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Let .Them be Charitable and Jnst.
- fc ' state senate, uu me uwu
-t- voeper, nas auieuueu u; w . f
f -Mbit the issue of free passes ny raureaus,
which it has under consideration, se as
s-iQ iwTrmih their issnft for charitable and
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Tf2 "benevolent purpeses: and the amend
ment seems te be proper, or nearly se.
u iM iv hpttpp if thft word " beneve-
?;s ! was cfvripVfin nut : it is net SO
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specific as cnamaDie,anu me iu
.covers the ground sufficiently well. Ne
Sene and especially no corporation,
should be forbidden te be charitable.
There is no danger that they will
hurt themselves by an excessive ex ex
blbitien of the virtue. Free as rail
road officers are with their passes te these
who can help them, theyare excessively
costive in their issue when their only in "
centive comes from charity.
And there is no danger that harm will
come te the state by reason of its permit
ting and encouraging railroad companies
in the issue of free passes for charitable
objects. There can be little dispute as
te what a charitable object is ; certainly
a member of the Legislature, a judge, an
-Qffieef6T'a city or of the state, or
anyone in official position, and with
a salary that will give him bread, is net
nfth an ebiect. "We have no fear that
any judge will se decide if the railroad
campany should try such a plea in de
fense of its violation of the law ; nor de
we apprehend that .any official will ever
be se graceless as te ask a free pass en
the ground that he is an object cf cbari.
ty. There is a great deal mere danger
of an abuse of the law by the permission
of the exception that railroad employees
may travel free. That might be stricnen
out te the advantage of the bill ; for the
railroad would net suffer if its officials
paid their faie, since they receive it ;
and a fruitful source of evasion of the
law would be stepped.
In objecting te the amendment allow
ing charitable passes a senator said
that no one would think of applying the
penalty of the law te a railroad officer
who violated it in the real interest of
charity ; but that is a very lame thing
te say. It is ttie duty of the Legislature
te pass laws which can be properly obey
ed in their letter and spirit; and tne
very last thing they should think of de
ing should be to.prehibit te be done in
all cases what they desire te be iloue in
some cases ; and te put the responsibility
"upon the citizen of deciding when the
law is te be violated with impuuity.
Honorable senators who de net know knew
better than this hew te frame just laws
had better give up the business; and
we are surprised te hear that the sciiater
who in this case susgested that a law
should be made te be broken was Jehn
Stewart; but, perhaps there is a mis
take of the reporter.
An objection made te the proposed act ,
itself, forbidding free passes, is that it
can be readily avoided by the railroad
companies issuing passes for a nominal
consideration. Possibly it may, though
it is hardly probable that they would he
ready te se openly show their disposition
te violate the spirit of the law ; and if
they did it tee palpably the judiciary
would net sustain them. Moreover, the
constitution requires the Legislature te
punish the issuing of passes ata discount
as well as of free passes ; a requirement
that will, by the way, require the Legis
lature te make a statutory definition ei
a railroad " pass," as it obviously will
net de te prohibit the issue of tickets at
a discount.
But why cannot the Legislature pats
a law for the transportation of both
men and merchandise which will forbid
unjust discrimination ? What mere is
needed than te declare that passengers
and freight, in like cars and like quanti
ties, in like directions, shall be carried
ever all railroads in the state for a like
price per mile, and that the accommoda
tions of the railroads shall be open alike
te all men who offer for thpm a like
price? It does net seem impossible te
draft a law in brief language and in one
section that will secure that equality
among the citizens of the state in the en
jeyment of the facilities of the railroads
that the state has chartered, which is
their clear right in a free and demo
cratic government.
The general appropriation bill iutre
duced at Harrisburg provides for a legis-
lative session of one hundred days, and
if the important business new in various
stages of dispatch in both Houses can be
finished up by the 12th of April it will be
a consummation most devoutly te be
wished, but it is very doubtful whether
this can be accomplished. The people
are indisposed te Ien? seasieas of tr.e
Legislature ; the last Assembly outlived
'""its usefulness and incurred odium by
staying at Harrisburg tee long. Tej
much legislation is worse than net
enough ; but there are a number of geed
measures new en a fair way te enact
ment at Harrisburg, and if they are net
obstructed with matters of less ltnperi-
ancfe"er smothered with vociferous de
bate they can be disposed in the next
month. It will be even better te prolong
the session than te leave them en the
verge of enactment as a heritage te a
subsequent Legislature or te compel an
- extra session.
There are a number of features of the
" general appropriation bill which merit
commendation, and its tendency is te
economy in expenditures. There is a
general paring down of contingent
funds and salaries of legislative officials
and employees, and if the Delaney in
vestigating committee will compare the
amount of the fund with which the
Heuse has assurance Chief Clerk Meek
can keep things moving and keep them
r ;li. 1.1 r.. ..i: ,i
r$&,' Clean, WlbU bim auiuuuuiui Duyipiicanuu
2S53J eantiusrents renuired wnen -Delaney.
Tr.if-" ..-
wft vr t 3 fiimH.H in r.ii .;.. .-
1-1 II II II UUU liUUULdll IIUU lull SWil) lb
. may strike a trail which will lead te
-something fresher than it is eliciting
r"?frem the newspaper knew-nothings
whom it has been examining.
The Democratic majority of the Heuse
is clearing the way for the passage of
the apportionment bills. Ne mere irnpera
tlveduty devolves upon the Legislature.
Jt is enjoined by the constitution and all
etber measures should give my te these
prescribed by the fundamental law, as
well a3 demanded by the highest public
interest.
It is generally a safe rule for courts te
refuse te allow that te be done by indi
rection which the law forbids te be done
directly. Fer geed or bad, the federal
constitution declares that " the judicial
power of the United States shall net be
construed te extend te any suit, in law
or equity, commenced or prosecuted
against one of the United States, by
citizens of another state, or "by citizens
or subjects of any foreign state."
Nevertheless, some of the people of New
Yerk and New Hampshire, who have
claims against the State of Louisiana,
sought te collect them by transferring
them, for this purpose, te their states.
The obvious intention te evade the con
stitutional prohibition was manifest te
the supreme court upon an examination
of the proceedings, and very properly it
has nullified them. It is gratifying te
recognize the increasing tendency of the
supreme court toward a strict construc
tion of the fundamental law.
We congratulate the people that
enough Representatives were found with
the courage te kill the Smull's hand
book job. It was without any ether jus
tification than that the members wanted
the books te tickle their constituents
with the free distribution of them, for
which there was no better reason than
for a free distribution at the state's ex
pense of hams and coal ameBg these
who "want them."
Secretary Felder yesteraay eraercd
that the word " cents" be added te the
new fire cent piece, te meet the require
ments of the law.
Vermont has amended her constitution
ee as te provide fef the election by the
peopie instead ei ey tue .Legislature et
state auditor and state treasurer. Power
once assumed thus by the people is seldom
siinendcred.
Tennessee proposes te pay fifty cents
en the dollar and three per caut. interest
en all but the " state debt proper," and
the bends of educational institutions
within the state for which it is proposed
te pay par with the contract rate of inter
est.
In tue next Ucired States Heuse of
Representatives there will be 192 Deme
eratF, 127 Republicans (counting the six
Virginia Readjusters at Republican?),
four Independents and two Greenbackers.
The new Heuse will have 365 niembeis,
making 1C3 a quorum for business.
Scattering inunieipal elections held
yesterday in various towns indicate that
the Independent voter is abroad and that
partisan lines are net closely adheicd te
in local affairs. In Burlington, Vt., the
Democrats elected the city judge and the
Republicans the mayor ; in Rochester,
Oswego and Ucica, N. Y., there were
mixed results, while Newburg and Menree
county show Democratic advantages.
TriE time of Easter, which this year
falls unusually early, is determined by
the moon of March, which Tennyson calls
" the rearing moon of daffodils.'' The
old l ule is that Easter shall fall en the
Sunclny after the full moon which comes
after the vernal equinox. That brings
Easter this year en the 2eth of March.
In 181S it fell en the 22d of March, the
earliest date possible. It will net fall
upon that day again in this or the follow
ing century.
Tn.vr delusive weather prophet, Wig
gitis, is mere obdurate than a score of
ghostly Banques and will net down even
with a whole country hurling its derisiv.e
taunts at his thermemetrically constituted
head. lie is bobbing around smilingly
with emphatic predictions of a "big blew"
en the Oth, 10th and 11th, and te Rive bet
ter assurances of his faith in its coming
he has skipped ever te Halifax with the
intention of getting the full benefit of the
great storm by feeling the Canadian
winds go howling through hi prophetic
beue3.
It is somewhat gratifying te our na
tional vanity te be assured by the Ger
mantewn Telegraph that the United States
ranks fn&t among the countries in the
world as regards cattle and hogs, second
only iu horses and fourth in sheep ; and
that we can make better Neufchatel
cheese than the foreign article ; but the
Telegraph insists that the comparison of
our average production of wheat te the
acre, twelve and four-tenths bushels, with
England's twenty-uine and a half, is
based en the short American crop of 1881,
whereas that of 1882 shows 30 per cent,
mere. The Telegraph may be reliably
depended upeu te held up the agricul
tural end of our national lice.
" All the way ever " en the steamship
British Crown, young Fannie Reilly
seemed te be overburdened with happi
ncss, and despite the agonies of sea sick
ness her joy was constant sunshine te the
passengers. They knew what light of
neither laud nor sea had brightened her
trip, when, as she set feet en the Philadel
phiadock,yeung HenryBentley rushed into
her arms, carried her off te the Darsan'd.
and took his English bride te their new
home at the Falls of the Schuylkill. They
were betrothed two years age in Eagland
and she had followed him at his request te
help him make his fortune in the land of
his adoption. Thus it is the world is made
te keep going 'round.
In Londen an organization styling itsel.
a Society for the Suppression of Blaspte
meus Literature proposes te tie up the
tongues and break up the pens of
Professors Huxley and Tyndall, Herbert
Spencer and ethers, " who by their writ
ings, have sworn wide spread unbelief
and, in some cases, Tank atheism." This
society proposes te de an alarmingly great
deed, the magnitude of which they will
doubtless, net comprehend until the
erudite Mr. Spencer demonstrates te them
hew in the genesis of our ideas the uni
versal law of intelligence flews directly
from the co operation of mind and nature,
aad the learned Tyndall peiuts out te their
astonished gaze the germ of this very or
ganization in the expanding intellect of
some progressive mollusk of the Silurian
age.
' The question of the, propriety of hiwieg
ea the part of an audianee, te express its
condemnation of bad acting and worse
plays, has never been mere than casually
discussed in this country, and possibly te
this fact is attributable the seeming dis
favor in which the indulgence of the ac
tion is held. However, there is scarcely
justification for its suppression at times.
There are every season plays presented
upon the stage se egregiously flimsy in
construction and barren in sentiment, but
heralded in advance by gorgeously-worded
assurances of their worth, that it would
seem most rational in the public, who have
been gulled into attendance, te demon,
strate in an emphatic and obvious manner
their contempt for these abortive efforts
of unqualified aspirants for dramatic re
newn. Theatrical managers bow for ap
probation te the public, and critics listen
complacently te the uproar of a delighted
audience before a legitimate play, but a
suffering assemblage, disgusted with the
windy rant of one tearing a passion te
tatters, has no remedy but te sit and
silently bear it all, or go out. It is a par
tiality altogether in favor of the actor and
author, but the public are responsible for
it. A commendable degree of just dis
crimination is net lacking in the average
American audience, and it needs only an
infrequent displacement of their geed
natured leniency by a sharp and apparent
criticism in hisses te inaugurate a delight
ful era of truer actors and better plays.
PERSONAL.
Gen. Boynton rebuts Speaker Keifer's
denial of his misconduct. .
Colonel David Celeman, one of the
most prominent lawyers of North Carolina,
died yesterday, in Asheville, aged GO.
Henry "Winkley has added $10,000 te
his previous gifts te Andover theological
seminary, malting $60,000 in all.
David N. Sellee, a blind man, has
started a manufacturing enterprise in
Newburg, N. Y., in which only blind per
sons will be employed.
Lawrence Barret has bought a let of
ground en Connecticut avenue, Washing
ten, near the Bntisn minister s,and having
a frontage of 90 feet, and it is said will
build a house for his own use en a part of
it.
Je Emsiett mourns the death of Peggy
Williams, the bright and natural child
actress, te whom he has se often sung the
Fritz lullabies. She was very pretty, with
round face, brown ringlets, and laughing
eyes, and her ways" were very winning.
Kaiser Wiluelm's present te his son
and daughter-in-law en the occasion of
their silver wedding was a magnificent tea
service. It was made in England, but the
emperor ordered three supplementary
pieces te be made in .Berlin, ana these
alone cost $2,000.
Gen. Phil. Sheridan completed his
fifty-second year yesterday, and, as the
Chicago Journal says, wears his years like
his honors, easily and well. The Leyal
Legien invited about 100 gentlemen te
meet him at a dinnsr in bis honor in Chi
cago last evening.
Ex Gov. Downey, of California, is
recovering slowly from the injuries he
received by t he accident en the Southern
Pacific railroad. His physician says the
broken ribs are knitting successfully, and
there is every reason te believe that with
care he will seen be able te leave his
house.
Frederick Lunger, who died at
Davenport, Iowa, last Wednesday, aged
seventv-five years, is said te have been
the senior railroad locomotive engineer in
the United States. His first experie nce
in that calling was in 1835, en the Albien,
an engine built by Geerge Stephenson 'and
run en tbe old State read from Philadel
phia te Columbia.
Rev. PniLLirs Brooks, of Bosten, it
was reported could net find at an Italian
bathing place a suit large enough te fit
him. The facts are, according te the
World, that Mr. Brooks wanted te take a
dip in the Gulf of Spezia and that the
coast guard ordered him off for fear the
tidal-wave sure te be caused by his im
mersion might abolish Tuscany.
William Ruffin Cox, M. C, of North
Carolina, excites the admiration of the
Sun as "a Southern Democrat who has
creeks and trout streams in his district and
yet votes against the river and harbor bill
en principle ; a new member of the Heuse
who has the courage te stand up and man
fully oppeso a petty abuse that many of
the elder reformers arc glad enough te
blink ; a clear headed man who can talk
solid sense in plain English."
Wm. W. Watts, who died recently near
Mechauiusburg, Cumberland county, when
a young man, bad studied both law and
medicine, and was a member of the ban of
Erie county. Fer many years he resided
at Pine Grove furnace, which place he
owned and managed with great enterprise
and success. At one time he was a mem
ber of the state Legislature. Fer about
the past 15 years he has lived at his beau
tiful homestead " Nantille," near Mechan
isburg, where he entertained his friends
with boundless hospitality.
A Hannted Desk.
San Leuis Obispo Tribune.
A mysterious desk has for some time
been an object of great solicitude in the
office of the Pacific Coast railway. Several
months age Freight Agent Haskins ob eb
scived a singular rapping and rattling
noise in the desk at which he was writing,
and endeavored te ascertain the cause.
After a careful examination no cause could
be found, and weik was resumed. At very
inopportune times this neie was repeated
and a belief was aroused that spirits had
taken possession of the desk and it was
placed in another room. But even from
there it continued its annoyance
and it was sent down te the
depot without intimation of its tricks.
But at the depot -it continued its rap
pings and the clerk te whom it was as
signed chose boxes or tables or ether desks
te write upon rather than confess his ft ight
at the haunted object which was his com
panion. Luckily a desk was wanted in
the depot at Les Alamos. The clerk
recommended that the one which had been
assigned te him be sent, as he thought he
could get along without it, and the officers
of the company relieved him of the object
of terror. The haunted desk was sent te
Les Alamos, bearing a geed character and
a fresh coat of varnish. It was thought se
great a removal would dislodge the
troubled and troublesome spirit and give
the clerks a rest. But new comes the
templainc from Les Alamos of mysterious
noises from that same desk. What can be
done with it ? All are getting frightened.
Cannet some medium investigate it and
unravel the mystery, or send the desk en
the Lompoc, where no spirit s are allowed.
The Memery of Uev. tStepbens.
Governer Boynton, of Georgia, has pro
claimed Thursday "a memorial 'day" en
account of the funeral of Alexander H.
Stephens. He requests that all business
be suspended en that day and appropriate
services be held iu the various churches.
"As a mark of respect te the memory
of Alexander H. Stephens and sympathy
with the people of -Georgia," Governer
Barstow of Vermont yesterday ordered
that all tbe state offices in Burlington be
closed and the flags half-masted en the
I day of Mr. Stephens' funeral.
PHIPPS MUSI COME BACK
THE OAKADA COUBTS KETUKX HIJf.
Ail Ua Judge et tbe Court of Appeals et
Ontario Decide tbat tbe YagltlTe
Majer 8beud oe-Botoraed.
Terente Dispatch te tbe Times.
There were plenty of lawyers, but no
?iles of law books, at the judgment in- the
hipps appeal case before the court of ap
peals here te-day. Phipps was represented
by three lawyers,. including Harkins, of
Philadelphia. The commonwealth was
represented by two. The judges of the
court were Chief Justice Spragge and
Judges Patterson, Fergusen and Burten
of whom Burten was counted en as rea
sonably certain te decide in favor of the
major. That was the calculation of the
major's counsel. He did decide that the
offense with which the major is charged,
having regard te Willismsen's affidavit,
was net forgery, but he nevertheless rec
ommended that the major should be
extradited. The chief jus tice was the first
te read his judgment. He was of opinion
that resting the case en the question of
forgery as te the simple signing of the
warrant stubs it was clearly against the
prisoner, but the piece of evidence in the
deposition of Williamson that he (Will
iamson) was told that Phipps had author
ity te sign, introduced another element en
this point. After consideration, Spragge
deciaed that it cenld net change the na
ture of the act, which was forgery. The
evidence was altogether such as in his
opinion was fit and proper te commit the
prisoner for trial and consequently for
extradition.
Judge Burten said : " I don't want te
be understood as assenting te the offense
as defined by the chief justice. The act
charged against the prisoner is net forg
ery, because the deceit consisted in the
false representation and net in the signing
and if the act as described by Williamson
was net forgery it cannot become se by
the fact that a third party is prejudiced.
I de net agree with the chief justice when
he says that the fraud was a forgery. On
this ground I agree with Justice Cameren,
of the court below, who has had mere
criminal experience than any ether judge
en tbe bench. It may be that Williamson
and Phipps were in collusion, and here I
concur with the chief justice. Ner de I
think we can rightly interfere with the
judgment of the court below. The appeal
is consequently dismissed." Judge Pat
terson reviewed the objections te the de
positions and documentary evidence which
had been submitted in the case, and held
that they were sufficient for the purposes
of the court. He agreed with Spragge
that the signing of tbe names of Bellows
& Murphy and Seeds & Fergusen was a
forgery and made the instruments false en
their face. If the case only turned en the
attempt te deceive Williamson it would
fail, but; a jury would consider them as in
tended te deceive ethers. Phipps had
been properly remanded for extradition
and the appeal must be dismissed.
Judge Fergusen's views were similar te
these of Judge Burten. He believed the
offense was net forgery, if it wi s as charged
in Williamson's deposition. But rejecting
Williamson's testimony and believing that
he might have been in collusion with
Phipps, the judge dismissed the appeal.
The court being thus unanimous in refus
ing the appeal, Osier said he could net
tike the case te the supreme court of Can
ada, but might carry it te the English
privy council. Unless he enters appeal te
the council, Phipps will go back as seen
as the formalities are gene through with.
The Question et an Appeal.
It has net yet been decided whether
Phipps' case shall be carried up te the
puvy council et iungland. The major s
counsel were in telegraphic communication
with bis Philadelphia friends all the after
noon and evening touching the question
of appeal. The expanse of taking an ap
peal te the piivy council is very heavy and
it is thought deubtiul if an appeal will be
made. It was stated that a Philadelphia
man prominently mixed up in the alms
house affairs wired te Lawyer Carscallen
te the effect that it was qu'te evident that
Phipps would have te go and the racket
might as well be steed new as later. It
Las been insinuated that as neon as the
major begins his journey towards Phila
delphia seme gentlemen of that city will
begin jeurneys te various indefinite
places.
Majer Phipps, who has been in jail
nearly six months, has net suffered in ap
pearance since his incarceration. He has
grown stouter and his complexion is
pretty well bleached, His appetite is geed
and his private table is well supplied.
Yesterday he found fault with the cooking
of some article of feed and rated his at
tendant soundly. The attendant get even,
however by remarking :
' Well, it's a d d sight better than
the sawdust you used te stuff Philadel
phia paupers with." The major smiled.
Governer Henry, of the jail, received a
telephonic message from Terente, an
neuncing that " Phipps mi:si go." He
communicated the intelligence te the
major, who remained silent for some time,
with bowed head. Then he began vigor
ously pacing up and down the corridor
and remarked: "Well, if I must 1
must."
" De you think you will appeal again ?"'
asked Mr. Henry.
The major replied : "Well, you see, I
can't exactly say. It isn't my tight. I
can say nothing until I hear from my
friends in Philadelphia." After a further
promenade he said : "I almost wish I had
gene back at first. At the very werat I
would new have six months of my term
served."
Phipps feels much cast down ever the
decision of the court of appsal,upen which
he had permitted himself te build high
expectations. He was closeted with one
of his ceuusel for an hour, and during tbat
time no less than three telegrams from
Philadelphia were cart iel te him. The
expression of his face as the lawyer left
him indicated that he had given all hope
up. He refused te say anything, and the
counsel is as dumb a-j an oyster iu regard
te his intentions. He, however, vaguely
hints at further correspondence from Phil
adelphia which may develop something.
UKI3IK ASD CALAMITY.
A Succession or Uloedy Tragedies.
Henry Thompson, James Spiney and
Peter Geff quarrelled at Somerset, Ken
tucky, ever Gelfs wife. Thompson made
a iemark, which incensed Geff, who shot
him dead and was threatening Spiney,
when the latter shot Geff, killing him
instantly.
W. J French, a veterinary surgeon of
New Orleans, while trying te collect a bill
from Themas McMaben, was assaulted
and kicked by the latter, and died of his
injuries.
Jehn Peters, one of a party " belling "
a newly-married couple near Fastoria, O.,
was fatally shot in the head - by an un
known person.
Thes. Washington, colored, assaulted a
"cetillian party " en the Irenton planta
tion,,, near Franklin, Louisiana. A gen
eral fight followed, in which Henry
Hillaten and Antheny Jenes, both colored,
were shot dead.
Charles Luke was arrested in Buffalo
for arson. He poured oil en the fleer of
his mother's hotel and set fire te it, but
the fire was discovered before much dam
age was done. The house was full of
sleeping inmates.
Jehn Leahy was shot and instantly killed
at New Orleans by Jehn Kane, who was
arrested.
Direful Ulsasters Uritfly Reported.
At Lawrence, Ohie.' yesterday, the son
and daughter of Zacbarian Williams,
aged 4 and 2 years, respectively, went in-
te a'hay mew with matches aad set fire te
the hay. The girl was burned te death.
Tbe boy escaped, but died of bis injuries.
Five buildings of the St. Augustine
normal school for colored students, at
Raleigh, North Carolina, were burned yes
terday. Less, $20,000. Ne person was
injured. The school is a Protestant Epis
copal institution.
In Manchester, N. H., Mr. and Mrs.
Frederics; C. Sunbery, a young couple,
went out sleigh riding, taking with them
tbeir infant daughter. It was intensely
cold. The child was muffled te the eyes
in soft robes and wrappings. When home
was reached the baby was dead in its
mother's arms. Her grief is heartrend
ing. The famous race-horse of Austria Kin
chem, which had wen fifty -four races and
bad never been beaten, was snot en Mon
day owing te her having the glanders.
She was with foal. Kinchem was lately
withdrawn from the turf,as she was un
able te carry extra weight.
Twe freight train collided near Jersey
ville, Illinois, en Monday night. Twelve
cars were wrecked, a number of hogs and
cattle were killed, and the conductor was
injured.
Mrs. Lucinda Bailcemb.aged fifty-eight,
was burned te death at Wilmet, a suburb
el Cleveland, O. Her clothing caught fire
from the sparks from a pipe which she
was smoking.
In Moscow, O., Mrs. Prudie Vance, an
invalid for years, committed suicide by
tying a clothes line around her waist,
then te a tree, and wading into a pond till
she drowned.
By the fall of a platform at the new city
hall at Albany, Eugene Caren was killed
and anetherman bad both ankles broken.
A K. Hamilton's lumber mill, near
Fend du Lae, Wisconsin, was burned
yesterday. Less, $30,000.
AS THE IrOOL DIETH.
An Infidel's Funeral as He Planned It.
A speeial dispatch lrem Gowanda, N.
V., Bays : The burial of G. Stebbins, for
twenty years editor of tbe Cuba, N. Y.,
Patriot, caused a sensation in Western
New Yerk and will go down as one of the
most curious obsequies of the age. Steb
bins was what might be pronounced an
Ingersellite. Fer years he has been dying
of consumption and for months he brooded
ever his approaching dissolution. He
was impressed by the refusal of Charles
Therne, the actor, te have any religious
services held ever his remains, and prier
te his death exacted from his family the
premise that no minister of whatever
denomination should be allowed te held a
religious service. He was a member et
ledge Ne. 553, Knights of Hener, and
asked that the ceremony should be con
ducted by tbe ledge. He desired the
knights in following his remains te the
grave te sing " Marching Through Geor
gia," repeating the song when the earth
fell en his coffin. On leaving the ceme
tery they were te sing " Geed bye, my
lever, geed bye."
Stebbens died last Friday, the funeral
taking place yesterday. Twenty-eight
knights, in full regalia, attended the
funeral. They sang the songs requested,
both iu going and coming, and created a
sensation in the quiet town, the citizuns
of which did net understand hew such
songs could be tolerated at a funeral. The
mourners did net seem te mind the strange
ness of tbe obsequies.
The scene at the grave when the earth
clattered en the box and the knights
started up the old war-song was impres
sive. As the last words died away the
cortege moved en, and when eutside the
cemetery the sentimental song was taken
up and sung with spirit. It was a strange
funeral. Stebbens two years age was ap
pointed United States consul te one of the
Phillipine islands. A hurricane destroyed
the island and he returned te journalism.
THE VASSION FLAY.
A Glimpse at Its Beauties and at 1(8 Auther.
A writer in the Sun who " could net be
lieve tbat there could be any profanity or
sacrilege in an exhibition which had re
ceived the endorsement of the geed Catho
lic prelate in San Francisce, Archbishop
Alemany, and of such ardeutly religious
priests as the Jesuit fathers there," went
te the recent dress rehearsal of Salmi
Merse's " Passion Play," in New Yerk,
and thus describes what he saw :
As far as the performance went it was
very beautiful, solemn and impressive.
The drop curtain was chiefly occupied
with the angels who sang te the shep
herds, while the low and sweet music
issuiug from .beneath the stage, was evi
dently meant te represent their song of
"Glory be te Ged in the highest and en
earth peace and geed will te men." On
the leit corner was the cress, from which
hung a bell in the act of striking an hour
as though te signify a momentous hour in
the history of humanity. When the cur
tain rose the stage was filled with a crowd
of performers in Oriental costumes, priest?,
Levites, Persians, Medes and Jews, the
high priest in the centre, assembled iu a
court of the temple. The architec
ture was magnificent Grecian with
the exo3ptien of some large Jew
ish gilded spiral columns. Ne cost
nor labor has been spared in making
everything as faithful a representation as
possible of the originals, both in scenery
and costume. The temple of that period
was Grecian, having been built by Hered,
and, being the fifth temple since the
original one of Solemon and Hiram Abiff ;
four distructiens having preceded that of
the Remans under Titus. After a beauti
ful hymn by a chorus of Jewish women ou
the left, the ark of the covenant, a large
gilt coffer, surmounted by two kneeling
angels facing each ether, was brought in
by Levites. The high priest intoned, in
slew recitative, 6eme verses from the
scroll of the law, with responses by the
chorus of Levites of " Amen," given with
great solemnity. It was here that the
modern costumes of tbe stage manager,
Mr. Merse, his ceunsel7sMr.- Howe, and
Cant. Williams appeared en the stage, con
trasting strangely with all the rest that
filled it. -
WIie Aleree Is.
In a long interview with Mr. Merse the
same writer learned that he made his
money keeping a large hotel in Melbourne
Australia, and has spent $150,000 of it get
ging the " Passion Play" ready for pre
sentation. He says he has studied deeply
and traveled widely, grudgine no expense
te enable him te reproduce everything in
fae simile, se far aVtt was humanly pos
sible after all the centuries that
have elapsed. He said : " My parents were
Jew?, though I should should scarcely
new be recognized as one ; certainly no;
in religions belief. When I first went te
Jerusalem I was an infidel, a3 much se as
Ingersoll ; but there, when my feet trod
ever all the ground where His had trodden
and awakened the same echoes that His
had awakened, I came te understand Him
and te realize His spirit, and what HU
life and death bad been, and I was an in
fidel no mere. It seemed te come upon
me almost like a flash and with an over
powering force. And new, when ail
I want is te preach Je3us in a way te
make men feel and see him as no pulpit
does or can de, I am crucified by these
who claim te be His ministers."
Mr. Merse, who is somewhat eccentric,
as well as enthusiastic, lives in bis thea
tre, cooks frugally en a gas stove, but in
his bed chamber the room te3med almost
lighted up by a few articles, of which the
chief was a down bed cover of the richest
maroon satin, lined with similar
buff satin. Iu the two upper cor
ners of it were his initials, S. and
M., eight inches long, embroidered in
geld, while in the centre, occupying abent
14 inches square, was his coat of arms,
magnificently embroidered, or rather em-
bossed, in geld. ItsssoMewaa "Excudit,"
and the coronet was studded with preekHU
stones, all real. He showed me en his
finger a geld seal ring evidently many
centuries old, the original from which the
design of the embroidery had been de-
rived. There were one or two articles of
analogous splendor en a small and plain
dressing table, and in the centre of the
room a small round stand, supporting a
large Bible, was covered with a cloth of
crimson velvet, handsomely embroidered
in geld with a geld fringe.
MET HIS HATCH.
Teacblnc Hill C dandier m Lessen la Geed
Manner.
Secretary Chandler is a very rude man,
and once iu a while he gets a lessen in
geed manners. Net long age, a number
of persons, of whom he was one, united in
buying some property. The under
standing was that en a certain day
the papers should be signed, the cash
payment made and the shares allotted..
On that day, therefore, one of the mea in
terested called at the navy department and
mentioned te Secretary Chandler that the
time for making the final arrangements
had come. The secretary was in a hurry,
and in a bad humor as well, and said
brusquely that he couldn't attend te it
then call the next day. The next day.
accordingly, the same man called. Chand
ler was in an ugly temper and evidently
looking out for seme one te be the victim
of it. He saluted his visitor by saying
cresslv :
' Well, you're in a tremendous hurry
about that money."
" But, Mr. Secretary, " replied his visi
ter, " if you remember, this was the day
agreed upon."
"Well," sullenly remarked Chandler,
" all I've get te Bay is, that you're in a
great hurry te handle that money."
The man looked the secretary full in the
eye. "De you knew, sir," he said, "that
I don't allow people te talk te me in that
tone or that manner, aud I would like te
knew what you mean by adopting it to
wards me when I coma here upon a simple
matter of business."
' Well, I think," responded Chandler
doggedly, " that you are in a big
hurry "
" See here," said his visitor, who was
net the kind of a man te put up with
insolence, " If you don't unsay that and
apologize for it new, en the spot, I will
give you the biggest thrashing you ever
had in your life, right here in the presence
of your chief clerk !"
And Chandler en the spot backed down,
apologized profusely, and handed ever the
meucy.
TKADE NOTLij.
Strlbiug Operatives "Who Are Oppased e
Nen-Union Men.
One hundred ornamental painters em
ployed in the Pulman car works at St.
Leuis struck yesterday morning because a
Chinese youth bad been placed iu tbe shop
by the superintendent " te work prepara
tory te a course of study at the Scheel of
Mines." The matter was explained te tbe
strikers but they persisted. The super
intendent says he will net yield.
Mere than 500 men employed in tbe
Springfield rolling mills, at Springfield,
Illinois, have struck because of the em
ployment of non union men in some of tbe
departments. Some of the non union men
have joined the strikers. All the depart
ments of the mills, except the plow p'ate,
are closed.
Malster & Reany, ship builders, ma
chinists and proprietors of the dry deck at
LecuSt Pein .Baltimore, made an assign
ment yesterday. Their liabilities are esti
mated ac $300,000. In the deed of assign
ment prevision is made for the payment of
their workmen, several hundred in number.
Tbe "Western Floods.
A telegram from Helena, Arkansas, says
it is new believed that tbe Heed of laRt
year will be exceeded. The whole popu
lation of the bottom lands are fleeing te
the high grounds with their stock and
goods. The Fitihugh levee, five miles
below Helena, is net expected te affect
that city, but probably 100,000 acres of
the surrounding country will be sub
merged. The river continued te rise
yesterday, and at night was within
three inches of the flood mark of
last year. Rain was falling all day. The
Williamson levee, which broke last
spring, shows signs of breaking. The
dispatch adds : " The city authorities
have decided te close the culvert which
carries off the rain water falling in town
and ou the adjacent hills. Te prevent the
exit of rain water means an overflow from
within ; te leave the gap open means an
overflow from without, in case the Will
iamson levee gives way." Geerge D.
McCreary and William Hunt, jr., the
committee from Philadelphia appointed te
supervise the disbursement of the funds
collected for the relief of the sufferers by
the recent Western floods, made their re
port te the general committee yesterday.
They recommend that forty sewing ma
chines be purchased and sent te Jefferson Jeffersen
ville. Ind.. for distribution. Wherever
they went they found the people full of
pluck and energy, and deeply grateful for
the assistance rendered.
A Terrible rate.
The body of a handsome young girl has
been found en tbe railroad track near the
citv of Tairanrejr. in the department of
Jckaterineslaw, in southern Russia. Be
side the body lay a paper en which was
wiitten that the girl had been a member
of the revolutionary party and had turned
tiaiter. Fer this she had been condem
ned te death by the revolutionary com
mittee.
A HEADING ROaXANCK.
" hlRter Lorenze" Leaves the Convent and
Tries tbe World of Fashion.
A dispatch lrem Washington te tne
Times tells the following romantic story,
which, as yet, lacks confirmation from
Reading :
The convent at Georgetown is agitated
ever the disappearance of one of the nuns
who was known among her companions as
Sister Lorenze. She was the daughter of
a well-to-de citizen of Readiug, and about
nineteen years age, displeased at some real
or fancied slight, left her home and en
tered the convent as a cloister nun. Sis
ter Lorenze speedily became a great
favorite amens the young lady students
at the convent and for the past nineteen
years has borne the reputation of being
one of the best loved and quietest inmates
of the institution.
A Pennsylvania representative visited
her a short time age, in company with
some lady acquaintances of Sister Lorenze
and in the course of conversation the gen
tleman addressed her by her proper name
and asked her if she was net tired of con
vent life. She blushed, bat made no
reply, as she was accompanied by another
nun, in conformity with the roles of the
establishment. A few days later she re
ceived notice that her parents bad died
aud that: their estate. worth abent 820.000.
wa3 at her disposal. The news was apv
parcntly geed news, for in a short time she
left the convent. Her absence was reported
te the supeiier, who informed thescholers
of the affair, but placed an injunction of
secrecy upon them.
Sister Lorenze, before being admitted
te the convent as a member of the Sister
hood, wa3 fend of dress. The news from
Reading, is that she has resumed her
family name and is a reigning belle and a
prospective wife. Several unsuccessful
attempts have been made te induce her te
return te her cloister duties.
lmperlectly Directed.
There h a letter in the poBtefSce ad
dressed te " Mr. Wm. Liteb, Alville P.
O., Lancaster, Pa." There is no such
posteffice as Alville.
QUAETER SESSIONS
COMTINUATIOM OS" TUB
X CASKS
VarleaaWltMMM Testify WerUTeUUcl
Story Regarding tbe nrea BrtanaMr ,
CaUed la Bebattal.
Tuetdair afternoon. Cem'th vs. Jeha
Wertz, arson.
Geerge Brimmer wSS recalled for oressY
examinatien.but nothing new was elicited. -
Charles Helman, an ex-police eScer,
testified that en tbe night ei tbe fire ha
ws en duty en East King street; saw
Brimmer that night, between 10 and 11
o'clock, with Wertz and Draehbar : thev
went into the alley between Soheenberger'a
saloon and Eckert's grocery ; .they then
went up East King street.
On cress examination the witness stated
that he met Weitz and Draehbar again
about 12 o'clock en that night ; they went
out East King.
Officer Charles I.'$tormfeltz,ef the police
force, testified that he saw Brimmer en
the nieht of this fire, en East King street
near Eckert's grocery store : Wertz and
Draehbar were with him ; they were going
in the direction of the American hose
house ; witness has been making diligent
search for Draehbar, but cannot find
him.
Rebert Stapleford testified, that en the
night of the fire he saw Brimmer and
Draehbar ; met them shortly after 13
o'clock, en Lime street between Church
and Middle, near Landau's corner.
Miss AgneB Powell testified that she
lives in Middle street, right across from
Landau's store ; late en the night of tbe
fire, she saw three men from her window ;
they were standing ou the corner en the
same side of the street ; she could net
recognize any of them ; heard one say, "It -will
make a bell of a big fire."
Frederick Hines testified that he resides
en Middle street ; en that night Draehbar
and Wertz came te his house between 12
and 1 o'clock ; they were there about
fifteen minutes, when Brimmer came and
knocked, stating tbat the cork factory
was en tire ; Draehbar and Wertz went
out first ; Brimmer was never at the house
of witness before that ou Saturday nights.
Jacob Pfoutz testified that he was at
Hines' house en this night ; Draehbar and
Wertz come there abent 12 o'clock ;
Brimmer came seen afterward, and, put
ting his head in, said there was tire.
Geerge Irwin corroborated Pfoutz.
The defense here asked for a verdict of
acquittal, ou th9 ground tbat there was
net sufficient corroborative evidence in
support of the accomplice, as is required A
by law. The commonwealth argued tbatT'
corroborative evidence had been shown
and there was sufficient te have the case
go te the jury. The court decided that
the case should go te the jury.
The defence c tiled Geerge Brimmer for
further cress-examination. He was asked
whether he told Walter Rogers in prison
that Wertz was net at the cork factory
fire, and he replied tbat he did net.
'ilia Deleuse.
W. T. Brown, c?q., opened the case for
the defense, staling what they intended te
prove.
The first witness called was the accused.
He testified ;w fellows : On the night of
this the I left Uiich's saloon at 12 o'clock ;
at the corner of East King and Duke ,
streets I met Draehbar and told him I was
en my way home ; he said he would go
along ; we walked up as iar as Scheenber-
ger's saloon, en East King street, which
was being scrubbed ; we did net go in, as
the beer wa-4 s:ll ; we then went en up the '
street and icet Officer Helman at Knapp's
who aid no baloeun were open ; we tried
te get in Bauer's, but could net ; at the
corner of Liie I said I was going home ;
Draehbar asked me te go with him te F
Hines' house where there was beer ; I
went with him down Lime te Middle and
thence te Hines' beuse, where we arrived
about a quarter past 12 o'clock ; I lived at
222 East Fill ten stieet; I had nothing te
de with the firing of the factory ; Idid net
see Biimmer until after the fire broke out ;
seme one came te Hines' and gave the
alarm, but I did cot see Brimmer that
night until at the fire ; I was net standing
at the corner of Lime and Middle talking
about firing any building ; I was net with
Brimmer and Draehbar when met by.
officers en tbat uiuht.
y, : I was at Urich's early in the even
ing, but went away and returned shortly
before 11 o'clock, remaining until 12
o'clock ; I was net in the neighborhood
of Saheanberger's saloon between 10 and
11 o'clock ; neither Helman nor Storm -fell
z saw me at tbat time.
Edward Sleat testified that be was In
the cell with Brimmer since he has been
in jail ; he told witness tbat he, Snyder"
and Draehbar burnt the cork factory and
Wertz had nothing te de with it.
Thirty-eight witnesses were called who
testified tbat previous te this charge the
character of the accused was geed for
honesty and behavior, and the defense
then closed.
Kebuttal.
Geerge Brimmer was recalled by the
commonwealth and testified tbat he was
at Urich's saloon en this night with
Draehbar and Wertz, when a police
officer came te arrest Lewis Reidenbacb ;
witness just recalled that te memory a
bhert time age.
Court adjourned te 9 o'clock this morn
ing.
Wednesday morning. Iu the case of
Cem'th vs. Jehn Wertz, charged with
arson, B. Frank Eshelman made the open
ing speech for the commonwealth. He
was followed by B. F. Davis and M. Bro Bre
siu5 for the defense, and S. H. Reynold
closed ler the commonwealth shortly after
12 o'clock. The jury preferred te wait
until attercoen te be charged aud court
thm adjourned te 2J o'ebek.
.Evangelical Appointments.
In Philadelphia yesterday at the an
nuil session of the East Pennsylvania
Evangelical conference, Bishop Bow Bew
man announced among ethers the
following appointments : Reading die
trict : I. E. Knerr, P. E. ; Read.
inr, Eighth htreer, S. S. Chubb ;
Reading, Ninth street, S. Neitz ; Readisg
Chrstnut street, S.C Breyfogel ; Reading,
Seulhwpst, te be supplied ; Friedanberg,
H J. Glick ; Pottstown. I. J. Reitz aad
ece te be supplied ; Birdsboro, J. H.
Harbinger ; Adamstown, A. Dilabar ;
Fait ville, W. C. Kantner ; Lititz and
Mauheim, B. D. Albright ; Lancaster,
Water street, E. Butz ; Lancaster,
Mulberry street, L. N. Werman ;
Brew us te we, A. Ziegenfus and A.
Sayler; Millersville, J. W. Hoevar;
Cresswell. T. A. Hess : Coaestega, J. C.
Krouse ; D. Wieland, Reading, 8th street,
quai terly conference ; J. M. Sayler,
Reading, Chestnut street, quarterly
conference ; S. Breyfogel, Reading, Ninth
street quarterly conference ; J. Hese,
Reading, Eighth street, quarterly con cen
ference, J. Zern ; Freidensburg circuit
quarterly conference ; C. H. Biker,
Reading, Eighth street. '
Sale et Bare Coins.
The stle of rare coins at auction by
Chas. Steigerwalt in New Yerk mentioned
yesterday was cenclnded last evening, the
amount realized being $1,760. The .fol
lowing are a few of the best prices secured:
1793 cent, $10; 1701 cent, uncirculated,
$11,25; 1793 cent, $0.25; 1804 cent. 8.75:
1806 cent, $5 50 ; 1821 cent, $10 ; 1842 aad .
1847 half cents, $13.25 each; a very fine
1C52 Massachusetts pine tree shilling,
$10.50; a 1632 pine tree threepeaee,
$13 50 ; a New Yerk cent of 1787, $1;
1852 dollar, $42 ; 1707 half dollar, $30 ;
1804 dime. $6.25; an uncirculated 1715
half dime. $9 ; a very fine 1796 half dhsw,
19.30; 1856 eagle cent, $3.70; 1861 Ce
federate states cent, $7.10,
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