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Eanrastci ItrtclUgencer.
8ATUBDAY EVENING. AUG. 27, 1881.
Needing te lie Washed.
It is reported, and widely commented
upon, that General Hancock, " in the
cars te Ter Hand," war ml y declared Vice
President Arthur te he " an able, patri
otic, high-minded gentleman, and in the
event of his being called te the chief
magistracy he would discharge the du
ties witli but one purpose that of bene
fiting the entire country, and that the
people might rely en his judgment with
entire confidence." We are glad te hear
it ; because we haven't a great deal of
doubt that the vice president will seen
be president ; that is, unless his alleged
foreign birth should make him ineligi
ble; and it wiH be quite a comfort te
persuade ourselves that a man about te
be president is " an able, patriotic and
high-minded gentleman," who will
have no purpose in discharging his presi
dential duty but te de the very best he
knows hew te de for the benefit of the
entire country. It is particularly grate
ful te be assured of this about a man of
whom we feared we had geed re;isen te
think very differently ; one who, in fact,
is looked upon generally as wliat the
French call a mauxnis sujd, and we re
cognize as a " hard case." It is delight
ful, en general principles, te be assured
that a fellow creature whom we have
looked en as belonging te the devil is
really entitled te enumeration among the
number of the saints; and when that
fellow creature is a vice president about
te be promoted te be president, it is just
delicious te be surprised with infor
mation of his goodness.
And en geed authority, tee : that is,
if the story is true that is told of Gen
eral Hancock's car-ride warmth en a het
August day en his way te cool his
fevered bleed in the waves and breezes
of New England's shore. General Han
cock is abundantly able te recognize a
high-minded gentleman when he has a
chance te knew him and te detect his
patriotism and ability. We are net
aware that the general has had any very
abundant means of knowledge of the
vice president, and therefore fear that
the warmth of his expression in his be
half may have been less than reported.
Mr. Arthur has had a circle of acquaint
ances in Xew Yerk quite outside of that
of General Hancock, and there has been
no public intimacy between the two. Mr.
Arthur's intimates have been Johnny
Davenport and that class of depraved
New Yerk politicians. It is the general
knowledge of his associations that has
given Mr. Arthur his bad repute. lie
would net have had it if he had moved
along in General Hancock's company.
His business would net let him de se. His
business was politics. lie made it pay.
People who make politics pay are net the
kind te whom prudent men would care
t ) give a very strong certificate of patriot"
ism,or even high-minded gentlemanlines,
unless they knew them very well
indeed and knew that they were the
victims of circumstances rather than of
their own inclinations. And as we con cen
sider General Hancock te be a fairly pru
dent man and knew lie had no great in
timacy with Mr. Arthur, we have our
misgiving that he did net say all that he
is said te have said ; and that we can
not have his authority for believing that
when Mr. Arthur was for years bribing
the electors of Xew Yerk, and when
finally he took a big hand in corrupting
these of the United .States, te the end
that he instead of General Hancock
should be president, Mr. Arthur was all
this time a high-minded, patriotic gen
tleman, solely intent en benefiting the
people. Te be sure General Hancock is
net reported te have said much about
Mr. Arthur's unselfish patriotism in the
past, but only te have premised it for the
future. Still he has te base his opinion
of hi? future patriotism en his knowledge
of his past ; and it is a little improbable
that lie considers that Mr. Arthur did a
patriotic service for the benefit of the
country in corruptly keeping him from
securing the vote of Xew Yerk and In
diana. If he really has endorsed Mr.
Arthur as a high minded gentleman, of
course he acquits him of any such busi
ness. But then can he knew him ? Fer
the evidence is fearfully strong which
writes Mr. Arthur down as a corrupt
manipulator of elections ; and one by
occupation.
We really fear very much indeed that
we can't take any consolation from Gen.
Hancock in the matter of Arthur. We
knew him tee well ourselves. But is it
net just a little remarkable that the char
acter of the vice president should need te
be washed by anybody te make him
presentable te the public eye and nose
for the presidency ? And are such the
manner of men whom we elect presi
dent'? le the Republicans confess it ?
Must Arthur be cleansed by Hancock be
fore he can enter the White Heuse accept
ably ? A very proper man te certify te
his cleanness, indeed, is Gen. Hancock,
who is se clean himself. But what a
humiliation that a vice president should
need it ! and that Republicans should
think se," and welcome his vindication at
the hands of a man they have foully as
persed 1
Mr. Arthur and the Presidency.
The succession of Mr. Arthur te the
presidency is net likely te 'create any
present political change except placing
the organization of the Senate in the
hands of the Democracy. This result
will surely fellow the removal of Mr.
Arcnur irem the Senate. Without his.
vote in a full Senate, the parties would
be equally divided, and the Democracy
would be as much entitled te the organ
ization as their opponents,independently
of the question as te whether or no they
have a moral right te Mahone's vote.
There will be no reason, therefore, why
they should net take advantage of their
power te de their duty and organize the
Senate before the two Xew Yerk sena
tors are admitted te their seats. Indeed ,
they cannot lawfully be sworn in till it
is organized. The geed of the country,
as' well as the law, requires that the
Senate shall be organized at once,
and it would net be furthered
by the creation of the dead-lock that the
prier admission of the New Yerk seua
ters would occasion. We leek, there
fore, for a Democratic organization.
The Senate, however, owing te this prob
ability .may net be called in extra session
by Mr. Arthur, who may prefer te take
the risk of leaving the country without
a successor te himself rather than hasten
the choice of a Democrat te that posi
tion. If this should be his course the
public mind will be agitated until De
cember by the fear of possible anarchy
through the death of the president with
out leaving a constitutien.il successor te
his authority.
Mr. Arthur is a thorough partisan and
the representative of the opposing ele
ment in his party te that favored by Mr.
Garfield. But succeeding as he does te
the presidency it will le his present aim
te de se as quietly as possible, and he will .
net be likely te make any changes in the
eflicers of the administration. We be
lieve that he will even ask the present
members of the cabinet te retain their
places. Whether they will be willing te
de se is another question. We should
think that Mr. Blaine would net ; for
his position as premier would be such
only in name. He became Mr. Garfield's
secretary of state te control his adminis
tration. He would net retain that power
under Arthur, whose real chief would be
Mr. Conkling. At least it seems very
clear that Mr. Blaine's disposition te
tomahawk Mr. Conkling's friends would
net be gratified. -If he is willing te give
up this aim, which is supposed te have
been his incentive te accepting office, he
can harmonize his party by continuing
in his place. But this is tee much of a
sacrifice te leek for from his ambition.
He would, as secretary of state, be bound
in the hands of his enemies ; and he is
net likely te voluntarily assume any such
position. He will prefer that his lance
shall be free.
Wk print elsewhere a letter from Dr.
Huddleson, an eminent physician of
Delaware county, te Attorney-General
MaeVeagh, in criticism of the president's
treatment. It will be seen that the doc
tor agrees with the opinion we have
stated of Di Carpenter and Dr. Atlee,
of this city, that the great need of the
president is pure mountain air. The
criticism is sharp, but seems, in many re
spects at least, te have abundant justifi
cation. PERSONAL..
Rev. Dr. Scuddek, of Central Congre
gational church, Brooklyn, has been called
te a church of the same denomination in
Chicago, at a salary of $12.000 a "raise"
of $3,000.
Mr. Hewakd Kkkns, for for some time
assistant railroad agent at the Gap, has
accepted a position as clerk in the Clay Clay
eon house, Wilmington. Bis late position
is at present being filled by his brother
Everett.
Mr. Moenv continues firm in his opposi
tion te church fairs. Wheu asked hew te
secure a genuine revival of religion, he au
swers, "Put aside all these distracting
church fairs. " When asked as te the
bjst manner of training new converts, he
says, " First keep them out of fairs. "
Prof. M. P. Zi-:llii:, of the Lancaster
Conservatory of Music, is summering in
Xew Yerk, and studying veice culture
under the tuition of Prof Maela, an Ital
i in master. Prof Zcllcr writes thjit he is
quite fascinated with the study aud with
Prof. Maela's method of teaching. He
will return te Lancaster and icepen the
conservatory early in September.
Wm. Swan, a wealthy and aristocratic
young Xew Yerker has created quite a
social furor, caused his family te " cut ''
him and sensible people te admire him,
because " all for leve " he married the
girl of his choiee. the daughter of the vil vil
sliecmaUer at Oyster Bay, withal a re
fined, educated and accomplished damsel,
soprano of the village choir.
The Columbia Spy, in a half-column
"ad." informs its readers that Dr. X.
Lewix, having a private hospital iu that
town, " will give the best accommodations
for $10 per week, including bearding,
medicine, wine ar.d attendance by servants,"
and that ' the doctor was formerly surgeon
of the Guard regiment in Russia,' aud prac
ticed medicine eight years in Berlin, Prus
sia." If the able editor had of late been
spying the Columbia correspondence of the
Intelligencer, with his usual care, he
would have dropped that ad.
A yeuug infautry lieutenant iu the
Austrian army, named Pem,, turns out te
be the heir and son of General Prince
Rupeli who en his death bed revealed it.
As the greater part of the late prince's
property, valued at between 000,000 aud
700,000, is strictly entailed upon his eld
est son, it will fall te the share of this
fortunate youth, as well as the title, one
of the most ancient and illustrious in
Italy. His parents concealed his birth
while they lived because it had happened
untimely.
The tendency of late at weddings in this
country has been te diminish the number
of bridesmaids, but iu Londen the tide
sets the ether way. Mr. Labeuciiere tells
us that "eight cream colored ladies "at
tended Miss McGaret Hegg when she be
came Mrs. De Sautnarez, and that ten
ladies of the same tint supported Miss Rese
Nicholl while pledging her faith te Mr.
Kinnard." " Each bridesmaid expects a
handsome gift from the groom, and Mr.
Labeuehcre justly observes that this in
crcasiuir tax en matrimony is of evil influ
ence upon bachelors.
Bismarck has become se stout of late
years that he can no longer occupy an
ordinary dining chair, and sits en a low
sofa, with his famous deg lying at his feet.
He likes te exhibit his accomplishments,
and one day en receiving a visit from Sig
nor Manlini, Italian minister of foreign
affairs, he sat down at the piano and play
ed a composition of his own, remarking in
an off-hand manner that " in Prussia poli
ticians found time te cultivate the arts."
"Se they de in Italy," replied the Italian,
and going te the piano he playsd ever from
beginning te end, and entirely from mem
ory, the piece which he had just heard
Prince Bismarck play for .the first time.
Rev. Uriel Graves, once of Columbia
aud of nearly everywhere else siuce, has
been in Xew Yerk as a delegate te the
Greenback state convention from Oneida
county, and made a reariug speech iu the
course of which he said some hard things
about monopolists in general and Jay
Gould iu particular. Speaking of the lat
ter he said Gould had already bought up
the bulk of the anthracite coal mines of
the country, and was new in' Pittsburgh
trying te negotiate for the 'control of the
bituminous mines. " The Lord only
knows," he said, " what he won't own if
he keeps en. I believe he would hire the
throne of Ged aud call en the Almighty te
come down and black his beets and de his
washing. He would eveu steal hell if he
could and run away with it." That
sounds like the Reverend Uriel.
MINOR TOPICS.
Methodist bodies of
The
the world
twenty-live iu number, aggregate 4,650,"
183 members. The Methodist Episcepa1
church has mere than double the member
ship of any ether Methodist body.
The Atlanta Constitution says the state
ment is borne out by the actual experi
ence of the factories, that Southern cotton
mills can sell cloth one-half cent less per
yard than the mills of New England, and
make mere money than de these mills.
Rev. Reuert J. Xkvin, D. D., Ameri
can chaplain iu Reme, writing te the Xew
Yerk Independent, claims that the recent
riots in Reme en the occasion of the re
moval of the Pepe's body have been
greatly misrepresented aud that the blame
for the disturbances largely rests with the
papal party who arc eutitlcd te no sym
pathy from fair-minded people.
Xew that the great religious movement
iu Indianapolis is subsiding, the religious
workers who took part in it have set about
counting results. It has been found that
there has been an accession of nearly two
thousand members te the various evangeli
cal churches, and ever live thousand peo
ple have professed te be under conviction,
as a direct result of the special evangelistic
work done iu the city.
In the Recky Mountain district.including
Wyoming, Colerado and Xew Mexico, only
one Baptist church is served bj the same
pastor as one year age. Then the churches
te a great extent, werb without pastors ;
new they are nearly all supplied. Four
new churches were organized in the year,
an increase of 20 percent.; three buildings
for worship have been erected, aud work
has been begun en two ethers. Twe hun
dred persons have been baptized.
"What is coming ever society?" a
Louden paper asks. " In the old days the
Methodists were the people everywhere
spoken against, aud bitterly smitten en
the right cheek and the left. Mr. Picton
(Cougrcgatieual) most courteously con
ducted the conference through the noble
library and art gallery of Liverpool. The
president and several representative minis
ters Lave lunched with the bishop and
diued with the judges. Aud the mayor
invited the conference- te an ' at home ' te
meet the lord mayor of Londen."
Xew Mexico is new regarded as a par
ticularly hopeful field for missionary effort.
Its extent of territory is equal te that of
Xew Yerk, Xew Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Delaware aud Maryland combined, being
ever 120,000 square miles. It is rapidly
tilling up with enterprising men, princi
pally attracted by the mining interests.
Most of the natives are of the dull and
stupid order, with a large flavoring of total
depravity. But the efforts of missionary
beards have thus far been put forth in such
a weak and strangling way that very little
has been accomplished. Scheel houses
and chapels are greatly needed.
An esteemed contributor, of somewhat
advanced religious views, furnishes us
with an article from an organ of the free
thinkers, which iu his opinion is a complete
answer, by an infidel, te a sermon against
infidelity preached by Rev. Dr. Green
awald in Trinity Lutheran church, en the
7th iust. Wc have carefully read it,but fail
te find it of such weight or interest as te
warrant us giving the space its entire pub
lication would require. The writer, W. E.
Bell, of Bosten, in substance says that
the Liberals are net aiming te overthrew
Christianity at all ; no such sudden
moral revolution is desirable ; as an agency
for geed they want te let it stand. It is
only maintained that the geed things in
it " are net supernatural revelations, but
the natural revelations of humanity. The
precepts of virtue, truth, justice, and the
golden rule of geed will te all men, arc
elder than all creeds or Bibles. Morality
was taught long before Jesus or Paul, for
they both refer te an elder cede of ethics
than that which they offered. " Times
change and what was religion once may new
be barbarous. " It was net incompatible
with ancient righteousness te practice
polygamy, held slaves, drink intoxicating
wine te excess, divorce a wife at will,
burn witches, stone a man for picking up
chips en the Sabbath, or stone him for
trying te persuade his son or brother te
change his religious opinions. This was
ancient righteousness, but such things
will net pass for righteousness in these
times. If then these old customs and
practices, which were the will of Ged in
olden times, are no longer endorsed by the
moral nature of man, then there is no
certain grounds for revealed morality. If
Jehovah ence abandoned the cede he gave
te- his children he may de se
again. " Hcnce the religion must
have been of man, net of Ged.
There is no peculiar Christian morality,
any mere than Christian mathematics or
chemistry. The Bible is net te be assail
ed except that it is te be read as any ether
book, accept the geed and reject the bad
free thought comes forward te assure man
of his manhood. There is nethiug iu Mr.
Bell's pronunciameute that has net been
better said by Iugersell, and answered by
many ethers.
A Persecuted Man.
Chester Dew. a colored farmer iu.-
ins iu Rilev tewnshin. Clinten emmk-
Michigan, was yesterday found in his
granary dead, hanging te a beam with the
left side of his head laid open by a terrible
gash, evidently made with an axe. Last
spring he was visited by masked men, who
treated him te a coat of tar and feathers.
A few days age he went te St. Jehns, the
county seat, for the purpose of commence cemmence
ing legal proceedings against parties whom
he believed te be the perpetrators of the
outrage. He lived alone, aud the pop
ular complaint was that he had cruelly
treated and driven off his wife.
Mrs Mary F. Pinner, a wealthy widow
of Xew Yerk city, at present sojourning in
Hanover, German', has lest $16,000
inreugu iiie viuainy ei nor traveling com
panion, her late husband's "best friend."
INDICTMENT OF THE PHYSICIANS.
What Beads te Common People Like Com
mon Sense.
Glen Mills, Aug. 22, 1831.
Hen. ir. MaeVeagh;
My Dear Sir Get the president out of
Washington immediately if you would
have him live. He is new suffering from
malarial remittent, from which he cannot
recover while he remains at the White
Heuse. That his medical attendants are
doing their best I shall net deny, but" it
seems tome that their course has been a
series of mistakes ab initie. First, they
neglected probing for the bullet until tee
late for success. Then they guessed at its
ceurse and position, in which, perhaps
luckily, they were signally mistaken.
They then harped en danger from pyemia,
of which there has net been the first symp
tom. The cooling process was a succes
sion of blunders, the most favored appara
tus furnishing au atmosphere calculated
te be about as sanative as a damp east
wind in March, or " the mistral." Then,
they de net appear te have recognized the
fact that the rarefaction of the air at 100
te 125 degrees furnishes (probably) less
than one-half the oxygen necessary te en
able the bleed te nourish the brain and
carry en the vital functions. In such case
the bleed becomes poisoned, it is true, but
iu consequence of excess of carbon, and
is net septicemia. What is septicaemia ?
The bulletins afford no light en the sub
ject possibly because it is, comparatively,
a new word. The term septicaemia has its
derivation in two Greek words, SEre,
putrefacie, aud aijia, sanguis, which give,
the definition ".putrescence of the bleed."
The terms septic aud anti-septic are from
the same root. Wounds received in dis
secting dead bodies, as iu pest mertems,
and in skinning animals that have died
from disease, as murrain, or eveu from
being in a state of putrefaction alone, are
liable te produce gangrenous sores, viz.,
septicemia. J'ywmia is the effect of some
depraved condition of the patient's own
system different from the mere absorption
of laudable, otherwise, healthy pus, and is,
I bclieve, generally fatal. Septicemia is
by no means necessarily se.
Inflammation of the parotid gland is
frequent in various forms, especially scar
latina, aud often results in suppuration.
I think I may safely say I have seen at
least a hundred cases, but I have never
known the suppuration te extend from the
gland te the car or te the brain. (In in
flammation of the parotid gland the secre
tion of salica is arrested and it never se
cretes mucus, therefore caunet incite
coughing.) In the case of the president
the affection indicates defective nutri
tion. The patient is virtually starved. The
farce of attempting te recuperate the ex
hausted powers of a patient, who, for two
weeks, has been losing two pounds daily
in weight by the administration of a few
tcaspoensful of beef juice and two or three
encmata of very doubtful nutritive value,
seems te me, the very height of imbecility.
The eminent surgeons were palpably in
error wheu they declared that the track of
the bullet was healed with the exception of
about four inches. They failed te discover
for some two weeks, if I am net misin
formed, that there was a broken rib which
probably deflected the course of the bullet
te a point wide of their estimate. I have
seen no intimation that the garments worn
at the time the wound was received have
ever been examined with a view te ascer
tain if any portion thereof aud hew much
had becu carried away by the shot. It is
alleged that the missile was net a spherical
bullc't, but a cylindrical slug with a square
end, in which case a portion of the cloth
ing would, almost necessarily, be carried
into the wound, aud 1 fully believe such te
be the case, aud that it still remains there
aud keeps up the suppuration, and the one
thing te de is te support the patient's
streunth by tonics and nutritious feed
with pure air outside of Washington. The
learned medicos have net, as yet, commit
ted the further mistake of getting him out
te sea en beard the Tallapoosa. Complicate
his case with sea-sickness and they may
write "Finis coreuat opus."
The most sensible view of the case and
its management that I have seen is that
of Dr. Atlee, of Lancaster, whose advice
should be taken forthwith. The question
remains where te take him. It should be
te seme location elevated at least 400 feet
above tide, with pure water and free from
miasmatic influence The medical attend
ance is of subordinate importance, and
any experienced hospital nurse can dress
his wound as well as could Sir Astlcy
Cooper.
Should the president be suffered te die
for neglect of the only possible remedy,
there will be a terrific howl ever the
breadth of the land.
Yours very truly,
Jno. T. Huddleson.
LATEST NBWS BY MAIL..
A lady, who does net wish her narae
made public, has presented Princeton theo
logical seminary with a gift of $160,000.
The Scotch herring fleet has been caught
in a gale ; 100 beats are at sea and great
less of life is feared.
Down in Charleston, S. C.swarms of buz
zards may be seen in the streets devouring
the garbage that is flung out from the
markets and dwelling houses.
Jehn Merris, a farmer, aged CO years,
was killed by a train near Riyley, N. Y.
Four cows which he was driving across
the Lake Shere track were also killed.
By the breaking of an iron hook at Fall
River, Mass., a staging containing live
painters fell twenty-five feet, and all were
mere or less hurt.
While four horse thieves, belonging te an
extensive gang which has been operating
along the Rie Grande for a long time,
were being taken te Brackets, Texas, by
officers, the party was attacked near the
town of Doleres, and all of the thieves
were killed.
A German lady, aged about 70 years,
uame unknown, was killed en the Dela
ware & Hudsen company's gravity read
near Waymart, by stepping in front of a
moving train of leaded coal cars. The
body was terrible mangled.
Kate Hutten, the most notorious wanton
in St. Paul, was shot fatally by " Ed."
Wright, her negre paramour. He claims
that the sheeting was accidental, but it is
suspected there was at least culpable carelessness-While
Rosanna Deuahey was gathering
chips en the wharf at Yerk Point, '1F.-.B.,
one of the planks gave way and she was
precipitated into the water and drowned.
She had her 2 -year-old child with her, and
it is supposed te have fallen in with its
mother and been drowned.
An angry wife chased her tippling hus
band out of a saloon at Menomonee, Wis.,
late at night, but lest sight of him, and
went home alone. He was next morning
found drowned in a deep well, into the un
guarded mouth of which he had fallen in
his hasty flight.
. William Esty, of Durham Settlement,
Yerk county, X. Y., before reported grad
ually dying from starvation, caused by the
closing of the lower third of the tube lead
ing from the mouth te the stomach, has
died. He had net eaten or drank any
thing for 40 days.
Chicago is delighted with the gift from
Philadelphia of a beautiful fountain for
the Drexel boulevard, in the Seuth park.
When the park was laid out one of the
finest of the avenues was named after the
late Francis M. Drexel, and, in recognition
of the honor te their father, F. A. and
A. J. Drexel have presented the commis
sioners with $40,000 for the construction
of the memorial.
In Perry county, Arkausas, two young
men named Breunin and Morgan, had a
difficulty about two years age. They met
for the first time since the treuble last
evening. Brcnniu extended his hand in
friendly recognition. Morgan in response
drew a pistol and shot at Brennin twice.
Brcnniu, net being armed, turned te ruu.
Morgan followed, overtook his victim and
put a shot in his brain.
The steamship City of Limerick, of the
Centaur line, after a prolonged voyage of
eighteen days from Havre, has reached
Xew Yerk having a came of 215 Perch Perch
eren horses, imported for Mr. Jehnsen, of
Wayne, Illinois. The let comprises ever
190 grown stallions, fifty marcs of all ages
and the rest stallion colts of various ages,
including a great deal of prize stock, the
whole being valued at $250,000.
. STATE ITEMS.
Heury Midler's big brewery at 32d and
Thompson streets, Philadelphia, burned
yesterday. Less $100,000.
Twe children " let out te beard " by
Philadelphia parents have died, as they
were no doubt expected te.
Xcar Fairmount avenue. Philadelphia,
en the P. & R. railroad Gee. D. DcBar
was cut in two while trying te brake a
section of " sheeting" cars.
A young married woman named Epply,
of Washington county, died recently from
a rattlesnake bite, but gave birth te a child
two hours before her death. The child
lives.
Jacob Glever, while driving legs in West
creek, Cameren county, get entangled iu
a jam aud his cant-hook was wrested from
his hands find driven through his body,
killing him.
The Republican executive committee of
Allegheny county met en Wednesday and
appointed the delegates te the next Re
publican state convention. A feeble effort
was maks in behalf of electing the dele
gates by the peeple but it was easily over
borne en the ground that the time was tee
short. Chris. L. Magce heads the gang.
While heisting a car at Lawrence & Mcr
kel's colliery, near Mahaney plane, a cog
wheel of the heisting engine broke. The
car started down the slope at a full rate
of speed and tore out a number of the
timbers. The engineer applied the brake,
but without effect. The car en its upward
journey damaged the heisting machinery
se badly that the colliery will remain idle
for two or thrce weeks. Less, $10,000.
A Millien Hellar Fire in Chicago.
A great fire broke out last evening in
the packing establishment of Jehn C.
Hetely, formerly known as Ricker's, at
the Union stock yards. At midnight all
the engines iu that section of the city
were working te quench the flames, but
were greatly impeded by the scarcity of
water. As .nearly as can be ascertained at
this hour the less by fire is as fellows : On
4,000.000 pounds of bacon, $450,000 ; en
15,000 barrels of perk, $'J50,000, and en
miscellaneous stock and building, about
$200,000; total, $1,000,000 Insurance,
$1,000,000, in 100 different companies.
I'lien lie Was llappy.
A mau drove up at a terrific pace te the
railroad station at Farwell, Midi., and in
quired for his wife. She had eloped with
a neighbor, and was about te take a train
for the East. "Thank goodness, I'm in
time," the husband cried in great excite
ment. The bystanders anticipated a trag trag
edy, and the wife cowered into a seat.
"Here's your child," he continued, pro
ducing a little girl. ' 'Reckon you forget
her in your hurry. Xew you can get off
as fast as yen like." Leaving the girl
with tne runaway pair, he drove away
with his placidity entirely restored.
A Deserted Weman's Sad Kcsert.
Thrce weeks age C. T. Burke arrived at
Dallas, Texas, from Little Reck, with a
female companion. On Thursday his wife
and two children arrived at Dallas, and
the female companion, a Miss Carter, left
immediately for Little Reck. 3Irs. Burke,
after getting the children asleep, locked
the doers of her room and took two ounces
of laudanum. When discovered she was
beyond recovery.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE WHIPPING POST.
Anether Lecal Advocate ret the Peculiar
Institution.
Columbia Spy.
Personally the editor of the Spy has Ienj
been an advecate of the whipping pest.
The alleged barbarity of this method of
punishment is net a tenable objection.
It is no mere barbarous te bare a man's
back aud apply the lash vigorously than
it is te hang a mau by the neck until he is
dead, or te sheet him te death as they de
in the army. We whip our children for
the most trifling violation et. parental
law. The school master applies the red
with impunity en the back of the dis
obedient or iudelcut pupil, aud the courts
will protect him against the charge of as
sault and battery if he docs net exceed the
bounds of reason iu its application. In
some of the reformaterv institutions ether
punishments are made use of which are
far mere objectionable than whippiug.
We dismiss the charge of barbarism as
unworthy of notice.
The pcuitcntiary and jail, houses of cor
rection, etc., are failures se far as they
were intended te make men better. Men
go in as convicts and they come out as
criminals, te repeat their crimes or commit
greater ones. Association with all sorts
of criminals seldom makes a man better.
The man who once wears a prison garb
generally returns te it at some time in his
life, if he can be caught.
We don't claim that the whipping pest
will inaugurate a millennium of perfect
law and peace. But we de believe that it
will beget a mere healthy respect for law
aud order. If the men who are almost
daily sent down te the Lancaster jail ler
a brief period of ten or twenty days, there
te enjoy their etium cum dig, were taken
te the Town hall, at the corner of Third
and Locust streets, and there beaten with
ten or twenty stripes, well laid en, wc
doubt if there would ever be cause for
their being arrested a second time. Men
are seldom lest te public exposure and
public ridicule, but they de net se much
tear tne seclusion et a jail. We would
punish wife-beating, drunkenness, disor
derly conduct and all such miner offences
with a given number of lashes, graded ac
cording te the crime.
People may ridicule little Delaware, the
home of the whipping pest, but they have
fewer criminals and less crime there in
proportion te population than any ether
state in the Union. There is a growing
sentiment in this state in favor of the whip"
ping pest, and we shall net be surprised te
see its introduction attempted by the next
Legislature.
THE COURTS.
COMMON
PLKAS .AND
SIONS.
yUAKTKK SES-
IJelere Judge Livingston,
iu the case of Benjamin Eckmau,
Jacob Eckmau and Jehn Eckman,
jury rendered a verdict in favor of the
vs.
the
de-
fendants.
The case of Laura C. Bewman, and
Jeseph Bewman, for use of said Laura C.
Bewman, vs. James Hildebrand, action of
replevin was given te the jury this morn
ing. The jury found in fover of the plain
tiff and assessed the damages at $G0.90.
He tore Judge Patterson.
Jesephine Haines, administratrix of
Jeseph C. Haines, deceased, vs. Andrew
Kauffman, action en a nete for $550 with
interest from March, 1S07. There was no
defense, and the jury found in favor of the
plaintiff for $1,020.25.
In the suit of Jehn Martin vs. Heury G.
Keemer the jury rendered a verdict iu
favor of the plaintiff, and assessed the
damages at $90.
Adaliuc Brubaker, late Adaliuc Al
bright, vs. Jehn Brubaker, administrator
of David Brubaker, deceased, late of East
Hempfield township, action te recover an
$1800 bend, alleged te have been given
te the plaintiff by her father during his
life time. The jury feuud iu favor of the
plaintiff for $2,550.
A motion for a new trial was made in
the case of Constantine Ruttgcrsvs. Sam' I
Diller.
All the jurors net empanelled were dis
charged yesterday afternoon.
Surety ei the Peace and Desertion Cases.
The surety of the peace and desertion
cases, which were continued from last
Saturday, were taken up this morning by
Judge Patterson in the lower court room.
They were disposed of as fellows :
Cem'th vs. Samuel C. Kendig, of this
city, desertion. Mrs. Kendig testified that
her husband deserted her en the 5th of
October, 1880, and then again en March
lid and 14th, 1881. He took his things
away from the heuse, where they lived en
North Queen street, alter they had
broken up housekeeping ; in May witness
met defendant aud he told her that he
would de nothing for her or her children ;
'he met the children several 'times en the
street aud gave them small sums of money
but has done nothing for her.
The defense was that defendant went te
Philadelphia in search of work early in
March, when he came came home he feuud
that his wife had locked up the store,
which they had kept, and had gene away :
he then went te live with his brother.
Previous te that time he had done .all he
could te maintain his family ; he went
several times and rented houses for- the
purpose of living with and supporting his
wife and family ; she refused te go with
him, he was willing te take his wife aud
provide for her te the best of his ability.
The court made no disposition of the case
this morning.
Cem'th vs. Harvey Kauffman, surety of
the peace. Jacob Reyer, of Petersburg,
testified that the defendant threatened te
kill him in May last. Other witnesses
were called, aud ene said he heard no
threats ; all of them had been drinking.
The defendant denicd having made any
threats. The court ordered the defendant
te pay the costs, and te enter into his own
recognizance te keep the peace.
Cem'th vs. Charles Weed, of this city,
desertion. Mrs. Weeds testified that her
husband has failed te provide for herself
and children ; he attempted te go away by
taking his clothing out of the window at
night. The defense was that the defendant
had done all he could te -support his wife ;
when he attempted te get work she inter
fered and several times compelled him te
leave home ; he was new willing te sup
port his family. The court continued the
case until October court. The woman re
fused te live with her husband and the
court advised her te go with him.
The cases of surety of the peace- against
Wm. Richardson aud William P. Werth,
which were brought by the parties against
each ether were dismissed, each party te
pay his own costs.
The case against Israel Marshall for
surety of the pcaca was dismissed with
county forefiico costs.
Cem'th vs. Lucas Fritz, of this city,
surety of the peace. Heury Lessner, of
Church street, was the complainant. The
evidence showed that the parties had a
difficulty about a fence and a quarrel en
sued. The defendant was ordered te give
bail te keep the peace and pay costs.
A "STKAWKIDK.
Ueing te Lltlm In a Ilay Wagen.
There were just seventeen of them by
actual count as they made their way out
Xerth Duke street
last evening,
was notable
its capacity
its suggestion
locomotion. It
and their convcyance
rather en account of
than of its beauty or
of comfort as a means of
was utterly devoid of these tokens of case
and pleasure, such as springs and things,
that have gained for the Brewster buggy
or pretty phaeton their favor with votaries
of pleasure riding, while straw te the
depth of a couple of feet supplied the
place of the seductive cushion, All
the same, the party, which through
some clever coincidence or ether was
divided between the sexes as near equal
ly as was possible with the number men
tioned, appeared te be enjoying them-
selves te the top of their bent. The young
gentlemen of the party, having thought
fully provided themselves with musical
instruments, made it pleasant for residents
along the route, their serenades being
occasionally varied with seme such vocal
refrain as
" We'll all go home in a liay cart.
We'll all go home in a hay cart.
We'll all no home in a hav cart.
Ge home by the light of the moon."
When last heard from they had passed
in safety the first gate, and the tell was
paid te Lititz, which place, famous for its
hospitality, no doubt accorded'the party
such a welcome as their stylish turnout
and merry hearts bespoke for them.
Ihcre are rumors afloat en the street
te-day that en arrival at Lititz the yeuug la
dies, who were apparently in command of
the party, were horrified te discover that
all the iee cream saloons in the town were
closed. What was te be done under
these distressing circumstances can only
be surmised, though it is known that
mine genial host of the " Springs" has en
previous occasions been taken unawares,
and has never failed te provide a meal fit
for a king.
Colored Campmeeting.
The campmeeting that was announced
three weeks age will commence this even
ing -in Brubaker's weeds, en the Xew
Helland turnpike, near Binkley's bridge,
and will continue ten days. Preaching will
begin at half-past seven e clock this even
ing and continue at ten o'clock Sunday
morning ; and at two o'clock Rev. W. n.
Keels, of this city, will preach a sermon te
the ladies en "a woman clothed with the
sun, and the moon under her feet." There
will be geed singing ejn the ground.
Campmeeting Special Train.
A campmeeting will be held at New
Providence, te-morrow, which will be
largely attended. The Reading railroad
company will run a special train from
Lititz te that place. It will leave the
King street depot at 0:15 in the morning,
arriving at Xew Providence at 9:55. lie
turning it will leave Xew Providence at
G:e0 iu the evening, arrivingjbere at 7:3.
Anether Alan.
It was Wm. M. Campbell, C46 Columbia
avenue, and. net Jeshua V. Campbell, 502
West King street, who .was attacked by
highwaymen near Selinsgrove, Snyder
county, a few days age particulars of
which were printed in yesterday's Ixtell:.
genxeb.
FIBE.
HOUSr AND
IHJKNKD.
DWEIXINU
FUKN1TUKK
bcarc'.ty of Water Caused by Insufficient
31 at ii .
About seven o'clock this morning a
one-story frame dwelling, with back build
ing, bcleugina te Leuis Dickel, and situ
ated on.Leve Lane, near Filbert street, was
discovered te be ou fire, and was within a
short time entirely consumed, together
with most of its contents.
It is net positively known hew the lire
originated, but it is most probably the
work of au incendiary. Mr. Dickel lives
aloue aud slept in the house last night.
This morning he get up early aud came
down town te de his marketing aud
tnake some purchases at Stcinmau's hard
ware store. When he left the heuse there
was no fire iu it, he net having kindled a
lire in the stove. On his way home he
was told his heuse was en tire, aud ou his
arrival it was a mass et ruins. Meantime
some of his neighbors had discovered the
lire, sounded the alarm, and eudcavercd
te save some of his goods. His brother
Frederick Dickel and his nephew" Freder
crick Dickel, jr., who live near by, entered
the burning building and were nearly suf
focated. The house was insured for $500 in the
Rochester insurance cempauy, X. Y., of
which J. II. Ostermayer is the local agent.
The less, including furniture and clothing,
will net be less than $800.
The Humane tire cempauy reached the
ground seen after the alarm, but could de
no geed. There is a fire-plug ou Leve
Lane, almost opposite Dickers house, and
a section of hose was attached te it, but
net a drop of water would run from the
plug. The Humane steamer then at
tached te a plug at the comer of LovcLaue
aud St. Jeseph street, but with all its
power of suction ceuhl get no water.
Then their hose was attached te the plug
at the corner of St. Jeseph street and
Laurel alley, some two squares away from
the fire. Here there was a fair supply of
water, but it was se faraway that the com
pany lacked fully five sections of hese te
reach the lire. Meantime the Shilllcr en
gine arrived and attached their hese te a
plug further down Love Lane, where they
get a supply of water but could net reach
the lire by fifty feet or mere. The Shilllcr
declined te lean tiicir hese te the Humane
aud thus the fire raged while two com
panies vainly endeavored te reach it from
opposite directions. It is net at all likely
that they could have done much geed had
they been able te reach it, for the flames
enveloped the heuse before their arrival
but the fact that there was sufiuMcnt besf
te reach the tire with one stream had the
two companies united their hose, and th
further fact that they did net de se, shows
the necessity of a reorganization of the
tire department.
The city reservoirs are full of water ; the
plugs en Leve Lane are said te be clean
and iu condition ; and the only reason
assigned for the failure te get water from
them is, that they are fed by a single
4-inch pipe extending along Maner street
all the way from West King street te Love
Laue. The draught of water along this line
is se great, especially iu the morning,
when the cotton mills,' ether manufac
tories, and hundreds of families are using
water, that the hydrant; and plugs ou the
hill fail te receive a supply, aud are sure
te be dry the greater part of the day.
What is especially needed iu this part of
the town, (and indeed iu several ether
sections) is water mains of much larger
calibre.
.NlCMillltOKUOOI) NKIVS
Near and Acress tlie County Line.
Rev. Charles L. Fry, of Reading, seu of
Rev. Dr. Fry, will take up his icsidcnce
next Thursi lay, in Lancaster, te be the
assistant pastor of Trinity Lutheran
church.
Rev. Stephen Schweitzer, of Lincoln,
Lancaster county, hart been vistinglTis for
mer home in Longswamp township, Berks
county, where he was born and raised. He
also spent several days with friends in the
vicinity of Fegclsvillc.
The proprietors of the Xew Yerk Fire
men's Journal have offered a handseme
prize for competition between the numer
ous companies who will be in line at the
Reading tournament. It cousistsefa geld
horse shoe with a nickel plated hook aud
ladder resting upon it surmounted by a
geld fireman's hat. J. F. Preston, of Xew
Yerk, dealer in hese and 'firemen's sup
plies, has offered as a prize a solid silver
swinging pitcher.
On and after September 1, Act Ne. 7U,
approved by the governor en the 29th day
of June, 1881, makes it unlawful for any
person, firm, company, corporation or
association, te pay their employees for
work or service with orders, and any firm
paying in any ether way than by lawful
money of the United States or by cash
order shall he guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction shall be fined in' any
Bum net exceeding one hundred dollars
which shall go the common school fund.
Jacob Meyer, an aged aud respected citi
zen of Rockland township, Berks county,
who died lately at the residence of his son-in-law,
Ames Angstadr, in New Jercsalcm
asjed about 85 years, was insured for
$100,000.
The fiiuer.il of Miss Amelia Holleway
took place from the residence of her
mother, widow of Jehn B. Holleway, of
Amityville, IJurks county. Before the
cortege passed from the heuse it was an
nounced that a sister of the deceased, Mrs.
Emma C. Van Reed, who had been ill from
malarial, seemed te be growing weaker,
and fifteen minutes after the friends re
turned from the funeral of her sister, she
died. She had only been married six
months.
The ether night au attempt was made
te threw the fast line, en the Reading
read, off t he track about a mile cast of
Palmyra. A plank and large piece of iron
had been placed across the track, which
were caught ly the smoking car, the en
gine having passed safely. It caused a
tremendous jar te the passengers in that
car, .and investigation it was found that
the brake of the car had been broken and
Wrenched off. Ne ether damage was
done te the train.
The deaf and dumb convention, in Har
risburg, resolved that the educated and
self-supporting deaf-mutes of Pennsylva
nia regard the exemption of "deaf or
dumb " persons from the operation of the
Tramp Law as a slight and insult, though
doubtless arising from mistaken feelings
of benevolence, upon a class who are fully
capable of self-support, and of whom it
should le required, " and we respectfully
urge the honorable Legislature either te
Rtrikc out entirely the words 'deaf or
dumb ' from the fifth section of the Act
te define and punish tramps,' Ne. 38,
April, 1879, or te medifiy the words se that
they may apply only te 'deaf or dumb'
persons wlie by reason of physicial in
firmity are unnb'e te perform manual
labor."
Tim Delegate Elections.
Ourcstenicd fellow-citizens of the Demo
cratic faith, will remember that the dele
gate elections and selection of county com cem
mittemau, in the several wards, come off
this evening, at different hours, generally
between 5 and U p. iu. Every voter should
go te the primary and cast his ballet If he
fails te de it, his wishes may be misrepre
sented by representatives chessn against
his views, and the best interests of the
party. Te the polls !
Election officers will de welT te remem
ber that they must be sworn before enter
ing upon their duties ; also the penalty for
offering or receiving a disqualified vote.
Republicans keep off!