LANCASTER DAILY. INTEULIGENCEBWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23,1882.
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UeUberatlMi Necessary.
Our contemporary, the New Era, ex
presses its disappointment that Brim
mer, ttoallegM'irfekry, is not to be
that promptitude in punishing crime is
a great aid towards its repression, and
cites with approval a practice which it
alleges prevails in Philadelphia of put
ting upon trial immediately men who
are caugbgred-handed in the commission
of offences and about whose guilt little
doubt can be felt. This expression of
opinion on the part of- the "New Era is
likely to be popular, but nevertheless
we believe it to be a wrong opinion. Iu
our judgment the law should be admin
istered to all alike; its convictions and
acquittals should come speedily as well
as certainly ; but not with a speed tliat
may be unfair either to the prisoner or
the commonwealth. Every man is en
titled to plead not guilty and he is guar
anteed a fair trial. It is a necessity of
such a trial that he should be given a
reasonable time to prepare his defence ;
and also that he should be tried by calm
and unprejudiced jurors. It adds noth
ing to the dignity of the law or to
the respect which it commands to " rail
road" a prisoner to jail in the first mo
ments of his arrest. There is too much
of a flavor of lynch law about such
baste. It is prompted by the excitement
in' the public mind; but that very ex
citement forbids an immediate trial,
because it forbids an imparlinl
and calm jury. When a- commu
nity has prejudged the case of an ac
cused person, he is entitled under the
law to have the place of his trial
changed to a county where such
prejudgment has not been had ;
aud where he is tried among the
people, against whom his offense has been
immediately -committed, Ln may in all
fairness demand that he shall not be
tried while the public feeling is in its
first red heat. Brimmer's alleged offense
was committed on last' Saturday, and
his demand that his trial should not
take place immediately was reasonable
and could not have been refused in our
judgment by a just judge, whatever may
be the rules of the court in this regard.
We quite agree with our contemporary
that the conduct of the officers of justice,
and up to the very judicial seat, has not
been such in the past as to inspire un
limited confidence in the minds of the
people that justice will certainly be
metnd out to all criminals, especially
those who command political influence.
We have so said repeatedly and we have
come under the ban ot the judges fur so
saying. But we do not as yet see any
thing in the case on hand. to warrant
any further declaration of this kind or
to substantiate the reflection of our con
temporary upon Judge Patterson, who
presides in the court this week, for his
failure to force Brimmer to trial. The
New Era says :
Id the faoe of the well-known fact that
the ends of justice have in the past been
delayed and frustrated by the conduct of
those whose duty it is to stand between the
public and the violation of law, the post
ponement of the ti ial of Brimmer is cot cal
culated to allay public suspicion or todis
arm criticism. The district, attorney, the
special counsel for the common wealth, and
the grand jury acted promptly, and we
cheerfully award them the credit 'due.
We deeply regret the postponement of the
trial to another term, for we hare reason
to know that the application of a little
Philadelphia justice might have been a
great aid in bringing others of the gang to
justioe, who will now fall back on their
often-expressed confidence that those
whom they have served by their peculiar
methods of the past will get them out of
trouble in the future. This may have
been, and we hope it was, an idle boast ;
but we know it has served as a stimulus
to hold the gang together in a brotherhood
of rowdyism and, crime, and is still one of
their bonds of union.
If it be true that the firebug gang have
reason to be encouraged in the further
prosecution of their crimes by the fail
ure to try their arrested associate at
once, then a very much greater harm
has come upon the community than
though all its property was laid in ashes ;
for its temple of justice will be in ruins.
We see no cause in the proper delay in
this case to declare this hateful thing ;
nor wiUwo until we find that' thispris
oner is not to be fairly tried and certainly
convicted if he is proven guilty. Let us
have certainly in the punishment ot
crime '; and reasonable celerity ; but no
lynching or railroading ; and no prema
ture aspersions upon the officers of the
law.
m ae
Mere Treable tar tie Stalwarts.
The Stalwarts of the state are meet
ing with greater troubles than, they an
ticipated in securing the endorsement of
Cameron and the ring, through the suc
cess of their .candidate, Beaver. The
revolt of the white Independents has
produced unexpected fruit, and the
colored voter is coming to the front,
vigorously demanding the right to vote
as he pleases. .Ever since the enfran
chisement of the negro as a voter a few
of the pretended leaders, who, if they
have not more brains have more brass
than the average colored voter, have as
sumed to direct aud dictate how the
entire colored vote shall be cast, and have
gone so far as to demand and receive pay
for their influence in controlling that
vote. Tiring of being used as the
marketable property of W. IX Forten,
W. L. Nesbit and a few others who have
captured the organization of the Equal
Bights League, to run it for their indi
vidual advantage, the colored voters of
Pittsburgh last week held a meeting to
protest against the actions of these as
sumed leaden. Mr. Smith, colored can
didate for jury commissioner, was the
principal aaker, and denounced the
way in which the State League is
operated. The resolutions denounce
"Forten, Nesbit and tlie entire ma
chine," and declare that the " State
League has made its last sale of the
colored voters of Allegheny City to the
bosses of Philadelphia." The colored
voters of Wilkesbarre on Saturday last
held a similar indignation meeting, and
did not stop at denouncing the leaders
who were making arrangements to sell
their votes, but went farther and de
clared their intention to support the In
dependent Republican ticket, which they
declare is the' J representative of the
underlying principles of the' Bepublican
party. ' t ..
In addition to the revolt"- among the
colored men of Pittsburgh and Wilkes
barre, a colored Pattison club was last
week organized in Harrisburg with a
flsflffibership of-twenty-foor, -and-to cap
the climax of negro independence, a new
paper called the Spectator, owned and.
edited by colored men, has made its ap
pearance in Philadelphia, flying' at its
mast the entire Independent ticket. The
Spectator is said to be backed financially
by Bobert Purvis and James Stills, two
of the most influential colored men' in
the state. It is particularly bitter against
Forten, Nesbit, Casey & Co., whom it
charges witli making, money by the sale
of the colored vote at every election.
Mr. Cooper will need to be looking
closely along his lines, for when there is
trouble in the colored ranks there is good
cause for uneasiness iu the camp of the
bosses.
Senatok David Davis sits down on tbo
rumor of his approaching marriage ; and
that settles it.
Jay Gould cavorting as a lamb ou Wall
street, with Mr. Cornell iu close pursuit
armed with a big pair of shears, must have 1
been an edifying and instructive spectacle'
even for the hardened habitues of Change.
" Sutrnunous syntax" comes high
over in Jersey, where a small boy has jut. t
been fined $2.12 for indulging ever so
slightly his penchant in that direction.
Millionaire politicians might make a note
of this.
The Bcpublic's safe. This my seem
to be a broad assertion, with the Star
Route thieves still out of jail, but then
the remark is simply made with reference
to tbo excursion steamer about which so
much apprehension has been felt.
The tone of Mr. Dorsey'?. references to
Wayne MacVeagli twins to indicate a
prescience on the part of the eminent 8tar
Router that the subject of his vituperation
was soon about to start him on the road to
the penitentiary. Abuse is the dernier
ressort of all vicious and desperate crim
inals. Counelx. seoui.s to be struck between
wind aud water by the blind pool "
bomb, and the enemies of the New York
governor are using it for all it's worth. It
was a cold day for Alonzo's aspirations
for renomiuation when be went into Wall
street, however genial may have been the
eiiect of tuo temperature on his pocket-
book.
That the means are justified bv the
ends sought has long been au exploded
theory, and yet this is precisely the defense
made by those congressmen who voted for
the river and baibor bill. Doing evil that
good .may come is something too abstruse
for tbo comprehension of the average
voter, and this fact will be impressed with
startling distinctness ou these same con
gressmen before the Ides of November.
Tiieue aro signs that Representative
Henry S. Harris, of the Fourth New
Jersey district, who clouded a hitherto
good congressional record by his persis
tent support of the river aud harbor steal,
is to bo left at homo this year, where he
won't be able to perpetrate any similar
mischief in the future. He secured the
nomination by the skin of his teeth but a
formidable bolt is organizing against him.
Dn, Bradley means well, but perhaps
he don't know. Mr. William Connell may
be a very worthy peison and altgether
competent to represent the Scranton dis
trict in Congress. But the Honorable
Jo, who got his bill for a publio buildiug
passed in exchange for his failure to vote
against tbo river and harbor steal, has a
mortgage on the nomination, and he is not
likely to permit his, constituents to forget
it, either.
The outside spectator viewing the con
test in tho Third concessional district of
Louisiana, where it scorns likely either
Kellogg or tbe fragrant Aoklen is going
to slip in, may not perhaps be able to re
tain a degree of composure equal to that
displayed by the old woman who witnessed
the historic encounter between bcr hus
band and tho bear ; but the result has
about tho same concern to people not en
tirely lost to all sense of political de
cency. Contkollkk Pattison has a persistent
way of sticking to his work of controlling
in Philadelphia. The alarm of suporser
viceablo friends at tho prospect of his
being unable to attend the Grangers' pic
nic, where Beaver and Stewart are on the
programme for a hand-shaking matinee,
seems to bo uncalled for. Wo are quite
sure that tbo controller's line of action,
whether he goes to the picnic or stays in
Philadelphia, will not lose sight of bis
duty to the desk at which he was placed to
take care of the interests of the city. It
is thi faculty that has given Mr. Pattison
his strong bold on the publio regard, and
it is iofinitely more effective as a.campaign
weapon than tbe most persuasive hand
shaking performance.
A KUHOK UttNIKD.
The Report of Senator DavM O&vls's
proachlng Marriage Untrue.
Ap.
The relatives and intimate friends of
Senator David Davis, denv the rumor of
his approaching marriage with a wealthy
widow residing at Fayetteville, N. C. Tho
truth is there is not the least foundation
for sush a report, and the various rumors
about the coming nuptials of tho president
of tbe Senate with wealthy widows who
live in different parts of the country which
have been telegraphed time and time again
are evideutly the work of Newspaper cor
respondents who obtain their information
from unreliable sources. From tho rela
tives and most intimate friends of Senator
Davis it can be authoritatively stated
that all reports of the senator's coining
marriage are utterly untrue. He is ex
pected home about the middle of Septem
ber from the East, and he mar possibly
visit Europe in company with Mme
relatives at Scranton, Perm., Liter in the
season.
Lyaefaed by SeMIera.
Byraer, who killed McGaraey, sear Fort
Lynn, Col., was taken from jail at West
Las Animas and hanged by a mob of
forty-eight or fifty men, supposed to be
soldiers from the Fort Major Brayton,
commanding at the Fort, is exercising all
the diligence in his power to ferret out the
wno composed tbe mob.
ANOTHER LETTER
SKNATOkt HOSSEX'S FKOZEN rAUTS.
Moael Befbrmen of Peaaaylvanla Dorsey
Advising tbe mildest to shove a
Democrat late BU Cabinet.
New York Sun Correspondence.
Ex-Senator Dorsey, while watching as a
somewhat interested party the Star Route
trial, lives with liis family on Vermont
avenue, in the immediate neighborhood
of the Arlington. His parlors are seldom
free from callers, especially since the pub
lieation of letters written byhimtoQen.
Garfield after the Chicago convention
The ex-senator answers with entire free
dom and with characteristic off-handedness
qaestions by seekers after knowledge
touching the interesting period between
the Chicago convention and Garfield's
entrance into the White House. His
knowledge, step by step, from Garfield's
nomination till he was inaugurated, and
even after is complete. ,
" Considerable has been said at times,"
remarked Mr. Dorsey, "of tho part I took
id tho management of the campaign. I
consented to take a laboring oar at Gar
field's most earnest request, expressed by
himself, and repeated presistently through
others whom ho sent to overcome my ob
jections. Our relations for many years
had bceu of the olosest description. When
he was in Washington, ia all the years we
were in Congress together, became to my
house nearly every day, and our associa
tiau was most intimate and satisfactory so
far as I knew. He woald not take no for
ah answer, and accordingly I went on the
committee, and labored as I did. It almost
takes one's breath away to think of that
campaign, of what was done for Garfield,
and by whom, and how he turned against
us."
Conversation turning on the construc
tion of Garfield's cabinet, and especially on
how MaoVeagh was brought in, the ex
scnator was luminous in his recollection,
aud narrated the circumstances with earn
estness. "It was," ho said, " ono of the
thiugs I could not listeu to for an instant
without protesting. I wroto Gen. Gar
field, who was constantly seeking my
views, a number of letters with tbo view
of drawing him away from the purpose of
tamng Mac V eagu into ins cabinet. It was
as early as tho middle of December that
we first exchanged views ou the subject,
and I never ceased my efforts to dissuade
him from tho purpose."
" You say, you wroto Gai field frequently
protesting against MaoVeagh. Did you
discuss the cabinet question at length?"
" I left nothing unsaid that occuried
to me, as my letters will show. There arc
a number iu that letter book I think,"
taking up a letter book lying ou the table.
Turning over tho leaves, ho continued :
" Yes, there is ono which I wrote Gaifield
when he seemed immovablo as to Mac
Veagb. You may read it if you like."
To the suggestion that its publication
would piove interebting, Mr. Dorsey
said : " I have no objection in the world.
It may as well come out now as any time.
There are a great many of different kinds
more than I supposed before I looked at
them lately."
Facilities for taking a copy weio fur
nished, and here is tbe letter : '
No. 241 Fifth Avesue, New Yobk,
February 17, 1881.
Oen. Jas. A. Garfield. Mentor. Ohio :
My Drab Genekal : I have been think
ing a good deal of your suggestion ro
specting the appointment of Wayne Mac
Veagh as a member of your cabinet. Tho
more I consider it, tho more thoroughly
convinced I am that it will be a' grievous
mistake. I have beard so much about thin
re'orm business that I have stopped to
consider just what it is and what it means.
I am weak enough to believe that the re
form element of the Republican party is
the element that formulates its policy and
directs its purposes and achieves its splen
did results. Thosa results have been sat
isfactory to tbo couutrj for twenty years
and have made us a great and prosperous
people, and have given us the liberty that
tho whole world admires.
Now, what does Mr. MacVcagh repre
sent ? Has he got a party, a policy, or an
idea that is better and stronger or purer
than that represented by tbe regular Re
publican organization ? Do you know
MacVeagh ? Do you know his history ?
Have you any knowledge of his personal
character ? If not, why in the world don't
you inquire ?
He has been the paid lobbyist of the
Pennsylvania railway for a great number
of years. He is the man who appears for
tbem on all occasions, He is charged
with, and I believo it to bo true, debauch
ing the Legislature of Pennsylvania time
and again, and of robbing that common
wealth of many millions of dollars in tbo
interest of the corporation ho represented.
If there ever was a corroptionist, his name
is Wayne MacVcagh.
Pursuing his Pennsylvania training aud
in obedience to his natural instincts, ho
went to Louisiana and debauched the Leg
islature of that state to turn Packard out
so that Hayes might remain in. Know
ing what I do of him, and of his class, I
think, upon the whole, he represents tho
best reform element of this country a
bribe taker and a bribe-giver, who tries
to shield bis own criminality behind the
holy look ol his heavenly turned eyes and
continuously asserting through the public
press that he is a reformer. The only
good'tbat can be said of MaoVeagh is that
he is the son-in-law of a great father-in-law.
With me that would condone much
of his wrong doiug, falsehood and assump'
tion. -
The ouly reformer that I know of iu
Pennsylvania is Aleck McClure. For years
bo was a professional poker player aud
general gambler. I am told he has deter
mined to quit gambling, and has turned
his attention to tho publication of a re
form newspaper. McClure wants Mac
Veagli and MacVcagh wants McClure
both representative reformers.
MaoVeagh has always been a forager
between the two great palitical armies,
and invariably adhered to that army which
had the largest commissary.
Now let ns take another view of this
question. If you think that any minority
iu this country ought to bo represented in
your cabinet, why not select a representa
tive of a respectable minority,? What is
the use or sense in appointing a man who
claims to represent fifty thousand votes,
aud ignoring a minority that represents
more than four millions of votes? You
have been elected by a bare majority of
the people tho minority being the Dem
ocratic party, not the pretending reform
ers. Now, why would it not be a wise
thing to appoint, not an " erring brother"
as one of the seven in your cabinet, bnt
a well known, able and outspoken Demo
crat, and appoint him as a Democrat rep
resenting the Democratic party, and who
can sit at your cabinet table and disenss
with the majority the rights of tbe minor
ity? I believe it to be one of the wisest things
that any president ever did, and if I were
to be inaugurated on the day you are, I
should look about to find one of tbe best
representatives, one of the ablest, and one
of tbe most upright of the Democratic
leaders of this country and hand him a
portfolio in my cabinet, with a clear under
standing that he camo in as a Democrat,
to represent the Democratic naitv. and
nothing else, with no possible obligations
to the power that appointed him. In my
judgment it is a mere matter of time, and
I think a brief time, that I think a presi
dent elected by one political party will
give some eminent momber of the other
party a seat iu his cabinet. I think the
people of this country 'will demand that
we minority, waen it is large enough to
be respectable, shall have a fair and honest
hearing. When you are thinking about
putting a man in your oabjt upon the
catchword of reform, who represents noth
ing and nobody except his pretensions
righteousness, is it not well to eeasider a
great minority that I have suggested ? Is
it not well to recur to these luge and com
prehensive ideas of government, that I am
sure you possess, and put them in an
active and effective prgauisation.,-
Of coarse n. one setter than you under
stands the-differeeoes between -our gov
ernment and that of England. You were
r made president by a majority. You will
bold teat once for four years, Tne next
election followiug your inauguration the
other party may get control of both
Houses of Congress and frequently do
Under our system thero is no means of
changing the executive. Under tho Eng
lish system' tbe controllers of that govern
ment go out or come in by the votes of the
people, and that change may be made at
least once a year. Now, if I were in your
place I would distinguish my administra
tion and create an era in the politics of
this country by putting some leading
Democrat in my cabinet instead of a lead
ing idiot.
Advice is very common and you have
lots of it. Wisdom is very rare, and I
have none of it ; so what I havo to say I
leave for that kindly consideration that
you have always extended to my sugges
tions. Sincerely yours,
S. W. Dorsey.
PKR80MAI.
William D. Howells, tbe Boston lit
terateur is confiued to his room in London
with an unromantio attack of mumps.
Wx.E.Fitzpatbick, of Milwaukee, who
claims to bo the heir to tbo throne of Ire
land, has been writing to Mr. Gladstone,
the -British premier, to nrge upon bis royal
sister Victoria that she -renounce her title
to his country.
"Blaine" writes a Saratoga corrcs
pendent, " stopped before a liuo portrait of
Horatio Seymour aud alter studying tbe
face intently he said : ' A noble face, and
trustworthy. It beeins almost a pity that
such a man could never have been presi
dent." '
Senatok John F. Mjxlek, of Califor
nia, has this to say of tbe Democratic gu
bernatorial candidate iu his state :
" General Stoneman, the Democratic can
didate for governor is a good man and a
strong candidate. He is a popular man
and an old soldier."
MiNisTF.u Mouton is a constant theatre
goer, and is the first American minister
since Washhurne who has been able to
gratify bis tasto fully. He has leased the
proscenium box at tho Grand opera, Paris
aud sits directly opposite the French presi
dent with whom be is on pleasant terms.
Senator Plumb, of Kansas, was given
a roubing welcome when bo reached his
homo at Emporia in that state, a few days
ago. The local papers report that bonfires
were ablaze, and that " the senator, who
sat iu a baroucho drawn by four white
horses, was serenaded by three bands of
music."
Judge Edward A. Thomas discusses,
in the North American Review, the value
of oaths in courts. In his judgment the
oath should bo entirely dispensed with, as
doiug more barm than good. Ho declares
that tbe conscientious man will tell the
truth, when legally called upon to do so,
as thoroughly without the oath as with it,
and that honest persous aro seldom re
strained by the utmost solemnity of form.
In short, ho believes that the oath has lost
its force as a restraint, and is merely the
formula of au exploded superstition.
A UttUKKN UODSEUULD
A Youug Kngllahman Klopes to America
with Ills llenoructor's Wife.
On an order of arrest granted iu the
supremo court by Judge Donohue in New
York, a young man named Lilford Arthur
was arrested and locked up in Lndlow
street jail. Ho is now confined, not having
been able to procure tbo $2,000 bail fixed
by the order of arrest. Arthur is a hand
some young Englishman, with a smooth
face aud fair hair. Ho was until recently
employed by Mr. Eric Bayley, the English
actor, who brought Burnand 'splay, "The
Colonel," to this country and managed tho
company that performed it hero. It was
upon an affidavit made by Mr. Bayley that
the order of arrest was issued. Tbo order
is in the nature of the obsolete ne exeat
writ, and it was granted because Mr. Bay
Icy swore that young Arthur was a resi
dent of London, England, and because
there' was some reason to believo that he
would leave this country to evade the
action which Mr. Bayley avers he is about
to bring against him in the supreme
court. In this affidavit Mr. - Bay
ley says that he was married niue
years ago, and lived 'happily with his wife,
Mary Matilda Bayley, until recently. Ho
has one child, a boy eight years old. He
employed Lilford Arthur as his secretary,
and when, in Juno last, he returned' to
London, England, whore his wife and son
were living he took Arthur with him.
Soon after their 'arrival in London, he
says, Arthur surreptitiously begewto cor
respond with Mrs. Bayley. The intimacy
between them, which this correspondence
fostered, culminated on July 27 in their
departure from England for New York on
board tho steamship Furnessia. He fol
lowed them hero and found, ho says, that
Arthur had put All's. Bayley into a biding
place. He made peaceable efforts to see
her, but tbey were resisted and nullified
by Arthur, and he charges that sho has
committed acts of infidelity to him with
that young man. Arthur says be did not
wish to talk about the cause of his arrest,
and was very sorry tho troublo has become
public, because a lady's reputation would
bo hurt by it. He also asserted that tbe
affair was either settled or in a fair way
toward amicablo settlement. Mr. Bayley
said that his indignation unfitted him to
talk about a young man whom he bad
treated as a friend, and who bad.repaid
him by destroying his domestic happi
ness. A Fatal Plaything.
Howard John, a fourteen-year-old son
of A. F. Johns, with a number of smaller
companions, was on his father's porch, at
Shamokin, engaged in boyish sports, when
suddenly a pistol shot was heard, and
young Johns fell to the ground bleeding
profusely. His companions were horrified
and ran away. He was picked up and
carried into the house, where every effort
was made to save bis life. Tho physicians
probed for the ball, which entered the
right sido of the head, but were unable to
locate it. After two hours' suffering he
died. An examination proved that the
fatal shot was fired from Mr. Johns' pis
tol, which the boy in some manner got
possession of and carried iu his pocket.
The causo of the pistol exnlodincr is not
known.
Folger and the new York Uovernorship
A Herald reporter found Secretary Fol
ger seated at a table in tho Hoffman house
yesterday with a friend.
"Good day, Mr.Folger."
"Good day, sir."
Is it true that you aro willing to be a
candidate for the governorship ?"
" I don't think you had better ask mo
about that."
" Good day, Mr. Folgcr."
Htraokond by Llchtalag.
Mr. William Godwin, living near Raleigh,
N. C, was instantly killed by lightning
while sitting at the breakfast table with
his wife and. children. All the other mem
bers of the family saw the; ball of fire
pass through the room and strike him,
but no one else was injured.
TEE FIELD OF lPOLlflSi
DELAWARE lJBlSgAT IJT COPjitolxj
if
Stockier Nominated, far GoTernor on the
First Ballot Tbe Sltaatloa la Utber
farts or the Country.
When tbe Democratic state convention
assembled' in Dover Delaware, on Tues
day, many persons thought that J. Turpin
Moore, tne Laurel man, wbo has lots of
money and ao children, would- be nomi
nated for governor in spite of 'his' trrimer
ous letters of declination, but that notion
was done away with shortly before dinner.
Mr. Moore telegraphed to Secretary of
State Wolcott: "You must not present
my name to the convention . I cannot and
will not make myself miserable to gratify
other people." When the delegates saw
that they began to talk of ex State Sena
tor Charles C. Stock ley, and when they
went into the convention hall it was pretty
well settled that Mr. Stockley would be
nominated on the first ballot.
Switbin Chandler called the convention
to order at two o'clock and J. Wilkins
Cooch was elected temporary chairman,
with Horace Mustard as secretary. The
same officers of the convention were re'
elected upon the permanent organization
a few minutes later. Alfred P. Robinson
thou got up and voiced Sussex by nomi
nating Mr. Stockley for governor. The
nomination was seconded by Louis, C.
Vandegrift, on behalf of the young Demo
crats of New Castle county. John M.
Honstou nominated John H. Paynter and
Dr. Fowler nominated Robert H. Davis,
of Sussex county. It did not require long
to take the first ballot, whicb, giving
Stockley 138, Davis 45 and 5 to nobody, ,
settled the nomination. Tho blanks re
present Sussex Democrats who do not like'
Mr. Stockley.
All the Paynter men went to Stockley,
as it was understood they wonld. Mr.
Paynter is regarded as just about as good
as a sou- inlaw '1n Mr. Stockley 's family
and it is said that an effort will be made to
put him through for the United States
Senate in place of Mr. Saulsbury.
The cift of the nomination for governor
to Sussex left Representative Martin out
in tbo cold. New Castle county furnishes
the nominee for Congress in the person of
Charles B. Lore and ho was nominated by
acclamation His nomination is 'regarded
as particularly strong.
A platform was adopted commending
the economical administration of the state
government by the Democrats, and also'
commending tho common school system,
condemning tho Ncal case, favoring re
form in tbe judiciary and increased repre
sentation for New Castlo county, indors
ing the assessment laws, condemning the
tendency of the Republican party to mixed
schools, favoring tariff revision, condemn
ing tho Star Route frauds, national extravagance-
and HubbeM's political assess
ments, arraigning Republicans for sup
porting " Dorsey and other plunderers,"
for tbe Mabono and similar coalitions an
for creating and maintaining an army of
office-holders.
BIVMTGOMKKE XMSHUCKATS.
All
Kutuuslaxtlc Convention and a Strong
Ticket Humiliated.
The Democratic county convention was
held at Norristown, Tuesday, and though
tho weather was unfavorable the attend
ance was largo and the interest well sus
tained. After the organization was effect
ed a communication from tho Constitu
tional Prohibition Amendment association
of Montgomery county, asking for the
nomination of candidates favorable to
their ideas for Senate and Assembly was
received, read and placed on file, with a
resolution earnestly recommending tho
subject to the consideration of candidates.'
W. II. Lutton, of Lower Merion, was
nominated for senator over J. V. Gotwals,
of Norristown, by 83 against 01 votes.
John C. Dannehower, Theodore M. Har
rar, John Lindcrman, L. H. Davis and
Stephen D. Yerkcs were nominated for
Assembly, and Francis Baxter for jury
commissioner, The nominee for senator
was introduced and spoke in a eulogistic
manner of tho state ticket. Charles Hnn
sickcr, James Track, Isaac F. Yost, A.'S.
Hallman and J. L. Morrison were ap
pointed congressional conferees. Tbey
aro uninstructed, but believed to be favor
able to the nomination of George W.
Rogers, who was recently defeated by
B. Markley Boyer for tbe judiciary nomi
nation. Bedford County Uomocrafs.
In the Democratic county convention of
Bedford, conferees wero named with in
structions to support A. H. Coftroth for
nomination for Congress. The senatorial
conferees were appointed without instruc
tions. R. (J. McNamara, of Bedford, and
W. Hughes, of Everett, were nominated
for Assembly, John W. Hershberger for
poor director, and Hiram Lentz, jr., for
jury commissioner. Tbe convention was
large and harmonious.
HE VOTED FOK T11K STJSAf..
Congressman U arris' Constituents TVitii
urauiug Their Support From 111m.
Feeling against Henry S. Harris who re
ceived the Democratic nomination at the
Fourth New Jersey congressional district
convention, is growing in his own party,
and his defeat is confidently predicted.
Harris defeated Goueral Kilpatrick in his
run for Congress by 3,000 votes. Harris
gave good satisfaction in Congress until
lie voted for tho river and harbor bill be
fore and after the veto, which,hurt him
very much. The Hunterdon county Dern
ocrai now withdraws support from Harris,
and will carry a large constituency. Tbe
Democrat says it cannot support a traitor
to Democratic principles, and says further
that as it cannot support a Republican it
will remain out of the canvass on the con
gressman question.
VAS31NU HOUND THE HAT.
Hnbbell'a Committee Hard at Work la the
Department.
The Republican congressional campaign
committee is not dismayed by tbe criticisms
passed upon it by the public, either in the
newspapers or out of them. The hat is
being not only held out, but passed around
with great persistency and application. As
tho respouses to the circulars asking for
voluntary contributions to the extent of 2
per cent, wero not responded to satisfac
torily, all stories to tbo contrary notwith
standing, agents of-the committee are
now going through tho departments with
a fine-toothed comb, as it were. The
postoffice, the printing office, the
interior and tho pension offices, have, it is
said, been ransacked. One clerk, who
paid $24 as bis " voluntary" contribution
to the campaign fund, said to a friend that
he knew better tbau to resist, for .-bis ex
perience had taught him that it did not
pay. Several years ago he was in another I
uepanmenc wnen me nat was passea
around and had neglected to pay anything
for the cause. Soon after be was dropped
with a very distinct intimation that ho
owed his loss of a place to bis neglect of
tho committee's invitation to contribute.
With great difficulty be procured another
situation, and, rather than be thrown out
of employment he choose to pay the 2 per
cent, called for, although he could not af
ford it. Tbe other departments are to bo
visited in the same way, except, perhaps,
tbe treasury, where the clerks feel a sort
of protection under Secretary Folger's
letter to Mr. A. Thomas.
The Secret Oat.
Philadelphia Record..
A. Herr Smith, of Lancaster, votes
against river and harbor bills and other
jobs, and besides is an obnoxious person
generally, as a consequence .Lancaster
city gets no publio buildings. The same
way with Reading, the fourth city of the
state. If these cities want public build -
-r7T srn :
ing thff will have to ns
d trading
oa$2?qpxKZJLQt
A Transaction WaiekgcaaoJaUsed theVUlJE
ei voiiege. Petat.
A novel matrimonial transaction has
just come to light at College Point. N. Y.
Henry Talg is one of the oldest and best
known German citizens of the town. He
has lived a lifo-of single blessedness for
nearly sixty yean, lut qf, late Jias desired
ajpartnerof his joys and sorrows. Fred
Burgin is a traveling scissors grinder.
Some weeks ago Talg agreed to give
Burgin $200 should he be the means of
procuring him a good wife. In dne time
Burgin was the agent by which Talg aud
the lady who is now his spouse were
brought together. Talg promptly paid
ease came up for trial before Justice Sut
tars, when the defendant put iu au ap
pparance, but not the plaintiff. The lady
and Talg both attended court and were
there and then married by the justice.
The caso has created much scandal in the
town.
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I
riandsome Mew seenery That rHas Been
Added to the Stage fcff.)g;iM-.Bv r I .
Yrckera UoieTul Hfcspis Mil
' Manager Ycckcr has been making hay
while the sun shines by adding a large
amount of handsome new scenery to the
'opera house, and having the old scenes re
paiuted and freshened np. The work has
occupied the attention of Mr. Richard
Farren. a well-known and successful
scenic artist 'of Boston, son of the
actress of that name. From a glance at a
number of the principal additions and
ijnprovesient3,ia the scenic effects 'of tbo
opera housestage, tbe playgoing public
may bo assured 'of -new attractions' that1
have long been, needed, and whichnow,
that they have been secured make the
opera houseja pleasanter, place than ever,.
anu win no uouoi prove ui great astusiance
in giving' proper effect to Abe many- exceM
lent plays that aro to. bo given there this
season. urn .u , i . ' i ,i
t The chamber, scenes, eight in number,
comprise ' a two door fancy in blue arid'
gold, with largo figures, repainted, rrwui
the old and familiar scene iu which the de
sign was a eolarau ; a centra scene corre
sponds ; tbe oak scenes, double arid single
doors, ana admirably done, as are alsq.tjhuj
plain chambers in neutral colors. An en
tirely new fancy chamber with sal
mon panels and very piettily bor
dered, is quite an addition to tbe stapo
e'Jtects. There is a 'cottago flat," clever w
painted, resresentiUgavioe climbing grace
fully up the ' side hi) a house, witli a
btidge cIoeo at hand over a stream and
with a road loading up to a barn in the
distance. Tho kitchen scene is neat .and
vv. A verv firmwnndi aeena re'rireMmta
(fla denso growth of foliage, a road leads
inrougn mo iorcsc, ana an tuo cuecm are
very naturally wrought ; a heavy border
depending from the flies and apparently
shutting out all light completes the con
ceit of a dark.and gloomy forest ; there is
Sn entirely new landscape, a cottage flat
and landscape, an exterior house scene, all
Of which aro finely painted, and a number
Of others. Mr. Ycckcr states that the
artist is now engaged on a garden scene,
snow scene, rocky path, palace arch.street
arch, set tree, set cottage, &c., which
when added will complete the scenic prop
erties of tbo opera house and anbwor the
requirei.Jeuts of nearly any ordinary
dramatic representation.
; Prof. J. F. Surmann, the accomplished
musician wbo during tho latter portion of
l.ibt bca&on led tho opera houso orchestra,
and who tbo present snmmer has
been winning golden opinions, in Buffalo,
N. Y., will occupy the Reader's . chair
ilnrin" tho enminir season, and he
nromiscs natrons of tho ' opera house '
to furnish plenty of now and pretty music
by tho best composers. 1 no foro of
ushers is to be augmented by . two new
ones, aud Manager Ycckcr announces the
Durooso to do 'all in bis power tdwards the
accommodation aud convenience of tho
nlavcoinc imblic. Ho states that tbe num
ber of first class attractions , already bool g
oil is very targe, ;iuu sujr tuo uuuuun jii
tho season is gratifying.
Tbe season, as has heretofore been an
nounced, will be virtually opened on Fri
ll ay night of this week, when the justly
celebrated Barlow-Wilson minstrels will
delight our citizens with one of their
charming entertainments. George Wilson
has many imitators but no rivals, and the
entire troupe has been selected with a
view to putting it at the pinnacle of min
strel excellence. The success of the
effort is attested by the triumphs scered'
at the very outset of the present tour.
,' QAP tXKis.j ( J
Tho Mens From Salisbury Township.
The tobacco crop in this neighborhood
is fair, but pn the average not as heavy as
that of last 'year. 'Among the many Ann
crops is that of Jehu 'and Thomas 3. 'Marsh
of this place. Tbe majority of it meas
ures 38 inches in length by 23 inches iu
width. William C. Herman has as acre
of very fine tobacco on" the Cle'mson,'
which was set out but eight weeks ago,
and it now averages 3G by 22 inches. Geo..
Seld6mridge has the largesf'stalk of the
weed that wo ever saw, the leaves mea
suring -191 inches in length by 26 inches in
width. Jehu Marsh has just completed,
erecting one of the largest tobacco .sheds
in the neighborhood. ' ' - '
Manv of onr citizens who were disap
pointed in going to tbe iseashore with thV
last excursion, aro making preparations to
go with-Haverstick & Clark's excursion
to Atlantic City on Friday. The fair from
this point is tho same as tho last, $3.70 for
the round trip. Tickets good for two
days.
The ladies of tho M. E. church are mak
ing arrangements to hold ? a festival Hcrt),
on this Saturday afternoon and evening.
Proceeds for. the benefit of the church. -
Rev. Charles Johnson delivered an Io-'
quent and interesting sermon in the Mt
E. church, on Sunday evening.
Christiana's three day festival termina
ted on Saturday evening, being a, succcssJ
A bright spot in UebUbiiaan aansoury-;
the Gap school ' district Pattison 31,
Beaver 17, Stewart G.
Mr. Hayes' Vint JLedder.
D. D. Hayes, qf,the. LaFrnce steam
fire engine company, Elmira, N-' Y.. is iu
town to-day to see our firemen 'ana the
fire committee of council, with a view of
having tbe Hayes fire- ladder introduced
into this city. Mr. Hayes states that he
cannot now exhibit one r Of tho Hathlcr
here, as orders for themC exceed capacity-
of tbo company to manufacture, but be
will pay tbe eXpeSses'df 'tbe fire committeo
to Philadelphia if they will visit that city
aud inspect ladders there in use.
Assault and Battery.
Michael Ruhl appeared before Alderman
McConomy this morning and made com
plaint of assault and battery against a
yong man named Shrood. He testified
that Shrood and another young man were
quarrelling, nd that he had interfered to
stop the trouble, when Shrood threw a
stone at him and very badly cut his arm
atthe elbow. A warrant for Sbroad's ar-
Bar. Ma Hark at Be:
' KerjiJ. Max Harki'tte.patorof'thoJ
Moravian congregation , of this city, on
Sunday delivered an' address on Foreign
Missions at the celebration of the third
missionary jubilee of the Mwraviau ehurcb,i
at Bethlehem, Pa. Rev. Dr. 'A. C. Thomp
son, of Boston, Mass.jjWho baaloctured
at Andover and Boston oa Moravian mis
sions, was the orator of the occasion.
fl0bnthaaalnoeieuaedtofay tbe.r-J
niift'.astiHwd
f' TUT? OTTiR
TER SESSIONS.
or AVUVST COURT.
The mek-lfacaaiaa forgery Vase Occu
pies the Eatlre aietaias; Session
Testimony oat Beth SMes.
Tue$day Afternoon. Bessie F. Spicer,
it r
John Roberta aliat Fraaci. colored.
from H. Z. Khoadee jewelry store and a
watch from Henry Winner. He was sen
tenced to six and a half months imprison
ment. In the case against Edward E. Beck,
Wm. Clark and George Watkius, ch;
charged
osf of
win asnuiagt taoaeif I
tenced to four years' imprisonment.
James Ryan plead guilty to the larceny
of some money from Kirchner's hotel, this
city, and was sentenced to six months' im
prisonment. Cora'th vs. Benjamin F. Markley. of
mmsmsmt
aaie mrDor, assault and battery. The
em-
irbor.
who alleged that tho defendant threw him
tdownwf stHdrhija on July 25. The de
fense was that' Dougherty came to defend
ant's notei on uus day and was very dis
orderly. He was ordered to leave, but he
refused to go and defendant struck him,
fearing that be would be assaulted him
self. The jury rendered a verdict of not
guilty, with prosecutor to pay one-third
and defendant tjwortbixds ,of the costs.
'Irwin Rineer, convicted of fornication
and bastardy, was sentenced, usual.
James MeMahon plead' 'guilty to the
larosayof aTvesttasdllffoi frost' Jacob
Pontz, of this city, and was sentenced to
two) months and two weeks. The property
bad .been restored, tbe defendant.. 1 1
Com'th vsl ' James' Murphy,' larceuy.
Tbedefetadaawas .fjtfsjed ' bOfficer
Mercer of the city police force for drunk
enness'sosM; weeks ago:hiWhen arrested a
lot of goods were 'found on him, isclud
iugwacoaf. Wat, blablM,1 slippets and
a gold pencil. Theso, goods, were. after
wards 'fritchtined T by'Mrsi 'MarFShultz,
frdnt'wbora vthey1 . had , basn.Btoleb The
defense was that the goods were given to
Murphy wtilehert was. drank. iTae jury
rendered . verdict of gnilty, and the de
fendant ,W4 Muteuiif . Iq seMeto months
imprisonment. '
i ''The grand jury returned the following
bills:
True liilUWn. Krug, larceny ; Jacob
B. BaeliUi:iu and DrCvrua Fries, forirerv:
J6hufik. tareesyHahry H. Green,
-'burglary :utlilaxceuy ; Wm: Monroo and
Edward Wauuer. rape ; Martin Foreman,
fornication anil bastardy ; Christian Ris
ser. alius . De Villa Strauss, forgery ;
W. W. 'rlhriim; WdtefrJimalf bsnyiag
concealed wearMjn8.;rFj04lerickiBksz, sr.,
and Fii'durick Hletr, jV4 'violatrHg auction
laws. Adam Dicbl, fornication and bas
tardy. M.n v Metzgerv defrauding land
lord. Ignored II. M.Sawyer, violating liquor
law, comity for cost, f.,F.. Bean,., Lemon
Horiiei, Levi ft Smith and Ellsworth) Ur
ban, malit-ioiis mihchicf, with county for
costs; Clinton Hubs aud Philip Lefcver,
larceny.
Com'tli is. Dr. Cyrus S. Frick, forgery.
It was c!i:eI by the commonwealth that
the. ileft-inlaiit, forced tho warned of John
M. BAchm.ui, a carpenter residing at West
Willow to an older for $5 ou Amos Uarn
isb, a firmer. From the testimony of
John It. Bachinan, son of tho prosecutor,
a hoy aged between 14 and 15 years, it ap
peared that ho parcu'ascrl'a watch for $5
from Dr. Ft ick 'some ' tratein May last ;
ou tbe 20lu,i of .,lhat month the
doctor , btopi-d tbo witness and asked
him to pay' for the watch; he told
bim that ho had no money, whereupon the
doctor' proposed that he 'should write
ian order. onMr. iHaruivh.ifor whom be
worked, for, the amount ;ithe .witness did
write a part of such art order, and refused
to write any more : the doctor then wrote
(the order himself arid' 'signed it with tho
boy's fathers name aad gave 4 1 to tbo wit
ness to collect ; in order that the watch
might be paid for tbe witness presented
ihe order arid obtained the money from Mr.
Harnish. Witness further testified that
defendant admitted having written the
body of the order but did deny signing
Mr. Bach man's name to it. On cross ex
amination the witness admitted that he
did not pay the money to the defend int.
but spent it, as he did not think tbe watch
was worth what was claimed. Witness
admitted that he tbTu "Mr. 'lTirhish his
fatberhad .signed , the order ; the order
was nutpreseBted to tho prosecutor for a
month after the money bad be obtained.
Tbe-order wasrof(feredin evidence to
show,, ihatjthe wjriting jta Jhe pamo and
tbo body of the order wore the same.
.John M. Bacbman, whose name was
forged, was 'called, and he testified that
be never' signed1 'the 'Order, aad further,
tbat;Dr. Fnok, admitted i having written
the body of the order but nqt.be.iname.
Amos Harnish corroborated the first wit-
CThe'dcfcDM ealletl Dr. Frick.
He testi-
fied,thatone,daj 4be, boy, came, to, his
office and asked him to write an order for
hist ; the! wltaessl 'refused , U do so
and told the boy to get, , bis father
to writo it ; the boy said bis
father was always too busy aud asked
fvitrfsj t9vwtft6 hintpf coprjr witness did
write a'cepy, nattiagju tbeamount of $5
as a matter ot form, but told bim that an
Order was ant good uIesp$?!fattier;wold
sign it; witness then went out of the
1 store and. while he was gone the boy left;
heard noibjpg. more of the order until it
was presented to John M. Bacbman by
Mr. Harnish ; at that time young Bach
man admitted that he'sarraigabiiand pre
scnted the order as it from his father ; and
at tlntisiejUie father said, "the damned
little rascal, no has done this before."
The boy in thenresence of witness' father
and several I others, ( ifrbeq aaked how be
had written the name so-well, said he had
practised it ; be also said that he bad torn
aptbe copy which wituess wrote and
made another one with his father's signa
ture,'", jby (afteiwjkMlg stated that
he had'signea-tne nSrric to witness' copy.
Afterwardshe, told other parties that wit
ness had written tbe whole order, includ
ing ther.sigsatnre;.Tbe; witaess testified
that be could .apt. , say ppsititnly whether
I he had written, the body of this order or
not, but as duf'aot write tbe name; he
would not swear for certain that he did
aot write the body e It f ibifhaM not sold
a watch to the boy and tbeie was no
farrsrigemeatbifeeri:bnd the boy by
which aabrderJcoBklbe written to enable
the former to obtain money. Tbe boy
took a watch from the office of witness,
but afterwards.reiuraed itu
A number of witnesses were called to
corroborate the defendant in regard to the
different stories told by the boy as tohow
and by whom the order was written. Sev
eral witnesses testified to the previous
good charaster oft .tsavidefeadaaiy savers!
to the bad character of tbe boy for telrag
not guilty .with ooaaty for costs.
The "graed jwrV-'iLgiikW aft i Ibltowing
bilb i,JH 'I Vf'MfmnlT
True jBu George Brimmer, arson ;
George SiAoeabwger, playing games of
chancellor drinks ; Geo. W. Brown and
Benj. C. Herman, false pretense ; John
Finger, malicious mischief and assault
and battery ;,Wn,..M...IlMton. carrying
concealed' wPapons1: 'JoWpfc Lemon, as
sault and battery ; Wm. Dair,, assault and
battery,; John A. .Keener? and- J.icob
Strump, fornication and bastardy.
J5norfr-,WniiNowIen, Wm. McGmley
I Henry Smith; robbery ; W. C. Weis
sert, tramp, with county for costs ; John
j. -i 41 15 ?S
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pieaa gumy tmmgmf atfffle c
silk from the store of Metxgar & Haogh
maa, this eity, aad was sentenced to two
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