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Faadaaeatal Differences.
The history of political parties in the
United States is full of interest for the
calm reflection of every citizen. When
the union of the states was formed by
the adoption of the federal constitution,
the powers of government conferred
upon the national legislature, by that
instrument, and those reserved to the
states and people, naturally awakened
inquiry, and the question of a loose or a
strict construction of the constitution
immediately divided the political opin
ions and sentiments of the nation.
Those who believed in a loose, or as it
was termed, a liberal construction of the
constitution, were denominated Feder
alists, and the friends of a strict con
struction of the constitution were known
as Republicans, and afterwards as Dem
ocrats. Upon the first election of pres
ident after the adoption of the constitu
tion, no issues bad yet arisen to divide
the public sentiment of the country
no principle of free government, nor
any measure of governmental policy, en
tered into the first presidential election.
Gen. Washington, alone of all the great
men which the Revolution had devel
oped, was before the people for the first
office in their gift, and he was elected.
He was again re-elected in 1702 without
a rival. But during the eight years of
Washington's administration numerous
questions of constitutional government
arose, and as they were brought to the
view of the people two great parties
sprang up, and from thai day to the pre
sent they have divided the political sen
timents of the people and will naturally
divide them so long as the constitution
of the country remains the supremo law
of the laud. The Democratic party, as
the party of constitutional government,
and founded on the largest liberty of the
. citizen, opposed to the aggrandizement
of the few at the expense of the many,
opposed to special privileges, and de
manding the equality of every citizen in
tbe advantages which our unique system
of government confers upon him, lias
withstood the shock of nearly one hun
dred years, and its principles are to day
as deeply rooted in the hearts of the peo
ple as they were when first proclaimed
by Thomas Jefferson iu his opinions as a
member of Washington's cabinet and
chrystalizcd in his first inaugural ad
dress. Its name has never been changed.
It has never had occasion to pander to
popular prejudice, or to that fanaticism
which is too often engendered by relig
ious or moral zeal. But the party which
first opposed the Democracy, the Fed
eral party, saw both its principles and
its professed measures of policy melt
away before the genial warmth which
the principles of the Democracy had in
fused into the great body politic, until
there was scarcely an organized bjdy
of Federalism left iu any stale in the
union. The alien and sedition laws of
the elder Adams, and the-disuuionhsm of
the Hartford convention, rendered the
Federal party so odious that it could no
longer maintain itself under that name
It abandoned its name, but its princi
ples survived, and rallying at successive
times under the names of anti-Masons,
Whigs, Native American1;, Know
Nothings, Abolitionists, and lastly Re
publicans, it finally succeeded iu again
getting into power. When it had at
tained power, it was its boast that the
"Democratic party was dead dead for
ever." But how vain the boast. The
Democratic party can never die. It may
for a brief time, while sentiment is
stronger than reason, lose its hold upon
the people, but as the passions and prej
udicesofthe time pass away its princi
ples sustain it and it again assumes its
power for the good of the people and as
a safeguard of the rights of man. Nor
is it strange that in the order of things
it should not be subject to change. The
sun may for a time be obscured by the
transit of a cloud across its disk, but the
great recuperative power with which the
Creator of all things has impressed upon
his creation in time dispels tbe gloom
that may enshroud the great luminary
of day, and it shines forth again with its
accustomed splendor. So, too, with the
moral laws by which the world is gov
erned. The principles of human free
dom and the equality of right are co
eval and co-extensive with mankind and
so strongly impressed upon the human
heart that they will ever assert them
selves. These principles being the fun
damental basis of the Democratic party,
it is impossible for this party ever to be
come disintegrated, but, on the contrary,
it must ever move on and, gathering in
creased power with its onward motion,
lead the country to a higher and nobler
destiny. But how different it is with the
disintegration of tbe Federal party, with
its successive names, embodying the prin
ciples of Federalism ! Who can look back
upon tbe old anti-Masonic party without
wonder and astonishment that intelli
gent men could for a moment suppose
that the principles of that party could
be adapted to the government of a free
people;? It is the same with all the suc
ceeding representatives of the old Feder
al party, under the various names they
assumed. They were all dissolved and
disintegrated in the presence of
the greater intluence which the Dem
ocratic party wielded over the masses
of mankind. The Republican party,
the latest phase of Federalistic develop
ment is, at the present time, iu the
throes of dissolution. In the great states
of Maine, New York and Pennsylvania
the disintegration of the Republican
party is so plainly visible, that none but
those .of the limited stupid capacity can
fail to observe it.
The two opposing elements of the Re
publican party could move on in harmony
so long as there were any great ques
tions of governmental regulation before
the country ; but as soon as the leading
questions growing out of our civil war
became settled, the principles of con
stitutional self-government began to
exercise their influence upon the tie
mentsof the Republican paxty, and the
antagonism of Federalism and Democ
racy are daily widening the breach, and
must go on until the party becomes en
tirely disintegrated, when Federalism
will again assume some new name and
again appeal to the support of tbe people
under the influence of some sentiment
that may spring up, and which, for tbe
time being, may have a greater influence
than the silent power of reason, and then
will again attain power only to be again
disintegrated as soon as reason assumes
the universal sway over the minds of the
people. There is an irrepressible con
flict between the principles of Federal
ism and Democracy that must continue
as long as our form of government lasts.
These are the only parties that can di
vide the political opinions of the people
Federalism springing out of tbe feder
ative form of our national government,
arrogating to itself unlimited powers of
legislation, in imitation of monarchy:
and Democracy, springing out of the
powers of government as limited by the
express grant in the constitution of the
United States and reserved to tbe several
states forming the Union, and to tbe
people thereof, all powers of social regu
lation and of self-government not ex
pressly granted when the bond of a na
tional union between the states was
formed.
The Movements in the Game.
It was quite a clever device in the In
dependent Republican candidates, to
avoid the Stalwart embrace which was
so warmly offered to them, to offer to
withdraw if the regulars would unite
with them in promising not to be again
candidates. There is no doubt that the
Independents do not want a re-union.
They can accomplish their object of
breaking Cameron more readily in the
general election than at a Republican
primary. They greatly doubt their abil
ity to defeat their opponents at a trial
within the party. Mr. Wolfe says:
' Give us the machinery, the re
sources, the money, the educated
and trained politicians of the reg
ulars and we would accept them
as quick as that ;" snapping his finger,
and meaning the regular's propositions.
There is no doubt of that. It is their
timidity which makes the Independents
recoil from the manifestly fair proposi
tions made to them. They are too fair
to reject directly ; they hope that they
have found a device which will save
them in rejecting the propositions indi
rectly. They have done the best they
could. They, too, have made a fair pro
position. They excel their antagonists
in their self-sacrifice. They offer not
only to withdraw but to withdraw for
good. Their hope is that Cameron is
so fixed upon Beaver for governor, that
hi cannot persuade himself to surren
der him, however much he desires
a union of the party. Perhaps
they reckon well. Perhaps not.
No doubt Cameron is very loth to give up
Beaver, who has been considered his solo
stake in the struggle. But yethisiieces
sities are great. Arthur requires him to
keep the party united ; and the gover
norship is not the only place into which
to put Beaver. He may withdraw him
from that contest and put him iu a still
more glittering place, to show his power
and exhibit the presidential favor. It is
quite possible for Beaver to be with
drawn, even under compulsion, without,
hurting either him or Cameron;
but benefitting them, by giving
him a good place and Cameron good
repute for saving his party. Another
instrument will be as good as Beaver iu
the governorship ; and Don may find a
fresh one who will bo stronger than the
old and battered tool. It was not a bad
movement in the Independents, but not
a checkmate by any means ; it may be
quite the reverse.
The war between England and Egypt,
which has been waged apparently in the
interest of the European holdeis of
Egyptian bonds, has been practically
ended by the pillage and destruc
tion of Alexandria. The martial
ardor of the assailant is doubt
less satisfied with the annihilation of
the offending forts and the occupation
of the ruined city. How far the rights
and safety of European residents have
been secured by events resulting in the
massacre and torture of hundreds of
Christians, and how much better se
curity there is for the payment of the
interest on Egyptian bonds than before
the destruction of the seaport city, its
store houses and trading marts, is of
course not to be calculated in the light
of lurid conflagration. But when the
war passion shall have abated England
may owe a debt to civilization which
she will have more difficulty in adjusting
than she will now have in enforcing
payment of the Egyptian bonds from a
ruined country and demoralized govern
ment. The Republican state committee seem
to have gone to the goat's house for
wool with their artful device to get the
Independent candidates to withdraw.
Some of the Stalwarts were a little pre
mature in their exhultatiou at having
gjt the Independents " in a hole " and
sounded an alarm which the other side
were not slow to take. Mr. Stewart and
a majority of his associates reply to the
overtures in letters which substantially
reject them. They recognize that the
Stalwart plan contemplates the renomi
nation of Beaver, and to the possibility
of that they will not agree. Col. Mc
Michael goes even further, and unless a
new convention should nominate a ticket
entirely satisfactory he will stay in the
field, with or without an organisation
behind him. This may end the ne
gotiations. The Regulars will not ac
cept the proposition of the Independents.
It is likely they expected no more favor
able reply and are prepared to make all
the capital possible out of the refusal of
the Independents to accept the " conces
sion " tendered them.
Fob obvious reasons the Intelli
gences does not republish the very
general expressions of newspaper opin
ion upon the selection of a chairman of
the state committee made by the can
didates of the party. The Philadelphia
Times only expresses what seems to be
the universal view of the newspapers of
Pennsylvania, so far as heard from,
when it says: "The newspapers with
out regard to party commend tbe ap
pointment of W. U. Hensel to the chair
manship of the Democratic state com-
mittee." And the New roxk Sun,
which has a larger circulation in this
state, and takes more interest in its pol
itics than any other outside journal,
says : " The selection of Hensel, of Lan
caster, as chairman of the Democratic
state committee in Pennsylvania, is par
ticularly commendable."
Coopeu will have to get his hair dyed.
Coopeb's candidates asked for bread
and got a stone.
They gnaw a file who hope to fee the
Independents "taken in" with delusive
offers of concession.
HAitmsBcna letter carriers are assessed
by Hubbell and Cooper to the aggregate
of $31 each in accordance with the " high
est code of ethics ever promulgated by a
political party."
To an Inquirer reporter, who asked him
last evening what ho would do if his state
committee should happen to agree with
the Regulars for a new convention, Colo
nel McMichael replied, laughingly, that be
would go on just about the way a single
Independent Republican candidate did last
year, even without tho formality of a
nomination. Colonel McMichael added
that there would be no misunderstanding
as to where he stood.
The Selinsgrove Times has passed into
the hands of T. Benton Ulrich, who has
purchased the entiro good-will and fix
tures of the newspaper from its late pro
prietor and veteran journalist Franklin
Wcirick. The Times has always been a
staunch exponent of Democratic doctrine,
and under its new management bids fair
to sustain itself in the good will of the
people of its particular community and of
tho btate at large.
The Shippjusburg Chronicle, now neu
tral, observes with force that " tho politi
cal intrigue, and the corrupting use of
money to gain political ends, without re
gard to the wishes and interest of the
people, arc truly amazing. It is a shamo
and disgrace to American civilization.
Truly teform is needed." But tho Hub
bell and Cooper plan of levying black
mail indicates preparations for anothor
campaign with "plenty of money" and
little of decency. Will not respectable
people of ail par ties join the Domocracy in
stamping out this "shame and disgrace to
American civilization ?"
When Wm. H. Armstrong, government
commissioner to look after the Pacific
railroads, left Williamsport for his new
field of duty tho other day, ho went in a
special car furnished by tho Union Pa
cific road and he was accompanied by his
wifo aud daughter and a number of ladies
and gentlemen belongiug to Williamsport
and Philadelphia. The car was stocked
with provisions for a week, a cook and a
porter, and it is announced that tho party
will travel by easy stages across the con
tinent. From all of which it has been
inferred that Armstrong labors uuder the
delusion that he has been retained by tho
company to see that the government gets
no advantage of it.
Mb. Jons Waxamakek recently offered
a series of five cash prizes ranging from
10 to $30 for tho best essay on " What is
the best way to wait on a customer ?"'
to be contended for among his employees.
Over eighty essays were sent to the com
mittee appointed to adjudicate the matter,
and tho prizes were awarded in the follow
ing order : Miss Mary Brewer, Messrs.
Wm. H. Brokaw, Thomas C. Bennett,
James Clarency, J. W. Corson. Tho five
prize cfesays have been published in neat
pamphlet form and are quite a valuable
guido in the matter of which they treat.
The foundation principles iu a salesman or
saleswomen arc, according to Miss Brewer
who carried off the first premium, First,
true loyalty to her employer ; second, loy
alty to the customer, with the legion of
elements implied in them, cordiality, po
liteness, honesty, tact, patience persever
ance, decision, confidence, willingness, and
enthusiasm, each iu its turn being requis
ite, some occasionally, others always. Mr.
Wauamaker has suggested the organiza
tion of a beneficial insurance society
among his array of employees, offering to
pay the expenses of a secretary or whoever
else might be needed, in order to make
such a movement go smoothly, and to con
tribute $1,000 to the fund as a starter.
What Couper Thinks or it.
ltccoid.
"This id a dog-intbe-niangcr reply.
These men know that they cannot bo
nominated and they seek to endeavor to
drag everyone else down with thorn.
Speaking lor myself, I regard the condi
tions which accompany this answer as ut
terly inadmissible and dishonorable, since
no set of men, nor any committee, nor
convention, has the right to deprive
any man who is constitutionally eli
gible from being a candidate for
office, nor has any such body tho right to
say whom tho people shall or shall not
vote for. I believe that this hasty and
ill-tempered rejection of the propositions,
which their organs induced us to believe
was all that was required to restore har
mony in the party, will transfer before
election day nine tenths of tho Independ
ent voters to tho Regular Republican
ticket, and that it will practically unite
the party in support of General Beaver
and his colleagues."
General James S. Negley is opposed to
any withdrawal of the candidates, and his
influence, combined with that of Mr.
Cooper, who is chairman of the body, it is
expected will result in an equivocal rejec
tion of the plan presented by the Inde
pendents. An Editor Drowned.
The following telegram, announcing the
death by drowning of F. F. Pond" Will
Wildwood" was received iu Milwaukee,
by James Barker, general passenger agent
of the Wisconsin central road, who was an
intimate frieud of Mr. Pond. The' tele
gram was sentbyjohu Dubois, a well
known guide. The place where the acci
dent occurred is in the northern part of
the state in a wild, unfrequented region:
"I wish to let you know that F. F.
Pond, who engaged me as guide on a fish
ing trip down the Flambeau river, is prob
ably drowned. He was one of the editors
of the Turf, Field and Farm, of New York
city. When I came back to camp after
shooting a few birds, I found that be had
taken the boat and fishing tackle. After
a while I went below the rapids near camp
and found that tho boat was turned bot
tom side up where it had floated to the
bank. The river is high and I have not
found the body yet, but think Mr. Pond
is surely drowned."
INBUINS.
ALEXANDRIA SACKED B BEDulNNS.
Arabl Bey Retiree A DmU Tmxty Escape
rromtbe Corsage.
The Herald' special correspondent on
board the British fchip Invincible, at Alex
andria, telegraphs his paper as follows
under date of 1 p. m. yesterday :
After daybreak this morning a number
of persons were seen on tho edge of the
water of the harbor. Glasses showed them
to be Europeans. Boatslwere at once low
ered and crews armed to the teeth started
for the shore. They found about one hun
dred Europeans, many of them wouuded,
who had gathered in the Anglo-Egyptian
bank and had resisted desperately. They
had maintained tbemselves there through,
out the night. Towards daylight their
assailants drew off and the party made
their way to tho shore. They reported
that Arabi Pacha, before he left with his
troops, had tbe prisons opened, and the
convicts, joined by the lower classes and
some Bedouins, proceeded to sack tbe city
and kill every Christian they could find
and set the European quarter on fire.
From tho part they wero defending the
Europeans could hear shrieks and cries
and the reports of pistols and guns.
Scores of fugitives were cut down or beaten
to death in their sight.
The City la It u ins.
The European quarter is all in -flames
and tbe .great square is a mass of smok
ing ruins. All the public buildings are
destroyed and nothing European seems to
have escaped tbe rage of tho fauatics.
Several shells have been fired within the
last two hours into that portion of the
city where tho conflagration broke out,
in hopes that they may scare pillagers.
That many pillagers remain in evident by
the fact that several fresh fires have
broken out iu the last thiee hours. A
British gunboat is lying close to Ramleh.
Two iron-clads arc cruising near and will
fire upon any men approaching the palace.
The Carnage.
An officer, just returned from the Chil
tern, reports the sccno of carnage on shore
appalling. Tho town for some hours after
tho troops left was a veritable pandemo
nium. There is a suspicion that tho forts
are uudermined, and they will be care
fully examined before any large body of
troops are allowed to enter them. Aboukir
is as yet untouched. A thousand men aro
known to bo entrenched there. No re-
conuoissauces have yet been made of the
Rosetta and Damietta forts. Fugitives
say that tho losses of the Egyptian artil
lerymen during the first day's bombard
ment were very serious. The infantry did
not suffer.
A Ualluot Deed.
A gunner ou board the Alexandra per
formed a gallant deed. A lighted shell
fell upon tho main deck. Tho gunner
picked it up and immersed the burning
fuse in a bucket of water, inis is described
as a wonderful piece of devotion, more
gallant than anything of the sort over be
fore chronicled. The gunner will be rec
ommended for tbe Victoria Cross.
Tne Khedive's Escape.
I interviewed the khedivo's private sec
retary after tho khedive got afloat. Ho
informed me that on the -morning after
tbe bombardment Arabi Pacha suddenly
ordered a detachment of soldiers to sur
round the Ramleh palace, where the khe
dive and Dorvisch Pacha wero awaiting the
issue of events. Arabi Pacha first declared
that the soldiers were only meant for the
protection of the khedive, but at tho last
moment he actually told the men to kill
the khedivo. lhe soldiers, however, hear
ing the English approaching, deserted
their posts everywhere.
Arabi' Ketreat.
7 1'. m. Colonel Long, tho African ex
plorer, now acting American consul at Al
exandria, and a party of men entered the
city this afternoon. He was followed by
a battery of Gathngs, which engaged the
rear guard of the army of Arabi, who had
lied to Kafr-cl-Dowar, on the line of the
railroad to Cairo, one hour from Alexau
dria, where he is lcported to bo entrench
iug. Tho massacre of tho 11th of June was
fearfully avenged upon the Arab batter
ies by the In flexible' s eighty- ton guns. Fif
teen hundred Arabs are dead and 2,000
wounded. Stone Pacha casts his foituncs
with the khedive. The soldiery attempted
to kill Tewfik, who, surrounded by somo
faithful friends fled to Ramleh. At this
hour ho and Dcrvisch arc being taken uu
board an abandoned Egyptian mau-of-war,
escorted by English officers and tho
Egyptian faithful. When Colonel Loug
entered, the prelect ot police was very
much frightened and sought his protection.
Long saved him from the fury of the
English soldiers, who were maddoncd at
the recollection of the massacres of the
11th of June. There has been a great
loss of property. Almost the entire Euro
pean quarters of the town is destroyed.
The English, Americau, French, Italiau
and Austrian consulates are burned.
Arabi will probably fly to Upper Egypt.
The Refugees.
The refugees aro chiefty Greeks and
Italians only one being an Englishman.
Twenty-seven of these came from the
Egyptian bank, whence they mado several
attacks on the mob duriug the night until
driven from the bank by fire. The man
ager gave shelter to friends from the Ban
quo Generate of the Credit Lyonnais.
These, with the manager, marched in a
body to the Marina at four o'clock in the
morning, after tho mob, satiated with
butchery, had retired. The soldiers and
the mob joined by huudreds of women.
sacked every shop, entered the houses of
Europeans and murdered tbe inmates.
'The Marines.
The marines who landed took rations for
a day A party detailed for spiking guns
landed at Fort Kubcbo and dismantled a
number of large smooth bore pieces. Ad
miral Seymour wished to land marines to
take possession of Fort Napoleon and
march to the Cumcldik ; but on his learn
ing that Fort Napolean was mined and
that a large body of soldieis was stationed
at the Cumcldik, operations were post
poned. The American admiral performed
a graceful act on Tuesday. Ho steamed
around, the fleet, and his men cheered
each ship in succession. Tho queen has
telegraphed to Admiral Seymour a dispatch
congratulating him on his success.
The Khedive.
The khedive and Dervisch Pacha are
safe. They left Ramleh yesterday afternoon
and drove through Alexandria with their
suites.
The Suez Canal.
A dispatch to Lloyds from Port Said re
ports the steamer Glenlyon, from China,
with a cargo of new season tea, is ashore
in the Suez canal and is being looted by
Arabs.
AKAIU KEY.
The Hero or the Adventurer.
" Yes, I saw Arabi Pacha twice during
my last visit to Egypt," said Dr. Henry
D. Field yesterday afternoon, as he sat in
his private room in tho office of the Evan
gelist, to a representative of the Herald.
" The first time I saw him but a moment,
but the second time I was in his society
for a whole evening. It was last Febru
ary. Consul General Wolf, with General
Stone, the chicf-of-staff to the khedive,
and some Americans passing the winter at
Cairo thought it pleasant to celebrate
Washington's birthday with a grand din
ner, which was given at the hotel where I
was stopping. It brought tocrether a dis
tinguished company, although it is not
common for Arabs and Europeans to min
gle, and all tho khedive's ministers wero
present. There was the greatest curiosity
to Bee Arabi Bey, and I was placed oppo
site to him at the table.
"He id a man of large physique and
rather heavy features ; but his eye looked
as if it night flash fire were he aroused.
He had committed a gross act of insubor
dination in leading the army against the
government, for which, had Ismail Pacha
been still khedive, he would nndoubtedly
have been shot. I felt that ho might be
destined to supreme power or death, and I
observed him closely. His manner
was very quiet, and although it
was a merry party and Americans and
Europeans on all sides were gayly
drinking wine he was very grave, and I
noticed that be did not even raise the cup
to his lips. He spoke Arbic but through
tbe interpreter be told me that he bad
come out that evening, although not feel
ing well, to do honor to tbe memory of a
man wno had need bis country from a
loicign yoke. 1 lelt that be was thinking
that what Washington had done for
America he might do for Egypt. He is
unquestionably a very brave man, for he
took his life in his hand when he revolted
against the government, but his looks do
not indicate greatness. His heavy jaw indi
cates a strong will, and his eye indicates
craft, but if he proves himself a great
man he will disappoint most people
who have studied his face, probably.
'He is a Moslem above all things. A
gentleman who knew him intimately told
me tbat he is very devout in private. He
was educated at the great university of
Cairo, where the instruction relates chiefly
to the Koran and the matters embraced in
tbe Moslem system. Undoubtedly ho is
thoroughly established in the faith' of
Mohammed. He is also considered by
those who know him well a siucere patriot
that is, he desires to elevate Egypt and
make bis -country great. But undoubtedly
seltich ambition is minged with his devo
tion to Egypt and Mohammed, aud he
would like to make himself a monarch."
PKBSONAIi.
Geouoe C. Mir,:;, ex-reverend, agnostic
aud prospective actor, expects to depict
Hamlet as a cool, dashing and resolute
fellow, without a tingo of melancholy in
his disposition.
J. Adam Cake, Esq., Gieenback candi
date for judgo of, the supremo court, whilo
driviug a thrashing machine in the harvest
field had one of his fingers caught in tho
machinery and part of it taken off.
Congressman Stephens "3 said to ex
pend most of his income on charities.
Tho Philadelphia Telegraph thinks this is
well enough for a Georgian, but he never
could do it if ho wero a Pcnnsylvanian
and belonged to Jay Hubboll's party.
Admiral Skymouk, the British naval
commander, is eighty years old, and has
several grown up children, but when ho
was a young man he was as gallant to tho
fair sex as he was gallant to the foe, and
iu recognition of tbat fact was nicknamed
" The Ocean Beau."
Captain William Mosek, of the lish
ing smack " William Tell," off Somers'
Point, an old sailor and well known char
acter, was found drowned upon Brigan
tiue beach, opposite Atlantic City. It is
supposed that his boat was caught in a
breaker and grounded, and whilo endeav
oring to get her off ho was thrown over
board. Daniel Websteii mado a profound im -pression
upon Carlyle, who said of him to
an American, " Tho most remarkable
man in appearance I ever saw great,
shaggy, taciturn, having the gift of si
lence yet. knowing how to talk a great
thing, that, to kuow when to hold your
tongue evidently of great reserved power.
I shouldn't like to fall into his claws when
ho is excited."
Senatob Don Camebon distinguished
himself as a horsemau the other evening
when tho spirited span he was driving
took fright at a peal of thunder and at
tempted to rnn away. The lady accom
panying him screamed wildly and the col
ored footman tried to jump out, but tho
senator wouldn't let him and by skillful
handling of tho ribbons soon brought tho
frightened animals under control. Tho
incident created a great deal of exitement
ou tbe avenue.
Dn. John S. Messeusmitii, U. S. N of
this city, is quite familiar with the sceue.
ol tho present exciting events transpiring
in Egypt. Amoug his most entertaining
reminiscences of his experience in Egypt
is an account of a great ball given by tbe
father of the present khedivo to some
3,000 Franks ( foreigners ) ot distiuction
then i-ojouming in that land. It was a
magnificent affair, illustrating the lavish
extravagauco which has precipitated bank
ruptcy and war upon the country. The
entertainment was sumptuous at every
particular, aud cost tbe khedive $500,000,
the viands and rich wines having been
brought from France iu a vessel dispatched
for th : purpose. Already they were being
heard murmurs of discontent at the
royal extravagance and arbritrary rule
which burdened tho peoplo to support tbe
luxurious tastes of the rulers.
A STRANGE STORY.
Itouiantlc Events Occurring Not Far OH'.
Progress.
More than forty yeais ago, in a village
near Philadelphia, all arrangements had
been made for a wedding on a grand
scale. The guests were invited, the en
tertainment prepared, aud the bride a
young girl of wealth and beauty awaited
tho coming of her budegroom ; but he
never came, aud all these years uib where
abouts havo remained a mystery.
Tho girl, crazed by grief and mor
tification, became a harmless but in
curable lunatic ; time, however, has soft
ened the malady into a deep melancholy,
and although friends aud relatives have
passed away, one by one, tho poor crea
ture, now an aged woman with whitened
bair and wrinkled skin, wanders alone
through the halls of her old home, all
arrayed in her bridal finery, buoyed
up with the hope that her lover
will one day return. The story
is strange enough to savor of fic
tion, but an incident connected with it
which happened a short time ago is sug
gestive of stern reality. A party of rob
bers, who had been breaking into houses
in the neighborhood, mado their way ono
night into tho home of tho poor crazy
woman. Her quick cars detected the steps,
and stepping on to tho platform of the
first flight of stairs she greeted the thieves
with tho words: "l have been waiting all
theso years, I am ready, come ou " The
men gave one glance at the figure in its
faded satin robes, standing there with
jewelled arms outstretched, and fled
shrieking from the house.
Was Her Pocket Picked?
Harrisburg Patriot.
Last evening thcro airived in this city a
well known lady of the Cumberland val
ley, who was ou her way to Lancaster.
Sho stepped over to Boyer's temperance
hotel ou Canal street, intending to remain
there until morning, and then continue
her journey. Upon entering the hotel she
reached for her pockctbook but found it
missing, and she at once notified Mr.
Frank Boyer, who has charge of tho
house, and with whom she is well ac
quainted. Mr. Boyer, with tho assistance
of the conductor, mado a search of the
train, but the book could not be found. It
contained 835, a pair of valuable spectacles
and a trunk check. The lady is of opinion
that she lost the book when getting from
the train and does not think, though it
may be probable, tbat her pocket was
picked.
How Be Had 'Em.
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.
" We've got 'em," cries out Mr. Cooper.
This loic'.bly brings to mind the story of
the frontiersman who camo tearing into
camp followed by a furious grizzly, and
shouting " Here we come !"
THE PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRACY.
A Leas Range View of Their Tlcaet.
Louisville (Ky.) Times.
It is agreed on all hands that the recent
Pennsylvania Democratic state convention
was a strong one iu its composition and
spirit. The result of its labors aro. con
sidered very fortunate. The ticket put
in nomination commands the respect of
friend and foe. It has already had the
wholesome effect of uniting and enthusing
every element of the party in that state.
The results of the convention were
reached without any undue advantage be
ing taken of any one, so that the friends
of, as well as the defeated candidates
themselves, could and did at once give a
cheerful and hearty co-operation in the
business of electing the ticket put before
the voters.
The character of the nominees for gov
ernor and lieutenant governor is such that
the Half-breeds, who are in opposition to
the Cameron ticket, feel no hesitation iu
maintaining their revolt against boss rule,
even if it should be tbe occasion of a
Democratic triumph. The nomination
of Mr. Pattison for governor is a triumph
for the reformers, or Young Democracy"
element of Philadelphia. He was elected
comptroller in Philadelphia by 14,000 ma
jority at the same election that gave
Garfield 21,000, Pattison receiving 18,000
more votes than wero cast for General
Hancock.
The nomination of Cbauncey F. Black
is a distinct and emphatic recognition of
the Jeffersonian school of Democrats.
Mr. Black in connection with the Jeffer
sonian club at York, has become known
to the Democracy generally as a rep
resentatives of the traditions and first
principles in the politics of these states.
He is a mau of ability, character and faith.
It is a great thing to have for a leader ono
who not only understands thoroughly the
best ideas of our creed, but one who also
believes in them with all his heart. Theso
aro times in which the faint hearted and
tho doubting can not successfully lead the
masses.
Hot the Eight Spirit.
Mew Era.
Tho boasting of certain Stalwar Is that
the state committee has put the Independ
ent Republicans " in a bole" is in very bad
taste, and is not calculated to impress the
public with tho sincerity of their profes
sions of party unity. David Taggert, the
presiding officer of Cameron's warmed-over
convention, was especially well satis
fied with tho strategy of himself and his
fellow committeemen. " It has put those
Independents in a hole," he enthusiasti
cally exclaimed; " they wont accept any
thing we've offered ; I never expected them
to. They aro lot of political shysters
anyhow." Now, tho inference from such
utterances is that ox Chairman Taggart is
very far from sincere in his desire for har
mony. His chiot desiro seems to havo
been to put tho Independents " iu a hole,"
not tho unity of the party on a basis of
mutual concession and political good
faith.
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ATTEMPT SO. 2
John Smith Again Tries to Drown Himself
but rinds tbe Water too shallow.
It will be remembered that several
months ago John Smith, a German, at
tempted suicide by jumping fromWitmcr's
bridge into tbe Conestoga. lie was res
cued by somo passers-by after he had re
ceived a sound ducking, and was taken to
tho hospital, where his injuries, which
were slight, were attended. After his dis
charged from tbe hospital, he took the
road and was arrested and put in jail. He
has been at the almshouse for several days
past. Yesterday morning ho was found
lying on the road at the almshoubo bridge
ovor the creek. He was very wet, aud
besides having ono foot badly cut aud an
ankle sprained, he was bruised about tbe
body. He was found by a ward tender
and was taken to the hospital.
It appears that he left tho institution tho
night before and went down to the bridge.
Ho jumped over it at a point where it is
40 feet abovo the water. The water was
not deep and tho mau found it impossible
to drown. After .seeing that he was in-
mred he made his way out 01 the water
and into tbe road where ho was found. He
said his object was suicide.
This fellow, who is a sort of tramp,
must be pretty well disgusted with tho
Conestoga, as both his attempts at suicido
111 tbat beautiful stream have been dismal
failures on account of its shallowness. It
is a great pity, but if the mau wants to
commit suicido ho may bo able to find a
deep place whero he can drown by leaving
word with ono of tho reporters of the city
papers, who will soon become tired ot
writing up his attempts.
THE VERDICT.
" I'tuHucr's ouest Law Fxemplillotl.
The jury in tho case of Mrs. Showers'
suicide has returned the following ver
dict, which is something of a novelty in its
way:
Lancaster County, .
At an inquisition indented and taken in
Rcamstown, East Cocalico township, in
said county of Lancaster and common
wealth of Pennsylvania, on tho 12th day
of July, in the year of our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and eighty-two, beforo
G. S. Fry, deputy coroner of the county
aforesaid, upon view of the body of El-
mini Showers, 01 Keamstown, then and
there found dead, iu the county aforesaid,
upon tho oaths and affirmations of Martin
Rcddig, Elias Wetzel, Andrew J. Ream,
Wesley Reagar, Henry Shimp, Martin
Jacoby, six good and lawful men of tho
county aforesaid, who being duly sworn
and affirmed and charged to in
quire on tho part ot tbe common
wealth of Pennsylvania, when and whero
and after what manner the said Elmira
Showers camo to her death, upon their
oaths and affirmations do say that tho
said Elmira Showers camo to her death on
Tuesday night, 11th ot July, and there
being aloue, iu a creek called Cocalico
creek, half a mile from tbe village afore
said, herself voluntarily and feloniously
drowned ;and to the jurors aforesaid upon
their oaths aforesaid, say that the afore
said Elmira Showers, in mannucr and
form aforesaid then and there herself vol
untarily and feloniously as a felon of her
celf.killed and murdered, against the peace
aud dignity of tho commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.
U. B. Kline, coroner's physician.
MUMMER LEISURE.
Dolce FarNIenteot the Heated Term.
Richard J. McGrann and Editor Hies
tand, have gone to White Sulphur Springs,
Virginia.
J. L. Steiumetz, esq., left for Long
Branch and Saratoga this morning.
J. W. F. Swift, esq., and wife went to
Long Branch to-day.
Geo. Nauman, esq., and family have
gono to Brigantiue Beach.
Master John McGrann, son of Richard
J. McGrann, of Prince street, is summer
ing at Cape May.
Henry Shubert and family aro at
Laudisville.
Harry Miller, of the Hiestcr house, had
his baggago checked to Asbury Park this
morning.
Peter McConomy and family are visit
ing Mrs. McC.'s father, John McGovern,
esq., in Overton, Bradford county.
Sale of Beal Estate.
Allan A. Herr & Co., real estate and
insurapce agents, have sold at private sale
for A. W. Mussel a two-story brick dwell
ing, No. 2o0 Cemetery street, to Mrs.
Elizabeth Rcven, wife of "John Reven, of
Westmoreland county, for tbe sum of
$950.
RILLED AT THE BAM.
FATA J ACCIDENT TO AN OLD MAN
He la J'"1 r " Cpsetting ol toad of
This n. 'orniag a fatal accident occurred
on the far. " C ? Espensbade, which is
situated in Manheim township, about two
miles from " c,tT a pnWio road,
a short dis tonf to the east or the
Oregon tur. 'P, Espensbade
and his me ong whoa was
James Tomlinso were hauling in wheat.
About 8 o'clock t "V nad loaded the wagon
and started for th. ' barn. BIr. Tomliaaoa
and Christian Feus tennacher. a boy. were
on the wagon. Ji 1 as the wagon waa
going up the bridge 'sfrthe barn la whioh
the horses already 1 .rare, the load tilted
and upset. There was a large pile of
stones on the west 1 tide of the bridge and
on these Mr. Tomli nsen fell, striking his
head, with a numb a- of sheaves upon him.
The other men saw the accident at once
and ran to his assis ranee. The wheat was
taken off him and it -was found that he
bad received an ugly cut in the head,
which waa bleeding profusely, besides be .
ing badly bruised. Io was unconscious
and died in about fifteen minutes. Dr.
Ebler arrived, at tho place some
time afterward and looked at the
n;an, who was thee dead. Coroner Shifter
yrae notified and he ompannelled a jury
composed of Hea ry Shubert. John P.
Good, b.eorge vr. j ;any. .John urau. inoe.
F. McEliigott ard Harry II. Hensel.
They drove out to Espenshade's and
viewed tho body, after which they ad
journed until this a ifternoon to hear the
statement of Dr. E.'der. The body was
removed to tho hot 10 of tho deceased,
which is on the road L "in Witmor's bridge
to the New Holland turnpike, and but a
short distance from the railroad "big
bridge " across the Con estoga. Dr. Ebler
then made a postmortem of the body. It
is believed that tho manV skull was frac
tured. The deceased was about TO years of ago,
and has resided on the place to which bis
dead body was today taken for many
years. He was well known in this, city,
and was a highly respectable old man.
Yesterday was t ha first day that he worked
for Mr. Espensliade. He and the boy
built the load from which they wero
thrown. In the field Mr. Toatliuson waa
asked if tbe load needed a polo over it and
he replied that it did not, as it was very
straight. The boy was. not hurt by tho
upset beyond a slight bruiso of the hip.
He says that he saw bis danger anu
jumped. Nono of the sheaves fell upon
him.
The Verdict.
This afternoon tho jury met at tbe cor
oner's office Dr. Ehler stated tbat he h.wl
not made the post mortem yet.
Tho coroner consulted with tho com
missioners and they thought no
post-mortem was necessary if the jury was
satisfied that the mau had died of his in
juries. The verdict, as rendered, was tbat
be came to bis death from injuries received
by falling from a hay wagon.
IMPROVEMENT ON EAST KINO STREET
DemoUtlon of Old and Erection of New
Buildings.
The two old buildings, Nos. '.i and 5
East King street, known as tho Metzger
and Keffer buildings, now owned by D.
P. Locber & Sou and lately occupied re
spectively by M. Levy as a shoe store and
Edw. Kreckel as a tadd!e and harness
store and manufactory, are being
torn down to make room for a.
largo four story stiucturo of modern
design. The first floor will be divided into
two handsome .tore rooms from 40 to 50
feet in depth, Mr. L.-vy will occupy one
of these as a boot and shoe store, and Mr. J
Kreckel will occupy the other as a har
ness, saddle and trunk store, and will also
occupy the upper stories as a manufactory.
Mr. J. A. Burger mado the plans and baa
charge of the erection of the new building
and promises to have it ready for its occu
pants within sixty days. The stores will
have plate glass fronts, and the front ele
vation will bo of pressed brick of neat de
sign and substantial construction. Tbe
object sought will be convenience and du
rability rather than high art.
Daring tbe time necessary for the com
pletion of the new bu:lMng Mr. Levy will
occupy the storeroom No. 135, in Lochcr's
building, and Mr. Kreckel will occupy tl
second-story ot tbe same building.
PAY VOllKIUU.
It Costs too Mach to Kan the Gate.
James Gearing was arraigned before
Alderman Samson last oveniug for driving
through the first gate on the Lancaster
and Manheim turnpike and refusing to
pay toll. James ws sentenced to pay a
fine of i'i and the costs of suit amounting
to i in all 67. Had ho paid his toll be
would have got olf for two cents. The
gate-keeper states that nineteen other
teams drove through the gate dur
ing June without paying toll, some
of tbe drivers using very insulting
language and that Gearing was
the only one lecognizod and punished.
But the company is novarthelef-s consider
ably ahead of the gujne. Tbe toll for
nineteen teams would have been only 38
cents. One-half of Gearing's line of $3
tbat is $1.50 goes to the company.
Deducting from this tho 38 cents lost on
the other con-payers, the company is still
$1.31 ahead ; whilo the Manor school
board gets the other half of the fine, $1.50,
and tbe officers and alderman make $4.
clear. It will be found a good deal cheaper
for travelers to pay the toll than to run
the blockade.
L1T1TZ NKffS.
l'ondeosed Jrrom the "Record." .
The telegraph company is now engaged
in distributing poles between Lititz and
Brickerville for the now line to be estab
lished between Lancaster, Lititz, Bricker
ville, Manheim, Ephrata and other places.
The line will be ready for use in course of
a month.
There was much " wailiug and gnashing
of teeth" in this vicinity on Tuesday
morning, and particularly at Warwick,
when a representative of the tbe mercan
tile tax collectors made his appearance
and notified a number of persons that suit
had been entered against them for non
payment ol said tax. The majority of
them are horse dealers and drovers and
there are upwards of twenty-five of them.
Some of them positively decline to pay it,
their plea being tbat a number refused to
pay last year, and although suit was
brought, they were allowed to slip clear
without ever paying a cent.
The CasapmeetlBK
The Landisville campmeeting will be
gin on Tuesday next and continue ten
days. Commencing to-morrow both the
Pennsylvania and Reading railroads will
sell excursion tickets at reduced rates of
fare. Tbe ministers from abroad who will
be in attendance during the camp will bo
Revs. Dr. Roach of New York, Stubbs.
Mills and Neal of Philadelphia, with other
celebrated divines, besides our own local
preachers aud the presiding elder of this
district, Kev. J. Dickerson of Philadel
phia. Grass la the Untters.
The gutters in all parts of the city aic
sadly in need of attention, as tbe grass is
growing very freely between the bricks-A
and they are rapidly assusiiag a straggly '
appearance that is not at all pleasant or
cleanly.
Poliee Coast.
Mayor MacGonigle .committed one
diuuk for thirty and another for ten davs,
and two boys arrested for disorderly c.'-..-duct
were discharged on payment of co. ,
amounting to $3.50 each.
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