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.