LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER TUESDAY APKIL 24 Hancastet tntelltgencer TTJS8DAY EVENING, APHID 24, 1883. A Sensible Movement. The uroDesition te forbid by statute the treating of your friends te liquor at a licensed bar is one which is novel, and at the first blush it seems impracticable and foreign te the jurisdiction of the law. But we incline en reflection, te consider it a sensible and practical idea, and te recommend it te the favorable consideration of the Legislature. We think that there is a general agreement that the practice of treating is foolish and Injurious te the public morals. Men by it are induced te consume mere liquor than they desire. The generosity of the first one in the company who offers the treat is felt by the ether3 te call for a like exhibition of liberality en their part. They de net desire te be deemed mean, and they in turn offer te " set up" the drinks, though they may net want anything mere themselves, and neither may their comrades. Still the latter in cline te accept rather than be thought lacking in cenvivialty and geed spirit. There is in the nature of the tiling no mere reason why one man should allow another te pay for what he drinks tuan for what he wears ; yet nobody thinks of offering or accepting apparel or anything else, indeed, but this one thingef liquor. A story has lately been going the rounds which related hew one man who was treated led his com panions into a store and bought them shirt cellars; The absurdity of this idea every one recognized and saw the palpable hit it made at the prevalent habit of treating. It is certainly an absurd and injurious custom, and as it seems te be beyond rectification by men's common sense it would be well for the law te make an essay at abolishing it. Nothing mere would be needed than a statute requiring these who are licensed te sell liquor te take their payment for it from eacli one that they serve, and for bidding them te accept it from one man ler the drink furnished another, under penalty of an immediate revocation of their license en complaint made te the court, accompanied by the proof of the offense. This penalty would be sufficient, for no one would care te risk the less of his license where he could se readily protect himself. The man who wants te treat his friend would then have te hand him the money with which te pay for his own drink, and the embarrass ment of such an operation would pre vent its being frequently reseited te. I Sexatek Cooper cannot evade the responsibility of the Regular Republican organization of the state for his position en some of the leading issues which have came before the Senate this winter. Notably has he represented its views and led its forces te defeat en the recorder bill, the auti free pass law and the free pipe line legislation. The evils which these measures were desired te cure are either of Republican origin or have con tinued through year.; of Republican su premacy, during which the majority in the Legislature never adopted the needed measures of relief. During these years Cooper had been in the Senate and at their close he found himself, by the voice of his party, at the head of its or ganization. While the Independents had favored such laws they had never been able te bring their party into line, and finaily, it was only by the help of the almost solid Democracy that they were accomplished. Against tliem Cooper had led the fight with des peration and he has marshalled the Stalwarts at every sound of his bugle. The assurance of co-operation from a Democratic Heuse has strength ened the net unnatural alliance of the Independents aud Democrats; and while the success of geed legislation at Harris burg is net te be claimed entirely as a partisan victory for the Democracy, it it certainly marks a signal defeat for the Regular Republicans. Sexateii Wallace has served time ly notice en the newspaper press that the time has come when, in deference 'e the feelings of these who are te come after him, mere than out of legard for him self, accustomed te the hard knocks et political strife, he demands a step te the libel that he ever conspired at or was cognizant of the distribution of bogus naturalization papers or forged tax re ceipts. His denial is as bread as the charge and will be readily accepted by the decent press. It would be well for some of these who have yelped this ac cusation loudest it they could show as clean skirts. When the Press talks about this kind of work having stained the record of the Democratic party in this state it obviously forgets the history of its own organization. It can find a page or two of it written in the records of Lancaster county courts the quarter sessions. Tiieke is an evident attempt en some hands te put the Democratic party en a tariff for revenue only and from revenue only, which is advertised as being also a tariff for protection. The projectors of the idea knew well enough that a tariff for revenue only cannot be a protective tariff, since it would require a rate of duty te be laid that would encourage the largest foreign importation ; while the protective tariff calls for the restric tion of foreign importation. Tiie man ufacturing interests would prosper bet ter under a free trade policy, which would at least let them import their raw materials at the lowest price, than under a tariff that would levy such a rate of duty en raw materials and manufactures as would induce the free importation necessary te secure the largest possible revenue for the government, which is necessarily contemplated in a tariff for revenue only. Senater Hill, of Colerado, finds the distribution of seeds and grains one of the nuisances of his official position, and se when the department sent him about a ten of seed eats he turned it ever te his stable keeper and fed it te his horses. It takes a great man te, repre sent the half of Colerado in the United States Senate. The Republicans need net ex pect te make any party capital out of the fact that the governor may summon an extra session of the Legislature if the present one fails te pass the apportion ment bill. Sucha resort te his rights and duty would net be " for the benefit of the Democratic party," but for the honor of the whole state and the execu tion of a solemn responsibility. If the Democrats obstruct en honest, just and trim annnrtienment theirs the blame and theirs will be the less. But if they ener this and it is rejected the governor will de his whole duty te keep the Leg islature in session until the mandate of the constitution is obeyed and the pledges of the campaign are fulfilled. Tne supreme court of the United States, the tribunal of last resort, is new meeting with the great question, brought up from Illinois, as te the power of the state rail road commissioners te fir rates of freight transportation for the railroad?. Texas is the Democratic state that never sets. Its state bends sell at 140 and there is a surplus of ever four millions in the treasury. Its free school fund is ever sir millions and it disburses mere than a million annually for education. 'Rah for Texas. Babies, which were advertised in the English newspapers at from a shilling te a pound some months age, must have de preciated, as a British mother has been caught tryimr te pass one off upon the rag man at the same price per pound as he paid for the ether contents of the rag bag. Tde wheat fields in this section leek very premising, and the grass was never better set and mere favorable in appear ance at this season. Throughout New Yerk and Pennsylvania, from Wisconsin, Iowa and eveu California, the condition of the winter wheat is reported very auspi cious. Pio-iken is going down; $10 a ten mere duty en it would net " protect " it nor buoy the weakening market. The sup ply exceeds the demand. Ne amount of tariff duty can keep the weak firms from being pressed te the wall by the mere favorably situated and better circum stanced furnaces. Tin: state medical society of New Yerk having se amended its cede as te admit consultations with physicians ether than of the " regular " school, the New Yerk academy of medicine recently adopted a rule te bar out the irregulars, hut it has been disclosed that this action was taken at a scantily attended meeting without due notice and it is likely te be reversed, the tendency being toward an ameliora tion of the cede. The decision of the suprema court of 'Iowa, invalidating the prohibition amend meut te the constitution, is based exclu sively en the fact that the fines prescribed by the constitution itself for its amend ment were net adhered te. This emission, the court holds, even the ratification of a the voters cannot cure, and with proper regard for the forms of law the court de clarcs that te affirm such a disregard of the constitution would be subversive of law and order. The Allcutewu Democrat, speaking for itself and the Lehigh county Democracy, is indiguaut at Gov. Pattison for appoint ing as quartermaster general of the National Guard, II. H. Fisher, of that city, a Stalwart Republican politician, a Cameren henchman, who sent a substi tute te the army, when the Demoerats el the same district presented for the place Cel. Melcheir II. Hern, a tried aud true Democrat, a real soldier in the late war, a mau of affairs, and who has been identified with the military of the state since 1847. It has been considered worth the while te telegraph from San Francisce what Charles A. Dana is alleged te have said out there about the tariff issue and the persenell of Democratic candidates fur the presidency. As Mr. Daua has never recalled nor modified his announcement of some months age that he edited the Sun all ever and as the Sun still shines for all, it is hardly necessary te take his views at such long range. As given, they ignore Randall as a candidate, consider Tihicn's aspiiatieus as beyond discussion, Arthur don't want, it, Blaine, Grant and Butler cau't get it it is opeu te all ethers. FEATURES OF THE STATE PRESS. The Littlestown Era has beeu enlarged from a four te an eight page paper. The Yerk Daily makes a note of it that Mr. Henry Ward Beecher seems te be a geed deal in demand yet. The Alteena Tribune approves the idea of pensioning old and worn out teach ors. The Readiug Herald thinks the fuss made ever a change of uight watchmen at the state capital illustrates the prevailing insane crazb for office. The Pittsburgh Pest contrasts the sleu dcr fertune of Alexander II. Stephens with the opulence of Blaine aud Sher man. The Yerk Age announces that from present indications candidates for county offices in x erk county will be as thick as mesq aites in a Jersey hotel The Philadelphia Recerd thinks the Leg islature is making an excellent record, with all the Blewness of which se much complaint has been made. It pains the Harrisburg Telegraph that the Democratic ceunties He se in spots that they cannot be advantageously dis ttibuted in a congressional apportion ment. ine amount 01 pure unadulterated en joyment some men can extract from an old fashioned drunk is ene of the things which is a mystery te the Bradford Re porter. whes8 editor, maybe, never was there. The Wilkesbarre Union Leader claims for the present Legislature that, when the 150 days shall have expired, they will be found te have covered mere and better work for the state than was ever, before done for it in the same length of time. The Scranton Republican foresees that the prohibition amendment will continue a source of annoyance and agitation at every session of the General A8sembly,and the mere lax the license laws, the mere general will the demand for its passage become. PERSONAL. I Tex Etck White, the humorist of the Chicago Tribune, has net written a line of fun since the death of his wife, the accom plished Fannie Driscol!. Ex-Governer Bisner was in Columbus the ether day selling cigars and teas by sample and takiug several Excellent orders. Patti sailed for Europe yesterday. She will icturu next season and sing under Colonel Map2e3en's management for $5,000 a night. Count Julius Ven Heuextiial, who tried te obtain $500 en a false draft in Bridgeport, Connecticut, was committed en Saturday for trial in default of $1,000 bail. Captaix BusnneD B. Tayler, U. S. N. died in Washinsten en Saturday night. He was at the time of his death comman der of the receiving ship Franklin, and was about te be retired at hi3 own request. Je. Heward is authority for the story that Gen. Sherman, with his sixty-three years, was"struck"a year or two age. "A common, dirty ballet girl can make Sher man play the feel any day." Count Yax nESSE Wartee, the hus baud of Minnie Ilauk, the prima denna, and an eminent scholar and traveler, is new in this country under commission from the German government. Mr. Blaine expects te Icave Washing ton for his home at Augusta, Me., about June 1. There he will continue work upon his book, from the notes he is new busily engaged in takiug. Edward Neck, who died at Youngs town, Ohie, en Friday last, was beru in England in 1802. came te the United States in 1831, and first introduced here the method of working iron by boiling. Hex. Rebert Kletz, who represented the Eleventh district of Pennsylvania in the last Congress, has published at his own expense a speech relating te the in vestigatieu of the Washington gas-light company, made by a Henso committee last winter and suppressed by Kcifer. W. W. Scran ten, has obtained a verdict for $1,411.50 against A. A. Chase, editor of the Scrauten Daily Times, for libel. I he libelous article wa3 published en the occasion of a campaign iu August, 1878, en the subject of a division of Luzerne county. It charged Mr. Scranton with minder, growing out of his participation in the Scranton liets. Themas Brexnax, ex secretary of the Irish national Laud League, was given a lecjptien at the heuse of James Redpath, in New Yerk, List night. Among these present were : M. D. Gallagher, J. J. O'Shaughncssy, William Eagan, Miles O'Erieu, Colonel Fieduriek Colliding, Rev. Father McMillan, ami. it is reported, O' Donevan Re&sa. Den Piatt is :.aid te he a convert te spiritualism, made such by receiving at a scauiv direct anr.wers from his dead wife te a !e', of inqitiiics which he had months before, when experimenting by himself, written out tj test the power of comnmni cemnmni catin wi ; liu-, and which he had locked up and forgotten until the medium gave him thn rhetly auswers which fitted ex actly. I)i;. James MiTtyini.r.. t-en of Rev. Dr. Mitchell, of this city, was one of the .suc cessful candidates in the competitive ex aminatiens for the position of icsident physician in the Philadelphia (Bleckly) hospital, iiie doctor entered uoen tnese examinations before he kuew of his tuc cess in trotting into the Presbytcriau hes pita!. He will, after a reasonable vaca tion, enter upon the work at Bleckley aud continue therein until the 1st of February, when he will report for duty as resident physician and surgeon at the Presbyterian hospital. Je. Pulitzer, of the St. Leuis Dispatch. is only 35 and in the principal owner of a paper that clears ever a thousand dollars a wceji. Pulitzer came te this country irrecu lad when he was fifteen. He was at first a stoker en a Mississippi river steam boat. Once when he was penniless iu St. Leuis during the great cholera year he obtained the job of digging the graves and burying the dead cholera patients. It was difficult te obtain men with courage enough for such a dreadful task. Pulitzer worked all through that terrible season and the cholera passed him by. He did net fear it andie he escaped. Then, again, by another strarge turn he were the liverv of a coachman, and diove the carnage of a mau who still lives iu St. Leuis. 'JUKI' VO.IZAN. Slie dun:!"--, a Him IVIui Burglar and Mtrugizlea With s Hpr JIu-b:iuil aleepi. Ea-ly Monday morning the wife of Edward M. Fitch, 2141 Neith Seventh street. Philadelphia, was aroused from her slumbers by a noise iu her room. By the means of the dim light burning at the time she observed a man creuchiug behind a chair. Mrs. Filch attetnpted te awaken her Husband, who was lying alongside her aud the iutiuder, noticing this action, started te leave the room. The woman sprang from her bed and grabbed the mau. A lively struggle eusucc! but was quickly ended by the thief knocking the woman rlnnrn .iTirl flpftine witli i. n.iirnf tvtnr.nlnnriN belonging te Mr Fiteh. The husband, minarimtlv filenr. roundly during t.lie kt citement. a ha claimed te be entirely ig nerant of what eccui red when awakencd some time after the flight of the intruder. Au entrance iiad been effected by remov ing a panel from the kitchen deer and shoving bac'-r ihe belts. A let of goods h-.d been packed up for removal. Objecting te :i Wltite 'i-eacher. There is :: 1 mall public school building iu Staplcten, States Island, set apart for the coler.d ehildicn of the district. Twe wcek.s age Mr. Tiewbridge, the colerod teacher, became ill, and a young white woman was assigned by the school trus tees te take hi3 place. The forty-three scholars unanimously objected te a white teacher. Seme of the parents of the chil dren waited en the trustees and demanded a colored teacher The trustees icplied that the reqa-jr.t could net be granted bc cius3 a teacher would be difficult te find duiiug the short time that Mr. Trow bridge expected te be absent. Thereupon the fchnlais all withdrew, and the school has been closed until Mr. Trowbridge shall return te his duties. A fertune fur Saving a Man's Life. Iu December last Jeseph A. Barber en listed iu the United States army for live years, giving liis age as 21 years aud 8 months, and was sent te David's Island, New Yerk. Aheut a year age Barber was a brakeman en the New Yerk and New liavcu railroad, and one day he saved an aged man who was passing from ene car te another from being crushed te death. The man died recently, and bequeathed $40,000 te Barber for saving his life. Bur ber is still at David's Island, and will probably remain thore until he attains his majority, as he in reality will net be 21 years of age for a number of months. Electricity .18 a Moter. Professer Henry Morten, of the Stevens Institute of Technology, New Yerk, de livered a remarkable address, in which he showed by experiments that by a simple centrivance and at slight expense electric ity could be used as a motive power, net merely te propel street cars, but te run the most cemplieated kind of machinery. The energy stored in a box a cubic feet large could take a car full of passengers from ene end of JNew Yerk city te the ether. He claimed that the contrivance might ex ceed in value the invention of the tele phone, as the secret of applying eleetricitv as a motive power has hitherto been sought I ju vain. THE GEEAT ST0BM. It-J MAJiY mKV.rm, DISASTERS. The Terrible caaaiu.. rena4 MlaaMalppi Teivna Tne Ees of Ufe and Prop erty tn Other States. The cyclone en Sunday came from the northeast, and was wide enough iu its scope te cover the entire town of Beau regard, Miss. It passed southwesterly, skirting the rear part of Wessen, destroy ing nearly twenty houses. The cyclene lasted only aheut fifteen minutes, but that short time seemed ages te theso who passed through the terrible erupal. The rear of winds, the crash of houses, the peals of thunder aud the glare of light ning, mingled with screams of women and wailing of children, curdled the bleed and caused the stoutest hearts te stand still in wondering awe, and then, when the wind, rain and thunder had ceased their tumult and the lightning's glare had subsided, another and no less horrible sound greeted the ear. The means and groans of the dying and wounded mingled in sorrowful unison, and were borne upon the winds a solemn dirge from the dead. Streng hearts are bowed, by grief and sorrowing souls bewail the less of these who but a few hours age were enjoying health and strength. A pall of mourning encircles the entire town, and dark clouds of sorrow are lowered ever almost every habitation. Wives husbandlcss, children motherless and fatherless, mothers and fathers child less, is a picture upon which the shadows of grief are but tee plainly depicted, without even tlfc semblance of any color ing of hepe te relieve this picture of death and destruction. jv Perilous Flight Through tti A!c. The cyclene passed withiu a mile cf Starkville. The destruction of property was appalling. Dwellings, giu houses and barns weie swept away, and in every in stance scattered before the wind. The reports of destruction and distress con tinue te come in. Five or ten lives were lest in that neighborhood. At the colored church a uegre man was taken bodily up, aud the last seen of him he wa3 far above the earth, wildly beating the air as if seeking something te stay hi-i progress. Near Tibbe station, en the Mobile & Ohie read, much damage was dena tj houses and farms. Mr. Charles Ji roan was wounded. At Cook's plantation, en the Bigbee river, nearly every hoiife was demolished. Cressing the river fourteen houses were destroyed en Dan Hutchin son's plantation, but no lives were lest. At Caledeua, twelves miles north of Columbus, the storm seems te have con centrated its tury. Every fence for miles was blown away, trees blown down and carried before the wind like chaff and many houses tein te pieces. Jack Steph enson, au estimable young man, while bending ever his wife te allay her fears was struck en the head by a falling beam and instantly killed. Mrs. italb was daugeieusly wounded, as was also Mrs. Odin. A terrific cyclone passed ever that portieu of the city of Aberdeen known as Freeman's town at neon Sunday, des treying much property and cattle. Eight or ten lives were lest and about fifty per 033 injured, mostly negrees, soma of whom will probably die. The storm track was abjut thica hundred yards wide. The direction was southwest te northwest. A special from Red Lick, Mi.si., says : "At 11 o'clock Sunday morning a tornado passed about ene mile east of this place, causing seme less of life and great damage te property. The track of the storm was about 200 yards wide. Everything iu the path of the hterm was swept away dwel ling3, cabins, trees, fences aadcattle. On the Rees place, one mile from here, the storm blew down quarters and fences, killing a colored child and injuring several persons. But" one heuse remains standing. On the Killingsworth plantation a great many cabins were blewu down and much damage was done te crops, fences, &?. In ene cabin were five people, who say that the walls and reef of the house were lifted up aud carried away, leaving them stand ing unhiut en the fleer." At Other Placet;. The town of Tillman, en the Yieksburg and Meridian railroad, was also destroyed aud several persons killed and injured tbore. The tornado passed near Aberdeen in the same state, killing eight persons and injuiing about fifty. It. also swept through Georgia, killing according te ene estimate twenty-nve persons in that state. A ter rifle gale struck West Point, Mississippi, at 12:20 en Sunday afternoon. It was accompanied by "torrents of rain and the largest hail ever seen" there. The court house, two hotels, Flauuagan hall and several ether buildings were unroofed and othcrwhe damaged, but no persons killed. The less by the steim in Chattanooga, Tennessee, en Sundav night, is estimated at $10,000. TIIK CIKCUS KIOT Fifteen r liie med under iirrcst ami te be lireught Inte Court. Jehn R. Nichelson, town solicitor of Dever, and H. Reedy, member of commeu council, went te Seafeid, Del., Monday afternoon te consult with Jehn O'Brien, whose circus will exhibit there te day,aste the prosecution el the lieters of Saturday night, if iitucu of them, mostly veuug I"?en :intI citizens of Dever, were arrested . Aue superior court et tills state is new ill session in Dever. Chief Justice Cemegvs made a strong charge te the jury at the opening of the court this morning as te their duty in prosecuting the malefactors. Solicitor Nichelson was sent ler by the attorney general ter information from O'Brien and his empleyes that will aid him in the prosecution of the lieters. Beth Nichelson and Reedy say that ue citizens of Dever woie injured by the circus men aud that no injury was done, except that committed by' the young roughs of the town, who instigated the riot and who succeeded iu sheeting seveu men eik. Mr, Hendersen, probably fa tally and two ethers vury seriously, while ene or both eyes of thice of the empleye.? were totally ikstieycd. Twe huudred shots were hied by the mob, mostly from deuble-barreled shotguns. The sheeting appears te have been an act ei' pure reck Iessncss, for net only the men hut the horses and wagon aud chariot", were in discriminately fired en. Tha common council el Dever is anxious te bring the rietci'3 te justice and also te settle the affair amicably with O'Brien without litigation. Charles W. Hendersen, the showman who was fatally shot dining the mobbing of O'Brien's circus in Dever, Del., en Saturday night, was taken te Philadelphia yesterday and ledged in the Girard hou'je He was unconscious last night and was expected te die befere morning. The 11 ay 1 Ian Kevelt. The war steamers Egalite and Liherte are preparing te bombard Mirageaue. Martial law has be.-n proclaimed through out the whole republic of Hayti. Presi siden't Salomen has issued a nre clamatien te the people and the army, in which he defies the in surgents, and says.Jthat the government wasprepareu, Knewing tuat the exiles were conspiring. Bazelais, one of the leaders of the insurgents, issued a counter proclamation deposing President Salomen. Bazelais and his followers were taken from Inagua and landed at Miragoane by the American steamer Tropic, which im mediately afterwards departed. The mer chants of Pert au Prince have placed $200,000 at the disposal of President Salo Sale mon. General Paul Emile commands the government troops. All insurgents cap tured are executed. The extraordinary session of the chambers closed after pass ing a law confiscating the property of political offenders. The minister of war has geno te CaDO Havtien te inspect the fortifications there. DEMOLISHING a keuuack. Senater Wallace Kalis an Old Lie. Pliilauelphia Recerd. Senater Wallace has had enough politi cal experience in his time te thoroughly toughen him against newspaper assault. But there seems te be a limit even te his endurance. Fer fifteen years past it has been a part of the current litorature of the Republican press, in this state and outside of it, that as chairman of the Democratic state committee in 1807 Mr. Wallace was cognizant of an attempt te secure votes for his party by the use of fraudulent natura lization papers which had been stained with coffee te give them the necessary tint of age. This was a lie from the start. It was never believed by well-informed Re publicans nor printed by newspapers that cared te deal lairly with their readers in a matter where parti sanship looked ene way and truth the ether. As uaturalizatien frauds were attempted aud were the subject of legal investigation in 18G7 68, when Mr. Wallace was in charge of the Democratic campaign, the two facts put together were devetailed into an atrocious libel which has new become se mossgrewn that perhaps it may find believers, though we doubt it. At any rate, Senater Wallace has at last contradicted the coffeo-pet story in a very emphatic manner in the columns of au evening contemporary, which had added te the original charge of lerging naturalization paper3 the new crime of forging tax receipts. Perhaps it was the tax receipt inculpation that at last broke the back of the senator's patience. We de net knew whetacr Senater Wal lace ha3 dene wisely or net iu attempting te overtake a lie which has fifteen years the start of his denial. Mr. Buchanan went te his grave without rebuking the " Ten-cent Jimmy " libelers who made sport of his political reputation. But in the interest of truth we give the letter of denial a prominence which his accusers fail te accord it, and a circulation which is impossible te them. The letter is as fol fel lows : Te (he Editor of the Evening Telegraph : Iu a leading editorial in your paper of Thursday, April 19, the crimes of forging naturalization papers and tax receipts, and of their use for political purposes, are charged upon me, as they repeatedly hava beeu by ether newspapers. I have beru these libelous charges iu silonce as long as my duty te myself aud te theso who are te ceme after me' per mits. I deuy all complicity with or responsibili ty for any such action by any one. At no time in either my professional or political life have I ever aided, abetted or knowing ly peimitted the crimes thus charged upon me. If they were committed duiing my chairmanship of the Democratic state committee of Pennsylvania it was without my knowledge aud in violation of my plainly deliued policy as the head of my party. There are yet living plenty of wit nesses who can affirmatively preve my innocence of these efc repeated falsa heeds. In be in a silent hitheite I have acted en the belief that the people among whom I live were the best judges of their truth or falsity. Since their origin in a heated po litical campaign, by a personal enemy, fifteen years age. I have been feui times chosen te the state Senata, each time lead ing my party, aud three times nominated and once elected te the United States Sen ate. I refer te these as evidences of the opinions of the people among whom I dwell as te my personal record. Surely, if I were a forger and a political leper, as seme newspapers declare me, these things could net have happened. If the public man, whom you say has been au " active, able and industrious legislator," remains longer silent under these baseless charges they will become chrystallized into political history, fahe and unfenuded though they may be. Under our political system the public mau has much te bear of criticism and in justice from the political press ; but I trust that the press will net deuy te ene jl them who seeks te de his duty, as he sees it, te tue people of I113 native state the publication of this emphatic denial of a long endured calumny. Very respectfully yours, William A. Wallace. Continental Hetel, Philadelphia, April 21, 1833. StlAIvlSSPKAKi:. Mr. I.cverKOert's Heys' Secondary Scheel Celebration et Mis ISirth. Last evening the pupils of Mr. Lever Lever geed's boys' secondary i-choel gave an entertainment in the old high school building, corner of Prince aud Chestnut streets, commemerativo of the birth et the greatest of English poets. Notwith standing the very disa?ro:able conditieu of the weather the lower room of the school building, in which the entertaiu meut was held, was packed te its utmost capacity, a majority of the audience being ladies, though quite a number of memhei s of the school heard and ether p:earinent educators were pro pre sent. The pregramme, which we print bjlew, was oae of the most difficult that could be giveu te inexperienced school boys. A pait from the music, (all of which wad admirably rendeted under the lead of Prof. Ivevinaki), the pregramme consisted almost exclusively of well known selections from Shakespeare's plays selec tions lcquiring thohighest order of drama tic and elocutionary talent, which many of the audience had hcaid lcudered by Ferrest uoetn, iuurueck and ether masters of the histrionic art. Ofcourse, beya could net br. expected te have a correct conception of the chaiacteis of the gi eat men they per sonated, and yet seme rehearsed their 5 arts; with a geed deal of dramatic effect. Among the best rendered pieces were Gee. Hambright's "Shyloek," Charles Hart man's "Brutus," iu the quarrel scene and the same boy's Peitia iu the court sccne in the 'Merchant of Venice." Soveral ethers did very well, aud all of them, without ex emption, iiau tueir parts tuoreugmy com mitted te memory. The entertainment was greatly enjoyed by all present and was creditable te teacher and pupils. Follow ing is the pregramme : Music-(Tlic Uld OakenRucket), The Scheel. Sketch of siiakspc no's lite Hurry Hartley. .Music (The Watch en tne lihinu), The h lioei. ilamlct'.s Soliloquy Willie Hall. Murulu te '.he Koreans HarrvIIarllnv. Music (The Jilue Hull-! et .Scotland). Tim Scheel. Cmlin-il'WeIscy en being cast efTbv Kin" Hent,VIII.-E. Ehrlsman. Sole-fWult Till-tiie Clenus llell uy, Jennie) Geerge llambright. Quarrel et Unit us ami Cassius Iiriitus, (;. Hartman, Grrmi;,Nel-ien Dcnney. Music (Swinging Neath the OM Am.le Tree), The Scheel. ' ' lioHnsbreke's Triumph Willie Rey. Clarence's Dream Clarence, 11. Ulevcr : Elackenbury, C. Keirnensnycler. Music (Welcome te Morning), The Scheel. lJrutus en the Ucath et Uie-sar Cnaric-j Hat t ni'iii. So!e Bennie. Sweet ilessle, the Maid" O' Dunilcp), Geerjic Hamnrigut. Murk Anteny'd aililrt'ss ever the body el C:e?ar J. J. Frank. Music-(Masaelilca Hymn). The Scheel. Shakdiieare's t'ewer of KxDressien-Hnni. I.intner. Jlenry tlie V. te hid Troena Jeseph Hoever. Instrumental Music Lewis Stein. Trial scene, from Merchant et Venice Duke, Ilcniainitt Llntner; Antonie, James Cut-men; Salania, Harvey McPhersen: Shylock, Geersc llambright; Baxsanie. Harry Hartley; Kerissa, Jehn J. Frank; Portia, Charlm Hnrtman : Gratiano, Nelsen uenncy. Music Stein. Sale et Horses. Samuel Hess & Sen, auctioneers, sold at public bale yesterday, at the Merrimac house, Chas. A. Miller, proprietor, for Gee. Gressman, 19 head of Illinois horses, at an average price of $218.15 per head. Wages te be Increasea. Wm. Waitz.the cigarmakcref the Green Frent store in East Orange street, will give his 'hands an advance of one dollaper thousand after the 1st of May. COLUMBIA NEWS. etc UKGULAK UORKKSFONUKSUK Event AlODg the Susquehanna Item et Interest Iu and Areand the through ficXea np by tne Intelli gencer lleperttr. The case of the borough against Engi neer William Hershey, of the Pennsylva nia railroad, for blockading street cross ings with his traiu was heard last evening before 'Squire Greer. Borough Solicitor Wm. B. Given, esq., represented Columbia laud H. M. 2erth the defendant. Cem plaint was made by P. S. Bletz te Chief Burgess Sueath last Wednesday, en which day the alleged obstruction eccurred: A large crowd of spectators was present at thojustice's office, amongst them many railroad men, who are interested in the case. Messrs. F. S. Bletz and his son Paul aud Christiau Weimer were witnesses for the borough, and Slessrs. R. E. Williams, Heckler, Wm. Lutz, Jehn Shultz and Jese Moero testified in favor of Mr. Her shey, and corroborated his statement, which, was in; effect, that his traiu had blocked no street crossing for a longer pe ried of time than is allowed by law. As no case could be made out against Her Bhey or'the railroad company, whose offi cials have supported the lormer in the suit, a verdict in favor of defendant was ordered. A borough erdinance of 1SCG, clearly prohibits any railroad company from making up it3 trains any where but iu its yards, but theso were the days of short railroad trains. At the present time deuble the former numbar of cars constitutes a train, and the yards of the Pennsylvania railroad here are net new large enough te contain a full-length train of freight cars. If the company is forbidden te continue its preseut mode of making up its trains, what will the result be? The nature of the surround ings of both yards hore are such that their size cannot be extended very much, and that extension would net abate the present difficulty. If the company should meve its immonse business from this place, what would beceme of Colum bia? Take the works of this company from here, and the town might as well be fenced iu, se far as any business would be concerned. Overhead bridges at street crossings are about the only thing3 which compromise the matter, aud give anything like satisfaction te both parties concerned. Company u'a jsauquet. The bauquet held by Company C, te colcbrate its sixth anniversary, last night, was a'graud success. A number of hon orably discharged nuvnbers of the com pany were present, and everything passed off in the most pleasant aud agreeable manner. Mr. Tayler Gable acted as caterer for the occasion aud did his work well; after the elegant viands had been dis patched cigars, and, of course, speeches followed. Between the time of the end ing of the drill and inspection, and the banquet, the men enjoyed themselves by singing and participating in athletic ex ercscs. The tv-unie l ended a. nearly 11 o'clock, and was something which will net seen he lorgetteu by theso present. A IJranch Telegravlt OUlce. The Rapid Transit telegraph company, which has the central oflieo of this district iu Lancaster, has established a branch office at Allisen's book store here. The Lancaster effice will have messages tra ns mittcd te it by telephone, which will then be sent te their destination by tolo telo tole graph. The Ughta l'ut Out tee Suen. The gasoline street lamps ou North 2d and 3d streets are extinguished at tee early au hour. Let the lamp-lighter bear this in mind, or the residents of that part of town will enter complaint aga'ust- him. The peeple must be hotter accommodated, because they p.vy for just such things as this. Secial and 1'craenal. Next Thursday evening the brie a brae festival of St. Paul's P. E. church will be held Iu the Letus club room, ever Miller's grocery stoic, Third street. A cordial iu iu vitatien is extended te all te attend. On Sunday evening Miss Mary Medcr well was united in marriage te Mr. Wm. 15. Fasig, both of this place. One of our contemporaries stated that the lady's Dime was Sallie, which was a mistake, that being the name of her sister. The gieat sachem of Pennsylvania, Wm. S. McCIuru, of Yerk, will attend te night's meeting of Chiquesalunga tribe Ne. 39, I. O. of It. M. A late member of Company C. Mr. Samuel Preston, has enlisted in the regular army. He will be attached te the cavalry service. Mr. Geerge Shank, residing ou Cherry street, lest an infant child by death last night. uorencu I'elnta. Putuam circle Ne 113, B. U. (II. F.) of Pa., will held a tuectintr tonight. The heuse reefs at Chestnut Hill were ycfc covered with snow thi3 morning, the remains of a slight storm which occurred during the night. Shad are becoming plentiful. A large number were shipped from thia place to day, the productsef the Columbia fisher ies. After the" supply increases the nrescnt hiih prices will drop. Baftiug has opened new fully. Large numbers pass this place every day. The r.iht maket; re! ircd rivcrmen think of old times. The opera ei " The Trial by Jury " will be practised te-night at the meeting et the Orphean musicalc, which will be held at Mrs. Geu. Welsh's residence en North Chestnut street. TWO i'ODNO CKAUKS.UEN. Arrcitrd in Heading for an Attemptea Hale Ilebuery In 1'lillnuelphla. Geerge M. Weldy, eighteen years old, of Cinuaminseu, Burlington county, N. J., and Charles Clark, alias Gebhardt, each aheut eighteen years old, are under arrest at Beading en the suspicion of larceny aud attempted r,afe rebbciv at the St. James Hetel, en ltace street, above Third, Philadelphia. Wehiy is a telegraph oper ator and Clark has been acting as night clerk at the hotel. He is a resident of Elizabethtewn, this county, aud a graduate of the Middletown Soldiers' Orphaus Heme. Weldy has been visiting Clark frequently for several weeks past and ar rived at the hotel en Saturday with a big trunk Clark was left in charge of the effice en Saturday night. He disappeared befoie daylight, after pillaging the cash drawer and cigar case and attempting te open the safe, in which were ever $200. He only succeeded in opening the outer deer. Weldy left en Sunday and his bag cage was traced te the Reading depot and thence te Reading, where he and Clarke were anestcd late en Sunday night. Each was armed with a revolver and Weldy had $12.1. They had boxes of rifle and pistol cartridges, cigars, a stock of dime novels about read agents; and Indian slayers, flasks of powder, fuse, telegraph wire and ether articles. A letter from Weldy was leumi. it spetic et an attempt te lit a safe key. The youths are held for further ex animation. Will Live In West Cheater. Weit Chester Kecerd. Oa Saturday last Dr. Edward Brooks, late principal of the Millcrsville state normal school, visited West Chester for the purpe.se of making arrangement te remove te this place, he having decided te make West Chester his future home. Charged Wltli rorgery. Geerge Gable, of this city, was arrested by the chief of pelice yesterday en a charge of forgery, for which he Is wanted in Johnstown. He is held te await the ar rival of officers from that town, but little is known of the charge here. COUttT OF COMMON FLKAS. Tne Difpetlt en or Several Caaea. BEFORE JUDGU X'ATTEKSOS. Samuel M. Kline vs. G. Falk and Arneld Falk.trading and doing business as G. Falk & Bre. The defendants are tobacco buyers, doing business in New Yerk and this city. This was an action brought by the plaintiff te recever compensation Tcr labor, he claiming that he had been en gaged by them as an agent for a year at a fixed salary per month. He brought this suit te recover a balance. After hearing some testimony the defense moved for a den suit, as the declaration in the case set forth that plaintiff had perform cd his part of the contract in full, bat the testimony bhewed that he had only served live months. The plaintiff then asked leave te ameud their declara tion. This wa3 allowed, whereupon the defense plead surprise and the ease wa ; continued at the costs of the plaintiff. Charles Schwebel vs. Geerge A. Eiehl. This was au action te recover $132.26, a balance alleged te be due plaintiff for work doneiu making excavations and con structing a wall in the cellar of defendants preperty ea East Kiug street, this city. The original bill amounted te $272.20, and the plaintiff admits having received $140, and sues te recover the balance The defense admitted that they owed $10, but that is all. They made a tonder of that amount te. the plaintill, but it was refused yesterday afternoon. After hearing some evidence en the part of the plaintiff he agreed this merniug te accept the tonder and pay the costs of suit. This wa; satisfactory te a'l aud the case wenb en also. Iu the case of Christiau Fenstermacher and Philip Fenstermacher vs. Jehn I). Fenstermacher issue te try the validity of a paper purporting te be the last will of Mary Fenstermacher, a verdict was taken iu favor of the defense. BEFORE Jt'DOE IJVINGSTOh. E. D. Demmy, G. Greezinger, appeal by the defendatis from the judgment of E. D. Beath, esq. The evidence for the plaintiff, who resides in Harrisbunr, showed that in September 1879, he sold te the defendant, a tanner in this .city, a barrel ei tannci's oil. It contained -10 gallons aud the price was 70 cents per gallon. In part payment the plaintill' re ceived a let of het us amounting te $19.50 ; he brought this suit te iccevcr a balance of $12.70. The defeuse was fiat in Mzrch of tlr'a year defendant sold $19.50 worth of horns te plaintiff ; he waited six months for his money, but did net 10301VO it ; ene day he met plaintill", who asked him te take a barrel of this nil ; he agreed te take the oil at 45 cents per gallon; the oil waa shipped but plaintiff charged 70 cents pjr gallon ; difeuilnnt notified Demmy that en account of the ptice he would net icceive the oil. IriHtfj'! of sending for thoel Demmy brought suit. The jury found in favor of the piauitilV for $1.53, which was the balance dm ou the oil at 45 cents per gallon, with iiitcie?t. Jehn II. Moere v. A. Itugg and Qjergu Bryan, action te recover ou a contract for 3,000 bushels of corn. As seen as the case was attached the plaintill" discevcicd there was an ernr in their narr. They asked te amend, and vicre granted leave. The defeuse plead surprise and the case was continued. THK t'UMJLIC I JO A DM. Viewers Appointed mat Kcperts Continues! Read viewers were appointed as fellows last week : Te-vacate a public read in Itaphe town ship, leading from the Mt. Jey and Colc Celc Colc breok reatl te a point ou the read front Herst's mill te the Mount Jey and Cele brook read : Stephen Grissiuger, Jehn S Masterson and L'v-vj Brandt. Te view and report upon the completion of the Manheira and Penn township turn pike : Samuel C. Slaymaker, Geerge L. Buckwalter and Jehn B. Erb. Te lay out a read in Eat LampeteT township, te begin in the Bridgeport & Bird in-Hand read, aud end in the read from the Bridgeport it Horsesheo turn pike te the New Holleml turnpike : Calvin Cooper, Joel L. Lihtner, Jacob S. Shirk. Te lay out a read in Ephrata township, te lead from the western tenninus of the read passing by the Ephrata foundry, te the stene bridge whera the Ilarrisburj.', Ephrata & Downiugtewu turnpike cre'U's the Cocalico creek : Jacob W. L nidi, Jehn R. Messner, Geerge H. Trego. Te lay out a read iu Salisbury township te begin en the read between Eaby's mill aud the old Lancaster and Philadelphia turnpike, and te end at a point whero it intersects said read at land of Eias Deri liuger and ethers: Jeseph D. Pewnall, A. T. McLellan and Lewis II. Linville. Te divide Salisbury township into tw or mere election districts: Rebert Baldwin, Samuel Slokem and N. E. Siaymaker. Te open Shippen stroet. from E tot King te Green street,: S.imuel Evans, A. N. Caasel. Wm. Ellmaker, Henry Kchcrt and Michael S. Metzgar. Ceilirnieil AlMulute. The report of viewcis faverable te a public read, iu East HempGeld town.shie, from the Colehreok toad te the McGevcr.'i ville and Kauff man's mill read. The report favorable te, vacating a poi -tien of the read, in Eden township, lead ing from the Carmar;;e ami White Oak read and laying out another in lieu tlioreif The report faverable te a read in L-a cock township, commencing en tin? "Oa. penter" read and ending en the Weave. town read. The report faverable te a read in Maner township, beginning en the lead from tin Lancaster and Susquehanna turnpike te the Meuntville and Brcncman read, and ending en the same read. The report faverable te a read in Eph.v. ta township, te commence ou the hits Ephrata, Harrisburg and Dnwningtiiwti turnpike and end in Washington avoque The report adverse te a nronesed read. in Ephrata township, te lead en the public re?d leading from Millway te Epluata te the read from Akren te Clapboardtewi', in Clay township. County Indeutednean Comparison. Among the most interesting items in the statistics furnished in the annual iep rt of the internal revenue department is thr in debtedness of all the ceuutic-i hi tie state, the debt amounting te phe large sum of $7C,301,87G.4.j,er nn nva- ai;e 01 mere man ene million te a i-mnt v. Philadelphia county leads off wi! 1 60$ 453,829 67. Next comes Allegheny "with $4,423,993.79. Delaware fellows with $4C3,000 and Chester with $320,000. Liu caster county is net much behind with $297,100, after which ceme Crawford, Berks, Armstrong, Dauphin, Lackawanna and Lycoming in the order named, all e win;; mere than $100,000. Frem this sum tin figures dwindle down, Pike being the lowest en the list, the indebtedness being only $2,800. There are no fewer than twenty-nine counties that have no debt at all. Among these figures are net included the city, borough and township indebted ness, which would swell the aggregate very considerably. Unrglara About. Late last night two men who are sup posed te have been burglars made their appearance in the neighborhood of Lima and Walnut streets.- Officer Weidler was informed that two men were seen at the house of Mr. Dedge, en Lime street, try ing the deer. He went te the pIa'e accompanied by Officer Burns, and they saw two men making their exit from the back yard of F. O. Sturgis' house, uext deer te Mr. Dedge's. Tne officers fired at the men, who cacapad. Officer Weidler, in climbimr a fence in pursuit of them', had his legs badly bruised. It was dis covered that a pane had been cut lreni a window of Mr. Sturgi8' house, but nothing was taken. iff
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