evening. The defense called a number of young men who were with Smith upon this even ing ; they had been te a fox chase at Kiu zer's ; Livingston was there tee and was quite drunk ; all were riding horseback and after leaving Kinzer's together, Liv ingston rede off at a very rapid r.ite ai.d he was net seen by .the young men again that evening, until they reached the Gap, when they heard that he had been robbed; smith was with the party all evening and was net out of their sight ; he did net touch Livingston. The defendant wan net allowed te testify in the robbery case. He gave his story in regard te the felonious assault and battery, and positively stated that he did net touch Livingston en this night. A larce number of witnesses testi fied te the defendant's geed character. The larceny case against Smith was net pressed, as the prosecutor can net be found. In the robbery and assault aud battery cases the jury rendered verdicts of net guilty. The grand jury returned the following bills : True Bills : Geerge Stein, felonious as sault and battery ; Jehn F. Shoenberger, Frank Wingartaud Jeseph Snyder, assault and battery ; Catherine E. Frances aud Henry Stauter, felonious assault and bat tery ; Jehn Shell, selling liquor en Sunday; Henry Myers, larceny ; Samuel Ruby aud Geerge McCaulcy, malicious mischief ; Gcerge Cunningham, Jehn Stein, Henry F. Brown, James J. Templin, James Templin, jr., and Jacob Axe, assault and battery ; Wm. Bewley, felonious assault and battery. Friday Enening. Cem'th vs. Samuel Ruby and Geerge McCauley. These de fendants were charged with having com mitting malicious mischief at the black smith shop of David Armstrong, colored, in Marietta and at the Marietta lock-up. The jury rendered verdicts of guilty. Tlie llelz Fire Trial of Brlce I'alnter. Cem'th vs. Bryson Painter, arson. Tne defendant was charged with having set fire te the barn of Jacob Betz, which was situated en Seuth Duke street, near its end, en the night of the 13th et April hist. The case being triable only in an eyer and terminer court, the piisencr was arraigned and plead net guilty. After about an hour and a half's delay, a jury was secured as fellows : Martin Andes, wheelwright, West Hcmpficld ; Jehn Albright, black smith, East Denegal ; Jehn Bender, inn keeper, Warwick ; Adam Deuniseu, far mer, Ceney ; Henry Eckmau, laborer, Providence ; Fred. Gertz, cigarmakcr, Maner ; Daniel Landis, farmer, East Hemptield ; Isaac Murr, blacksmith, Lea cock ; Edward Miller, shoemaker, Caer narvon ; A. W. Shaler, gentleman, War wick ; Henry Stauffer, saddler, Drumerc. The jury was then sworn, after which B. F. Davis, esq., for the prosecution, an nounced what they intended te prove against the defendant. Jacob Betz testified that en this night his barn was destroyed by fire about 11 o'clock ; he was awakened by seme ene who rapped at his deer ; he quickly arese and awakened the members of the family, and went te the barn te save his stock, none of which .were burned ; after the last horse had been get out, a man who looked like Painter came up and cried, " Get the horses out ;" he assisted iu get ting the harness, etc. out of the barn. The building was totally consumed ; the contents were insured for $1,800. Jacob Betz, jr., corroborated his father in regard te the fire's discovery. He testi fied that he was the first one of the family at the fire. Nicss Rittenheusc was the first persons he saw ; witness took one horse out, and the ethers were taken out by Rit- tcniieuse, or etners ; witness Iiad a talk with Painter, who was iu the wagon shed, some distance from the barn. He was try ing te take down a set of hay ladders which were net in dauger; shortly afterward Painter told witness that he had rapped at the deer te awaken the family ; he asked him te excuse him if the had injured the deer ; after the stock had all been saved. and witness had returned te the barn from the house, he first saw Painter. Witness locked the stable that night before the fire. Geerge W. Kendrick testified that he was in the Sun hose house en this night. Among ethers who were there was Brice Painter. This was about ten minutes after 9 o'clock. About 11 o'clock the alarm of fire was sounded ; witness discovered a fire before this at Eichholtz's property next te the hose house ; he went te the Sun house and found Painter there; he informed them of the fire and they assisted in ex tinguishing it. Painter asked witness te inform the newspaper men in order that they would give him credit for putting out the fire. Frank Walters testified that he saw Painter at Church aud Lime streets at 10 o'clock ; he came out of the San hose house ; he wanted te borrow 10 cents from witness and get augry because he would net give it te him ; Painter's brother then came along and he took Brice with him and started out Lime street, stating that they were going home. Peter Demmcl testified that Painter lived with his mother iu an alley near Seuth Duke street, back of Gerz's pottery at the time of the lire. Philip Weaver testified that en the night of the fire, about a-half hour before it occurred. Painter was at Rockland and iecust street, aud was going toward the place where the fire occurred ; he was by himself. Augustus Steinwandel testified that he lived near Betz's en April 13th ; he saw Painter this night at the fire ; shortly after half-past ten o'clock he was dis turbed by the barking of the dogs belong ing te Betz ; he went up-stairs and heard a noise as if some ene was running ; then looked and saw the tire in the straw shed : Painter was there and was-trying te pall down the hay ladders ; he was swearing and smelt of liquor; he said he cared nothing about the stable but did for the dumebrstes. On trial. The jury, having te be kept together, were taken te the Cooper house by the sheriff and two tipstaves were sworn te keep a watch ever them. Saturday Morning. Samuel Ruby and Geerge 3IcCunley, who were convicted of malicious mischief, were sentenced this morning. The former was sent te prison for six months, and the latter for two and a half months. A Leng Sentence for ltape. Christopher Lentz and Fred'k Strobe!, the two men who were convicted of having committed rape en the person of Lizzie Wcidncr, were each sentenced te pay a fine of $50. and undergo au imprisonment of fourteen years. The extent of the sen tence for this crime is fifteen years. The Betz Fiie Case. Cem'th vs. Bryseu Painter, arson. Augustus Steiuwandle was called te prove that Painter stated after the tire he was going home, net te Dauiel Rittenhouse's ; witness believed that he lived with his sister en Beaver street. Geerge Gcnsemcr testified that Painter's sister lived iu an alley between Prince and Beaver streets witness lives in that vicin ity and often saw Painter pass the house, going in the direction of his sister's. Wm. Carr testilicd that en the night of the fire he went te the barn after the fire was discovered and saw Painter there. He (Painter) handed him two keys and told him te go te the Sun hese house and light it up : witness went there and found sev eral men. He told them te hurry up as Betz's barn was ou fire ; one man named Finefrock said "I knew it is;"' There was a small fire iu the engine then. When wit ness get back te the fire the American en gine was there. Jehn Sales, testified that he knew Bryson Painter for years ; saw hiru en the night of the 13th of April last, about 11 o'clock, he was coming from Betz's barn ; witness liist saw him between the wagon shed and the garden ; fire could then be seen at the south end of the barn ; Painter was run ning up the lane about 150 feet from the barn when witness first saw him ; he was running from the place where the fire could be seen ; as he saw witness he ran back te the barn without making any noise or alarm ; witness followed him te the barn, and he said " Don't go in the barn the horses are all loose ;" this was 'net correct, as the horses wcre net loeso then yet ; young Mr Betz came te the fire seen afterwards. Witness was en his way home this evening ; he was walking and he was attracted te the fire by hearing a man call "Fire, fire, fire," and heard raps en the deer of Mr. Betz.' Ou cress examination the witness was asked whether he was intoxicated en this night ; he positively answered that he wxs net, if he drank anything en that night it was very little ; he never disputed with anyone iu regard te the reward ; he once said that he wished he had net said any thing about the ease, as he could then have gene te work en his father's railroad eon tract in Colerado before this ; witness did net have any conversation with Painter since the fire iu regard te it ; he only speke te him once, and that was about a deg which Painter wanted te soil. A. num ber of witnesses who saw Sales at the fire en this night testified that he was sober. The Defense. E. K. Martin, esq., opened the case by tellniir what they would prove. They would show that upon this night the ac cused was at home, aud that instead of being guilty of arson, Ie was the here of the occasion ; as whan he weut te the fire he did all in his power te save the stock aud premises ; he sent for the Sun engine company. Mary Painter, the mother of the de fendant, aud Nathaniel Rittenheusc, were called. They testified that at the time of the fire Bryson lived with the latter wit ness. Rittenheusc swore th.it Painter was lying ou the settee in his house when the alarm of fire was raised The witness was awake aud reused nu Painter, who ran out aud raised an alarm ; witness weut te the barn with young Mr. Betz and Painter, and get tht! cattle out ; saw Sales afterwards ; he asked witness if he was the person that he spoke te in the lane, and he told him that it was ; Painter came in at about half past nine o'clock, or shortly after that night, and took supper with wit ness ; he remained there until witucs went te bed ; if it bad net been for witness and Painter arousing Betz, lite cattle could net have been saved. y,. Did net tell Charlette or Lizzie Betz that he (witness) went te bed at nine o'clock. In chief Sales behaved like a drunken mau ; smelt liquor en him that night ; did net tell Wm.Carr that .he could swear that Painter was at home at half past eight o'clock en this night. Mrs. Rittenheusc, testified that she discovered the tire and awakened her hus band and Painter, both of whom were in the house ; she never told anyone that she could swear that Painter was at home at 8 o'clock that evening. Henry Hawthorne, who lives near Mr. Betz, testified that he heaul the alarm of fire and when he went down te the barn Painter was there. Frem the time witness -first saw the fire au incendiary would have had time te escape before any one taking the route that Sales did could have reached there ; he did net knew where Sales met Painter ; did net see Sales that night, wit ness thought the veice of the man who awakened him sounded likeBrics. Jacob Painter testified that he met his brother and two young men ou Lime street in the neighborheo I of ten o'clock or before ; after talking seme time Brice started with witness, stating that he was coin" home. Witness stepped at his home en Locust street and his brother went en, saying that he was going home. On trial. The Grand Jury' Itepert. The grand jury returned a true bill against Jesse Mills, charged with foruicr feruicr foruicr catien and bastardy, and then made their final report which was as fellows : Te the Honorable the Jutlrjes of the Court of Quarter Sessions ami Ueneral Jail Delivery of the I'eace of Lancaster county : The grand inquest of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, impaneled te inquire into and for the county of Lancaster at the August sessions of 1831, respectfully re port : That they have acted upon all the in dictments submitted te them, and have returned them te the court seventy seven as true bills, twenty-three ignored, and four banded back te the district attorney because the witnesses could net be ob tained. We visited the Heme ferPrlc miles Chi dren, the almshouse aud hospital, and the county prison. In the Heme for Friendless Children there arc 91 inmates 23 girls and 71 bexs. We found this institution apparently well conducted, everything m geed condition, and the children provided with all neces sary comforts. In the almshouse there are 174 innntcs 113 men, 49 women, 6 boys aud 0 girl. w m M ft? E
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