LANCASTER DA1LX INTELLIGENCE! WEDNESDAY MAY 31 1882 fcancasta intelligencer. WEDNESDAY EVENIKO, MAY 31, 1862. What te De With It. It is acknowledged by well informed people of all parties that the state agri cultural college has from its commence ment te the present day been an ex pensive failure ; that it has cost the stale hundreds of thousands of dollars, and has yielded the people no corresponding benefits. Year after 3 ear the state is called upon for a 30,000 or $10,000 ap propriation te keep the college en its feet, and ordinarily there are less than a dozen pupils under the instruction of a score or mere professors. The United States made a munificent donation of lands te the state with the express stip ulation that the proceeds should be ap plied te educational purposes. Elegant and substantial buildings were erected en a comparatively barren tract of land in Centre county, entirely unadapted te agricultural purposes, but in one of the most healthful and picturesque sections of the commonwealth. As neither the buildings nor the land are used for any practical purjwse ; as the college is an acknowledged failure, and as long as it is kept in existence will be a drain upon the state treasury ; as the state has failed te fulfil its part of the contract with the United States, the question arises, what are we going te de about it ? Te our mind a practicable tiling te be done with it would lie te convey te the United States, free of all cost, the col lege and all its appurtenances, en condi tion that the United States establish thereon an Indian training school, simi lar te that established at Carlisle. The almost phenomenal success which has attended this school is in most striking contrast with the bald failure of the agricultural college. The training school has demonstrated, beyond cavil, the fact that though a hundred years of cruel and relentless war have failed te conquer the spirit of freedom inherent in the breasts of the aborigines, they are as susceptible of civilization under kindly influences as any ether race of men. Even if this were, net se, the United States is bound by its solemn treaty obligations with the several tribes of this much wronged race te furnish school facilities te all Indian children whose parents apply for the same. This obligation has been as shamefully neg lected by the United Stales, as has been the obligation of Pennsylvania te main tain an agricultural college. Te make amends for these neglects let Pennsylva nia abandon all claims te the college, or formally convey it te the United States, and let the United -Slates'use it as an Indian training schuel. Ne better situation could be found in the country. The buildings are spacious and comfort able ; the water is pure, the mountain air is healthful and the mountain scenery is exactly suited te the Indian. The habits of the surrounding popula tion are peaceful and moral and free from the social vices which affect communities near the great cities ; and the location is se far removed from the frontier that there would be no possibil ity of the Indian pupils being infected with the savage usages of their uncivil. ied relatives and friends in the far west. There should be a dozen if net hundreds of such schools as that at Carlisle, scattered among the several states. Why should net the new worse than useless agricultural college in Cen tre county be utilized as one of them ? Who Snpperts Them. The spirit and unanimity with which the Democrats of the Heuse are acting in resisting the tyranny of the Republi can majority is very agreeable te their constituents, who have long and often been distressed by the lack of vigor and harmony in Democratic action at Wash ingten. Our representatives need net fear that when they act boldly, decidedly and unitedly, they will net have the sup port of the Democratic voters, whom nothing pleases better than courage and decision in their leaders. In the issue upon which our congressmen have taken their stand in the Mackey-Dibble con tested election case, they have the hearty and absolutely unanimous sup port of the Democratic party ; the only adverse criticism which we knew of, coming from the party Republican press and from a certain class of namby pamby journals that call themselves in dependent, but which have independence of political principles as their chief title te the designation. Theeditorsef some of these sheets who have a kind side for the Democracy, rather because they hate Republicanism than that they love us or our principles, are went te indulge themselves in many flings at our ways of doing things, by way of demonstrat ing their boasted independence of party, and prompted by the further inducement that they thus deliver themselves of their pent-up feelings of disgust that the Democratic party refuses te travel towards political success by the devious ways which they would have it take, but which it cannot adept con sistently with its principles and its honor. Such editors condemn the Demo cratic representatives for insisting that the Republican majority should net ad mit a Republican contestant te his seat without properly inquiring into the al leged forgery of the evidence upon which he claims it. They fail te understand the principle involved in the issue and leek upon it simply as a question be tween a Republican and Democratic contestant of a seal, which is decided in favor of the Republican because he is a Republican; and they would net have the Democratic minority kick against the pricks in vainly resisting what the majority resolves te de and has the power te de. As we have said, the Democratic con stituency leek upon the contest differ ently ; they are delighted te see their representatives resist what they deem a wrong, and they warmly support them in continuing their resistance in every lawful way regardless of consequences or the probability of present success. When Senater Cameren had the teeth ache Philadelphia business men under stood him te say te them that if they did net elect Beaver, their senator would punish, them, wjth free trade; when Senater Cameren recovers from the toothache he is understood te say te them that if they de net elect Beaver the Democrats would punish them with free trade. The lessen of which is that a man with a toeihache is easily misunderstood. Committed te be MaH. The Philadelphia Evening Telegraph is an ably edited and reasonably well inform ed newspaper of strongly Independent Republican tendencies. We believe it desires the vindication of the Independ ent movement by the defeat of the reg ular ticket, even though that involves the election of the Democratic state ticket. The Telegraph, like some of its friends, is therefore doubly interested in seeing that the Democrats put up lit candidates, for by no ether means can the Independent movement be given the fairest trial en its own mer its. If the Democracy nominate the best ticket that can be picked out it will command deserved success by poll ing the full party vote, and Independ ents will be less reluctant te indirectly aid Democratic success if they knew that no geed interest of the common wealth will suffer from Democratic as cendency. But we believe the Telegraph is wrong-shipped in this expression of opinion as te the agitation of Judge Trunkey's nomination : If anything were needed, iu addition te the judge's repeated declaration that he will net be a candidate, te make utterly hopeless the efforts of these who are try ing te keep the alleged Trunkcy boom ou its legs, it is furnished by the plainly re vealed fact that it is new chiefly in the hands of the Cameren Democratic con tingent and has become their main re li.incc. They de net expect Judge Trun kcy te come within sight of a nomina tion, net a delegate yet being in structed for him ; but it is their plau te contend for something they are tolerably sure will net be grautcd, iu order that they may have an alleged excuse for openly or secretly deserting the ticket. Anether significant fact is that the leading Trunkey organ opposed him and support ed Sterrett, Republican, in 1877. The only hope of the broken and badly de moralized " machine " is te save the Har risburg 10th of May ticket at the polls through Democratic corruption and treachery. ThelXTELMGKXCKi: has generally ,011 principle, opposed the candidacy of judges for political eflices, believing it te be a needless derogation of the judi ciary. Xer has it been made manifest te us that l'ie name of Judge Truukey is the only or the best one with which the Democratic ticket can be elected or the commonwealth served this year. But there is nothing in the manipulation of Judge Trunkey's candidacy te justify the charge that it is the work of the " Cameren contingent " of the Deme cratic party, be that a considerable or inconsiderable fraction of it ; nor is there apparently any lack of geed faith among these who urge Judge Trunkey's nomination, be they many or few. We have no idea that anybody will be able te say with certainty who will be the nominees of the Democratic cenven tien before it meets, nor is there any in fluence or combination in the slate which can control their selection in ad vance. The Democracy of the state have a way of resenting boss-ship which makes it fatal te any man's chance te have him picked out in advance as the nominee of the " Cameren centin gent," or any ether faction of the party. As the matter new stands, beyond a few local instructions, the Democratic delegates will as scmele committed te no man and te no man's man, and the nominees will net be known until the -Sth of June. This is as it should be and as it will most likely remain until the time for the con ventien is at hand. Uxdeii the general call of the county committee the Democracy of the several districts will meet at their various poll ing places en next Saturday afternoon or evening te elect county committeemen for the ensuing year and delegates te the district and county conventions which assemble in this city en next Wednesday te nominate a county ticket and cheese delegates te the stale con ventien. The hours for holding the primaries of next Saturday were, by resolution of the county committee, te be fixed by the local committeemen and te be announced by handbill ten days in advance. It is te be presumed that this has been done, as the cemmittcmen were instructed te this effect and furnished with blanks for this purpose. In this city the cus tom is te meet from 6 te 8 p. m. ' It is also customary in most of the wards, if net all of them, te meet en the Wednes day evening before the primaries this evening and make general nominations for delegates and committeemen. All such nominations or any .ethers handed te the chairman of the county commit tee or left at this office en or before Fri day evening will be published and will be printed en the tickets supplied te the committeemen for the several wards. Persons who desire te be or te name candidates may govern themselves ac cordingly. -m m Cries Sylvia te a reverend Dean : ' What reasons can be given, Klncc marfleac is a holy thing, That there is none in heaven ?" " There arc no women," he replied ; She quick returns the jest : " Women there are ; but I'm afraid Theycannet And a priest." VeiMcy. With the generosity characteristic of their profession, Miss Clara Louise Kel logg at once began with 3Iiss Emma Abbett te exert herself te raise a fund for the benefit of the family of Conly. the basso, whose tragic death by drowning was recently reported. In the judgment of the Philadelphia Recerd, which has no fondness for Ran dall, Colonel Quay's opinion that the de feat of the Republican party in this state this year will make Samuel J. Randall the next president does net open the worst future that could come te the coun try. Tub reconvening of the convention of May 10, te ratify some choice previously made by Mr. Cameren forcengressman-at-large, will net satisfy the solid old North American, which cannot understand why Cameren se suddenly affects an interest in Philadelphia business men, and it seems te fear a Greek bearing gifts. There is one agricultural college that A. years." Jamks Goueon Bknxett has given Mrs. DcLeng $50,000 in United States govern ment bends. State Senater Ecki.ey 11. Coxe, of Luzcrae, heads the delegation te the Dem ocratic state convention and it is solid for Coxe, but he won't have it. PnecTOit Knett is spoken of as a can didal for governor in Kentucky. Thur man iu Ohie and Hancock in Penusylva nia. It leeks as if the Democrats intended te put their tall men into the freut rank. Rev. J.. E. Smith, D. D., formerly of the Duke street M. E. church, of this city, but new of Scrauteu, has received a call from the Wheeling, W. Va., M. E. church, which he may accept at the oles e of his pastoral term in Scranton. Rev. Rebeut Compter recently admit ted that he smoked cigars because "to bacco is seething," and that he smoked his first te celebrate the (all of Richmond, when we "all felt in duty bound te de something tremendous en receipt of the news from the scat of war." Judge Albien W. Toureke will deliver the annual oration before the Allegheny college literary societies at Mcadville dur ing commencement. As Judge Teurgee asked $100 te deliver the oration befere the societies of F. & M. college it is te be presumed the Mead vi lie societies accepted that bid. President Arthur and Senater Conk Cenk ling went out te Leng Island together en a fishing excursion ou Sunday last after at tending church. They were politely es corted by Mr. Austin Cebbiu, the presi dent of the Leng Island railroad, aud the Sun declares that three handsomer men of mere varying styles of masculine beauty can hardly be seen together in any ether ceuutry than this. Hail Columbia, happy land ! Cel. Tem Ochiltree, a well-known Republican, will be a candidate for Con gress iu the new district in Texas, which includes Galveston city and county. The new district contains '27 counties and the colonel says that in these counties the Democratic majority is only 4,100, nine tenths of which comes from Galveston. He is confident of entirely overcoming the majority in Galveston, which he carried in 1879 as candidate for sheriff, aud of making large gains in the remainder of the district. lie regards his olection as assured. Rev. W. H. II. Murray is down around San Antenia, Texas, " Adirondack Mur ray," as he is called. When he lied Bos Bes Bos eon his private secretary, a young lady, followed his fortunes, and has siuce lived with him. Last year her father came for her, and after au effort te get her te re turn with him, which proved ineffectual, the peer old man, broken in spirit aud almost penniless after his long search for her, blew out his braius at the very thrcsh thrcsh held of Murray's deer. On last Sunday a correspondent saw him at San Pedre Springs unloading, with his own hands, a wagon lead of cedar tics that he had hauled from his little place for the street railroad company. He was without coat, vest or cellar, dirty and unshorn. FOB LIEUTENANT UOVEltXOU. Chuuncey F. Black, or Yerk. Yerk Gazette. Ne Yerk county man has ever been placed upon the Democratic state ticket, although seme geed men have been pre sented, lhe claims 01 the county have been constantly ignored iu the state con ventions, and nominations have gene te counties that have uet given a Democratic majority within the recollection of the eldest inhabitants. The Democracy new take pride aud fresh hops iu presenting a mau, the peer efanyin the commonwealth, and invite and solicit for him the support of the party throughout the state. Chatincey P. Black, the seu of the Heu. Jere. S. Black, needs no introduction te the party nor te the poepio. He is known wherever he gees by his admirable social qualities and delightful humor. In the newspaper world, with which he has Ien;: been con nected, he bears thocnviable reputation of being a trenchant and powerful wiiter. His voice aud his pen are always for the right and against all manner of rings, cliques, personal aud political corruption and dishonesty. He is thoroughly a man of the peeple and for the poepio, and if nominated and elected he will net only fill but will adorn the oflicefor which we pro pre sent him. The Democracy are terribly in earnest about this matter. They claim a place upon the state ticket and with the very best of reason te support their claim. Yerk is one of the reliable Democratic counties of the state ; her majority may always be counted upon in advance; she never swerves from the very front line of the contest ; her Dempciaiy have steed by their guns in the political battle, year after year and over whelmed their enemies with tremendous majorities; but no part of the fruits of victory have they aver received : thev can always be relied upon te de the voting aud te return their full majority, why, there fore, can they net he relied upon te furnish te the state a candidate for office. SOME BOYS. Who Ventured With Their Beat and Deg. Derrick Pike and Fred Reucb. acred IS with a. large deg get into a beat tied te the shore just abeve the lower Genesee falls. The boys were paddling with a piece of beard, when the fastening parted and the beat was caught by the current. Befere they had time te think or act, it snot ever the fails. A mau who saw them and was hastening te their aid says that the lads made no outcry, but the deg, as the beat poised en the brink, appeared te be en the point of jumping. A piece of the beat only has been found. The river is very high from the rains. In La Salle, III., Jehn Carr, 14 years old, while returning home from work, was meb uii me raureau uriage dv a urunken man, who threw him ever the railing into the Illinois river. In his fall of G5 feet the boy turned ever several times, and finally entered the water feet first. The affair was witnessed by two fishermen, who S&ved the bev from drnwninir. isTiila V. tramp made tug escape. is markiag a little prettmnd that is at Aiaherstf'MaM., which has already sold this spriag 12,000 peach trees, 2,000 apple, 500 pear and 2,000 of ether fruits and or. namentcd shrubs. Prevision has been made for a largely increased stock. The sales from the greenhouses bave just be gun. The aareful raising of all these plants is necessary as a pait of the instruct ion which the college gives, and by rais ing them in such quantities they become a source of profit, and give the students who pack and handle them a practical kuewlcdgc of the nursery business. Mr. Rebeut J. BunuETTK, who has been going up and down this helpless country lecturing for six years past, has been giving his opinion of the public halls. One of the best, he says, is the Trcmeut Temple, in Bosteu. Association Hall, in New Yerk, he found easy te speak iu, but " the best hall for lyceuni pur poses in all America," he says, " is the Academy of Music iu Philadelphia. Yeu can't make au echo in that building when it is empty with a bass drum. The worst and most expensive hall I ever spoke iu is the court house in Carlinville, Macoupin county, III. If you hit a bass drum ence iu that building you can hear it for ten DECORATION 0BAT0BY. THK l'ULITlClAMS ON TBK l'LATTORM. Kegalar Bearer ssLaaeaaMr and ladepea- dent Martaa at Marietta. The Day la the Coeatr. The announcement of an oration by General Beaver attracted a large audience te Fulton opera heuse last evening, and by eight o'clock the auditorium of the building was crowded and the gallery nearly or quite full. In the audience were a number of ladies who gave the scene an attractive appearance. The Grand Army pest, with the Millorsville band at their head, waited upon Gen. Beaver at the Stevens heuse shortly befere the hour named, and after a few patriotic airs had been performed, escorted their distin guished guest te the opera house. His ar rival was hailed with applause, which was repeated when be went upon the stage. The Grand Army men also took seats upon the stage. After the Millcrsville band had played several selections, Rev. J. Max Hark offered prayer and Majer Rcinenhl pre sented te the audience " the soldier and here who bears upon hiB person the scars of Chaucollersvillo, Celd Harber and Petersburg ; and who left a leg upon the bloody field Ream's Station, aud than whose there is no name hotter known or loved throughout the length and breadth of this commonwealth General James A. Heaver." Applause General Beaver, befere beginning his address, was compelled te pause until the cordial applause with which he was greeted had subsided. Referring te the solemnity and sacrcdncss of the occasion that had assembled this audience and that had pervaded the exercises of the day, he said the time was uet ene for idle words or unmeaning compliment, but it consti tuted the opportunity for instruction, for thought and reflection, that should make us better citizens of our grand old com menwealth and great republic. He re cognized that the peeple in the scats be fere him, and these gathered round him, were animated by the same feelings that moved the men of Lancaster who marched forth with Hambright and whom Welsh led te Harrisburg, tbe first elferiug of the community te defend the assailed integrity of our country. Since that day Lancaster has never been lacking in men, brave spirits ready te unheld the honor of their state and of the nation. Within the radius of a mile Laucaster holds in her embrace men who did mera te make the history of the last twenty or twenty-five years thau any ether iu the country. When the speaker first set feet in Lan caster en Monday, his thoughts turned te the graves of the "Old Com Com eoner " and of that one whose untimely death had robbed Pennsylvania of perhaps her greatest soldier. When the name of Stevens, who aroused the heroic sentiment of patriotism in the troublous times of twenty years age, and of Rey nolds, who set his squadrons in the field and led them te glory, are mentioned, what mero need te repeat that Lancaster holds in the cold embrace of death men who wrought with meulding influence upon the history of the republic ? The resurrection of the springtime has ceme ; we have culled the early blossoms and nipped the opening buds te lay them a willing token en the graves of the men who offered their lives as a sacrifice upon their country's altar. The speaker had heard the remark made that when the old fel lows of the Grand Army are dead and geno the observance of Decoration day will die out also : but as he looked en the ranks iu te-day's precession and saw the sturdy veuug men marching shoulder te shoulder in the line the thought came te him that the sons of the tires would surely net forget the acts of their fathers Ged pity them if they could ! It is au old story, but one that can be told with increasing instruction, that re minds us that the Union ence imperiled shall be the Union of generations unborn for ten centuries te come ; that teaches us that when treason nerved the arm of the men who rose te smite the integrity of the nation, patriotism was equally ready te raise up men te stand between their ceun try and the dangers that threatened it, and se many of whose graves are garland ed te-day with fresh tributes of affectionate remembrance. These are facts that shall always exist aud that at such a time as this come te teach us lessens of wisdom but while remembering the difTcrouce be tween patriotism and treason we must re member also that the men who appealed te the dread arbitrament of the sword te maintain their position perished by the sword. New the vital question is " What of te day? net what has happened, the days of peace have come aud with them there must be established fraternity of feeling between the lately embittered sections ; the speaker rejoiced te see the men of the Grand Army of the Repub lic taking the iuitiative te bring about this feeling of unity and concord ; he re joiced that it had been his privilege te see exemplified the fact that Micro was the bend of fraternity between the men who had fought in the Southern army and theso who fought in the Northern army ; he had heard a man who bere arms in the Confederate ranks say that they ceme new te lay their lest cause upon the altar of a common country and fight under one flag with the men who had opposed them. That was a great thing for a man te say whom we call a ' rebel ;" mere than we can appreciate, because we have no wounded feelings te seethe ; we cau take the man that gave utterance te that ex pression by the hand and pity the man that cant. We are confronted with the practical question "De the results of the war pay for its cost?" Ge with me en the grand rounds. Frem the Kennebec te the Rie Grande we find the graves of the men who died for the cause they espoused. Come te Pennsylvania's battle field. "Halt! who lie here." "Friends," comes back the answer from the silent white sentinels who guard the last rest ing place of only a portion of the dead of a single battle. Acress the Potomac the same challenge greets our coming footsteps ; they are friends abeve whose graves the white sentinels keep their silent watch. Seventeen thous and brave spirits rest within sight of the dome of the capitol, but if you multiply by twenty all wae lie at Gettysburg and Arlington you don't compute the number of theso who died en ene side of the mighty conflict ; add the immense eutlav of treasure, you don't measure the cost of the war. Ah, the sorrow, the anguish, tllO bitter ECaldinrr tearsnrn immr-ilrnll1 ' As political results of the ceuflict Gen. Beaver summarized the established in tegrity of the nationality of the govern ment ; it is settled that this is a nation whose territory cannot be divided ; the liberation of an entire race and the realiza tion of absolute freedom were effected ; it was settled that the constitution is equal te any emergency and has the power of self-preservation ; these are facts settled by the court of last resort, from which there is 110 appeal. There are ether beside political results that give compensation for the cost re sults material and moral. The Seuth has become a New Seuth ; the hum of industry is heard iu places where formerly the sound was foreign ; the tread of armed men aud the bleed poured out have re juvenated the country. In the develop ment of this idea the speaker pointed out the rapid advance of the railroads, while prier te the war net a railroad crossed the Potomac, and Masen & Dixen's life was an insuperable barrier te inter-communication between the sections. As moral results we see the growth of mutual re spect for the opinions of thore of the two sections and the better understanding of the real motives and feelings of then-people ; this the speaker illustrated by an incident in his own experience since the war, which he told in an entertaining way that frequently amused his auditors. In conclusion the speaker put the qnery, In what twenty years of its history has the republic advanced as it has during the past twenty ? The wat gave mental im petus in places where it was formerly be lieved net te exist ; awakened self reli ance, enterprise and action, quickened in ventive geuiuB, educated business men, increased manufactures and developed character. In this view of the matter can we say the war was only a scourge '.' Men who think calmly upon the results as they are brought face te iace with them, may freely confess that the great conflict was net an unmixed evil. Out or it has ceme great geed aud will ceme greater geed. The men whose graves we decked te-day gave their lives iu a cause that has done much te enhance the glory and honor of this country. As we turn our faces te the fu ture, never forgetting the past Ged for bid that we should forget it ! let us be rcady.sheuld occasion or necessity demand it, te lay down our lives with the same willingness and heieism that character ized our fallen comrades. Let us thank Ged that he has given us a heritage te hand down te our chiltlieu. Let us he true te ourselves, true te our country, true te our Ged, and make the future of this country what theso men died te make it. General Heaver speke for an hour with only occasional refurence te a page of notes that lay en the table. His manner is easy aud delivery fluent and pleasant, and he holds himself without apparent effort en his crutches as he talks, his body slightly inclined backward. He was listened te with clese attention ami frequently applauded, his local references being well received aud his complimentary allusions te the G. A. R. pest and the number of old soldiers it comprised being especially relished. At the conclusion of the address the baud played "Auld Lang Syne" and a rattling quickstep, after which the audi ence slowly dispersed, many remaining behind te shake General Heaver's baud. At the Stevens heuse subsequently a number of peeple called te pay their re spects. martin atmakibtta. IIe I'nys Ul.t CeiiiplliiiriilN le the Hetillcr In 1'elttlcs. E. K. Martin, esq., the well known In dependent Republican, of this city, was the orator of the day at Marietta and iu the course of his speech he paid his com pliments te the soldier clement iu politics aud te the clap-trap which has been re sorted te ou this subject by politicians who had ends of their own te serve. After briefly reviewing the causes and results of the war, he singled out Garfield as the best type of the citizen soldier, and iu a eulogy of his course as a statesman and publicist he indirectly gave General Beaver some very hard raps, though the mailed hand was deftly covor cevor cover crcd with velvet. The speaker declared that at Garfield's death " most of us sat down te read the sad bulletin, painfully aware that Ged had left no one te carry eutj high-seulcd purposes, his lefty determination te redeem the peeple from the same lawless spirit of faction which in red-handed murder had stricken from the presidential scat ene se signally equipped for the great responsibilities of the hour aud place. Yes, we trusted it would have been he which should have redeemed Israel.' And even after the grave swal lowed up his remains, while reason aud experience bade our hopes 'be still,' somehow we felt as if the great personality he had stamped upon our public life could net all be effaced in the brief term of one successor, or that someone would some seme seme where take up his unfinished weik and the country would become the inheritor of a legacy, net of hate and strife, such as Andrew Jehnsen left it, but of houer aud manhood such as Garfield intended te be queath it." Iu a review of Garfield's course at Chi cage Mr. Martin specially extolled his defense of the West Virginia delegates who refused te agree in advance te abide by the decision of the convention . When Garfield arose en that occasion it was nut " le betray the sentiments of his censtitu cnts and abuse his noble powers that success might fellow fawning, for he spumed duplicity and heated treachery Net te wield tbe patty lash, that he might stille honest sentiment and throttle con viction en the threshold of duty, for he was himself a man of the most powerful convictions aud fearless utterance. Net te break down the unwritten law of the nation and strike at the foundation of her liberties cemented in si much bleed and sacrifice, for he revered as a sacred obli gation the doctrines which had met the approval of a century of experiment, and commended themsclves te the prayers of five generations." Aud in conclusion Mr. Martin addressed himself te the soldier iu politics as fol fel lows : He in no sense belonged te that class of geed men who are useful te bad men. IIe would wear no man's cellar. Thank Ged, the peeple of Ohie never require that humiliating condition in their states men He consented te no man's success by leaning his laurels that he might re re ceive a secondary place. His voice was ever for truth aud honor and self-respect and manhood, and when the last scene of all came, " when tbe silver cord was snapped and the golden bowl was broken," and a sorrowing nation' steed about his bier, our comrade, James A. Garfield, ended his superb career with the respect of men, and, de I say tee much, if I add with the approval of Al mighty Ged? Loek at that life when men ceme te you, my fellow soldiers, and ask you te serve their selfishness because your unselfishness in the hour of danger has made you " available." There is no dan ger that environs you se great as the honors that men want te heap upon you, that they may succeed in their own schemes through the use of your record. AU political parties new-a-days seem te be bent en using the soldier's name te adorn their tickets. It is a delusive snare. unless it comes, as such things rarely come, en the score of merit. This anxiety for you and me and all of us en the part of the politicians, reminds me of a story I once heard of a Mississippi steamboat captain, lie was a very pro fane man. One day his steamboat grounded en a mud bank near a little town, and there she stuck, ene end in the water and the ether in the mud, and she would net stir an inch in spite of all his swearing. Se he called his mate aud said, " Jim, you go up into town and tell the folks that keep the mcctin' up there that I've get religion, and when I ring the bell they shall ceme and held a prayer meeting en my beat." Well, the news made a great stir, and every Ged fearing soul in the community came down. There steed the captain, sure enough, ready te receive them. ' Ge aft brethren," he said, "go aft," and back they went until the weight of the water end weighed the steamer down and she began te slip into deep water. That was what he wanted. He saw her clear and then he yelled, " mcelin's out, d n you ! jump asherc'quick," aud jump they did, and that was the end of the conversation. It was about as deep and abiding as the pelitican's zeal for the soldier. Office is nothing when purchased with the price of manhood. It will be "ashes of Sodom and Dead Sea fruit" en your lips if you have surrendered one conviction, one sense of duty, forfeited one mark of the confi cenfi confi dence nf venr fellow men.' It is right that you hheuHi be icwarded, but let no degrad ing condition be attached. Ne soldier can allow himself te become ballast for a poli tical ship. Acress the bread land, between the mur murs of two oceans is raised te-day the voice of exhortation and the language of eulogy, xear ey year we come up here te read a new chapter te a new generation. Proud of ear country and her institutions, it is pre-cminently right that the soldiers should be jealous of them as well. In the current f public opinion which moulds and controls the government, it is true, as 0110 after another drops out of the ranks, lhe soldier's voice is becoming feebler and fainter, but let him always remember his is the voice of a soldier ; let him ucver sur render his judgment te the keeping of sel fish or ambitious men ; duty te self do de mauds this at least. Sacred memories demand raoie. Remember Garfield ! I am net here as the eulogist of the soldier beyond what the facts justify. There is no mau in our great ceuutry who will give the sacrifice aud the heroism of these dead the appropriate coloring which their great services merit, and he who shall emit te rcceguize the finger of Ged in the events in which they were called te participate and for the accomplish ment of which they laie down their will ing lives, will eliminate from this day's .services their meauiug aud their siguili siguili cence ; for down through the long sweep ofliistery. whether at the stake or en the battle-field, no holier struggle cver sum moned martyr or here te. its side thau the mission Ged gave te the Union soldier of the war of the Rebellion. This day joins in a common bend every lever of our institutions. Our childreu will salute it with gratitude, aud observe it with becoming reverencn. At these graves we forget party ties. Here the voice of faction is hushed. Religion asks net that the mautle of any creed shall cover their .sepulture : it is enough that they died for their ceuutry, aud what a country ! Fer are, net these "the listening isles" peopled in part from the north aud the west fore told by the l'rephct Isaiah, the land whose people were gathered out of the nations of the earth that filled the vision of Ezeki'd? I'lie l'araue. The parade started at 1 o'clock promptly, the following being the order of inarch : Baud ; hearse bearing flowers with guard of honor ; national llag with color guard ; pest ISe. 22G, G. A. R.; soldiers and bailers ; Watcrferd council, Ne. 72, O. U. A. M.; Denegal ledge, Ne. 103, K. of P.; Denegal ledge, Ne. 129, I. O. of O. F.; Pioneer tire department ; in dustrial delegations and citizens. There were about 450 Sunday-school children iu line hearing flowers, wreaths aud ever greens. The line moved up Maiket street te Gay, te Fairview, aud thenee te the cemetery. Upen arriving at the cemetery the precession was broken into columns and divisions aud marched in front of the speaker's stand. Alter singiug the hymn "Ged Bless our native land," a prayer was offered by Mr. Weed. The G. A. II. then held service a the grave of Win. Child. After the hinging of " Blest aie the martyred dead who lie," Uev. Mr. Risser offered a prayer and Rev. Mr.McEImoile made au acknowledge ment for the head stones for fallen com rades. While the graves were being deco rated by members of the pest the " Sol diers Memerial seng'' was sung with ac companiment by the band. E. K. Mai tin, esq., then speke as above related, from the large staud which had been erected. About 2,000 persons were present and he was listened te with marked attention. After the oration there was music by the band aud the ceremonies closed with the benediction by Rev. A. P. Diller. IN MT. JOY. Decoration ray Celebration aud Other Mens. The impressive custom of decorating the soldiers' graves was performed at Mount Jey yesterday. The ':'' was pleasant aud a large number of citizens turned out te take part in the services. The stores and shops were closed and business was gen erally suspended. Iu the morning the graves of the fallen heroes who lie buried iu the Mount Jey, Springville aud colored cemeteries wcrcsttcwu with flowers. Iu the afternoon the precession proceeded from the park through Main street ou the way te the Ebcrle cemetery, clese by the south western limits of the borough, in the fol lowing order : Springville cornet band, of Springville. Union Vetera u association, forty-live men. Seug of Veterans, fifty men. Ladies iu carriages with flowers. Mount Jey cornet band. Forty-four members of Cove ledge, Ne. R01, K. of P., Frauk G. Pcuuell, mar shal. After decorating the graves they te turucd te the park, where a stand was erected for the occasion. Here Hugh R. Fulton, esq., of Lancaster, delivered a liue oration. Revs. Mr. Riger aud J. B. Loekweod followed with brief remarks. J. M. Hippie was president of the meet ing. The exercises were interspersed with both vocal and instrumental music. The Borough Biuret. The funerals of Jehn Sheuk, Jehn Werner aud Jacob Gibble, victims of the late church disaster, took place yesterday. Hundreds of people were in attendance. Theso who wcie net expected te recover are still alive, but they are net yet out of danger. Last Saturday C U. Zeller, auctioneer, sold for Elias Brcncman, of Carlisle, at the Red Lien hotel, ten head of horses. The average price was 141. Rev. C. B. Whitcomb, pastor of the Presbytcriau church, aud wife, left for the home of her father, in Connecticut, whose death is momentarily expected. Last Sunday morning the Union veter ans attended the Bethel church iu a body. Rev. -J. B. Loekweod preached te them. On hundred and twenty soldiers' orphan boys, three car leads in all, went te Dan ville, Menteur county, te take part in the decoration services. They came back to day. Examination of teachers here June 9. A number of the Presbyterian congrega tion will attend the presbytery tvuich meets at Little Britian te-morrow. Thes. Wright, of Chester county, ene of the two elders of this church (we de net think he has yet resigned) arrived here last night, lie was received by a delegation of anti anti Whitcembites. The war-whoop has been seuuded already, but it is useless te pre dict which division of the tribe will ceme back from the presbytery with the scalps. A geed coat of white wash would net hurt the fence around the borough paric. And the large cistern en tec same grounds should be securely covered. A few rotten hoards are new ever it. Au accident is likely te occur thcre at auy time. AT AIOU3ITVI1XB. A. U. Frilvhey, Csq., Uraturolthe Day. The ceremonies took place at Mount Meunt Meunt ville in the evening. Shortly after six o'clock the line was formed. It was headed by the band, with the soldiers next and the citizens and children in the rear. J. Halls Fridy was chief marshal. Klug's burying ground was the first visited, and after the decoration there the march was taken up te Meuntville cemetery. The oration was delivered by A. II. Fritchey, cmj., of Lancaster. At least 800 persons were present, and it was the largest crowd Mcnntville has ever had upon Decoration day. At niauheiin. The ceremonies at this place were of the most interesting nature, aud a large crowd was drawn together. In the afternoon the meeting was called te order in the public square by II. 3. Danncr, who nam ed Abraham Kline as president. Mr. Kline upon taking the chair made a few remarks, and then introduced Win. D. Weaver, esq., who dclivcied the oration. After the speaking the parade was formed with the band at its head. They were followed by the veterans en horseback, the volunteer firemen and ether citizens, and marched te the cemetery where the graves were decorated. BOW THE CUDHTKY, The First Celebration la Celerahsc. About 8 o'clock a. m. the G. A. R. Pest left Oxford in barouches, wagons and ether conveyances, accompanied by the orator of the day, Hen. Thce. K. Stubbs for the Union cemetery, Lancaster county where' Comrade Jehn A. Alexander and about twelve soldiers are buried. A large assemblage of relatives and friends also accompanied the pest and a crowd of peo ple waited their arrival. After a. prayer the pest ceremonies were conducted and were very impressive. The oration was then delivered by Hen. Theodere StuDb?, who handled his solemn subject in a mas terly manner. Having a clear, distinct veice and being geed thinker he held his whole audience throughout his oration. This was the first service of the kind ever held in Celeraiue, and the pest made an extra effort te make tbe occasion au im pressive eue, and theso in attendance were unauiiueus in pronouncing it a success. Services were also held at Fagg's Mauer where E. I). Bingham delivered the ora tion and where a pleasant fcature was the formation of two lines of young girls with bouquets en the inside of the cemetery. They were about forty in number. The exercises in Oxford were also vqry beauti ful, E. D. Bingham, cmj.. delivering the oration in the absouee of Rev. Richard Kaines, who was ill aud unavoidably ab sent. ItrX'KLKsS PAKK.NTs. A Man Wlr 1'ltlet the liable;. Fer till! lltTELLIftKMCER. We wonder net at the eagerness dis played by the immense throng of people who crowded the streets yesterday, each ene imbued with the- tenderness aud love the occasion se giaccfully called for, but when at the Lancaster cemetery we saw what we believed te he ever a bundled aud pos sibly two hundred baby carriages, with their innocent and helpless occupants at the mercy of a surgiug, icstles'j throng of people, in danger of life aud limb, wc could net help but charge the parents of theso innocent babes with a reckless ness that does uet belong te any but thoughtless p,i rents. In nine cases out of ten, these in charge of the carriages were net the methi'i.s of the babes, se appear ances would indicate, but thoughtless servants, who felt the importance of the occasion mie en their own account, than auythiug they could possibly render satis factory te the imiecuut, helpless and iu iu iu compreheu.iivi; charges which they saw fit te take iiji 11 themselves, only te make them miser.) b!f at the expense of their own gratification ; white the mothers themselves iu many instances regarded their own safety best, when screened be hind the lace curtains of their front win dows looking at the parade, which never came within daugcreus proximity te them. Motliers, try ami remember. II. COLUMBIA NEWS. I'reiu Our Itegular Correspondent. Levis Smith, who was shot in the hand a few days age, is improving. The largest cattish caught this season here were caught this morning by Mr. Goerge Harman. The parade in Mai iefta yesterday was the largest ever held there ou Decoration day. Nearly 2,000 pcrsom-Jwcre in line. Mr. Jeseph Huchcr and wife, of Lan caster, spent, yesterday in town, as the guests of the gentleman's parents ou I'd street. Twe young men wtie expelled from the opera house fast evening for being dis orderly. This is the way te treat such persons. A large number of Columbians attended the wedding in Marietta "yesterday of Mr. Themas Halderman, who was married te Miss Emily Thompson, of that place. W Dr. Beekius. secretaiy of the borough council, was the only icprcsentative of that body iu the parade yesterday. The school beaid attended iu a body. Mr. Themas Eller, formerly engaged at Berth's cigar stoic, has entered the ser vice of Mr. Jeseph Yingcr, sewing raa raa chine agent. A Four Gntne of Ball. A game of baseball was played ou the liver shore yesterday between the Star club of town and a pieked nine. It was a loeso game, the score standing 41 te 11 iu favor of the Stais. Mr. Gcerge Dcsch was struck iu the uye by a ball while playing, ami received a black eye. Altlu JebIiu. Alvia Jes I in was greeted last evening with only an ordinary sized house. Uncle Alvin's tunny actions and speeches kept the audience iu a continued rear of laugh ter and all left the opera heuse well satis fied. The treupe left 'this morning for Wilmington, Del. Johnny Hoever In Tenrn. Johnny Hoever, a half-crazy man, pa raded the .-treets yesterday in a military uniform aud canyiug the American flag. IIe made patriotic speeches te the great amusement of an appreciative crowd of men and boys. Snitch Temlcr llnrt. Mr. Jesse Moeie, switch tender of the Pennsylvania railroad,, at the Locust street crossing, was struck by a caboose attached te an engine yesterday, aud severely in jured about the head, face aud hands. IIe was removed te his home en North Third street, aud his injuries attended te. Decoration Dy .Exercises. Dccoratieu day was uneventful, se far as auy thing of au uuusal character was concerned. The parade, as announced, started from Odd Fellows' hall at 5. p. m. It w.is net a very large one. The G. A. R. pest lacked about twenty men of hav ing its full number while only about a score of Ce. O turned out, the captain being the only commis sioned officer present. The services in the , cemetery were 'of a very impressive chai- actcr, however, and everything passed off ' successfully. Thcre were a large number of strangers in town, especially country folks, te see the parade and witness the decoration ceremonies. College Nlnger. Tonight the glee club of Lafayette col lege, Easten, which has received the com plimentary notice of the newspapers in the several cities and towns where they have apiwarcd, will be iu Fulton opera house, where they will give ene et their chaste aud agreeable concerts. The music furnished by these young men, twelve in number, is described as excellent, com prising iu addition te college airs aud glees a number of selections by well known and faveiite composers, with some popular operatic airs and instrumental performances. The students are entitled te a cordial reception and ceme with tes timonials that should attract a large audi ence te the opera house te-night. A Narrow Eicape Ed. Franke, the safe man, wasiu a very unsafe predicament yesterday afternoon. His friend, Ernest M. Shepe, of Hummels Hummels tewu, who had beeu visiting him, was about returning home. Mr. Shepe and his little child ami Mr. Fraukc reached the lail lail read depot just as the train was starting off. Mr. Shepe jumped upon the platform and Mr. Frauku handed him his child. At the same instant another late passenger came running te the train aud fell iu front of Mr. Franke, knocking him down and throwing him almost, under the wheels of the moving I rain. lie escaped, however, with no greater injury than a few brnise3 and tern clothing. All .Steel !! Several thousand rails have already been made at the steel works at Stcelten for the Colebrook Valley railroad, upon which track laying will commence in a short time.
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