LANCASTER DAILY INTjLLLliGKENCEli MONDAY, JANUAKY S. 1S3. Lancaster intdltgcnccv. MOKDAY EVENING, JAN. 8, 1B63. Malsh Indicts Bliss. Mi. Walsh appears before the public i.. a letter te the president, which re in us unacknowledged by him, as does a letter of like import addressed te the aui ney general, Mr. Walsh complain;, t.i the president of this impoliteness of Mr. Biewsler : and one of the most re freshing sentences we haye lately read is that in which the opinion is expressed that "this violation of etiquette is the untie surprising occurring as it does in an office whose etiquette like its embellish -incuts is supposed te partake of the re naissance period." With this hard hit, however, the as sati't en our elegant attorney general ends, the heavy charge of the accust r being against Mr. Blua, the friend of the president, who was imported from New Yerk apparently te de the heavy firing upon Hie guilty Star Reute people, but -....iiv i. lUnu-t. tin slausrhttT SJiiSle save all that were savable from the burning. It will be recollected that upon the trial of Brady, Dersey and the ethe s Mr. Miss had nothing te say against Dersey, and left him te be mauled by Mr. Merrick and the attorney general. It seems from Mr. "Walsh's ac count of h;s testimony before tl.t grand jury, that Senater Kellegj was another lamb that Mr. Bliss w-. smIuieus te save, and that he did suc ceed in preserving him from indictment, although the testimony of Walsh against him wii3 direct and positive. Wah-h stfere that one of the contractors paid Kellogg and Brady twenty thousand dol lars for the expediting of his route, en-.--half te each, and that the money wei.t through his hands as banker, he being at the time in that business. The only reply made te this accusation by Kel logg's friends is that Walsh is unworthy of belief; but, as Walsh points out, his testimony has been accepted against Brady and the centract-r, and why is it net as geed against Kellogg ? Besides, he says that if he has sworn falsely he i indictable and he should be held ac countable before the law by these who say he is a libeler. But they de net touch him ; and he appeals te tl president te see that justice be done te himself and te these who accuse him and wliem he accuses. Tie is entitled te it. Mr. Uiewster should have answered his letter, l'essi bly he could net have done it without owning that he, tee, distrusted Colonel Bliss, and that would have beeu embar rassing, te be sure. The pnsi dent, also, should have answered Walsh, even though he would have had te admit tha Bliss was acting at his inspiration. That, tee, would have been embarrassing, but really if Mr. Arthur wants Kellogg and some of tlie rogues te go unwhipped of justice, he. might as well say se openly : for we will find out all about it anyway. Theje aie bad daj.s for concealing things. The Harrisbnrg .Sin ecu ice. When the Democratic Heuse caucus adjourned at llarrisburg last week te meet en Wednesday morning theie was pending a preposition te delay the filling of certain ellices prescribed bylaw for thirty da:;, se that in the meantime a bill might be passed abolishing them. These were two assistant sergeants at arms, two assistant doorkeepers, two messengers, an assistant postmaster, live pasters and folders, a janitor of the bas -ment and janitor or the wash room. Pending the discissien of the necessity for an assistant postmaster the caucus adjourned for a week", and since then attention has likely been called te the fact that the appointment of janitors is a matter of patronage for the speaker and net for the Heuse. Fer these or some ether reasons, it is reported from Harrisbnrg, that the preposition new is te dispense with five pages, five pasteis and folders, and the superfluous door keepers, sergeauts-at arms and metsen gers. As most of the members con sidering this matter have been at home no such new report has probably been agreed upon, though the exact details of it are net se iinpet l ant te the party and the public as that the Democratic Heuse shall give some earnest of its reform purposes by sacri ficing a part of the patronage attaching te it. Se far as the speaker and chief clerk have control of this we have no doubt, from their private and public pledges, that they will cooperate in this matter. Mr. Meek has already discovered leakage where there can be saving and we feel satisfied that he will dispense with unnecessary empleyes and save money wherever he can in the disbursement of the contingent fund. We are net will ing te believe that Speaker Faunce has already filled the superfluous and unau thorized office of speaker's clerk ; and if he will examine into the matter lie will discover that the work of the two jani tors of the basement can he done by one, and that all the duties of the janitors of the Heuse committee rooms are new performed by scrub women. The assist ant postmaster can easily be dispensed with. The duties of the chiet place are very light, and net greater than these of an ordinary $2.r0 government posteflice. The Senate manages te get along with one postmaster and se can the Heuse. But what particular ellices shall be dispensed with is net the chief consider ation. That will be proper subject for deliberate action and for a bill that must be put upon passage promptly. The public are satisfied that the Democracy can new postpone the filling of a dozen at least without damage te the public service, and that thelaw te be passed can cut off at least thirty in the two Houses. Fer the present the demand is that the Dem ocratic members of the Heuse shall give proof of sincerity in the cause of reform by sacrificing what is theirs te fill. Tiie alert newspaper correspondents have already discovered the chairmen of Speaker Faunce's principal committee?, and arc net slew te announce and com ment upon them. If, a? is reported, it is proposed te assigu Mr. Hassen te the head of the committee en appropriations, Mr. Amerman te judiciary local, Mr. Sharpe te judiciary general, Mr. Ziegler le ways and means, Mr. Walker te cor porations, the speaker will surely be cred ited with fair and even generous dealing te the several gentlemen who were mentioned in competition with him for his place. Ner will the general fitness of these selections bj challenged. The gentleman named are among the most prominent and experienced members of the Heuse. Of the elder members from Philadelphia, Mr. Furth is certainly the best adapted for the municipal corpora tions committee, and he should have i associated with him members from thai city who are in sympathy with muni cipal reform. As suggested by the Timci, the significance of Mr. Jamisen's ap pointment te the committee en passen ger railways, and of Mr. Crawford's assignment te tlie chairmansLip of the railroad committee will best be under stood when the entire make-up of these committees is announced. Beth are old members, entitled te some consideration by reason of their seniority, and if Mr. Faunce proposes te honor five of his principal opponents with distinguished place he cannot be accused of being in Ilue.nced by personal motives in taking care of his friends. But especially in the case of Mr. Crawford there is such a thing as having had tee much experi ence at Harrisbnrg. Seiu: of the people in the oil region de net have entire confidence that the united pipe lines, which issue the petro leum certificates that are dealt in as representing petroleum, have in their tanks all the oil they issue certificates for ; some oil dealers have this confi dence or say they have. If they have, it seems te us that they are a very unduly confiding people. Sure it is that it is the duty 01 the pipe lines te have the oil in possession which they say they have. But in this evil world it is net a safe business principle te trust te people doing just what they ought te de. The pipe lines may have the oil they say they have, but these who buy these certificates ought te have something better than their word te rely upon. The law ena bles the doubter te resolve his doubts by going before a judge and securing an order for the examination of the tanks, but this is done with tee great delay and cost te be an efficient protection. Be sides the jurisdiction of the Pennsylva nia courts does net extend ever the oil tanks in Xew Yerk. What the united pipe lines need te de is te have their tanks examined by committees of the oil exchange wherever requested by them and immediately upon their request. A NAiiKATivi-: comes te us from Siberia, via Massachusetts, detailing the discovery of the remains of some of Chipp's party, the discoverer being an American who was wandering around in search of a brother-in-law who had been exiled. The story did net probably impose upon many persons a belief in its truth, since it was clumsily concocted and full of improbabilities. The first one, that was quite sufficient of itself te discredit it, was that the letter had been in the possession of the Massachusetts man for several months, but had net been given te the newspapers because the men discovered were thought te be the ciewef some lest whalers and were net recognized as of Chipp's party. But even though the men were only whalers, the account of their discovery would have been quite sufficiently interesting te prompt the publication of the news, get up as it was in the adorned style of this story. Seme one in Washington who is acquainted with Siberia dissects the Massachusetts tale and shows its many falsities ; for instance, that no Bussian penal settlement, where an exiled brother-in-law could be .oeked for, exists within hundreds of miles of where the American traveler located himself and his discovery. In nearly every town in the slate there is a squabble ever notary public, in some places where the office is worth at most $200 or S:00, there being a dozen candi dates, mere or less. Gov. il'eyt says that when he came te Harrisburir he resolved te earn his salary appointing notaries, and that the receipts te the slate from the commissions of notaries appointed by him seldom fell below $10,000 and often exceeded that amount ; that he never refused te appoint an applicant whose geed character and qualifications were vouched for. If Gov. Pattison wants te escape the responsibility of deciding be tween candidates of equal merit and te avoid the heartburnings among these who "get left," he can consistently fellow in the footsteps which his pre decessor claims te have made ; appoint them all and swell the revenues of the state. TiiEiiE is a movement en feet, te secure a convention in Pittsburgh for the purpose of effecting "a general organization of the bituminous coal miners of the United States." The object is "te get the 170,000 mincis iu the United States under ene head for mutual protection and the pre vention of strikes. Each state will have its separate organization." A giikat victory for municipal reform has been achieved in Philadelphia by the successful union of the Democrats and Independent Republicans in councils te elect Jehn D. Estabrook commissioner of highways, pledged te a nun partisan ad ministration of that depaitment. His election was made easier by the sudden death of his picdecesser and chief oppon ent, Baldwin, but in any ovent the demand for a non-partisan municipal government has become se strong that it could net have Icen withstood. Articles have recently been published charging the United pipe lines " with issuing mere petroleum certificates than were represented by oil in the custody of the Hues." Oa Saturday the members of the exchange of Oil City adopted resolu tions calling attention te the fact that under the previsions of the act of 187S examiners may be appointed upjn peti tion te the common pleas courts, and concluding wiih an expression of full faith in the iutegrity of the company's management. Marshal T. Polk, the defnultinff tresis. urcr of Tennessee, has been arrested in SanAntenia, Tex. THE NEW 0BGAN1ZATI0N i'UJS 1IKMOCKATIU STATK COMMITTKK. Its JUeetlDg te Ortaulse The Ut or Mem bersThe New Kules Apportion- ment el Delegates. In accordance with the rules adopted by the last Democratic statu convention, the newly elect Democratic Btate committee" will meet ai the Bolten house, in the city of llarrisburg, en Monday, January leth, at 12 o'clock, neon, te elect a chairman, permanent secretary, and an executive committee of seven : and te transact such ether business as the committee m3y ue termine. In a letter te the members of the com mittee, accompanying the call Chairman Ilensttl says : "I appointed the hour at neon, as that is the custom ; but if it should be apparent that any of the members are prevented lrem arriving in mrriseurg ey that time, an adjournment may be made until a later hour in the day, as most of the members will doubtless remain ever the next day for the inauguration cere monies." Following is a list of the members se far as reported : STATK COMMITXKK. COUTi ilKMUKt'-. I'. e. ADIlSE-M. Adams AlU'Rlicny.: T. I). Casey Henry 310 iu.... Allegheny City Diamond street riltsbuiirh... .1. Wilsen Slean las. K. Jlenin..., 5th Avenue de. D & Grant st., Pittsburgh .. a Beaver Bcdterd Heading Martinsbur... Suyre Doylestown.... Butler, Galllzii: Armstrong I leaver licdlenl .... Itfik ttluir Ilr.nl tin 1... r.uckH Jlutlcr Cauibrla.... Cameren... Carben .... Centre Chester Clarien CleurUelil .. Clinten. . Columbia... Cntwtenl.. Cumberla'U I)aii)liin.... Delaware... Klk Kile Kuyetie Frunklln ... Fulton Ferest Greene lluntinxU'n Imliana Jeffersen .. Juniata Lackawuna. I. M. Ituclianan. A. Knlleln A. (J. W. Smith S. 15. 1.yslnjjer. It. A. Packer,.. Levi L. .lames. Jno. S. Campbell Mlcli'l Fllzharrls It. II. Fer.ttcr... Win. Ilcuiiiliill. Bellclente West Chester.. Uee. M.Brisbin.. a Osceola Mills .. I no. S. ISailey .. West pert Bloembburg ... Gee. K. JSlwcll... .-. L. Yetlur. Middlclewu las. II. Hoever. Uniontown . 11. J. McAtccr.... Harry W. Wilsen Hen. K KiiL'llsh. Aiuxnmlrl.i ... Indiana Brookville. ... Milllinteu'ii... a Jay. North Lanena'r 13 a li. h. Tewnseml. Smyrna -14 La rencc... l.i oanen ... 1. hitjli J assume.... J yceniiui;.. j.lcKea:i .... Mt-rcer JlilUIn .Menree W. 1J. Given (jeiuinuia New Castle.... aaasaaaaaa Alluntnwn Wllkesbarre .. Muncy ISivutlerd aaaaa Lewislewn.... Streudsbuu;... Norrlstewn ... Gee. IS. Gibsen.. iirl AVV."MiirtiVi! Kllieltl. Kisner. C. Mezley A. II. Uleiucr.... Thes. J. Frew... It. J5. Swarz Jno. W. nickel.. Montgem'y ainnteur ... Nerth'mu'n Xertlium'lu Will V. Uewart.. Sunbury l'erry l'lilla.lst li. " .-id " tth " " Sill " " t;iii " Till " " Mil " Pike 1'etter , Gee. MeGewan ii'JS. fitli Street Jes. 1. Kennedy iO'J " Win. t. liarrity. EcYiv. j'.'Bickin Edwin A. I'ue.. Bcnj. F. Delts... Michael Kiran... Jno. D.Bnldls.. .Jfl7 .................i -.017 N. leth St. . US 6.20ih St.... lSSSrarisliSL.. 2057 X. Mil St... Milferd Scliuylk'1-29 " -SO Snyder. .. Somerset. Sullivan.. Suq uelia' Tiega Union Venango . Wurrcn... Jus. r. Smith.... Mlddleburg... iluncy Valley. M.'.i.'r'iiiiiVps!! it. 11. Merser.., Juhu Hunter., Millliiibui- Tidioiue... Wash in 'ten Wavne.. Westmer'Ul Wyoming Yerk S. 11. Seacenl.... Jehn Blackford. Tunkhann-'jck. Yerk Apportionment of Usleates Under the previsions of the new rules, clsowhere nriuted. the apportionment of delegates te the next stato'eonvention v;ill ba as fellows : - P ,; c ss-s ? eisi :: :sui :; 17ii7 2 1323 1 5335 5 33 is ;: 185'J 2 3351 D 3055 ; 3400 :; 1371 11051 11 3970 i 4217 I 7770 s 35C4 4 4247 4 1SI 1 30C1 3 417S I G20O i; 3173 3 40H3 4 'Iffll 3 1130 1 .1072 5 4!1S r 2G12 3 30.VJ 3 3S2S 4 1287 1 2001 3 312.1 3 aies f, 275 1 4450 4 103S 1 3540 1 25G2 3 1893 2 2551 3 1:(S 2 2035 3 27211 3 4202 4 1755 2 277S 3 7U13 S 1770 2 1714 2 2IS4 2 2SG8 8 3 ...... 2 2 5114 5 2137 2 4M7 5 1770 2 20.14 3 10578 11 1061 2 S741 9 fOll 5 2074 3 3541 1 2Sl'3 3 1937 2 2005 2 1515 2 I11S 1 If 80 2 1212 1 1014 1 1527 2 1501 2 1574 2 1390 1 1709 2 3483 3 1979 2 1S92 2 2552 3 5519 C 3005 4 4053 4 2078 2 19 V; 3439 3 3105 3 4102 4 1219 1 2905 3 10SS 1 8.:? i 2S50 2 1933 2 2050 2 4210 4 1410 1 2271 2 874 1 319S S 2257 2 1401 1 2.SI7 3 IKS 2 52:!S 5 2S52 7242 7 1905 2 10139 10 i.ttiisLAuvc msrr.icr.s. 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Venango Warren Washington Wayne Westmoreland Wyoming ji eric. ...................... aw Ine New Ku'.trs. Following are the new rules for the ?ev. ernment of the party in this state : I. 1. The stale central committee shall ceu- sist of one member from each county, and in addition any county that is entitled te mere than one state senator shall have an additional member for each additional sen ator the members of the committee, te be appointed in such manner as the local reg ulations of the respective county organiza tions may determine. 2 The committee shall meet annually in the city of llarrisburg en the ;ird Monday of January at such place as may be desig nated by the chairman of the central com mittee, and shall at this annual meeting elect a chairman and permanent secretary (irem within or without its own member ship), and state executive committee, (from within or without its membership), and transact such ether business as the cemmitec may determine. It may at this or subsequent meetings fix the tinie for the state convention and arrange therefer. 3. Members of the committee unable te attend may, for any meeting, deputize substitutes te act pre tern, for them, but they must be voters in the county and senatorial districts which their principals represent. il. The chairman of the state central com mittee, its permanent secretary and seven Democrats (from within or without the state central committee and no two te be elected from the sanie county), te be elected annually at the January meeting, shall constitute the state executive com mittee te conduct the state campaign sub ject te the control of the state committee, and the officers of the state central com mittee shall be the officers of the executive committee. III. The representation in the slate conven tion shall consist of representative dele gates, ene for each 1,000 Democratic votes cast at the last preceding gubernatorial election, or for a fraction of 1,000 such votes aiiieuuting te 500 or mere in the re spective representative districts ; Provided that each representative district shall have at least one delegate. IV. These rules may be amended, altered or abrogated at any lime upon the recom mendation of the state central committee, or a state convention and by the approval of the subsequent state convention. scheduli:. Schedule These rules shall take eil'ect en the third Monday of January, A. D. 1883. m P NEWS FKOA1 IlAHIllSBUKU. Speculations About Sneaker Fauucu'ri Com Cem luttlees. llarrisburg Dispatch te Times. Ic is stated en the very best of authority that the leading chairmanships have been provided for. The committee en corpora tieus will no te Miijer Walker, of Erie ; ways and means te Zeigler, of Butler ; judiciary general te MacDowell Sharpe, et Franklin ; judiciary local te Amerman, of Lackawanna; appropriations te Hassen, of Venango ; municipal corporations te Furth, of Philadelphia ; cicy passenger railways te Jamisen, of Bucks, and rail roads te Crawford, of Philadelphia. I am inclined te think that some of these will get a pretty savere raking ever. Crawford's appointment it is very certain will excite comment which neither Faunce nor Crawford will enjoy. Zuigler will also have te take mere or less adverse criticism. Jamisen, who will go at the head of the committee en city passenger railways, has been in the Heuse a geed while and has plenty of experience. It will depend upjn the rest of the committee, however, whether the passenger railways are dealt with from the side of the public or the side of the railways. Furth wn-i about the best that Faunce could de for the head et the municipal corporations, being determined te have aPhiladelphiaa. Furth has au experience of one term iu the lleiihc. lle was always en tha right side of city questions. Furth's heart is right, if he only has tha head te carry his re spensibilities. Ne better appeiutments could be made than theso for the com- mittee en corpeiations, judiciary general and appropriations. Cuttlni; lluiv:i the Sinecure;;. Dispatch te l'ress. The cemmittee of the Democratic Hoiue caucus, te whom was referred the matter of cutting down the number of the Heuse empleyes, have agreed upon a report which will be pieseuted te the caucus next Wednesday morning. The committee will recommend the lopping off of the fol lowing useless offices : Twe assibtaut ser gcauts at arms, $800 : one assistant door keeper, $G00 ; two assistant messengers, $G0O each ; five pasters and folders, (i00 each ; and jix pages $'200 each. This makes a reduction of 10 cmplojes and a siviugef $7, GOO. There are left 31) posi pesi posi tieiiF, net including the speaker's clerk and the steickeeper's, for neither of which is authorized by law. nor are their sal aries of $800 and $1,000 each authorized. Last session Iluhn bulldozed the Heuse into payiiur ene of his henehmeti, named Tayler, $1,000 as sterekeepar, when a young llanisburger performed all the work for a small sum per day. A Una llesluniug. Dispatch te the Phila. Inquirer. Speaker Faunce is understood te have appointed a clerk te attend te his official bushies?. It has bean customary for speakers te appoint such an officer, but there is no authority of l.iw for the action. m aa ifc PERSONAL, Kev. Jeiix C. Smith, ene of the pio neer Methodist preachers of Indiana, died last Friday in Indianapolis. Rev. Hugh Miller Tiiomwen, of New Orelans, recently elected bjshep of Mis sissippi, has bean unanimously refused consecration by the Episcopal churches of the Spriugfield (111.) diocese. Edward W. Katssferd, cashier of the Corliss steam cngine company, and since Monday last alderman of the Tenth ward of Providence, Rhede Island, died en Sat urday morning. David C. Spooner, residing at Ne. 1512 Arch street, Philadelphia, fell dead en Saturday evening. He had been a sufterer for a year from heart disease aud his death is believed te have been caused by that ailment. He was in his forty-fifth year. LlF.UTEXANT COMMASDKR GeRRINOE, who brought the Egyptian obelisk te this country, v.ill be ordered te command the naval iron-clad tug Pinta en her veyage from Norfolk, Virginia, te her future sta tien iu Alaska. The Pinta will be ready te sail iu about thrce weeks. Colonel Edward C. Andersen, ex mayor of Savannah, aud president of the Ocean steamship company, died en Saturday morning at the age of G3 years. He was formerly an officer in the United States navy aud afterward-J a colonel in the Confederate army. Commander Herbert F. Gve, of the royal navy, while en his way te New Yerk en a Pennsylvania railroad train, en Saturday, was robbed et a travelling bag containing $100 in Greenbacks, a check for $4,-100 bolengingto P.Uti, .and another for $150, besides articles of jowelry. Pay ment of the checks has been stepped. William Seaver, editor of the " Drawer " in Harper's Mmjazine, die:! Sunday :n Meui.t Vernen, New Yeik, of pneumonia, alter an illucss of only two days, in the G9th year of his age. He was also a contributor te Harper's Bazar, and was formerly editor of a newspaper in Buffalo. Ex-Judge Ames Brisgs, of Philadel phia, who was defeated for re-election te the bench in STevcmbcr, and whose term expired en Monday, has begun proceed ings for damages against Philip C. Gar rett, the chairman of the Citizens' Com mittee of One Hundred, en the charge of libelling Mr. Briggswhen he rcas a candi date for re election. HYDE0PH0EIA. THE DEATH OP A YUUNU SUFFEKUU shuddering at Water Terrors et a Des j Hltc Current News or a Tragic Character. Harry Smith, aged 13 years, died en ( Saturday, at the residence of his parents, Ne. 503 North Thirteenth street, Phila delphia, of hydrophobia, the result of a wound in the hand received some four weeks age, from a deg whose owner is unknown. The lad was well-known at Wanamaker's grand depot, where he was employed as cash" hey, and where his brightness, geed nature and amiability made him an especial lavente. lie was going en an errand through the building at the time he was bitten, a stray deg that is believed te have followed seme custom crs into the bazaar snapping at one of his hands, which the uatertuuate boy was swingiug givily back and forth as he hur ried along. He reported the occurrcuce and was taken te a neighboring drug store, but it is said the attendant there declined te cauteriza the weuud, remark ing mat it would net amount tc any thing.'1 The wound seen healed and gave the boy no trouble until last "Weilnc-day, when it pained him some. On Friday he complained of sere thre.tt, aud his mother seut for a physical residing in the vicinity Dr. Wm. A. Durns, who was advised that the patient probably had diphtheria. Dr. Bums, upon examining the Mif fcrcr'tf threat, found it iu a normal ojut.i ejut.i ojut.i tien, and assured M:s. Smith that her son had no threat trouble, and in subsequent conversation with her ascertained that Harry had been bitten by a deg. Precur ing a glass of water, Dr. Burns approach ed the little p.i'.ient, saying, "see if it will hurt your tlneat te swallow a mouthful of water," aud was convinced from the affrighted manner iu which the peer lad turned shudderingly away fiem the water that it was a case of hydrophobia. The doctor apprised Mrs. Smith, as gently as possible, of the terrible truth, and thou advised th.it, as it was a case of se much gravity, the regular family physician should be sent for. Dr. Jehn Aincw, who acts as physician te an organization formed by some e! the empleyes of Mr. Wauamakcr, was then summeued, to gether with Dr. liinkle, but the mysteri eus poison had tee thoroughly suffused the uufmtunatc lad's system te allow of their efforts being of avail, except te ren der his death as painless as possible. It is stated that the treatment resorted te kept the patient comparatively free from fcpasms, and his death was unusually easy for one resulting from such a cause. Tlie Suicidal aCama. David W. Brown, a widower, committed suicide by taking laudanum, iu a hotel at Providence, It. I. Mrs. Lizzie Dunker, aged 58 years, com mitted suicide in Brooklyn, by jumping from a fourth story window. Charh's Perry, aged 22, member of a dry goods firm iu Washington, committed suicide by sheeting himself in the head. Dissipation was the cause. Moses G. Hauauer, a wealthy coffee merchant of New Yerk, was found dead at Fert Washington Point with a bullet hole iu his head and a revolver near by, ene chamber of which was discharged. It is supposed he committed suicide. B. M. Burdick, a well known dry goods buyer in New Yerk, committed suicide in a Brooklyn bearding house, by cutting his threat, Demestic trouble was the cause. He was a fine looking mau, about 45 years of age. Crime and Calamity. Charles Smith and a boy named Samuel Smith were diewned by the breaking of the ice whiie they were skating in the bay at Terente. A farmer named Hayman and a colored mau fatally shot each ether en a plauta I tieu near Ddtien, Georgia, and both have since died. A violent earthquake shook Northern Ohie between 2 and 3 o'clock en Saturday morning. People were aroused from their sleep and in seme places chimneys were tumbled down. The conservatory at Gelden Gate park in San Fraucisco, has been damaged by tire te the extent of $15,000 A valuable collection of exotics, which it will take years te replace, was ruined. Owen Linch was killed and Jehn McGo McGe McGo vern and Jehn McCarty wcre severely in jured by an cngine that was backing up te a train at Glcudeu station, en the New Jersey Central railroad. Russell Lester wcut from 3Itiscogce te Yiuila, iu the Indian territory, for the avowed purpose of kiliiug a man named Rutledge, with whom lie had quarrelled. When they met, Rutledge shot aud killed Lester. A Kiiuck Down Argument. Jehn B. Hendersen, ex-United States senator, and Den 3Iorrisen, cx-cengrcss-mau, had a fight in the circuit court room at St. Leuis, en Saturday. During a re cess, while waiting for the judge's return, conversation among the couusel turned upon the affairs of a broken bauk. Mor rison made seme remark, which irritated Hendersen, concerning the lattcr's connec tion with the bank. Hendersen looked up from a brief he was reading and said : " Colonel Morrison, you arc a liar.' M irrisen struck Hendersen en the head with a stick ami Hendersen knocked Morrison into a chair with a blew of his list. At this point thu respectable rowdies were separated by their friends, "and each expressed deep regrets for the very painful occurrence. " This is the third time within recent years that Hendorsen has been reported as usiug foul language and getting into fights in court rooms. A Itlackmaller In Trouble A further investigation into the matter of the missing court records which were said te have been picked up en Third street, Philadelphia, and sent anonymously te the rooms of the Cemmittee of One Hundred, was made en Saturday before Judges Mitchell and Fell. General Cellis, iu a sweru statement, charged that Colonel Themas Fitzgerald, of the Item, was the author of these and ether writings, all of which was denied by Mr. Fitzgerald under oath. Judge Mitchell said that the writer of the anonymous letter evidently had iu his possession the records of the court ; that there was further ovidence te show that the writer of these papers was Themas Fitzgerald, and that the court was of opinion that a further investiga tion should be had. The court directed that the papers in tlu case be handed ever te the district attorney, who may draw an indictment, and thus bring the matter be fore the proper tribunal. An Embarrassing Fire. The tauuery of the Wisconsin hide and leather company, at Milwaukee, was da maged yesterday by lire te the extent of about 25,000. The lira started in the office, and Shelly Kimball, secretary of company, who was there at the time, says it was caused by the explosion of an oil lamp. All the company's books and papers wcre destroyed. The affairs of the company arc reported te have bee n em barrassed. Our Tereign Fellow Citlzeup. A lirge meeting of Frenchmen was held yesterday, in Tammauy hall, New Yerk, te honor the memery of Gambctta. In front of the stage was a heavily draped catafalque, guarded by uniformed mem bers of the Garde Lafayette, en the stage was a portrait of Garabetta draped in mourning and in the tri color ilag. A meeting of German citizens was held yesterday in New Yerk under the auspices of the Turnveiein te devise means of relief for the Ftifferers by the floods in Germany. A similar meeting was held yesterday in St. Leuis, at which Dr. Emil Prajtorieus, of the Westliche Pest, presided. There will be a mass meeting en Wednesday night. WITNfcSS VALSU Sl'OKS. Light On the Method et Public Prosecutor. Jehn A. Walsh has addressed a lengthy communication te the president, in which he complains that a letter, ceuehcu in courteous language, te Attorney Gent k.i Brewster has met with ue leopense. ami that although a witness for the presccu tien iu the Star Reuto trials, yet an at tempt has been made te repicscut him a arraved against the government. In re ferring te his letter te Brewster he says : ' I submit that the terms of this letter were polite, couched iu the most respect ful language, te which in all ujurtesy I was entitled te an answer. This violation of official propriety, te call it by no harsher term, was the mere surprising te me, occurring, as it did, iu au effij-j whse etiquette, like its embellishments, is pop ularly supposed te partake of the renais sance period " Walsh charges the late grand jury with conspiracy te delcat the euds of jus:icc. and professes te be unab'e te understand the devious ways of the department of justice in the matter. His case, as he states it, brielly sunrued up, is as follews: On June 21, 1831, he tiled a suit in the district courts against Biudy for cash leaned him at various times in his (Walsh's) capacity as banker. This suit attracted the atteutien of the prosecution te him, aud iu Juue, 1832, he was summoned te appear as a wituess before the grand jury. He thinks the prosecution was unaware of the nature of his testimony or he would never have b.-iii summoned. Before the grand jury hj volunteered no testimony, but simply answered questions proposed by Mr. Bliss. His evideuce resulted iu au indictment being found agaiust Brady aud Price for conspiracy, but the name of Seuat jr Kel logg was emitted from the indict ment, although the evidence bere most heavily against him. He says Mr. Bliss did net mention the nature of his evidence te Mr. Merrick. A new grand jury was sworn in in July, 1832, but adjourned until Ojtebsr en the plea that there was in possession of the prosecution overwhelming ovidence against sundry mail contractors, lie (Walsh) had ;'e personal feeling as te the failure of the grand jury te indict Kellogg ; he had in giving evidence simply performed au un pleasant duty. Mr. Walsh calls atteutien te the fact that at the time of the failuic te iudict Kellogg nothing was said about his (Walsh's) evideuce net being worthy of belief. He had heard it rumored that Kellogg's name was actually included in the pte seuimeut, but mysteriously disappeared. Mr-Merrick called ea him au 1 asked what his testimony had been, saying he had received no official information from Mr. Bliss. When he repeated it Mr. Merrick's astenishmeut was profound, and he sa tl he would call the grand jury together, lie was summeued te appear before them. In violation of law the Spofford-Kellogg published testimony, furnished by a mem ber of the cabinet, was brought into the court room. The grand jury failed te indict, and at once the Brady aud Kellogg organs heralded te the world that a grand jury had failed te believe Walsli en oath. A day or two later, Kellogg iu an interview, said there was net a bill, check or voucher with his (Kellogg's) name en it. On July 17 he ( Walsh) gave te the New Yerk paper, and they published, his testimony before the grand jury, with copies of Kellogg's checks, telegrams and letters, and en July 20 a fac simile of a check drawn by Walsh te the order of Kellogg, aud indorsed by him, being a part of the $20,000 in postal drafts which Mail Contractor Price had paid Kellogg and Brady for expediting his service from Corpus Christe te San Antonie. Thesu postal drafts were given te Walsh, as a banker, for collection by Kellogg, one-half for Kellogg's account aud oue.half for Brady's. The failure of the grand jury te indict Kellogg, whiie indicting his co-conspirators Brady and Price, produced great discentaut ; but, when the July grand jury was called to gether, the conspirators peeled their issues and determined that the grand jury should net bolieve him (Walsh) en oath. Mr. Walsh farther enrages that, though overwhelming evidence against the Star Reuto trial has been accumulated, yet it has net been used. Yet with all this evi dence the prosecutaeu selected a case ler trial that, but for chance evidence, would have been thrown out of court, whiie it was iu possession of ovidence agaiust ether contractors niucu stronger, lie lttrtuer calls attention te the fact that Colonel Bliss,iu his argument, ignored Dersey. lle next refers te the arbitration new iu pre gress between some of the contractors and the government as commending itself te every public plunderer, and wonders why Dersoy, Brady ct al. are excluded from such a mede of settlement. In conclusion he calls en the president te remove Mr. Bliss. XKIUHUOKUUIID NEWS. Uvents Acress the County Llue. Reading is suggesting nominees for the mayerality of that city. Sixty jurymen have been drawu in Adams county for the court at which Ceylo, the Yerk cenuty murderer, will be tried. All the departments et the Lechicl works, at Stcelten, are in operation except the new Bessemer mill, which will resume in a few days. The beard of public charitias has ap pointed thrce women officials te visit the almshouse and the jail of Montgomery county, te see te the comfort and well being of the females iu these institutions. Application has been forwarded te llar risburg for the charter of the New Castle & Salamanca railroad, te extend from New Castle, Pa., te Salamanca, N. Y. It will be a link te the Pittsburgh aud Western system. At Uarrisburg whiie a 12 year old girl was engaged in lighting n street lamp the ilame was communicated te her oil-saturated glove, then her dress caught fire and before the llames were extinguished she was seriously burned. Harrisburg liremen are exercised ever the election of Thes H. Racd as chief en gineer of the lire department, and have consulted the city solicitor as te the legal ity of the election. It is claimed all the votes were net lawful, aud councils is ex pected te inquire into the matter. A convention of delegates from the hov hev cral agricultural societies of the state, in order te discuss some questions relative te agricultural fairs, the pi ices of admission thereto, the forms of tickets, premiums and premium lists, county bounties and ether questions of like iraportance te the success of such organizations, has been called te meet in llarrisburg en the 23-h of February. Police Cases. The mayor had seventeen customers this morning. Of these, eight were sent te jail for periods ranging from iive te thirty days for drunken and disorderly conduct ; two wcre sent te the workhouse for thirty days ; one boy who had been disorderly at St. Jeseph's church, was dis charged with a reprimand. The ether six wcre merely ledgers, who had sought shelter in the station house. They were discharged. Themas Heward, arrested for drunken and disorderly eouduet, was committed by Alderman Samson te the county jail for 10 days. Twe drunken bummers called at thu residence of the widow of the late Jehn Hartman, Arch alley, near the Quarry ville railroad last night, and wanted te ttay all night, refusing te leave when Mrs. Hartman ordered them off. She then called feassistance and the fellows left. A policeman was notified and went in search of them, but they escaped. THE TOBACCO MARKET. TIUUE IS SEKU I.KAK AND UdVASA. .''or the Week Kuilln;; s:lurclty. January , 10 A. Jl. Tee Tax Ouestiuu Uut Heme Market I'. S. Tobacco Journal. The year opened with au active market :e; bargains. Tee trade understands by bargains" efferiugs of leaf en which holders are willing te lese from 25 te 50 per cent , or mere. Iu old goods such are found ; as regards new goods, holders are very Sinn. They are waiting for the set tlement of the tax question, when it is expected the cigar business will open with a ' rush " It is claimed that the stocks iu the hands of manufacturers are se reduced that purchases must be made aud that the figures asked for line goods will be paid. We coincide with this view in some ro re spects, but assert that the purchases will be se small, fiem baud te mouth, se te speak, that very little satisfaction will ac crue therefrem te sellers, of whom the number is legion, here as well as all ever the country. The surplus of tobacco is se l.irge that nothing but a short crop and stoppage of the great importation of Su matra can relieve the market aud cause a rise iu prices. The sales of the week were : Pennsylvania Crep '30, 800 cases, at 10 te 13 cents. Connecticut Crep 'SI, 300 eases ; sec onds, 12 cents ; wrappers 22 te 30 cents. Ohie Crep 'SO, 250 cases, at 7 cents. Crep "81, S00 cases, af 3 te 8 cents. Sumatra New importations are coming iu rapidly. The demaud for dark, large stock is brisk, notwithstanding the stand still of business iu manufacturing circles. The sales iuu up 'te about 250 bales, at from $1 for medium te $1.20 aud $1.30 for line. Havana Maikct active. Sales 700 bales. Prices firm. The Tobacco Tax Muddle. Ne doubt everybody in the tobacco trade wculd like te knew what will be the outcome of the legislation iu Congress affecting their interests. Ne oue will dis pute that affairs iu Washington are iu a wi etched muddle. When men in the trade disagree, is it any wonder that cou ceu gressmeu fail te understand their wants ? The way the campaign is new being conducted is adding te the general coufu ceufu coufu sieu. Ihcreare three separate and distinct piopesitious before Congress. Many en thusiasts are trying te combine the three into one question, and are thereby mixing things most beautifully. Se different and distinct, are tluvse prepositions that we de net see hew it is possible te combine them. Firt, there is the tax question. Second, the prevention of a lower duty en imported cigars. Third, hew te increase the duty en Sumatra tobacco. Each preposition has claims of its own, aud a special argument for each is needed rather than a general one. If these argu ments conflict the result will be crude legislation, which caunet fail te be inju rious. We think, hewcvcr.a wise and aggrcssive leader who has a technical kuewledge of the trade, and who has a personal ac ac euaintance with congressmen, would ac cemplish geed results. On next Wednesday the Senate will take up the tariff bill. When the debate com mences it is likely that opinions of mem ber's will be crystalized sufficiently te count noses. Then there will be some basis for guessing. At present everybody is in the threes of uncertainty, with the doubtful comfort of knowing that something or ether iu the way et reduction of taxes will be had, but everything is dark iu the matter of lowering the duty en imported cigars and raising the duty en Sumatra tobacco. The PuilaUcliihla Market. Leaf. S.ed Leaf Cigar leaf is quiet for very geed reasons, as iu addition te the tax question manufacturers are new busy set tling with the government for last year's business, and ue goods can be sold until they are straightened and ready te begin anew. Stocks in their hands are light, se that trade must be splendid as seen as it is possible te have our friends in Wash ington anuounce their determination. Let it come, gentlemen, as quick as prudent ! Pricas held fairly steady under the circum stances. Havana Stocks are liar, and move off very moderately. Receipts for the week 120 capes Con necticut, 323 cases Pennsylvania, 31 cases Ohie, 02 cases Wisconsin. 1 115 casts Yerk State seed, 1 10 bales Havana, aud 23G hh Is Virginia aud Western leaf tobacco. Sales have been 90 cases Connecticut, 302 cases Pennsylvania, 20 cases Ohie, til cases Wisconsin, 49 cases Yerk State seed, 09 bales Havana, 20 hhds Virgiuir and Western leaf in transit direct te man ufacturcrs. (Jans' Repert. Sales of seed leaf tobacco reported by J. S. Gans' Sen & Ce, tobacco brokers, Ne. 131 Water street. New Yerk, for the week ending Jan. 8, 1333 : 200 cases 1881, New England, 14(h;30 ; 150 cases 1880, Pennsylvania, 8j((ijl2 ; 380 cases 1SS1, Ohie, 351 ; 107 1880, Ohie, 10j ; 100 cases sundries, 3(,17. Total, 997 cases. STATE OF TU1S LOLA I. 51AKKKT. OpiTatluim In LanvHuter Cuuuty Three Creps en the Market. "While the local markets are net con sidered blight the velume of sales for tlie last two weeks compares favorably with any two weeks for a long time, though during this last week the sales will net reach mere than about 300 cases. There are tumors of ether sales ; among them the sale within the last few weeks of ever 800 cases by Hildcbrand, of New Frovi Frevi Frovi dence, who has sold it te several different parties. Besides this he has sold part of his '81. This market must certainly be getting pretty well thinned out as te 'SO, and still there are buyers here almost every day making inquiries for it, and in all proba bility it will net he many weeks before it is out of the hands of the original packer. Manufacturers need it, and it is for sale. As far as "81 is concerned, some few let3 have been sold, but no lets of any quantity. Big offers have been made many packers for their short goods, and some few have sold them out, but net many. Helders of the crop seem te feel confident of making money out of it. Ou the ether hand some who held none are very anxious te cry it down aud predict less te holders ; but as it has large yield ing qualities, a geed sound leaf, and is free from blemishes, it must fellow that it will pay a profit and be useful te manu facturers. Buying of 82 gees en very slowly and it is claimed that these who have been buying are a little tick of their purchased. Of course this is said by these who have net yet bought ; but ene thing is very cei tain, mat there is mers damage in the crop than has been for years. The amount of Btem ret and mew bum is large aud some of our farmers complain very much about it. One of them says he never saw anything equal te it iu his life. He has seven acres aud say?, it will b'j half fllltr; aud seconds. Anether told us early in the season he had the best crop he ever saw. A few days since he was despondent. Our member of Cengies-s has at hint been gutting some work in and the fi nance cemmittee of he Senate- have agreed te put 75 cents duty en Sumatra. If both Houses could get something di tie, and h Sinai agreement as te the it rnal levciiim our cealers would led like doing biiM nc3s. Should these questions h settled favorably, there is no dc-ubs about the
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