LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11. 1881.
Hancastrr I-iUclliflcnrcr.
TUESDAY EVENING. OCT. 11, 1881.
Silence Will AotDe.
The politicians who thought they
could readily withstand the force of
Wolfe's rebellion of one forget hew he
was armed against them by a knowledge
of their Erie practices and hew he could
command the ear of the people in relat
ing them, as one who had been of their
household and knew of what lie spoke.
The serious charges which Mr. Wolfe
brings against the state office-holders
have often been substantially made by
Democratic speakers and journalists,
though never perhaps with se great par
ticularity and boldness in naming names.
Frem us these charges have been evaded
as prompted by partisan malice. But
Wolfe, with his declaration in favor of
the puriGcatien of his party, is obviously
working up te the support of his princi
ples in expressing what he knows of the
wrongdoing of the3e who have taken his
party in charge for the profits they can
make out of their management of it.
When Wolfe get up in the oil region
at Titusville en Saturday night te tell
why he was an independent Republican
candidate it was evidently u very oppor
tune time and place for him te say what
he knew of the dealings of the officers of
the state in oil ; and lie declared that
Governer Ileyt, Secretary of State Quay
and the Democratic cashier of the treas
ury had been in partnership in the pur
chase of large quantities of oil with the
state funds, in anticipation of a rise in
value ; instead of which came a fall and
a less te the operators ; which was made
geed by Den Cameren and Henry W.
Oliver ; which was the reason of the
strenuous advocacy of the election of
Oliver te the Senate by (Juay ; Ileyt,
who would like te have been a can
didate himself, being obliged te support
Oliver. Nothing is wanted te make
that statement specific. And of course
it needs te be met. Chairman Cooper
was wise in considering that the best
way te treat Wolfe was net te
notice his caudidacy ; but it evidently
won't de te refuse te notice his charges.
Of course that involves n notice of
his candidacy ; but it is a difficulty if
the situation which cannot be avoided.
If the Republican leaders were but
paneplied in innocence there would be
no difficulty at all ; as they would blew
Welfe out of water as seen as they
showed that his accusations were false.
If they cau de this they have no time te
.lese in the demonstration ; and even
though they can't, they may make up
their minds that the policy of silence
about Wolfe will net work under exist
ing circumstances and that they are
bound te try at least te make him out te
be a malicious slanderer of better men
than himself. Governer Ileyt lias a geed
reputation for his friends te plant them
selves en te start with. People generally
will net be inclined te believe that he
has been unlawfully speculating with
the money of the state in collusion with
the cashier of the treasury. Xe accusation
of that kind against Quay will create
any surprise, but Ileyt has a decenter
reputation. Still when we remember the
fact that Kenible controlled the gover
nor, and compelled him te control the at
torney general, te grant the pardon which
they did net wish te grant him, we must
suspect a reason for this influence ; and
an obvious one would be the desire of
the governor te avoid nu exposure that
Kemble threatened. It may net have
been of his speculation in state funds ;
it may have been of something very dif
ferent and even worse : something for
instance about his Mellie Maguirc con
nections. But whatever it is, crooked
ness of some kind is naturally supposed
te be at the bottom of it ; and Governer
Ileyt does net stand before the people se
paneplied as te make him impervious te
Wolfe's teeth. He will be a sadly used
up governor if he don't come out te de
battle for his fair namcaud knock Wolfe
en the head if he has the strong staff
for the work. As te Quay it really don't
matter. He can afford te be quiet and
fellow Chairman Cooper in net noticing
Wolfe. His reputation for honor and
honesty is tee peer te be made much
poorer. Cashier Walters, of the treasury,
of course needs te speak if ha would
save himself; and, being a Democrat, he
is net deterred by any fear of increasing
Wolfe's importance by noticing him.
The Harrisburg Putrwt declares that
whatever may be the truth of the allega
tions as te the abuse of the treasury
frauds, State Treasurer Xeyes had no
knowledge of them, and of course its
meaning is that the cashier abused net
only his trust, but the confidence of his
chief. These are serious charges. We
are glad te have the Patriot's assurance
of the innocence of the treasurer ; but it
cannot mean that he remained in igno
rance when he came te transfer his office
te his successor ; for it is well known
that the latter objected te the character
of the securities; and it is altogether prob
able that the mortification : nd the anx
iety brought down the gray hairs of the
aged treasurer in sorrow te the grave,
even though he was innocent and lest
nothing.
But what must be the management of
the state treasury when its cashier can
dispose of its funds se that they shall be
out of the knowledge of the treasurer ?
Fer years the money of the state has
been unlawfully used by its custodians
and their bosses. Everyone knows it.
Mr. Welfe treais en familiar ground in
assailing the abuse. Wcwish him better
luck than we have- had in exciting the
people about it. If he does net de it
when he (lings the governor of the state
into the dirty peel, we may give the case
upas hopeless, and let the robbers rob.
The state treasurer excuses his failure
te comply with the law requiring month
ly statements of the condition of the
state treasury te ba published in the
Harrisburg newspapers, by saying that
no appropriation has been made te cover
the expense ; which would be a better ex
cusc if he had asked the two Harrisburg
papers te publish the statements and
take their chances of payment from Ihe
Legislature's future appropriation.
And as the constitution orders the
publication of these statements the .stale
treasurer might at least have obeyed its
mandate by posting a copy conspicuous-'
ly in the portal of the treasury ; i he
had net enterprise enough te send copies
te the newspapers for their information.
State Treasurer Butler, considering the
great respect for the constitution which
he showed in refusing the demand of the
members of Ihe Legislature for ten dol
lars a day beyond a hundred days, ex
hibits a very surprising disregard for the
direction of the constitution about the
exposure of the condition of the treas
ury. The man with the straw hat leeks kind
of seldom.
The wise mau new takcth his fall over
coat out of the camphor and doth net get
left.
What a crowd of " I told you se's"
there will be te-morrow. And the crop
weu't be confined te Ohie, cither.
The stability of American institutions
is in imminent peril. Mr. Arthur is con
fidently looked te by his intimate fiicuds
te cause a step te be put te the practice of
promiscuous presidential handshaking as
senseless, meauiugless and disgusting te
the president. This is a serious matter.
At the time of his assassination Ciesar
was master of the then known world and
at the acme of his greatness in his fifty
third year. Henry IV., who was also
murdered, at forty-seven had acquired his
claim for greatness. Liuceln became
president in his fifty-second year of his
life, and Garfield in his fiftieth.
Ocn fellow citizens, of Swiss, nativity
cannot read the statement of the consul
at Philadelphia in behalf of their afflicted
countrymen without having their sym
pathies quickened. Subscriptions for the
worthy cause in behalf of which this appeal
is issued will be received at this office and
promptly forwarded te the proper authority-
Tin; insurance newspapers de net at
tach much credit te Governer Heyt's latc-in-thc-day
refusal te charter any meru of
the "death rattle" insurance companies.
After two or three hundred had been au
thorized te fill up the graveyards, the
insuranee organs naturally think the thing
might have been allowed te go en until
every man was his own insurance com
pany. Tni. Philadelphia -4wcne, which likely
wants te de what is right, cannot find
what there is iu Neble's record "te show
that he is :i public-spirited ami upright
man, net a millienaru after the model of
Mr. William II. English?" The Ameri
can should inquire at Mr. Neblo's home.
It will find him foremost in all geed works,
active in building up Eric's interest?, lib
eral, energetic, upright and honored by
all his fellow townsmeu.
A Wii.minc.ten man took laudanum,
and almost immediately repented of the
rash act. He hurried te a physician in
order te procure an antidote. The M. I),
thought he was druuk awl refused te re
lieeo him ; se the mau died. There are
quite a variety of morals te this tragic
tile, hut if the iirst awl best is heeded
never te take laudauum unless you mean
business there will be no necessity of
lengthening the list.
Mu. Wei.fi: lets in a geed deal of light
upon state treasury management. The
Noyes-Walter administration, it is greatly
te be feared, was far from clean ; and,
although it started oil well, it suffered
from contamination with the Quay Magce
iniiucuccs and from association with that
Bayard against whom the Ixtixmuexceu
lifted its voice in partly vain pretest. Mr.
Welfe gives a geed reason why the " Pce
pie's" bank bears that name, as it fattens
ou the people's money.
A Bkitisii newspaper calls attention te
a noticeable feature in the social and poli
tical life of the present generation in a
decidedly increased and increasing leve
for stars and cresses. The multiplication
of orders under the present reign pre
ceeded apace. The Victeria Cress and
the Star of India supplied what soldiers
and Indian civilians alike considered neces
sities. The need for the decorations of
the Indian Empire and the crown of India
was less apparent ; but Lord Bcaceusfield's
career would net have been complete
without his feundiug an order of chivalry
Mi:. Wharten Bakkek'k Philadelphia
American, changed back te a weekly and
printed in the best styie of typography, is
new re-launched under the editorial man
agement of II. M. Jenkins, an experienced
journalist. The American will make a
specialty of fiuaucial and economical ques
tions, with proper attention te literary
matters and independent Republican poli
tics. In its sphere the American will be
te Philadelphia journalism what the Ari Ari
tien has se" Jeng been in New Yerk awl
England tee. Jenkins can make it go,
and we yet leek te see the American blos
som forth iute a Quaker city daily with
money and brains te push into the first
rank.
They arc beginning te talk new as
though the jelly commander of the Cor Cer
wiu had perpetrated a bit of hilarity when
he awl that Herald reporter scrambled up
te the highest point they could reach en
an uninhabited piece of territory in the
Arctic regions and formally took possession
of it iu the name of the government of the
United States. When it is kuewn that no
human being, net even an Esquimaux,
exists there, the prospect of disputed
jurisdiction takes en the appcarauce of a
huge joke. Wrangle Land, as the place
is set down en the maps, is probably co
called because the excellent German
nobleman whose name it wears never set
feet upon the ground, nor indeed heard
of it.
Vandalism gees marching ou, and the
latest icenelast whose vicious work has
attained any degree of publicity is ene of
" thorn literary fellers " who proposes te
tear away all the aureole of glory which
history aud tradition have woven around
the brews of the passengers of the May
flower aud their immediate progenitors
and descendants, and te show that they
had no right at all te the title of Puritans ;
that they had no connection with thebedy
of English and Scotch religionists te whom
that word was applied : but that they were
a collection of fanatical outlaws called
Brewnists, whose communistic and free
love tenets made England an unsafe resi
dence for them, and whose presence in
Helland tried Dutch patience and endur
ence te the uttermost. The only excep
tion he makes in thus describing the May
flower emigrants is in favor of stout Miles
Standish, a soldier of fortune and a
descendant of a noble Catholic family.
The English Punch is distinguished for
friendliness te America. Wheu Liuceln
died it had one of the fittest poems that
was written en the tragic and melauchely
event. In a late issue England and
America are pictured as meurniug " a
common sorrow," there is a touching
poetical elegy en the late president, and
the new executive gets this high-flown
but well-meant 6end off : " ' The Coming
of AitTnun. He comes indeed in Tenny
son's own words, 4 like a modern Gentle
man,' in the person of America's new
President. He comes, tee, like the blame
less king, at a time of darkness and pain.
England's best hope for America and for
him is that like the Peet's ' ideal
knight '
' Net swaying te that faction or tetliiV
he may come as a presage of purity and a
premise of unity te the State he is sq
strangely, sadly and unexpectedly called
upon te sway."
PERSONAL.
Senater Allisen is fifty-two years old,
Senater Garlaud forty-nine, Senater
Walker fifty one, Senater Miller fifty, Sen Sen
aeor Teller fifty-one, Senater Hill (.Cel.)
forty nine, Senater Kellogg fifty, Senater
Fryc fifty, Senater Vest fifty-one, Senater
Jenes (Nev.) fifty-one and Senater Jack Jack
eon forty-nine.
A Chicago correspondent, looking ever
a mercantile directory for 1872, finds en
the black list the entry : " Z Gciteai;,
CnAiuxs, J., lawyer." Turning te the
definition or the letter " Z" he finds :
" Z Iucome uncertain and. often precari
ous. Defer iudefinitcly the payments of
debts. Lawsuits te collect claims would
he useless. Ne credit or favors should be
given."
Iu the Eastern Pennsylvania convention
of public school superintendents, called
by Dr. Higbee te meet iu Reading en Jan.
17, en the evening of the second day of the
session, te open the way for discussion, a
carefully prepared paper, reviewing the
whole law relating te county superintend
ents, their method of election, their term
of office aud their duties, suggesting such
modifications thereof as may be deemed
desirable, will be read by B. P. Sii.vn:,
superintendent of Lancaster county.
The following is the full text of the res
olution adopted at WiUiamspert by the
state convention, endorsing the adminis
tration of the late Democratic auditor
general :
Jleselccd, That the honest, able and
fearlcs course et the Hen. W. P. Sciiem,.
as auditor general of the state, merits and
hereby receives our warmest approval and
endorsement. His personal and official
integrity, and his fidelity te public duty,
shed iustre upon his administration et' the
affairs of his department, while they large
ly increased the revenues of the common
wealth. Iu a recent peu-pertrait the personal
appearance of President Airrnun
is thus sketched: Something abeva six
feet in height, of presence most impe.-ing,
a face at ence grave, self-possessed and
frank, a manner composed awl full of
dignity and courtesy. His figure, straight
as a dart, well rounded aud well-proportioned,
is clad in sembre raiment from top
te tee, yet a better dressed figure was
never seen in a drawing-room. A braid
bound Prince Albert coat of black, but
toned uearly te the chin, dark trousers 'ind
gaiters, a black silk scarf fastened with au
onyx pin awl half covering the whitest of
standing-cellars these set off the grave
face, the closely trimmed military whiskers
and moustache, the round head with its
short, gray besprinkled hair aud the home
what florid complexion.
tOOK OUT!
Alleged Swindles In Land Certlllcutes.
Uce. V. Dele, of Itie Urandc, in X. Y. Sun.
I have received a large number of let
ters asking inclination about Texas land
certificates. It may net be generally
known outside this state that such has
been the demaud for Texas laud within
the past two years that new little if any
of the public domain belonging te this
state remains uulecated. There are mero
than sufficient certificates for lands new
outstanding, issued by the commissioner
of the general land office, te exhaust the
remaining area uulecated, but still the
commissioner is issuing monthly certifi
cates by the hundred te several railroad
companies, te the Texas veterans and te
the Texas Confederate cripples, who are
placing them en the markets in the North.
The CIO aero certificates are new .selling
for 82e, and I venture te say that within
four months they will net be worth $5
iu the market here. As a large number of
persons outside of this state have been
swindled with these certificates, it would
be well for the public te bear iu mind
these simple facts, and when Texas land
certificates arc offered in market for sale te
reflect that possibly they cannot be sur
veyed aud located for the reasons above
slated, aud if net located immediately they
have no value.
Mr. uenks Illds Farewell.
Xorristewn Kcglstcr.
Rev. W. A. Jcnks bid farewell yester
day te the congregation wershipiug at
the Central Prcsbytenan church He
used no scriptural passage as a text, but
preached upon the subject of the Hely
Communion. Sacrament was administer
ed te the average number of members of
the church. The sermon was entirely un
like that generally preached when a min
ister is facing his congregation for the last
time, and was received with as liltle
emotion as though Mr. Jenks had net
asked that the pastorate be " declared
vacant. An audibly uttered ' farewell "
at the conclusion of the benediction was
all that could be construed into a sign of a
farewell service. The no-uiero pastor
made the following announcement : "Te
the intense pleasure of this congregation,
Rev. Samuel Gould, formerly of this bor
ough, will preach next Sunday morning
aud declare the pulpit vacant."
The SIxtU Comet.
Intelligence received at the Warner Ob
servatory, Rochester, N. Y.. from Bristel,
England, states that Prof. W. P. Denning
discovered a bright new comet en the 4th
inst. It is located in the constellation of
Lee. right ascension i) hours 22 minutes,
declination north 10 degrees, daily motion
30 minutes cast. . This"is the sixth comet
which has been seen since May 1, five be
ing new discoveries, all but two of which
were first observed by Americans, and it
is certainly a high compliment te the in
dustry and skill of American astronomers
that they have shown se fine a record.
The total amount which Mr. II. II. War-
ner has given in comet prizes during the
past year is $1,300, which shows that the
interest taken in astronomical affairs iu
this country is greatly increasing.
THK TREASURY MISMANAGEMENT.
Welle Striking Bight and Left.
In his speech at Titusville, Welfe read
from the constitution the clause requiring
the publiactieu of monthly statements of
the condition of the treasury, what amount
of money is ou baud, where it is deposited,
iu what amounts, and en what security.
He also read the act of 1874 passed te
carry the constitutional prevision into
effect and requiring the statements te be
published in two newspapers at Harris
burg. He said up te the time of Noyes'
administration these statements had
been regularly published. During
his administration " they were pub
lished euly part of the time and
siuce Noyes turned ever the treasury te
Butler they have net been published at
all. Blake Walter., chief clerk for Noyes
organized a gigantic scheme of speculation
with the money of the state. A part of it
was the purchase of large quantities of
crude petroleum certificates which were
expected te increase in value but failed te
de se, and then Walters and his confeder
ates attempted te lobby through the Leg
islature of 1879, a tax ou oil iu the shape
of a liceuse payable te the state for every
derrick erected te bore for oil. This failed,
as did also the proposed tax ou crude pe
troleum iu bulk, and; the ether speculat
ing schemes of the ring proving equally
disastrous, the treasury was depleted of
cash and members had te take their war
rants and go home without getting thein
cashed. Many were sold at discount, aud
the public school warrants all ever the
state were begging for purchasers at a
discount, a fact that was notorious every
where and caused our school beards im
mense embarrassment
This deficit continued, aud when But
ler came into office the drafts en the peo
ple's cash made by the speculations of
Walters, the Democratic clerk, and his
Republican partners, Henry M. Ileyt and
Matt Quay, amounted te au enormous
sum. Butler hesitated te take the office
when cash was represented by compara
tively worthless due bills, and there was
considerable delay in the trausfer. At
length Cameren came forward and guar
anteed the amount, and it is sup
posed Henry W. Oliver assumed part
of the responsibility awl subse
quently demanded his reward. Noyes
soed died it is supposed worried te death
ever the irregularity and his losses. But
ler has hitherto disregarded the plain
mandate of the constitution, the law and
his official oath regarding these statements,
aud it is fair te infer that he has some
strong reason for his se doing. Wolfe said
he made no charge against Butler's integ
rity, but could net understand why he did
net obey the law. That there aie reasons
for his action may be inferred from the
fact that en August 1, 1881. the statement
filed in the auditor general's office shows
that there were at that time deposited iu
the People's bauk, of Philadelphia, $1(50,
000. He read the list of stockholders .of
the People's bauk.
Ou the same date the treasury had en
deposit with the Allegheny national bauk
$100,000. The cashier is McCandles,
Chris. Magee'.s right-hand man in Pitts
burgh. It leeks as if Chris. Magce and
net Butler was treasurer when we knew
that Chief Cierk Levisee, of the treasury,
was named at Magce's dictation. The
statement which should have been filed in
the auditor general's office September 1
was net filed up te the tenth or twelfth,
and these may be some of the reasons why
the statements are net aud have net been
published in two Harrisburg papers, as
required by law. Th 3 People's bank, said
Wolfe, is properly ealled the People's
bauk because the money of the people of
Pennsylvania is deposited there aud the
politicians grew rich off its dividends.
AXOTIlKlC WATERLOO HlUtO CONK.
Dead at the Age ut One Hundred and Five
Years.
Terente Mail.
It is saddening te hear from time te time
that another of the liuks which connected
us with that period in the history of Great
Britain when she battled successfully for
supremacy en laud and sea has been
broken. Majer Recan. a veteran of the
Peninsular war and Waterloo, died re
cently at the little village of Gilferd,
county of Simcoe, having reached the ripe
old age of 103 years.Majer Timethy Renau
served his majesty King Geerge HI. in the
Forty-seventh infantry regiment, the same
corps which lay in Terente at the time et the
Fenian raid iu 1860. Most of his military
life was passed iu active service, for he
was engaged in most of the sanguinary
battles fought between the French and
British in Spaiu duriug the years 180D and
1811, and was privileged te take part iu
closing engagement at Waterloo. Al
though it was Majer Renan's geed fertune
te die full of years, surrounded by the
comforts which his own exertions had
wen for him, he did net cscape unscathed
from all the battlefields en which his
courage aud devotion te country had been
tried. He was shot iu the groin at
the sicge of Badajos, aud carried the
bullet in his body up te the time of his
death. Agaiu at Wateiloe he was severely
weuuded. During the terrific charges
which the French cavalry made en the
British squares at the former engagement
he was singled out for personal combat by
an officer iu the enemy's squadrons. The
Frenchman charged furiously up8n him,
and with a single sweep of his sabre sever
ed the bridle lines of Renau's horse, with
the object of having its rider at his mercy.
But while Monsieur was se engaged his
intended victim ran a sword through his
body. But Renan had, by the cutting of
the bridle lines, lest control of hi3 horse,
and another Frenchman endeavored te take
advantage of his predicament by also
charging upon him. The British officer
however, adroitly fell ever his horse, and
slipping under the animal's body managed
te catch the second Frenchman in the nick
of time, and by an upward sweep of his
sword nearly decapitated him. But feats
of strength and daring accomplished by
Reman en the eventful day would fill
pages He was severely wounded toward
the close of the battle. Shortly before
Bluchcr's arrival was announced a shell
burst immediately ever him, and a frag
ment fractured his skull. He was carried
te the rear, aud in the hospital the wound
was silver trepanned. lie were the plate
te the end of his life:
Renan came te this country before the
rebellion of 1837-08, and took an active
part in its suppression.
MB. BAYARD'S SPEECII.
IVhat lie ald en Assuming the Senate
Gavel.
When Mr. Bayard's election as presi
dent pre tern, of the Senate was announced
the presidentelect rose from his seat
and came forward with dignified
demeanor. The only real sensations of the
three hours were a round of applause
from the gallery when Mr. Beck alluded
te the two foolish New Yerk senators,
whesj comic tragedy had brought such
results, and the refusal of David Davis te
vote en the final ballet, which elected
Bayard. There was no demonstration
made after Bayard's speech, which was
read from manuscript. It was as fol fel
lows :
"Senators : I fully appreciate the honeji
j;uu uueu iiiu ey me uAiircssiuu ei your
confidence, and in assuming the duties of
president pre tern, of the Senate in obedi
ence te the. law and in accordance with the
rules of this body aud the vote of the ma
jority, I should have greater misgiving of
fulfilling acceptably the requirements of
the pest were ft net for the assurance that
se long as I shall continue te exercise its
duties I shall receive your co-operation and
friendly aid, which I new earnestly and
confidently invoke at your hands. We are
all painfully mindful of the unusual cir
cumstances under which we meet and of
the national bereavement which has caused
this special session of the Senate. May it
net be hoped that, touched by a sense of
common sorrow and chastened by a grief
that penetrates every household in our
great family of states, our proceedings may
be marked by a spirit of concession and
harmony and generous consideration for
mutual differences of opinion and softening
of partisan asperities and a high intent te
perform e ir duties in a manner responsive
te the demands of the occasion aud the
best interests of our common country?
With such hopes and in such a spirit I new
assume and shall endeavor te perform the
duties of the high position te which your
favor has assigned me."
THE SWISS DIS.lSTKK
An Appeal ter Help.
Philadelphia, Oct. 8, 1SS1.
Editors or the Lancaster IxrELLiGENCEa:
Dear Sirs : The receut calamity, a
mountain-slide of the most disastrous re
sults, in the canton efGlarus, Switzer
land, following right after a series of de
structive hailstorms awl inundations,
invelviug only iu the cantons of Zuerieh
and Thurgau losses of millions of francs,
has caused the authorities in Switzerland
te invite the Swiss consuls abroad te raise
collections among the well-situated resi
dents iu ether countries, as the resources
at home, official and private, have already
been taxed te their utmost by the former
events.
As it is essential te that end te briug
the dreadful catastrophe, as far as possible
te the knowledge of the public generally,
I would be greatly obliged te you for giv
ing in your estimable paper a description,
at least in extract, of the event.
Cracks in the ground, of a dangerous
character, had been observed en the 9th,
two days before the catastrophe. A num
ber of woodcutters employed en the spot
were prohibited te continue in their work,
as also the laborers, 80 te 100, in the slate
quarry. The people around were warned
of the danger, but as the cracks appeared
te be only en the surface, nobody thought
of the possibility of se near and dreadful
a calamity. On the next day small
quantities of gravel and earth came
down, and ou Sunday, the 11th, at 4J
p. m., a.large slide behind the slate quarry
went down, destroying a slate magazine
aud a stable. It was net until then that
the inhabitants of the place were alarmed
and began te fly. A quarter of an hour
later the whole mountain side, amidst a
fearful rear, tumbled down.envelepingtho
whele neighborhood in thick clouds of
dust and transforming the greater part of
the valley into ene huge mass of ruins.
The height of the fall from the
place, where the greuw began te move te
the valley, is said te be 1,500 te 2,000 feet.
The debris covered up the valley in
that part te a depth of from 30 te
100 feet. Houses, bridges, trees
and fields had totally disappeared, as also
the read and the telegraph lines. The
river Scruf, flowing before the fall through
the middle of the valley, was thrown te
the western bauk of the same and formed
a lake in the village. Under the debris
whole families, one of seven, another of
eight souls, found their unexpected graves.
A baptismal party of 12 persons had just
placed the mother and the baptized child
outside the house for safety, when the
whele structure broke down upon them.
The bodies found were dreadfully muti
lated and mostly uuiccegnizablc. It is said
that one family of three persons, father,
mother aud daughter, have baeu rescued
alive, having been se .situated that their
cries for help from below the debris could
be heard. It is feared that ether slides
must fellow, which will destroy the small
rest of the village which had escaped the
first time. The population has lied.
Very respectfully, yours,
R. Keraui,
Swiss Censul.
rASIC IX A CIUAK FACTORY
Twe Uuudrsd Men and 'Women Driven
Frantic by the Flames.
A fearful panic was caused in Carl Up
matin's cicar factory, iu East Seventeenth
street, New Yerk, en Monday, by a lire
which broke out in the engine room, en
the ground fleer. Twe hundred men and
woman aud girls are employed iu the up
per stories, aud before the alarm could be
spread through the building the flames
had pcssDssien of the lower fleer and
rapidly mounted upward. A sceue of
frantic excitement aud terror followed.
Women shrieked and fell fainting at the
benches and meu ran wildly
about. The majority ei the meu
were en the second and third floors
and the packers nearly all young
girls were en the fourth and fifth. These
latter made a rush for the fire-escapa, but
found that their exit this way was cut off
by tue flames. Ae chance ettered them
for cscape by the stairway, but eventually
they ail get out the scuttle en the reef of
the hair factory adjacent, the last one
reaching the reef just as the flames rose
above the deemed budding.. The work
men ou the .lower floors were marshaled
with net a little difficulty and let) down
stairs te the street by their superintendents
force being required te prevent disaster.
The employees lest all their tools and
whatever property they had in the build
beyond what clothes they were. Twe
minutes from the first warning the entire
building was wrapped in flames. Three
alarms brought the firemen for a mile
around but they could net prevent the cn cn
tire destruction of the .factory. Mr. Up
mann estimates his less at $75,000, upon
which there is insuraacc amounting te
about $55,000, in about fifteen companies,
mostly domestic. The building was the
property of Mr. Mclleu, of Mellen fc Ce.,
and was damaged te the amount of $25,
000, fully insured.
Vanderbllt'rf Stables in Flumes.
A fire broke out en Monday night in
the Fourth Avenue car stables, New Yerk,
owned by Wm. II. Vauderbilt. The flames
spread rapidly, owing te the strong wind
that was blowing, and the building was
seen enveloped. The stables occupied an
entire block. They were entirely con
sumed. A number of horses perished in
the flames. The estimated less en the
stables and contents was given as $200,000
The flames set tire te McrrelPs large fur
niture storage building en Thirty-second
street, which was entirely burned down.
This building occupied the middle of the
block en the south side of Thirty-second
street. The less en the building and its
contents is estimated at $2,000,000. Seme
of the finest furniture in the city was
stored here and it was destroyed. Among
the articles stored and destroyed was a
picture owned by William 11. Vanderhilt,
valued at $30,000. .
llalliuiere'H Oriele" FestH'al.
The three days' festival iu Baltimore
began yesterday. Along the principal
streets many buildings were decorated
with French, German, English, Irish and
United States flags aud colors, and with
the colere of Lord Baltimore. The events
of the day were a civic and military par
ado and the turning en by Mayer Latrobe,
iu Monument square, of the new water
supply of the city from Gunpowder river.
Te-night there will be a precession of the
" Mystic Pageant," and an illumination
by electric lights. The French visitors
arrived in Baltimore last night.
An unknown man, aged 65 or 70 years,
and apparently a laborer, was struck by a
train of cars en the canal bridge, near
Reckville, above narrisburg, and almost
instantly killed.
STATE ITEMS.
Charles 3. Wolfe had a big meeting in
Bradford last night.
Jehn A. Weir, aged 80, prominent in
geed works, has just died in Harrisburg.
The Wilkesbarre Secord, under' Dr.
Bradley's enterprising management, takes
no step backward, and has just been com
pelled te enlarge te accommodate its press
of advertising patronage.
Geerge D. Herbert, of Sharen, form
erly of the Patriot and recently managing
editor of the Pittsburgh Dispatch, is new
connected with the editorial staff of the
Philadelphia Times. He is alert and well
acquainted with state polities.
Jesse B. Davis, Neah D. Frank and
Ames D. Mesor, commissioners of Mont
gomery county, have been arrested for
creating aud maintaining a nuisance in
turniug the prison sewerage into Saw-mill
run.
Fires were lighted in the Le Moyne fur
nace, at Washington yesterday,, te cre
mate the body et a seldeir named Moere,
who died in Pittsburgh en Friday, but the
parents of deceased arrived in time te pre
vent it.
The Lebanon judicial ceufcrees met yes
terday at 10 o'clock, the Dauphin con
ferees net being present. After a little
discussion a ballet was taken with the re
sult of giving Cyrus P. Miller three votes.
Mr. Miller was then declared the Republi
can nominee of the XII. judicial district.
It is new announced that the death of
Garfield awl the retirement of Attorney
General MacVeagh will be followed by
the rejection of Mr. Thompson for col
lector of the pert of Philadelphia, and the
nomination of Majer E. II. Nevin, of the
Evening JVeics, who had the united recom
mendation of Senators Cameren aud
Mitchell before.
The employees of Themas Grady's Clif Clif
eon dyeing works, at Cliften, Delaware
county had resumed work as usual at one
o'clock yesterday afternoon and the little
village was dull and quiet, when the boiler
in the establishment: suddenly exploded
with terrific ferce, leveling the factory,
killing ene mau outright awl fatally in
juring two ether, with a number of miner
casualties.
Clarence D. Ritncr, eldest seu of Jeseph
Ritner. of Meehaniesburg, while returning
from Harrisburg was attacked with a semi
epileptic fit, while the train was speeding
iute town at the rate of twenty-five miles
an hour, aud unconsciously walked off the
cars, falling violently en the stene ballast,
and was thrown fifteen feet from where he
first struck the stones. He sustained a
serious scalp wound, a deep cut above and
below the left eye, and the left side of his
body was rendered powerless.
In 1877 the Philadelphia & Reading
aud the Lehigh Valley railroad companies
d cided te dispense with the men who
were employed te wipe oft' their engines.
The Reading painted many of its engines
a very dark brown color that time might
net be employed iu burnishing the brass
work. Iustcad of saving $00,000 in wages
the new move led te such injury of the
machinery as made the less amount te
mero than $00,000, and the wipers have
new been employed again.
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Organization of me Senate.
X. Y. Herald Editorial.
With proper dispatch the United States
Senate yesterday elected Mr. Bayard, of
Delaware, president of the Senate pre tern
awl thus performed the imperative duty of
destguatiug a citizen te be next m the order
of succession te the present ecenpant of the
executive office. It is perhaps the remotest
conceivable ceutingancy that is contem
plated in this prececdiug, but the law re
quires that the constitutional machinery
shall be prepared for even rcmote contin
gencies, and the majority of the Senate
had no option. There was no course open
te them but the ene pursued, for if it
had been conceded that the Senate should
admit before the choice of a president pre
tern, the leccntly elected senators, the cre
dentials of at least two of them would
have been objected te and they would have
been excluded for another reason than the
ene aeted upon. Mr. Edmunds urged the
admission of the new senators, but prac
tically admitted that there was no argu
ment in their favor. He called the vacant
position " a prize wen in the lottery of as
sassination," aud when a gentleman rests
his case in any degree whatever upon lan
guage el mat sort he seems te admit that
lie has noreasens,gooil, bad or indifferent,
te present. Hew the choice of a president
pre tan. was related te the assassination
of Mr. Garfield no rational person cau see,
for though that tragedy caused the Senate
te meet earlier than usual this election
would have been its iirst duty at whatever
t ime it might ceme together. Mr. Bayard's
words upon taking his scat arc in admir
able contrast with the tone of the Repub
lican champion.
IRISH RIOTS.
Fatal I'.'iicuuntcr Itetivcen the I'oiice and
i'eeple at Hallyraggct.
There was a riot Sunday night at Baliy
ragget, county Kilkenny, which proves
te have been a mere formidable affair than
was at first supposed. Shortly after the
laud meeting a detachment of poiice' were
inarching te the railway station. They
were followed by a large and hooting crowd.
Near the station stones were tiirewu
and the police turned en the peo
ple aud charged with bayonets. A man
named Mansfield was fatally stabbed and
fifteen ether persons were seriously wound -cd.
Otic mau has since died. The people
were infuriated at the sight of se many
weuuded and were about te threw them
selves upon the constabulary, but were re
strained the priests. The rioting con
tinued all day. Twe hundred awl fifty
extra poiice have been dispatched te the
sceue. There are disquieting reports from
every quarter.
The residcuce of Mr. Rebert Spaight, J
P., was attacked en Friday evening by an
armed party. Shots were fired into it. Mr.
Spaight was going into his bedroom when a
bullet grazed his head and ledged in the
wall. Mr. Spaight being a popular man,
the only cause of the attack assignable is
his refusal te quit patronizing a Bojcettcd
butcher. Anether bold outrage occurred
near Enuis Monday meaning. The herds
mcu of James Lynch were storing hay
when a regular fusiladc was epsucd en
them from an adjacent hillside. The
bullets failed te take effect, but the terri
fied herdsmen fled into Ennis. Poiice
scoured the country seen after, but found
nobody.
A serious collision occurred betweeutlic
police and the people at the village of
At henry, Sunday, in which sevcre in
juries were sustained en both sides. One
man lest an eye through a bayeuet thrust.
Five persons were arrested and taken te
Galwav.
LA.TEST NEWS BY MAIL.
The steam flouring mills at Ricliville,
N. Y , were destroyed by lire en Sunday
night. Less, $21,000 ; insured for $5,700.
The cabinet as new slated, is as follews:
Ex-Senater Frelinghuyscn for secretary of
state, ex-Senater Howe for secretary of
the interior, Chief Justice- Felger for sec -rctaiy
of the treasury, ex-Senater Sargent
for postmaster general, ex-Governer Rice
for secretary of the navy, Secretary Lin
coln ler secretary of war and Benjamin
Harris Brewster for attorney general.
The New Yerk Democracy, who meet in
state convention at Albany te-day arc split
up iute three factions, each of which will
claim the admission of its separate dele
gation te the state convention. They have
the county Democracy with Congressman
Hewitt and Gen. Sickles among the Iead Iead
ers ; Tammany Hall led by Kelly and
Schell, and Irving Hall under the leader
ship of Ben Weed.
The French and German guests of the
United States are expected te arrive in
Washington, en route for Yorktown. ou
Thursday, the 13th inst. They will be
escorted te quarters at the Arlington hotel
and will be formally received in the rotun
da of the capitol the next day. In the
evening Pennsylvania avenue will be il
luminated by electrie lights, and there
will be a display of fireworks. Oa Satur
day there will be an excursion te Mount
Vernen, and iu the evening a reception at
Secretary lilaiw's. On Sunday the guest
will leave for Yorktown.
Ki:ilii .Monks Murdered.
A shocking murder, says the St. James
Gazette, was committed a fortnight age
at a monastery near the forest of Vronyo Vrenyo Vronye
Selo, in Hungary. This menastery.which
was inhabited by eight monks who were
believed te be very wealthy, was attacked
by a band of brigands, but an alarm hav
ing been given, a body of soldiers came te
the rescue. The brigands rnili:iverpl tn
barricade themselves in the monastery aud
exchanged .several shots with the soldiers,
who were mere than an hour before they
could force au entrance. When they did
get in they found the monks lying gagged
ou the fleer, but could liud no trace of the
brigands. Alter the monks had been
set at libcity they informed their deliver
ers that the brigands had escaped by au
underground passage leading from the
cellar into the forest. The soldiers at once
searched for the passage, while the monks
went off te the chapel te give thanks for
their delivery. The soldiers, having ex
plored the cellar and having failed te find
the deer of the passage, came back te ask
one of the monks te act as their guide; but
they were nowhere te be seen. Iu the course
of furthnr investigations, however, they
found the dead bodies of the eight monks
in a small room, and the mystery was then
solved. The brigands, seeing that they
could net escape, had murdered the monks
awl hidden their bodies in this room, hav
ing first stripped them of their clothes aud
put them en themselves. They then
gagged one auethcr te deceive the soldiers,
and while the latter were searching in the
cedar had made off te their fastnesses in
the forest.
l.iiv.- Temperature and Lew Sp!rii.
About this time leek out for people with
solemn faces ami low spirits. They de net
knew what is the matter with them ; they
have been praying for cool weather awl
their prayers have been answered ; yet
they are net happy. They were geiug te
enjoy everything hugely as seen as they
could step perspiti'ig profusely ; new their
perspiration has been checked, but se has,
their enjoyment, exc.ipt iu falling asleep.
These of them wh' are religious consult
their pastors, theso who drink consult the
barkeepei, but none seem te have sense
enough te consult the family doctor.
When the mercury tumbles thirty or forty
degrees in three or four hours it is impos
sible for any physique te endure the
change without a shock serious enough
te be deprcssirg A sudden change of
temperature .-.I.euld impel very one te
bathe thoroughly, make an immediate
and appropriate change of clothing, cat
proper feed, drink nothing stronger than
water and h". ci-it.iin that the entire ma
chinery of digestion is in perfect working
order. If thesis joccautiensarc neglected,
as usually they aie, the proper thing te de
is te consult a physician, for checked pers
piration and :t congested liver, with its
numerous supplementary annoyances, arc
almost iwvitable. Snubbing one's wife,
teelding the children, quarreling with
friends, swearing at politicians, peuriug in
rum aud frequenting church meetings may,
each or all, afford temporary relief ; but
they de net remove the cause of the trouble
for this came honestly enough as a penalty
of natural laws disobeyed, and it can be
removed only by full coinpliauce with these
laws.
L0CA.. INTELLIGENCE
Cii ut or Comineu l'leus.
Yesterday afternoon there were no eases
ready for tu.il, and court adjourned until
this morning. But one court was held,
owing te thi- absence of Judge Patterson,
who is iu Philadelphia as a witness iu a
case being tiicd there.
James Yecuiii fc Sen vs. Adam Keener.
Judgement entered for plaintiff iu the
sumefSJJOO
llniuv !t ni :';uhicr, Themas liaum
g:mlncr,jJV. jjii;aumgarduerand Edwin
Ebcrma'iit ' .in... as Haumganlnur, Ebcr
maa & Ce . v's. S trail Stanten, owner &c,
and Harry If. ilubei', contractor. In this
cas-c the de'eu-e amended their plea and
the plain: iu', suffered a nun suit.
.Mary M. I vs. Jehn Smith, jr., action
te recevc, w.ige.s. The plaint ill" and de
fendant b i reside at Bainbridgc aud the
former wei !;'d for the latter for six years
prier te 1S80. All the pay she ever re
ceived wa- 50 cents iu money and a small
lead of w id. She claim1? that she did
nearly all :'ie work for the defendant, who
resided en a farm and kept a number of
cows, which .che was obliged te milk, be
sides boiling apple butter and doing ether
hard work.
The defi'i! that there was no con
tract bef.wi'i' i t!: ' trties, and defendant
never asked Se: ;.: ler her sui vices until
after sh; h id It it de'eudant's employ. He
claims that h- iu; her nothing, as he
fully compounded her for her services by
giviug he:- iiienry, feed, &c. On trial.
Feul I'My Suspected.
Abraham Ehrgood, a saloon-keeper of
Reading, mysteriously disappeared en
Tuesday of last week, since which time
nothing is known of his whereabouts.
Hfs wife claims that he has been foully
dealt with, as he was known te have a
large sum with him when he left. She
says they lived happily together until a
short time since, when a German tramp
made his appearance at the saioeu. Since
that time matters have gene wrong. She
sold a small property belonging te herself
aud gave the proceeds te her husband.
This and ether money, amounting te about
eleven hundred, Ehrgood h id with him
when he left. Mrs. Ehrgood says that
her husband has been enticed away by
the tramp, who was also absent for
several days, but returned. When
asked where he had been and if he
knew where Ehrgood was he replied that
he had been te New Yerk, but knew
nothing as te the whereabouts of the lat
ter. The matter is being investi'ated.
Michigan Aid.
The following additional contributions
are acknowledged by the mayor : .
Mis Uettie Bear $5 ; Cash 81; Stras
burg Friends, per D. K. Land is SIT ; Mis.
K. by Dr. M. $10.
Clothing, hats, bonnets, &c, have been
contributed by Mrs. S. T. DavN, Mis
A melia Kauffman, Mrs. Hcttie Baer and
Mrs. Jehn Hertzlcr.
f .itimster fnnfrilint.ed ever 2. 000 in aid
of the yellow fever sufferers at Memphis;
ij.JjiiUJ lortnesuiierersei ine .union nrc,
ai:d ought te contribute mero for the
helpless sufferers of Michigan.
Itlus Broken.
Willie Fritch, a son of Charles Fritch,
rcsid'uiL' at Ne. 544 St. Jescnh strent while
playing yesterday near his residence, was
run ever uy a raiuer ucavny leaded wagon
and had two of hih-iba lrar-turfd !r
S. II. Foreman rendered the needed sur
gical aid, and the boy is getting along
well.
.Spuciill Meeting or the Scheel Heard.
A special meeting of the beard of direc
tors of the Laucaster city school district
will be held in common council chamber,
te-morrow evening; at 7 o'clock, te take
action en the death of David Hartman,
one of the eldest members of the beard.
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