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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
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. 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
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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
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AT PAST.
ALX1N1)ZK.B. HTKfBENS DKAD.
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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
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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
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