LANCASTEK DAILY INTELLIGENCER FR1DAV JUftE 16' 1882.
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FEIDA.Y EVENING, JUNE 16, 1882
Cceper's Calamities.
One Themas V. Cooper, of this state,
needs a pretty thick skin, te bear with
equanimity in this het weather the ag
gravating literature that is thrust under
his attention. He should forswear the
newspapers and avoid the postman if he
would escape a brain fever if he has
any brain te fever ; which is net a clear
case. The letter of Chairman Lear was
bad enough, but that of delegate and
ex-candidate for Congressman at-large
Marshall is worse, because terser and
stronger. Mr. Cooper will net smile at
being told that he has " let himself out
beyond his measure " in calling together
a convention, with whose original as
sembling his official authority had
ceased te exist. Nothing could well be
plainer than the fact that the cenven
tien could only be reassembled by its
officers and net by them if it had ad
journed without day. Surely a state
cemmttee chairman whose office was
vacated when the convention met and
who has net yet been re-elected,has no au
thority te de any official act ; and though
a real live chairman could reassemble a
dead convention, Mr. Cooper is net that
sort of a chairman ; and he won't long
be considered that sort of a man even,
if he continues te get such a battering
from his quondam Republican associates
of high degree as he is new receiv
ing. He will make a worse public ap
pearance than Mr. Maleney, whose face
has just been hammered by Mr. Weeden
out of all appearances of humanity. Mr.
Cooper is fast taking en the appearance
of a whipped spaniel, and if his geed
master Cameren does net seen get him
an appointment te a nice foreign ken
nel, Mr. Tem Cooper will have a right
te consider himself te be a very much
abused little deg.
What a remarkable exhibition this is,
when the chairman of a Republican con
vention and one of its candidates are
found, within a few weeks of the happy
gathering of the apparently united
party, trampling upon the chairman
of the Republican committee, or the
only man who assumes te be that officer
of the regular organization, and who is
known te be the representative of the
Republican senator who is the represen
tative of the Republican administration.
A party never before went te pieces se
suddenly and completely when it still
held all the places of power. The col
lapse is indisputable and total. It has
already become a question as te which
wing of the party will poll in November
next the larger vote. The revolt has
buL am; impulse, and that is hatred of
the arbitrary rule of the ordi
nary man who assumes te be
the party boss. It is simply a question
of Cameren. The regular Republican
candidate for governor would poll every
Republican vote but for the fact that his
election would be an endorsement of
Senater Cameren and continue him in
his place of power in the party ; while
his defeat means the political death of
Den Cameren. The Republicans who
will vote against Beaver de net all of
them, or perhaps even the majority
believe that he will be Cameren's tool.
Beaver loudly proclaims his independ
ence and no doubt many believe him.
But it is tee clear for dispute that his
election will be considered the personal
and political triumph of Senater Came Came
eon ; and the intense feeling of disgust
for him and his ways which inspires the
Republican voters will net permit them
te lend their votes te a result which will
tend te his aggrandizement. About
this there is no question. Senater Cam Cam
eeon understands it. In the first fury
of his rage and teeth-ache he pro
claimed that if he went down the
party should go te hell with him ;
and he proposes te take it there. As
for himself he may be considered te have
already arrived, with Mr. Cooper in
charge of his carpet bag. Hew near
the fiery furnace the party is going te
get remains te be seen ; perhaps net se
near as it would had it remained longer
under Senater Cameren's control. That
it will be beaten this year is clear
enough, bat probably there is virtue
enough in it, after the leading devils
have been flung into the abyss, te pre
serve it from eternal destruction.
The Democratic Platform.
We heartily agree with the Pitts
burgh Pest that the Democratic state
platform should be emphatic and signi
ficant in its denunciation of the presti
tutien of public office te the service of
partisan schemes. The convention
must make pledges en this subject te
which the party proposes te sincerely
adhere, if it would meet the demand of
the hour and would win and keep pepu
lar confidence. Its candidates must be
men who will administer their high
trusts for the common weal and net
abuse them for their own ends and
in a mistaken zeal te serve
their party for any public official
who maladministers his trust hurts his
party. The lowest depth of -the degra
dation of the public service has been
reached in the levy by the Republican
congressional committee of a two per
cent, tax en the salary of every employee
of the federal government, including
pages and the scrub women in the capi capi
tel, day laborers in the navy yard, letter
carriers and cress reads postmasters.
The demand is impudent and uncon
cealed ; between its lines can be read the
threat of dismissal for failure te pay and
First Assistant Postmaster uen. Frank
Hatten has male bread intimation that
the federal administration is in sympa
thy witli this blackmailing levy en the
people's servants, who are paid with the
people's money for public service. All
this is done in direct violation of section
1,516 of the revised statutes, as fellows :
" Ne officer or employee of the govern
ment shall require or request any work
iegman in any navy yard te contribute or
pay any money for political purposes, nor
shall any workingman be removed or dis
charged for political opinion ; and any
officer or employee of the government who
shall offend against the previsions of this
action shall be dismissed from the service
or the United States."
The Democracy of Pennsylvania must
tak,e high ground and make an unmis
takable deliverence upon this important
subject. Principle and policy alike de
mand that the Democrats should assure
independent people that Democratic
success means a substantial reform in
the present degradation of the public
service.
We are in hearty accord, tee, with the
opinion of the Erie Observer, that there
can be no dispute in a Democratic state
convention ever the questions which
were settled when, by the almost solid
support of the Democracy and by ever
100,000 majority of the popular vote, the
new constitution was adopted. As the
Observer say, " it would be in the high
est degree unwise for the party te recede
from the advanced position in which it
placed itself a year age, Nine-tenths
of the Democracy and a large majority
of the people of both parties, are anti
monopolists. The issue between the
corporations and the people is the most
vital question of the day, and must be
fought te a conclusion sooner or later ;
and if neither of the old parties has the
courage te take the popular side the
masses will eventually be forced te
seek redress through a new orga
nization." "If there was any fault
in the last Democratic platform,
it was in the use of tee many words te
express the simple idea that all the peo
ple of the state should have equal privi
leges before the law. We believe the
masses of the party would be satisfied
with a brief declaration in favor of the
enforcement of the constitution, in its
letter and spirit. It would cover all
there is in the anti-monopoly resolutions
of 1881 . The man who is net in favor of
enforcing the organic law, adopted by an
overwhelming majority of the people, is
neither a geed Democrat nor a geed
citizen. Such a man is certainly net the
proper person te construct a Democratic
platform."
The Observer is likewise aware,
no doubt, that iu the original draft of
the platform for last year's convention,
which was adopted in the main, the cor
poration issue was stated in the brief
but comprehensive way suggested by the
Observer. A simple declaration for the
vigorous enforcement of the state con
stitution is all that is necessary te meet
the issue. Surely no Democrat can ob
ject te the creatures of the state sub
mitting themselves te the law " which
governs all else within its borders."
The prospects for wheat, eats and pota
toes in Colerado is reported te be better
than in any previous year. The acreage
of potatoes is a third larger thau ever
before.
The treasury department decides that
" torchen lace " and all laces "made of
thread en cushions, with bobbins moved
by liaud, and known under the general
designation of thread laces," shall be
dutiable at 30 per cent, ad valerem.
Thoughtful people interested in the
conflict which is waged between some
scientists and revealed religion will, wa
arc sure, read with pleasure the address
of the president of Palatinate cellege
printed en our first page te day. Rev.
Dr. Russcl is a vigorous and original
thinker and is fearless in the expression of
what he believes. There is a geed deal
of combative philosophy iu his aphorism,
" What is true is net new, and what is
new is net true."
A METnoreLiTAN nowspaper,sympathii: newspaper,sympathii:
iug with the Independent cause in this
state, has a long editorial commending the
'otter of Attorney General " Sear." Such
may be the penalty of fame, or it may be
designed te conceal the fact that this dis
grunttcd statesman is the same eminent
customer who, as attorney general, was
paid a fee of $5,000 by a corporation
which sought te evade the payment of its
taxes and which did effect a settlement
with the commonwealth, represented by
Lear, by reason of which it escaped pay
ing some $50,000 or $00,000 that should
have gene into the state treasury.
The Maiue medical society, iu session
at Portland, en Wednesday night unani
mously approved the cede of ethics of the
American medical association, and re
pudiated the revised cede of the New
Yerk state medical society governing con
sultations. Ou the ether hand the New
Yerk Independent declares that the
" regular " doctors who met at St. Paul
did a consummately silly thing, and
thereby exposed themselves te the ridicule
of all sensible people, when they voted te
exclude the delegates of the New Yerk
medical society, for the reason assigned.
It is tee late in the day te prescribe all
homccepathicpbysicians as mere"quacks."
There may be homeeopathic quacks, as
there are a great many " allopathic "
" quacks ;" but homeeopathy as a school
of medicine has, in this country and in
Europe, reached the grade of scientific
respectability and has its share of the con
fidence and patronage of the general public
This is the fact, whether the " regular ''
doctors like it or net, and they cannot
change the fact by turning up their noses
in contemptuous sneers. The better way
h te accept the facts aud treat their
homeopathic rivals with professional
courtesy aud decency. Dr. Gray, who has
just died in New Yerk, was a horaceo heraceo horacee
pathist, and few men ever had a larger
experience, a mera extended practice, or
greater success in the treatment of dis
ease. It will hardly de te say that Dr.
Gray was simply a medical humbug, and
that all his patients were humbugged by
him for nearly fifty years.
PERSONAL.
Judge Geerge Sawyeu, an eminent
lawyer, died yesterday in Bosten.
Generals Grant, Sheridan and ether
uisunguisueu persons were in an immense
precession of veterans of the army of the
Potemaj, which paraded in Detroit yester
day. Senater Davis, of West Virginia,
gave the final dinner of the season last
night at the Arlington te President Jehn
W. Garret, of the Baltimore aud Ohie
railroad, and a party including cabinet
officers, senators, and representatives.
Lewis C. Oabsidy, esq., has withdrawn
from the Malley case because of its long
continuance and because he disagrees
with his associate counsel for the defense
in net resting with the testimony for the
state. He thinks the defense should have
put in no evidence, but he expects a ver
dict of acquittal.
BLACK JAKE'S STORY.
SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF A MtttBKUKU
The Clugsten Mystery Likely te be Selred.
The idea that the perpetration of the
mysterious murder of Mr. Clugsten, at
Valley Ferge, has been discovered is based
en information received from the United
States Marshall Hill, Illinois, who has it
from a burglar and tramp named Themas
Leenard, alias Nelsen, who is a native of
Norristown, and who, was for many years
a member of a notorious band of desper
ate tramps who plnndered scores of stores
and farm houses in Montgomery, Berks
and adjoining counties, and finally be
came known as the " Little German
Band." With this band was a tramp
called " Black Jake," and he and
Leenard were strong friends until in 1879
the last named was convicted of larceny
by the testimony of his partner. Leenard
served fifteen months in jail- and then
went West. A few months age he was
arrested in Illinois en a charge of larceny,
and, while in jail ' ' Black Jake " was cap
tured for burglary and placed in the same
cell with his old friend. Leenard forgave
Jake for testifying against him, and their
old intimacy was resumed iu prison.
Leenard declares that one night iu bed
his mate told him all about the Clugsten
murder, and admitted that he killed the
old man, hut said he was compelled te
commit the crime in order te escape
"Jake " also told Leenard that when he
had the struggle with young Themas
Cluesten and turn bleu down stairs no
hroke two of his ribs, which were net at
tended te by a pnyBician until no reached
Scran ten. He escaped across the country
and bearded a west-bound coal train near
Phumixville about daylight. He told
Leenard all the clues that he left behind
him, and, the list that Leenard seut te
Mr. Rapp mentions a scrap of paper with
several policy numbers ou it, a handker
chief and two or three ether articles which
District Attorney Wanger has iu his pri
vate safe in JNornstewn and did net make
public when he issued the handbill offer
ing a reward for the capture of the mur
derer. In the last letter Hill and Leenard
say they de net expect te receive a cent of
the reward until they prove that they uave
the murderer and he is convicted.
DARKNESS OVKK K5SY1T.
230 Europeans lcopertecl te IIae Keen Killetl
Tlie uevcrnmeut loosing control.
The number of Europeans killed en
Sunday is new estimated at 250. Many
were thrown into the sea and are being
daily washed ashore. All the bodies bear
marks of bludgeon or bayonet wounds.
Several witnesses of Sunday's riots assert
that the rabble wcre preceded by a detach
ment of gendarmes, who drew up iu the
middle of the square aud looked en when
the massacre began, and afterward took
part in it. The consuls general arc pic
paring another circular, addressed te their
respective countrymen, expressing cenh-
dence that order will be maintained by the
Egyptian army, the object being te instil
confidence pending the arrival of the
Turkish troops.
Germany aud. Austria are trying te in
duce the military party te ask the khedive
for pardon. The military demand, as a
condition, the dismissal et two confiden
tial advisers of the Khedive.
The khedive has expressed the hope
that 18,000 Turks will be shortly en their
way te Egypt. After the reeeptieu he
held he informed the Europeans that he
had divided th town into districts and
had made an officer responsible for each
He said 430 ringleaders of Sunday's riot
had been arrested aud would be placed en
beard a ship in the harbor, where they
would be well guarded.
DOMESTIC TKAUKlilM.
in Alarming Prevalence of Suicide.
Alfred Pease, the New Yerk pianist,
who disappeared in St. Leuis cloven days
age, has net been heard of yet.
The body of Mrs. St. Charles, a s-r-ams-ticss
from Trey, New Yerk, was found in
the river at Montreal a few days age. It
is supposed she committed suicide while
drunk.
Julius Pomes, a Hungarian Jew, com
mitted snicide yesterday at New Yerk by
hauging himself in a Hebrew school, of
which he was principal. Dread el expos
ure of financial irregularities was his
motive.
Mrs. A. Menzcl wife of a saloon-keeper
en Third avenue.New Yerk, yesterday at
tempted te commit suicide by shoetiug
herself, because her husband, et whom
she was jealous, would net allow her te
remain in the saloeu. bhe will probably
die.
Geerge McMullcu, a coal operator at
Canten, Ohie, returned home with his
wife late en Wednesday night. Early
yesterday morning the neighbors were
awakened by the report of pistol shots in
his house. McMullcn'u wife was found
dead and he wounded in the breast, lie
said a wemau had fired at them and escaped
The neighbors think he muruercd his
wife and then attempted te commit suicide.
Perils of Land nml Sea.
Fifteen leaded freight cars were de
streyed with their contents, by tumbling
dewu a sixty feet embankment near
Springvale, Maine, en Wednesday night.
The residence of Jehn E. Tull, near
Crisfleld, Me., caught fire en Wednesday
afternoon from a defective flue and was
destroyed in fifteen minutes. Less, $2,500.
Partially insured.
Ne tidings have yet been received of the
ten men in the missing beat from the
steamship Para, which foundered off Cape
Race.
The Allen line steamer Canadian, from
Glasgow, is repotted ashore at the month
of Halifax harbor.
.Vessels arriving at New Yerk, Bosten
and ether eastern ports from Europe,
continue te report the presence of large
icebergs and much drift ice in the Atlan
tic. Ten colored men and a white wemau oc
cupying a cabin in the bed of Twe Mile
creek, near Winchester, Kentucky, wcre
drowned en Wednesday, by a sudden
flood.
The bodies of Patrick Garvin and Patrick
McMenamen, victims of the Pogue's Run
disaster in Indianapolis, were recovered
yesterday morning. Several ethers are
missing, and one is supposed te have been
carried into White river.
Benjamin Daniels, aged 55 years, was
found dead in a skiff in the river yester
day, at Providence, R. I. He went fishing
and was seized with an epileptic fit, fall
ing with his head under water.
A carriage containing Mr. and Mrs.
Farrell Fagan and Mrs. Catharine Cullcn,
of Webster, Mass., was last evening struck
by a train en the Norwich & Worcester
railroad at a crossing in Webster. Mrs.
Cullen was killed and the ethers seriously
injured, Mr. Fagan, it is thought fatally.
An Editor's Trouble with a Frleat.
In Cleveland Rev. Father Ileuck, pri
vate secretary te Bishop Gilmour, was
ejected from the Leader office yesterday
under circumstances which caused a sen
sation. The Leader is strongly anti
Catholic, and had contained an editorial
te which Bishop Gilmour replied by a let
ter, whice he sent by Father Ileuck te the
Leader folnublicatien. As it did net ap
pear Father Ileuck went te the office, it is
supposed, for an explanation and the
manuscript. The letter is said te contain
matter personally very offensive te Mr.
Cowles, editor-in-chief of the Leader, and
when Father Heuck called Mr. Cowles,
without waiting te hear the object of the
visit, ordered him out and assisted him se
energetically that Father Heuck sited out
a warrant ferassault and battery.
Hung te a Railroad Trestle.
At Mount Sterling, Ky., a negre named
Jim Mitchell waylaid the wife of a re
spectable farmer and assaulted her in the
most brutal manner only two miles from
town. Within two hours afterwards the
wretch was in jail. That night five men,
armed with pistols, entered the jail and
forced the jailer te deliver the victim into
their hands. He was taken out and hung
te a railroad trestle half a mile from town.
The body was taken down and buried by
the coroner. He confessed the crime and
was fully identified by Mrs. Themas.
TOM MARSHALL'S VIEWS.
lie Tells Why He WU1 Met Ge te Ilarrla
bnre. Frem Marshall's Open Letter.
The convention of the 10th of May nerai.
nated a candidate for congressman at-large,
after positive and express notice that he
would net accept office. That convention
as I understand, dispersed without formal
vote of adjournment, and without making
prevision for its own recall, dispersed with
out providing means te meet contingencies
such as sometimes occur under the most
careful management. If that convention,
as has been suggested, has still vitality for
the pui pose of completing unfinished bus
iness, that vitality must exist in its own
body I should say in its executive, the
Hen. Geerge Lear. If this vitality exists,
the sign of life should cmanate from with
in, and net be borrowed from an eutside
taper. It appears, however, that a strang
er te the convention has assumed author
ity in the premises and issued his call.
Who is Mr. Cooper ? Frem whom docs
lie derive his authority ? nis name docs
net appear in the roll of the convention's
membership, nor was he one of its
officers. He was chairman of the
state committee, which expired with
the organization of the convention
of 10th of May. Mr. Cooper, hav
ing no authority from the convention is
acting beyond his sphere. A call from
the chairman of a dead committee is mere
than void. The fact that a new state com
mittee has been partially provided for
does net help the case. The stream can
not rise abeve its source, and the creatine
cannot give life te the creator. Moreover,
the uew state committee has net met or
organized, and the scmblance of excuse
for the call of Mr. Cooper does net exist iu
that direction. It seems te me that the
gentleman who has.assumcd the grave re
sponsibility of requiring 251 delegates te
leave their homes and business at his
pleasure has been swift te meddle in a
matter net of his concern. It is an act net
sustained even by the usage of party ma
chinery in Pennsylvania, and singularly
unfortunate in view of the temper of the
times.
I shall treat this call as unauthorized,
and take no further notice of its demand.
This is net a small, it is a vital question
of power. I believe that self-respecting
gentleman, who were delegates, should re
fuse te sustaiu this call by their presence
or co-operation ou the 21st of June.
Theso desiring te fulfill the bidding of the
projectors of this call, may attend and en
roll themselves in service. In my judg
ment this kind of management has almost
come te an end. If the dissatisfaction of
the Republican voters with these who
met in a hotel parlor and cheese
a cengrcssman-at-large without con
sultatien with thu peeple is it net.
already known, it may be gather
ed about the first Tuesday of November
next. It is nearly five months until the
the voters will be called upon te vote for
state offices. There is abundant time te
give the Republican voters a chance te
cheese their ewu standard-bearers. Would
it net he well te remit the grave dangers
that imperil the party te the voters for
their decision ? I sce that the same Mr.
Cooper proposes te submit two tickets
new in nomination te a voluntary poll.
Frem whom does this gentlemen derive
his authority in this new matter ?
Who would be bound by the ro re
sult as declared by the machine ?
Are the Republican voters of the common
wealth te be limited in the choice of their
governor te James A. Beaver or Jehn
Stewart? I earnestly suggest that Mr.
Cooper has let himself out beyond his
measure, and he might with propriety re
tire from the front. The whele question
is capable of, a fair solution by a reference
te the only seurce of power the Republi
can voters of the state. If this attempt te
control and direct the suffrage of the Re
publican voters is persisted iu, there is but
one remedy known te me. That is te be
found in the frce action of each individual
voter.
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A TJIUANT 11 USB AND.
A Disconsolate Wire In Search or Illm.
Yesterday a very respectable looking
wemau appeared at the Serrel Herse hotel.
She gave her name as Mrs. Ivate Wicgand,
said she was from Baltimore, and that she
had come ou te meet her husband Jacob
Wicgand, who had for some time been
working iu this city at cigarmaking. Mr.
Slough, the proprietor of the hotel, in
formed the lady that Mr. Wicgand aud
a lady whom he said was his wife had left
the hotel, and that their baggage had been
shipped te Brownstown, this county. Mr.
Weigand was very much distressed en re
ceiving thisinformatien,aud said she could
form no reason why her husband had
deserted her. She said she had been
married te 3Ir. Wcigand for 11 years ;
had never had any children, but lived
happily with him ; that he had ceme en te
Lancaster for work, and had written te
her telling her he was bearding at the
Serrel Herse, and she had ceme en te see
him. After consultation with some friends
she raade complaint before Alderman
McConemy of adultery against her hus
band. Warrants were issued for the ar
rest of Wicgand and his mistress and
were placed in the hands of Officers Mer
cer aud Burns, who drove ever te Browns
town and arrested them. They were found
working at cigar making in the shop of
Jacob Wolf. They were brought te town
and locked up for a hearing. Wiegand's
mistress gives her name as Annie Sipc.
Mrs, Wcigand has taken beard at the
Black herse Hetel, untilthe hearing of her
truant husband comes off.
I.lTTLK LOCALS,
II ere and There and .Everywhere.
J. B. Leng, broker, sold yesterday at
private sale 5 shares of Fulton national
bank at 120 and 2 shares of Lancaster
county national bank at 111.
The Manheim school beard has made
the following appointments : Principal,
A. B. Hambright ; second secondary,
uuiueiu .uemucrger ; nsrt secondary, VV. If.
Nauniau ; third primary, Laura J. Flack ;
second primary, Libbie J. Sellers ; first
primary, Lizzie Hclcnia.
The Episcopal diocesan convention has
adjourned, after having agreed te create
an assistant bishop, but deferred the elec
tion until next October, there having been
four ballets without choice between Revs.
Drs. Vippart, of Gcrmantewn ; Parratt,
of Washington ; Knight, of Laucastcr,
aaci jcciesten, ei Newark, N. J.
Harry Miller, of Ne. 507 North Queen
street, attained his majority last evening,
and 20 or mere couples of his fiiends,
starting from Stewart's en Church
s-trect, delighted him and themselves with
a surprise party.
The Baptist fcs'.ival opened last even
ing. The tables are nicely arranged and
well filled with the beautiful and geed.
The members of the Sunday school and
choir are in charge, and there is an ic3
cream, strawberry and confectionery table
decorated with a portrait of Queen victe
ria.
A Leus Uirycle Klde.
Walter Beardman and W. F. Gorrecht,
left this city yesterday morning at 4
o'clock en their bicvclcs. fnrPhiliufelnhi!!-
and arrived in that city at 12 o'clock,
making the trip in eight hours. They re
turned home by rail last evening.
COMMENCEMENT.
FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE-
The Afternoon Session The Valedictory and
Other Honors Seme Frutcrnlty Re
unions. The exercises of the afternoon session
were opened premptlyat 2:30 p. ra., yes
terday with a" "Review March" by the
band, played in excellent style. At its
conclusion, Dr. Apple announced the first
speaker.
Oration" The Mission of Great Men "
W. H. Ranch, Derry Church, Pa. The
peace of a people and a war of ideas is wag
ing with all their attendant evils ; when
truth for a season seems te suffer dishonor,
when from out this gloom a figure rises
abeve the plane of commeu men, then
pointing toward him, men call out and
say, " Beheld, a great mau !" Thus it
will ever be. When a noble nature has a
fixed purpose in view and with unflagging
zeal directs his energies te achieve it, he
never fails. And everywhere men will
bow aud say, Beheld, a great man ! We
need "but point te history te show that a
single mind has colored the whole stream
el a uatieu's life. A powerful intellect
when inspired by such a will
need hut speak the word and thou
sands feel its power. In the liv
ing presence of a truly great mau we
feel his power. Like a phautem of mys
tery it comes upon us without word or
gesture. There is a secret, silent some
thing which, when iu their presence, raises,
exalts and ennobles. Like fragments of
music that comes up through all the years
of childhood, or like the echoes of the
summers of long age ; se comes the mys
terious intlucnce of lefty minds ; and the
boldest, proudest man must bow in recog
nition of their power. Such is the in
fluence of intellect, energy and will. They
have given its the fiery eloqucuce of Pat
rick Henry, as well as the bleed-stained
laurels of Marathon. Te-day there are
question."., social aul ethical, that await so
lution. Then let great men come te the
rescue ; net as C;user was great, but great
in honor, great in mind and in heart. Men
who shall forget themselves iu their leve
for humanity. Men who shall recognize
that truth and right are the everlasting
hills that never crumble.
Oration " Damesthcucs, as an Orator."
II. G. Appenzellcr, Souderton, Pa.
The Pericleau era was the golden age of
Athens. The arts and sciences then
flourished aud no efforts were spared te
give her that commanding position she
held and worthily sought te maintain.
But the sunny days of her prosperity and
glory are past ; the fires of patriotism are
almost extinguished ; Marathon and Sala
mis are forgotten, and Philip is making
steady advances. Te rescue Athens from
inglorious defeat and ruin she needed a
man with strong character, culture and
ardent leve of his native city. Such a
man was Demosthenes. By his zeal, devo
tion, eloquence and patriotism he revived
the public spirit aud re established her
Pan-Hellenic iuilueuce. The spirits which
wrought in the statuary of Phidias, in the
buildings of Ictinus and Muesiclcs, iu the
creations of Sophocles or Pl?te, all would
have passed away sooner had they net
been recalled by the passionate breath of
Demosthenes. Competent judges place him
among the first statesmen of antiquity,
Philip recegtiized him as a great leader
and statesman. But it is as an orator
that we wish te study him. Here he is a
model for all time. The first requisite of
the orator is. he must he a man. He must
have strong convictions of truth and duty,
the courage te fellow them, regardless of
consequences. In the face of the bitterest
opposition and persecution, actuated by the
purest motives, Demosthenes constituted
himself the champion of Athens and cm cm
pleyed his god like powers for her geed.
As the cause makes the martyr, se truth
makes the orator. The second requisite
of the ether is his earnestness. Demos
thenes was brief aud te the point ; positive
aud practical. Like a rushing stream he
carried every thing with him, se that
wheu he finished his Philippics
the peeple cried out, " Let us arise and go
against Philip." Alschines becomes his
rival and hitter enemy. Ctesipheu pro
poses that Demosthenes receive a crewu
from the state. lEschines fiercely op
poses it. In that most finished, most
splendid and most pathetic work of an
cient eloquence The oration of the Crown
Demosthenes gained an overwhelming
victoryfer himself and the honor of Athens.
JEschines was convicted and banished.
The oration concluded with the glowing
words of Lord Brougham, " At the head
of all the mighty masters of speech, tins
adoration of ages has consecrated his
place; and the less el the nobler instru
ment with which he forged and launched
his thunders, will be sure te maintain it
unapproachable forever."
Oration " Intelligence as a Restraining
Power" A. P. Shirk, Lancaster, Pa.
By contrast alone may we obtain the index
te the character of individuals, for the
place et all things is determined by ob
jective measurement. Goodness only
seems really apparent when reflected from
a back ground of dark and skulking evil.
In the mighty fabric of creation extremes
of character stand side by side, caca in
tensified by contrast with its surreuudings.
In the gloom of incipient revolution Oliver
Cromwell sat silent, biding his time. The
cup that had intoxicated ethers sobered
him, but when the storm came his was the
god -like voice that stilled the tempest.
In distractions such as these intelligence
becomes an executive restoring power.
Then it is that intelligence shows that
tranquil heroism whose sublimity is never
shaded by a nobler form. Though the
forbearance of moral heroism may reach
the bight of the sublime, that of intelli
gent heroism is net less elevated. The
essential difference between the two kinds
of forbearance is the same as that which
exists between the martyr's courage and
the courage of the Spartan. And when
the storm of revolution sweeps the world
trembling humanity seeks for the heroes
of the hour among these whose intelli
gence bids them wait.
Music" Novelties." Wal.steu.
The German Oration.
Oration "Dcs Menschcn Wahre
Gresse," D. A, Souders, Reading, Pa.
Wie verschiedenartig die Umskundeu de.
Menscheu seiu meegen. se hat dech scin
Herz immer ctwas zu lieben, zu vcrlangen ;
etwas werauf cr sich vcrlaesst ; und das-
jenige welches in seittem Iierzcn die
crste stelle cinnimrat ist die .blue jhre
und Wucrde ist das golden Zicl nach wcl wcl
chem alie jagen aber in allcm Strehen wie
verschiedendic Mittcl um das Zicl zu cr
langen. Einigc suchcu die verzucglichstc
Groesse id dem Reichthum, andere in dcr
Gewalt, und nech andere in dcr Erkennt
niss. Alie dicse Antriche haben ihren
Zweck, aber dech muss des menschcn
wahre Grocsse greessser seiu. Das inncrc
Gefuehl ist selhst cin Zeugniss das dieses
in dcr Welt ausser ims selbst nicht zu fin
den ist. Reichthum liefert nicht drese
Groesse. Der Kauffman der den Reich
thum anbetet braucht ihn nur als ein Mit
tel, denn wie hech ruehnit cr'sich
seiner Talc n te wedurich cr sein Geld
crwerben hat, und mit welchem Vertraucn
hefft er die Gewalt damit zu erkaufen.
In dcr Gewalt denn fiuden wir viellcicht
die wahrc Groesse. Hier audi ist sie nicht
zu finden, denn durch cincn hehen Stand
faclltder Meusch zu oft in die tiefste Selbst
sucht ; nnd Sclhstsucht kann kein Ele
ment der wahrcn Groesse sein. Dieses
Ziel muss fur alie effen stehen. Wefuer
der algcmeinc Trieb wenn nicht alie die
Volvierung desselben geniesen keenncu ?
Aber dieses ducrfen wir nicht snehen in dcr
Gewalt denn was hier cin Meusch gewinnt
muss der audcre verliercn. Nech einraal
schreiten wir weiter und treten in das
Reich der Erkenntniss. Welch ein Blick
ereeffenet sich auf einmal unsern Augen I
Nicht mehr sieht man den Argwehuder in
den andern Staenden waltet.- Und dech
welche Gewalt liefert die Erkenntniss. Wir
bewundern ihre stille Macht ob wir
sie anschauen in dem Philosephen
der die Tiefe dcs Vcrstands misst ; ob in
dem DicbterderunsdieBilderdcrFantasie
zeigt, eiler ob wir sie in den Erfindungen
dcr Wisseuschaft bctrachtcu. Aber sie ist
eine Macht ohne eincn Fuehrer. Sie bictct
das Scheene und das Wahre Zwei Mittcl
die deli Menscheu froehlichund gluecklich
zu machen dicnen, aber dazu gcheert nech
das Gute ; dann erst haben wir den Schlito Schlite
sel zur wahreu Grosse. Der Wille des
Menscheu ist der neetigcr Gebicter, denn
der alleiu urtheilt ob das Scheene und das
Wahre sich mit dem Guten vereinigen
seli. In was hestehet denu die wahre
Groesse? Iu cincm starken Willen auf
Rccht gegrucudct, und crlcuchter durch
das Licht eincr wahrcn Religion. Wcr
solche Grocsse besitzt handelt wehl mit
Erkcnutuiss, Gewalt und Reichthum ;
und hat cr audi keines veu dicscn se
stehct er dech an der Spitze dcr Greessein,
denn we ist greesscrer Reichthum
als im freies Gerwisseu ; welche Gewalt in
der Welt ist heeher als ein bcherschcudcr
Wille, und welehe Erkenntniss ist kocstlic kecstlic
her als Selbsterkcuntuiss ? Gewis bictct
die Welt keineu schecnern Anblick als
eincn Mcnsch der sich unbeilcckct crime tet
durch alie Vcrsugungeu der Erkcntniss
der Gewalt tiud des Reichthtims.
The Highest llouer.
Julius A. Hereld, the recipient of the
first honor, delivered the Marshall oration
in Latin, en the following subject :
" Tempera niiiiantur ct nes mutamur in
illis." Centcmplanti mihi ammo, qua;
facinera gcutes tetius erbis tcrrarum cla
rissiina fecisscnt, non selum tempera mn
tari sed in illis hemines ctiara iu incntcm
eccurrit. Qui libres de rebus gestis
scriptes legcrit, no&tram :etatcm cum an
tiquitate cemparaudam non esse intelli intelli
get. Qui cegitavcrit, quetiens in omnibus
cavitations res in tcinpus mutentur, nevi
mores inducautur, majerum instituta
sacpa refcranlur ac reneventur, peregrin i
ritus asciscantur. cum pcrspicua omnibus
Veritas scntcntius vctcris pectm fugere
non poterit, quain vebis rem pesuiintts, nt
aliquid dc ea dicamus. Oratio nestra iis
rebus, causis conditieuihusquo non defini
etur, qnibus pre salute civitatum magna!
rcrum commntatiencs efficiebantur. sed
artcs ct disciplinas ct causas spcclabir,
quibus nestra) vitte ad humanita'cm in in
ierraari ct animi exceli selcut.
This subject the speaker went ou te con
sider at some length, concluding with the
following remarks :
Hac ratiene in omni ;etatis gradu
animis nestris discipline studiaque
data sunt, quibus uostne nicntes infor infer
mautur, ct occasienc a for tuna clutam
animi cxcelcndi cujusquc ellicium est non
amittere, sed studio emnium, qi::e vitam
heminemque decerant ct ernant, iucensus
esse ct flagrare. Qneniam adas fuga est
tain brevi.s, ct tempera heminesque
inutaiitur et irrcparabile tempus fttgit, iis
artibus, disciplines itistitutieuibusquc,
quas nes excelunt, utr.mur, nam vide
nestia: rcvecanchu non Mint, et ex nebis
quauamus : " Die, cur hie." Ut ca quas
diximus, ueu uiude memeria: mandemus,
sed ctiam in animis inscribamus, ca nun
quam ebliviscaraur, qnsu versibus porso perso porse
cutus est Ileratius :
" Ucbns angii9tis aniinnsii.-j atquc
Fertisappare : saplenturidciu
Centra has vente illinium sucumSe
Turghla vela."
Music Schuttish, "An Reveir" Rel
I'm son.
Tlie Valedictory
Valedictory Oration II. S. Bembcrgcr,
Boonsboro, Md. Te the careless observer
and te him who has studied it iu its suc
cessive movements Use course of history
presents a very diur.'nt aspect. Te the
oue it is but the mine meaningless succes
sion of separate events, te the ether it
reveals an inward life, an onward and ac ac
tive progression. Net all are williug te
accept the idea of progress. Seme wholly
deny it, and, taking up history iu detail, at
tempt te prove that humanity has made
little improvement since the classic days
of Greece and Reme. Others acknowh-dge
it but find in it only a power for evil that
is te precipitate the race in final
ruin. Others doubt it. These
are influenced by their own peculiar
tastes and occupations. Undoubtedly
there has been progress. Can we say
that humanity has lived six thousand
years te no purpose? Compare our own
age with the most cultured of ancient
times and who can deny it? The idea
of progress has its origin m the nature of
mau. As an ludivnlual he is capable of
indcliuite improvement. He is likewise a
social being, communicating the influence
of his own individual life through the
family, the state and nation te the human
family at large, and it is only the law of
progress that will ameliorate his condition
and create an unselfish brotherhood te en en en
neble himself and glorify his Creater.
The time has ceme for the class of
eighty-two te take its final leave. It has
beceme my painful duty te say the
words of parting and bid farewell te
scenes and associations that have beceme
endeared te us. The lies that bind us
te our Alma Mater are strong indeed and
seem te grew still stronger. Hew many
friendships made, attachments formed,
hours of plcasure and study spent, that
we can never forget ! In taking our de
parture from the beard of trustees we feci
called upon te express te them our grateful
thanks for the peculiar privileges and
oppertuuitics enjoyed at their hands.
Leng may our institution, under
the supervision of the beard, non
tinue in its present course, aud long live
te educate aright the mind and heart of
generous and aspiring youth. Mr. Presi
dent, gentleman of the faculty, our hon
ored and beloved instructors, hew shall
we separate ourselves from you ? I low
express the pains of separation? Your
kind, untiring efforts in our behalf, and
the intimate relation iu which wc have
se long been placed as teachers and pupils
have bound us te you with tender affec
tion aud esteem. Be assured that we
cirry with us the many lessens of knowl
edge and virtue which you have se earn
estly labored te impress upon us, and
that, though separated from you, your
many acts of kindnes and leve will ever
be held foremost in grateful remem
brance. Te the citizens of Laucastcr the
orator had warm words of farewell, and
spoke of the cord ial welcome with which
he and his fellow graduates had been ic ic
ceived. Separated from the comforts of
home, we have found at your firesides and
in your genial society the most refining
influences.
Te the studcnt3 the valedictorian said
that he left them with feelings of deep re
gret. Seener or later you will he called
upon te fill the places wc new occupy, and
we honestly hope that you will add new
fame and brighter bistre te the already
honored name of eui- worthy institution.
Te his classmates, the orator said, the
parting hour has likewise ceme te us, and
we must tee separate into our homes
whence four years age we wcic gathered
here together. We "may expect difficulties
and discouragements, defects and disap
pointments, but if we meet them with
firm resolves, with brave and manly
hearts, they will serve only te urge us or.
Let us be strong te ovcrcemo them, aud,
relying upon Him who has wrought for
us se many blessing, consecrate ourselves
te right and truth.
A Review.
On the whole it may be said that Frank
lin and Marshall seldom witnessed a
graduation day mero successful, viewed
in whatever light it may he. The orations
bore the impress of labored thought, and
were models of brilliant, yet tcrse com
position. During the delivery of the
henarary orations in Latin and German
the audience were held sDellbennd in at
tentien. The delivery of the several ad
dresses was characterized by an ease and
grace net often attained by orators so se
young, thus showing that the studies of
the rostrum had net been neglected. The
audience were by nemeaus chary qf their
favors and rewarded the geed points raade
with liberal applause, while mauy of the
speakers received floral tokens and ether
souvenirs of the occasion in suggestive
looking parcels.
In conferring the degrees ou the gradu
ating class Dr. Apple, the president of
the college, took occasion te cempliment
the class en having satisfactorily passed
the final examinations and wish them a
Ged-speed for the years te come. After
mero music by the band the president
pronounced the benediction. The finish
ing touch of the day's performance was
given by a lively exit march by the band,
after which the class of '82 ceased te exist
in the present.
THE ritOMKNAOE CONCERT.
l'leasunt l'rmpects Spoiled by the Rain.
Elaborate preparations had been made
ou the grounds aud iu the buildings for a
reception and promenade concert last even
ing, hut the ram storm beat down the lan
terns with which the campus was te have
becu illuminated, dampened the ground
and rendered it impossible te clese the fes
tivities as had been proposed. The build
ings wcre opened aud a number of guests
were present, but the clerk of the weather
had se utterly failed te make connection
that the purposes of the promenade con
cert were net realized.
MAY AN1 FKSl-lVK.
The Fraternity auil Class Reunions.
A dozen members of the Phi Kappa Sigma
(skull and bones) fraternity sat down te
an informal banquet at Gee. II. Miller's
restauraut, which Ws prepared in the
best style of that experienced caterer aud
included in its menu oysters, turtle, frogs,
devilled crabs, ice cream, fruit, nuts aud
all the delicacies of the season. The jovial
brethren tarried until a late hour, reviving
memories of their college days with song
and story and only adjourned te meet oue
year hcuce. "Sammy" Allen gave the
highest satisfaction in his attention te the
boys.
'l:e l'lil Knpiia l'l ltunquet.
Members of the Phi Kappa Fsi frater
nity, te the number of forty-live, assem
bled at the Stevens house last night te
participate iu the annual symrasium of
thu Eta chapter. The supper was ready
by cloven o'clock and all weut te the
large dining rooms te partake of a ban
quet spread iu Mr. Iliestaud's best style.
Alter an address of welcome aud an order
te charge upeu the viands they fell te
heartily and despatched the viands with
a relish. After they had satisfied the
inner man toasts were called for and were
responded te as fellow:; : " Phi Kappi
lsi," T. G. A. Apple ; "Our Lamented
Founder, W. II. Lctteriuan," Rev. II. II.
W. Ilibsman ; "Phi Kappa Psi iu Penn
sylvania," II. Clay Eschbach ; "Our Early
Sympasiums," Maj. A. C. Rcineml ; "The
Embryonic Phi Psi." Rev. S. S. Miller ;
"The Present aud Future of Our Fratern
ity," Itcv. W. C. Cremer ; " Eta's For
tunes and Misfortunes," Rev. J. C. Bau
man ; " Epsilon," Mr. Cbas. Duncan ;
"The Committee en the Sympasium," A.
P. Shirk. After songs, as thu night wan
advancing apace, thu brethren dispersed,
well-pleased with the banquet which had
been se well-presided ever by D. P. Ros Res
cnmiller, esq., with much dignified
humor, and satisfied that it was oue of
the most enjoyable affairs of the kind they
had ever spent.
Welti Tail JJellu.
The members of jf Chapter Tail of the
Delta Tau Delta cel lege fraternity, held
their 8th annual banquet last night in J.
C. Spaeth's dining parlors. The interest
taken iu this banquet by no means fell
behind that of former years, as the mem
bers of the fraternity always make their
meetings enjoyable. Mr. Spaeth sustained
his reputation as a catarcr, the tables
being decorated - handsomely and
the menu picpared in an ela
borate and finished style inclu
ding oysters, coquettes, salads,
crabs, claret punch, fruits, ice cream,
&c. Synposiarches Mayhury made the
address of welcome, F. S. Elliett respond
ed te the toast "Die, cur hie," O. R.
Snyder related tha annual history, K. ('.
Bowling speke of " Auld Jang sync," the
" Nu "sketched the werlc for next con
vention, N. C. Hcisler read a memorial
poem, the " Alpha " responded te " our
Eastern outlook," and R. P. Cobb te
" theso we leave behind us.." Tho'prc The'prc
grammc of the evening was interspersed
with songs and imprepriate toasts. The
banquet was a success in every particular,
the company finally leaving with the un
animous verdict that it was the most en
joyable affair of its kind ever held by the
fraternity.
Rc-iinlmi or Clans or 'CI.
The first re-tiuien of the class of 'CI,
that gradnatcd from Franklin & Marshall
eallege twenty-oue years age, was held
last night at Copland's restaurant, aud
was iu all respects a most delightful
affair. The class, as it graduated, con
sisted of sixteen members, two of whom
have since died, Samuel G. Bewman aud
Henry II. Ilibshman. Of the fourteen
survivors ten were present last night
Rev W. C. Crcmcr, Rev. W. F. P. Davis,
A. .1. Hhcrly, esq.. Dr. S. II. Guilferd,
Rev. 11. II. W. Ilibshman, D. 1)., Rev A.
J. Heller, Rev. T. Frank Heffmeicr, S. P.
Rabcr, esq., A. C. Reimehl, esq., and Itcv.
W. II. II. Snyder. The four absentees were
Frederick Fex, Iremeus Shatter, C. L.
Shcip aud Jehn P. Stein. It was purely
au informal gathering, no speeches or i
toasts of any kind being indulged in, and A
the hours sped quickly by in a pi .isant
chat en old college recollections. An in
teresting relic of a joke played ou one of
the professors 22 years age in the shaje
of a paper containing the signatures of
the whole class was produced by Maj.
Reimuhl, and was the cause of considera
ble merriment. The reunion lasted treni
S o'clock until long after 10, and that the
inuer man was net unprevided for during
that time, is indicated by the following
menu :
seui-
Tin tic
meat:
.Spring Chicken.
Deviled Crabg, Lebster Salad.
dessert :
Vanill.i Ice Cream, Strawberries, Cakes, Conee.
Charged "With Perjury.
Ex-Censtable Samuel Heffman against
whom complaint of resisting and assault
ing an officer en the 20th of May, while
in the performance of his duty was made
by Officer Allen Pylc, has in turn made
cemplaiut of perjury against Py Ie in swear
ing in Alderman McConemy's office en
the 24th of May that he had resisted and
assaulted him. Alderman Samson held
I'yle in bail this morning for a hcariru.'.
The llerse Shew.
The largest audience of the week was
present last evening te see the trained
berses, many turfmen attending who had
been at the races yesterday. This evening
a performance will be given ; the matinee
te-morrow afternoon premises te be very
largely attended, as many tickets are sold
already. The last performance take place
te-morrow evening.
Sale el Real Estate.
Jacob Gundakcr, auctioneer, t ld last
evening at the public house of A. Kohl Kehl
haas, a one story frame house, en High
street, belonging te the assigned estate of
Peter K. Welbert, te D. B. Land if, for
8815.
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