Lancaster fntelligenrer.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEB 7. 1833
Free Ores and Scrap Ireii.
Mr. Hewitt's letter en the subject of
pig iron production, read in Congress,
tells succinctly the whole truth, as will
be recognized by all who are acquainted
with the matter. He says that it is the
interest of the iron manufacturer te
cheapen the cost of iron, and that he
stands in his own light in demanding a
duty upon iron ores and upon scrap iron,
which but gees te increase the cost of
iron te the consumer without benefiting
the manufacturer. The iron ere that is
imported at a cost of six dollars a ten
would be imported cheaper but for the
duty, which is a tax " for revenue only,"
and as such should be agreeable te free
traders rather than te protectionists. A
like quantity of ere would be imported
with or without duty, because it is of a
quality needed for Bessemer iron net
found in sufficient quantity here. Native
ores, witii an ocean dividing them from
foreign ores, will always find sufficient
protection for their production in their
proximity te the home market ; and the
cheaper the ere te the manufacturer the
better, of course, is it for his business.
The producers of Uesseraer ores in this
country, who want a tariff en foreign
ores only te increase the large profits of
their mining operations, have seemingly
been sufficiently influential te induce the
iron manufacturers net te resist their
efforts te increase the cost of the ores
with which they supply them. It is the
consequence of the fact that the manu
facturer, while demanding a protective
duty for himself, feels himself restrained
from opposing the demand of ether in
terests for protection. All the industries
seem te feel that they live in the same
house, and that it :s tee fragile te per
mit any throwing of stones by any of its
inhabitants. But the ere producers
have clearly no business te crowd them
selves in among industries that the
country, ler its own interest, may be
asked te protect by an import duty.
Mr. Hewitt shows that the Xew Jersey
magnetic ere, which isas rich as any im
ported, is seli! at. four dollars a ten.
Cornwall ere, which is of equal richness,
is sold at about the same price. We
knew of no ores in the country that com
mand greater juices than these of Lake
Champlain, Lake .Superior and the Iren
Mountain, and magnetic ores washed
from the sands of the sea shore, ;il! of
which cost the consumer anywhere from
eight te twelve dollars a ten, mid all of
which could be profitably produced with
eutaduty en foreign ores.
Mr. Hewitt, warns the pig iron manu
facturer that the competition he must
count ujmvi henceforward is that" which
he finds at home, and which no t ..riff
can help him te bear. It is inevitable
that the development of transportation
facilities will cause the development
of co lvenii'iilly located en.; ,"n fntl,
and that furnaces located where the cli
menti of their manufacture are. dear aie
deemed te seller the extinction of thrir
fires in eonijietilien with such as have
cheajier elements. L:ib:u raw materi
als and transportation of product aiu
ihe elements enti'iing into the cist of
pig iron, u here large supplies of the
raw materials are produced cIejw te the
furnace mouth, and wine labor is cheap,
as is the condition of tilings in many
parts of the country, especially in th
Southern stales, there remain but the
better facilities of irausjwrlatien t-
market te protect many old furnace
from the eomjietitien of new ones ; and
this protection is rapidly .slijeeing away
from them. It behooves them then te
cheapen their raw materialsif tliPy would
stay in blast, and they of all men should
be loudest in the demand for fire ores.
Ne foreign jig iron will evei again, pre
bably, enter our jirirts in comjietitieu
with iron of like quality of home make.
Iren is new pieduced in many lo
calities in the .Suith at a cost of twelve
dollars a ten ; and as the number of
these places is constantly increasing, it
is a reasonable exieetatien that the juice
of pig iron will tend steadily dewuwuid
from the current quotations. The
movement has begun, and while it may
be interrupted by temjierary flurries of
higher prices it will net be possible for
such ilurries te be of any duration.
Mr. Hewitt claims that it is also the
interests of the j)ig iron maker that seraj)
iron shall enter free of duty. This is
net se self evident a propesit ion as that
he advances concerning ere ; for scniji
iron is worth te the bar iron manufac
turer just about six dollars a ten mere
than pig iron ; and takes the jilace of se
much iig iron. Yet Mr. Hewitt is
probably right ; for seraj) iron is used in
conjunction with the puddled jig iron,
and te help out the product of the latter,
which often is net produced in .sufficient
quantity for its business by the mill.
Cheap scrap iien is a benefit te the mill
owner and te the iron consumer; and,
probably, even te the pig iron maker.
who is interested in the prosperity of
the mills that are customers for his j.ro j.re
duct. SuNWieu Wallace has introduced a
bill into tiie Senate, which the judiciary
committee has favorably ifji'jrltd,c.'ii 17 17 17
ingout.ludge.Sharsweod'.s jilau for re
lieving the sujireme court. It nrtkes
circuit courts of final jurisdiction in
cases involving but $500, excejil equity
causes, and cases of felonious homicide,
or when the constitutionality of law is
involved, or where three of the circuit
court judges certify the case te
be of sufficient imjierlance for
appeal te the sujireme court.
The circuit courts are comjiesed of six
judges of the common pleas courts and
are te be nine in number. Philadelphia
and Allegheny counties, which give half
of its business te t-he supreme court, are
excepted from the previsions of the law.
Of course this will net de. Tim sujireme
court cannot b; run for the benefit of
Allegheny and Philadeljihhi only, which
take up te it their full share of imim
pertant causes. Ti.ive circuit judge
must concur te decide the eauV.
but the judge who heard it below is i.et
permitted te have a voice or vote. This
is hardly right. He knows all about the
case and ought te have a voice with his I
brethren. It would be better te make
the concurrence of four of the six
judges necessary te u decision, and the
opinion of the two in the minority that
the case should go te the supreme court,
ought te suffice te send it there. The
opinion of the two judges ought te have
that much weight anyhow.
The only criticism made upon the
message of Gov. Pattison te the Legisla
ture yesterday, is that he is threshing old
straw in urging action upon topics which
were discussed in his campaign speeches,
and that he is presumptuous in recom
mending te a coordinate branch of the
government measures which it has
already well in hand. These, how
ever, are considerations of taste for
the most jiart, and such hypercriticism
will net find much popular favor. The
people are glad te hear their governor
speak as earnestly for reform after his
inauguration as before his election. An
expression of the executive approval of
geed measures new under consideration
in the Senate and Heuse cannot de
them any harm and may facilitate their
Iass-age. If, as is alleged, bills in accord
ance with the governor's leading sugges
tions have already been introduced by
one or another of the Democratic sena
tors that only gees te prove in what
happy accord the executive and senatorial
representatives of the party are.
England suddenly shows an ardent dis
position te cultivate close diplomatic and
commercial relations with Mexico.
It SOC1113 that the pension bureau is
printing the list of pan-donors by states
and counties and they will seen he access
ible te the le::al newspapers for jmblica jmblica
tieu. This is as it should be.
THE WOULD 13 KEU'.
TlieiiKh acres old, this world Is new.
Sew, with tlie 11 cry heat of yeutli.
New, with the glowing light or truth.
New, with the thrilling powers ellile.
New in the conquering et strife.
Theuuhugcsnlil, this world is new.
(Jruec Helmes, in Chicago Inlur-Occait.
Tin: Uerder Raid bill received its quoins
yesterday. Despite the earnest plea of
Mr. Sharj)e it was unanimously negatived
by the approjiriatteus committee yester
day. Tiie action efth) committee will
meet with general popular favor.
Tiik Republican mumbeis of the Huu-'e
re fit mm I te order the printing of Governer
Pattison's message. Never mind, the
people will read it in the newspapers and
will be satisfied if the Legislature gives
heed te its recommendations.
It is rej,orted. that Zela's works?, ir,J
liant but objectionable, have been by law
suppressed in- Germany. The edict men
tions emphatically that any bookseller
havinjr " L'Assomeir " or " Nana " en
sale may be punished by line
and kr.jiris-
enment.
B; Ti.r.nV preposition te xepcal the poll
ta as a qualification of suffrage aul te
impo,e it upon the lien-voter mcitr. with
lit tin favor hi Massachusetts, and Stat
Chairman Cooper seems te have Jer.t all
interest in the similar measure wl.ieh he
introduced at llariisburg.
Tin: Columbia JTerahl his received and
published replies from me-t of the Ih tno tne
cratic county commitleumsu vh un it in
terregati-.ii as te the prevailing popular
opinion about the appointment of Mi.
Cassiriy as attorney geneia.'. They are
auuusi, unanimously ftitisucd with tile an.
peintment and anxious te give Ihe gover
nor a ehanee.
A reni:si'ONi)ENTf who sends us an
account of a meeting held at. Christiana
te pretest against the late tri-n-iial as
sessment down that way, forgets te send
uia name wicii ins communication as aiH
evidence of g.u 1 laitu. Ilea te i;, nui-t be
regretfully consigned te the waste basket,
interesting as the subject is te which it
relates.
Sum:; $157,295.78 is said te l;e included
in the expenses of taking the last census
for " liaveHni' ft-?ir.isv? "
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Perter, the chief of the d;,bf
r. Heb it. P.
wealili and
tax.itieudepattmciit. having .spent $7,171
of .his money en three pkasure triiis te
Europe. As he is absent new en a Mmilar
errand jiessibly the delay iu publishing
the census will be ended when he returns
and puts in his bill.
Tin; Heuse committee en citv na.-.netnr.T
railways at llariisburg has nrcmnf.lv re
ported the bill repealing existing acts
which gave these corporations almost ab
solute control of the streets and put the
citizens at their mercy. The committee
having been suspected of an indisposition
torepeit this bill has vindicated itself
with commendable promptness Let the
Heuse fellow it up with passage of the
measure.
Tin: bill suggested by the Lancaster bar
association te fix salaiies for county offices
meets wilh general favor in Beiks county,
which it affect?, and with the members of
the Legislature from that county, though
some of them are disjiesed te cut the sal
aries even down below the Lancaster
schedule. The Luzerne rejrcsentativcs
take kindly te the bill, with modifications;
wuiie m schuyiRUi objection is made te
the clause which provides that " if the
fees of an office are insufficient te j)ay the
salary, the latter shall consist of the
amount of fees." It is contended that
"salary" means a fixed turn.
P23SUN&1J.
Ciiaui.ks Di: La Reciikm.k, 011a of
whnsn Hrritli'.rc le u-ii1 .. I... .... 1 :..
the trench army, died yesterday, in Mea- l
,. . ... .j ..... vj wu .. c.iciili m i -
treal, in absolute want
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Yeik, aud Edward O. Graves, chief of the !
OlI.Ah IV. JJUUT. tlav.11 nllifuir m.
.Vrt... :
national bank redemption agency, are
meutioned as probable appointees as civil
scrvice commissioners by the president.
15ISU01' LY.MAX, of North Carolina, gave
as a bridal present te his daughter, who
last week became the wife of Representa
tive Cox, of that state, a check for $50,000
inacismoKiueoi a bishop who is a ha idv
father-in-law.
'
Rev. It. C. Morgan is a popular and
'magnetic" preacher out in Cennelh-
viiie ; no wrote an indiscreet letter te
.Mrs. R E. Beeth, and new he has the fun
of reading it placarded all ever the town
by her husband.
Mil. Ciiaulks Rhade, who is usually in
tee dead earnest te descend te jmns or
any liyht use of f.lc English lancuv'C. is
!it:iuiuu iy a uonuen story-teiier with at
least ene lause. Oucatmnn .1 timn -n,,;,ie
t is saic
laid, asked him te suggest a name :
rows
TjAKCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCE! WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
for her new pet deg. " Tonic," queth he
instanter, " for it is sure te be a mixture
of bark, steal and uJtine."
President Arthur yesterday attended
two weddings in Washington, and in the
evening he gave a reception te the mem
bers of the diplomatic corps and officers
of the army and navy. He gets there
every time, whether the tariff legislation
progresses or net.
Gen. Grant scored a point yesterday in
getting the agreement of a majority of
the Heuse committee en military affairs
te report in favor of the bill te put him en
the retired list with the rank of general.
There will be a minority report and the
measure will net get through this session.
SiONOit Salvini's first wife, it appears,
was an actress cf great power, as the
signer has lately said that since her death
he had never met an actress capable of
truthfully and powerfully depicting sup
pressed passion and emotion until he saw
Miss Clara Merris' performance or Miss
Multon.
Jay Geij.d was ence a cowboy, James
It. Keene came from England with $20 in
his pocket, Kufus Hatch began by dealing
in " gaidea sass," D. Appleteu kept a
grocery store, James Watsen Webb was a
country c!erk, Henry Villard was a report
er, Leenard W. Jereme was a printer, II.
JJ. Claliin was a Vermont rekoel teacher,
Charles O' Coner was born of the poorest
of Irish parents and Peter Cooper was a
hatter's apprentice.
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HON OitE l.lll'OKTATIOS.
Why it Should be Admitted Free.
lien. A. S. Hewitt, who isdetained
from Congress by sickness, has written a
letter te lien. S. S. Cox, in which he
says :
' If there be any man in this country
who would be injured by the removal of
duty from irea oie or from scrap iron, I
am that man. I am very largely enirared
in mining iron ere in various parts of the
United States, but mere particularly in
New Jersey, where I am interested in
mines of magnetic iron ere nearer te the
seaboard than any ether in the country. I
am, therefore, mero directly in competi
tion with foreign iron ere than any one
e;se, aim tne removal ei tue duty would
injure me if it would injure anybody. But
the fact is that no foreign iron ere is sold
here at less than $0 a ten, while I am soll sell
iug my ere, equally rich, for $4 pit- ten.
The removal of the duty will net, therefore
allcct the juice of my ere, as there is a
margin of $2 jier ten in my fa?cr new, and
if ere be made free I shall still have a
margin of 1 50 a ten.
"The reason why foreign orecoines in is
because we de net produce enough ere low
in phosphorus for the manufacture of pig
iron for the Bessemer steel process. Last
year, because the country did net produce
this ere, and did net jnoduce enough Bes
semer pig, we iiujierted ever six hundred
thousand tens of foreign ero and nearly an
equal quantity of foreign pig iron. If the
ere had been free the pit: nun which we
imported would havu bn manufactured
here out of foreign ere. wliieh would have
giveu a large additional opening for Amer
ican labor and would net have reduced the
entjmt of Aineiieau ere one ten. It is
plain, therefore, that free ere would be a
benefir te the whole cuintry aj well as te
the iron industry in v.hich I am engaged.
Se in regard te "-eraj) iron. Its free in
troduction is oppDsee en the ground that
it will interfere wills the manufacture of
pig iron. If this bus.) I would be greatly
injured, as I am a large pieducer of pig
iron, but, as a matter of fact, cheap seraj)
and j)ig irea are friend and net e:.cmi. s
They can be most advantageously and
cheaply worked in combination with each
ether, and the cheaper the seraj) can be
had the better price flu: buyer can afford
te pay for pig iron at.d the larger will be
the demand when the bushuss has adjust
ed itself te the mere favorable conditions
thus )redueed.
" I am aware that the iron mastcis as a
body de net agrce with me in my views,
but they and the gentleman who represent
them in Cenmvss are making a mistake.
Tiicy think that wa are suffering from
fercicm C0m2ti!ieil v.-!ini-fnK Mm tterm
sien in the iron business is due sorely te
domestic competition. Localities in
which iron cannot be made cheaply aie
yielding te the superior advantages of
ether region.! in this country where the
conditions of production are mi-r) favoia faveia favoia
ble. Ne addition te the tariff cii isreveut
this competition or mt-i-fere with t'ie in
evitable le.Mtlt of driving inferior concerns
out of existence. The jregres is disagree
able, but it is necessary and healthy.
Cheap feed, eh.aji fuel anil cheap iron are
tue- .esMJnuai elements of growth and jin-s
perity in any nation, and without them no
nation can be great and free. The inter
est of the American iron niaster.therelere,
is nit t' devise methods lv v.-hiMi imn
may lu made dear, but te find out hew it
may b.-jnudeeh.-aji, and if then) be anv
wnere an unnecessary impediment te
eco.iemy and rcdr.nLb.i r.f ejst it should
be jnemptly removed. The duties en iron
oie and scrap iron are jnirely obstructive
and unnecessary impediment; te tiir
caj.ipeiiing 01 tue cost e! iron
cheuld be at once abolished.
aud they
" I de net think that I have any right te
advocate my jie-.---nal interests en the
fleer e! Congress exei-pt se far as they arc
coincident witn tit:: interests of my con
stitucuts fiid the whole jicejile. I repre
sent a district teeming with industries, the
basis aud raw material of which is iron in
sonie form or ether. .My constituents
want cheap iron, therefore, and iu this le
spect their interests are in harmony with
the wants of ihe whole people. The ex.
pciiences which I have yaiued as au ireu
master should, therefore, be devoted te
pointing out hew iron may be made cheap.
If the people think that there is an honest
effort en the part of the ire'i interest
te respond te just demands aud te
advocate obvious reforms they will net be
disposed te j.rcss for reductions of duty
which would involve embarrassment te
the business or cutting down of the
wages of labor. The people understand
that the iron business cannot exist in this
country with wages at th.-ir present level
without c juntei vailing duties sufficient te
make un ferthe iliff.emmn in tun -cr....
paid here aud abroad. But they will
object, and very properly, te the imposi
tion of duties which :iresimiiiv"r-.iliih;fr...,.
and which have no effect whatever iu
putting up the wages of labor, but simply
add te the cost of iron te the consumer,
and produce a less te the community for
which there is no comnensatiou whatever.
I then fore urge upon'the representatives
of the iien interests ujen the fleer of the
Heuse net te seek te rjise duties, but dili
gently te find out every item which Can be
;.i.mu ire,;, or np m wincu duty may be rc-
cel wn.ieut injur? te the business and
- " - .., v.-i . m niiiL
net 00 deceived by the r.
eutcrv which nm
I cends from iron
....... ...... luitOL-JI.1 1U11 Wild ii.'ivn
masters aud who have
lks located in unfavorable position and
WhOSO linal extinction Frnm rln.ia..:
competition is enlv a question of time.
"I have had te abandon such works my
self aud I expect te abandon mere of them,
and I should be ashamed as an iron master
and as a representative te ask the peep'c
of tins jeuutry U indemnify me against
my fellv or airnitiht. tim mntt;ii,i, ..j
healthy progress of the aire."
LaudDiium
ler
Sorrow.
la Phillipsburg,
F.
.1., ileury 1 yatt a
ie;it iau.ianum with suicidal intent. He
was given antidotes, and it is hoped he
wail recover. He- was led te the deed by
family troubles. His wife left him and is
nev said te ha Jivin- with another man
On .-uudy, through thu aid of a friend
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tne wife second her daughter who had
been Jivire' with the Hitlur Tii5 t.-f e-
, , v, " ' ll,u 'll"'i. 1
plunged Pyatt into deepest eh
'oem, tind he
tj!c( t0 lid uiin;-,Jl of all care
es and ser
DOMESTIC TBAGEDIES.
MUKDEKED WITH A HATCHET.
A Massachusetts Farmer Telling Hew He
Killed His Wile Other Startling
Events Lesses by Floed and Flre.
West Berlin, a little village iu Worces Werces
ter county, Mass., is in a whirl of excite
ment ever the murder of Mrs. Mary Ann
Livingston by her husband, James L.
Livingston. The crime is ene of the most
brutal ever known. The scene of the
tragedy ia a two story house, about half a
mile from the railroad station, en the read
te Clinten. Mr. Livingston is a farmer,
sixty-five year3 of age, and his wife was
fifty-six yeare of age. At about two
o'clock Tuesday morning Geerge Ralph, a
neighbor of Mr. Livingston, living about
fifty reds distant, was awakened by Mr.
Livingston, who said there was trouble at
his house and wanted Mr. Ralph te go
there. Mr. Ralph went and found that a
murder had been committed. He immed
iately notified Lewis N. Carter, chairman
of the selectmen. Mr. Carter called Officer
J. L. Bruce, who went te the scene of the
tragedy. They first entered the kitchen,
where the murder was committed, and
found everything in confusion. The room
is about 10 by 17 feet. In ic are a range,
sink, table aud several chairs. Upen the
fleer, walls aud doers were clots of bleed.
Frem there the efneer led the way into
a small bed room off the kitchen, where
the body was found lying en a bed, entire
ly covered by a quilt. It was dressed.
The head and face were crushed in and
hacked boyeud recognition. There were
great holes in the head, one in particular,
ever the eye, being large enough te iusert
an egg. The clethiug was saturated with
bleed. Mr. Livitigsten steed by, looking
stolidly upon the body of his victim and
betraying no emotion. The sight was
horrible in the extreme. When questioned
by Officer Bruce in regard te the affair,
Livingston said that he and his wifn
iu Clinten and they arrived home about
nine o'clock, both under the influence of
liquor.
" We get into a quarrel," he continued,
"and she stiuck me with a hatchet.
There was a tcuffle. I get the hatchet
away from her, and there, you sce what
followed."
Subsequent questioning showed that the
murder was committed with a common,
blunt-edged shingling hatchet. Livingston
said that after she iv.i'i ilnnrl in. e.,-;.wi
the be;ly into the bedroom. He said that
he had attemjited te wash the bleed from
the kitchen fleer.
' I did that," he added, "se that my
five little children would net knew of the
deed."
Terrible 'ir.isic Titles".
August Diefenthal, an emigrant, re
cently fell dead of heart disease in New
Yerk and was buried in a pauper's grave.
IIU brother in Germany wrote te lawyers
that the deceased hail money with him.
The body was exhumed yesterday. It had
"' thrce shirts, and a pocket in" the back
of the inner one contained $2,091.
Rebert J. Smith shot and instantly
killed his wife at the Neycs house. Lewell,
Mass., and then shot himself in the head,
inflicting a wound which will be fatal.
The cause of his crime was jealousy.
A puty of Hungarian gyps-ice, with
trained bears, are camp-.d at Kingsten,
N. J. It i reported that a baby which
died since they have lv,en there was given
te the bears for feed.
Twe boys, aged respectively 8 and 10
years, were drowned en Meudav by break
ing through the ice at. North A'tieboreugh,
Massachusetts.
ihe bodies of .Tanms Rmv'.-v nm..! n
years, aud David L. Tovvnsend, at Farm
ingdale, New J.n-sey, have been found in
a marl pit.
Charles Waite. sheriff of Klin-num
county. iSebrasaa, shot and killed M
Rvai', his beardim? h mise bnr tw! ti.
killed himself, 01: Monday niht. Jealousy
was the cause.
I.-:-.!!-. ,;:! Accidents.
The cagi.10 and t-.vee.ra of a gravel
tram at work upeu the Seuth Bosten
flits at Bosten, ran into the decki the
ether night, and William Bur!.-,-, the en
gineer wa drowned.
A collision occurred baween an express
traiu and freight train at Ayer, Mass.,
owing te the misjilacemcnt of a switch.
Silas Lovejoy, engineer of the express
tram, aud Mr. Butler, a pissenger, were
severely ujured. Anether passenger was
slightly injuit.il.
Savcn cars of a freight traiu en the
Vandaha read were detached near Mul
berry Greve, Illinois, by a broken rail.
A few moments Iat-n- the second section et
the train ran into the rear of the first sec
tien and nineteen cars were wrecked. A
fireman and a brakemau wcre severely
Tin: Ice ores ami rieMs.
The Susquelsauna river at Wiikesbaire
was 18 feet, above low water mark last
evening, and rising. All the low grounds
were flooded, and ceniinunic.it ion with the
west side was cut off.
At Pittsburgh the rivers were leccediug
and within their banks. The ice gorge iu
Youghiegheny went out en Monday night
without de:ug aay damage
On account of the floods the railroads at
Teledo, Ohie, refuse te receive freight.and
business, beyond the local demaud, ' is at a
standstill.
Ihe Wabash liver, at Lafayette, Ind.,
is higher than ever before known, aud the
damage is great. There is a rumor that
six persons have been drowned at Keller's
station, near Wabash, Ind.
Very heavy rains fell yesteulay at Cin
cinnati and ether points in the Ohie valley
aud dangerous floods were threatened last
night.
Penobscot bay, en the coast of Maine,
was frozen ever en Monday niht for the
first time since 1875. The ice extends as
far as the island which separates the east
from the west bay.
A Uicli Tarifl' 1'Hitperlzea American Luber
llaltirr.ercSun.
A correspondent of the Sun, possessed
et a memory for facts aud the faculties of
mvestigatieu and comparison, has been
employing himself with the study of the
mini ier revenue period between 1850
and 18C0, aud contrasting its effect upon
wages and what wages would buy, with
the Deried of hi!?h " m-ote-tion " h'ern-nA,,
1870 and 18S0, and its effect upeu wages
aud their purchasing power. His com
parisens indicate that it is a cruel perver
sion of facts te say that " a hijjh tariff is
the peer man's friend." In the period from
IdeO te 18G0 the average tariff rate was 15
per coat, of the value of the goods im
ported ; in the decade from 1870"te 1880 it
was, as new, ever 42 jer cant. Iu the
luuner perieu tue value or our experts
exceeded the value of our irajxnts by
840,000,000, while under high protection
the balance has been ler the most part the
ether way. During the decade from 1850
te 18G0 articles of Ameiiuan manufacture
constituted 15 per cent, of our total ex
ports ; iu thcpiried from 1870 te 18S0 but
14 percent.; showing a decline under
" protection," notwithstanding our
activity in alldopartmeats of enterprise.
In I860 the average wasjes of
bauds iu woolen mills were $359.20 per
annum, in 1S79 but 293.03 ; shewinir a
.l..i: 1.... .. 1 1 . . ' . - . -"
uuuiiut: uuuai a mini tiiie et s ;.t 't
year, and that the workman was about
jier cent;, better oil in wages under a
low tarifl. Iu the cotton mills the avera-e
wayes of 1S00 were :JG1.40 ; in 1S79
$240.17, a decline of $123.28, or about 34
per cent. Fer both industries the wa"es
aveiage less iu New England, the paradise
or protection, than anywhere else in the
United States. Other hulti..;u -,,.i,i
show similar result-, in cotupaiisen,
m favor of the low tariff pciied.
Wages are worth what they will buy
In 1S60 money would buy mere
than new. Comparing the cost of 5S
articles, necessaries of life, including rent,
fuel, meats, vegetables, flour, &c, in
1800 with their cost iu 1879, ear cerres-
the whole 58 articles in certain nn.intir.ie3
in the latter year was $100, or $1.75 each,
while iu 1860 they could be bought for
$70.3S, or $1,32 each, a difference of pur
chasing power for money of 33J per cent,
in favor of the low-tariff period. The
conclusion drawn from these facts is that
in pretending te " protect " the Ameri
can workingman from foreign " pauper
labor " our tariff lords are in reality
pauperizing American labor.
T11KEK UKiDE.
Seme Fashionable Matrimonial Events.
There were three brilliant weddings in
high life yesterday; two in Washington
and ene in Brooklyn. In the capital Ash
Wednesday was signalized by the nuptials
of Blaine's daughter, Miss Alice, aged 20,
te Colonel Ceppiuger, who is turned fifty.
When Blaiue heard of the proposed
match he opposed it, because Coppinger
was old, peer and a Catholic, an ex-soldier
of the nanal armv. but. Alien n-,mi,i i.o,re
her way, and he could net break it up.
iue groom is new en General Pepe's
staff, and is stationed at Lcarenweith,
Kansas, where the young Alice made
his acquaintance a short time ae.
The wedding of Rebert J. W. Keens, of
Philadelphia, and Miss Mary Walker
Brewster, step daughter of the attorney
general, took place at the Epiphany
church last evening and was the most
brilliant affair of the kind witnessed in
Washington for many seasons. The chan
cel was wreathed with flowers, and a pair
of gates, made of white roses and smilax
were set half way down the maiu aisle for
the bridal party te pass through. Iu
Brenklvn vpstnrrlnw ATijc TTnt. TTielt,i-
second daughter of Commedore Upshur,
U. S. N., and new commandant at the
Brooklyn navy yard, was married at 1:30
p. m, iu Grace Protestant Episcpal church
te i rank Moerhcad, of Pittsburgh. Iu
all these instances the guests were a dis
timzuished cemnanv nnrl the reerlHnrK
brilliant events. Seme of the teiict3 are
thus reported :
Miss lilalne'd Dress.
The bride's dress was nf Iiaw tvliiin
satin, with paniers of crystal uetting and
front, of White tullu Veilinir :?. thinlr rnelie
of pink-crushed roses, with fringe of lilies
ei me vaiiey. ihe 6quare corsage was
imisked with peiut lace aud bouquet of
pink roses and the long tulle veil was
confined te her head by siler pins.
Diamond braceletsanda bouquet of white
roses and lilies of the valley completed
the toilet. Mrs. Biaine wero a trained
dress of wine colored velvet, with peiut
laoe trimmings and diamond ornaments.
Little Miss Hattie Blaine, who attended
the bride, wero white nuu's veiling and
lace and carried a bouquet of roses. Miss
Dedge were a ciushed strawberry silk,
with lace trimmings.
aiuu Urewatcr'd Clethes.
The bridal party catered shortly alter 7
o'clock preceded by the eight usheis
Messrs. Andre Brewster, Charles Bell,
Clarence Lewis, Evans Roberts, Richard
Perter, Lieutenant Babcock and Wilsen
Sharpless. Ten bridesmaids followed,
who were the Misses Keens and .Miller,
who wero decellete toilets of shrimp mak
mik ami inue tne Misses Jlelicu and Si, -
den, who were Nile green ailk and tull
1 -
the Misses Perter aud Myer, who were
lemon colored silk and tulle ; the Misse
Mc-Keever and Emery, who were rose
colored silk and tttlle ;thc Misses Robeits
and Ashurst. uale blnn silt m.l tniii
Each bridesmaid wero ostrich tips of a cor cer cor
itspending color iu her hair and canied
bouquets, either of roses, mignonette or
forget me-:iets. following the brides
maids, came the bride upon the arm of the
ubiuriiuy genera:, inc untie t, eiess was
of heavy white satin, made very plainly,
with freut embroidered iu white silk. The
low corsage was fiuished with jseiut lace
and the long tulle veil was confined te the
head by a coienet of orange blossoms.
Her only ornament was a iieail neck lace
and her bouquet was of white reres and
lilies of the valley. The groom and hi3
best, man, Mr. Lewis, of Piiiiadeljihia, met
the bride at the chancel vail. The cere cere
meney was performed by the Rev. Dr.
Paret and the bride was " given -iwav by
the attorney general.
Hew ISIlea U!iur Looked.
The bride was given away by her father.
She was robed in plain white velvet. The
round court traiu was of plain white
Lyens velvet, the front of the dress being
of white velvet brocaded with white
lilacs, festooned with real Snanish lace
around the bottom with a jabot,
of the same up the side. The leiv.
square cut corsage was trimmed
with the lace and white lilacs, fastened at
the neck with a diamond bar. The demi demi
slceves of plain white velvet ivere finished
with a jabot of the Spanish lace. Diamond
gems studded the waist of the dress en
the left side. A white tulle veil was
fastened with white lilacs and a diamond
crescent. White gloves meeting the
sleeves at the elbow aud a hand bcuquet
or lilies of the valley completed the ces
turae, eiiuple, ycfc elegant. The ornaments
worn were diati.ends.
UKNKIS' CASK AtlAIN.
An Application te Kuv.ike tlie Coverner'o
Warrant.
An argument was had before Governei
I attiseu and Secretary Stenger vesterday
afternoon in f 0 ease of J. B.' Dennis.
District Attorney Davis and William A.
Wi'sen appeared for the commonwealth,
clairaiug that the warrant issued for
Dennis' rcotiisitien vlumW i, .,..i..i
modified se that he be held here first te
await his trial for forgeries alleged te have
been committed before his offenses iu
Missouri, but for which complaints were
only made after he had been ledged id
rl TTUPtn information from Missouri.
V. U. Hcnsel, for the Missouri autheri
ties, arcued that he should be returned te
uie .uisseun authorities, as the precei-scs
of that state had first attached the
prisoner. The decision of the governor
was withheld until the return of the
attorney eeneral from Wnihinntm. .-1
he yesterday attended the Koens-Brcwster
wedding.
i.ewcr Unci Xits. v
Oxlerd Press.
B: P. Matthews has sold his house and
let in Celerahi township, censistin" of
three acres of land, He Jehn Fergusen, of
Bartville, for $300.
Rev. Dr KtRW.ii-f: nnI M- T ir
Patterson go te the tempgrance conven
tion at HarrisbuK' this wL- ,...
sentatives of the Union Presbyterian
church.
The rain l.t week raised Conowingo
creek, carried off the ice and the flood
damaged several bridges, the ene at
Bradley's mill being nearly all swept
away.
I'ollce Cases.
The
mayor this morning committed
Jehn McDonnell te jail for drunken and
uneruuny ceauuet, aud discharged Geerge
Keller upon the payment of a flne and
-e3L. ne uiscnargcd three or four va
grants who had senght shclter in the
lock up.
Alderman Samson yesterday committed
Patrick Kelly for 10 days and James TuIIy
for 30 dajs for drunken aud disorderly
conduct.
Alderman Snurrier hnld Jehn r fJr-nir
for a hearing te-morrow event.! " en a
charge of assault and battery en David
Weller.
7. 1883.
HOME MISSIONS.
A RADIUS' PKESBVTKKXAI. SOOIETr.
An Organization Krrected by the Ladlea or
the l'rcsbyterlau Cburcb Anether
Address by Dr. Jacksen.
Te give greater effect te the " Women's
Werk for Women " department of the
Presbyterian church, the general assembly
of 1S77 provided for the organization of
synedical societies, each society te be con
stituted of three ladies from presbytery
within its bounds. These societies "were
entrusted with the work of erganiziug
Presbyterial societies te consist of regular
ly appointed delegates from each of the
i.umwi;a , 111I1U IIS UUUUUB. OO U1U great.
work of the church in christianizing the
far off portions of our own laud is thus
brought directly te the attention of every
member of the church. Pursuant te this
arrangement the Westminster branch of
the synedical cemmittee of the synod of
Pennsylvania, Mrs. Jehn II. Small, of
Yerk, Pa.. Mrs. Rebert Gamble, of
Chanccferd aud Mrs. Calviu W. Stewart,
of Celeraine, invited the churches of West
minster jresbytery te meet iu the Lancas
ter church en Monday eveaiusr. February
5th. At that time, as already published
in this paper, Rew Shelden Jacksen, D.
D., delivered an address, en " Alaska,"
a field where the ladies' work is being
pushed forward with considerable vigor.
Oh Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock a
meeting was held for conference and
prayer. Mrs. West, of Harrisburg, pre
sided during the first half hour, which was
spent in devotieual exercises, after which
Mrs. Dr. McCauley, of Chester, Pa., eua
of the vice presidents of the synedical
committee, took the chair and called the
meeting te order for the transaction of
business. The following delegates wcre
present :
Lancaster church Mrs. Jehn 11 Uncvel
Miss Anna M. Dale, Miss Alice Kline and
Mrs. Jas. Y. Mitchell.
Bellevue Mrs. Walker, Miss Annie
Hines and Mrs. D. Park.
Chanccferd Mrs Rebert Gamble.
Lebanon, Christ's Chapel Mrs. Colo Celo Cole
man and Mrs. Wright.
Leacock The Misses Diller, Espen
shade, Moere, Round aud Mrs. Gay
lord. Strasburg Miss Keneagy and Mrs.
Walker.
Union Mrs. Hastings, Mr3. Davis and
Mrs. C. W. Stewart.
Yerk Mrs. Jehn n. Small, Mrs. Mc-
Call aud Miss Hillmycr.
Little Britain Miss Fairlamb. Miss
Ewing aud Miss Harry
Marietta Miss Buchanan and Misa
Council.
Mount Jey Mrs, Dr. J. L. Zeiglcr.
Chestnut Level Mrs. Galbreath.
Mrs. Dr. Underwood was elected secre
tary. The following cemmittee was appointed
te rej)ert nominations let the eliicers of
the Presbyterial society : Mrs. Jehn R.
Russell, Mrs. D. Parks. Mrs.C. W. Stew
art, Mrs. Rebert Gamble, Mrs Jehn II.
Small aud Mrs Gaylerd. This committee
had leave te retire aud make their report.
During their absence the president Mrs.
McCauley delivered an address aud urged
ujien all the need of taking the monthly
paper, I'rcklylerian Heme Missions.
Miss Weeds of the Carlisle presbytery
being pietcut was invited te address the
convention, when she enlisted the atten
tieii and interest of all by showing what
has been dene for the Indians at the
Cailisle schools.
By general consent-' Mrs. Meyer, of
Pittsburg delivered an address en the
Temperauce question.
The ueminatiiiL' cemmitter ret.inne.d te
the convention and made their report
which was adopted unanimously, and is as
fellows :
President, Mrs. Hastings, of Union :
1st Vice President, Mrs.' Dr. Mitchell, of
.Laucastcr ; 2u ice President, Mis. Breck,
of Lebanon ; 3d Vice President, Mrs. J.
W. Crawford, of Slatoville ; Cor. Sec,
Mrs. Jehn II. Small, of Yerk ; Rec. See.,
Miss Annie Murphy, of Chanccferd ;
Treasurer, Mrs. Dr. Underwood, of Lan
caster. The constitution, as recommended by
the woman's executive cemmittee, was
adopted, after which with singing the
society adjuiirncd te meet at 2 p. m.
At 2 p. m., after an address by Dr. S.
Jacksen en the general work of missions,
the ladies convened and arranged seme
miner details te give efficiency te ihi
work. Mrs. S. E. Bailey, from the Har
risburg synedical committee, moved a vote
of thanks te the ladies of Lancaster, after
wliieh the convention adjourned.
Tuesday Altcrnoen'd .SeJen Address by
ur. tlscksen.
The Presbyterian church was again
well filled yesterday afternoon, a large
majority of the audience being ladies.
Rev. Dr. Shelden Jaekseu occupied the
pulpit and delivered his second address
en home missions. After dwelling at
seme length en the imj)erative duty of
Christians te scud the gospel te all parts
of the world, he explained the difference
between home and foreign missions. The
department of home missions in the Pres
byterian church includes the United
States and its tcniteries, the department
of foreign missions ali the rest of the
world. When a missionary is, for instance,
seat te Mexico he is acting under the
foreign missions department, but ene sent
te New Mexico is under the home mission
dei'artment ; and yet both occupy a very
similar neie, lauer among Spanish speak
ing jweple and have the same duties te
perlerm ; what is necessary in the one
field is necessary in the ether. Dr. Jack Jack
eon addressed himself especially te the
work necessary te be dene by Christian
women, iu the cause of home missions.
In New England there are women's mis
siens mat were established mero thau a
hundred years age, and in New
Yerk and ether states mero than fifty
years. They have done excellent work,
aud have kept upon the frontiers, through
their contributions, ministers who other
wise could net have been kept there. The
speaker gave seme interesting narratives
of self sacrificing men who have devoted
their lives te a labor of leve for the sal
vatien of the peer, ignorant, degraded
Indians ; adding that what is wanted mere
than faithful ministers, is a corps of
teachers. With school .ind cnlinnl linncuu
The adult Indians will net listen te the
preacher, but the children can be reached
through the teacher and thus a genera
tion can be trained, that will hear the
gospel, and the way te their civilization
and salvation will then be opened.
This work hn.R hnnn nxxifrnwl in Mm
women of the Presbyterian church, and it
is proposed te de it by organizing Presby
terial societies, and this :s the purpose of
the present convention.
The learned doctor next "iive :, K!irii;.,,r
picture of the enormities of Morinenism,
but made a request that his remarks en
this subject be net reported, as, if they
reached the cars of the Mormons, the
Christian missionaries would be visited by
persecution, even mero wicked than that
which they new suffer. The only
way the .Mormons can be reached
by missionaries is through devoted Chris
tian woman, enenimr KrtiinnU -ul -if.....t-
ing te them Mermen children, who may be
instructed in the truths of Christianity
and carry these truths te their mothers,
aud thus open a way for their conversion
and emaccijatien from the polvvameuslifc
they are compelled te lead. Dr. Jacksen
stated it as a fact that Mormemisin is
stronger te day thau ever before : that it
is the meat aggressive sect in existence ;
that the effort te check it or crush it out
by congressional cnactm-.tita lias hwn an
entire failure. The church must du the
net- timn -.i.nii: :n c..-t. r,.e'J m..
weik, or it will uet be doae at all
....i 11
-Mormons are preparing for rebellieu new, ' of
aud tne time may ome when our fathers
brothers and sons shall find bloody graves
iu puttiugit down.
Dr. Jacksen next gave an interestin"
sketch of the Mexicans, the Pueblos and
the Navijees, detailing mauy peculiarities
of their manners and customs and their
forms of werkship The Pueblos and the
Navijees have in a manner been placed
under the religious c.110 of the Presbyte
rian missions by the general government,
aud the speaker suggested that the Lan
caster Presbyterial seciaty make it a spe
cial object te leek after the Navijees who
are brought te the Carlisle Indian training
school, of whom quite a number are
already there, Lichidmg the son of their
tcadiuir chief.
Dr. Jaekseu closed his address by an
appeal te the audienee te subscribe for
the PfCibytsrian Heme Missions, a publica
tion deveted te Missionary work.
KKi(.uii(o::ii';ei) m-;ys.
Kvcutd ivcr..,. tin- County Line.
The Araerieus e!u ,f Allentown, will
produce the play of -Rip Van Winkle"
m Pennsylvania German.
About two hund-i I fib orersare employed
iu the construction of the Cornwall and
Lebanon railroad.
At Chalfaut, Bucks county, a yeun
woman who waa a '-physical wreck" has
been made well by the faith cure.
The Pennsylvania riilnvnl immwn ,.,.
tmg down two mere tracks between Har
risburg and Middleiewn, making five iu
all.
Henry Morrison c ;ered, who killed his
wife at Middlcte-.n, ,uu pleaded guilty
of murder in the ;vnI degree, was fccu-
fenced at ilarrisl...rg jcsteiday te impris
onment iu the penitentiary for eight years
and two months.
All except three of the thirty-seven
cadets recently suspended from the mili
tary academy at Chester, for attendin.' a
theatrical performance, have been rein
stated. Ihe exc j,ti-d three have been dis
charged, as ringleaders of the revolt.
Pert Deposit is threatened with another
ice gorge The river continues te rUe,
Lumber merchants and ethers are prctiar
ing for the llemls. h all depends en
whether there Will be enough water te
float the ice devs u.
A private telegram received in Wilming
ton, Del., announced the death iu Vienna,
Austria, at 10 o'clock Tuesday meruin.'. of
Samuel Harlan, jr.. juesident of the Har
lan & HoUiugsweiih company of &Uip.
builders. He was in his 77th year.
Peter Heffuer. living near Fltotweoil,
Berks ceunty,ycske:d.iy accidentally threw
a lighted match into a keg eentainiti"
powder. By tin- i-xj!emii which followed
ttellner aud his wile wero severely injured
aud their two year old child was latally
burned.
H. C. Reg:.-, jr., West Chester,
has invented n.d received a patent
for a passenger . .r step that works au
tomatically aud wl-ile the train is iu motion
remains folded '.j, out of the way, bat
when a step is m.. te immediately falls hi te.
position, descend!! .- ie within a few niche;-,
of the ground.
Edward Smith a youth of about sixteen
years, fell through thu elevator at Hart's
Irintiug establish ,..m. Harrisburg where
he is employed in 't book-bindery. He
was badly stununl, a.d severely bruised,
but no bones wen: broken. The distance
from the third t.jiy ie the cellar of the
press room is ab.-et foity-iive feet.
While Elias VL.-r, of MebrsvilJe,
Lcrks county, w:. , a juul making a euiij
liug between a h. ee i-ur ami the lank of
au engine, thu b.i.apers of the tank
mounted these of the house ear and caught
Wagner between. His limnst. wm
crushed iu and .s.!w:.il libs were broken
and he died a short ti.ne afterward.
An organization m,, iinC itself the Un'ib-i;?
States Pension Lj:iuis or Berks enmity, '
has been formed in R -ailing. Its objects
are te work for thu inre.csts of the mem
bers, bringing an iidbieuce te bear iijieu
Congress te increase liieir pensions, and in
every way labor together for their common
geed. All persons who have bee 1 wounded
in auy way in the ?erv,ec of the country,
or their widows, are eligible te mcmbei
sluj). Isaac Price has retired from the nosi nesi nosi
tien of postmaster of Schuylkill. little
hamlet two miles Irem Phoenixville, Ches
ter county, after serving the government
iu thatcajiaeity for a leitnd half century.
Mr. Price was apj.einted by President
Jaekseu and his oie mission wheu he re
signed was the eldest held by any actie."-
peanuasier in me noted States, and it is
said no liviug postmaster new holds a
commission shewiiijj se long a term et
consecutive service.
Samuel Vattere:i, of Cechranville,
Chester county, in.-, .been committed to te
prison at Wist Che- t jr, in default of bail
for an assault u;;; his niece, au attractive.
young lady of 18. The uncle for mtmc
reason objected te the lady receiving the
attentions of a certain young nian who
after seme difficulty succeeded in i.idueing:
her te take a sleigh lido in the evening.
While en Iho 10 id, iive men lushed hi
front of the luiife, the irate nncle
appeared, eemji. hi-1 the lady te return
home with him, and vowed te puni:,h the
bold lever. The matter has ended by the
uncle and his liva ji.utncis being arrented,
and the you ig iady -jeing te her friends.
WWHi: Ol'KKA.
"TI10 I'lratett et
l'cnzance '
by (ieriiutii'f
I'arty.
Last CVeuiuL' the German nnnrfi num.
pany appeared herein Gilbert A5 SuIlivanV.
"Pirates el Pen.auce." Owing te the
bad weather and the fact that it wan
known that Taghapiitia would net be
here the audienee was net large. This
well-known singer has beeu the source of
a great deal ofant.eyaueo te this cinjuuy.
Iu every ei y he was advertised te sing.
He received a pereentage of the receipts
aud in case the audieiice was small he
would llatly refuse te sing. The man
agement were unable te compel him, but
they had te bear the blame from the dis
appointed. Finally the baiitone concluded
te Icave the company aud he did se in Bal
timore a short time age, much te the grat
ification of the managers and members of
tue company.
Thecemjiany of hist night was thosame
that recently presented ' Patience " and
" The Mascott here." The opera of last
night was presented in far better style
than either of the ethers and it wa; well
received Alenzj Hitch, a young man
with a remarkably fine tenor voice, aj aj
peared a3 Frederick, the " The Slave of
Duty," and his soles were warmly e:j .
cored. Miss Carsen is the possessor of r
very geed voice and her soles as well as
uur iiueis wiiii .ur. iiaieu iu 1110 ciiaracter
of Mtble, were well received. Of the
ether parties, tin. following were worthy
of mentien: P.iu! Aithur. as llicJi'trd ;
Wm. Paul Brown, ai Majer General
Stanley ; Miss Carrie Godfrey, as Ruth,
and F. II. Frear, a the Police Seargcnt.
The polieeman'rt chorus was well sung
but the platoon of cops was rather weak
looking, as there were but five in it. The
female choruses were large. Fifteen
pretty girls appeared iu the scene where
General Stanley's daughters are surprised
by the pirates aud of the latter there were
almost as many. The singing of all was
excellent.
Democrat, 1: oiiilnatleii.
Abiam Evans, Sixth ward, declines the
nomination of constable.
Jehn Fritsch i.i a candidate for common
council in the Eighth ward.
A J. Dunlap, in.stend of declining the
nomination for common council, as stated
ycaterday, d-jelities it for city committee
man in the Second waid.
Henry Gerhait d
Henry Gerhait declines the nomination
cemmn council iu the Fifth ward.
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