LANCASTER DAlLi INTELLIGENCER FRIDAY MARCH 10 1882.
Hancastd Cutclligcncet.
FRIDAY BVENINO, MA.BCH 10, 1883.
.Medical Registry and Similar Laws.
Lawyere, dentists, doctors and laymen
may read with interest and profit the
opinion of Judge Wickes, of Yerk, en
the dental diploma act of 1870, te which
learned deliverence we give publication
in full en the first page of te-day's issue.
Judge Wickes is one of the younger
judges of the state, but he ranks among
the ablest, and he has done credit te him
self and his reputation by this last
opinion. It is of peculiar local interest,
because much that it says against the
constitutionality of the act requiring
dentists without diplomas,or who had net
practiced their professions three years
at the time the law was enacted, te get a
diploma from a beard authorized by
the act applies with equal force te the
somewhat notorious medical registry
law of 1 SSI, under which a large number
of black mailing prosecutions were
brought for speculative purposes iu this
county last fall. It will be remembered
that such of these prosecutions as finally
readied the grand jury came te grief an.d
the prosecutor was mulcted in the cestsf
but had they ever progressed te trial and
had the law under which they were
brought been submitted te intelligent
judicial scrutiny, the Intelligences
was always confident that it must be de
clared ex pest facto and therefore uncon
stitutional, se far as related te per
sons practicing medicine at the time
of its passage. Xet te speak of
the anomaly of a law " approved the
7th of June, 18S1," going into effect " en
the first day of June, 1881," the enforce
ment of the law would have worked
that deprivation of a man's property,
ether than by the judgment of his peers
or the law of the land, which the bill of
rights and the supreme law of the coun
try declare shall net be done. It is very
easy te ?e iu the clear light of Judge
Wickes': reasoning that the profession
of a physician is his property, and
that it is net te be taken away
from Iii in by any such act of the
Legislature as te that deformity known
as the medical registry act. The declara
tion of h Legislature, is net necessarily
the " law of the laud "that term hap
pily means due processor law ; and it
would be monstrous indeed if the Legis
lature could impose upon established
piaetitieiH'is of a profession the obliga
tions ei' this act, under penalty of its
pains ami punishments for failuie te
comply with its requirements. The
medical regktry act is awkward, inco ince
heifiit and contradictory in its censtruc
tien imt in its mam purposes, se lar as
the impose requirements upon physi
cians in practice at the time of its pas
sage, there can be no reasonable doubt
that it falls under the rulings of Judge
Wickes en the dental diploma act. Like
it the medical registry law would oper
ate te forfeit the estate of the defend
ant in his profession te destroy a vested
right which he enjoyed at the time it was
pabsed, and thus deprive him of his
property In a process rather ministerial
than judicial, and wholly different from
that which is meant by the judgment of
his peers r the law of the laud."
The act of lc5l, regulating the
doctor-, is likewise ccjoi'acte in all the
chsracleristiesef that kind of a law
Which Wickes points out. With equal
force it could be- said te persons under
either act :
" Tt ue, you have .spent your time uud
money iu pi epariug yourself for this pro
fession, ami you engaged in the practice
pes.si-ssed of all the qualifications required
te satisfy the existing laws and commend
you te the public, but siuce then we have
disceveicd that the public welfare rcquhes
that such skill as you profess shall be
avouched by a diploma certificate, of
legislation, and as you have net get it,
and did net require it, wc make this law
te relate back te the time you began te
practice, and you must pay the forfeit
the registration fee or abandon your
occupation, upon which the support of
your family depends your act was inno
cent before this law was passed, but we
make the couliimance of it criminal."
As the Yerk county court points out,
the supreme court of the United States
lias declared that it were vain and futile
te say all honors and positions "arealike
open te every one and that in the protec
tion of these rights all arc equal before
the law," if." the qualifications for these
avocations may be added te or changed
time and again, perhaps in the interest
of some dominant class, until under the
guise of the public weal, all opposition
is diiven from the field."
" Xer does it save the obnoxious feature
of the act in question, that these affected
by it'" may register themselves and by
that act secure the light te practice
medicine which they enjoyed before the
law was passed, for "if the statute did
net forfeit th'ir riyhts, there would be no
necessity for a method by ichich te rein
state than.'' Even though the act "was
passed entirely in the interest of the
public, and will produce the best prac
tical resultsV it is an invasion of personal
right and a forfeiture of property which
has "an effect prohibited by the funda
mental law."
The wonder te us has always been
that the medical profession did net re
sent and resist the operations of this act
instead of countenancing if net abetting
the attempted enforcement of it, even
for blackmailing purposes, against re
spectable practitioners. The Ixtelli Ixtelli
eexcek, which alone of the state press
insisted upon the unconstitutionality of
the law and the few plucky doctors who
were ready te test it, have a complete
vindication in the Yerk county court's
construction and condemnation of such
laws. Judge Wickes deserves credit for
the courage with which he met the
question, as much as for the ability with
which he has decided it.
The Examiner's approbation of civil
service reform as exemplified in the elec
tion of Fred Miller, as waffclrtaan at the
prison, is only equalled by the same news
paper's deprecation of bosses and boss
ism. These symptoms of the political
millenium are net any mere significant
than the heroic efforts of Levi Sensenig
and J. W. Jehnsen te reform the poli
tics of this county by a committee of 72
persons selected from their cronies.
Altogether, Reform is tee utterly en
top.
The Garleld'Besecran Letter.
When ex-Secretary Blaine, in his
funeral oration before Congress, stated
that Garfield, en assuming his new
duties as chief of staff te Gen. Rosecrans,
" found various troubles already well
developed and seriously affecting the
value and efficiency of the Army of the
Cumberland," intelligent readers regard
ed the statement net as historically true,
but merely an intended compliment te
Mr. Garfield's executive capacity. And
when Gen. Rosecrans punctured the
airy bubble and showed that the officers
and men of the Army of the Cumber
land were singularly united and free
from dissensions, the matter was sup
posed te have been satisfactorily ended.
And when subsequently a letter from
Garfield relative te the battle of Chicka
mauga was printed, wherein the writer
took the ground that that battle, instead
of being "disastrous te the Union
arms," as Mr. Blaine alleged, resulted in
the greatest possible advantages te the
Union cause and was essentially a Union
victory, almost everybody conceded that
Mr. Blaine had been wholly misinformed
and that in his forensic efforts te de
honor of Garfield he had overshot the
mark and made statements having no
foundation in fact.
Mr. Garfield's "confidential" letter te
Secretary Chase, however, seems te show
that Mr. Blaine's unfounded flings at the
commander of the Army of the Cumber
land and his great lieutenants were in
spired by Mr. GarGeld himself ; and that
that gentleman, while holding the re
sponsible and confidential position of
chief of staff te Gen. Rosecrans, had
net hesitated te abuse the confidence re
posed in him, by writing a ,: confiden
tial" letter te Secretary Chase, iu which
lie charges his chief and seventeen ether
general officers, with being " blind te the
advantages of the hour" while he alone
was " the only one who urged upon the
general the imperative necessity of strik
ing a blew at ones, while Bragg was
weaker and we stronger than ever be
fore!" And who were these "blind"
generals of the Army of the Cumberland
who could net see what the illustrious
Garfield saw se plainly ? Gen. Rosecrans
commander-in-chief ; Gen. Gee. II.
Themas the here of Chattanooga and
Nashville; Gens. Sheridan, Palmer,
McCook, Stanley, Granger, Jehnsen,
Willich, Schefield, Rousseau, Neg-
Jley, Reynolds, Brannen, Baird, and
ethers like them, who had fought great
battles and wen great victories, while
Garfield's only military achievement was
his command of a small brigade and his
skirmish with Humphrey Marshall.
Gen. Rosecrans denounces the " con
fidential" letter as a piece of the black
est treachery : as a compound of un
truths and exaggerations; and its author
as a person capable of falsehood and
double-dealing, and a fit subject for a
court-martial. It is amazing that Gar
field should have been shallow and vain
enough te write such a letter, but mere
amazing that any true friend of his
should have consented te its publication.
And who else than a professed friend
could have access te the letter, and who
among them all could have a motive te
see it in print except James G. Blaine,
who might use it as his warrant for glor
ifying Garfield in his oration at the ex
panse of Rosecrans and his generals V
A singular feature of the letter is
that it is dated Nashville, July :J7,
1553, while Re3ecran3's army had mere
than a month before started from Mur Mur Mur
freesbore in pursuit of Bragg, had
driven him out of his stronghold at Tul Tul
lahema, cempellnd him te cress the
Cumberland mountains and the Tennes
see river, and te seek safety iu Chatta
nooga ; while Rosecrans himself at that
very time had his army concentrated
near the base of the Cumberland moun
tains and was making active prepara
tions for his wonderful campaign ever
the mountains and into Northern Geor Geer
gia a campaign, the conception and
brilliant execution of which is net sur
passed by any ether during the war.
Mr. Garfield was evidently tee far te the
rear when he wrote te Secretary Chase
te have a correct idea of what Rosecrans
had done, or intended te de.
By a vote of nearly Cwe te one the Sen
ate yesterday passed the bill te piehihit
the incoming of Chinese labor.
It is Bell Ringers vs. Bull liiijgcrs at
the county prison new and the pealing of
the bell drowns the bollewimrof the bulls.
Seme of the Bull Riugera howl about
BurkhelJer's bloodhound as if the brute's
teeth wcre already fastened in the scatR
of their pantaloons.
Sin Thejiab V. L'oepek can tiguie out
32 delegates-elect for Beaver and enlv 7
for Butler. But then Cooper has no re
mainder interest in the Butler delegates.
The Western association of window
glass manufacturers met yesterday in
Pittsburgh and unanimously resolved te
advance prices 3 te 5 per cent., according
te the quality of the goods.
Tiik New Era praises Prison Inspecteis
Bitzcr and Weaver for helping te elect
Murr undcrkecper at the prison, and the
Examiner responds with equal cemmenda
tien of them for electing Fred Miller
watchman. This is net half se interesting
as if the New Era would tell what it thinks
about their votes for Miller or if the Ex
aminer would let us have its views en
their vote, for Murr.
Isaac Buru, who died iu New Yerk iu
1857, left a widow, three daughters and a
five acre farm. But as the farm was en
Fifth avenue it has se enhanced iu value
that when his daughter died the ether day
the accumulated estates of herself and
sisters amounted te three million dollars,
most of which gees te charities, the
American Bible society and Episcopal
church beards getting the largest slices.
In reply te an anonymous letter about a
country tavern, and for the benefit of the
public generally, Judge Livingston makes
it known through the Examiner that he
does "net, nor does the court, notice
anonymeu letters, nor act upon them."
He wishes no mere of them and though he
gets many his waste basket also gets
them promptly. This is an excellent reso
lution and might perhaps be profitably ex
tended te ether than anenymus cemmuni
catiens with which judges are pestered. It
is said Judge Butler, of West Chester, put
an end te the impertunacy of parties who
tried te reach bis ear outside the court by
taking into court and having there read
aloud the communications written te him
by officious and impertinent people. That
settled it.
Ignatius Dennelly, once an untamed
congressman from Minnesota, has pub
lished a big book te prove his theory that
there once existed in the Atlantic ocean,
opposite the mouth of the Mediteranean,
a large island, which was the remnant of
an Atlantic continent and knpwn te the
ancient world as Atlantis, whieh was the
region where man first rose te civilization
and whence America, as well as Europe,
Africa and Asia, was populated by civ
ilized nations. This was " the true ante
diluvian world," and the description of
Atlantis given by Plate was net fable, but
history. The gods and goddesses of the
ancient Greeks, Hindoes and Scandinav
ians were but the kings, queens and heroes
of Atlantis ; the mythology of Egypt and
Peru represented its original religion.
The Phoenician alphabet, .and also that of
the Mayas of Central America, came from
Atlantis, which was the original seat of
the Aryan family, as well as the Semitic
and possibly of the Turanian reces. The
island perished in a terrible convulsion of
nature, "but a few persons escaped in
ships and en rafts, and carried te the
nations east and west the tidings of the
appalling catastrophe, whieh has survived
te our own time in the Floed and Deluge
legends of the different nations of the Old
and New Worlds."
PERSONAL.
The Lord Mayer of Londen still rides
te royal receptions in a gilded chariot,
with coachmen and footman in powdered
wigs and g'orgeeqs liveries.
It is denied that Senater Hill, of Geor
gia, new suffering from a cancerous affec
tion of the mouth and threat, is in any
immediate or special danger.
Congressman Duobe, of New Yerk.and
his wife are the youngest couple among
congressional families, he being only
twenty-six and she several years younger.
me papers in tue r lifpek court mar
tial cas9 were submitted yesterday te the
secretary of war. It is believed the sen
tence will be mitigated te a light punish
nicnt.
Miss FitELixciiUYSEX, smart but net
pretty, superintends the setting of the
table at all these fine dinners given in the
White Heuso. Arthur will net save as
much money as Hayes, but he will go out
of office with mere friends.
Seme one has " been authentically in
formed that it was Mr. Coxkline's desire
te resume the practice of his profession,
that he had permanently retired from
politics and wauted no political position of
any kind."
Miss Yenie Desc.vmpt, better known as
Vexie Claxcey, the talented young ac
tress and vocalist, died in Santa Barbara,
Lewer California, and net in Flerida as
has been previously published. Her funeral
will take place in Baltimore en Monday.
By mistake the telegram of March 3
from Secretary FREraxGHCYSEM te Minis
ter Lewell was given te the New Yerk as
sociated press with the words "for the
deed " emitted. The dispatch as sent,
aud as published in the Washington tar
of March 8, is correct and reads : " The
feeling of indignation for the deed and
thankfulness for the queen's safety is deep
and universal."
When Patti demanded $3,000 for each
concert from Manager J. Y. Haverly, he
remarked that it would be equivalent te
$50,000 a month, aud remarked, sotto
voce : " The president of the United
States works a year for that amount."
" Well," responded the diva, promptly,
" get the president te sing for you." As
President Arthur sings a geed bass the
suggestion wasn't se far out of the way.
Sojourner Truth writes from Battle
Creek, Michigan, iu reference te recent
published paragraphs of her having a fine
home, and her having made a will. etc.
She says she has made no will, owns no
farm, but has a small heuse encumbered
by a mortgage, and has no income but
what she derives from the narrative of her
life and sale of her photograph, which she
hopes, and we hope, her friends will buy
te help her along in this one-huudred-and-ieventh
year of her stay en earth.
The new house which Mr. Samuel J.
Tilden is building en the site of his for
mer mansion, 15 Gramercy Park, will be
one of the costliest en Manhattan island,
the estimates running all the way from
$500,000 te $000,000. The materials used
are Scotch red sandstone, Bellevue
brownsteuo and Maine granite. The
whole front of the house is one mass of
elaberate carving, wherever the Carlisle
stone is used, and upon this part of the
work no fewer than forty niea have been
employed for several months The style
is mixed Gothic and Renaissance.
A Cruel Father.
Charges of terrible cruelty are made
against Jehn Bennett, a farmer at Johns
town, N. Y. It is alleged that he has
mercilessly beaten his four-year-old daugh.
ter, after throwing her, naked, into a
snow bank and plunged her into a cistern,
confined her, without feed, in a cold room.
When found she eat se ravenously that a
physician stepped further supplies. Ben
nett has iled, and his neighbors threaten te
lynch him if they find him.
A Uulted States marshal lu Trouble.
Jehn Healy, deputy United States mar
shal, having arrested several illicit traders
and captured their goods, in the Milk river
region, in Mentana, was himself taken
prisoner by the Indians, and is held in their
camp. General Ruger, commanding at
Fert Assinebeine, has sent a ferce of in
fantry and cavalry, numbering 400 men, te
the scene of trouble, net only te rescue
Healy, but te drive the half-breeds and
Creek Indians back into Canada, whence
they came.
Beld Thieves.
An attempt was made early yesterday
morning te rob the jewelry store of Frank
Ticc, iu Fulton street, Brooklyn. Mr.
Tice discovered three men at work en his
safe, and began firing at them, when they
escaped, leaving behind them the frame of
a "dummy safe'-' and a fine set of burglar's
tools.
The residence of II. Sellers MoKce, in
Allegheny, was entered en Tuesday even
ing while the family were at supper, and
jewelry and clothing te the amount of
ever $3,000 secured. There is no clue te
the thieves, who are presumed te be pro
fessionals from the adroit manner, in which
g.be robbery was committed.
BANKING FRAUDS.
ARREST OF A. DIRECTOR.
A S70.OO0 tElICIEXCT DISCOVERED
The Extent or the Mississippi Floods and Re
suiting Suffering'.
A deficiency of $70,000 has been dis
covered in the accounts of the Fourth
national bank, iu Nassau street, New
Yerk, corner of Pine, and official notifica
tion te that effect has been transmitted te
the comptroller of the currency. The vice
president of the institution yesterday
stated that last Fiiday, while making an
examination of the securities in possession
of the bank, he missed a number of bends
and ether securities. The clerk in charge
of the lean department was Mr. R. II.
Cornwall. He had been at his desk that
day, but left at neon en account of sick
ness. On discovering the deficiency a
telegram was sent te Cornwall asking
where the securities were. A reply was
received indicating correctly where the
securities ought te be, but, as they were
ne: in the proper place, a letter was sent
asking for' an explanation. A reply was
received from Cornwall, requesting that an
officer of the bank visit him. Accordingly
the cashier, Mr. Antheny Land, went te
Plaiufield, N. J. where Cornwall lives,
and had an interview with him, in the
course of which he confessed te
having hypothecated the securities.
An examination revealed that for
three months past he has been hy
pothecating securities, with whom the
officers of the bank will net state, but as
it was admitted that Cornwall had prob
ably been indulging in speculation, the
property no doubt went into the hands of
brokers as margins. Cornwall took about
840,000 worth of miscellaneous securities,
comprising New Yerk City, Union Pacific
and Lake Shere bends, &c, but by mani
pulation or ether securities he has caused
a further less te the bank of $30,000,
making a total of $70,000. The bank has
been able te secure the return of the se
curities, but is obliged te shoulder the
less, whieh it is thoroughly able te sus
tain. In the statement of its condition of
January 1, 1882, it is shown that the
capital stock is $3,200,000 ; the deposits
(net) $17,424,689.41, and the surplus and
profits $1,161,822.25. Cornwall is sixty
five years old, and lives at Plainfield, N.J.
He has eight children, several of whom
are married. ' He has been seven years in
the service of the bank, lie started in
business as a clerk in the house of Geas,
Bobbins & Laws, bankers, but before en
tcring the bank had been in business for
himself.
A M'.ltlOUS UllAllttK.
-Anel tier Arrest Urewlnjj Out of the Newark
liank Troubles.
Director S.H. Condict,of the Mechanics'
national bank, Newark, has been arrested
en a civil suit brought by Receiver Fre
linghuysen. The arrest was made en a
writ of ne exeat issued by United States,
Judge Nixon, the bail being fixed at $350,
000. The affidavit en which the arrest
was based was made by Director James F.
Bend, who states that Condict told
him of the confession of Cashier Baldwin
en the 30th of October last. The affidavit
set forth the preposition of the directors
and Condict's subscription of $250,000 te
renew the bank ; also the fact that in
November last Condict told him that his
subscription was half his property ; that
Condict recently withdrew his subscrip
tion, saying it would leave him penniless.
Mr. Bend says that he had ample means
of knowing Condict's mcaus and be
lieves him te have been worth
ever $500,000, and he believes that
that if the payment of 250,050 would
leave him penniless, he has disposed of
his property te evade his responsibility as
an officer of the bank. There is also an
affidavit by Receiver Frelinghuyscn set
ting fe.-th that Condict had knowledge of
the situation of the bank and concealed it
from the ether directors, and that the less
te the bank after his knowledge was ac
quired was $700,000 ; that he obtained
payment of notes en Nugent & Ce.,held by
himself; that he allowed dividends of
fourteen per cent, te be declared that
had net been earned ; that he sold 243
shares of stock at high prices : that he was
.an active director aud was relied en by the
ethers, and that he was responsible for all
the losses of the bank after he became
aware of the abstraction of the funds by
the cashier and failed te inform the ether
directors. The receiver also alleges that
Condict has disposed of part of his prop
erty te evade his liability.
THE FLOODS.
Water Cevering Leng Distances ei Kallrend
Track.
A gcutloman'.whe arrived from Edmond Edmend
son's station, seventeen miles from Mem
phia, en the Little Reck railroad, reports
the water at that place ever the flat cars
standing en the track. Twe engines of
the company were caught there by the
rapid rising of the back water, and it is
new up te the cabs of the engines. People
have te go iu and out of their dwellings
through windows in the second story, as
the water covers everything there te a
depth of from four te eleven feet. The
railroad track is covered with water from
Riccville te Madisen, a distance of twenty
nine miles. Eight miles of track are aflear,
aud the telegraph wires are down
nearly the entire distance between Ed Ed Ed
mondsen and Madisen. At Blackfish the
water is five inches above the saloon coun
ter in the eating heuse. There is a small
house there with a second story and about
thirty people are congregated in it, sub
sisting as best they can. Seme few have
built rafts, and are living en these floating
dwellings. The gentleman came all the
way from Edmondsen te Memphis in a
dug-out. The country intervening if filled
with the carcases of dead animals that
were caught by the water and drowned.
Official Repert te the War Department.
Secretary Lincoln has received the fol
lowing telegraphic report from Captain
Lee, in regard te the damage and suffering
caused by the flood iu that portion of the
overflowed district lying within the state
of Mississippi :
"MEUPnrs, Tenn., March 9. Te Hen.
Secretary of War, Washington : Under
instructions of General Beckwith, assign
ing me te the overflowed district in the
state of Mississippi, I arrived here this
morning. I have conferred with General
Hemingway, the agent for the state of
Mississippi for forwarding supplies te the
sufferers, and have conversed with a num
ber of planters just from the overflowed
district, and have also read letters from
persons new there. Frem the information
thus received, I am satisfied that this over
flow is the most disastrous and widespread
that has ever occurred, and the result
ing destitution is correspondingly great.
My information will pertain exclu
sively te the counties in the state of
Mississippi lying between Memphis and
Vicksbnrg, fronting en the river, and the
tier of counties just back of these. All
these counties are wholly or partially over
flowed, the water breaking through the
levees, running back ever the low basin apd
coming again te the Mississippi through
the Yazoo river. The very lowest esti
mate as te the number of destitute is
placed at 18,000, distributed as fellows .
Tunica county, 2,500 ; Coahoma, 3,000 ;
Bolivar, 6,000 ; Washington, 5,500 ; Quit
man county, 1,000. As yet no demands
have been received from the counties of
Sunflower, Laflore and Tallahatchie, lying
back of the river counties, but as these
are inundated, applications for assistance
may be received at any moment, or as
seen as it is possible te commu
nicate. Many persons from these back
counties have taken refuge in the
hills te; the east, awl thus have their
immediate wants provided for through
such local aid as can, be furnished. Ne
reports of destitution have been received
from Sharkey and Issaquera counties, en
the river front, this side of Yicksburg ; and
probably no aid will be needed there, as
the levees are still safe. Frem Tunica
county down te Greenville, in Washing
ton county, the levees are broken in many
places and people are compelled te seek'
refuge in such buildings as are standing
en the levees, wherever possible te reach
them. Plantations are entirely sub
merged and the only communication iu
most cases is by means of skiffs. With
the one hundred thousand rations already
sent, the 50,000 new en the way from St.
Leuis, and with the local .aid furnished by
the state of Mississippi, the destitution
in my district can be provided for
until the 20th instant. Everything
shows that - the destitution must
be cared for at least thirty days
from this date, which will require an ad
ditional 20 days' rations for 18,000 persons,
making a total of 360,000 rations. The ra
tions should consist of meat and cornmeal ;
nothing else. Many planters say it will
be five or six weeks befer any work can
be dene in the overflowed district ; ethers
say net before the first of May. But just
as seen as work can be commenced I would
advise that the issue of rations ccase.
General Hemingway's distribution of the
rations is systematic and effective. He
has shipped te well-known and respon
sible parties in the overflowed district in
Mississippi with a careful discrimination
that none but these absolutely deserving
shall receive succor. I leave in two hours
for the ovettlewed section. If possible
will report further as seen as I can make
pergenal inspection.
" Yery repect fully,
"J. M. Lee,
" Captain 9th Infantry."
SOMKKECKST D1SASTKUS.
Lesses of kite and I'rpperty.
A d welling occupied by Mrs. Henbach,
at Lachine, Quebec, was burned yesterday.
The less is $10,000.
II. D. Crandall's furniture factory at
Cohoes, N. Y.. was damaged by fire yes
terday te the amount of $3,000 ; no insur
ance. The storerooms aud varnish-rooms of
the chair factory of Arneld & Ce., of
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., were burned last
night, causinga less of $10,000.
Calvin church at Fredericton, N. B.,
was completely destroyed by fire last
night, which is supposed te have originated
from the furnace. Less, $15,000
William Brown has been arrested in
Orange county, North Carolina, for at
tempting te burn the Orange cotton fac
tory in rovenge for a dispute with its
proprietor.
One child has died aud three persons
are sick 'of a mysterious disease in one
house, in Winchester,. Massachusetts. A
consultation of physicians, held en Wed
nesday, resulted in the decision that these,
new sick have the corebre-spinal menin
gitis, but no conclusion was reached re
garding the child.
The lemains of Jehn Glever, buried te
the depth of twenty-five feet by the caving
iu of a well near Peoria, 111., in which Jie
was working, were reached after workmen
had been engaged ever 54 hours in remov
ing the earth. The body was found in a
sitting posture.
Twe of Napeleon Bonaparte's old sol
diers died in this country yesterday
Christian Shaefer at Mineral Point, Wis.,
and Nicholas Remy at Ottumwa, Iowa.
The first was personally acquainted with
Napeleon, and fought at Waterloo. The
ethor served in this country in the war of
1812, and also in the war of the rebellion.
Tite Stress of AVeatner.
The severest snow storm of the season
iu the Northwest prevailed yesterday and
last night, intcnupting railroad travel.
At Milwaukee the wind reached the ve
locity of 41 miles an hour. Four inches of
snow fell in Northern Texas en Wednes
day, and snow fell iu Pike county, Pa.,
yesterday morning.
The first steamboat of the season from
New Yerk arrived at Trey yesterday
morning. Navigation en the Hudsen is
opened two weeks earlier than usual.
A hurricane at Fert Wayne, Ind., yes
terday destroyed a new frame house, and
blew down several smaller ones. Three
men were severely injured.
TUi: C.YKIIKLII-ROSECRAMS LKTTliK.
Gen.
Uusecrans'a Anwer te the Kpislle of
bis Chief tt Staff.
X. Y. Herald Interview.
It is the first time I had ever heard of
the existence of such a letter, but after
the campaign life of General Garfield, in
which .such gross misrepresentation of
fact occurred and very much in the satne
strain as this letter. I am net surprised at
it. At no time during the period that
General Garfield was with me at the Army
of the Cumberland did he express te me
any such sentiments of impatience or dis
satisfaction as these given iu this letter.
He understood all my plans and objects and
my anxiety te meve as seen as a move
could be made with proper regard te effec
tiveness. About the conference of the
generals or a council of war there was
none such. General Garfield suggested
that the opinions of the generals be taken,
and, by the way, there were but fifteen,
though General Garfield, putting himself
ahead of all of them, raises himself two
generals higher by saying there were
seventeen of them. I told General Gar
field te take their opinion if he wanted te,
and a set of questions was sent out and
responses came in. He knew that I had
made up my mind ;i3 te the conduce of the
opening campaigu and that it did net mat
ter te me what the generals under me
thought or said. He get the answers and I
told him tolerward copies teGen. Halleck,
which I suppese he did. I did net read
them nor knew what opinions were given.
General Garfield wrote te General Halleck
embodying my views of a vigorous push
ing movement when the proper time came.
I never had any idea of a movement be
fore the one that was made, and never bc bc bc
fore knew that I was being governed by
my chief of staff, as this letter would
make it appear; We were busy all t!e
time making preparations te . have the
army promptly and properly provisioned
when the advance did begin. We had te
deceive the enemy as te the place where
our supplies were stored, and also as te
tbe point where the advauce would begin.
We had also te wait until ceru was fit tb
furnish forage for our horses and mules.
General Garfield kucw what preparations
were making, and gave his entire assent
te them and did net at any time express
te me any fears that we were wasting
time.
A Oueer Story.
The Rosecrans-Garfield affair has created
much interest in Washington, and a story
new current there is te the effect that in
1863, shortly after General Rosecrans had
been removed, the late Francis P. Blair,
sr., gave a dinner in Washiugten te his
son, Frank P. Blair, jr., then just from
the victorious field of Vicksdurg, at which
wcre present, among ethers, Montgomery
Blair and General Garfield, then just
elected te Congress. At the dinner the
subject of General Rosecrans's removal was
freely discussed, and there was a general
expression of opinion that his removal
was a grave mistake. By no one
was this expression mere forcibly
stated than by General Garfield, who was
loud in his praises of him as a mili
tary genius and able general. Montgom
ery Blair was se much impressed by
General Garfield's statement of the case
that he went te President Lincoln and used
about the following argument : " Mr.
President, I de net want te seem officious,
but I was se forcibly impressed by a con
versation I had last evening with a young
member of Congress from Ohie, who,
previous te bis election, was Gen. Rose
crans's chief of staff, that I have come te
you as a matter of duty te say that I think
General Rosecrans's removal was a grave
mistake. The gentleman referred te
impressed me se favorably as te his. own
military ability and the pesitiveness of his
declarations that I am fully convinced of
his knowledge and judgment in the mat
ter." " Wkeis this gentlcmau-.'' the presi
dent is reported te have inquired.
"General Garfield," replied Mr. Blair.
''General Garfield:' Why,it was upenjhis
statement of facts and representations
mere than anything else that his removal
was based," said Mr. Lincoln with an ex
pression of surprise.
LOCAL lOTELLUiENCE.
MORMONISM.
AS VIEWED Br A VKESBYTERIAN .
A Christian Missionary's Lecture en the Re
ligious, Secial and Political Vhases
of Hrlgham Yeung's People.
An audience ei about 200 including
many of the local clergy, assembled in the
Presbyterian church last evening te hear
Rev. Duncan J. McMillan, a young Presbyterian-
miuistcr,-whe has been doing mis
sionary work iu Utah for seven years, lee
ture en Mormonism. The services opened
with the Coronation" bymu ; the lecturer
spoke for about an hour and twenty min
utes ; he was listened te very attentively
and after his address the audienee was dis
missed with prayer, a hymn and the long
metre doxology.
Mr. McMillan, who is a fluent though
net an eloquent speaker, addressed him
self first te the religious phases of Mor
monism. It is a native American institu
tion, and our country has beaten the world
in developing an original type of heath
enism. Dishonesty has always pervaded
it aud religious enthusiasm has cemented
the organization until it new numbers
200,000 souls recruited from Protestant
Christianity. The Mormons believe iu
many gods, ena for each world ; Adam is
ours ; he was given its lordship for geed
services elsewhere : he brought Eve here,
and Mermen priests who die in the faith
here are elevated te gedships aud
pelygamic bliss hereafter. Tim Mermen
sect, starting in the East, had been stead
ily driven Westward by geed people. Its
growth was in large measure due te its
doctrine of ' bleed atonement," accord;
ing te which there are two crimes for which
no bleed except that of the efl'ender, net
even Christ's, can atone. These siusaie
apostasy -from Mormonism or refusal te
accept it. Brigham Yeung had preached
that the proper thing te be done te such
offenders was te cut their threats and send
them te glory. That doctrine had been
practiced. The lecturer gave a graphic ac
count of the massacre of the - emigrants at
Mountain Meadow, and many ether mur
ders alleged te have been committed by
the Mormons in accordance with the
"bleed atonement" doctrine and under
the inspiration of Brigham Yeung's in
junction that " dead men tell no tales."
Women are taught that they are raised
from the dead and saved only tin euh
their husbands; the exaltation of the
men, and hence of the wemru, de
pends largely en polygamy. The first
marriage is by the ofiice of the law or
the church ; subsequent ones aie cither
celestial and polygamous, for time ; or
spiritual for eternity. In the latter case
the unions are mostly with ether men's
temporal wives. Mr. McN. described at
length the splendid endowment temples
being erected by the Mormons, iu which
their secret rites are held, and where
the polygamous marriages take place, be
yond the possibility of outsiders seeiug
them or obtaining the necessary evidence
te convict the offenders of polygamy. The
Mormons are enjoined that perjury is jus
tillable for the protection of Mermen in
terests. Illustrations were given te prove
that the members of the church arc, as a
class, ignorant, the priests cearse and un
lettered, but shrewd, crafty and with geed
business talents.
The social condition of the people was
sketched as deplorable. The women jicnl
eraliy pretest against polygamy and de
clare it a bar te domestic happiness. Their
remenstrances only excite the angry opposi
tion of their husbands ; one Andres cnt
his first wife's threat because she objected
te his new wife ; Mrs. ilenreid hanged
herself in despair ; another woman whose
husband had deserted his wife for her two
sisters were out her life iu fishing and
gardening and was buried in a rough pine
box without the grace of church rites.
Men marry their half-sisters, step mothers
and ene had sealed te himself a daughter,
mother and grandmother, kccpingall three
generations iu the oue house.
Mr. McMillan gave bis ewu personal ex.'
pcriencoef seven years' life and work in
Utah somewhat in detail. He had gene
there for his health. Before the railroads
brought an influx of new people te Utah
there was no development in its mining
wealth. These who at temped it were
"sent te hell across lets',' by Mermen
murderers. With the Gentiles came capi
tal, miners aud missionaries, who were
doing geed work establishing schools
and churches. The Cougregatieualists,
Methodists, Presbyterians aud ethors
wcre there. When he first looked upon
the beauties of the valley he selected Mt.
Pleasant for his home. He found no lodg
ing place except in the posteffice. lie
heard a Mermen lecture, assailing the
newcomer Presbyterian preacher, but next
morning the Mermen called upon him and
cordially welcomed him te Utah, invited
him te preach, gave him church and audi
dencc. This bishop was uncultured and
ignorant, but Mr. McMillan had a respect
ful audienee. At the conclusion of his
address a patriarch of the church arose
and abused him, but a number of mem?
bers followed him out, encouraged him
raised $585 for a church and school, and
since then the missionary work has steadily
progressed. Though often discouraged, he
had received aid from the East, the first
contribution which ever cheered him
coming from a member of the Lancaster
Presbyterian church. Brigham Yeung
had ceme te Mt. Pleasant'and assailed the
missionaries, deriding the federal govern
ment's attempt te enforce its laws, de
nouncing the " Presbyterian devil' and
advising that he be shot like a wolf. The
raoeio uad stoned tlic preacher k
house, aud ene night he caught
a fellow coming in the window,
but his invariable experience was that no
bold man had cause te fear open attack
from any number of Mormons. Thi-y
never assail a man prepared for defense.
At a public meeting he had spoken in de
fiance of threats against his personal
safety ; he had been ready, iu the event of
attack, te cover the Mermen bishop with
his revolver. The missionaries have 33
schools in 400 miles ; 2,000 Mermen chil
dren are under instruction ; 10 churches
and 17 ministers arc at work. Fer the
Mermen problem the gospel of Christ is
tbe only remedy.
Politically the spread of the Mermen
church threatens danger. It is e7erunning
Idaho and Mentana, and New Mexico and
Wyoming ; it seeks te control Nevada and
Colerado, and with four senators, six rep
resentatives and six delegates in Congress
.it would held the balance or political
power in the country. The govern
ment should regulate the cancerous
evil. There should be no interference
with religious rights, but the territorial
government ought te be abolished and a
government by commission established,
as in the District of Columbia, se that the
laws may be enforced, polygamy and ether
crimes punished, fair trial by jury for all
classes secured, and sound meraii ty te
promoted.
I.ANCA3TKK COUNTY.
The Wealth of IU Agricultural Keseurces
Viewed by a Traveling Correspondent et the
Albany (X. V.) Country Uentleman.
Probably there is no county in the state
of Pennsylvania that is se highly favored
by nature as Lancaster. A fertile, lime
stone soil generally level or reiliug, and
free from stones, and suitable for the pro
duction of excellent crops of tobacco,
corn and wheat makes the county the
most foremost, agriculturally, iu the state.
The fact, connected with the excellent
facilities for marketing produce, and the
industrious, enterprising class of farmer?,
makes the ceuuty what it is. The farm
ing portions of this part of tbe state were
settled up at an early day with Hollanders,
or Helland Dutch, and they have proved
themselves a most industrious aud frugal
pcople, and it is through their efforts, in a
large measure, that the agriculture of the
county has reached se high a standing.
A person riding through the country is
stuck forcibly with the formidable appear
ance of the barns, outbuildings, and farm
fences, which characterize the farms of
Lancaster county. The barns are built
almost universally with masonry cellars or
basements, in whieh cattle, and sometimes
ether farm stock are housed through the
winter. It is the universal custom, almost,
te keep fattening stock confined in stable3,
aud they are rarely let out, even te drink.
Tue object of this confinement is two
fold , first, mere aud better manure is
made, and second, the cattle are supposed
te fatten mere rapidly npep a given
amount of feed. Straw iu liberal quanti
ties is usually used for absorbents, and
once or twice a week the stables are
cleaned out, and the manure wheeled te
large piles in the barnyard, where by
spring, or by tbe time it is needed, it is
partially retted. This is usually the
system followed, although occasionally a
farmer hauls his manure directly te his
corn land.
There is a geed deal of sameness about
the farmers and farming in this portion of
the state. The buildings are very similar
in construction and finish, and the system
of tillage by farmers in various noignbor neignbor noignber
hcods very much the same. The barns
are built, almost without exception, with
a projection extending from the main fleer
out ever the rear of the basement, te pre
vent snow and rain from blowing in at the
openings of the basements, and te furnish
shelter also for cows when let out (as they
seldom are) into the yard. Farmers as a
rule practice economy in all the affairs of
business. They are extremely saving of
manure, aud make it a point te make all
they can. The grain and hay produced ou
the farm are fed te the stock, generally
fattening steers or horses, both of which
are bought and fed for the large markets
of the East. .Seme farmers net only feed
all the grain produced-en their farms, but
buy large quantities for their own feeding.
Windmills arc found en nearly all the best
farms, and they arn used largely for gi hid
ing feed, thus saving the expense of mill
ing. By this frugal management and econ
emy, the farmers find little difficulty in
keeping up the fertility of their farms. A
systematic rotation of crops is followed,
and tobacco, which is a leading product,
is grown only en a small percontage of the
acres of the' farms. I was told by one
farmer that two acres out of sixty were
considered a proper proportion, and far-.
liters who extended their tobacco acreage
beyond this percentage were considered
impiudeut. On farms adjoining or in
clese proximity te Lancaster city,'a great
deal of manure is drawn from the city, and
hence mere tobacco can be safely grown.
Lime is used largely for fertilizing pur
poses, and is considered very advantage
ous te the production of tobacco and
grain. Commercial fertilizers are used
with great caution, and are considered at
best a peer substitute for barnyard m.i
nure. There is a prevailing opinion thai
the uc of superphesphates injures the
qualities of tobacco when grown upon
soil where it has been applied in anything
like large quantities.
My observations of the winter wheat in
Southern Pennsylvania have been confined
te these counties lying along the Pennsyl-
I vania railroad, and mere especially te
Lancaster and xerk counties. It is my
opinion that the wheat prospects of Seuth
era Pennsylvania are very flattering,
judging from the present appcarance of
the wheat fields. Rarely in New Yerk
state have I seen wheat with such a fresh,
giecu appearance as that which charac
terizes the majority of fields I have .seen
hcie. "Almest as green as they were
last fall," is the common remark concern -iug
the wheat fields in Lancaster county.
This is due, doubtless, te the mild winter
aud the snow, which ha:; covered the
ground te a shallow deptii most of the
time. Wheat is usually sewn ou tobacco
stubble, and the thoieugh and frcquei.t
cultivation given the tobacco leaves the
soil Ioeso, free from weeds and in excel
lent condition for wheat. This doubtless
is another cause for thn favorable appcar appcar
anee of wheat in the tobacco-growing
leg ions of the state.
F1KE.
KussclM Speke and Benuliic We.Ls uud
llushey & Chapman's Agricultural
Works Burned Out. .
Last evening between 0 and 7 o'clock
flames were seen te issue from
the ioef of the large frame build
ing belonging te Geerge P. Russsl
and situated near the rear of the let ou
Seuth Queen street below Vine. The
first fleer of the building was occupied by
Mr. Russel as a sawing and. bending
works, and the second fleer was occu
pied by Ephraim Bushey and C. P Chap
man, trading under the firm name of the
Lancaster Agricultural .Manufacturing
company, their business being the manu
facture of grain fans, seed drills, hay
rakes aud ether agricultural implements.
The fire appears te have originated in
the part of the building occupied by
Bushey & Chapman, immediately above
the boiler and engine. Whether the origin
of the fire was accidental or -iacendiaiy is
net known. An incendiary might very
readily have appplied the match by enter
ing the yard en the south of the building,
getting upon a low shed adjoining it aud
opening a small window near the point
where the fire was discovered. It may be,
however, that the building was fired by a
spark from the furnace.
Fer a time the fire burned fiercely ; the
reef and the central portion were almost
entirely destroyed ; thirty-two grain fans,
50 hay rakes, 20 grain drills and a large
quantity or lumber belonging te Bushey &
Chapman were destroyed, together with
work benches, tools and machinery. The
whole less te the firm will be about $1,000,
en which they have an insurance of $j0O.
Henry Oehs, Frederick Ackcrman and
Gotlieb Spaeth, who worked for Bushcv
& Chapman, lest all their tools.
The extent of 3Ir. Russel's less has i:wt
yet been ascertained. The frame portion
of the building is almost a total less, and
it will have te be pulled down. Tbe brick
portion is net very seriously injured, and
the Jdss te the machinery, belting, sthaft
ing, etc., is net very heavy, and is fully
covered by insurance. Ou the building
Mr Russel has an insurance with Baus.
man & Burns in the North British and
Mercantile of Londen, of $2,000 ; and
$1,500 en the engine, machinery and con
nections. Of this last named insurance)
the British America, of Terente; reinsures
the North British for $1,000. There is
also an insurance of $500 en stock rims,
shafts and materials in the Phoenix of
Hartferd.
The firemen were promptly en the
creund and- worked well, extinguishing
the flames before they spread te ether val-
a;