U i rr-cWsJ. 53V r5 Mtf.x: 55g esa SPTk" SSPS"3'5fi' rr Ar1- r- - . 5s W?? V. 3 Mfl t ANCABTEBDAtLY INTELMGENCEJ L ANCABTEB iAILY INTELMGENeER iOK0AY MARCH 5. 1883. j.g vitr-rz-g -. .. .S53ii?5SSSSgSgS ttWfll ESLSS3Sa TSSaS; .S5syS52Sfcr JJ38 AFp ?' - r- -- " rjr-i -t- - -. -. - 'j-t? iK-jt -??32i-&r&.'tL.-&- -v i fewsw?-'5s-- s ,? - ".. lL- -Vi-'i.T"--; 3"-!'fc . "-i",- w--T)TJrr''t5-3i0..i'' Iff V -7 PC P? w. I ?s Kir Bs i fcJ,"- 2SU t5fe" r-i "- & ., J L???. fejUncastet Intelligencer fc f.HOHDAY EVENING, MABCH 5, 1863. Ri The Tariff BUI. ,Tbe passage of the tariff bill was a tasriArtrtnn nt Mm np.rfnrmance of the Weuntain tbat labored with a very small 'niult. The bill was a Siamese twin af- 3eJr half being a revenue reduction -Mature and half a tariff redaction. ciThe internal revenue part of the bill reduces tbe revenue of the government from tbat source, and if the government does net want the money, its less cer tainly will net hurt it ; but it would net have troubled the people much te have continued te contribute it in the way in fl , which It was being collected, ana as long a tbe internal revenue machinery ei , -collection is retained in its full strength i5 the sources of collections might as well vCHje been left undisturbed. Tbe tax en -9v pijpi.rrjr meuiumea wta tv veijr jubi (, .one annue was mat uu uaimuueuiia. ure A x ii..L i l. ui rnt. f country will accept the release or. sucn ijSV ODJOCUJ ei uuauuu Willi equuuimitj, uui without special gratification. In the tariff part of tbe bill the reduc tkrns were generally made in such a way as net te diminish or increase the rev enues of tbe country and net te aHect its manufactures. Mr. Hewitt, who ex presses this view, tbat accords with our own judgment, points out some remark able exceptions that were caused by the baste with which the measure was passed. But a few hours were given te its final consideration in the committee of con ference and in the two Houses of Cen gross. Iren wire reds, for instance, under the present tariff bear a duty of one and a quarter cents a pound ; the new law reduces this te six-tenths of a cent ; which will net be a sufficient protection te tbe industry and will destroy it. A curious fact about this blunder is that Mr. Henry Oliver, of Pittsburgh, the Penn sylvania representative en the tariff commission, is the chief sufferer from it. Anether wrong done was in imposing a duty of twenty per cent, upon raw jute, while the manufactured article bears but thirty per cent. This injustice is due te the effort of Senater Sherman te pre tect the flax culture of Ohie against the competition of jute. Further examination of the tariff will probably disclose a number of cases in which, by accident or design, the duties are changed se as te affect the revenue and certain manufacturers favorably or unfavorably ; but as a general thing it is as a bill as inconsequential as the pope's bull against the comet. The duty en steel rails for instance is reduced from twenty-eight te seventeen dollars a ten, which will let in foreign rails at a cost at the seaboard of forty- five dollars a ten ; whereas the American mills are selling them at thirty eight te forty dollars a ten. Bar iron is reduced from a cent a pound te eight-tenths of a cent, which is still a prohibitory rate. The same care has been taken in ether industries net te -lower the tariff se as even te compel a reduction in the cost of home manufac sure. There is ample room for a reduc tipn of cost of manufactures te be found in the very high transportation rates, which are the most serious tax upon home industry. A much greater reduc tion In the tariff would have compelled the carrying companies te lower their charges, and they are the parties whom the new measure is most likely te be entirely agreeable te. If it could be accepted as a final ad- 'g junwicuu ut iud baiiu. iui a (iciiuu ui I. years, tbe passage of this act would be r beneficial te the trade of the country in I giving it a quietude from tariff agitation which would be' a been te it. But the A-ineffectiveness of the bill in the way of securing a 'redaction of the cost of man ufactured articles or in me way ei secur ing a revenue te the country ; and tbe manner in which it was brought fourth by Republican midwives alone, deprive it of all semblance of a compromise or conciliation measure which the advo cates of revenue reform ideas can be ex pected te accept. We have little doubt that the hasty work of this session of Congress will be revised in the next. It was a rather graceless task for Mr. Randall te propose a vote of thanks te i-... Speaker Keifer. Nobody comes out of the last Congress with less credit than the presiding officer. Mr. Randall may have regarded it as " common decency " and no great strain upon the politeness due te a political ad versay te offer the I resolution, but he might have remem- j bered that such a vote was denied Keifer 'at the close of the last session, and that, tee, in large part by the influence of Mr. Randall's colleague, ex-Gov. Curtin, whom Keifer had treated se meanly that he could net with any proper sense of self-respect assent te such a resolution. It is difficult te see hew Keifer estab. 3 'lished any new claims te considera tion during the last session. He signalized its closing scenes with ill treatment of the correspondents and messages te them conveyed in language rTef lacked the forms of " common A.W MMW i -gJSjJBWMJiyr. J3.B VitUiUtlU. lillti BCill UL UUB ej 2jr A t.h A rffirin1 ronnrrera nf iha TTniiRO in xka..- tt. tj at i. -a V & ? . X . maVanlapA iinf.il thn npvh Reaainn fnr liic aephew at $5,000 a year and nothing te was a bad let, and he has scant claims -even en the " common decency " which has been se often lest sight of in tbe Heuse under his regime. It must be admitted tbat Senater Mitchell has net cut a very prominent figure in "Washington since his election. It is the fate of Pennsylvania te be rep resented in tbe upper Heuse of the - federal assembly by these of short stature .and for some reason or ether Sena Sena eor Mitchell has net overtopped these by whom we are accustomed te be represented. He has been explain iBglfiilare te vote en the tariff bill sal irem me cenierence com- h congratulations tePennsyU kl - i-v: 1L.LL. J. . .n Si ..,. vama inat ne aia net-mii it as ne could have done, for he was paired with Sena Sena eor Johnstone, who 'was .opposed te the bill, and his convictions were en the eame side. If se he was net prevented by his pair from voting in accordance with his convictions, and his failure te vote leeks likean attempt te straddle or - The Reverend Dr. Dix has been lectur ing in New Yerk en some;of the sins of womanhood, and Miss LflUe Devereux Blake has been retorting with a denial, net of the verity of the special examples cited, but of tbe alleged general tenden cies of her sex and of the responsi bility for these abuses of the better education and larger opportunities given woman than heretofore. Tbat the reverend "doctor may live and learn the contreversalists who oppose his views can find demonstration of in the fact that some years age he was an earnest advocate of clerical celibacy until be met his fate and gave practical proof of his change of views. The French spoliation claims have been before Congress 80 years and there have been 43 reports ia their favor, bat they always manage te come up for considera tion in the rush of the ten thousand bills tbat fail of passage and this year tbey met their usual fate. The Harrisburg Patriot has been grad ually making the improvements announc ed Reme time age and with greatly in creased telegraphic service, enlarged local correspondence, a strengthening of its editorial departments and general im provements in its make-up it has taken far-advanced rank among the best news papers of the state. A Washington correspondent avers that writing history has lengthened His torian Bancroft's days and suggests that this may be an incitement impelling Blaine te furnish his contemplated chroniele of political events in the United State3 be tween the Lincoln and Garfield admiu istratiens. Should this fact induce some of the lately shelved statesmen te present a public account of their own and asse dates' doings there would be some enter taining developments aud mighty inter esting reading. The American,' of Philadelphia, con slstcntly and devotedly Republican as it is, concedes that the Democracy has purer leadership than the Republican party. "It may be said that its men differ only be cause they have had less opportunity aud less temptation. Be it se. Still, the country will prefer spoilable te spoiled goods. It will take men like Mr. Bayard, Mr. Lamar, Mr. Macdonald, Mr. I'endle I'endle teD, Mr. Hewitt and Mr. Carlisle, in pre ference te party hacks and ' ringsters ' who are distinctly the worse for a pro longed lease of place and power. The Democrats have taken te heart the lessens of political adversity. They have retired te fitting obscurity the men who led it only te contempt and defeat." Emeky Speer, the hybrid congressman from Georgia, told a story the ether day about the tariff, which will fit ether com munities than his. He said there was an old negre called "Fiddler Billy," who was tried for fighting and sentenced te re ceive thirty-nine lashes. While his lawyer au old, methodical gentleman, was writ iug a motion for a cow trial Billy was taken out and get his lashes. When he came back his lawyer said te him : " Never mind, Bnr, you will get a new trial." " Oh, no, master, said Billy, " for Ged's sake let us have no mere new trials." Se the peeple.having geno through all this taiiff excitement, wanted te get rid of it and hear no mera about it, for the present at least. Inew Jersey cannot tee seen pass the law, pending before its Legislature, giving a defendant convicted of contempt et court the right, under proper regulations te have his conviction reviewed by a higher and disinterested court. At pre sent ever there, as formerly ever here, a judge who fancies himself aggrieved, may proceed en his own motion te convict the offender of contempt of court for the most trifling thing, and send him te prison for any number of years or impose any fine he may chose. Ne matter hew arbi trary or unjust the condemnation or pun ishment may be, there is no appeal or relief for the unfortunate defendant ex cept what may be given by an act of the Legislature. The court a?ts as complain ant, prosecutor, judge and jury. New Jersey justice is proverbially Bwift and severe, but, considering of what stuff judges are made nowadays, ic would be well for the jurisprudence of that state tbat its bar should net be thus exposed te the tender mercies of the bench. With the usual scenes of disorder and turbulence continued far into the Sabbath Congress adjourned yesterday. . The in terest had all centered in the tariff and internal revenue bill and after it passed little was accomplished. The vote en this measure and the new features of tbe internal revenue law, of most interest in this locality, will be found en our first page. The Senate came te its end decor ously and with the usual speeches. In the Heuse there was riot and confusion ; the Republicans tried te seat a mulatto) who was net elected, according te their own elections committee chairman, but were successfully resisted. Keifer crowded the wives and daughters of the members into the press gallery te the exclusion of the correspondents, and te their remenstrances he said the correspondents had " been putting en airs ;" he proposed te show them that he "run the Heuse," he didn't " give a damn for the press ; te hell with it." Se the correspondents held au indigna tion meeting and scored Keifer. Randall get through a vote of thanks te the retir ing speaker and he made a long speeeh in reply, and adjourned the Congress sine die. An UmiBena Measure. Bucharest, March, 5. A proposal has been introduced in the Chamber of Depu ties by 42 members providing for the ex penditure of 15,000,000 lei for the erection of forts made necessary by the political situation. Urgeney was voted for the measure. i Tbe AusastlBlan Keller Fead. Lawrence, Mass., March 5. Over $10,000 have already been subscribed to wards tbe Augustinian relief fund. It is reported that the Jesuit fathers of Bos Bes Bos eon have offered te asssume control of the Catholic churches here and pay off their indebtedness. i a Net Willing te. Surrender tbe "SejpeeU." Paris. March 5 A meeting will be held in the faubeurg 8t. Antoine, en "Wednes day, te pretest Against the arrest of Frank Byrne and Jehn Walsh, at the request of ttiflBjiUihgeveraiaettt. . THE JFL00DS. BEFUBT OF TUB BKLXKlr OOBBITXBE. Scases at the Satetdaace of tee Watera The Ceaatry Along tbe MUUaalppI Eveeta el tbe lay. At Indianapolis the work of the "relief committee still continues. Up te the present time nearly $40,000 have passed through the hands of the beard of trade relief committee. The expedition sent out from Evansville and Madisen returned Saturday night. Between Evansville and New Albany, eat of a population of 11,216, there are 6.256 persons who need relief, while 1,428 - houses have been submerged, and there have been 55 deaths and 362 cases oft sickness. The distress found at Shawneetown was almost beyond description. In one room of the court house there were found 150 persons. In one corner was lying the body of a dead woman, in another a man was dying. The Legisla ture of Illinois has done nothing, and the first iota of relief came from Indiana beats. Chicago has sent tbe paltry sum of 1850 te these people. The Indianapolis public schools have contributed $474.03 in a few rooms. Where the little ones oeuld net bring money their teachers told them te bring a potato, and before night five bar rels of potatoes were contributed. The town of Columbiana, 111., is entire ly submerged, only the reefs of two houses being visible. Eleven houses have floated away. One house has been demolished by a cake of ice. The citizens have fled te places of safety. The latest news from the overflowed country along the Mississippi river is that what are known as " the sunk lands " in tbe. St. Francis river region are entirely submerged ; that nearly as far down as Helena there are but few places above water. People are 'living in the upper stories of houses when there is mere than one story, or are floating around en rafts or in beats. Most of the inhabitants, however, have deserted their homes, and have gene te the highlands back from the river. The streets of New Madrid are submerged te a depth of from two te four feet, and there is water in almost every house. The whole country back of that place, as far as Caire en the Missouri side, and from Hickman south fur ever fifty miles is inundated. Cern, live stock and fences have been destroyed, but no great amount of suffering among the people is reported. LUST ON A K1VEK BOAT. I'nsgengem en tbe Steamer Yazoo Going Down In tbe Mississippi. A special from Denaldsville, Louisiana, says that en Sunday morning at 1 o'clock the steamboat Yazoo, when near Bennet Carre, struck an obstruction, supposed te be a leg, aud began te fill. She was landed and a small Jine put out. The line parted and the beat sank. The following persons were picked up by the steamboat St. Jehn from the floating debris : J. B. Sullivan, captain ; W B. Foulke, first clerk ; R. E. Ceeley, pilot; Bill Curtis, barkeeper: Alphense, barber ; Grant Miller, third cook, and six roustabouts and the following passengers : Mrs. R. E. Ceeley, Miss Dan iels and J. R. Richardson. It is hoped that remainder of the crew and passengers went ashore while the line was being made fast. Captain Sullivan and the ether persons saved from the Yazoo, whose names were given in the Times-Democrat dispatch, have arrived in this city en the Jesse K. Bell. The captain reports the following persons known te be lest : Lee Carper, second clerk ; Christ Kerns, first mate ; Jehn Franz, carpenter; Dan Light ner steward ; the colored chambermaid and eight colored roustabouts. Alse the following passengers : Mrs. Lewis, of Chicago ; the seven-months-old child of Pilet Ceeley and a colored meman, name unknown. The disaster occurred at Gypsy Point, about 25 miles above this city. The beat was heavily laden with miscellaneous freight, the value of which is Det known. The beat was valued at at $7,500 and is insured for $5,000 ia the People's insurance company, of New Orleans, and the Eureka, of Cincinnati. A NOTiSU SCOUT GONE. Deatb et Colonel Harry GUiner of Slesbj'a Command, In Valtiuicre. Colonel Harry Gilmer, the noted Cen federate scout and guerilla, who during the war was conspicuous for his pluek and bravery in various cavalry expeditions under Mesby's command, died at eight o'clock Sunday evening, at Baltimore, from a cancerous affection, with which he had been suffering for several weeks, in the forty-sixth year of his age. Colonel Gilmer met his death with remarkable fortitude. He reeently submitted te two painful surgical operations, declining the use of opiates, but there was no beneficial result. His sufferings for the past ten days and up te five o'clock Sunday after noon were of the most intense character. Notwithstanding this he was comparative ly cheerful. His mind was unclouded, and only afew days age he conversed cheerfully with General Jubal A. Early, who called te see him. Governer Hamil ton was among his visitors yesterday and many ex-Confederates called recently at his house. The death scene was witnessed by only his immediate family and during the last three hours of his life he was un conscious. Colonel Gilmer will be buried with military honors. The members of the Maryland Line society, Confederate state society of Maryland, Fifth Maryland regiment, Masens and Odd Fellows and ether societies of which deceased was a member will participate in the demonstra tion. Prominent merchants and bankers have united in an effort te raise.a sub scription of ten thousand dollars for the education of Colonel Gilmer's three orphan children, and up te this time about four thousand have been subscribed. CK13IE AND CASUALTY. Tbe Itecent Recerd of Bloody Events. The Vulcan Ferge works at Pittsburgh were damaged by fire yesterday te the extent of about $35,000. Buse Scanlan was shot and perhaps fatally wounded by Andrew Fogarty in a quarrel at Shenandoah, Pa., en Saturday night. Fogarty was arrested. E. Samuels, a dry goods merehant of Paris, Texas, was shot dead en Saturday by B. W. Gumpert. The same shot also killed a boetblaok and wounded a drum mer. Gumpert is in jail. Charles W. Smith, a wealthy cotton manufacturer of Worcester, Mass., com mitted suicide en Saturday morning, just after returning from a three weeks' trip te the Seuth, made for the benefit of his health. W. H. Pratt, president of the bank of Mobile and vice president of the Mobile and Montgomery railroad, was crushed te death by a freight train at Montgomery, Aiaeama, en saiuraay morning, no was a native of New Yerk eity, and 72 years of age. Three weeks age, W. J. Streup, a prom inent merehant of Idaho territory, left Ogden, Utah, en a railroad train te meet his wife in Dubuque, Iowa, where she was spending the winter with friends. He has net been heard of since. Jehn Adams was shot dead by his son Richard, in a drunken quarrel at Wilkes bere, North Carolina, en Saturday morn ing. The elder Adams was popularly supposed te have been an accomplice in the murder of a young woman, committed two years age, and was shunned by his neighbors. Harvey N. Fellansbee, elerk of the superintendent of the Bosten police"depart- ment, and treasurer of tbe police relief asuoeiamm, uaa newn aav, iuu jmioekuik i te .the; latter. body. Hi thefts Uaa l beat a year age, first te meet the increas ed expenses of a mere extravagant style of living, and thea te enable him te specu late in stocks. He confessed his guilt and was held in $40,000 bail en Saturday, for trial. DUKES' PROSKCUTIOK. Tbe Lawyer Who Will Ban Cbarge at tbe Cate Political Influence. At Uniontown it is new for the first time authoritatively stated that the prosecution of Dukes will be in charge of ex Senater William H. Playford. This gives assur ance that the case will be vigorously con ducted, as Mr. Playford is the leading criminal lawyer of the Fayette county bar. He Till be assisted by Messrs. A. D. Boyd and R. P. Kennedy. The defense will be conducted by Hen. Charles J2. tteyle ana R. H. Lindsey. The prosecution will be made en the bread grounds of willful, deliberate and premeditated murder, and a first decree verdict asked for. Dukes' counsel will urge the plea of self defense, and the defendant affects te believe that he will be acquitted. Seme effort has been made te bring political influence te bear en the case, owing te the prominence of the two men occupied in their parties. Dakes being a Democratic member of the state Legislature, some of his friends have thought it was the duty 'of his party te see that be is acquitted. Fer this reasons the work of empannehng a jury will be doubtless very tedious, Political feeling, however, does net yet run high, and the local papers have nearly all been careful net te influence public opinion. The let ters are in the hands of the respective counsel, and will probably be produced. PUIPFS IN ONTARIO. Tbe Almshouse Majer Likely te be Extra dlted WltblnaSbert Time. At Terente judgment in the Phipps case will be given by the court of appeals en Tuesday next. The general opinion around the courts seems te be that the prisoner will be extradited. There is no doubt that the two equity judges and chief justice, will decide against him, but there is just a possibility that tbe two common law judges. Burten and Patter son, will oppose his extradition. The decision of the appeal ceurt.will finally settle the matter, uuless, indeed, Phipps' counsel fellow the example of the counsel in the case of Hall, of Newark, N. J., and apply te another judge for a" writ of habeas corpus returnable in the court of common pleas. This, however, is net prebable, as in the Hall case the man oeuvre was unsuccessful, the common pleas judges declining te baye anything te de with the case, holding that thedeoisien of the appeal court was final. A Yeulig Highwayman. Saturday morning Edward Potts, of Pottstown, while en his way te the Bridgeport depot, was knocked senseless by a colored man en the stone bridge, near the Bridgeport Baptist church, and cut with a razor, and robbed of his watch and pocketbook, containing about $20. Frem a description given of the villian Officer Hefiefinger this morning arrested David Atlee, & youthful offender, and ledged him in jail. An unknown white man who was with Potts' assailant is still at large. Atlee has served several short terms in the county prison for miner offenses. He was but recently released from confine ment. A Male Robbed. The safe of J. C. Klaholt, jeweler and watchmaker, in Springfield. Illinois, was robbed early en Saturday morning of nearly $20,000 worth of goods. A large portion of the stolen property consisted of dia monds and jewelry, and it included 400 watches, of which 250 had been left for repair, rue roeoors nrst entered a nam ware store and secured revolvers and tools with which te break the safe. Schutt, private watchman for Klaholt, says there were three ; that they bound aud gagged him and threw him in the coal house, but he succeeded in freeing himself seen after they left. A Freight Superintendent Killed. Jehn J. Tener, a well-known Deme cratic politician and superintendent of the freight department of tbe Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore railroad iu Wilmington, was passing between a bum ber and seme cars when an engineer backed the cars, catching and squeezing him between a car and the bumper. He was net mangled, bis injuries being chiefly internal, in the region of the stomach. He died in half an hour after the accident, leaving a wife and two daughters. PERSONAL Jay Gould's new pleasure yacht Ata lanta will be launched from Cramp's ship yard in two weeks. The yacht will cost $250,000. Dr. Edmund Coxbertsen, president of the National bank of Chambersburg, died suddenly yesterday afternoon, of neural gia of the heart. Henry Seybert, who, during the Cen tennial year, presented te Philadelphia the clock and bell new in the state house steeple, died en Saturday, aged eighty-one years. Rev. O. H. Tiffaky, D. D., has con sented deliver a lecture in the Acade my of Music, Philadelphia, for the benefit of the First Regiment armory fund prier te his departure for New Yerk. His sub ject will be "A Secial Problem." Cel. Rebert G. Ingersoll's lack of piety may be understood when it is known that his father, a congressional clergyman passed much of his time en his knees. At the dedication of a church in Oneida coun ty, N. Y., once upon a time, the elder In In gersell made probably the longest prayer en record or ever uttered by any sane minister, occupying en the opening of the services just ene hour and seventeen min utes. Rebert Smalls, the notorious negre congressman, had his attention attracted by the new statue of Fulton in the na tional capitol the ether day while en his way from his lunch te his seat in the Heuse. " Who's that ?" he asked thickly, his mouth full of pie, as he stepped before the figure of Rebert Fulton. "That's the man who ran the first line of steamers between New Yerk and Liver pool,'" said a gray-haired old congress man, solemnly. " What's that in his hand ?" went en the colored congressman, taking another bite. " That's the model of a Btcamer Jehn Reach built for him last year. : Is he running the line still ?" inquired Smalls, gulping down the last bite of pie. " Ne," said the white colleague, starting for the Heuse ; " he sold out te Jay Gould last week." NKIUHBORHOOD NKWS. Events Acress tbe uennty Mnm. The Potts "Brethers' rolling mill at Pottstown, which has been idle for some time, was started ud again te-day, giving employment te 150 hands. At the Pennsylvania steel works at Baldwin, two fly wheels have been cast ter use at the works each weighing fifteen tens, and measuring twenty feet in diameter. While a child of three years, daughter of Isaac Huber, jr. , of Pinegrove, . Schuyl kill county, was taking a drink from a broken cup, the ragged edge of the cup cut her tongue, which began bleeding and before the hemorrhage could be stepped the little one died from exhaustion. The men who have been working en the new Delaware River & Lancaster railroad near Coventryville, Chester county, have left with the horses and carts, aad the shan ties are new unoccupied. It is said that the farmers would sell no mere feed for the hersey as they were! unpaid for that v:.u i 1 1. j i.-- i-.i.j "" "' UH,'J?U, ' AT PAST. ALX1N1)ZK.B. HTKfBENS DKAD. - A me of Three Score Years aaa lore UBMtly tSreBgbt te a Clese. Governer Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, died in Atlanta, about 3:30 yes terday morning. He had been slowly sinking for some time and late Saturday night he went into a deep stupor from which he never awoke, breathing his last quietly. His last illness was caused by Mr. Stephens imprudently exposing him self in a journey te Savannah en Monday last, the clammy fog prevailing at the time penetrating his frail system and chilling him through. He was immedi ately forced te take te his bed and grew weaker day by day until at last he himself became convinced tbat ne was going te die. Under the continued use of morphine he became very quiet, and was unoensoious most of the time. His system, frail as it was, had gene threueh se many shocks, however, that the physicians bad hopes of his getting through this one safely, and it was only late en Saturday afternoon that they began te despair. His mind tnen began te wander and be was unable te re cognize bis nearest friends. They then summoned his relatives, Cel. Jehn Stev ens and Cel. Grier and their wives, who, together with several of the state officials, remained at the dying man's bedside un til hn passed away.' A meeting of citizens was held in At lanta yesterday, and addresses were deliv ered by Senater Colquitt, Judge Martin J. Crawford, Judge Legan, E. Bleckley and ether prominent citizens. A citizens' committee was appointed te co-operate with the committee from the Legislature, add the state house officers iu the con duct of the funeral. The remains will lie in state at the capitol until the burial, which will occur en Wednesday or Thurs day. The body will be buried in the fam ily plot at Crawfordsville. Alexander Hamilton Stephens was born en February 11, 1812, in that part of Tal Tal iaferre county, Georgia, which was then known as Wilkes county. He graduated from Franklin college when 20 years of age. Fer the following eighteen months he taught eoheol, devoting all the time he could spare from his duties te the study of the law. He pursued his legal studies se industriously that it 1834 he was admitted te the bar at Crawfordsville. He at once entered upon the practice of his profession and was seen -known as one of the cleverest young lawyers in Geergia.He took deep in terest in politics, and in 1836 was elected te the Legislature of his native state as a representative from Taliaferro county. In 1843 he was elected state senator from the same district. He was identified with the Whig party, and in 1843 was Bent te Con gress. In February, 1847, he submitted a series of resolutions as te the Mexican war, which afterward formed a plank in the platform -of the Whig party. The breaking up of the Whig party in 1855 resulted in his adherence te the Democra tic party. He represented his district in Congress until 1859. At the close of the Thirty-fifth Congress he declined te be a candidate, and en July 2, 1859, made a speech at Augusta in which he announced his intention te retire from publie life. He opposed secession, but when his native state went out of the Union he continued te serve her. He was elected a member of the Confederate Congress which met at Montgomery, Ala., and was made vice president of the newly organized gov ernment. In February, 1865, Mr. Stephens was one of the three representa tives of the Confederacy who met Presi dent Lincoln en a steamer in Hampton Reads, when the situation developed by the war was diseussed earnestly, though te no purpose. When General Lee surren dered Stephens retired te his home. There, en May 11, 1865, he was arrested. He was brought North and confined in Fert Warren, in Bosten harbor, where he was kept for several months. He was placed in a damp dungeon, where he con tracted rheumatism, whieh disabled mm from walking for the last twelve years of his life. On October 11 he was released en parole. Stephens favored President Jehnsen's policy of recon ciliation. In 1866 he was elected te the Senate of the United States, but was pre vented from taking his seat because Geor gia was considered net te have complied with the conditions of reconstruction. He was elected te Congress in 1872, and he retained his seat in that body until last year, when he anneuced his intention of retiring from publie life. He was induced, however, te become a candidate for gov ernor of Georgia, and was elected by a large majority. In 1870 he published " A Constitutional View of the War Between the States." Physically Mr. Stephens was vary frail, being short in stature and light in weight. He was gentle and sympathetic and was noted for his gener ous hospitality, as well as for his force of character and remarkable eloquence. He was never married. When asked years age why, he answered decid edly : " Pride. I have always been tee proud, knowing that I should always be an invalid, te ask any woman te marry me te be my nurse." His little body shrined a great heart. Upen this subject a single item from a Georgia paper may be quoted. "Mr. Stephens is well known as a friend of the young, and his name is associated with the education of many a boy strug gling for a start in the world. But the extent of his geed work in this direction is perhaps known te few. There are new no less then fourteen young men and women dependent en bis big heart for their education. Fer some of these he pays merely the tuition and for ethers all ex penses. Te each gees a check every month signed by the generous hand in the rolling ehair. Since he reentered Congress he has kept at school about this number of pupils besides bestowing with a tee liberal hand his means en various ether objects." THE F. R. H. NEW MRANCH. A Portion of It Connected Yesterday. Fer a year past the Pennsylvania rail road company have bean constructing a new branch north of this city for the pur pose of running the long freight trains around the eity. The branch runs from the big Conestoga bridge, a mile east of the eity, almost te the Little Conestoga bridge, west of Dillerville. Near the turn table at the latter station the new branch cresses the tracks of the Reading read and the Mount Jey branch of the Penn sylvania. -It then runs ever te the Columbia branch read, which it cresses right at the Harrisburg turnpike. The'new branch then runs along en the side of the old bed almost te the Little Conestoga. By this arrangement the read will be almost straight en the whole branch when completed. Yesterday the connections were made at the west end of the branch, and after dinner trains were running ever it as far as Dillerville, where they were switched en the old track and ran in through town as usual. It will be two - weeks before the part of the branch between Diller ville and the Big Conestoga can be used. The work of connecting was begun at 8 o'eloek yesterday morning and was finish ed about 1.- Ne trains were run for four or five hours and Geerge Bartley with a telegraph instrument, was kept at the end of the branch all day reporting the pro gress of the work. The telegraph tower, which was erected several years age, has been removed about a squarcrand a half farther west and new stands along the new branch. A great many Improvements are being made around, the place which wiU afford a force of men work let some US W WW - COUKT OW QUAKTKK SESSIONS. January Aftiearaed Tarsa Dispatch I This morning the week of adjourned quarter sessions began with Judge Pt tamnn nresidimr. On the list there are 46 cases for jury trial and 6 for desertion Jand surety or tbe peace, rnu memees me cases of the young men of this city who are charged with arson. In the cases of Franklin Kilehrist and Wm. Munrer, charged with rape and fornication with Lizzie McClarren, ver dicts of net guilty were taken en the mere serious charges. Beth men plead guilty te fornication. Munroe was sentenced te pay a fine of $10 and costs, and the sentence of Kilchrist was postponed at his request. It will be remembered that Kilehrist was convicted of rape upon this girl. A motion was made for a new trial, which was granted, en the grounds that new testi mony had been found for the defense. With this it was impossible te convict him of rape. Beth he and Munroe were will ing te plead guilty te the crime of fernica tien ana tue commenweaitu were wuiiug te aceept this plea. Rep. In three cases of larceny, ia which Wm. Franklin was charged with larceny of a let of tools from Wm. Sales, verdicts of net guilty were taken. Jehn Shread and Frank Blair were tried en the same charges last court ; the former was ac quitted and the latter convicted. The evidence against Franklin was no stronger than that against Shread, and tbe com monwealth thought the best way te dis pose of the cases was te take verdicts of net guilty. In the case of B. B. Albert, charged with defrauding a landlord, a verdict of net guilty was taken, as the defendant re cently died in Lebanon. Cem'th vs. Careline Green, Henry Green and Weed Shriver, all colored, larceny, These defendants were charged with stealing cord weed from the property of Henry Troop, en the Welsh mountain, in Salisbury township. It was shown that Shriver aud Henry Green were seen carry ing Mr. Troop's weed away. When asked about it both men said they did net kuew the weed belonged te him. In his defense Green stated that he only took a few small pieces of weed which he trimmed from the bushes that the weed choppers had left. Shriver testified that the stick Troop found him with was net taken from his grounds, but be get it from an old tree, which had been blown down. Careline Green stated tbat 6he had permission from Mr. Caldwell, who owned the land.te pick up some loose pieces of weed. The case against the woman was net pressed. The jury rendered verdicts of net guilty as te all the defendants. THJS POULTRY ASSOCIATION. Proposal te Incorporate tbe Society and Issue Stock. The Lancaster Poultry association held a stated meeting this morning at 10:30 o'clock. The following named members were present : Messrs. Geerge A. Geyer, president, Flerin ; J. B. Lichty, secretary, city ; J. B. Leng, city ; F. A. Diffenderffer, city ; C. A. Gast ; H. A. Schroyer, city ; H. S. Garber, Mt. Jey ; A. S. Flowers, Mt. Jey ; J. W.- Bruekhart, Salunga ; H. T. Shultz, Ellzabethtewn ; H. Schmidt, city; J. M. Johnsten, city ; Jehn E. Schrum, city ; Charles Lippold, city ; Wm. Pow Pew den, city. J. B. Leng, of the committee appointed at last meeting te devise meaus for the liquidation of the debt of the society, re ported that the committee had been able te get subscriptions amounting te $100. This being far below the indebtedness of the association the committee recommend ed that the association be incorporated and that stock be issued te the amount of $500, at $5 per share. Mr. Leng said he had prepared a subscription paper and urged members te take as much stock as they could. After mature deliberation the committee had come te the conclusion that this was the most feasible plan te liquidate tbe debt. After some debate the subscription paper was circulated among members and 51 shares were subscribed. The proposed amendment te the by laws, substituting Friday as the regular meeticg day instead of Monday, was taken' up, and after discussion was rejected by a vote of eleven te three. Peter S. Geedman, Lancaster ; Chas. J. Rhoads, Safe Harber ; H. A. Schroyer, Lancaster; F. M. Seurbeer, Mount Jey; R. J. Myers, of Mount Jey, were proposed and elected members. On motion of J. B. Leng, the chair ap pointed a committee of five te arrange the details for incorporating the association, soliciting subscriptions and framing by laws, and te report te the society at next meeting. The chair announced the follow ing committee : J. B. Leng, Jehn Seldom ridge, F. A. Diffenderffer, J. B Lichty, Gee. A. Geyer, Jehn E. Schum, H. S. Garber. It was resolved that the next meeting of the association be held en the second Monday of April, instead of the first Monday. Adjourned. THE M1LLEKSVILLE STATE NORMAL. Resignation or principal Kdward Brooks, X fui. Xiuwaru xruuK.B, jru. u.f iur many years principal of the state normal . school, Mulersville, has tendered ms re signation from tbat position te the beard of trnstees, te take effect at the close of the present session, with a view, it is said, of being relieved from active educa tional duties and te spend a few years abroad. 'Prof. Brooks, new in the fifty third year of his age, is one of the best known educators in the country. He is a native of New Yerk and began life as a school teacher. He first taught in Penn sylvania at a select school in Bethany, Wayne county ; then in the academy at Montieello, New Yerk ; in 1855 he accepted a professorship in the state normal school, at Millersville, and upon the resignation of Dr. Wickersham in 18G6, Dr. Brooks was elected te succeed him. Since then he has been at the head of the institution and much of 'its material prosperity, as well as its educational success, has been due te his management. As an author he is scarcely less widely known than as an educator and his school books are used throughout the country. Frem his copy rights of these he has amassed a com fortable fortune and he is wise, in the prime of life, te take advantage of the opportunities which are at his command for the enjoyment of travel and leisure after a busy life. Unclaimed Letters. The following is a list of letters remain ing in the postefno e for the week ending March 5, 1883 : Laditi1 List. Mrs.- Juliet Coneway, Alice Hamisb, Emma Heffman, Mrs. Annie Huber, Katie Jacobs (2), Mrs. Liz zie Neff, Mrs. Annie Sherman. Gents' List. SLA. Benedict, Wm. Bard, A.G.Barnet,Harry Barnard,G.BIack, Henry Ceburn, Jas. H. Callahan, J. Ferbes Dills, Frank M. Dew, Walter Eeling, James P. Fisher, Jno. Garber, C. Habecker, Revd. Shelden Jacksen, S. B. Kendig, Edw. Kraft, Fred. Myers, Harry P. Peters, Sam'l Rishell, Wm. Risinger, J. A. P. Sherman, S. E. Stauffer, Sbas Trainer. A Geed rertralt.. -Mrs. S. M. Dougherty, Ne. 428 North Prince street, is acquiring quite a reputa tien as an artist, both in crayon and water colors. A portrait by 'her; whieh is new en exhibition in H. Z. Rhoads' jewelry window attraete wmK atteatiea: EELIGIOUS. the aurrrfleuisr cectkkkigjb. Preparations te Eutertalu He saesai Aa- nireraay Bxereieee. The local committee ,of arraageaeata for ttie entertainment of ' the members of the Philadelphia M. E. conference, whieh will meet in the court house Beat Wedges day, has issued a neat and ceaveaieat directory of the members and their pkteee of entertainment, copies of whieh have been distributed te these interested. All el the members of conference are provided for and, besides them, all the efleial visitors, conference stewards and candi dates for orders. Apart from or in oobbm eobbm oebbm tion with' the business meetings of the conference, there will be a succession of special meetings, anniversaries, &e , as fellows : Historical Society. Tuesday evening. .March 13, in Duke street M. E. church, at 7:30 o'clock, Rev. J. S. J. McConnell, presiding. Addresses by Bishop T. Bow Bew man ; Rev. J. A. Reche, D. D., subject : " The Philadelphia Conference the Classie Ground of American Methodism ;" Rev A. Jehnsen, subject :"The Preaching of the Fathers;" and Rev. James Neill, subject :v " Fifty Years Recollection of the Philadelphia Conference." Education and Freedmen's Aid So cieties. Wednesday evening, March 14, in the court house at 8 o'clock. Ad dresses by Rev. G. B. Creeks. D. D., of Drew theological seminary, Rev. J. C. Hartzell, D. D., and Rev. James Merrow, D.D. Weman's Foreign Missionary Society. Thursday afternoon, March 15, in Duke street M. E. church at 3 o'clock. Address by Mrs. S. L. Keen. Conference Tract Society. Thursday evening, March 15, in the court house, at 7:30 o'clock, Coulston Heiskell, presiding. Addresses by Revs. Wm. Swindells and G. D. Carrow, D. D. . Church Extension. Friday evening. March 16, in the court house, at 7:30 o'clock, Rev. M. D. Kurtz, presiding. Addresses by A. J. Kynett, D. D., and Chaplain C. C. McCabe, D. D. Conference Temperance Society Satur day evening, March 17, in the court house, at 7:45 o'clock, Rev. Henry Wheel er, presiding. Addresses by Rev. Geerge H. Ceray, of the New Yerk conference, and ethers. Ordinations. Ordination of deacons, en Sunday morning, March 18tb, in Duke street M. E. church, at 10:30 e clock ; ordination of elders, en Sunday afternoon, March 18tb, in Duke street M. E. church, at 3 o'clock. On Monday afternoon, Mareh 19tb, Rev. J. T. Satchell will preach the missionary sermon in the court house at 3 o'clock. Missionary anniversary, Monday even ing, March 19tb, in the court house, at 7:30 o'clock. Addresses by Revs. Wm. H. Shaffer, of Laudsdale, Jehn Y. Dob Deb bins, of Trenten, N. J., and O. Hi Tiffany D. D., of Philadelphia. Sunday Scheel union, Tuesday evening, March 20th, in the court hense, at 7:30 o'clock, Rev. E. Stubbs, presiding. Ad-' dresses by Bishop M. Simpsen, Revs. J. H. Vincent, D. D , and H.. Cleveland. YOUNG FOLKS BNTERTAINSLCNT. A Big; Audience enjoys aa Kvealas; of neasure. Every seat in Fulton opera house was occupied Saturday evening by the audi ence which assembled te witness the exercises of the Yeung Felks' fourth . annual entertainment, given under the auspices of St. Paul's M. E. church, en Seuth Queen street. The proceedings were varied, .interesting and rather pro longed, although everybody looked en with pleasure at the succession of beauti ful tableaux, dialogues, recitatiensjind songs. Following is the pregramme in full : rABTI. Chorus" Greeting Glee." -'" Salutatory Address Nellie Barten. Tableaux " The Lord's Prayer." Recitation Mamie Bartholemew. Dialogue" A Place for Everything, aud Everything in Its riace." Seng "angel Mether's Last Geed-Bye," Misses Ceglcy and Urban, and Messrs. Urban and UatnbriKht Dialogue" Lean el a Gridiron." Alphabet Heundalay. Dialogue" The Bound Girl." Seng " Beautiful Flowers of Spring," Misses Ceia and Kate Urban and Messrs. Urban and Sauber. Recitation "Ten Little Pigs," by Oar Beys America's Birthday Party and Tableaux. PAlrf II. . Due Instrumental Miss near and Mr. Trewetz. Farcial Drama" Samuel In Search of Him self." cast or Characters : Samuel Shirking Shirking ten, friend te Dearlove, Mr. C. A. Sauber; -fair Paul Pounce, knight and alderman, 101107 te Mrs. Peckliaui. Mi.C. B..Uruan: Jenataaa ' Dearlove, the Jealous husband, Mr. K. Iu lluber; Mrs. -echham. Miss Lillian Urban u , Mrs. Dearlove, Mi?s LIU Ian McMlcbael; Tippy, Mrs. Pcckbam's page, Mr. V. t. Urban. fast ui. Chorus-" in Light Tripping Measure." Becitatien "Marie Antelnette,"Ml3 Kama Barten. DIalegue-"8elf Denial." Quintette" Moonlight Dance." Dialogue" Weman's; Bights." Dialogue" Schoolmaster's Abroad." Instrumental SpechUfies Mr. Jnp. Trewets. Columbia's Daughters and Tableaux. Where all rendered 'their parts se well as was done en Saturday evening, there is 1 scarcely room for discrimination. Tbe indie uucb huu iiuya puruiu bue awur wsjeb 1 especially entertaining, and in 4heir seacs and ether features of the pregramme re- ' ctuvcu iuuuub ui aiipiauseuuia we pisssRi audience. The tableaux were very fins and were given with much effect, and alto gether a pleasurable evening was spent. Yamaaaka la PbUadelnala. Times. Masataka Yamanaka, a Japanese stu dent from Franklin and Marshall college, Lancaster, Pa., delivered an interestiag address at Christ Reformed chorea, Sixteenth and Green streets, yesterday. The pastor, Rev. G. H Johnsten, said the speaker arr wed in California only s seven years age, but seen became a vert te Christianity. He came te Mi college te fit himselt for missionary in his native country. Sir. YamanuKa spoke from the text : " Le, I am with you alway, even te tbe end of the world." He praised the heroic devotion exhibited by converts and missionaries in Japan in the face of the greatest persecution for having told the people the plain story of the Scriptures. He attributed the perse cution te ignorance, as the people did net knew Christianity was the true faith. The principal work had heretofore beeASOH fined te the seaboard cities, bus ..of late they had penetrated te the interior eities. One Christian university had been estab lished and was in charge of a gradaaie of Andover. Even the Budhist priests -had come te recognize the importance of the work, and were new distributing anti Christian tracts, in which they confess that Christianity is spreading like Are ee thenlalns. A sum equal te $8,500 had been contributed by tbe converted Japan ese themselves in the past two years te be expended in sustaining the raitsienarjr work. Tke Preseytertaa Ckarek. The communion was celebrated at the Presbyterian church yesterday meraisg. The congregation was unusually large. Three new members were admitted ea profession of faith and two en certificate. The committee te fix a place for the next meeting of tbe Westminster Presby. tery has agreed upon Christ church, Leba non. The meeting will open ea Monday; April 0, with a sermon by tha mederaterr Rev. J. Y. Mitchell, D. D. -, Sale of Baal KstMe. Saturday eveniig at the GreeaTiee hetel. West King street, the mufeitf He. 4J0 and 441 West Kinc street, Ml te WiQiaai Fisher, te PaiHpWe 1 r3rttA t 1 - : &' 'j& X i ?$i i -31 m "V1 -75 -jt s&l P WJi &-..' mhiMkmi&im?mm- fclSiEiSiSl . "i- - - - - - --- ..--r. jfy.jrijyi..-.. ji Ea&4
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