LANCASTEK DAILY INTELLIGENCER FRIDAY MARtJH 24 1882.
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FRIDAY EVENING, MABCH 34,-1882.
Au UngrateM Ceantrj.
Republics are net always ungrateful.
Witness the munificence of our own
great republic in doubling the salary and
voting gratuities and pensions te Gen
eral Grant ; in subsidizing railroad and
steamship corporations ; in establishing
and liberally paying for starmail routes
and in passing back-pay pension acts for
the benefit of crippled and disabled sol-,
diers, many of whom have only recently
been made aware of the terrible injuries
they sustained while in the service of
their country . eighteen or twenty years
age.
Of the last named class of patriots
there are a few in this geed city of -Lan
caster, whose claims upon the govern
ment should net be overlooked. Take
Majer Elwood Griest, the distinguished
editor of the Lancaster Inquirer, as an
example : When the war broke out he
was engaged in the honorable avocation
of forging horse-shoes and gate hinges.
The bugle sounded te arms.' In a pa
triotic frenzy he threw down the ham
mer, kicked ever the anvil, and -entered
the service as a sutler's clerk. The prow
ess and genius he displayed in disposing
of tobacco, whisky, and ether sanitary
supplies at remunerative prices, attracted
the attention of high officials in the com
missary department, and the sutler's
clerk was speedily promoted te a lucra
tive position therein. Se admirably did
he perform his dangerous duties in this
capacity, that long years 'after his term
of service, it is said, the venerable ex
secretary of war, Simen Cameren, pre
sented him with a cellar, which he con
tinues te wear with as much fienest
pride as the illustrious " 300 " will wear
Den's big bronze medals.
Flushed with victory Maj. uriest re
turned from the war, before it was
ever, and demanded a public recognition
of his services. A grateful governor ap.
pointed him county treasurer te fill an
apparent vacancy, and he fulfilled the
duties of the office, if net in the interest
of the taxpayers, at lease te his own
satisfaction and profit. Ambition
pointed te higher honors. Tliad. Stevens
was dead. Why should net he pick up
the whip that the " old commoner " had
laid down and flourish it ever the heads
of subservient Republican congressmen ?
He thought he would ; but he didn't.
With blind infatuation and overlooking
his superior merit, the Republican man
ageis set up and elected, term after term,
such third-rate fellows as O. J. Dickey
and Herr Smith, leaving the sutler's
clerk out in the cold. Ne ; Republics
are net ahcuys ungrateful, but in this
case ours was,
Hepe deferred maketh the heart sick.
Despairing of congressional honors, Maj.
(iriest lias been casting hiseyesabeut
for something else. His vision rested en
the arrears of pensions act an act passed
for the benefit of soldiers who had been
wounded or otherwise disabled while in
the service of their country. The major,
having snuffed the battle from afar, had
escaped sabre cut and bayonet thrust,
rifle ball and bursting shell. Even rheu
matism, camp fever, diarrheea, piles or
ether diseases incident te a military life,
were unknown te him. But he was net
as ene without hope. He remembered
that he was once thrown from the back
of an intractable government mule, and
that his wrist was thereby sprained and
for this mishap he might perhaps secure
a pension and back pay. The accident
had happened se long age that he had
quite forgotten which one of his wrists
was injured, and se when he filed his ap
plication for a pension he included both
of them. . When the dayef examination
came, the surgeons critically examined
the disabled soldier, nis wrists ap
peared te be as round and muscular as
a prize-fighter's or a blacksmith's,
and the surgeons could at first see little
amiss with them. But the major
averred that his wrists were se seriously
disabled that he was unequal te the
task of inditing geed editorials. This
the surgeons acknowledged, after having
examined the files of the Inquirer; and,
net wishing.te reject the major's claim
entirely and thus cut him off from all
chance of getting a pension, they recem
mended that he be granted $2 per
month. It is net at alllikely, however,
that he will be given a tentli part
of the sum recommended.. We have
heard of cases where the surgeons re
commended full pensions of $30 per
mouth, ami the heartless pension cemmis
siener cut them down te $2. The same
ratio of reduction applied te the major's
case could reduce his monthly allowance
te about 13 cents, and this amount can
not be regarded as exorbitant when com.
pared with the allowances made te Gen.
Grant. Contrasting the services and
sufferings of the two soldiers, the sums
already awarded Grant and these likely
te be awarded Griest appear te be .quite
sufficient
Our BclaUeas With Chill..
Mr. Blaine expresses, through the me
dium of a Washington Fast interview,
his dolorous disgust that owing te a
change in our Seuth American policy
due te a change in the office of secretary
of slate "Peru is te be despoiled and
destroyed, and the profits of the spolia
tion are te be divided between Chili and
the English bondholders and speculators
who furnished her the money and the
iren-clads that destroyed Peru." The
treasury department of Chili has issued
a decree asking for bids for one million
tens of guano te be extracted from the
guano beds of Peru, new in possession of
Chili. Every cargo must be paid. for, in
geed sterling exchange, at ninety days
sight, une-balf gees te Ulna and -one-half
te the English bondholders, and
Chili binds herself te deposit fifty per
cent of the proceeds of the guano in the.
Bank of England." Against all this our
envoy has net interposed objections. He
has neither assented te it nor dissented
from it, because " the president wishes
in no manner te dictate or make any
authoritative utterance te either Peru
or Chili as te the merits of the contro
versy existing between these republics
as te what indemnity should be asked,
or given, as te a change, of boundaries,
or as te the personnel of the government
etPeru. The president recognizes Peru
and'Ckili te be independent republics, te
Which'he has no right or inclination te
lictati." J'i. '.;
All this being the case, we confess that
we see nothing in the situation te
call for the interference of our govern
ment. These Seuth American states,
one or another of them, are at war all
the time, and if we cheese te take-up
their quarrels we could get into one con
tinual imbroglio. Why should we de
it ? Chili and Peru have had a fight in
which we have no concern at all, and in
which we had no right te interfere nor
te dictate the terms which the victor
should, impose en the vanquished. The
English .merchants, it is true, have a
speculative interest in the guano piles of
Peru and seem te have hatched out a geed
arrangement with the Chilian govern
ment, by which they share with it the
profits of the compulsory peace arranged
with the prostrate state. Had -Mr.
Shipherd and his coadjutors get their
work in they would probably have been
in the same beat new. But ever the
success or failure of such speculations
we de net see that our state department
had anything te de. The chances are
that if such dictation had been
resorted te, Chili would have
snubbed our government, and then
what would Blaine have done ? Hew
would be have maintained the dig
nity of the government ? By a declara
tion of war And what if that fearful
Huasacar,which.we read se much about,
had sjteamed up the New Yerk harbor,
knocked ever half the city and steamed
away again, all en account of Shipherd 's
guano piles ? We have enough te de at
home te let Chili and Peru manage their
own affairs.
Whex it seemed that the ' 'Stalwart"
member of the Chicago convention who
se fiercely assailed Garfield through a
Washington paper was a 306 Stalwart
the Half Breed press rang wfth -denunciations
of him. Since it is disclosed
that this defamer of the dead voted
thirty-six times for Blaine at Chicago he
is severely let alone.
A Republican candidate for an As
sembly nomination in the upper district
announces his candidacy " subject te Re
publican rules for the benefit of the tax
payer and the laboring man . " There are
no such rules. "Republican rule is en
tirely te the detriment of the taxpayer
and laboring man. Becker miist de bet
ter.
Ik view of the prevailing tendency of
the New Jersey Legislature te grant te the
Gould-Pennsylvania corporation com
bination everything its asks for, that mem
ber was net far out of the way who moved
at ene fell sweep te lease the whole state
te the P. R. R. for 999 years.
With. a proper appreciation of the fit
ness of things, the Times remarks that
Cameren and Legan are bagging a geed
shares of the prizes in the Stalwart " let
tery of assassination." Legan's kinsman
lately drew the prize of a foreign mission,
and his son-in,law drew a paymasicrship
in the army. Cameren has also just
drawn a paymastership for his cousin,
J. Cameieu Muhlenberg, lately of Lancas
ter. Theke is oue feature of the Masen sen
tence which is attracting considerable at
tention, and that is be has received a
mero severe sentence than could have
been passed en Guiteau if President Gar
field had in the end se far recovered as te
have remained a cripple for life. Guiteau
could then have been sentenced te only
eight years' imprisonment, whereas Masen
received that and the less of all pay due,
and the less of his position in the aimy.
A very notable contribution te the cur
rent political discussion is the outspoken
opinion of the Century magazine en the
Republican bossism and prostitution in
the Seuth, by such movements a3 Ma-
heneism, te gain political power by using
public patronrage'as a bribe. The Cen
tury is decidedly Republican in its tenden
cies, but the tone of this article is signifi
cant, aud we reprint it te show the reac
tienary effect in the North of the move
ment te dismember the solid Seuth by
corrupt political agencies.
The New Yerk Sun sees in Sullivan,
the present champion of the prize ring,
only a brutally hard hitter, and it meuins
ever the beautiful science of boxing. The
Sun thinks .that "had censummate artists
as Tem Sayers or Jem Mace seen the late
fight between Sullivan and Ryan they
would have covered their faces with
shame aud bowed their heads in mortifica
tion that such bruisers should be ranked
at the' head of their profession. The de
velopment of such men is like the produc
tion of enormous squashes and turnips.
The size increases, but the quality dete
riorates. Sullivan new is preeminent, but
befere a man like Mace his giant strength
would be blind and useless."
The Examiner knows very well that the
Intelligencer and its party feel under no
obligation te State Senater C. S. Kauff-
man. If he had net otherwise shown him
self te be a narrow-minded partisan his
vote against the .admission of Senater
Eckley B. Coxe would have setttled it
The Democratic party has far less of
political advantage te expect from such
party bigots than from some of the "gen
erally fair and frequently liberal " parti
sans of the Examiner- stripe. The lessen
which we desired, te impress upon the
Examiner is that when it makes its columns
a sewer for the dirty stream of Squire Sam
Evans's personal abuse of Kauffman, it is
helping Kauffman and hurting Stehman.
We have reason, te believe that our ad
monition has net been lest upon the Ex
aminer, and if its columns are watched
from new en te the primary election, it
will be observed that less space will be de
voted te "red het " items from Columbia
and "red headed -lies" about Eauffman.
Make a note of it. .
The New Yerk Timet points ent that in
the little Republican state of Rhede
Island, only one person in nine votes,
owing te the discrimination against for
eigners. There no naturalized citizen,
otherwise qualified, can vote at any elec
tion unless he is possessed of real estate of
the value of $134 or of a rental of $7, aud
in local elections no citizen, native or for
eign born, can vote for the- impatitjea1 of
any tax or tke authorization of aay expen
diture of money unless 'he pays a tax en
tat least 9134 worth of property.- Ia-the
Democratic state of Seuth Carolina, ea
the ether hand, where three-fifths of the
population are negrees, most illiterate, all
male citizens 21 years of age and upward
about one-fifth of the population are
by law entitled te vote. The suffrage was
made thus general with the sanction of
only a small portion of the people who in
former years contrelled: the political af
fairs of the state and by the coercion of
the national government. A prohibition
of the Federal constitution prevents any
curtailment based upon a distinction en
account of color, and no property or edu
catienal qualification can be set up with
out the consent of the present voters, and
that consent cannot be obtained. Which
state has " impartial suffrage ?"
A JOCOSE JEKSKY LEGISLATOR.
Jlr. Cater's Blll.te Lease the Sandy State" te
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
He Reports it .Favorably.
There has been a great deal of fun had
ever the bill introduced last week by Thes.
V. Cater, of Jersey City, into the New
Jersey assembly. It is believed that the
bill was drafted by some one else, as Mr.
Cater is net strongly suspected of the pos
session of the "gumption" of both mak
ing and firing- a cartridge of this kind.
It is as fellows :
An act te lease the Slate of New Jersey te the
Pennsylvania railroad company :
Wiereas, The legislation ofthe state of
JMew Jersey for many years past, has been
devoted mainly te the extension of the
privileges and interests of the Pennsylva
nia railroad company whereby they have
acauired illimitable land Iibertv : ana
Wiereas, Such legislation has been at
tended, with creat outlay or money te tne
people of this state and te the said corpe
ration ; ana
Whereas Said corporation is still un
satisfied, and sdamer for added facilities'
and power : New, in order te obviate such
outlay, and te prove the gratitude of tbe
people of this state, and that the ambition
of said corporation may be in no way ob
structed. 1, Be it enactea, dec. That all the. lands
lying within the boundaries and under
-the control and authority of this state,
without regard te the proper titles thereto,
be and the same are hereby granted, ab
selutely granted, bargained and leased
unto the Pennsylvania railroad company
for the term of nine hundred and mnety-
nine years from and after the' passage of
this act.
2. And be it enacted, That the' Legisla
ture of this state is hereby abolished, and
that in lieu thereof the beard of directors
of said Pennsylvania railroad company
shall hereafter make and enact such laws
for the government of this state as in their
judgment shall be in no way disadvan
tageeus te themselves nor beneficial te
any ether railroad corporation, domestic
or foreign, and that their sessions for such
purposes shall, In order te exclude imper
tinent public curiosity, be held secretly.
3. And be it enacted, That all judges of
tbe supreme court, United btates senators
and representatives in Congress, and all
ether state representatives and officers,
shall be appointed by the said beard of
directors.
4. And be it enacted, That all taxes se
far as said corporation is concerned are
hereby abolished, and for the time afore
said "wholly prohibited, and that any or
all lands in this state may be taken and
used by said corporation as it may see he,
without regard te the rights of the owners
thereof.
5. And be it enacted, That it shall be
lawful for said corporation te, at any
time, convert its bends into stock, or vice
versa, and for such' purpose the said
beard of directors shall select and desig
nate the stockholders who shall be per
mitted te participate therein, and that
these stockholders net se selected 'shall
have no voice or vote in such manipula
tions. G. And be it enacted, That the sum of
money which the said corporation shall an
nually save by reason of the passage of
this act, tbe necessity for a third beuse
being hereby obviated, snail be. raid in
dividends te the stockholders.
7. And be it enacted, 'That all hospitals
in this state shall glve priority of accome
datien and treatment te patients furnished
by said corporation, excluding all persons
who may support the same aud. all ethers
whatsoever.
8. And be it enacted, That all laws se
made by the said beard of directors shall
be and are hereby declared constitutional.
and that the veto power of the governor is
hereby abolished.
9. And be it enacted, That this act shall
be deemed a public and general act, and
shall take effect upon the consent of Jay
Gould aud the'members of the third house,
whose compensation for the less of their
occupation is hereby left te the generosity
of said corporation.
10. And be it enacted, That in the
event of the said foreign corporation fail
ing te accept the previsions of .this act,
that then the privileges hereby conferred
shall revert te the Camden & Ambey
railroad company, a corporation of this
state, which for a number of years former
ly enjoyed almost all the powers intended
te be hereby granted.
11. And be it enacted, That this act
shall take place immediately.
The bill was, en motion, - referred for
consideration te a committee of one, con
sisting of Mr. Cater, 'and the latter has
submitted the following report :
"The undersigned, .special committee
en Assembly bill Ne. 352, entitled an act
te Icase the state of New Jersey te the
Pennsylvania railroad company, reports
the bill favorably.
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A Grant Day at the White Heuse.
Thursday was a great day for Grant at
the White Heuse. Frem 2 until 4 o'clock
the ex-president and his wife held a card
reception in the red parlor of the mansion,
and thousands of society-loving persons
called. -The carriage way leading te the
mansion was almost impassable after half-
past ene o'clock, se great was the line of
cairiages. The general and Mrs. Grant
were perfectly at home, and .received the
guests with their accustomed cordiality,
making each caller the recipient of atten
tion. President Arthur, as seen as he
could dispatch the public business of his
office, joined the gay party down stairs
and was introduced by General Grant te
a host of Washington acquaintances.
Large Iiesses by fire.
Barnes & McGill's grain elevator at
Hawley, Michigan, was destroyed by fire
en Tuesday night, with 150,000 bushels 'of
wheat. The total less is estimated at
$200,000.
The Procter house and out-buildings at
Kearsage Mountain, New Hampshire,
were burned yesterday. Less, $75,000. A
defective chimney caused the fire.
. A fire in Weil, Dreyfus & Ce.'s dry
goods store, in Bosten,- en Wednesday
night, caused a less of stock te the
amount of about $85,000.
A Bursting Beiler at Allen town,
The boiler at Charles Leiser's ere mine,
near Allentown, burst yesterday afternoon,
blowing tbe engineer, James Weaver, into
a well near by, where he was subsequently
found drewned1. Henry Leiser, aged 17,
bad a leg broken.
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In the United State) Senate yesterday
the Senate bills in relation te tbe Vene
zuelan awards were reported adversely,
andlindefinitely postponed. The bills re
lating te the registration of trade marks
and making the commissioner of agricul
ture a cabinet officer were reported favor
ably and placed en the calendar. Mr.
Frye introduced a bill for the admission
of Washington territory into the Union at
a state. Mr. Morgan called up his pend
ing concurrent -resolution declaring for
a reciprocity treaty with Mexico, and Mr.
Sherman moved its reference te the com
mittee en foreign relations. After some
debate the resolution was se referred. Mr.
Bayard asked unanimous consent for. the
consideration of the bill for extension of
the Philadelphia mint, but Mr. Milier, of
New Yerk, objected. The Heuse diu te
promote the efficiency of the life-saving
service was considered. Mr". Mahone,
from the committee en agriculture, re
ported the bill te establish a.bureau of
animal industry and prevent tne introduc
tion and spread of contagions diseases
among domestic animals. The. tariff
commission bill was taken up and opposed
by Mr. Saulsbury, of Delaware, and fa
vored by Mr. Garland, of Arkansas. After
further debate by Messrs. Frye, Aldrich,
Beck and Williams. Mr. Vance moved an
amendment te the bill, directing that, in
the selection of the commissioners, the
president shall give representation, te the
agricultural and manufacturing industries
in proportion te capital invested and the
number of persons' engaged therein.
Messrs. Bayard. and Sherman asked unani
mous consent te an agreement te dispose
of the bill today, but objection was made.
The Indian appropriation bill was report
ed with amendments. The Senate then
went into executive session, and after
wards adjourned. - '
In the Heuse debate en the Chinese bill
was resumed and participated in. by
Messrs. Richardson, of Seuth Carolina ;
Wise, of Pennsylvania ; Joyce, of Ver
mont ; Dnnnell, of Minnesota, and Ortb,
of Indiana. Pending the debate, Mr.
Dunnell, from the ways and means com
mittee, reported the bill te amend the in
ternal revenue laws and it was placed en
the calendar. Debate en the Chinese bill
was continued by Messrs. Sherwin, of Illi
nois ; Hazleton, of Wisconsin ; Pacheco,
of California, and Townsend, of Illinois.
An amendment offered by Mr. Butter
worth, of Ohie, reducing the period of
suspension te fifteen years, was rejected.
Messrs. Robinson, of Massachusetts ; Cur
tin, of Pennsylvania, and Cannen, of Illi
nois, spoke upon the bill, the two latter
supporting it. Mr. Page closed the de
bate in favor of the measure. An amend
ment offered by Mr. Kassen, of Iowa, re
ducing the time of suspension te ten years,
was rejected yeas 100, nays 131 and the
bill was passed exactly as it came from the
Senate by a vote of 167 te 65. The Heuse
then adjourned.
Leglslatlea In the States.
In the Senate of New Jersey yesterday,
the local option bill was passed by a vote
of 12 te 7. The bill " te validate the titles
of the state and its lessees te lands under
water in front of Jersey City and Ho He Ho
beken" was passed ever the governor's
veto, by a vote of 15 te 5. In the after
noon session the bill for the refunding of
moneys overpaid en assessments was
passed, and a concurrent resolution was
adopted te adjourn sine die en -the 31st
iust.
The resolutions looking te a free canal
amendment te the 6tate constitution passed
the New Yerk Assembly yesterday bj,a
vote of 7-1 te 44.
The extra session of the Illinois Legisla
ture, te reapportion the state, revise the
criminal cede and determine the canal
question, opened yesterday.
A mass meeting of citizens of Hoboken,
New Jersey, is te be held te-morrow even
ing, te pretest against further action by
the Legislature en' the bill giving the
water front the railroads-.
Law ana Order.
A "Sunday Law Mass Temperance con
vention" met yesterday in Columbus,
Ohie. Delegates were present from all
parts of the state. The convention was
called te order by Rev. Dr. Moen, and
Mayer Hurst, of Chilicethe, was chosen
temporary chairman. In the afternoon
convention organized with Richard Smith,
of Cincinnati, as permanent president. A
' ' State Central Law and Order committee"
was constituted, with authority te call a
state convention in reference te the en
forcement of the Sunday laws.
.Education.
The National Educational -society con
tinued its sessions in Washington yester
day. Various papers en educational sub
jects were read, and resolutions were
adopted in refercnoe 'te the lack of edu edu
tien in Alaska, and recommending that the
commissioner of education shall rauk as te
salary with the commissioner of agricul
ture or the commissioner .of Indian .af
fairs. American CltUens Iinpiisened Abroad.
A mass meeting of citizens irrespective
of party has been called te meet in the
Cooper institute, New Yerk, en April 3d,
te express sentiment upon the imprison
ment of American citizens by foreign gov
ernments without trial. Among the sign
ers of the call are Mayer Grace, Oswald
Ottenderfer, William Henry Hurlbert,
Hugh Hastings and ether leading citi
zens. Necrology In tbe Navy.
Read Admiral James H. Spotts, com
manding tbe Seuth Atlantic station, died
at Stanley, Falkland Islands, en the 9th
inst., of apoplexy, and was buried there.
He was a native of North Carolina, 60
years of age, and served with honor in the
late war. His death will promote Com Com
eodore Pierce Cresby te be rear admiral,
and Captain A. A. Semmes te be commo
dore. Rear Admiral G. H, Scott, en tbe rc
.tired list, is reported te be dying in Wash
ington. Ancldent, XetSniclde..
The killing of Mr. Stephen . Van Rens
selaer, in the Hetel Brunswick, New
Yerk, early en We'dn'esday morning, was
the result of an accident. It has been ascer
tained form the autopsy that tbe nature
of the wound was such as te entirely dis
prove the theory e'f suicide, and show that
death was caused by the careless handling
of the weapon.
A lriinken Judge Removed.
The Senate of Minnesota yesterday, sit
ting as a court impeachment, formally
certified its judgment against Judge Cox,
impeached for drunkenness. The sentence
is removal from office and disqualification
for judicial position for five years.
Sergeant Masen.
Application will be made today for
leave te file a petition with -the supreme
court of the United States for a wrifef
habeas corpus in the case of Sergcaut
Masen, This action will iuvelve the
question of the court's original jurisdic
tion te issue the writ.
An Ancient Title.
The ejectment suit of the heirs of Trench
Coxe against Daniel Shepp and ethers, en
trial at Pottsville for five weeks, resulted
last night in a verdict for the plaintiffs for
the land in dispute, with damages and
costs. The case involved questions of title
f. W- -r.
going back tglTOS, " and the title te hun hun
edef preffrttM extendi ever a range
fmerathaafifts. ales tin territory.' hV
abiding valqabla coal lane in Union tewnK
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The FaUleg Waters.
The latest advices from the inundated
districts of the Lewer Mississippi Valley
show that the 'waters are subsiding nearly
everywhere, and therejs an improvement
in the condition of the people, who have
been supplied with feed by the govern
ment and individual donations. Mere
breaks are reported in tne levees in the
southern portions of Louisiana, but the
damage done is net very great.'
The Strikes.
The demand of the. carpenters of Cin
ciuati for an advanee of wages is te take '
effect en the 1st of May. The details of
the demand are that skilled workmen shall
receive $3 a day ; that a week's work shall
consist of fifty -nine hours ; overtime be
paid double, and wages be paid in full
every Saturday night.
The strike of the meulders in Trey, New
Yerk, 700 in number, began yesterday. It
throws 2,000 men out of employment.
The AtlanUc Cable.
A dispatch from Canse, Neva Scotia,
reports that the steamer Faraday yester
day morning finished the laying of the
American shore end of the second trans
Atlantic cable of the American telegraph
and cable company.
Smallpox.
During last week 22 deaths from small
pox were reported in Chicago, and 44 new
cases and 11 deaths in Pittsburgh. Ne
new cases of the disease were reported in
Seuth Bethlehem yesterday.
PERSON.a.Lv -
The Senate yesterday confirmed A. L.
Mokrisex, of Illinois, te be United States,
marshal for New Mexico.
The president yesterday nominated
Jehn II. Smith, of North Carolina, te be
minister te Liberia.
Hen. Geerge Bancroft entertained
General and Mrs Grant and a few friends
at a private dinner party last night.
Senater Ecki.et B. Coxe has wen his
great ejectment suit for the recovery of val
uable coal lands, which has been en trial
in Pottsville for weeks.
Solemon W. Roberts, the distinguish
ed civil engineer and railroad contractor, of
Philadelphia, died en Wednesday, at
Atlantic City, in the 71st year of his age.
He had been in bad health for the past
two yeais.
The announcement that there . were
seven kinds of wine at the last dinner
given by the president will have a tendency
te indefinitely postpone any movement
Which may have been en feet te organize
a Chester A. AitTnclt temperance society.
Teller's appointment as secretary of
the interior waits - upon Governer Pitkin
of Colerado te appoint Chaffee Senater tc
succeed Mr. Teller. There is strong oppo
sition among Colerado Republicans te
Chaffee's appointment, and as Pitkin wants
the place himself Teller is temporarily
hanging by the eye lids.
Moedt and Sankev, who are at Glasgow,
have been requested, in a paper signed by
thrce hundred persons, te pass a year in
Londen in evangelical work. Among the
signers te the paper were the Earl of
Shaftesbury, Earl Cairns, the Earl of Aber
deen, Samuel Merley, Canens Farrar and
Fleming, the Rev. Charles Spurgeon and
two hundred and seventy-three clergymen.
In the English Heuse of Commens Mr.
Gladstone moved an additional annuity of
10.000 for Prince Leepold, and a pension
of 6,000 yearly for his widow in the event
of his death. Mr. Samuel Storey (Radical)
member for Sunderland, objected te spend
ing the public money in suppurt of titled
idleness. Messrs. Labouchere, Broadhurst
and Healy, Advanced Liberals, also oppos
ed the grant. The motion was passed by
a vote of 387 te "42.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
OBITUARY.
Death of lleury Ferrest.
Heury Ferrest, a well-known tobacco
buyer, aud accomplished packer and sam
pler, died at his home en West Orange
street, last evening between 5 and 0
o'clock, aged 89 years. He was for years
in the employ of Jehn DeHaven, the
Moores, Bitner & Zeek, and ether large
tobacco dealers, and earned the reputation
of being thoroughly acquainted with the
business. His death resulted from an af
fection of the threat, supposed te have
been caused by the dampness of the pack
ing rooms in which he spent se much time.
He leaves a wife hut no children. He
was a member of the Humane fire com
pany and of the order of Knights of Py
thias, both of which organizations will at
tend his funeral en Sunday next.
Lancaster Pharmaceutical Association.
A meeting of druggists interested in
the formation of a county association was
held yesterday afternoon. Fifteen mem
bers were preseut, who after discussion
adopted a constitution governing " The
Lancaster County' Pharmaceutical Asso
ciation," and transacting ether business
incident te the organization. The society
adjourned te meet in Grand Army hall,
en April 13, when the annual election of
officers will take place, and when all the
druggists of the city and county will have
an opportunity of signing the constitution
and joining the association.
Knights Templar JSleetlen.
At a raeating of Lancaster Cemmandry
Ne.13, K. T., held last evening the follow
ing named officers were elected te serve
for tbe ensuing term :
Em. Cem. Dr. Gee. R. Welchans.
Gen'l. E. OramLyte.
Capt. Gen'l. Joel S. Eaby.
Treasurer. Chas.A. Henitsh.
Recorder. Hugh B. Gara.
Trustees. Jehn Rees, C. Widmyer, J.
B. Warfcl.
Axle Broken.
Yesterday afternoon a large wagon be
longing te Urban Berger, leaded with
lumber, had an axle broken while cross
ing the street railroad track at West King
and Prince street. The lumber had te be
unleaded and the street cars were delayed
for half'an hour or mere.
A Large Company.
The company playing "The Smugglers"
in this city en Tuesday next will come-up
from Philadelphia in .the afternoon return
ing in the evening. They have made ar
rangements for supper for between 60 and
70 persons at the Stevens house.
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Went te HanisBerg.
Sheriff High, Deputies Strine and Hip
peyand a number of ether gentlemen
went te Harrisburg this morning te wit
ness the execution of the Rumburger
boys.
Ltectrlc Light.
Myers, Rathven-& Ce. are having tbe
electric light put up in their store. It will
be run by the engine used by Al. Rosen Resen
stein, Shultz Bres, and Watt, Shand& Ce.
MWJKE JW-LItfCOLN.
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Unwritten History or the War Pencaal
Characteristic or Mr. XJnceta. 4
A large audience of very intelligent peo
ple assembled iuMjssaseit hall. Strasburg,
last evening, te heir Cel. A. K. McClnre,
of the Philadelphia Times, deliver a lec
ture eu.his personal reminiscences of
Abraham Lincoln. He was introduced by
Prof. Charles Keller, and was greeted with
applause. He began with the assurance
that he bad no prepared literary effort te
furnish te his audience, but proposed sim
ply te relate te them in a conversational
way, seme reminiscences of Mr. Lincoln,
and then proceeded for aa heuxin easy fa
miliar' style, te recenat ljbine of tbe
history of the eventful political period iu
which the speaker and Mr. Lincoln had
both been prominent actors.
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Cel. McClure said that happily for the
country much of the dissensions that ex
isted ia Mr., Lincoln's own party and
eaqpeeThim mere .trouble than the rebel-'
lien in front would never be known. Who
would write the story that his cabinet had.
voted by? only one majority net te sur
render Fert Sumter? Many&instances
were' cited of the impatience antrcritieism
with which his course was measured by
his party leaders, of whom se many
deemed themselves better fitted te be
president, se that at one time he had net
really a dozen sincere friends en the Re
publican side of the Heuse and fewer in
the Senate. ., J?
Passing te a consideration -of his per
sonal characterstics, the speaker said Lin
coln's ene infirmity wasjhis anxious desire
tebe re-elected, apparently net se much
ler his.ewn sake as for that of tbe country
and. the successful conclusion of the war.
When nearly every state, had' declared for
him,he was st-HI uneasy. He knew nothing
of political methods, and en tho'evejef the
convention hundreaVef prejaiuent gentle
men had te assure him that tbere was no
doubt of his renominatien, for he re
membered that Van Buren was delcated
in a convention that was two thirds for
him, and he himself -bad been successful
in a convention that was two thirds for
another man, and he knew net what might
happen at Baltimore.
His humanity .was dwelt upon as an
ether eminent characteristic. Ne man
ever heard him say a harsh word against
any man, woman or people. His matchless.
phrase, with nialice toward none, with
charity for all," expressed his whole na
ture ; it'has lived while the polished ora
tion of Everett is entirely forgotten. He
could resist no appeal te bis sense of
mercy, he signed no deathwarrant, and it
even became necessary inbrdertoenferco
army discipline te change the law re
quiring the president's approval of mili
tary executions.
He chose the proper time for the dis
charge of every great public duty. He
issued his emancipation proclamation
when he 'deemed it right, against the
earnest pretests of the politicians The
Republican party lest heavily in the next
elections, but Mr. Lincoln had fairly calcu
lated the force of moral sentiment and his
superior sagacity was vindicated. Despite
the clamor and impatience of his radical
party associates, he watched and waited
for and always gave anxious, patient hear
ing te the voice of the common people. He
saved Grant from dishonor aud restored
Sherman te command when he was ordered
te St. Louts as a visionary.
He bad infinite strategy, and, as an in
stance of this Cel. McClure related that
when the people of Cass township, Schuyl
kill county, resisted the draft and Stan Stan
eon sent en two regiments of soldiers te
Pottsville te enforce it at all hazirdsMr.
Lincoln quietly sent a messenger- te Mc
Clure with the message, which its bearer
did net understand, but which McClure
would, that there must be no conflict be
tween the people and the soldiers, no war
en Pennsylvania soil. Cel. McClure un
derstood it. He suggested that if Cass
township could show that it had already
furnished its quota of troops, it would be
exempted from tbe draft. A hatfull of the
necessary affidavits was speedily forth
coming. Tbcy were indubitably lies ; but
they answered their purpose, and Mr.
Lincoln's wish was gratified, te the gieat
public advantage..? J
He was net a vulgar jester'; the i ibaldry
attributed te him was false. He was cmi
nently a sad man ; he were the saddest
expression ever seen. War wearied .and
every battle slaughter pained him. no.
was geed and well-disposed even te the
rebels. The day of his death was the sad
dest of all that stormy period for both
sections. The fceutu lest its best Iricnd.
His scheme of reconstruction would net
have tempted the Seuth te deny political
rights te any of Its people, nor would it
have allowed the North te scourge the
Seuth with the carpet-bagger, whose waste
was worse than that of war and the his
tory of whose wrong- doing is the worst
blot upon our national record.
In an eloquent peroration. Cel. McClure
summarized the heroic traits of Mr. Lin.
coin's character, the tragedy of his death,
the honor his career had reflected en his
country, and the less it sustained in his
melancholy taking off.
Iu the course of his lecture Cel. McC.
said the only two public men who were
never dwarfed in his view by nearer ap
proach te them were Lincoln and Tliad
deus Stevens.
After the lecture Cel. McCIuie was
handsomely entertained by a number of
prominent citizens of the borough, and
then came te Lancaster, wherfee .he took
the 12:44 train for Philadelphia.
Kev. Hart e'h Lecture Upen the Indians ami
the "West.
A small audience assembled in the court
house last evening te hear Rev. C. E.
Barte's ieptnre upon " The West as it is
made for man, and the West man has
mode" Tbe lecture last night was de
voted almost wholly te remarks.uppn the
scenery of the West, and'te better illus
trate the speaker's words a'large number
of stereeptican views of the characteristic
and unusual formations of mountains,
geysers and rivers were thrown upon a
canvas before the audience. Tbe views
thus shown were about a hundred iu num
ber, and were' quite-interesting.
This evening Rev. Barte will lecture
upon "The awakening cry of truth," when
he should be greeted by a geed sized audi
ence, as the lectures are altogether for
the benefit of the American Tract society.
The views this evening will "Shew the
Indians in their wild aud civilized condi
tions ; ledges, customs, etc., and will also
embrace features of the Indian school at
Carlisle.
Owing te the small canvas which the
lecturer was obliged te extemporize last
evening, the views werejnet shown aa dis
tinctly as they could haVe been upon a
larger one. This evening a larger screen
will be used, and tbe scenes will conse
quently be mero satisfactory.
Going-te Yerk.
Mr. Geerge Norbeck, of this city, who
has been canvassing among our business
men with an illustrated advertising card,
proposes te extend his enterprise te Yerk.
The card consists of a handsomely illum
inated lithograph of a rowing scene, in
which a pair of noted oarsmen are engaged
in a spirited, contest! This pictured
surrounded by a blank space te be filled in
with business cards. The whole is nicely
framed and ceaprises a conspicuous and
very attractive advertisement. The , geed
people of Yerk will find Mr. Norbeck a
pushing and energetic yenng'man, and' he
will no doubt be successful in bringing his
enterprise before the 'favorable attention
of tbe business men of our neighboring,
town.
NEIGHBORHOOD NEW!.
Kvrats Aere th County Line.
,, Sheriff Sheesley, of Dauphin county,
bad exhausted bis supply of permits for
tbe eteeaUoe of the Rumbergcrs.
Colonel James Duffy Las en his lower
farm adjoining Marietta .a fine let of
steers, which will average 1,700 pounds
each.
Seme of the Russian Jewish refugees re
cently landed in Philadelphia are em
ployed at the Reach shipyards, Chester.
There is wheat enough in stere in Lan
caster county te feed the population within
its borders for five years. It is held for
higher prices.
The smallpox patient Seuth Eleventh
street, Harrisburg, has fully recovered,
and the city is apparently entirely free
from the dreaded disease.
A charter has been granted te the
Phuanixville & West Chester railroad, from
a point near Wayne Station te Phcenixville,
a distance of twenty niiles.
A witch, who does all manner of un
canny things and is constantly engaged in
incantations, is reported te be living iu
Harrisburg.
' William Hengc, of Souderton, Chester
county, has a, young heifer which is se
trained that it will work iu-hamess. The
children of th'eiamily hitch it te a wagon
and drive about the farm with it.
Stbephen Darlington, of Pocepsou, Ches
ter county, Vhesc age is 83 years, has beeu
plowing for TO consecutive years. Already
this year he has completed his sod, aud
has half of the eats ground dobe, the latter
all done by himself.
,K geed-looking young man sold red
powder in the streets of Reading yester
day for 50 cents a box. The ladies after-,
ward found that the powder was composed
of nothing mere than brick dust. The
young man disappeared, and new the
police are looking for him,
In East. Bradford township, Chester
county, Ed.ward Darlington was much
troubled by the visitations of seme animals
te his f.irni, and' which killed a number of
bis ducks. He set a steel trap for the in
truders and inside of two hours he had
caught four cats ancKen 'possums through
the agency of three traps.
A woman went into a store at Harris
burg, purchased goods and then requested
that one of the runners of the store ac
company her home and she would jay
him. On the way te her residence the
runner, a small boy, at the woman's re
quest, went into a stere te make a small
purchase for her, the woman retaining the
package. The youngster is still w order
ing why she didn't wait till he came back.
The late distinguished Arctic explorer,
Dr. 1. 1. Hayes, had almost completed a
valuable and interesting work entitled
"Frem Pele te Pele," when death stilled
the pen of the author. It was a graphic
account of all the expeditions ever sent
out iu tbe world te discover either the
North or Seuth poles, and the work is one
teeming with interest and information.
Besides tbe production spoken of Dr.
Hayes had written several juvenile works.
His father, Benjamyi Hayes, of 4Vest
Chester, has received the manuscripts and
is preparing them for publication.
Yesterday afternoon Jehn T. Ensmin
ger, of Harrisburg, with his little son were
ascending te the fourth iloer, where Mr.
' Eusmingcr stepped off, the boy remaining
iu tbe elevator, which continued te go up.
Mr. Ensminger reached for. the repe' te
bring the elevator back te the fourth fleer.
As he did se, he lest his balance and fell
threngh the elevator-way te thp cellar.
Going down Mr. Ensminger maintained
.an upright position, traversing the fifty
feet of space like a shot and striking tbe
fleer, iu the cellar with a lead crash .
When he struck, he rebounded about six
feet, failing among a let of kegs near by.
Mr. Ensminger received very serious ex
ternal and internal injuries by the fall.
TBK UKAUA.
aiaggle JUltabeil as "JbeLlttleifevage."
Last evening that agile little actress Miss
Maggie Mitchell delighted a large aud'
euceat Fulton opera-house by her im
personation of a new role which according
te the announcements was made te fit her
peculiar accomplishments and in. which
the author has scored what may be denom
inated quite a success in its way. The
play was "The Little Savage," and the title
character as presented by Miss Mitchell is
a limber Httle creature, full of grace,
spirit and mischief. There is net much
dramatic quality in tbe role, and indeed
this clement is conspicuous only by its
absence throughout the play. Tbe scene al
ternates between the island of Guadaloupe
and France, the time in several centuries
back, there is a preposterous old naval
officer 'who has a couple of leltres de caeJiet
in his pocket with which he threatens te
canse the arrest and banishment of his
nephew and dthers if they de net accede
te his wishes in regard'te matrimonial al
liances en which he has set his heart, and
the interest lies iu the endeavors of The
Little Sa cage aud her confederates te secui e
possession of these dread ' instruments,
outwit the olcl-sea'-deg and marry the peo
ple of their choice.' In all of which
they are successful, aud- the curtain
falls upon a satisfactory state of affairs.
The picpostcreus old patty is recon
ciled te the deception practiced
upon him by lu's nephew and te the
naughty tricks of The Little Savage, at the
prospect of securing the latter, who is au
heiress and a millionaire, for a niece aud
the young people themselves are happy
in tbe gratifying consummation of their
respective affaires de ceuer. Thcie are in in
numeiable incongruities In the develop
ment of the plot, nearly everybody in the
play gets into some disguise or ether
before it is ever, and in a word the piece
is net te be dramatically considered at all.
Nevertheless, there is plenty of fun in it.
Maggie Mitchell makes Cera (the little
savage) the most attractive, bewitching and
exasperating of sprites infusing into her
rendition of tbe part much of tbe dash
and vivacity that have made her Fanchen
and ether roles celebrated. The favor
with which the audience regarded her
work was expressed in several calls before
the curtain and in occasional bursts of
applause during tbe passages, notably in
the tipsy scene, which was very cleverly
done. The support. was evenly geed,
Messrs. Shewell, Russell and Scott enact
ing their several parts intelligently aud
with proper spirit, while one of tbe many
amusing features was the antiphonal per
formance of the twin notaries, imperson
ated respectively by Messrs. Julian
Mitchell, and J. H. Redding, who came in
for a goedlyshare of the favor of the audi
ence. As ClaretWM'ms Carrie Wyatt was
pretty and winsome. The play moved
smoothly, the audience was in geed burner
te be pleased, and the general verdict was
one of approval.
Flerida Oranges.
The senior editor of the Istellieenceh,
who is new sojourning in Flerida that
glorious land of winter fruits and flowers
kindly remembered the boys at home,
andscnt them a few boxes of ripe, juicy
delieieus oranges. They reached this
office yesterday, yellow as geld aud sweet
a? nectar. They were duly distiibutcd,
and were voted " immense."
Oar rat Cattle.
One of the "cattle kings" of Lancaster
county, Philip Frank of Mt. Jey sold 42
head te Michael Ulman of Philadelphia
which win average ever 1600 pounds each,
for 7,epn8 around.. Four of them weighed
9000 1 pounds. They were bought this
week .and shipped and will be in the Phil
adelphia market te-morrow.
Before the Mayer.
The mayor had eight very rusty looking
tramps before him this morning, all of
whom were discharged. One drunk get
15 days.
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