LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER WEDNESDAY JANUARY 25 1882,
ILtntcastcr intelligences
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JAN. 25, 1882.
Concerning Tell Reads.
Advertisement is made that " applica
tion will be made te the governor of
Pennsylvania, for a charter te construct
and maintain a turnpike read te begin
at the eastern terminus of the ' Bridge
port and Horsesbeo Read Turnpike 'and
end in the village of Bird-in-IIand, at or
near the point of intersection of the Old
Philadelphia read and the Gordonville
read, and te occupy part or the whole of
the said Old Philadelphia read between
said points, lying and being in East
L-. mpeter township, Lancaster county,
Pa., a distance of about three and a-half
miles, the company te be styled ' The
Bird in-Hand Turnpike Read com
pany." " rtis for the large number of
citizens of Lancaster county who
are went te travel ever the high
way thus proposed te be occu
pied in "pirt or the whole" te con
sider whether this privilege shall be
granted te a corporation without the ex
ercise of every possible effort te prevent
it. Probably no thoroughfare in Lan
caster county is better known or mere
used than the ' old read," and most of
all just the portion which is proposed te
be occupied and crossed with tell-gates
by the incipient " read company " giving
the above notice. It is a venerable high
way, bread, level and generally in excel
lent condition. It runs almost in a
straight line, leading from a point near
this city down into one of the most popu
lous sections of the county. It is a well
graded, pleasant summer drive, and at
nearly all seasons is much resorted te by
persons living along it, for miles en
either side, who find it a better read in
most of the year than either the Lancas
ter or the New Helland turnpikes and
free from the exactions of the toll tell
gatherer. People will drive miles out of
their direct way te enjoy its advantages
and te escape the tell-bars which are
thrown across the ether avenues of travel
te and from the east end.
New it is proposed te take these privi
leges from the people, and te convey all
the advantages which this read pos
sees upon a corporation which willdike
as net, spoil the read as much as improve
it. and then set up a tell-gate and charge
every one who passes it about - cents
a mile for no greater privileges than he
new has free.
The experience of our people with
turnpikes and tell-gates is such that the
tendency should be toward their abate
ment lather than their increase. There
are new leading te or toward this city,
the Philadelphia, Strasburg, Beaver
Valley, Willow street. Xevv Danville,
Millersvillc, Columbia, Marietta, Har
risburg. Manheim, Fruitville, Lititz,
Ephrata, New Helland, and Bridge
port and Herse Shee turnpikes,
fifteen toll-reads whose gates build a
very wall around our city, put an em
bargo en our trade aud a tax upon the.?';
who trade with us. In an address te the
farmers of the state the writer some
time age said :
It is my opinion that in the intelligent
laying out, grading, macadamizing aud
smoothing of reads, the erection aud pro
tection of free bridges, the general cm
pleymcut of read scrapers, the arrange
ment of breaks aud water courses, the
erection of finger beards, and ethor duties
of the supervisor our eastern counties show
most lamentable lack, aud that the result
ing losses and wear and tear aggregate
double the inei eased read tax that would
ensue from a proper discharge of these
duties, by better men than are usually
elected te perform them. Indeed it
is ii matter of conviction that
for the advanced state of the
leading counties of eastern Pennsyl
vania, tell-bridges and turnpikes are relics
of piimitive conditions and should speedi
ly be abolished. The public should new
buppert these ways of travel necessary for
the public convenience. In the richest
rural county of the commonwealth it is !
the reproach of its capital city a centre '
of trade aud population before the rcvehi-,
ueu mat almost every read leaning into
it is obstructed by a tell-bar, the rates be
Hi niiiitltT a fttiirlt no 1 ftnr 1 IVtm rtn.1
se"general is thfs embargo en trade' that !
even en one el the public street, within
the limits et the city of Lancaster,
a cer
poratien, by the grace of legislative dc
lenuity, swings its gate across the high
way, aud public sentiment is dull te an
imposition which is as great as that for
which our fathers raised thc tempest in a
tea-pet iu Bosten a century age.
The favor with which these remarks
were received and have since been com
mented upon is sufficient apology for
their reproduction here.
It costs as much te drive a double
team ever some of our turnpikes as the
fare of a passenger en the railroad for
the same distance ; and many of them, it
is notorious, are net in as geed condition
nor as safe for driving as all public
reads should be kept iu a community as
far advanced as this. "We will engage,
within five miles of the city, te find eh
half the turnpikes places se dangerous or
se illy kept that any township supervisor
who would be responsible for their ex
istence en a public read could be con
victed in a quarter sessions court of
neglect of duty. Notably does the New
Danville turnpike maintain a nuisance
in the exposure of these who pay loll
ever it te the danger of drowning iu the
Conestoga ; while, en most of the ethers,
the 'Summer read is up or down abauk
that is dangerous te life and limb.
There is new only one way into and out
of this city te escape the tell bar, and
that is tortuous and hard te find. Let us
open ethers instead of closing these free
reads whicn new lead toward Lancaster.
We have grave doubts as te the power
of any corporation te absorb the rights
which ever, a hundred years' use has
given te the people te travel a highway,
like the old read." Te let a new cer
poratien grab this valuable right of
way, this well laid out, bread avenue of
easy grade.witheut paying ferthese fran
chises of great worth, and for which
henceforth every traveller is te be taxed,
is a preposition te resist the enforcement
of which these who are concerned should
promptly organize and act.
Ix a pardonable spirit of state pride
and with a purpose te pursue a line of
valuable historical inquiry, Senater Wal
lace has set himself te a vindication of
the pre-eminence of Pennsylvania and
her men in the formation of our federal
institutions. It is very fitting that this
long-neglected work should be essayed by
one who has been se prominent in the
politics of his state and who is new se
largely interested in her moral and ma
terial welfare. It has probably net
been known and certainly net
acknowledged that the principles
which se largely comprise our federal
system were these which its founders
found embedded in the constitution of
Penn's commonwealth and which had
survived and had been confirmed by the
test of long experience. Nothing can de
se much te restore Pennsylvania te her
pre-eminence as for her own people te
appreciate this, and we repeat that ex ex
Senater Wallace is doing a geed work in
directing their attention te it.
Tlie Municipal .Nominations.
It is net the function of the Intelli
gence!: te make nominations for the
Democratic party, nor does it ever usurp
that privilege. It has found that that
task can be safely entrusted te a free
expression of the party sentiment
through the appointed way. It main
tains and fearlessly exercises the right
te warn the party against nominations
whose unfitness would de it discredit, or
the unavailability of which plainly point
te the impelicy of making them. Fer
the public geed aud for the party's welfare
the Ixtki.i,ieexceu's veire will never be
silent when it can prevent public calam
ity or parly aberrations. What this jour
nal or its conductors have te say or de
in that line will be said and done in its
columns, where they can be held respon
sible for it by all whom it may concern,
and which all men knew, and all are new
again told, areas free and open te these
who differ from us as te these who agree
with us for the proper discussion of mat
ters of public interest.
In printing the letter addressed te
Mayer MacGenigle, signed se numerous
ly by his fellow-citizens, and with the
sentiment of which we knew a very
large majority of them are in hearty
sympathy, and in giving place te his
answer te these who addressed him, we
probably only inform our readers of what
they well knew before that the interest
of all citizens lies in enforcing ' honest,
efficient and economical city govern
ment," and in electing and re-electing
men who will give it te us. It is just as
natural that the people of Lancaster
should desire te continue a geed
mayor in ellice as that such an offic
ial should be disinclined te seek re
election. Fer the path of one who tries
te de his duty is a thorny one. He is
bound te offend members of his own
party and te give a handle te carping
critics of the opposition, all the while
strengthening himself and his adminis
tration among, the intelligent and right
thinking citizens of all parties, who are
coming mere and mere te see that mu
nicipal government is a business matter,
te be conducted en business principles,
by men of business habits and experi
ence. "Nice in:" seems te have the call en
" beautiful mievv."
Tin: regular Democratic assemblymen
of New Yerk will held a conference. The
Tammany men see no geed in it and aie
fast becoming desperate.
Thekk is a state senator te be nomi
nated ami elected in the upper district of
this county this year. Make a note of it
and pest it te Rohrerstewii.
Tin: preposition te run ('eakling ler the
White Heuse by way of thc. New Yerk
goverueiship is quite a political pro pre
gramme. But presidents are sometimes
made and sometimes uet made that
way.
TiiEJWc i'( is opposed te a special
primary te elect Lancaster county dele
gates te the Republican state convention,
but believes the ceuuty committee would
be sustained in violating the party rules se
far as te call the general primaries before
thc st:lta ventieu meets
Wi: print with pleasure the well ex.
piessed and inteiligeut vie.fs of a corres
pondent, en the question of making a lean
te increase our water facilities. Ifany Ifany
anybedy can :ive better reasons for it
than Mr. Schleich or even less forcible ar
guments against it we will be pleased te
hear from them.
Tin: lather fresh young men who were
going te held the Republican ptimaries
and convention for city officers before the
rest of the party knew it seem te have
heard of the man who did uet lift himself
ever the fence by his beet straps, and they
put the elections off a week te let the Re
publicans get breath.
Tueke is such a thing as overdoing it.
Geu. Beaver was a " Christian gentleman
who had lest a leg " out of thc mouths of
four Philadelphia politicians who were
tackled iu quick succession ; aud new the
people will have te wonder what a partic
ularly pure and honest farmer this pure
and honest Fermer Butler must be.
Vel cau put this iu your pipe aud
smoke it : If Cameren fiuds that he cau
" catch en " Lancaster, Chester and
ether counties, where he " always has
soine trouble," ler himself for senator in
1884 with Butler better than Beaver, he
may drop the "Christian gentleman"
and take the honest farmer " after all.
With Butler aud Beaver enly in the field
Cameren knows that heads win for him
iu the toss of a penny that has no tail en
it.
Tun Wilkesbarra Recerd, Rep., whose
editor has "been there" frankly says:
" The petty stealings at Harrisburg have
leugbeeu a subject of reproach te the
party in power, aud ought te be abandon
ed. Of course they are net practised
through party complicity, but by small
aud dishonest men who obtain subordinate
positions. Seme way ought jte be devised
te rid the public scrviee of .these pilferers,
but the most unpromising method is te
electa Democratic ticket." Unfortunately
Democratic officials .have net been temp
tatien proof, and it is for this reason that
the Lntelligencek insists that the next
Democratic state convention shall pre.
ueunce squarely ou this subject, and let
its nominees knew what is expected of
!li. i..
THE $67,000 LOAN.
KEASOSS OK Al'l'KOVAL. OF IT.
Mr. Schleich Warmly Kecemneiiili it rnp.
ular Indersement.
Lancaster, Jan. 24, 1882.
Editeks Intei.meenceu : The veteis
el the city of Lancaster should vote for the
city te borrow $G7,000 te be used iu put
ting an additional six million gallon Wor Wer Wor
thingten steam pump iu thc water works,
and for laying a twenty-inch main ou
Orange street, from Lime te Charlette
street, for the following reasons, viz :
1. Because the present pumping power
at the water works ought net te be wholly
depended upon te supply this city, as in
July aud August 1880, while the repairs
of thc eastern reservoir were going en, the
thrce million gallon Worthington pump
doing its very best could net supply water
te the western reservoir from 7 te 11 a.
in., and from 1 te G p. ni.t as fast as con
sumed. In ether words, the water fell
about one inch per hour for four hours in
the morning and four hours iu the after
noon, although the pump all the time
threw at the rate of 3,000,000 gallons in
twenty-four hours (its full capacity).
2. Because, although thc boilers aud
pumps, at the water works arc deiug all
they cau, it is net wise or prudent te have
no reserve pewei te fall back en, iu case
of accident. Boilers and pumps, no mat
ter hew well aud carefully constructed,
will give out iu time, aud that time may
ba very short, when they are used almost
constantly te their utmost capacity.
3. Bccause the water pumps have
ceased te be reliable as a meaus of supply,
as during the summer of 18S0 they were
entirely useless.
4. Bccause, should any serious accident
occur te the boilers or pumps at present in
the water works it might be the cause of
most disastrous results, as there is no re
serve te fall back en.
1. Because the Worthiugten pump iu.
tended te he purchased aud put iu at thc
water works works excellently and very
economically.
0. Because if a six million gallon Worth Werth Worth
ingteu steam pump is put iu the water
works and a twenty-inch main is laid ou
Orange strcst, it will or may prevent an
iudebteducss te the city within the next
thirty years of half a million of dollars
and the increase of tax it would occasieu.
7. Because it will give the people of this
city a gqpCL supply of water for the next
thirty years or mere.
8. 'Because the people of this city want
this city te prosper and the number of
manufacturing establishments te increase.
They must have a geed supply of water.
It is the water of the Conestoga creek that
has made this city what it is. If we had
no water we would have no cotton mills,
no rolling mills, &c.
9. Because a geed supply of water is
necessary in extinguishing large tires, such
as cork works, &c.
10. Because it will give the people of
this city a geed supply of water for the
next thirty years or mere iu the cheapest
way possible.
11. The twenty-inch main should he laid
en Orauge street, from Lime te Charlette,
because as much as you increase the size
of thc maiu it amounts te the same thing
as if you had increased the size of the
reservoirs that much.
12. The twenty-inch main en Orauge
street, from Lime te Charlette street, will
give a better supply of water te the cotton
mills and te thc people iu thc higher points
of thc western and northern parts of this
city, and therefore the people of the west
ern and northern parts of this city should
vote for it, as is te their interest te vote
for it. Respectfully,
J. Sriii.Eirii.
PERSONAL.
Ueueral Giiant will probably be a guest
eT the president for a few days iu March,
ba fore going Seuth.
Senater Wallace left Lancaster this
morning for Philadelphia, te attend the
meeting of a. coal company beard, of
which he is president.
Levi D. Beene, ex-mayor of Chicago,
died yesterday in that city, ageil 7:5 years
lie was a descendant of Daniel Beene, the
famous pioneer settler in Kentucky.
Mrs. Camekex is quite ill in New Yerk.
The senator telegraphed te his colleague.
Air. Mitchell, te recure him a pair. Sen;
ater Butler, of Seuth Carolina, exchanged
with Air. Cameren.
President Gonzales, of Alexice, under
went a surgical operation en Monday,
which it is hoped will obviate further
trouble from his old weuud. lie is ex
pected te resume his official duties in
about a week.
Stephen V. 1$. Kaciiline, a lawyer aud
politician of Northampton county, fell
dead at his residence in Easteti, yesterday
afternoon. He was the Independent can
didate for Congress iu 1874, and polled a
large vote.
E. W. Keyes, better known as " Bess '
Keyes, of Wisconsin, secured a divorce iu
Chicago en Aleuday. His property was
appraised at $90,000, of which Airs.
Keyes is te accept one-thud and remove
te Chicago.
Biidd Doble, the well-known horsc hersc
inan, has followed the example of all the
rest of his family, and after a long con
nection with the turf has. finally with
drawn from it. He gees into ihe com mis
sion business ou the beard of trade, Chi
cago. The Philadelphia Weekly Press of this
week contains a sketch and portrait of
Fjiatskltn B. Gewen, president of the
Philadelphia & Reading railroad company,
by Sel. Fester, jr., the sketch also appear
ing in the daily edition of today.
Rev. J. Richards Beyle, or Philadel
phia, formerly pastor of the Duke street
AI. E. church, arrived in this city this
afternoon. He is accompanied by Henry
L. Ziegler, esq., senior member of the firm
of Ziegler Bres., the extensive shoe manu
facturers of Philadelphia.
The first of a series of four dinners te
be given by Senater David Davis, of
Illinois, president of the Senate, will be
enjeyed by 30 guests next Saturday. The
remaining entertainments of the scries
will fellow at intervals of ene week. The
guests will include all the members of the
Senate, the judges of the supreme court,
the president and the members of the
cabinet, and the dinners will be as re
markable as any of the kind ever given in
Washington. The president has in con
templation a series of state dinner.-, but
?e far has net been ab'e te fix the dates.
THE NEWS OF THE DAY.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF NOTE.
COLLISION, KXl'LOSIO-N AM) FIKE,
Lesae by Fire charges Against a Cavalry
O Ulcer The March of KnterprUe,
and Oilier Topics.
Twe freight trains collided near Clyde,
New Yerk, and a conductor named AIc
Alauus was killed.
The trial of Airs, Alcorn for the murder
of her husband was begun at Elizabeth,
New Jersey.
The grand jury of Alerccr county, New
Jersey, indicted a number of Princeton
studeuts for malicious mischief, iu break
ing street lamps, etc.
Fifteen new cases of smallpox were re
ported iu Pittsburgh, aud six in Allegheny
City yesterday. There were 20 deaths
from the disease in Pittsburgh last week
William Cooper, a destitute cripple,
was frozen te death at Centre Cambridge,
near Trey, New Yerk.
Charles Jercmais, a baker, was found
frozen te c'.cath iu the street at Newark.
The fdart'h of lluterprlse.
The great double-decked double-tiack
railway and highway bridge across the
Hudsen river, at Albany, was formally
opened te thc-puhlic yesterday. It is 1409
feet long, is said te have the largest draw
span iu the world, and was built in uight
mouths, at a cost of about $1,000,000.
The track of the Guaymas railroad in
Seuera is uew laid te within twenty-uine
miles of Hcrmosille, and it is being ex
tended a:, the i ate of a mile and a half per
day.
It is said the project for a ship canal
across Cape Ced has been abandoned, re
cent surveys showing that the work would
cost $1,000,000 mere than was calculated.
Oysters and Crew Saved.
The schooner A. and E. Heeper, with
railroad iron, from Philadelphia and New
beru, N. C, went ashore lb miles north
of Chiuceteaguc station. The schooner
Chancellor, from the Potomac, with oys
ters, for New Haven, went ashore near
the same place. Beth crews were saved.
Our Army Ofticers.
General Wilcox, commanding the de
partment of Arizona, has sent te thc war
department the charges against Cel. E. A.
Carr, of the Sixth cavalry. They are
" ever exercise of authority, disobedience
of orders and intemperance."
Gen. Sheridan has forwarded te AVash AVash
iugten a report en thc arrest of Lieut.
McDonald, in Alexice. . AIcDeuald was ou
an Indian trail, and went te the Alexicau
town where he was. arrested, for forage.
His release was ordered by a higher
authority than that which caused his ar
rest. SiiUeiiu l-'reiu I'loed.
The Heed at Nashville continued slowly
te subside yesterday, but another rise was
reported one hundred miles above. Within
the last few days a "Ladies' Relief se
ciety" has issued f.cu thousand rations te
sufferers by the overflow. The town of
JohnseuviHo is inundated.
I--i t:il Dynamite li-p:eiluU.
In Peit Yeudrcs, sixteen poisons have
been killed by an explosion iu a dynamite
factory.
l.rscrt I!y Fire.
The new cottage of David James King,
the New Yerk banker, tin Ocean avenue,
Leng Branch, was destroyed by tire en
Monday night. The fire is attributed te
au overheated stove.
The knitting mill of S. D. Miller & r'en,
at Alcllcnville, near Hudsen, New Yerk,
was burned en Aleuday night. Les?, $30,
000. A fire at the Chicago. Burlington V
Quiucy raihead shops in Aurera, Illiue.s,
yesterday morning, destroyed $00,000
worth of property. The fire is attributed
te au incendiary.
The Turbine wheel company's works,
at Orange, Alassachusetts, were burned
en Aleuday night. Less about $55,000.
Tlie l'lmn ter liurlieM'.s Collin.
Iu Cleveland, Airs. Garfield called at the
mayor's office aud examined thc elegant
bronze plate just received from Tiffany & J
Ce., et .New lerk, te be attached te the
bronze coffin containing the remains of
the president. The plate is of heavy,
solid design, and possesses such intricacies
of carving that ever three months were
consumed in its conception. Its size is 18
bv 8 inches, and bears, in raised letters,
tlie inscription, "Garfield, 1881" The
carving, te an unpracticcd eye, presents
simply a bas-relief of leaves and acorns,
and at each end an open lily ; but each
stem, twig and leaf is emblematic of the
life and character of the dead president.
Airs. Garfield expressed her unqualified
appreciation of the work. The plate will
ba attached te thc ceinn te day.
Lesing Husband am! Ciiilriran.
In December last Jehnsen Smith, a
prominent builder of Cleveland, had a
daughter, 22 years of age, die of fever in
Kansas, where she was visiting. Thc
father and mother brought the body en
ier burial. A few days after, their sur
viving child, ii years old, died of scarlet
fever. The father was then attacked with
the same disease aud died, his burial
taking place iu a few hours after death.
Thc childless widow was taken te thc
home of her parents at, Columbus in a dis
tracted condition, anu word new comes
that her reason has been upset and she
has been taken te the asylum for treat
ment. Found Frezuu te Death.
Miss Carrie Erb, au insane patient at
the city infirmary, Bradford, escaped from
thc building while thinly clad, and, crawl
ing under the matron's heus!, remained
there all night. Beth her limbs were
frereu above the knee and is feared they
will have te be amputated iu order te save
her life. Her hands, face and breast were
also badly frost-bitten.
AXOTUKU COLLISION AND FUCK.
A s'ui!dm.tir'ri I.ife Lest 'i'hreuli i.ack of
jHeans te KeFcue llltn.
Soen after 4 o'clock yesterday morning
au east-bound freight train became stalled
ou track Ne. C of the New Yerk Central
railroad, at a peiiit about two miles west
of Clyde, a station midway between Ro
chester and Syracuse. A flagman was
promptly sent back te warn ap
proaching trains, hut the proper
signal was eithe.- net given or net
noticed, and before the ' train was
able te proceed another freight train ran
into the rear et the stalled train, smash
ing the caboose aud one car. Tin; caboose
caught fire and the larger portion of it
was consumed. Jehn AIcAIamts, of Sy
racuse, conductor of the stalled train was
in the caboose at the time of the c iliisien.
He was burned te a emp, netiiing but thc
body being left. The train hands were
powerless te rescue the conductor and had
no means at hand te quench the flames of
the burning car. The wrecking traiu from
Syracuse was sunt for early and cleared up
the wreck. W. D. 'Watsen, of Rochester,
engineer of thc train that ran into the
caboose, states that hj was warned at
Lyens te leek out for a stock train at
Clyde that would cress from track Ne. 3
te tiack Ne. 1, and that he was running
slowly when the flagman from the stalled
train bearded his engine and said that he
had waited for an hour en the track and
his train had gene and left him. Watseu
kept running continuously and did net ses
the caboose until within about ten cars
length off. He reversed his engine at
once, but net in time te avert the throw
ing of the caboose and a car leaded with
wheat from the track. The cries of the
burning conductor for help were heart
rending. He was 40 years of age and
leaves a wife and two children.
CONKL1NGS INTKNTION3.
Will Challenge His Enemies by Ituiuilug
for Governer.
New Yerk Correspondence IMilhul'a Ledger.
It was hardly necessary for Secretary
Felger te telegraph here a contraditien of
the report that "he was about te ex
change his position iu thc cabinet for a
place en the supreme court bench," inas
much as he had repeatedly assured his
frieuds when he accepted the treasury
portfolio that " he expected te held it as
long as General Arthur was president."
The assumption which accompanies the
report that " ex Senater Conkling would
go into the treasury en Air. Felger's
retirement;" causes a smile en the
part of that gentleman's friends, who as
sert that if things work well the future
will have far different employment for
him. As heretofore stated, he is the pre
determined and pre arraged Stalwart can
didate for the next governorship as a first
grand step towards a possible 'presiden
tial nomination by the next Republican
national convention. The programme is
an ambitious one, but you may depend
upon it Oenklmg's political manageis
de net intend it shall be in any
way interfered with by an inter
mediate appointment in the cabinet.
The " Half-breed " peliticiaus.meanwhile,
are net ignorant of this drift of things,and,
in due time they will resort te every
means te turn the current the ethor way.
Fer the moment their feelings are re
strained, as if from prudential motives, or,
at the least, are confined te passing
reflections of this character from the
Tribune of this morning : " If the Stal
warts are eager te knew what the people
of this state think of them, let them try te
run Conkling for governor, and they will
liud out." This reads like a square chal
lenge, and the begiuning of fresh trouble
l'lIlLAUELrUIA rei.ixics.
And New it Is Wagner Who U Reported
"Short."
The city controller has sent a-note te
Jehn O'Deuncl asking if certain figures
published as coming from him relative te
money derived from searches during his
predecessor's term of office as recorder of
deeds are correct. It is stated that they
de net airree with with these iu the con
troller's office, and that, ii they are cor
rect, ex-Recorder of Deeds General Wag
ner is about $700 short iu his accounts.
Air. O'Dennel is te reply te the controller
te-day, though he said yesterday that, te
the best of his knowledge, the figures as
given by him arc correct General Wag
ner, iu a communication te the Ledger,
this morning, denies the truth of the alle
gations, and asks for a searching investi
gation Air. Henry B. Tener yesterday resigned
his position as chief clerk te Receiver of
Taxes Hunter and assumed the duties of
collector of delinquent taxes, a large
amount of money being received by the
new collector. Air. Donohugh is also re
eiviug delinquent taxes.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
Surprising a Clergma:i,
List evening a surprise party visited the
residence of Rev. Jehn Swank, chaplain of
thc Lancaster county prison and almshouse
by a uumbar of his friends mostly yenng
peeple who render the vocal music at the
above named institutions. At S o'clock,
the party having gathered at the time
of meeting, each supplied with seme
substantial token of esteem, proceeded te
the residence of the above gentleman, Ne.
310 East Orange street Arriving
there, the premises were invaded
without ceremony, and te say that the
geed man and wife were surprised would
be slating it rather mildly ; they, however,
proved themselves equal te the emergen
cy, and iu a i.hert time everybody felt per
fectly at home, and a delightful hour was
passed in song, prayer and prai&e. Re
freshments were served, after which all
departed te their homes at a seasonable
hour, feeling that they had never spent a
mere pleasant and profitable evening.
Kepubiicau l'riraaries Postponed.
New Era Yesterday.
Nearly everybody was surprised upon
reading the announcement made last even
ing that the city primary meetings for
making general nominations would be
held this evening. It looked se much like
an attempt te take " snap judgment" aud
rush .through some pre arranged set-up
that deep dissatisfaction was expressed ou
all sides. The official call did net reach
this office until tee late te make any edi
torial reference te the matter. Enquiry
this morning elicited the tact that the
sccretarx, A. C. Welchans, had been di
rected te publish thc call en Saturday,
which would have given three days notice.
The committee was convened iu special
session this morning and postponed the
primary meetings one week, general nom
inations te be made ou Tuesday evening
next, and the ticket te be settled en Fri
day evening, the third of February.
Tuiuks llntler Will be Streng.
Columbia dispatch te tlie Times.
Senater Kauffmau, when asked
Farmer Butler's candidacy, said
meets with considerable favor here,
about
"It
Net
being particularly identified with either
wing of thc party I think will make him a
strong candidate. Being a farmer will be
te his advautagc with the agricultural peo
ple. Frem what I hear new I think he
will get the delegates from this county.
His excellent! administration as treasurer
will add much te his strength."
A Geed Baud.
At neon te-day Skiff's minstrel company
gave a street parade. They have a very
geed band which played a number of se
lections. They were headed by Alajer
Themas, a lighting drill artist, who gave
an excellent exhibition as they passed
through the i-treet.
Denies the Chare.
Air. William Wenninger, who was ac
cused of beating Jehn Doebler en Satur
day evening, says that he had uething te
de with the bVaiin.g. was passing the
alley at thc tim; and took Erismau away
from Doebler.
'His KIslit Ones New.
The alias neviewers appointed by the
court for a read iu East Cocalico township
were Jesse AI. J.iceby, Hiram L. Erb, and
Henry S. Hourly. By a mistake yesterday
we published three ether names.
aiu or Kcal Kstute.
Henry Shuhert. auctioneer aud real es
tate agent, sold at private sale, January
2 Ith, a t we story brick dwelling belong
ing te Joel S. Eaby, situated en thc east
side of Seuth Duke street, Ne. 109, te C.
H. Kryder, for $3,000.
.11 r.
lecture
Beyie's Lecture
Thc lecture te-night by Rev. J. R.
Beyle iu the First Alethedist Episcopal
church, North Duke street, for the bene- modern political edifice, universal suf
fit of its Sunday school, premises te boa fragc, hew stands Pennsylvania? At the
very enjoyable treat. ,
An Allllctc.l Family.
On Friday last the funsr.il of the only
child of Ames Steiunan. of Snuncville. a
girl Hine years of age, took place. Last
uight Airs. Stehm.in, who has been ill for
some time, died. She was ,i
Jacob Iliestaud.
daughter of
j
SENATOR WALLACE'S ADDRESS
PENNSYLVANIA'S FilKMATlVE INFLU
ENCE OX FEDKKAL INSTITUTIONS."
A Fitting Kiile?-and Defen-eef me xycain
or 1'ene.
An audience of very fair size, including
many representative business men and
prominent members of all thc learned pro
fessions iu this city, gathered iu the court
house last evening te hear the address of
Hen. W. A. Wallace, delivered for the
benefit of the city peer. Promptly at 8
o'clock he was introduced te the audience
by AI. Brosius, esq., and he was listened
te very attentively as he spoke from notes
for an hour and a half. He devoted him
self strictly te the announced subject
of his address, ou which he had
manifestly applied a very considerable
amount of historical research, inspired bv
rstate pride in the prominent part taken by
Pennsylvania iu the formation of our fed
eral system aud the wide iutlucnce exer
cised by the institutions founded by Peuu.
He fortified his claims te her pre-
I eminence iu this work by abundant hister
ical citations, and the address was gar
uished with a number of quaint and ap
prepriate stories illustrative of colonial
life and laws. Following is an abstract of
the address, which will be delivered at
ether points in the state, including Wil Wil
liamsperr, where Air. Wallace speaks te
morrow evening ;
Ne apology is needed from a Pennsylva
nian in addressing a Pennsylvania audience
en this theme. Her history, name and
fame as the bounteous mother of our fed
eral government are worthy of the best
efforts of each of us. Her power, wealth,
agricultural importance, her great future
and her record in thc past, all prompt us
te use our noblest powers in her behalf.
The purpose of this lecture is te lay be bo be
fere you some of the past history .f our
great commonwealth. It has lately be
come thc fashion te decry and speak con
temptuously of her. Are we blameless in
accepting these insults with silence? Have
we striven te keep uusullied her fair fame '.'
It is net the intention of this address te
speak of these later heroes of the sword
and pen Wayne, Aliflliu, Franklin and
Rittonheuso ; the desire is simply te trace
the history of Pennsylvania from the lat
ter half of the seventeenth century te the
Revolution, te mark her prestige of ex
ample iu creating the institutions under
which wc live.
Did she fellow or lead ? Who buiit the
eternal barrier of common sense betwixt
Church and State, abolished slave trade,
and first gave her people universal suf
frage? Virginia, New Yerk and Alassa
chusctts all claim these honors, but theirs
is an empty pretension. Pennsylvania it
was that planted the seed whose fruit we
beheld iu thejfeder.d institutions of te-day.
Institutions grew, they are net made in
a breath. As the infant becomes succes
sively boy, youth and man, se the S2ed
eaunet leap into life as seen as planted
but must grew by slew degrees. Knicker
bocker New Yerk, Puritan Alassachusi-tts,
the "Old Dominion" and Huguenot
Seuth Carolina all claim te ba the fountain
head of our federal institutions. And amid
these conflicting pretension?, Pennsylvania
is silent, net boastful. In a late publication,
entitled " A Century of Dishonor." out
state is branded for the brutal massacre of
the Couestega Indians. The statements
of a careful and reliable local historian ex
planatery et this sail event arc utterly lg
nercd. But let these who charge leek te
themselves. The massacre of the COO l'c l'c
queds and the murder of King Philip
make Pennsylvania's misdeeds pale into
insignificance.
As early as 1643, Alassachusetts and thc
Plymouth colenics formed a union against
thc French aud Imtiaus. But it was net the
bread far-seeing policy that AY m. Penn
formulated aud scut te Great Britain for
approval. The latter plan embraced a
congress, the embryo of our present Con
gress, which had power te levy taxes,
declare war and adjust the differences be
tween the constituent colonies. The time,
however, was net yet ripe for these devel
opments, anil Penn's plan was net apprev
ed by thc Crown : hut the geed seed was
sewn and the day of its maturity was net
far distant.
Governments are made for men, iut men
for governments, is the underlying prin
ciple of the constitution of 1700 as well as
that of 1873. Aud this feature, mere
than any ether, was made prominent in
the early history of our commonwealth.
In thc movement for religions tolerance
our state and Alaryland led the way. Win.
Penn and Lord Baltimore have the
honor of hciug the first te establish liberty
of conscience in the colenics. Liberty net
iu theory, but iu fact. And Pennsylvania's
merit consists in its uninterrupted reten
tion of religious liberty, while that of
Alaryland for a time passed away. Con
trast with these some of the sister states
Virginia from its foundation had its es
tablished church and salaried clergymen,
aud it was in fighting the exactieus of
these latter that Patrick Henry wen his
maiden spurs before the peeple. The
Dutch Reformed and Presbyterians of
New Yerk persecuted Quakers and Cath
olics, while virtuous Alassachusetts im
posed the penalty of Hogging en these
who dared te kiss their wives publicly ou a
Sunday. These and countless ether facts
that might be narrated emphasize Penn
sylvania's prominence iu being the first te
recoguize rightful equality.
And what of popular rights? Penu as
early as 1071 had said, "Let the peeple be
governed by laws of their own enacting."
The assumed rights of the Crown were an
tagonistic te the rights of the people. A
struggle was precipitated and the Revolu
tion decided in favor of the people.
Power feeds en itself. The people never
obtain a right, that they will yield back
without bloodshed. And thus Penn
sylvania, tenacious of her rights, never al
lowed her liberties te be trampled en,
and wen the proud badge of the most
rebellious of the English colenics. Penn
conceded her the right te levy her own
taxes, and she at once demanded equality
of taxation. The manors that had been
exempted from taxation from thc begin
ning no longer were allowed this privilege,
the Assembly justly claiming that equality
of protection demanded equality of taxa
tieu. The right of the peeple te control
the public pnrse was another of the cardi
nal doctrines insisted en, and thc founda
tions laid in these early days are the self
same en which rests our modern super
structure.
Any government is free v.hcie the laws
rule and the peeple make the laws. Thus
spoke Wm. Penn ; and the mighty struggle
for representative taxation hinged en this
doctrine. The first direct ifsue en this
point was made in Philadelphia iu 1740,
and the rights of thc people prevailed.
Pennsylvania was also foremost in the
abolition of slavery and the amelioration
of the penal cede. Under Penn's wise
administration murder alone was punish
ed with death, and workhouses were every
where erected for the punishment of
miner offenses. In New Yerk, en the con-
trary, that relic of barbarity, the ducking
steel for common scolds, was still in use.
And in that most important part of our
Revolution all the states save herself had
t a property qualification attached te the
I voting privilege, and Massachusetts had a
religious qualification- The "scot and let
test, consisting in a contribution laid ou
people according te their ability, was tha
only one reauired in Pennsylvania, and
her wisdom 200 years age is manifested in
the general adoption of universal suffrage
in modern times. A right once granted
cau never be taken back without the pee
pie's consent, aud the rights grauted
Pennsylvania were always steadfastly ;
maintained.
Conspicuous as Pennsylvania ever
was in her love of liberty and her de
fense of her fights, she yet found time for
the cultivation of these politer arts, liter
ature, medicine and the law, aud Philadel
phia may well be proud of her Cadwala
der. her Rush aud her Hamilton !
Hew marked thc ceutrast between
Pennsylvania's constitution aud that of the
Carolinas. The Iattcr,preparcd under th e
inspiration of the great monarchist
Jehn Lecke, sought te avoid asau evil a tee
numerous democracy, and was agreeable
te monarchy. It survived only twenty-tive
years. The constitution of Pennsylvania
has withstood the storms of mere than
two hundred years, and its intlucnce has
been felt by mere thau fifty millions of
people. Peace, justice and equality of
rights, these were the bread foundations
en which she was laid in the begiuuiug.
and her progressive existence te-day is the
enduring monument raised by time te the
illustrious founder of our state.
THE MAYORALTY.
.1IK. MACUONIUL.K A CANDIDATE.
Fledged Only te Ueneit. Efficient am!
Economical City Government.
The following letter has been addressed
by Hen. Jno. T. MacGenigle, te the gen
tlemen who subscribed te a letter te him,
which was published iu the Lntem.ioen Lntem.ieen
ceu and 2few Era yesterday .
lien. II. Ct. Lenrt, Christian Zeehe,-, Xeubt.t
Llffhtner. Gee. M. Steinman. II. J. Housten.
James IHm-k; Henri Wolf , Oke. (funis amt
Others :
Genti.kmkx I have received your com
municatieu requesting me te allow my
name te be placed in nomination for the
office of mayor. Yeu have been correctly
informed that I have been disinclined te
be a candidate for re-electieu, aud had re
solved under no circumstances te seek a
nomination for this office. Only the mini
ber and weight of the names attached te
your letter, expressing in such highly com
plimentary terms your appreciation ei my
labors te secure " honest, efficient aud
economical city government," could induce
me te overcome the personal objections
which I feel te entering into another can
vass for the office te which the partiality of
my fellow-citizens has twice called me.
Yeu have kindly alluded te what you
are pleased te call spec:al features of "my
administration that " have recommended
its coutinuance te popular favor." I may
be allowed te recall thc fact" that in my
election te council ami twice te the may
oralty of the city, 1 have recognized rather
the vindication of the true principles of
geed municipal government and appreu.i
tien of my efforts te enforce them than any
personal preference for myself. If it shall
therefore seem te a majority of my fellow
citizeus that the continued supremacy of
these principles may he better assured by
my candidacy thau otherwise, I am will
ing te allow ray name te be again
placed in nomination. Ic must, however,
be with the distiuct understanding that I
am free from all pledges or obligations te
administer the office, if elected, otherwise
than as I have endeavored te discharge its
duties in the past, " for the interests of the
taxpayers and all classes of citizens;" ler
no class can, in thc end, fail te suffer from
any thing else than "honest, efficient and
economical city government." Under these
circumstauces I am willing te allow mv
name te go before that party which bai
previously made me its candidate, and
before my fellow citizeus, irrespective of
party, who have heretofore with their suf
frages approved my administration.
Renewing my thanks for the courtesy
aud compliment with which your request,
has been made I am,
Yours truly,
Jno. T. AlAcGuNitii.L'.
! Lantastei:. Jan. 25, 1832.
Court of Common l'lea l'lea
r.r.Kem: .iuuee iwtteiwen :
Isaac Bradley vs. Philip I). Baker, iu
trust of Eliza Necpcr, J. P. Ambler. Thes.
Jenes, Jehn Dersey, Alatilda Ewhfg and
Dr. Glacken, feigned issue te try the va
lidity of a judgment of 61,300, given, it
was alleged by Alexander Ewing te the
defendants without consideration. The
testimony showed that iu 1879 Samuel
Ewing, a resident of Drurauru township,
became involved. He conveyed te his
son his personal estate for an indebtedness
claimed te exist. The Oxford bank was
one of the creditors aud threatened
te issue executions te satisfy a judgment
of 813;1.10, Alexander gave te Isaac
Bradley, one of the bank directors and
assignee of his father, a judgment for the
amount due the bank, en condition that
he (Bradley) pay the indebtedness of tlia
father. In the following Alay Alex
ander Ewing gave a judgment of $1,30;
te Philip I). Baker iu trust for the
defendants. The judgment was entered,
and the amount was realized out of Alex
ander Ewing's property. At that time
the plaintiffs judgment had net been en
tered. When the auditor was about t.i
distribute this money the plaintiff obtained
a rule te have the ineney paid into court,
as he alleged that thc second judgment
was given without consideration, but just
te prevent rlaiutiff obtaining anything en
his judgment. The jury, under the direc
tion of the court, rendered a verdict iu
favor of the defense, the plaintiff failing te
show satisfactory proof of what they al
leged. ISEFOKK Jl'DOE I.IVINOSTOX :
Iii this court there is a mechanic's lieu
case en trial, hut it has net been heard
very far as jjet.
FIKF.S IN
THE COUNTKY.
Machine
Hhei, Smith Shep
and school
lloe.se Jturncd.
The machine shop and smith shop be
longing te Daniel Alyer at Scalp Level,
Leacock township, were entirely destroyed
ey lire yesterday, together with the valu
able machinery, invelviug a less estimated
te be at least $6,000. There was a partial
insurance in the Penn Township insurance
company. The origin of the fire is net
knew, but is believed te li.tvu been acci
dental. Aline mil Scheel llolise llnrnrj
Alius Hill school house. Paradise town
ship, of which Frank Boek is teacher,
caught fire from a defective Que yesterday
while thc school was in session and was
entirely destroyed, together with most of
the school furniture. The teacher aud
pupils saved most of their books and pa
pers. Thc school house was neaily new.
The less is estimated at about $1,000.
Can'ttose llim en Financed.
A visitor iu ,the lower part of Chester
county made an inquiry of one of the na
tives concerning a resident in that
Iejality : "Is he a geed business man?"
" Wall, he don't nd nelhin' about per
cent, nor any of thorn things, but he docs
knew that if he buys a pair of overalls iu
West Chester for fifty cents and sells
them here for a dollar he ain't lesin'
nethin," was thc reply.
Correction.
were in error in staling mat
the
i'euiicssce niare whesi death we noticed
recently was bought from Cel. Hambnght
by Mr. AicGrann. Cel. Ilamlnight bought
the narc. rent her eat and prexented her
te Air. AlcOraiin.
Mera Telephones.
The drug store of Andrew G. Frey, and
the residence of R-jv. Sylvauus Stall,
have been connected with the telephone
exchange.