LANCASTEK DAILY INTELLIGENCE! WEDNESDAY MARCH 29 1882. mSSS ftamaste? -utcnifiencer. WEDNESDAY EVE'O, MABCH 29, 1882. Daketa. Tiie mere closely the scheme te admit Dakota into the Union is inquired into, the mere apparent it bscemes that it is unwi.se and premature, and that it is designed simply te increase the strength of the Republicans in Congress and in the electoral college by the three votes which this pocket state would add te it. Fer the admission of the territory no geed reason has yet been shown, and against it there are numerous and weighty objections. Its population is tee small, net having a population equal te that necessary te secure the return of a representative te the United States Heuse of Representatives from a state, a requirement that should always be in sisted upon, especially in the case of ter ritories of such vast landed proportions and widely scattered population. Neither has this territory the wealth of property and variety of interests requiring the or ganization and protection of a state government. The larger portion of its people are farmers and most "of the ag riculturist of Dakota, who are the rep resentatives of its wealth, and the class te which it will ewe its progress, de net desire te have their form of government changed, by reason of the increased bur dens it would impose upon them, and many of them have expressed their strong opposition te the proposed measure and denounced it as a scheme of a few poli ticians in Dakota, whose incentive has been the gratification of their personal ambit ion, and have characterized it as a measure net desired by the agricultural community of Dakota." Of the counties of this proposed com monwealth, there are sixteen that have no population, seven with less tban.100 each, four with but little mere than 100, two with something ever 200, one with 534, aud one with 793. The land pre emptions in Dakota are largely fraudu lent and speculative, and, as has been shown, one county in the territory is disgraced by a repudiation of its bends. Ner can it be claimed that Dakota is growing. That was premised of Nevada when it wasadmitted, and yet te-day it has net as much population as the upper senatorial district of Lancaster county, though it has two United States sena tors and a member of the Heuse. The entire valuation for Dakota territory is net greater than Lancaster city, and al together the project for its admission is a vile political job, nothing mere nor les Anether Crank. Manifestly Judge Advocate Swaim is a bigger feel thau either Guiteau or Masen, and his exhibition of himself of late demonstrates that Mr. Garfield, like many ether men of culture, displayed great weakness in the' selection of his confidential friends, of whom this Swaim was one. Swaim exhibited his feeble ness of mind in setting aside the Whit taker court martial en a technical triv iality in order that the case could be disposed of with the least damage te the Republican- administration. But his reasoning in recommending that the finding in Masen's case be set aside, is much sillier than in the previous case. He argues that he was net guilty of an assault with intent te kill " as Guiteau was beyond the reach of a musket shot from the position occupied by Masen at the time of the firing ;" and cites the legal principle that "where the ability te commit a felonious attack is both ap parent and really wanting the offence is net complete." The facts in the present case, as given by Swaim himself, ait that Masen was ordered te the jail for guard duty ; standing en the outside of the jail, discharged his musket, the ball passing obliquely through the exterior window of the prison and through the grated window of the cell occupied by Guiteau ; the ball entering the cell,cutting through some of Guiteau's clothing hanging en the wall. Masen then exclaimed, " I hope I have killed him. I don't knew whether I have or net. I tried te kill him. 1 am net going te come out here te guard a Ged damned assassin." There was evidence tending te show that Gui teau was in the habit of standing at the window through which the ball passed. Upen this occasion, however, he was re clining en his cot at the time the shot was fired, and happened te be out of danger. Masen, however, did net knew this ; se far as he was concerned there was net an "apparent" lack of ability te commit the offense, and that he in tended te de it is plainly proved by his declaration that he tried te kill him and hoped that he had done se. Ne civil court could reasonably have found any lack of intent te kill, any mere than if Guiteau had been hit and- saved by a bullet proof vest of which Masen was net aware. We believe that Masen should have been tried by a civil court, as Gen. Hancock insisted, and that in this event he would have escaped with a much lighter sentence than before a tri bunal where his civil offense and his breach of military discipline were both considered in his sentence. We be lieve, tee.'that public sentiment would sustain a mitigation of his sentence. Rut his exemption from punishment or the straining of law and common sense te set aside his sentence would simply tend te encourage Guiteauism and te au thorize every crank te set himself up as an administrator of his ideas of the law. ' Gov. Heyt's home organ, the Wilkes barre Recerd, has broken loose most vio lently against Cameren and Cameron Cameren ism. This demonstration in an unexpected quarter may be variously accounted for. ItiMiosecretthatHeyt is net an original selection nor favorite of Cameren. He was brought into state politics rather by the Hartranft corps of the Stalwart division. Then he and Palmer estab lished a certain sympathy with Butler in the crusade against the legislative salary grab. Te add fuel te the smoul smeul dering fire, Cameren has allowed Con gressman Scranton's appointee te the Wilkesbarre posteffice te be confirmed against Heyt's active efforts in behalf of the late incumbent. The fight grows out of the old rivalry between Scranton and Wilkesb.irra in politics and business. When Lackawanna county was finally organized the fight was kept up, as these two communities can no mere abide harmoniously in one congres sional district than cats in the same bag can keep quiet. Forced te take sides Cameren has yielded te Scranton, possi bly because by thi3 means he secures Lackawanna, while in Luzerne there is always enough independence te make it doubtful. If Heyt and Palmer antagon ize Cameren, and Quay should fellow the inclinations of bis heart, the Republican state convention may yet be made inter esting. The public will be mete or less grieved te hear that many of the leading educa tional institutions of the country are about te close their doers, surrender their franchises, scatter their professors and devote their endowments te mere successful enterprise. The melancholy circumstances which have led them te these conclusions are the renewed " in timations" of Editor Hiestand,of the Examiner,tha.t their scheme of education " does net educate in such a way as te give proper conceptions of life and its du ties." Fer some time he has been " in timating" this solemn observation, and still the great universities of Europe and the colleges of America kept en at their work, but new, that he has adduced the forcible " illustration" of a boy educa ted at a cost of $9,000, shipping 50,000 improved snow shovels te Seuth Amer ica, the proof that education does net educate is conclusive, and there is a pro bability that Editor Hiestand will yet have the satisfaction of erecting his new system en the ruins of Heidelberg and Oxford,Harvard and Yale, Franklin and Marshall and the Millersville state nor mal. Te be sure, there are skeptics un able te recognize the utilitarianism of the system which spells "sugar" with an inserted " h" and a superfluous " g," but there is something about it se well calculated te " give proper conception of life and its duties," that we are net al together miserable at the prospect of Editor Hiesland's educational system supplanting the scholastic failures of two continents. It has been suggested that if the government had sent en a special agent te investigate Cam Muhlenberg "at home," before he was appointed pay master in the army, it might have been furnished with far mere interesting reading than even the editorials from Majer DeBoets' weakly Inquirer, "of 4,000 circulation," or the affidavits con cerning Collector Wiley, which are sup posed te make up the " case " against him. Four hundred and fifty peasants from the Bernese Oberland have left Tliun for the United States. The emigrants are de scribed as the flower of the population. They are mostly possessed of fair means, but are compelled te emigrate by the de pression of agriculture. The Republicau state ceutral commit tee of California has telegraphed te Presi dent Arthur that, in the committee's opinion, " his failure te approve the anti Chinese bill will result disastrously te the interests and prespeiity ofthisceabt and work great injury te the people of every class." He is thinking ever it. BIUNS OP 1-R03PEBITV. Where spudea grew bright,' and lulu sword Krew dull ; Where tails are empty, and where barns are lull; Where church paths are with Jrequent teet outworn ; Law courtyards weedy, silent and forlorn ; Where doctors toot It, and where larmers ride ; Where age abounds and Youth Is znultinllcd : Where these signs are. they clearly Indicate A happy people, and well-governed state. Frem the Chinese. Oun esteemed contemporary the Phila delphia Bulletin frankly expresses the opinion that it ' would have been better for Tennyson's fame if be had died before producing The Charge of the Heavy Bri Bri cade' and the ' silly, puerile national song of 'Hands all Round,' " which it cites as the latest examples of the "senile twad dle" that the lamented Longfellow's great English contemporary has given te the world and in such striking contrast with the dead bard's latest poems, which like these of his early manhood, were pure, vigorous and manly. Tue onerous and odious tax en matches must go. Besides this, the bill agreed upon te reduce internal revenue taxes some $23,000,000 abates the stamp tax en bank checks, drafts, orders and vouchers ; the tax en the capital and do de posits of banks and bankers, the tax en the capital and deposits of said banks, bankers and national banks for the cur rent six months period ending in the case of national banks en the 30th day of June, 1882, and in the case of ether banks and bankers en the 31st day of May, 1882, the tax perfumery, medicinal preparations, and ether articles.' Seme homeeopathic reformers in the Republican party, of Philadelphia, have held a meeting in Philadelphia and sat upon the following resolution, sent te the meeting by the editor of the Press : "That it is the sense of this meeting, composed of Republicans who earnestly seek the continued ascendancy of Repub lican principles and policy, that the wel fare of the party demands relief from the obnoxious men and measures that have brought reproach and defeat, and that its .conventions and organizations should lairiy represent tne voice and the rale of the people." " Out of regard for Mr. McMancs " the word " obnoxious " was stricken out ! Lab, de dab ! Resolve and re-reselve and die the same. .Mahone is boss, all boss, and the only boss. The postmaster at Lexington, Va., Dr. Freeman, was a strong Union man throughout the war, has discharged the duties of the office with intelligence and fidelity, and is an applicant for reappoint ment But the Readjusters of the Legis lature unanimously endorsed Cel. Jehn B. Lady, a member of the Heuse of Delegates, for the position, and ordered his name te be forwarded te Senater Mahone for ap pointment, thus recognizing the senator's influence at headquarters. Meanwhile the Republican congressmen, Messrs. Jor Jer Jor gensen and Dezendorf, find it impossible te reach the ear of the president in secur ing the most insignificant appointments for their Republican constituents. It has transpired that while Revenue Commissioner Green B. Raum made a great parade before and darksg tfie Chi cago convention of his friendship for Grant, and was president of the Illinois Republican state convention that appointed delegates te the national convention, and went te Chicago as the avowed friend of Grant, he was secretly working all the in fluence of his office for Sherman. Letters te this effect have been procured and ether evidence showing that the revenue service of the country was manipulated in this manner against Grant by a man who openly declared himself the friend of Grant, but who was really the friend of Jehn Sherman and engaged in obtaining the secrets of the Grant leaders, and fur nishing Sherman and his friends with the information thus obtained. This is very sad, and the organs which have been busy explaining by whom and why the Garfield Rosecrans letter was given away, and which have never explained who wrote the Merey letter, may new devote their powerful minds te explaining who exposed Raum in this melancholy manner. The tat iff commission bill, which passed the Senate yesterday by the decided and emphatic vote of 38 te 15, the free traders generally opposing it, Bayard and ether eastern Democrats supporting it, provides for a commission of nine members, te be appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate, te receive as compensation for their services ten dollars per day when actually employed and traveling and ether necessary expenses. Te investigate all the various questions relating te the agricul tural, commercial, mercantile, manufac turing, mining and industrial interests of the United States se far as the same may be necessary te the establishment of a judicious tariff or revision of the existing tariff and the existing system of internal rovenue laws upon u scale of justice te al interests, and te report te Congress from time te time and te make a final report net later than the first Monday in January, 1893. Let this settle it. The tariff ad justment is a business matter te be made en business principles by business men. Take it out of politics. Politics and busi ness will both be better for it. PERSONAL. Old Daddy Kiiikwoed is going back te Iowa te try aud become a private citizen, but his friends may drag him out of his retirement and- make him governor. A Republican senator, who has dined with every president from Buchauan te Arthur, says that the latter has given the best dinner he ever saw at the execu tive mansion. Professer Samuel D. Gress, the re nowned surgeon, resigned yesterday the chair of surgery in the Jeffersen medical cellege, which he had occupied for twenty -six years. Ex-Collector Themas Murphy, who lives in Washington during the season, because he considers it the winter Sara toga, is said te be of opinion that he could cheerfully represent our government in Helland or Italy. Jeiix Cadwallader Erskike, fourth Lord and grandson of the great lawyer, Lord Themas Erskinc, died in England yesterday. lie was the younger son of the second Lord David Mentague Erskine, and succeeded his brother in 1877. His heir and successor is his son, William Mac Naghtcn Erskine. President Arthur held his first public reception in the White Heuse last night. He was assisted in receiving by General and Mrs. Grant, the wives of severel cabinet officers, Mrs. Senater Pendleton, Mrs. Senater Cameren, Mrs. McPhcrsen aud ethers. The reception was crowded and unusually brilliant. Jehn Wanamakek, president of the Presbyterian Sunday-school superintend ents' association, offers 'te supply, gratui tously, 100 packages containing four va rieties of flowers te every Sunday-school making application for them provided that they held a summer exhibition, offer prizes te these making the best displays, and report the same. The Times notices that while the Dem ocrats are solid for J. Simpsen Africa for secretary of internal affairs, the Republicans reject Lucius Rogers, their most exper ienced candidate. He will net be thought of, because the office was traded off mere than a year age when the bosses wanted votes for United States senator, te State senator Jehii M. Grier. While Mr. Randall positively declines membership in the Democratic city com -mittee in its present demoralized aud in harmonious condition, he writes : "If in the exigencies of the coming canvass, se vital" te the reform of public abuses in Pennsylvania, union and harmony in our party can be surely, and certainly obtained by any labor of mine, I will be ready te assume any ether duty te which I may be assigned." May will wed November when the marT riage of the Duke of Westminster and Catherine Cavendish, third daughter of Baren Chesham, takes place. The bridegroom is 58, the bride is hardly of age. Her eldest brother married a daugh ter of tbe Duke of Westminster, who will thus be the brother-in-law of his sen-iu law. The late Duchess of West minster died in 1880. She was the Duke of Sutherland's sister, famous for her beauty aud geed works. Barnum addressed a large temperance meeting in New Yerk en Suuday evening. He said he had drank mere liquor than any man in the house. He first began drinking in England in 1842 ; he drank steadily, and the habit grew upon him for twenty years, until one night at a temper ance lecture delivered by the Rer. Mr. Chapin, ia Connecticut, he made up his mind if possible te break up the habit. He thought it overall night, and the next morning he went and signed the pledge. Fer twenty years he has kept the faith. The statement te the effect that the naval portfolio had been tendered te W. E. Chandler, or New Hampshire, "seems te be inaccurate iu view of the fact that General Grant's visit has resulted in his friend, General E. F. Beale, formerly minister te Austria, being selected for the position. Secretary Hunt has been offered and has decided te accept the Russian mission." This is the latest rumor and anybody who thinks he is "a biger man than ole Grant " at the White Heuso will seen find out his mistake. THE LATEST NEWS. GLEANED FKOMTHE MORNING HAILS Crima and CaMalty- i and Floed Faraxrapha Items or la A Jtratal Harder. In Archer county, Texas. W. W. Parks, a moenshiner, and two ether men called at the house of a citizen named Broekout, against whom they had a grudge, and call ed him te the deer, when they killed him instantly. , Pennsylvania Ballread Directors. In the election of P. R. R. directors yesterday, despite the efforts of the inde pendents, the regular ticket was elected, by a large majority, Mr. Parker's total vote being ever half a million less thau the lowest en the regular list. On the ticket elected Geerge B. Roberts received 545,486 votes ; Wistar Merris, Alexander M. Fex, Samuel M. Felten, Alexander Biddle, D. B'. Cummins, Henry D. Welsh and William Thaw each 545,441 ; Henry M. Phillips, 545,341 ; Jehn Price Wether ill, 545,311 ; H. H. Housten, 544,872 ; William L. Elkins, 543,859, and N. Parker Shortridge, 542,297. Edward T. Parker received 12,799 ; Jehn F. Smith, 3,144 ; Jehn Jenes, 169. Keine Mere Strike. The compositors en the New Yerk World struck last night for 45 cents per 1,000 ems, the usual extra pay for tabular work, and seven hours' compesitiou guar anteed. The publisher refused their terms. They had been receiving 40 cents per thousand, with no allowance for tables. The ship carpenters of Portland, Maine, have struck for an advance of fifty cents per day. Several firms have granted the advance, and it is thought all will cvuut ually de se. The Seuth Carolina Election Cases, The election cases te be tried in Charles ten, Seutn Carolina, at the term of the U. S. court beginning next Monday, num ber 20 in all, with 56 defendants. Four of the cases are from Charleston county, the ethers from Richland, Sumter, Barn villc, Colleton and Georgetown counties. Most of the defendants are election offi cers. Tlie Slowly Subsidlne Waters. The floods in the Lewer Mississippi region continue te subside, though slowly, and the damage in Louisiana proves te be less than at first reported, though the des titution among the people in some locali ties is great. The Arizona crevasse, abeve Donaldsonville, is -new reported te be 500 feet wide and ten deep, and no attempt te clese it will be made. Brained by Her Krjected Lever. At Napanee. Ont., Maggie Hewie, while milking a cow iu the stables of the Tichbernc house yesterday, had her head split open with an ax?, and was instantly killed by Michael Lee, whose addresses the girl had rejected. Lee was arrested after attempting suicide by dashing hi head against a stone. The Smallpox Scourge. Four new cases of smallpox, iu houses already quarantined, were reported yes terday in Seuth Bethlehem. There have been three deaths since Monday, making the total number of deaths te date 49. The number of cases remaining is 128. Forty new cases of smallpox and five deaths were reported yesterday in Cincinnati. Tornados In the Seuth. A tornado passed ever Menree, Loui siana, en Sunday evening, demolishing a number of dwellings and ether buildings, and killing several persons. The less ou property is estimated at $25,000. Five persons were killed by a storm which de molished a number,of houses in South eastern Alabama the same night. Helier Explosions. The boiler of a saw mill near Keuipten, Indiana, burst yesterday, killing one man and fatally injuring two ethers. By the bursting of a boiler of a portable saw mill, near Corning, Ohia, yesterday, one man was killed and four ethers were 'fatally injured. KlUcd by a Chunk of Ice. At Wilmington, Del., Jehn H. Jacksen, while unloading ice fiem the schooner Kate E. Rich, yesterday, was struck by a large block of ice aud had his skull frac tured. He will probably die. A Yeung Weman Fatally Hurt. While picking coal en the railroad near Shenandoah, a young married woman named Patterson was run ever by a coal train and se badly cut up that she will die. Schooner Sunk. A three-masted schooner, which appar ently had been bound for New Yerk, is sunk about 5 miles off Manasquan station, New Jersey. Half her masts are above water. The Philadelphia Mint. The bill for the extension of the Phila delphia miut has passed the Senate with an amendment fixing the maximum te be paid for the property at four hundred thousand dollars. A Virginia Town Excited. Petersburg, Va., is convulsed ever the prospect of a negre mayor. This is the home of Mahone. The colored element constitute a majority of the population. California's Grain Crep. Reports from the interior of California indicate that the grain crop will be better than the average everywhere, exceptin San Joaquin valley. An Editor for University Begent. The joint Democratic caucus has nomi nated St. Clair McKelway, of the Albany Argus, for regent of the university of New Yerk. TUB CHILI PERUVIAN BIATTEK. Fellnghuysen's Instructions te Trescott. The president yesterday sent te the Heuse a communication from the secretary of state saying that, up te the present time, the state department "has received no information either from Mr. Trescott or from the diplomatic representatives of the United States in Chili or Peru that any protecal has been signed by Mr. Tres cott or by snob diplomatic representatives. ' ' The communication if accompanied by copies of telegrams exchanged between Mr. Trescett and the department, and an instruction mailed te Mr. Trescott en the 24th ultimo. The key-note of the instructions is struck in a telegram from Mr. Frelinghuysen te Mr. Trescott, dated Feb. 4, 1882, which says : "The president in structs me te say that this government can only propose te give counsel and aid ne gotiations. Chili must determine for her self whether she deems it wise te listen te such counsel. Ne part will be taken by the United States in negotiations based both upon the surrender of Tara paca and the payment of an in demnity of $20,000,000. The demand is looked upon as exorbitant and it is thought that the time has come when Chili may be magnanimous and just." In the letter of instructions it is said that the " Traditional attitude of the United States towards the sister republics of this continent is one of peace and friendly counsels. We aim te be regard ed as a disinterested friend and counseller, but we de net assume te impose our wishes upon them, or te act as arbitrator or umpire in their disputes unless moved te it by the wish of both parties, or by controlling interests of our pwn. .He straining our action within this sphere, the president desires you te continue te urge upon Chili, both by the arguments suggested in this instruction, and by such ether pertinent arguments net inconsistent therewith as may occur te you from your knowledge of the subject, the wisdom and justice of making peace without the ac quisition of Tarapaca, unless the province should eveutually become Chilian through the inability of Peru te pay a reasonable was indemnity te be agreed upon." Anether Abie Argument Against Education. Mr. Jehn A. Hiestand' Examiner. Fer seme time we have been intimating that education se-called, docs net educate iu such a way as te give proper concep tions of life and its duties. As an illus tration, net se very far fetched, we give the following : " Don't talk te me about the advantages of education," indignantly exclaimed a certain manufacturer lately. " Here I Bpeut $9,000 en that boy of mine. He came out of college with flying colon. I put him in charge of the factory while I went off en a little vacation, and what de you suppose he did ? Shipped 50,000 of my new patent improved snow shovels te Seuth America." LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. MOUNT NEUO. The News Down iu Mar tic. March 22 being the sixty-first birthday anniversary of Geerge Campbell, our ge nial school director, his friends te the numher of fifty assembled at his residence in eidur te celebrate the day in a becom ing manner. Mr. Campbell was se sur prised at their sudden appearance, that he at first appeared bereft of the pewer of speech ; but when he had entirely re gained it, he avowed that he felt fully three years younger than he had before, and advis ; d all the elderly men present te endeavor te be a school director. After conversation, all present wera invited te surround a table leaded with a sumptuous collation, and after very neticeabl havoc had been made en this, games were in dulged in. Last Wednesday evening, James Nee', residing in the vicinity of Bridge Valley, discovered that the reef of his bouse was in a blaze. With the assistance of some persons who were passing, he succeeded iu extinguishing the fire befere very seri ous damage had occurred. It was discov ered that the fire originated from a defec tive fine. During the present year Wm. Hagens in tends working at the blacksmith trade, at the old stand in Mt. Nebo, where his father, Davis Hagens, for se many years worked. Mr. Hagens intends making a specialty of manufacturing the celebrated Hagens' axes. As he is an experienced workman he deserves the patronage of all residing iu the surrounding country. COUKT. Habeas Corpus Hearing for Children. Court met yesterday afternoon at 2J o'clock. There was a hearing in a writ of habeas corpus, which was granted en the application of Mrs. James II. Swain, through her attorney, J. Hay Brown, esq., te recover the custody of two children of whom she is the mother, and who are aged respectively 4 and 2 years, Swain aud his wife having net been living to gether for seme time, and there is a suit for divei co pending between them. The children have been living with Mrs. Harry Wcnninger, of Water street, who is about te remove te Wilmington and Mrs. Swaiu wanted them. After heai ing the testimony the court remauded the childien te the custody of the father, who was represented by.B. F. Davis, esq. Mr. Swain will give them into the custody of Mrs. Spicer, of Middle street, or some one capable of taking care of them, and their mother shall have the privilege of visiting them. In the case of Ames Bushong vs. the Pennsylvania railroad company, the argu ment was concluded, but no opinion given. DELIRIUM TREMENS. An Epbrata Man Sees Numerous Uulteaus. Yesterday a German named Cornelius Ruff was arrested inEphrata by Constable Spangler. lhc man, who belongs te Hin Hin kletewn, had been en a spree for two weeks past and was suffering from deli rium tiemens. It was with great difficulty the officer succeeded iu getting him te Utis city. On being put into the cars he was terribly frightened, saw snakes, and imagined that enemies weie trying te sheet him. He crawled under the car seats, and would have jumped out of the car had he net been re strained. Al. Stevens, who was a passen ger en the train, rendered the constable great assistance in keeping charge of the prisoner. On arriving in this city the man fought like a demon, and it required the united strength of Officers Spangler and McDevitt and Mr. Stevens te secure -him; He was taken te the hospital, but as there was no proper order for his admission, the superintendent refused te receive him. He was then taken te the lockup, where he spent the night. This morning the censtabln made complaint of disorderly conduct against him, and Alderman Spur rier committed him te the ceuuty jail for 20 days. Ruff is said te be usually a steady, industrious man. UBITUAKY. Death of a Well-Known Yerk Citizen. A dispatch te friends in this city an nounces the death at an early hour this morning, at his home in Yerk, of Colonel Geerge Beatty, from paralysis of the brain, in the 83d year of his age. Few men, per haps, were better known throughout this state and near the south than Cel. Beatty. He was a shoemaker by trade, having served his apprenticeship with the late Themas Wiley, of Lancaster, but retired from that business in early life, since which time he has traveled considerably through out the United States. He was well known in Washington where he lived for years, and was en intimate terms with Webster, Clay, Stevens, and ether illustrious men. He was an officer of the " Yerk Guards," (we think it was), that marched from that town te Baltimore te Welcome Lafayette upon his return te this country. In early life he took a prominent part in politics, having espoused the Democratic faith, te which he held until death. He was a brother-in-law of Mr. II. L. Zahm, of this city, and had many ether friends here. POSTOFFICE MATTERS. Fioinetlons, Improvement. Damaged ISexes. Valentine Heffman, who has been an auxiliary letter carrier in the Lancaster posteffice for seme years past, has been promoted te the position of regular car rier. Wm. Urie Shubert, for seme time past the weigher of the mails, has been ap pointed auxiliary carrier ; and Henry W. Shertz hasbee'n appointed weigher in place of Mr. Shubert. Postmaster Marshall is having all the lamp-pest letter boxes repaired and re painted ; and it is his intention te have arrested and punished, these who may hereafter thoughtlessly or intentionally in jure them. One cause of complaint is that the lamp lighters, instead of using their ladders te reach the street lamps, mount the letter boxes attached te the lamp-pests, thus defacing and sometimes injuring them. Mayer's Court. This morning the mayor had one drunk who was sent te jail for 5 days and three vagrants were discharged. NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS. Events Acress the County Line. The McGibney family are new living in Philadelphia, but intend te remove te Chicago the coming summer. Willie Hessey, aged abent 12, son of Harry H. Hessey, a farmer residing near Elkton, 3Id., banged himself in a fit of melancholy. Iu Maxatawny township, BeiLs county, a large body of reefing s'late of geed qual ity has been discovered en the farm of Isaac Kutz. A large vein of iron ere has recently been discovered ou the Dictz farm, iu Spring Garden township, Yerk county. The vein has been examined and icgarded as a rich and valuable deposit. The grist and saw mills belonging te Geerge Richardson, of Wilmington, in Cecil ceuuty, near Cheater county line, which were destroyed by fire List Decem ber, are new being rebuilt. A great many fat cattle and heavy draught horses are shipped from Ephtata at present. During the last two weeks New Yerk dealers shipped 189 draught horses. On the side of a car en an eastern bound freight train en the Pennsylvania railroad, as it passed through Harrisburg yesterday were the words en a card : "The miners of Clearfield county have a notion te strike" Mr. Reuben A. Shaak, of Seuth Leba non, recently shot two chicken hawks, one of which measured across the wings four feet three inches and the ether four feet two inches. The Frankford hosiery mills, intended for the manufacture of woolen, cotton, flax and silken goods and hosiery, were chattered yesterday at Harrisburg. The capital stock of the company is $150,000. Charles Waters, of Frankford, sold dur ing the past three months some ten thou sand bunches of violets, containing about twenty flowers each, many of which he retailed at ten cente per bunch. The manufactory of torpedo danger sig nals for the Pennsylvania Raihead com pany, for seme time conducted in Reading, will remove te Berwyu, Chester ceuuty, where the works will be carried en. At the Speedwell stock farm, one of its most valuable trotting mares,Lady Orange, died from inflammation of the bowels. Lady Orange was 8 years old, and was bred iu Orange ceuuty, N. Y. Mr. Yontz, agent of Speedwell, valued her at 4000. William P. Woedsida has sold out his tobacco stere in Oxford te Isreal II. Town send of Little Britain. C. H. Hilten, of Little Britain, has quit farming and this week takes possession of the stei e at Peach Bettem. At the funeral of Mrs. Eliza Scheffey.iu Pottsgrove, township, Chester county, a sermon was preached from a text which the lady had selected twenty-eight years age, and by the minister te whom she made the request. In the United States distiiet court Judge Bu'.Ier has icf used the motion for a new trial made en behalf of Jehn K. Mil ler, who was recently convicted of making and passing counterfeit coin in -Lebanon county, and has fined the prisoner $100 and sent him te the penitentiary for 18 months. At Deep Creek, Chester county, a bur glar entered the house of Jeshua Ycrgcr, from whom he demanded money. Mr. Yerger said he had none. They get into a tussel and Yerger was dragged te the stairway. The burglar fired two shots, but fortunately no one was hurt, and he escaped without securing any plunder. In Reading Monday evening, the select council chamber at city hall vas illumina ted with a blue flame, while select council was in session, caused by a vivid flash of lightning, which was followed by a loud clap of 'thunder, and immcdiatly thereafter the bell in the Prcsbytarian tower was struck ene tap, caused by the fire alarm telegraph having been affected by the light ning. At Dillsburg, Geerge Paiferd, aged 17, employed at McCormick's ero mines, while in the act of letting en the steam, he slipped aud fell ever the steampipe, break ing it in his fall te the ground. At the time the boiler had ou a head of steam of seme 80 or 90 pounds, which found vent through the broken pipe, completely en veloping the prostrate form of the unfor tunate young man, who was unable te ex tricate himself, and terribly scalded him. Death ensued in a short time THE UPERA. Vuuce aud Sensa's .New Composition. Queen of Smugglers.. Miss Fanny Wcntwnrtli. Vlolaute Miss Kyh 31111a. Stubbs Mr. J. II. Itennie. Enrique Mr. J. O. Puglu Tite Mr. K.J Whipple. Matee Mr. J. K. II. llleis. Captain of Citiljlncei. Mr. !. F. ltule. Orderly Sergeant Mr. Frank Baxter. "The Smugglers" is thctitle of a new opera, the joint productieu of Mr. Wiisen Vance, a Washington journalist, "and Mr. Jehn Philip Sensa, leader of the Marine band there. Last evening a party of sixty young peeple, traveling under the name of the " Vance and Sousa opera company, " bang it at Fulton opera house te an audience that comfortably filled the building. It had been given out that the piece made a hit in Washington, where, it has been suggested, the abundance of un tamed congressmen from the boundless prai ries of the West accounts for the otherwise singular circumstance of its success. Fer, excepting a few bits of nicely concerted music, there is a painful paucity of. merit in the score Here and thore evidences of the composer's military training are noticeable in march movements and sharply accentua ted waltz time that are rather pleasing; but for the most part the tunes seem te have been surreptitiously transplanted from the pages of a Sunday-school hymn book. There is a quintet early in the first act, and later en the concerted piece, " He is a Spy" and the "Wine Seng," that are skillfully scored. The piece has some points of humor, which the librettist frankly acknowledges are borrowed ac cording te the most liberal rules of our present international copyright from "Con "Cen trabandista," written byBurnand, of Lon Len Lon eon Punch. The plot hinges en the adven tures of a band of smugglers in Spain, whose queen, a buxom young widow, has resolved te marry the first male captive taken by her subjects. Just what "smuggleis" want with captives is net explained, but it is "iu zee piece " all the same. Mr. Stubbs, a traveling photographer, happens te be this individual, an Englishman who mixes up his'h'sin the most reckless fashion, and the fun comes in with this person's stiug gles against his fate as revealed by the cards. Mr. Vance states that when he appropriated Burnand's idea ha took geed care te clothe it himself ; and crudely enough he performed bis work, for the dia logue is considerably worse than the score. Of the east it may be fairly said that 3Iis3 Wentworth sang her musie very nicely with a geed, pleasant contralto voice, that is net remarkably strong but which is very sweet, and she acts with zest and vivacity. Mr. Rcnnie made a geed deal of fun, such as it was, ent of the part of the cockney photographer,and he has fair vocal ability, which is net common with comedians of his compass. The ether men sing toler ably well, but without any ' approach te excellence. The ensemble though very large, numbering perhaps fifty or sixty, was illy trained, and generally sang out of J tune and out et time. They are amateurs and mostly youthful and will improve with cxperince iu public singing. Seme of the young ladies are quite pretty and ap parently enjoy the novelty of their position. The orchestra was one' the best that has played at any operatic performance here this season and was skillfully handled by the composer himself. The piece will be given the remainder of the week at the Chestnut street opera house, Philadcl phia. PHENOMENAL. WHITE SPOTTED TOBACCO. lr. Kathven's Views en the r.'mbreldcrcd Leaves. Mr. Merris Gcrschel recently left at the Intelligences office a leaf of tobacco that was very peculiarly marked with white spots and tracings, some of the lines being as beautifully curved and zigzagged as it they had been worked by seme deft embroiderer. We banded the leaf te Dr. S. S. Rathven, of the Lancaster Farmer, with a request that be would examine and report upon it. He kindly furnishes the following paper : White Spotted Tobacco. White-spotted, like white-veined tebac co, is a phenomenon that comes distinctly within the scope of vegetable physiology ; and is the effect of a subtle cause or causes, about which there are various theories and opinions, even among intelligent and ex perienccd tobacco growers. I am sure I noticed white-spotted cigars mere thau fifty years age, and they were generally esteemed the best of cigars. I supposed then, that the spots had been produced by artificial means, because these were po pe culiar brands and boxes of them, all of which were mere or less spotted if indeed they were net fashionable. Perhaps, be fore the tobacco-grower deplores the pre sence of white spots, he should submit his leaf te competent manufacturers, in order te learn te what extent the weed is in jured by thf presence of white spots. ferhap?. after all, the spots may be as conventional as these which sometimes occur ou Berkshire pigs ; which, although depreciating the intrinsic value of the animal, cannot possibly injure the quality of the perk. Neither white-spotted, nor white-veined tobacco is therefore anything new, and may be present every year in seme part of the country where tobacco is grown, al though thcre may be certain years in which it may be mere abundant thau in ether years. It would he fortunate for the tobacco grower if spotted tobacco and spotted cigars could be raised te the dignity of fashion, provided the spotted crop and the fashion were coincidental events ; it would afford the dealers less opportunity te get the goods at prices below their real value, merely en account of the spots. Being a physiological question then, the subject cau only be elucidated through physiological laws and principles, and this being the case, I ceutess the tubjeet is "tee high for me ;" because, having no practical experience in vegetable phy.ii phy.ii phy.ii olelogy, I could, at best, only advance the experiences and theetetical deductions of ethers with very limited corroborations of my own. I may be permitted te say, how ever, that the difference between white spots and white veins may net be se great as appears from a superficial view of the subject. Fer instance, we cannot prick our bodies anywhere with a fine needle, but what a small glebule of bleed will exude from the wound ; and this is also the case with succulent vegetation. If we closely cx cx amine a skeletenized leaf or plant, we will find that the whole disk is penetrated by innumerable nerves, nervures and nervc Iets, all of which have their absorbing and secreting functions ; se that we could hardly puncture it anywhere without rup tuiing one or mere of these delicate organs ; hence, if the phenomenon is the effect of enervated circulation, which has becu brought about by dreuth or ether weather contingencies, or by soil condi tions, as is alleged, it is likely te manifest itself among the smaller nervures as among the larger ones. I have new before me a tobacco leaf from Mr.MorrisGerscheI,ef the firm of Gerschel & Bre. tobacco packers, also three leaves from Mr.. William Reeting, of Elizabeth town, all which 'are singularly marked with white, leathery spots, dots, rings and zigzag lines ; seme of them like min iature streaks of "chain lightning,"' or Egyptian hieroglyphics ; and thcre docs net seem te be any visible connection be tween these markings and the "midrib," tbe lateral ribs, or any of the prominent veins or nervurcs ; hence it cannot be classed with white veined tobacco. Whilst manipulating these leaves in a moist condition, in order te expand them, I was particularly impressed with their peculiar fragrance, especially these from Mr. Rceting, which are also smaller in size and darker in color than that from Mr. Gerschel, and I cannot conccire that they are rcajly injured by these peculiar markings, although they may affect theii market value. On one of the leaves from Mr. Rceting the markings are much bolder, broader and mere emphatic than the markings of any of the ether leaves indeed, no two of them are alike, the whole presenting an almost kaliedoscepic variety ; and, if such effects could be pro duced artificially, I don't see why tobacco might net be cultivated as an ornamental plant, the same as the celhv, calladimus and begonias, or the variagated grasses, and such like. By the introduction of certain chemical substances into the soil, botanical experi menters have been able te produce visible effects upon tiie leaves aud flowers of plants ; and, it is very probable that these markings have been produced through a diversion, or wrong direction of the sap flower. A similar diversion or misdirec tion of the fluid circulation of plants, in eluding trees and shrubbery.eften develops discoloration of the leaves, protuberances, concavities, curled leaf, wrinkled, excrcs enccs and numerous ether outward mani festations. Analogous effects are produced by minute insects, in the form of ene end less variety of galls, and also by cacterians fungi. As already intimated, I cannot hazzard a theory of even sufficient outlines te embrace this subject in a specified sense, and probably it will never be understood until some progressive tobacco culturiat or vegetable physiologist discovers hew te produce these markings by artificial cultivation, or chemical applications. In conclusion, allow me te refer the reader te page 26 (Jan. Ne. ) of the Lan caster Farmer for 1882, where may be found a paper by E. K. Hershey, of Crcs wcll, Lancaster county, en the causes of ''white vein in tobacco," which Mr. II. very plausibly regards as a disease engen dered by meterelugical conditions, opera ting upon the soil, or a sort of starvation of the plants through the prevailing droughts. In the same number of the Farmer, page 29, is a paper en the same subject, read by Mr. Hebren Herr befere the Lancaster county agricultural and hor ticultural society at its January meeting 1882, in which Mr. Herr takes ground sim ilar te that of Mr. Hershey, and nearly all who participated in the discussion, coin cided in sentiment with the essay. Of course both papers present mainly theories with fcuch shadows of fact as their experi ences have been able te reflect upon the subject, but I think both papers point iu the right direction for the cause of the phenomenep, and I am pretty sure that I can point no nearer specifically, from all that has come under my obseivatien en such a complicated subject. ' The three city dailies of that date all contain Mr. Ilerr's paper. R. Fire Alarm Cards. Persons wanting Urge and small cards with location of fire alarm boxes and en gine beuses, with rules, instructions, etc., can procure them, free of charge, by call ing at the Lntelueexcsr office. . .Sunday Funerals. The vestry of St. Jehn's Lutheran church has unanimously approved the res olution of its pastor, Rev. S. Stall, in an nouncing, that irrespective of persons, he would hereafter decline te officiate at all funerals en the Lord's Day.
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