fyH-nHH .r Fff.r LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCE!, FRIDAY, NOYEMBER 18, 1881. -"T'Tflfy Hancaster I-ntcllifirnccr. FRIDAY EVENING, NOV. 18, 1881. MacVcagh's Resignation. Ami they new say that Mr. Mac Veagli's resignation as attorney general has net been accepted by the president. Nevertheless Mr. MacVeagh has vacated the office and the solicitor general has tteen assigned te perform its duties. It is hardly supposable that the president denies the power of an attorney general te resign his office, although the story we new have runs that Supreme Court Bradley once upen a time decided that a cabinet officer's resignation did net re lies him of his place until it was ac cepted. It would net be safe te deny that Supreme Court Bradley had made such a decision because there is no know ing what that judge will de under pres sure, since lie made a decision en the electoral commission which he was per Mi.ided te unset next morning. Still it is se manifestly silly te undertake te held a man in an office that he will net hae that it does net seem likely that 2.1r. Aithur 1 cully thinks that he can retain Mr. MacVeagh against his will. If lie had the power, it would be a case of leading a hei.se te water te make him drink. It may be plausibly argued that when a man accepts an office he un dei takes te keep it for its term ; an ar gument which would prevent any man who is elected te office by the people from surrendering his place without previeir.lv obtaining the people's per mission. A cabinet officer who is chosen for no freed term, would be less lightly bound te .stay in it beyond his pleasure. The common sense of people tells them that there is no real soundness in any such i cisitieii. Tt cmnet be admitted that the public interests will suffer by the resignation of any official ; there are tee many men at hand te take his place. If thcie is a lesignatien of any official that ought te be promptly accepted by the piesiilent it would seem te be that of a member f his cabinet, whom he is in confidential relations with and ought te legaid with perfect trust and cenfidenee. It is notorious that no such feeling as this exists between Mr. Aithur and Mr. MacVeagh ; and Mr. MacVeagh would have been re moved I ! 0111I1H place but for the fact that the president desiies his services until the prosecutions of the star route people aie done with. His ostensible reason is that they will be likely te be meie.snceesslnlly piesecuted under the elhYci who initiated them. His real reason is te relieve himself from respon sibility for lliein. The thiee able law yeis who were placed in charge of these cases by Mr. MacVeagh .still remain te prosecute them, and se far us the attoi attei neys" services go, the prosecutions are in as geed .shape as ever. It is certainly very unseemly in the piesident te refuse te pat t with an attorney general who spuins the office and him. Whether Mr. MacVeagh is light or wrong in per emptory resigning. Mr. Arthur is cer tainly wieiig in declining te leceive his resignation. It i se hilly that we can iMldly think it possible; yet the fuiluie te make an appointment of an attorney general gives color te the .story. The Giiifeau Trial. The conduct of Guiteau cannot but impress eveiyene with the idea that theie is something wanting in the ad -ministiatien of c-iiminal justice whcie uiiaeiindiie.-.; of mind constitutes the prisoners defense. This court loom bids fair te deg"iieiate into the style of a eiicusaiena if the prisoner is permit ted te leniain in it and exhibit his noisy refiaetei ir.es-. And yet he cannot piop piep erly be excluded. Theie seems te be no way open te a-.eid his interruptions and his levilingsef his counsel and everyone te whom he takes exception. As we have befeie said, the position he takes that he is entitled te ba lepresented in the trial by himscll, or by counsel of his own selection, is a. sound one and he can only be denied en tne gieund of his in sanity; but this is the eiy question which l.sen tiial. Tt would seem te be better wheie the defense is insanity that this issue should be tned bofeiu the prisoner is auaigned befeie a jiuy for his offence. The soundness of a man's mind is a veiy diffeieut question fiem that us te whetliei the unlawful act was perpe trated by him ; and if this matter was first considered it could be determined with much in r satisfaction and cer tainty than if it was complicated with the consideration of ether questions de termining the prisoners guilt. It seems te be an inquiiy mere prepeily ler the com t than for a jiuy ; however it is de tei mined it does net, or should net. set the prisoner free : in one case he gees te an insane asylum, and in the ether te a jail or the scaffold. Ne one will doubt that Guiteau, whether sane ei insane, is an unsafe man te be at large. The piotectien of society demands the confinement of this class of persons ; and one great defect in the sys tem of government is in the fact that se many of them aie permitted te run at large. Unless they commit some crime, justice does net regard them ; whereas we all knew of persons, dangerous by reason of their manifest unsoundness of mind, who should be confined for the pub lic safety. It is a question indeed whether most criminals are net of unsound mind and whether they should net be con fined for that lcasen rather than in pun ishment for their crimes. Ceitainlymany convicts aie of this kind. Scientific in vestigation into the mental state of jail inmates would certainly show very ulany of dierleied intellect, hovering about that uncertain line which determines responsibility for crime. Guiteau's de rangement is of this class. Ne one wili question his infirmity of intellect; but the query is whether it is such as te make him irresponsible for his acts. The doubt being accorded in his favor, he should be held in confinement ; but in an asylum from which escape is as difficult as from a jail. The prejudice against the plea of insanity arises largely from the fact that the acquitted law weaker se often is again let loose upon eVt',e:ninunity by aii escape through a - certificate, bought with a fee, of his recovery. Such things should net be. Lawyer Sceville astonished Mr. Blaine with his very pertinent questions about the row in the Republican party which excited Guiteau te his bloody deed. Mr. Blaine undertook te wriggle. He had te face the music ; and the final brief answers and questions in his cross cress examination photograph Garfield as the victim of the quarrel between ths Half-breeds and Stalwarts. The quarrel excited and embittered the adherents of each side ; and disturbed one mind se much as te impel it te murder. The Shippensburg Chronicle wants the Democratic party in this state de livered from its " bosses." If the Cln o, e, klc would specify just who an- the " bosses" of the Democratic paity of Pennsylvania, they would need only be pointed out te be sat down upon. Our observation is that of late the paity has made up its mind te get rid of any pre tenders te besship, and is in just the frame of mind te tolerate no bossing. The simple confidence of the Ken tucky Republicans who recommend can didates for appointment te office en the ground that their brothers voted for Grant at Chicago, is absolutely dimm ing. We can imagine Senater Kauff man an applicant for the local revenue col cel col lectership en this bread patriotic issue. Ir will be a Stalwart administration. And you will have no chance te toilet it. Tin: Bosten politicians have just learned the old trick of mbbing paity tickets with tallow se that sticken. will net stick. Innocent Bosten ! Adams county takes the cake in the graveyard insurance business. People ever there aie net allowed te die in peace until the policies en them mount up te a million. Cenner vi ion of the sexes is such a raaikcd success in Hanover college, In diana, that nearly every giil thcie is finding a husband 'within the lines" as the Republican reformers say. Tin: pressure en our adveitising col umns compels a slight change of make-up. Our usual budget efe.cncial news will be found en the first page of te day's ITni ITni i.ienxrKK. The Philadelphia Keening Tdegmpfi, Ind. Rep., which knows a Reformer when it sees him, holds its nose at the spectacle of Cengiessman Bayne posing in that at titude. Tt. rates him as " half baked, " since until within a veiy recent pciied this new raging anti-Cameion wairier was one of the ti listed local leadcis of the scn scn ateiial '-Bess." All hisinteiests, peisenal legal, political and social, weic bound up in the success of Canierenism and the Camcienian methods. He is only playing the hailequin new, because his defeat for re-elcctieu has been agreed upon by the Camcien clique in icturn for his zeal in having undei taken te set up for himself. AiterT the sickliest " comptemi-e ' ticket yet piopescd for the Republicans next j car is: Governer, Gen. .lames A. Beaver, of Centre ; lieutenant governor, Hen. W. T. Davics, of Biadfeid ; judge of the supieme court, lien. Geei go Lear, of Bucks ; sccietaiy of internal alfaiis, Hen. Jehn M. Girer, of Butler. A West Chestci paper prints it " simply a. a mat ter of news." "This, it is said, would be a fair mingling of both elements of the paity Beaver and Gieer being StaUv.nts, aud Davics and Lear Independents." Quay is evidently net the jekingest joker of his paity. Give the cap and bells te the man who would i tin Limi and Davies as Independents. Tun Philadelphia Tunes is attei the scalp or the "juiy-fixev." and puts up standing lcwaids of $2,750, epsn rntil January 1, 1S33 $1,000 for the fust de tection aud conviction of a "jury-fixer" in Philadelphia, and anyone convicted of cei rupting, or attempting te ceuupt, a jut or or jurors hi any case, will be icgaidcd as a " juiy fixer ;" $300 for the second con victieu of a "juiy-fixcr ;" $-30 let the thiid conviction of a "jury-fixer ;" sjlOO each for the conviction of the next ten "juiy-fixeis." If the offence is as fie qucut and the eiVcndcis as cemnuu as the Tunes dcclaics, as the lawycis com plain and the public believe, somebody ought te seen earn some of these hbcial lewa'ids. The judges might luin an honest penny that way, and the distnct attorney. Cenwdkkvum-: gratuitous atheitising has been seemed by that Chicago school fiem which a young girl, " brain-weary, homesick and deliiieus," wandcied out into the daikncss the ether night, te be cut te pieces under the remerelcss wheels of a railroad train. A contemperaiy ob serves that her delicate strung net ves had been strained beyond enduiancc thieugh the enforced application of the tuitiens and iniquitous system of feiciug which prevails in tee many educational institu tions that seek te compass within a few years the whole range of modern knowl edge. Her cruel fate stands out conspic uously solely en account of the tragic manner of her death. Had she i cached the home her broken and fcvciish spiiit was longing for, taken te her bed with brain fever and died, the fact would never have been known outside a veiy limited and sorrowing circle. The minister would have been touchingly eloquent with his stereotyped pluascs about " the (lower cut off while yet blooming," the " myste myste rieus dispensation of Providence," etc., etc. ; but never a word would have been said about the teal cause of sudden illness and premature death. The untimely tak ing off of this young lady should sei vc te direct, with emphatic earnestness, the at tention of parents aud educators te the monstrous evils resulting from the present methods of popular education. It is no longer the old, safe and sensible rule : " Net hew much, but hew well ;" the in exorable demand of the instructor is : " Net quality but quantity ; you must cram the full curriculum aud within a given time, or be disgraced before your fellows, your friends and the public." A census of the victims of this murdeieus system would startle the civilized world. PERSONAL. Yestei day morning Rev. E. MlisTek, pastor of St. Stephen's Evangelical Luth erau church, was "surprised" hy the mem bers of his congregation, as an expression of their appreciation of his labors. The pastor received some timely, substantial and valuable gifts for household use and a sum of money. One of the petifeieus "Southern Repub licaus " called en the president te urge the retention of Secretary Hunt in tuc cabinet. He was net very much gratified with liis reception. The president said, "Yeu arc undertaking te piescribe a member of my cabinet for me, but I de net thick I can take prescriptions of that kind." The president further intimated quite plainly that he did net desire any volunteer advice en the subject of his cabinet ; that these whose opinions he de sired would be asked te give them. Twe car leads of Cincinnati excuisiou excuisieu ists for the great cotton exposition took with them as a tnbute te Atlanta a floral ship, a fac-siraile of the City of Richmond, of the Iumau line. It is full-rigged and is fifteen feet long. The hull is of white chrysanthemums, the rigging poles of smilax ; the hatches are orange chrysan themums ; the smoke-stacks red cat na tions ; the life berts led geraniums, and the anchor is of purple immeitellcs. The deck is ornamented with a sprinkling of cabas, aud the vessel sits en a sea formed of calla leaves. Anether piece eight feet high icprescntr, the celebrated Arch of Triumph at Paris. The two pieces cost $."300. Anether reason ie developed for Aitluu's alleged resentment at MacYkveu. It is understood that after the sheeting of Piesident Gai field the attorney general was persuaded into the belief that Guitcau's act was the lesult of a censpiiacy, and that there were several paitics te it. He instituted an investigation through the regular detectives of the ' department of justice and etLcrs specially employed, and a large portion of the contingent fund of the department was squandered te work out tins theory Friends of the president intimate that the investigation was con ducted en the idea that Guiteau had ac complices or sympathizers personally intcicstcd in a change pf administration and veiy close te these new in power. A coricspendcnt who visited the loyal palace at Turin, with its thrce bundled rooms, aud went through seventy which form the special apaitments of the king and queen, wi ites : ' Blue is Queen M.n gueuit.v's favorite colei which becomes her complexion and her bed chamber is furnished in blue blue silk hangings en the wa'ls, nigs of blue and geld en a fleer of inlaid fiagi ant weeds, a golden bed stead with a heavy canopy of blue damask and a sptead of thread lace lined with blue satin, a blue velvet stand, blue sofa, and pretty blue footstools covered with satin damask, and even a water color painting of heiself in an elegant blue frame. The bedioem of King Humuert, net one of the same Ftiit, but opening into it thieugh a small private deer, is luxuriously fur nished iii geld and brown. There is no closet or wardrobe in cither room ; but that is net sui prising, feri have net jet seen a closet in any bedroom in Euieiic. Eveiy loom is furnished with a hat rack." When Ptti sang for the Michigan suf fered in New Yeik the ether night, the chairman of the association under the auspices of which she appeared. Gr.onen W. Svxnnns, insisted upon annoying her by making a feel of himself. After get ting his committeemen te bob up and down every time she came or went, San ders inflicted a long and dull speech en the disgusted audience. At one point he went feiward, caitying in one hand a large gtecn wreath, decorated withstieam withstieam eisefrcd, white and blue, and in the ether a silk flag. Approaching Mine. Patti, and disiegaidiug the hisses, laughtci aud jeers of the audience, he paid: "lam new called upon te add one one meic te the many lauicls yen have wen, and with this wreath, in the name of his honor the mayor, te ciewn you empt ess of song of both continents. " This speech ended. Mr. Sanders eudcaveted te put the wieath ever Mmc. P.itt's head. By a very nat ural impulse, for the wieath was of over ever whelming piopeitious, she avoided him. lie peisistcd, the audience tepcating and ledeubling its laughter and hisses. At last te escape, .Mine. Patti daitcd off the stage. Mr. Sandeis staited off in hasty pur-ant, with the stieamcts of his gaily gaily deceiated wieath flying in the air. Mayer Gtnce seized Sautters frantically by the coat and tried te held him fast, but he bieke away and disappeaicd suddenly, le the incxpicssiblc disgust of the audience. When Mr. Sanders teappeaied, there weic mere hisses all ever the hall, and cries of "Put the feel out," and "We've had enough of that. " STATK ITEMS. Itev. .1. Mett.it, of Wheeling, has lueii elected piesident of Washington and Jeff crsen eellcgc. Mis. Chailcs Pairish, of Wilkc-shaire, accompanied by her tin ce childicn, sailed yesterday for Km epe, te be absent one J ear. Tlic house el Rebcit Tinner, at Deug l.issvillc. Bciks count v. was binned en Thursday. Les-, $-1,000 ; paitially in i suretl. Fame Dew, an old cngiiirei ou the Del aware & Hudsen raihead, was killed at Carbondale, Luzcinc county. The clothing of Mis. Ilcmy Dumm, of Barr township, Cambria ceuty, accident ally took fitc and she was burned te death. Mr. Hauy C Devine, once an cditei in Johnstown and Ebcnsbuig and an associ ate judge in Cambria county, has died in Elder township. He became addicted te drink, and at the time of hi- death was a leg-driver. An express tiain en the Lehigh Valley railroad was thrown fiem the track near Wyalusing, by the misplacement of a switch. The engine remained en the track but the lest of the train went down an em bankment, and tlucc cais wcie wicckcd. There wcie few passengers en beaid aud they all escaped si ions injury. In the national labor congress at Pitts burgh, yesterday, much time was spent in perfecting a federation of the organized trade and labor unions of the United States and Cauadas. The object of the federa tion "is the encouragement aud formation of national and international tiadc and labor unions, te secure legislation favor able te the interests of the industrial clashes." The sessions of the cengiess aie te be held annually, beginning en the thud Tuesday of November, at such places as the delegates mav select. Iliipjiy and Ilepelul. Fiem Kentucky Republicans there has bitu filed a letter at the pest office dc paitmcnt lccemmcnding the appointment of a man named Happy as postmaster, in place of the present Republican incumbent en the ground that "a brother of Mr. Happy belonged te the immortal 300 who eted for Gen. Grant at Chicago." A Timelj Warning;. " A Chnstian " in New Yerk Sim. I was told in a vision that the world will come te an end in 18S1. By publishing this in the Sun you will give the wicked a few days mere te repent. - i A Wise Determination. It is uadei steed that Mr. W. W. Aster, who has sailed from New Yerk for Europe will receive a diplomatic appointment and lemain abroad. Philadelphia Epicures. At William Henry Patterson's Dinner. There was a dish made of chicken breasts done up aud cooked like cutlets, which had a name almost as fascinating as it tasted, and there was a salad made of oyster crabs, brought from Baltimore es pecially, champignons and all that sort of thing, of course, and the cream was frozen in horseshoes, with the nails of a different color te the shoe itself. Fer the first time here there was introduced the latest thing in Parisian dinner-favors large imitation roses, in different colors, with stems, leaves and all, which are filled with frozen ices and ether sweets. The flower opens se that its contents can be eaten with a spoon. There were ever se many ether tavers miniatuie muffs, candy babies, frogs, toy helmets and a museum of ether things from which the ladies extracted the sweetness and then carsied effas trophies strung te their girdle?. The cards containing the guests' names were worked in silk with raised figures of var ious domestic animals. Ne two bouquets wcie alike and each was of two cleis, one lady, for instance, having her bouquet oue half of puie white and the ether half et pale pink roses, with two bows aud stieamers of ribbon of the same colors. The ladies and gentlemen who were pait ncrs had similar cards and bouquets aud boutenniercs te match. Cut glass pitchers contained the champagne, frozen te the consistency of eieam and showing its fine natural color. Following the dinner the paity adjourned te the Chestnut street opera house, where they had one of the lower boxes te themselves and weic chai m ed for the hours that followed by Emma Abbett and her vocal aviaiy. i:allrend Coimelldation, The Ceutial Pacific, the Southern Pacific and the Galveston, Harrisbuig fc San Antonie lailreads, known as the "Hunt ington reads," have entered into a con cen tiact with the Texa3 & Pacific (including the New Orleans Pacific ), the Misseui i Pacific, the Missouri, Kansas '& Texas, the International & Great Northern and the St. Leuis, Iren Mountain & Southern laiheads, commonly known as the "Gould leads." by which both systems shall be operated as a joint liue with a pre rata mileage divisieu of earnings. LOCAL INTELLUifiKCE. COLUMBIA NEWS. OUK KIXiULAU UORKEsVOXUKNCK. The "Gobble" song of the ' Mascette" i. inn gicat demand here. The new Columbia orchestra plays veiy well. Weik en the Shawnee furnaces was recommenced this morning. Piayer meeting was held in the M. E. chm ch last evening ; afterwards the ic vival services were continued. Capt.D.B.C.ue was in town ycstcnlay. He expects the inspection pay for the encamp ment at Wilkcsbatie te arrive this month. The men who sold their time ate new seny for having done se. The coleied men of Tew Hill have given up the idea of laising a military company. The state will net luruish them arms and equipments, neither can they get anybody te drill them. Mrs. Adeline Rellcu, white, sued Geerge Eddie, eoleicd, for slander bcfoie Squire Yeung, last evening, but as the pi mcipal witness of the plaintiff was net picscnt the case was postponed until lo le lo meriow evening at 7 o'clock. Four boys, Simpsen, Hippy, Biewu and Shatzcr, wcie .summoned yestei day by Officer Redenhauscr te appear before Chief Binges-. Sneath this evening at 7 o'clock, for acting in a diseideily manner in the epeia house at one of I he recent pei form ferm anccs. Patents should be caicf.ul in selecting muses for their childicn. There are scv cial young girls who come down Locust sticct, with baby carnages, and as seen as they cress Locust street thej have a lace. Yestei day, while they wcie amusing themselves in this way, one el the car riages i mining tee near te the guttter was upset and the baby thiewn violently into the gutter. Luckily it was net hint but serious lcsults might have happened. "My Gcialdinc" was pcifeimcd in the opera house last evening te a full paiquct and an empty galleiy. The play through out was one of the best a Columbia audi ence ever witnessed aud lcccived wcll mcritcd applause at cvciy "hit," which wcie ficqtient. The dilfeieut cliaiactcrs could net have been pel formed better. The fransfounatien scene in the feuith act was instantaneous. The Citizens' band, for whose benefit the play was pei formed, weiked haul, and, although net icaliing what they expected, cannot complain. Itoreuli llrlcfi. Bev. J. W. Desiieng in town P. R. R. yauls blocked with freight A. II. Uougen Ueugen Uougen deblci's piano biekcn in lcmeval te epcia house for "Mascette ;" (J. A. R. will pay it Shawnee men weiked arduously Butcher Chailcs Shillew and Butcher Jehn Lehergen fought in Henry Kiefier's saloon Mountville : Squiie Gridcr 'will hear the suit against Lcbeigen, who frightfully cut his rival's face. riSlVATK lMl'KOl KMI.NTN. U liich Kviitc home I'nblic liilt-rt'it. Persons living or passing in the vicinity et Lime and Change stieets, weie under theimpicssien vesteuiay that the cuter prise of B. Yecker, opera house proprietor and bill pester, had seemed the election of a new two-story bill beard iu the rear of the beautiful gieuuds attached te the line mansion of Mr. Jehn R. Diffecbaugh, at the south-east corner of the above named stieets. It is net a bill beaid. Adjoining Mr. D's piepeity en the cast is the property of A. F. Shenck, esq., and the windows of the back building, en the west side and south end, oveileok the Diffenbaugh ground. The propiietor of the latter conceived some time age that, in the lapse of time, rights detrimental te him might arise from the unintcriuptcd swinging of Shcuck's shutters above his land. He put up a light lath restraint upon them. It was thiewn down and the shut t;is were taken off. Meanwhile thcie has been no comity between the disputants. New Mr. Diffen baugh has had the aforesaid two story beaid fence, partition, veil, separation, or whatever it may be called, erected en his gieund in front of the Shenck windows en the side and another at the end of the house almost four inches from the line, ebsti ucting the view into his gieunds. Mr. Shenck will notify Mr. Diffenbaugh te re re re meve some vines and ether plants which take root in the Diffenbaugh soil and still cling affectionately te the Shenck wall. lh' Ciij is Full but net Ncusy. On account of the Institute the city is full of people. All of the hotels wcre ciewdcd last night and cots were in de mand. The city leeks lively te-day although it is late in the week ami the In stitute is usually en the wane at this time. Hue Freut. One of the finest fronts in the city will be that et the new bank building being elected by the Lancaster County national hank, en East King stiect. The. fancy biick work is being inspected daily as it pi egi esses by crowds of superintendents. A u aril r Arbitrator-.. Iii the suit for damages ler slander, llt.iu.vtif titr T. Tlntntac nf .titn ytt.. against Ames W. Froelich of Bird-in- II ififl ftf t nimrf.nrr tlifif. TTnrtnnc l,wl fi.ln.l the niliiliatnrs this mernimr nwnrlnl Hoopes the sum of $000. Mr. Hoopes was represented by B. F. Eshleman, esq. TEACHERS' INSTITUTE. THIRTIBTii ANNUAL SESSION. NKARINO THE END OF THK MEET IMC. Addresses by Deputy State Superintendent tleiictc, ax-Stipcrintenuent Wlcker Wlcker eltitui anil the Other Lectin cr Te-night's ClObins Enter tainment. Thursday Afternoon. The attendance was larger than at any former time during the week, every scat and every available feet of standing room in the aisles and ante-ioems being occupied, and crowds hanging en the window-sills and invading the seats in the bench and the bar. It was a jam. Elocution. Prof. Biewu, ou being introduced, said he had been asked the ether day whether all persons could be made geed readers by proper cutture. He auswered, "Ne;" that two in every three would make peer leaders, while the thiid might be indiffer ently geed ; but net one in a hundred will be geed when judged by an art standard. He would ai range the geed leaders into thiee classes. The vital, the emotional aud the mental. Of the mental class Daniel Webster and Ralph W. Emeisen weie eminent examples ; of the emotional class, Heniy Clay aud Jehn C. Calhoun, weie conspicuous, and of the vital class Beechcr was a distinguished representative. He would icad Mark Anteny'se oration ever the dead body of Cesar, as it was the beat stump speech ever made, aud besides, ccntaitis the elements of the vital, the emotional aud the mental schools of ora tory. He also lead "Counting a Huti dtcci," fiem the Daubury News Man ; ind aKe " The Rhyme of the Rail," all of which weie well lead and lcccived with applause. A vocal sole by Miss Li.ie Stehmau, of Peteishurg. entitled, When the Tide Cemes iu," was nest sung, Miss Steh mau's voiee being net quite equal te the demands of se larger room and se large and mixed an audience as that before which she appeared. Scheel Mattel s. Piofe.sser Fi enck gave a talk en scveial impeitant school matteis. He saw no geed reason for having all the children of all the public schools turned loose cvciy mei ning aud every afternoon for ten or twenty minutes at a time in what is called " lecess.'' He was cenviuced that mere vulgarity, piefanity, ebscemtyand ether evil piactiecs pievail en the school ground dining iceess than during all the ether hours of the day. It is true that iu soma schools the teachers keep a supervision of the pupils during recess, but the piopeition of teacheis who de se is se small that it may be well questioned whether it would uet he well te abolish the piactiec and shot teu the school hours acceidingly. Pief. French related several instances in which gieat reform had been bieught about among incorrigible pupils by abolishing the lecess aud sheitemng the school session. The keeping of school receids was au au ether matter which Prof. French legarded as ii.ipeitaut, se that the names of pupils, the time of their entering school, their piometiou and dismissal, graduation aud ether matteis of interest may be easily asceitained as is done at West Point, Dai tmeuth and ether first-class schools and colleges. Anether matter that did uet leceive piepcr attention was the eate of school prepci ty. He thought this should be conducted en business principles. An in in in ventoiyefthc piepeity should betaken and the teacher should he charged with it and leceipt for it, and be lcspensible for all of it that may be lest ee destroyed un less satisfactorily accounted for. In this way fiem .$2" te $"50 might be saved every session te eveiy school district without the less of a cent te the teacher, as it would cause him te have a mere caiefttl stipe: vision of the school piepeity entrust ed te his care. Anether lefeim that was necessaiy was the establishment el meic friendly and intimate lelatiens among pupils, teacheis and dnccteis. Many pupils aie apt te rc gatd thcii teacher as their natural enemy instead of their friend and instructor ; and net a few teacheis legard the ditect ditect ersas a set of nicti whose prime motive is te get out of them the greatest possible weik ter the smallest poisible pay ; while some diiccters seem te think that the teachers aie a class of coimerauts who want te get their salaries aud de as little work as possible. All this is wrong ; and pupils, parents, teachers aud dirccteis, ought le lcgaid themselves as being en gaged in common cause and all working ler a common geed. One ether matter Dr. Fieuch lecom lecem mended : that slates, pencils, pens, paper, ink, etc., should be purchased by and be the piepeity of the school district instead of the pupil. The cost would be much less in this way and these things would then be under the authority of the teacher instead of the pupil, and all necessary sup plies could be luiuishcd the pupil without fail and without waste. Necessaiy school apparatus should also be furnished by the school district, and this would cost very little iDPief. Hcigcs's suggestions were adopted. llcputj Snpei inlcnileat IIeucU Spenke. Deputy State Superintendent Heuck was next intiedttccd and received with loud applause. ( u taking the stand he said he was glad te meet the teacheis of Lancastei county, many of whom he had frequently met before. He had just been infeimed that the number of them emelied as membcis of the Institute was 013, a laiger number than had ever befeie been cniellcd in any Pennsylvania institute. In general terms Mr. Heuck commended the public schools of Pennsylvania and de claied them te be equal te any schools iu the country. Theio was still room for im im pievemcut, hewecr, and he hoped te see them much better than they new arc. He centtasted their pleasaut and flourishing condition new with the rudeness and un un un comfeitablcucss connected with them when he was a boy. Then, as new. could be seen capacious barns aud comfortable quaitcts for the pigs and cat tle, while the public school house close by was a miserable shanty, unprevided with any educational conveniences. Even in cities that he had visited he had been shown the splendid jails and court-houses, but when he had asked te sec the school houses he had been told that they were in the back alleys and were net worth seeing. All that is changed new ; and en entering the cities, boieughs and villages of the common wealth the finest stiuctures are seen te be Hie school houses. The speak er interspeised his remarks with a great many amusing anecdotes ; gave a number of reminiscences of his own school days ; uepleied the destruction of timber, which is going en se wastcfully ; recommended the setting aput of a day during each school term ou which each pupil of the public schools should plant at least one tree ; aud concluded with a warm eulogy en the piouecis of the free school system. Miss Li.zie Stehman sang "Waiting," with organ accompaniment by Professer Matz. Dr. Wickersiiaiii' Ahlreti. Dr. J. P. Wickcrsham, en being iutio iutie duced, was warmly applauded. He said it was almost twenty-nine jcars since he made his addicss befeie a Lancaster comity Institute in Fulton hall the first Teachers' Institute ever held in Eastern Pcnn.sjlvauia. Ever since that time he has been an engineer en the great Penn sylvania educational railway. Fer a time he was chief engineer en the read ; had nin many trains up grade, down grade and ou the level, by day and by night, iu sunshine and iu storm, and, thank Ged, he never wrecked a train. Lately he left the locomotive aud has taken a seat in the parlor car, which he finds much mere comfortable. He has merely stepped off at this station te see some old friends, who have induced him for a day te put en his old harness. The subject of his talk would be school discipline. While he was suie thcie had been great improvement made within the past few years in the methods of instruc tien, he was uet juie that much pregiess had been made iu the tiue principles of education. The great end new aimed at is knowledge, whereas it ought te be the formation of character and the shaping of life. These things aie of much meic importance thati the meie work of iustiuctieu. He would divide the methods of school discipliue into four classes : 1st, the discipliue of feiee ; 2d, tact: 3d. consequences; 4th, conscience. First The discipliue of feice was an ap peal te the pupil's fear. This method was icgaidcd as a method of barbarism, which should be rarely if ever used. Second The discipline of tact was an admiiable one. The teacher should be a strategist, a manager, a general ; he should be all eye and ear, and have a clear judgment by which he could instinctively pick out the wrong doers iu his school. In illustration of the method te be pursued by the wise teacher Im told the story of the bad boys who had dug a deep pit aud placed the teacher's fat hog iu it ; and instead of showing anger, the teachd' suggested that the boys should new bury the hog. With willing baud-, they thiew the diit upon the hog, but seen disceveicd that as last as they threw the dirt into the pit the hog tramped it beneath its feet and seen iose te the sur face and walked off with a grunt. Thud Consequences. This is a wise method of discipline it is tne discipliue of motive. If we violate nature's laws we suffer. Se let it be in the school ; if a boy bieaks a glass or destroys school prop erty make him repair or pay ler it. If he neglects his studies in school, make him study them afterwards ; if he litters the fleer make him clean it up. Give him te understand that every one of his tians tians gressiens must be paid for. Fourth Conscience. The discipline of conscience is the most effective of all. The teacher who indicts any ether kind of dis cipline and fails te appeal te the con science of his pupil overlooks an important duty. The school should be the nursery for the formation of geed character and this can only be attained where the con science as well as the fears or interests of the pupils are reached. Air. Kuiglit'i Enteitaiiiiiicut Thursday Keening. The opera house was packed fiem top te bottom, being almost as greatly crowded as was the court house dming the afternoon session. The entertainment consisted of ballad and operatic selections, lccitatiens. aud imper sonations fiem Shakspcare and ether autheis, the pctforinance being given by Kuight's Lyceum combination, consisting efAlficd.I. Knight, Frank M. Heward, Sephie M. Ostium aud Emma Ilewaid. There is but little plot and no stt ik ing clfects in drama, or epcia, or whatever eke it may be called. Several pieces given aie lescly stiuug to gether and picsentcd te the audience in a little commonplace dialogue among the acteis. Mr. Kuight erayetl a rendition of Maik Antony's oretion, aud assisted by Miss Osburn, gave the minder scene fiem Macbeth neitcref which weic of especial merit. Miss Osbuiu's iccitatien were faiily lcndeicd, and several popular selections wcie well sung by Frank M. Heward, and the company, the best being the "Gobble" duct from Mascette. h'riday Morning Rev. C. Elviu Houpt, of Grace Lutheran church, t cad the nfern- mg scriptural lessen and ettered prayci. A Nevel Scheel. Dr. Fiench answcicd a fewaiithcmctical questions asked by teachers, and then gave some account of his visit te Quincy.Mass., a town of 10,000 inhabitants. A few jeaisage these schools were much like ether schools ; and even new there is but little that is new that has net baen seen befeie; but theie was a collec tion of the best things that can be leund anywheie else. When Cel. Packei accepted the snpciintcndcney of these schools iie stipulated that he should held the eilicc for five yens ; that he must have cntii c control of the schools without an v intei ference from any quar tcr, and that the beaid should fuinih him with all the money he might consider necessaiy te cairy ou the schools. The beaid agiecd te all these conditions, hold ing the superintendent icspensible for lcsults The lcsults attained under this sjsicin have given piemincncc te what is known as the Quiney system. Theie arc 2,000 pupils in the schools and 1 teacheis. The primaiy schools there are supplied with abundant b'ackbeaid. The lower half of the beard is divided into spaces by vertical lines, iu red paint, aud the children aie each g'nen one of the spaces within which te write their lessens. There are sheit horizontal lines two inches apatt as a guide for the pencils of the pupils. Ne books aie used. All the lessens for young pupils ate given m the beard. They arc taught te read script before they icad print. The instruction in leading is given by the phonic, and word method combined. Ne reading books aie used during the first thiee years of study. There is no regular study of leading lessen?. Each paragraph of the pi "unary icadeis is a story complete ill itself ; ami the pupils aie called up one at a time and each one reports from nieni nieni ei y, as well as he can, one of the stories. Theie is no rigid discipline in the schools ; it is rather "an eigani.ed disetdcr." The pupils aie net all lcquircd te sit in the same position ; thcie is nothing of the straight-jacket order of discipline ; there is a hum and bustle in all parts of the loom a the pupils in different parts of it arc at their several lessens. It is found of advantage te have in the schools several scries of leaders, rather than a single se ries. Prof. Ihicihlc answcicd several ques tions, one of which was Ai te what can be done te interest the younger pupils. He recommended in a general way the Ivindergartcn practice of unUiiii' work with play giving them sticks and blocks and nuts aud cards and anything else that may be of use. He exhibited quite a uitin her of peiferated cardbeards with pretty geometrical figures worked ou them in brilliant and well blended coleis iu worsted, and recommended their use by teachers in iustiticting and amusing the girls. Prof. Biiclulc was net picpaicu te give preference te teaching pupils te write script before they had learned print. He would commence by teaching thcni te draw en the slate or blackbeaid the sim plest letters of the alphabet, as " e " and "x," and then unite them, and fenn the word "ex." Then have them draw the letter "a," whicit will give thcni another wetd, " ax," and several short phrases, as "an ex," " an ax," " en an ex, en an ax." By the use of a few ether letters a great number of words and phrases may be obtained and the pupil be rapidly ad vanced in both reading and spelling. Drau in$r. G. E. Little, of Washington, was iutie duced and lectured en drawing, illustrat ing his method by putting upon the blackboard a great number of very pretty figures, very rapidly executed, and for which lie received a very hearty encore. The Qulncj System. Pi of. French continued his remarks en the methods of instruction iu the Quiney primary aud grammar schools. While reading is net taught from text books as a distinctive branch, every lessen is a lead ing lessen and a language lessen, whether i it be of history, ge.ijjiaihy, philosophy or any ether study. Elocution. Prof. Brown continued his talk en read ing and elocution. In answer te a ques tion he said the pa: ret could be taught te articulate a few sounds, because it has a free tongue, mere like man than the tongue of any ether biid. He gave an amusing illustration of the manner in which the yell ocutteuit is went te read Mark Antony's oratieu. He urged teachers te be natural in their readings and te teach their pupuls te be uatural ; nover let a pupil read aloud until you have given him an opportunity te lead lm lesseu in silence and gain a knowledge of its pur port. The report of the committee appointed te conduct the ckctieu of a commtttee ou peiraaucnt certificates rcpeited through their chairman. Mr. C.Y.Ltchty, the result of the voting that Miss L'i7zie Neepcr, James C. Gable, Franklin Smith, Caleb Cenner aud Elam Heir, haviug received the highest number of etcs, were elected. Nete. It was proposed te discuss the following question during the Institue.but as the pregramme was crowded it was de cided te refer it te Deputy Superintendent Heuck as the one in authority te decide the matter : ' Should pupils be marked absent who are allowed te leave at any tune before the close of the session, upon the presentation of geed excuse?" The su perintendent decided that they should be marked present. In this view nine pro pre pro fcsseis, whose opinions have been obtained agree. The deputy superintendent meant te express this opinion from the platform ycstcnlay, but in the excitement of the occasion it was forgotten. Te-night'-. lro;r.eiiiiie. The concluding entcitainmcnt of the In stitute series will be givett at the opera house this evening, when Pi of. Moses T. Brown, who has been prominent inthopro inthepro inthopre ccce'ings of the week as lecturer en elocu tion and the voice, will appear in a pre gramme of selected leadings, recitations. tXrc. There will also he music by kval talent. Y. M. C A. Werk. The meeting of the Yeung Men's Chris tian asseiciatien, held in St. Paul's Re Re feimcd chinch last evening, was quite well attended. It was led by W. Dillcr. After the reading of a few passages of" Scripture several prayers weic offered by the membcis. A report concerning the plan of work of the association, was icad by J. M. Davidsen, executive secretary. The members arc quite euceuraged by the interest taken in their meeting and their douatieus from Mis. C. L. King aud the Gas company. They are making an effort te eigauiic for mere effectual work aud they desire the stip stip peit of the Christian people of this city. Anether meeting will be held to night at the Evangelical church, en Mul berry street at 7: l."i, te which all aie cor dially invited, and another en Saturday evening in St. Jehn's Lutheran chinch. Matrimonial. Last evening Grace Lutheran ehuieh was filled te its utmost capacity with a gay crowd assembled te witness ihe mar riage of Mr. Ilewaid C. Rey, seu of Jehn H. Rey, and Miss Beckit; Cerdes, daughter of Heniy Conies. The ceremony was per formed by Rev.C.Elvie Henpt,assistcd by Rev. Dr. Greenwald. At the conclusion of the ceremonies a reception took place at the residence of the bride's parents, 13 West James sticct. Many valuable pre sents were made the bride and an elegant set-out was enjoyed by the guests. At 11:30 the jeung couple left ou a wedding tour, which will include Baltimore, Wash ington and ether cities. .1 Itig Stnne. Ycstcnlay while workmen weic blasting iu the quany ou the Haidwieke farm, lately puichascd by Mr. B. J. McGianti, a stone measuring IS by 11 and 15, the di mensions entire amounting te 117 yards, was blown out, and threw n a distance of thiity feet. The pieduct of this new qu.ury is of blue limestone, and of a quality which renders it capable of being cut into square blocks without difficulty, while at the same time ihe stene possesses aii exceptional degree of hardness and durability. The steuc new being extracted is for use en the raihead brtdge in course of election en the New Helland turnpike near Mr. McGraun's residence. Coui l-lleiise liupreif niciil. '1 he weikmcn of Jehn Evans contrac tor, te day began weik in the library room of the coutt-heuso, in which they will put up a galleiy te be suspended fiem the ceiling with it en reds. Shelves will be placed ou it se that mere books can be held. There will be a circular stairway leading from the lloer te the Jgalh ry, and it will be made of iron. Mm Injiiri-a. Last night three men in the employ of Aimstieng, contractor, ou the new track of the Pennsylvania raihead wcre walking en the "dump," when two hersea which had get loose ran ever them. They were all knocked down and two weic se badly injured that they were taken te the hos pital. All of the paitics leside iu Phila delphia. illujur'rt Court. This una ning the major had several persons before him. Three drunks paid their costs and were discharged. Ellen Pieisel getdiunk again yesterday, and of course fell into the clutches of an officer. Her time w.ts thirty days and she will cat her Thanksgiving turkey in prison. tlc.il fc.t.ite Tr.in-m Hen. L ist evening B. F. Rewe, auctioneer, offered for sale three houses ou Orange street, belonging te Petet Diffenbach. They were withdrawn at the follow ing bids : Ne. 237, $5.000 ; 239, 84,000 ; 211, $1,000. IIuil II Depot Le.nl On. Bainey Dcmpscy get very dttinkand had te he around in the "station" (for (fer nieily depot) last night. He was arrested by Officer Pylc and taken before Alderman McConemy. He paid his costs and left the office a s idder and poorer man. The rlrtte! the Seiixuu. The Iii st lead of tobacco of the season was received by Hairy ('. Reseubaiiiii to day. It was purchased of Hiram Riuccr, Christian Sheff and Ames Garret of Mar tic township. Ileily 1Cviiiei-iI. The body of Michael Eimcr, who was killed by filling from a window at St. Jeseph's hospital, en Sunday, was taken te Eli.ahetlitewii fei interment yester day. Kvli:iust'l. The city appiopiiatieti of 0,000, for sticct repairs, ler 1831-2 isexhiusted. 'llu-4;i:tl t.ilt ISoek S.tlr. At i: Nuitli tauten strn f. It ii doing an Jm iiifiixc hiisliite''. The stoie being crowded Jiiv and evjnnifj by I.fllrs and gentlemen te take their choice el the elegant Ijenks offered !er-j.Ue, rorencdoll-ir each, and a chance ler a Koereod 1'i.tne, or Geld Watch, or China Tea Set w ith every book sold. In the new ad-eiti-ementsteday we puhll-tli apart list et etiaaluablc gilts given te hoek-tiuyt r, iu two dajs. Jtaul and see foryeaieivos ind j iiu h in see innt tnt nook sule I genuine, ltd AuluneiiictiM " Itaztl AirAe." The M uINen squne tlen t re company, tinder the management of Mr. eJeerge M. Miller, will present the beautiful domestic drama et "II irel Klrke." one of tic me-a pronounced snrce-.-es of the American t ige, ut Fulton opera heit-e te met row c cn in?,andthc length of tlic run" it has en- 1
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