LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER FRIDAY, JANUARY 12. 1883.
?lancaster intelligencer.
FRIDAY EVENING, JAN. 12. 1883.
Tne Fitz-Jehn Perter Case.
The United States Senate has finally
voted that Fitz-Jehn Perter was un
justly dismissed from the army and
that he should b9 restored te the rank of
colonel. The bill provides that he may
be put en the retired list by the presi
dent, and that he shall net draw any pay
for the time he has been out of the
army. All is granted that Gen. Perter
asked for, but it does net seem that this
was enough. Having been unjustly
dismissed, a simple restoration te his
former rank does net at all fill the
measure of the damage he has suffered.
He certainly should be at least given
the salary of which he was deprived and
the amount of which will hardly pay the
cost of the effort General Perter has
been compelled te make for his vindica
tien. Naturally lie uiu net emuanass
his demand for justice with any pecuni
ary consideration ; but the United
States should hardly be content
with yielding him se small a meas
ure of justice as this bill provides.
Only three llepublican senators voted
for Fit. Jehn Perter. We are glad te
note among them Senater Cameren.
The half-breed senator from Pennsyl
vania did net vote with him ; from
which Democrats may read a lessen. It
is that the strengesl. partis-ins are net
necessarily the most unjust men.
Senater Cameren stands as the rep
resentative of Stalwart and unbend
ing Republicanism in Pennsylvania ;
Senater Mitchell as that of a weaker
kind that pretends a Pharisaical love of
right greater than of the party. Rut
where the test comes and a clear que 6
tien of right and wrong is presented,
which does net have in it any leaves or
fishes, the half-breed shows himself a
half-breed, indeed, aud anything but a
champion of justice.
Seeds Time te Coel OR".
We print with much pleasure what
our esteemed but unamiable contempor
ary, the Ilarrisburg Telegraph, has te
say about the Intelligexcek, one of
its editors and the chairman of the
Democratic state committee. The Tele
graph has se long been for dishonest
legislation and bad government that it
cannot be expected te receive in due
spirit of appreciation the congratula
tions of its contemporaries at its pro
fessed change of principles with its
change of editors. Time may mend its
manners as well .as its morals ; both
have been in sad need of lepair.
As the Intkt.ugkxcek and the
chairman of the Democratic state com
mittee have been quite as zealous and
clamorous for reform since Iho election
as they were before it, the allegation of
the Telegraph te the contrary is only ad
ditional proof of the foundation for our
apprehension that the old Adam still
possesses our esteemed contemporary.
If it will Uiudly " single out '' what
the Democratic chairman really said last
summer about the "fraud in the print
ing of the legislative liccerd," insti ad of
what the 'lelcgraph hears that he " was
reported saying substantially," he will be
glad te make geed hisallegatiens. Mean
time the Tdearauh may find something
in de in nvnhiininir the " fraud " cf
net delivering the final numbers of the
lhcin-d ler months after the last session
closed ; and it may profitably give some
attention te the " report " current in
Ilarrisburg that the quality of paper
used in the Recerd published for gen
eral circulation in 1SS1, was net up te
that of the copies delivered "en the
hill," nor up te the standard new re
quired by the state printer of the present
publisher, who is a Democrat and net in
the ring.
Ex-Ceuxty Soucrrer. II. R. Fir,-
tex has been " amusing " himself, ac.
cording te the New Era, ' footing up
the results of his three years' services
among the legal and financial affairs of
tlif. rmintv :" and he announces that
owing te " his " services there has been
a net saving te the county of iy'il.tlOS -10
$20,fl9!U0ef this magnificent " lesult "
accruing from the difference in ee ts
paid in fees te aldermen, justices, mayor,
constables, quarter sessions and witness
bills during the three yeais of Mr. Ful
ton's term and that of his predecessor ;
and $34,109 from the difference between
the land damages " claimed '" by prop
erty owners, and these finally awarded
them by viewers and juries. This is all
very "amusing," no doubt, te Mr. Fulton.
These " results " recall the large nmu
ber of lives that have been saved by fish,
hooks en the part of people who did
net swallow them. Hew much did Mr.
Fulton draw from the county treasury
for " extra " services during his term as
county solicitor ? Hew much was paid
te ether counsel in county cases for
services which the county solicitor was
paid for and should have been able te
render ? And why don't Mr. Fulton
charge te the ' results " of his official
experience the destruction by fire of the
almshouse barn, of the lunatic asylum
and of Rinkley's bridge ail of which
losses the county suffered during his
term.
Oun Ilarrisburg correspondent throws
some light upon the way by which elli
cial salaries, supposed te be fixed by law
and made unalterable by constitutional
prevision, are increased by " riders" in
the appropriation bills. It would net be
entirely fair te say that the salary and
emoluments of Librarian Delauey's
office were swelled in two terms from a
little ever two thousand dollars te some
thing ever nine thousand dollars without
some pretext of legal form, but it is very
plain, as Gov. Hey t says in his message
of 1881, that all such legislation is uncen
stitutienal. Delaney is an ellicer of the
Senate and his salary is fixed by the act
of 1874, and being thus fixed, it is sub
ject te no increase or diminution during
its term. It will be pretended, or course,
that these " riders "in the appropriation
bills repeal that act, and that the pay for
his services during the recess is given
him as custodian of the stationery and
supplies. All this is a characteristic
device of the ring te reward a servicea
ble party worker with double pay. The
committee te investigate Delaney should
expose the whole business aud the Senate
should put a step te it.
There ha3 been a great deal said in
favor of the English system of civil ser
vice since the discussion of the Pendle
ton bill bsgau and net much against it,
probably because of popular ignorance
en the subject. A Mr. Shuckers, who
was private secretary te the late Hen.
S. P. Chase, delivered an address in
Philadelphia the ether night en this
subject, from which we print an extract,
and if the facts he states are true it is a
forcible arraignment of the English
system and makes a comparison that
i3 creditable te our system plan
of rotating public offices with the
changes of public offices from one party
te the ether. What the public want is
that the public business shall be done
honestly and economically. They are
net chiefly concerned that party workers
shall be rewarded nor that they shall be
debarred from office. Rut it is certain
that a secure tenure of oflice has its dis
advantages, and while it operates with
some meu te make them better officials,
it makes ethers tee independent for pub
lic accommodation.
Atteuxet Gexekae Palmeii de
cides that there is sufficient cause for the
suit against the Western Union tele
graph company, aud will cause a bill te
be filed in the supreme court of the state
praying that the contracts and consoli
dations of the company with ether tele
graph companies in the state be declared
void. Such a prayer can hardly fail te
be granted, since thesa contracts are ad
mittedly in violation of the constitution.
That the Legislature has net enacted a
penalty for the violation of the consti
tution cannot be urged as a reason for its
permitted continuance. It is one thing
te punish for a violation of the law, and
another thing te prevent the violation.
The hist, at least, may be done in this
case.
The Ancient Mariner of Coleridge's
fancy who found water, water everywhere,
but net a drop te ilriuk, was no worse off
than the average citizen of Philadelphia,
where the impregnated filth of the Schuyl
kill attempts te masquerade as nature's
beverage.
The Senate did mere honor te itself
than it did te Fitz Jehn Perter when it
passed the bill te retnove the stain that
has for tuawy years been undeservedly kept
upon a brave aud loyal officer. The high
est legislative body et the land could net
afford te deny this act of justice te a ter
ribly wronged man.
They arc having a highly sensational
time ever the Melville funiily quarrel,
which a geed many people consider net te
hoof public concern at all, aad ene that
should rather have had the veil of domes
tic s:uictity thrown around it te protect
it from the vulgar gaze of morbid cu
riosity. CeMMASUF.it Gyf. prebaby wishes by
this time he hadn't been se previous in
denouncing the Philadelphia reporteis for
their alleged misrepresentation of him in
the Albani "diamond robbery."' At this
range it leeks very much as though the
newspaper men had the bulge en the
doughty naval officer, and the whole
thing bjgiii? te wear the aspect of an
advertising dodge, rather awkwardly exe
cuted by the diva's brother-in-law.
Sevkstv-ktvk theusaud dollars seuuds
like a mighty big sum of money, but
after all it is peer recompense for a
blighted life aud a ruined name. The
findiug of the New Yerk jury in the suit
for seduction instituted by Miss Mary
Alice Almont Livingston against Heury
Fleming, the wealthy president of the
New Yerk refinery company, awards the
araeuut named te the unhappy plaintiff.
The ease has been a somewhat celebrated
one and figured conspicuously in the popu
lar gaze. The announcement of the ver
dict was received by the audience with
demonstrations of approval, but perhaps
that does net argue anything mete than
the natural sympathy that always exists
under such circumstances for a woman
apparently in distress.
ruiuiAi'S tne light against V indem ends
with hi nomination in the Minnesota sen
atorial caucus by a practically unanimous
vote, but it may be just as well for Mr.
Garfield's late secretary of the treasury te
wait until he is out of the weeds bafore
he begins te halloo Fifty Republican
members ttaid out of the caucus last
night, and Wiudem could only muster Gl
votes of the 70 uecsssiry te elect. Even
with the 12 votes whieh his friends claim
te held in reserve for him, he will still be
short of the requisite number, aud all in
all it may be said te be a very pretty
fight as it stiuds. In Illinois Governer
Cullem apparently has an easier row te
hoe, having beau named by the caucus for
David Davis' place after a spirited content
that ended en the fifth ballet in Cullem's
triumph ever Green 13. Rutin, his me.-t
formidable competitor. Just what will be
the offect of the resolution adopted by the
Illinois Heuso aud palpably aimed at Gov Gov
Cullem's aspirations, declaring any ene
ineligible for United States senator if
elected while in office of the state, has
net trauspired. It probably gives an ad
ditional phase te a problem that has been
for some tinie vexing three or four per
spiring patriots, but it is difficult te con
ceive by what process of roaseuing a sin
gle branch of the Assembly can arrogate
te itself the pjwer of thus summarily
tutting up the bars befere a candidate
who may be objectienablo te a majority i f
its own members though the choice of a
majority of the joint bedr.
m
Drlveu 10 Suicide.
On the Belvidcre division of the Penn
sylvania railroad in Philadelphia an un
known man deliberately placed his neck
across a rail befere the wheels of a pjs
ing coal train, and had his head almost
severed from his body. He was dressed
in workingmen's clothes, was about 34
years of age, and is believed te have been
a German. Poverty was dcubtless the
cause of the act. He had accosted several
workmen who were returning from work,
aud asked them for any cold feed that
they might have remaining in their dinner
kettles. Ne attention was paid te him,
andhe wandered the streets all night, oc
casionally seeking the shelter of a door
way, until ordered away by the police
When he approached the railroad track he
appeared te be almost exhausted.
I
KOW ULAXEt HAS BBCS FAIU.
S8.S05.G0 Fer Salary and Services In Tive
benslODH and The Interven
ing Kecesaes.
Special Correspondence of tne lyrEtLienscKR.
iIakiiisbukg, Jan. 11, 1S83. Delaney
professes te want investigation of his con
duct as Senate librarian. He should have
it. And, while he is getting it, it may net
be amiss te inquire what his oflice is for
and by what sort of hocus-pecus the in
cumbent of it, differently from any ether
state officer, manages te get double pay,
first the salary set dewnjin the statute and,
secondly by au equally liberal allowauce in
the general appropriation bill for " ser
vices during the recess."
Why should thcre be a Senate librarian.
Has the Senate a library. If net, why a
librarian ? If it has a library why is it net
merged in the state library ? Has the
office any ether reason for existence than
for Delaney's sake '.'
It is te be noticed that since Delaney
first get into the meal tub he lias drawn
iu the way of funds for alleged contingen
cies, ice, the following amounts :
18SJ Sawing and putting away woe.l.if 2S1 CO
ISoek cases l,e'J7 M
lS-il Postage, labor, express charges,
Ac 1,20" 00
Ucpairsanil bookcases 1,315 m
Desks, tables, &c 12S te
ISsi l'lwlajic, labor, exprc-s charge.-,
&C l,20i 00
Theso who will may bolievo that he has
honestly expended these amounts drawn
for repairs aud improvements. Tiiesc
who de net may have a chance te enlight
en the investigating committee when it
gets down te work.
Theso who will may believe that Dela
ney honestly expended an even $1,200 for
postage, express, &c, in the year 1881,
when there was a legislative session and
exactly the same even amount in 1882,
iclten there was no legislative session.
Hut this is net my picseat business with
Delaney. I tuist his investigating com
mittee will discover hew the money was
spent which he reported te have applied
te book cases &a., aud te postage, express
&c, and hew it comes that he needed as
much for these miscellanies during a i c
cess year as in a year of legislative session,
and whether or net the stamps bought by
the state were used te mail the campaign
life of Gen. Reaver all this for the com
mittee. Let us leek at Delaney's salary. The
act of 1874 creates his office, and fixes its
salary at s?S0O for the regular session and
$3 a day for each adjourned session or
$1,050, for a session of 130 days the ex
treme length. Sec. 11, act III of the con
stitutien says : " Ne bill shall be passed
giving any extra compensation te any
public officer, servaut, employee, agent or
contractor after services ahull hate been
rendered or contract made, nor providing
for the payment of any claim against the
commonwealth without previous authority
el law." Sec. 18, of the sanie article says:
"Ne law shall extend the term of any
public officer or increase or diminish his
salaiy or emoluments after his e'eetien or
appointment."
And yet, in the f.ice of these previsions
of law, these are the amounts Delaney has
drawn for "salary '' or for "services :"
ls7'J, Salary
Servieesdm
SS. Salary
1 si, Services....,
Services....
1SS2, Salary
SIJiiS
IiixKcc'.-v.. 1,20(1
.'.'.".'.7.7.7.7.7 i 2!i;,i:
I.SKI
2, I0S
1,500
:;,0!i?,co
l.bOO
Total in lour years f S,8 j.l.ce
Fer this (here is a shadow of authority
only iu lbs unconstitutional previsions
made for its payment by the Legislature.
Although the law of 187 1 fixed his salary
at $1,030 for a session of 150 days, aud di
rected that no greater compensation should
be voted by cither Heuso te any oflieor
thereof than is allowed by this act, yet,
despite the constitutional prohibition, it
has been the fashion since 1874 te inseit
iu the general appropriation bill a clause
that, each officer and emyloyce be paid pre
rata according te their salaries for every
day exceeding 100. Under this plain con
travcutien of the constitution the salaries
of the clerks, which the law of 1874 ex
pressly says " shall cover all services ren
dered by thorn at at regular or adjourned
sessions and during the recess," have
every session had 50 per cent, added te
them by the "rideis" iu the appropriation
bill, of which Governer Heyt took occa
sion te thus expre.-s himself in 1S81 :
Iu approving the general appropriation
bill, I think it my duty te say that the at
tempt made in the second Bectien te in
ert ase the compensation of the officers
aud employees of the Seuate aud Heuse,
by adding te their salaries ler every day
exceediug ene hundred days a pre rata
sum based en the amount of their said
salaries, is in my opinion a palpable vie
latieu of the eleventh section of the third
article of the constitution, which forbids
the giving by the general Assembly of
" extra compensation te any public officer,
servant employees, &c, after services
rendered or contract m tde." The salaries
of most of the officers and employees of
the general Assembly are fixed by the act
of May 11, 1874, in round sums and by
the year. This ciause of the apprepria
tien bill increases the amount te be re
caived by them probably fifty per centum
and is clearly within the constitutional
prohibition. This appropriation bill was
net received by me until the last hour of
the session and when no time was left for
examination thereof befere final adjourn
ment. As the item, in which this objec
tionable clause, in the nature of a rider,
occurs, contains the appropriation cover
ing the proper pay of all members and
officers, and a large portion of which had
been already advanced by the treasurer,
and as I am net clear of my right te veto
a portion of an item iu an appropriation
bill, I am constrained te approve the
whel e item with this pretest against such
ill considered and unconstitutional legisla
tion. This "ill-censideied and unconstitu
tional legislation " will account for the
increase of Delauey's salary in 1879 and
1881 from $1,050, as it is fixed by law, te
$1,208 and $1,200 respectively ;" and ex
plains hew Chief Clerk Cochran en a
legal salary of $2,500 manages te get
$3,7e0 a year and $1,000 for services during
the years wheu there is no session.
Hut even mere than this was necessary
te secure for Delaney the double pay, for
" services," in addition te his "salary "
as librarian, and consequently there was
inserted in the appropriation bill of 1879 a
clause giving him $1,200 for the recess
ending Dec. 81, 1879 ; and in the appro
priation bill of 1881 he is allowed $1,800
for the recess ending Dec. 21, 1881, and a
like sum for the year 18S2, of which it
appears that he had only drawn $1,.'J50,
when the last report of the auditor general
was issued.
By such gross disregard of plain censti-
AT HAKRISBUEGr.
tutienal previsions aa officer of the Senate
whose legal salary iu two sessions only
aggregated $2,100, has had his emolu
ments swelled te $8,805.60 besides the
" contingencies," notwithstanding the
constitution says his salary and emolu
ments shall net be increased after his ap
pointment. The question recurs " for what have we
a constitution'."'
HARRISUUKU NEWS.
The Western Union Suit te iie On.
The decision of Attorney General Pal
ruer in the matter of an application for a
writ of quo warrante against the Western
Union telegraph company has been by
him communicated te Messrs. Brewster
and Swayne, counsel for the company, in
these words :
" After giving the case the considera
tion demanded by the magnitude of the
public and private interests involved (and
the difficulty of the question is suggested
in the very able arguments of counsel) i
am of opinion that it ought te be submit
ted te the courts for determination and
in coming te this conclusion I have con
sidered the justice aud propriety of inau
gurating the litigation as well as the possi
bility el iinal judgment in favor of the
commonwealth. I de net see that a for
mal explanation of the reasons that have
led te this conclusion can serve any use
ful purpose. I shall immediately cause
a bill te be filed in the supreme court of
Pennsylvania substantially in the form of
that presented te you, and praying that
contracts and consolidations entered into
by the Western Union company with
ether companies in the state of Pennsyl.
vania iu violation of the constitutional
prevision and the general statutes, may
be declared void, and thai the said com
panies b3 perpetually restrained from op
erating under them."
THE UFIUUKKS EcECTKU.
Uouse Dcmecratlu Caucus Deelde Upen
Oilicers te lie Elected.
The Heuse Democratic caucus met yes
terday and the report of the committee te
fill the additional offices was reported,
exception was taken te it en account of an
apparently unfair distribution of the
favors. The lepert was finally referred
back te the committee and the caucus ad
journed until three o'clock. In the after
noon when the caucus reconvened the
names of Michael Grimes, of Lackawanna,
aud Russell, of Menteur, wcre suggested
as substitutes for message clerk. The
former was chosen. The substitution of
W.t W. Galvin, of Crawford for assistant
deer keeper, instead of James 13. Law
rence, of Bucks ; and of Frank Javius, of
Beaver, for paster anil folder, instead of
M. Dougherty, of Bucks, were agreed
te. The report as amended was then de
cided upon.
The efnceis as new selected and te be
reported for election by the Heuse are as
fellows : Message clerk, Michael Grimes,
Lackawanna county ; assistant sergaauts-at-arms,
Jehn Murphy, Montgomery, and
C. M. Hoever, Venango ; assistant door
keepers, Jes. J. Elliett, Butler, and W. W.
Galvin, Crawford ; assistant messenger,
Frank P. Killackey, Philadelphia ; assist
ant postmaster, James J. Meueghau, Phil
adelphia ; doorkeeper of the rotunda, Jehn
O'Flaherty, Erie ; pastors and folders,
Frank II. Stetler, Berks ; Frank Hend
ricks Lehigh ; Frank Javius, Beaver : M
J., O'Brien, Lycoming ; Jeseph Tippman,
Westmoreland.
Attorney (ieueral Fulmar's Keport.
The attorney general's report has been
presented te the general Assembly. He
states that the proceedings iustiruted
under direction of the Legislature against
the bogus diploma collcge have been
suceessfullyterminated,and all knew in in
stitutions of that character broken up ;
that the charters of upward of 200 "grave
yaul" insurance companies have been
forfeited by legal proceedings and that
questions of interest and importance have
been settled at the suit of the common
wealth. His total collections during two
years were $420.35 ; commissions $1G,e84
41 : excess paid into the treasury, $2,:84
41 : total collections during his term, $897
010.04. Dol.iney'rt Committee of Inquiry.
Ilarrisburg Dispatch te the Press.
President Reyburn announces as the
committee te investigate the acts et Sen
ate Librarian Delaney, Messrs. Emery,
Smiley, Cooper, Wolverton and Bess. The
report which this committee will make
can be guessed from its composition. Its
chairman is an Independent aud there are
two Democrats at the tail, but the Inde
pendents aud the Stalwarts are all friends
of Delaney.
ritOUKKDIXOS IN THE L.IXil3l..ATUKlS.
Seme Additions ' Ciimmittecs Imported.
In the Senate, after Garret's nomination
had been confirmed, the following officers
were elected te fill places reported indis
pensible te au efficient organization. They
were the llepublican nominees :
Message clerk, C. B. Kecch ; transcrib
ing clerks, S. M. Wright and Jehn J.
Cl'yde, jr., sergeant-at arms, Lemuel
Davis ; postmaster, Jehn Lippert ; deer
keeper. U. M. Tomb ; messeugcr, Charles
13. Verhecs ; superintendent folding
i rooms, Frank W. Manner ; pasters and
folders, Hubert Bey. W. S. Kreger, It. F.
Ileghlaud aud Franklin Itecd.
The chair announced the following com
niittees : Te investigate the official acts
of J. C. Delaney Messrs. Emery, Bess,
Smiley, Cooper and-Wolvorten.
Public Printing Messrs. Hughes, Beggs,
Aiuhelt, Sheaier audPatten.
Legislative Recerd Messrs. Cooper,
Grady aud Hall.
All the tiusiees of the Anthracite hos
pital, except Senater King, who declined
te fxrve, were confirmed.
In the Heuse
The time cf the Heus3 wa3 devoted ie
the reception of bills and petitions. Mr.
Mitchell, of Bradford, was qualified as a
member. Dukes is in Ilarrisburg but has
net as yet presented himself. When he
does se there may be seme Democratic
objections te his baing sworn, in but it is
understood that net a single Republican
will object. As seen, however, as Dukes
is a Democratic representative, unless he
at once, without a moment's delay, pre
sents his resignation as a member, some
ene en the Republican side will move his
expulsion.
The following committees were appoint
ed by the speaker.
Committee en rules Messrs. Zeigler,
Seidel, Schlichcr aud Voegthly.
Cemmittee en printing Messrs. J. L.
Brown, L. II. Davis, Furth, Hulings and
Clarke.
The two Houses then went into joint
sessieu, counted the vote for state officers
and adjourned until Monday.
The Heuse In Which Lincoln Died.
A joint meeting was held at Washington
by sub-cemmitteeB of the Senate and
Heuse committees en public buildings and
grounds te discuss the preposition t buy
the house in which Abraham Lincoln died.
The committees agreed te recommend that
the house be purchased at $15,000, which
is $5,030 less than the amount asked for it.
There is no doubt about the ratification of
the recommendation by the full nouse
committee.
A Shocking Ac-jident.
Samuel Wurster, an employee at Hof Hef
fcr's lleur mills, Ilarrisburg, was caught
in the machinery, Thursday, and almost
tern te piece . His right arm as tern
off, his left arm was dislocated, one of his
legs was fractured, his head was cut and
bruised, aud there is a deep hole in his
side, allowing his entrals te protrude He
cannot recover.
TARDY JUSTICE-
IT' TltAVEL-s WITH A LEAOKri UCEL.
Cameren I'leads :or Fitz-Jehn Perter and
the Rill Ter Ills lSeato.-atlen lases
the Senate.
Washington Dispatch te the Times.
The interest takeu in the Fitz-Jehn
Perter case was manifested ou Thursday
by the crowds which packed the Senate
galleries as early as eleven o'clock. It
was generally understood that theie
would be a short debate befere the final
vote was reached aud net even the incle
ment weather deterred hundreds of ele
gantly dressed ladies from gracing the
scene. It was conceded when the debate
closed that Senater Cameren, of Pennsyl
vania, had fuliy sustained his position by
his remarks and carried off tiie honors of
the occasion. He stated that he was net
in the habit of explaining his vote, but he
thought that the subject under considera
tion demanded that he -should state facts
which came under his observation which
proved General Perter at the darkest
moment of our great struggle te be as
patriotic as any man in the history of the
nation. He then detailed the circum
stances under which Perter, in April,
1801, then a major en General Scott's
staff, was sent te Ilarrisburg te aid the
state authorities of Pennsylvania in
organizing and forwarding troops te the
seat of war.
In support of the ability and zeal mani
tested by General Perter, Mr. Cameren
related au incident which occurred iu his
oifiee by which, he asserted, the sorvices
of General Geerge II. Themas were secured
te the side of the Union. Mr. Cameren's
story substantially of this incident was :
General Themas, then Majer Themas, was
stationed at Carlisle barracks. When au
order wa3 received from the war depart
meut directing Majer Perter te send the
troops then at Carlisle te Washington,
with directions te have them cut their way
through. Perter, with a quick perception
of the gravity of the situation aud show
ing a thorough knewledge of the fitness of
the man for the duty te be performed,
selected Themas and ordered him te le le
eort te him at Ilarrisburg. Themas ar
rived there promptly the same evening.
When informed of the duty te be perform
ed Themas hesitated and then began a
conversation between the two officers
which continued until morning.
Themas argued against the war, taking
the ground that the trouble had been
brought upon. the country by the Aboli
tionists of the North, and that while de
ploring it as sincerely as any man could,
the Seuth had just cause for complaint.
Perter took the position that he, Themas,
a3 a soldier, had no right te leek at the
caus3 of the trouble, but as an officer of
the United States army it was his duty te
defend his flag whenever it was attacked,
whether by fees from witheui. or from
within. Perter pleaded as zealously, as
eloquently as ever any man pleaded a
cause iu which his whole heart was
engaged, and it was this pleading which
caused Themas te arrive at a decision.
Themas hesitated and would hae pro pre
fened that the duty had devolved upon
auether.
Themas was a Virginian and had doubts
as te the advisability of the government
coercing the states back into the Union
that had by their Legislatures formally
withdrawn, but having that night decided
te remain with the Union from that time
forward there was no doubt, no hesitancy,
no wavering, but an earnest, hearty sup
port te the side which had for its motto
the maintenance of the Union.
In concluding Mr. Cameren said that
he believed General Perter te have been a
loyal soldier of the Union, and that what
ever mistakes he made were of the head
and net of the hearr. He knew there was
a prejudice against Perter in the minds of
many geed people, aud illustrated this
feeling by the following : " As te Fitz
Jehn Perter's action at the second battle
of Bull Bun, for which he was tried, I
confess my inability te judge. Able mil
itary men differ, both sides in my belief,
being equally sincere in their convictions
and both sides being anxious te de Perter
justice, and justice only, as they view
his acts."
Legan replied te Cameren, denouncing
Perter bitterly. At a few minutes after 2
o'clock the bill went te a vole and was
passed by a vote of 33 yeas te 27 uays.
Cameren, Hear and Sewell were the only
Republicans voting in the affirmative.
The opponents of Fitz Jehn Perter are
net particularly cast down ever the pas
sage of the relief bill in the Senate, be
cause they think they have it se fixed iu
the Heuse that the matter will never come
up for action aud it will die with this Cen
gross. There is a similar bill pending iu
the Heuse, which was rcfencd te the
cemmittee en military affairs and placed
in the bauds of a sub committee consist
ing of Messrs. Spooner, McCook, Steele,
Sparks and Bragg. A majeiity of this
committee the three first named are
opposed te Perter. The full cemmittee is
also opposed te Perter as things new
staud. Unless, therefore, some sudden
conversions, like that of Senater Hear,
should be made, the continued sleep of
the bill is assured. The Senate bill will
new go te the speaker's table, where, with
the speaker friendly te it, it might be se
arranged te ceme up for action. The op
ponents of Perter, however, assert that
the attitude of Speaker Keifcr is satis
factory te them, and they have no un
easiness en that score.
K&UNITKU IJY A CHILD.
A Family (estrangement landed Through
L.OVO Fer the Only Sen.
J D. Bunnell, of Carbondale, at ene
time a resident of Pert Jervis, while theie
en business, said that about two years age
his wife began proceeding for a divorce.
It was the old story an impulsive court
ship, a happy marriage and a gradual
estrangement. Mr. Bunnell made no op
position te the proceedings and seen
afterward the divorce was granted. Mrs.
Brunnell kept the euly child, a bright boy
of seven, and opened a hair dressing estab
lishment, and this fall went te Phiiadel
phia te live with her sister. Mr. Brunnell
had been employed as a commercial
traveler by a Carbondale firm. The little
boy proved a bend of union between the
two and a correspondence was opened be
tween them in relation te the child, iu
which many messages wcre exchanged.
Finally Mr. Brunnell proposed te relieve
his late wife of the expense of educating
the boy by taking the lad te the home of
his grandmother, in Carbondale. Frem
that place he went te Philadelphia. This
of course brought father and mother to
gether. The result of the interview was
tuc rekindling of the old love flames. A
reconciliation took place aud they resolved
te again unite fortunes. Mr. Brunei!
returned te Carbendale with the boy and
last week his wife followed and they were
again married.
A Victim el Oil Cfaxe.
Henry Miller, of Lawrenceville, is the
last victim te the oil craze. Miller left
that vicinity some years age for the silver
country, returning a few months since
worth $20,000, which he placed in an in
stitutien for safe keeping, and at the
same time drawing therefrem a moderate
revenue by way of interest. Entering the
Pittsburg oil exchange ene day he was
stricken with that peculiar mania known
as the oil craze, and accordingly drew his
funds and immediately invested them in
nil margins. Thursday he was at Oliver
Brethers & Phillips' Tenth street mills en
the Seuth Side, asking for a situation te
de laboring work.
A Father Finds a Missing Sen Dead.
A 13 year-old-son of James Deyle, a
prominent school teacher residing at Sho She Sho
nandeah, suddenly disappeared from home
last summer and nothing was heard of
hira until a week age when 3Ir. D yle re
ceived a letter from Danville that his seu
was lying sick at that place and desired
money te return home. The money was
promptly advanced and the boy's return
was anxiously awaited. Failing te ceme
Mr. Deyle started for Danville te investi
gate the matter, and was shocked te learu
that his son died from smallpox and had
been buried by the county authorities.
A Suit lSelwecu Knllieud.-.
Geerge M. Reed, master tu chancery in
the case of the Pennsylvania railroad vs.
the Somerset and Cambria railway Thurs
day, at Johnstown, took to&timeny en
behalf of the defendants. The Pennsylva
nia railroad claims possession by purcuase
from the state of certain lauds eccupied
by the new railroad aud asks for a perma
nent injunction. Chalmers Dick appeared
for the plaintiff and J. P. Linten for the
defendants. A. II. Coflreth, Engineer
Randelph, Pocler and ethers gave testimony.
Jle V.'nnts te Knew.
Hsrrisburg Tclegraph, Sudden Reform Or:.n.
The Lmcaster IxTP.M.icnxcKn. of
which Mr. William U. Heustd is editor,
says :
" The riarrJMuirg Telegraph is out for
honest legislation and geed government.
Can the Ethiopian tan his hide'.'''
Te which the Telegraphies this r-'y :
The Ethiopian cannot change, his skin.uer
cau the Lancaster IXTi:r,Mr.K:;cF.r. ileal
courteously or fairly with its i:iteni i:iteni
perarics. TV.e Ttlegraph U for
honest legislation, aud it doesn't
waut te change its skin en that
question with the Inthlmgkxit.u, bj bj
cause the Ixti:i.mei:xci;i: s skin ou the
question or honest legi&lar.ieu is net nearly
as white as the Ethiopian'.'. Mr. llensel,
as chairman of the Democratic state com
mittee, ran this campaign en the ciy e!
' reform aud honest ,uvernmeiil ;" but
as seen as the campaign was ever and his
party victorious, he was and is ai:
quiet as a meu-e en reform. The Demee
racy are in power, with the pledges te the
people that they will rcterm abuses and
enact purer legislation, and the Telegraph
calls ou Mr. llensel and his party new t
keep hi1; and hi-; party's; pledges te the
people In an interview last summer
Mr. llensel was reported a3 :-ayitig
substantially that there wns a great
deal of fraud in the printing of the
Legislative Recerd. If Mr. lleu.-j! said
that, he must have b.ien in possession et
the facts upon which te base his allega
tions, or he was ntteringa slander. New,
will the I:,'ti:i.m'.e.vci:i: change its skin
for once, and tell t,h; truth'.' Il its editor
knew.s of fraud in the printing of the
Recerd, will he phici the facts in the
hands of thu Dein.wratic Heuse, and have
the fraud exposed and the perpetioters
punished, or confess thathe wa; indulging
in slander'.' The Ttlegraph singles i.ut
this question of the 1,'tenrd, because Mr.
Heusiel had the most te say en that par
ticular subject, and it new demands that
Mr. llensel shall make his allegations
geed or stand convicted of wilful misrep
resentation. PERSONAL.,
Ex.Mixistcu Wash nuns was nainfullv.
though net daugereusly injured, by being
thrown from his hoi se ycsteiday at New
Orleans.
Gknkuai. FiTziiUGU Lm; has been in
vited by the meinbeisef theGrand Army of
the Republic i:; Banger, Me., te deliver
befere them his lectife en "Chaner-Heis-ville."
Quek.v VicreitiA will spend he latter
pari of this winter at La Martela, near
Mente, where she hopes te enjoy moie
peace and quiet than she found at
Mcntenc last winter.
Coxtkem.eu Pattixe;,- in his formal
leave taking of his clerks tin's afternoon
was presented with a teMi-iienial iu the
shape of a magnificent 'rame containing
the photographs of all the employees in the
efiice. The governor elect will "remain at
his desk in the controller's office until
Monday neon.
Miss Maheakkt Rlaini:, daughter el
the ex-secretary of state, .who has been
pursuing her studies in Paris under the
care of Mr. and Mrs. Morten, recently
entered the school attached te the convent
of the Sucre C'aur. Alter due examination
she was admitted at once te the highest
class, a very extraeniiuary achievement
for se young a girl, who was besides a
foreigner, and had been studying in Paris
for se comparatively shot t a time.
Mips Viuei.viv Her.rnrn Camkhe.v,
second daughter of Senater James Donald
Cameren, was married last evening in her
father's Washington residence te Lieuten
ant Alexander Redgei.s, of the eighth
cavalry, son of Admiral Raymond Redgerr.
The ceremony was private beiug witnessed
only by the families and immediate rela
tives, hut it was
brilliant reception at
house, where many of
tiuguished puiplu of the
followed by
the senator's
the most dis
capital mingled
their congratulatiees un.n t'.ie hanev
couple. The bride's dres-; was of heavy
white satin, made with the gieaicst sim
plieity. The tra :i foil in uubr.iken f'eMs
and the 'rent ei the skirt a-is laid in -le-p
pleats and loep: d i'i a ioe-e !.. -.t l.,w
down en the right .side. The nh-athi ;
was cut en blocks at tiie front and fell
ever a ruf lie of satiu. The high erssj.u
was laced in front and the square neck
and elbow sleeves were edged with point
lace. A flour de lis iu diamones was sus
pended from a white atin ribbon at the
threat aud the long tulle veil was held by
a c it-oust tif orange blossoms. The bride
cariied a bequet of white ie.s.-s and lill is
ei the valley. The groom were his full
military uniform.
OKITPAKY.
.".Irs. CeiU.snn's Sad !!"riaveiiiciit.
An Emperia, Kansas, paper records the
death of Alice. Ettie Coulsen, two year
old daughter of Mrs. T. M. Coulsen, form
erly of Lancaster. The child died of
tumor in the threat after a few days ill
ness. The Kansas newspaper adds :
"Mis, Coulsen about a year age suffered
the greatest bereavement of her life
in the death of her husband, who had
ceme te Kansas a few months befet" for
the benefit of his health. A few months
since she buried her mother who had
ceme out from Pennsylvania te visit her,
and new death has again iuvaled her
home, carrying away another of her treas
ures. Mrs. Coulsen has been called upon
te drink deeply of sorrow's cup, and it is
the heartfelt piayer of her sympathizing
ft iends in this community that she may
be hlreugtl'ened for the severe trials
which have fallen te her sad let."
Death et a ISnleved Child
News has been received by relatives in
this city of the death from croup of Bessi?,
only surviving child of Mr. and Mrs. II.
II. Brer.eman, of Cincinnatti, well known
in Laucaster, where both ferrnerly resided.
ine sau aiiiiciieu inns announced is in
tensified by the fact that it fellows ethers
of the samn character, which have robbed
this household at intervals of all its chil
dren.
Heal Entate Hale.
Henry Skubert, auctioneer and real
estate agent, Held at public sale January
11th, at the Serrel Ilorse hotel for J. L.
Brubaker, executer of the estate of Abra
ham Stencr deceased, a two story brick
dwelling situated Ne. 400 Poplar street,
te Jehn Gibsen for $1,170.
Kny Found.
Mr. Petcre, residing at 41 Church street
a large brass deer key in Centre Square
night before last. lie left it at the mayor's
office for the owner te call and get it.
THE POUmY SHOW.
AKKIVAL OF TUK CANADA UIRlM.
A llrratmyfiirthe O.iuie Cocks An K.-(hl-bltluii
Mat KVf rj bsjiiy Mimild Sec.
AU day yesterday the cemmittee of
arrangements were kept busy fixing up the
coops and pkuiug tha birds in cla-ses, aud
even at the end of the day their work was
net finished. Owing te a misunderstand
ing, the entries of G. II. Pugsley, shipped
en Tuesday front Ontario. Canada, had
been sent by v. ay of New Yerk city: and
did net reach Lancaster until late last
uighr, se that they could net be placed ou
exhibition until this morning. Besides
losing a. day, and having his birds subjected
te an unnecessarily long journey without
feed or water, Mr. Pugsley vas compelled
te pay $0G freight en his entiles, ei which
there ate 193. He will have te take a geed
many premiums te make geed his ex
1 eases, but he has some wonderfully line
birds with which te de it.
Th attendance at the show yestcrday
afrernoeu and evening was net very large.
It is generally known that the first day of
a L-hu'ken show is net se satisfactory as the
second or third, or even a later day, aad
heuee fanciers fight shy until they knew
everything is in tiptop order aud then they
pur in au appearance.
fin arrangements el" the coops are de
cided! better than they weie last year.
Tli- coops are placed iu double rows the
full length of the hall with three avenues
between the rows, and a transverse ave
t.UiJ in the middle of the hall, leafing te
the entrance of the room. All the entries
of each variety are grouped as closely to
gether as may he te enable the judges
and visitors the mere readily te com pare
their relative merits.
The large g.dleiy in t'.e rear of the hall
has breu Utted up for pigeons, there being
about one hundred eoeps placed theiein,
besides about au equal number iu the main
hall. The entries of tmkeys, ducks and
geese have also been placed in the gal
lery. The number of coops e ntaining
fowls iiicluding bantams, is about 551)!
Among them, there is quite a number of
breeding pens, containing live fowls.
Averaging two te a coop, there ar about.
1,500 birds en exhibition, and this is
probably biew, rather than above the
real number. The display of singing and
ornamental biids is small, compared with
th'. entries of" poultry. The show should
be visited by every body.
IANIIAICV COUKT.
The Case limvii Fer 'niut. ,
Oa Monday next the January court will
open and the following is the list of eases
as piepaied by the district attorney.
Monday, Jav.uaiy 15. Z ich. Beeth lar
ceny;. Maty l'leecher, Daniel F. Styer,
.selling en Sunday, &e. ; James A. Ilroeks,
assault and battery ; William Williams,
fornication and basiaidy ; It. F. Plummer,
E. E Hippie, selling te miners ; Jehn A.
lluber, illegal voting ; Elizabeth Bender,
assault , Jacob M. Rice, assault and bat
tery ; Mai tin V. Rincer, Geerge Sallada,
Simuel Stief, Ambrose Haverstiek, Walter
G. E. Deeu, fornication and bastaidy ;
William Blair, adultery : W. W. Winehelt,
forgery ; Geerge Brimmer, jr., Charles F.
Miller, Jehn Daily, Jehn Wertz, Harry
Snyder, Geeige E. Bair, arson : William
Menree, Frank Ivilchrist, rape.
Tuesday, January, 1(S. Jeseph Griffith,
larceny ; Jehn McGuire, felonious entry ;
Jehn D. Fasnaeht, Jehn Woemert, Chas.
Myer, William Dersey, Geerge Bertzlield,
Themas Keely, Jehn Scntman, Jeffersen
Sentn.au, larceny ; Charles Prier, assault
and battery ; Audiew Hershey, Jehn
Ilarnish, Andiew Zeek, Jacob Feltz,
felonious assault and battery ; Christian
Sharp, forgery, &a. ; Susan Stacklieus,
adultery ; J. Lybrand Biown, Menree
Meyer, W. Seett Brady, Lawrencu
Spiker, fornication ; Christian Mil
ler adultery ; Christian Razor, defrauding
landleid ; Isaac N. Brubaker, nuianee ;
Isaac Kigh, fornication and bastaidy,
&e.
Vt'idiiCsday, January 17. Geerge Kirk,
assault and battery ; Allen G. Pyle, per
jury ; Harry Metzgar, defraudiug land
lord ; James Eichler, Uenjimiti Charles,
assault and battery ; Samuel Keeler, ctir
bezzlemcnt ; Charles R. Sharp, assault :
Emanuel Carpenter, violating hotel act ;
Hervey Lehr, false ueteuse ; J. D. Law
rence, forgery ; Jeseph Ziuk, William
Franklin, Jehn Sliread, Frank Bair, lar
ceny ; Mary Ann Hass, disorderly house;
James Campbell, malicious mischief ; H.
M. Tickner, false pretense ; Millard F
Reese, larceny as bailee ; Rebert Goche Geche Goche
neur, larceny ; Jehn Kinder, jr., Jehn
Kitnler, sr., carrying concealed weapons ;
Ralph Trewitz, assault and battery ; lien j.
Sterieh, felonious entry ; Israel Gillespie,
assault and battery : Win. Pray, adultery ;
Abrahr.n Showalter, fornication and bas
tardy , Henry Zall, false pretense ; .1. I).
Millliu.
Thursday January 18. Jehn Lich
lenberger, false pretcnt-e ; Jehn
Uutzer, fornication and bastardy ;
Eli Schletthauer, keeping vicious deg ;
Geerge Cever, felonious entry ; Jehn A.
Seitz, Harvey E. Scitz, accessory te lai
eeny ; Albert Brough, fornication and
bi-taidy; Frank Blair, larceny; Themas
King, Bernaid Kuhlman, Adam Kiihman,
it a?., Jehn Struck, assault and battery;
Lewis Getz, Wra. Bennctr.Iarceny ; Henry
Struck, assault ami battery ; Evan E.
Hamakcr,W.L.Ream,rape; Wm. Mehler,
G. Brown, .las. Haggerty, H. F. Kerme.",
false pretense ; .Jeseph Fulmer. Themas
Green, James Malene, Thernai Daily, Jehn
McCIain, Jes. Andrews, assault aad bat
tery ; Henry Green, Careline Green, Weed
Shriut r, laiceny.
Hnturday, January 20. Jacob P. Shirk,
Wm. Pray, Laiah Fiinefreck, Levi 15.
Saader, dcscitien ; Themas King, surety
of the peace.
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A SLKIOHINO ACCIDENT.
The Ferlunata Kucpeiili! Small Hey Under
a aielgti.
A geed deal of excitement was caused
yesterday afternoon at the corner of Water
and Walnut streets, owing te a boy of
seme four or five years of age a grandson
of Henry E. Leamau, getting under
a sleigh iu which was A. J. Steinman,
with liu wife and sisters. At the corner
of the street a number of boys were ga'h
red who sought te catch en te the sleigh ;
the bigger brother or the little fellow who
was knocked down succeeded in his effort,
but, the younger one, who was unobserved
by the occupants of the sleigh, must havei
sought te catch ou te it from the side,
since he was found, when the sleigh was
stepped, te have been caught under the
front of the right hand runner by which
he was pushed along until the sleigh was
stepped, a distance of twenty or thirty
yards. He was picked up at once and
carried te Dr.Blackwoed's house, where his
mother hurried te him ; fortunately lie
was found te be very little injured. Ne
bones wcre broken, but the skin was
somewhat cut under ene ear and the
opposite check was slightly abraded ; one.
wrist, tee, wasa little bruised. The acci
dent was unavoidable by theso iu the
sleigh, as the boy was net seen either by
the driver or by Mr. Steinman and the
ladies, their attention being taken up by
the ether boys who were trying te catch
en te the sleigh. Heme excited women ou
the side walk made an outcry wiien the
child was knocked down, but the cause of
it was net understood in the hleigh and
the littie boy might have been dragged
geed deal further if Mr. S. E. Baird, who
was behind in a single sleigh, had net
driven close and called te Mr. Steinman
that a boy was under the sleigh.
Iu Town.
Jeseph M. Dickinfea, representing Gus.
Williams, i3 registcfed a$ the Stevens,
Heuse.