RRfWvx V 'A fit r LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCE! THURSDAY. NOVEMKTCK i22, ISbiJ. v it iKS, iwy i. .h tfi V4' Lancaster ftntclUgcnrcr. THUf43DAY KVENINONOV, 21008. Mr. Uencn ami Mr. Kdm. Mr. Gewen 1ms executed tlie purpose whteh be tina Jengbcen known te entertain and announces that he will net be a can. Ablate, for re election te the Heading railroad presidency at tbe next olce lien. Ue would bave resigned this cbarge ycara age, but for tbe financial difficulties In which his corporation was Involved through its purchase or the coal field which its lines traverse. This wee the act of Mr. Gewen, Intended te Becure the coal carrlage te his company for all tlme. It was a wlse policy, If the execution of It was within the power of bis company. It very nearly proved tee great a burthen for It te carry, and would certainly bave dene se but for the energy, hopefulness and re ro re seurces of Us president. Mr. Gewen felt that, as he had drawn the corpora tion Inte its trouble, It was Ills duty te conduct It out of It ; which he new con eludes that he has done, the Income of the read for tbe past year being sutllclent te pay a dividend en Its stock, the dccla ration of which he intimates that be will favor at the next meetlng of tbe stock holders. Mr. Gewen retires, as he says, solely for personal reasons ; and these are,ns he has often declared them, a distaste for tbe duties of a railroad president, or at least a preference for tbose of tbe pro fessional life he abandoned te assume them. He Is new in tbe prlme of life nnd with an unsurpassed reputation as an advocate. As a lawyer he will com mand all the business he can undertake, and he will bring Inte play the talents and resources of which he has demon strated himself te be possessed In tbe highest degree, nnd which, therefore, it will be a ploasure te him te exer exer cise ; as it is a ploasure te every man te exhibit himself in tbe discharge of func tiens for which he is particularly fitted. Mr. Gewen has all the elements that constltute the great lawyer, In tlie acute comprehension, clear and logical expres sion, perauasive elocution, indomltable energy, ardor, hopefulness and self respect which nre preeminently his gifts. And he will be an honest lawyer as he has been an honest man, nnd that rarest of rare things an honest railroad president. We need him te take tbe placoef Judge Black, as the indexible udvocnte of right ; as such advocate be has elements of character that will makehlrn even superior te Black ; for his uame Is the synonym of resistless ferce. Geerge de Benneville Kelm.lnte whose hands be lias designed delivering the care of tlie Reading railroad corporation ever slnce be formed the Idea of resign ing the charge, and whom be invited into the servlce of the read from his large law practice at Pottsvllle with that view, will boa most fit successor of Mr. Gewen in tbe presidency of the Reading ; as no one will doubt who knows him and has witnessed tlie efllclency with which he has discharged bis duties as general solicitor and vice president of the cor poration, nnd as its president in the many and protracted absences or Mr. Gewen from his pest, because of his necessary presence in Europe In tbe cerapany'a interest. Mr. Keim has a mere thorough acquaintance with the details of the business of the read than Mr. Gewen possessed, and Is te be chief ly credited with the smoothness of tlie running that Is secured by attention te the adjustment nnd oiling of its parts. lle se managed its limuiclal resources that, iu tlie days of its direst distress for money, tlie money always came a3 tin manna came te the host in tlie wilder ncss. , Mr. Keim is a man of great affability nnd equanimity. There is nothing rust ling or self-assertlve in bis style. Te realize bis ferce of character you need te knew well both him and ills works. The modesty that hides his merit spiing3 from bis amiability ; and iu no degree from ills lack of self-confidence or even self appreciation. Like Stonewall Jacksen, when deeds nre te be dene be is tbere le lead with all the flre an 1 ability tbe occasion calls for. Mr. Gewon knows him thoroughly and uu derstnnds bow much he in indebted le his assistance for the succeas which has crowned his efforts te preserve the Rending property. Ne knows in hew safe nnd competent hands it will 1)0 when he surrenders it te him. If he did net, lie would uel nomiunte him as his successor ; nnd Mr. Keim would net accept the trust if lie did net knew his ability te manage it. The honesty of both these men is founded en a rock. It in the popular appreciation of this lit Mr. Gowen'd character which has held lilin aloft in his struggles and commanded ler him tbe sympathy and support which the peeple have always extended te him. It is no le33 strongly an oluinent In Mr. Kelm'u character. Iu his conduct of tlie Reading his band will be 3ofter than Mr. Gewen 'd, but firm and straightfor ward. With oxcellont Judgment, patient labor nnd an intelligent appreciation of all tbe details of the business, he ma be relied en le show himself a wlse and pru dent president of the Reading. Politically he is a Demecrnt.nud sprung from Democratic stock. He was born In Reading ; the eldest son el his father, a man of wealth and etnluence, a member of Ceugrcss, who died at an early age, after losing his property through an untrustworthy partner In business ; and upon bia eldest son fell the care of the family; a trust which he discharged with tbe fidelity natural te him, and which is inalienable from his deeds, Condoning Would-be Assassination. Tbe Press, of Till ladclphia, amuses It self while it cannot be eaid te edify its readers, by a perslatent plea te Arthur te pardon the bomlclde, Masen. This person, It may be rcmembered,8ignallzed blmaelt before the executien of Gulteau, by a cold-blooded nttempt te sheet tlie prisoner. His crime, repuisive under any circumstances, was aggravated by tbe conditions under which Masen made the attempt. A Beldler of tbe squad detailed te escort the assassin, he dellb. erately flcwl en the helpless wretch, whose (loath was even then a matter of short tlme. In the then humor of tbe country, Garfield, being but n few months dead, there were fanatics lawless enough te condeno the breach of law, in consideration of the edlnusness of tlie proposed victim. There were few, hewever, te deliberately urge the remis sion of Masen's penalty. Te the law abiding the welght of the sentence im posed was no scandal nor reproach, but te tbe Press aloue belongs the odious distinction of demnnding tlie criminal's release. Day after day, the president is Urged in such terms nnd by such argu ment! ns would disparnge tlie intelll. eence of a Kalamuck, te pardon the mal- factor and let him loeso for the adulation of tbe crary abettors of lawlessness. When tlie public press becomes tbe apologist of crime, there should be Rome resource In the laws te protect human life. A pardon te Masen would be no mero nor less tbau a premium upon mutiny In the army and murder inter vening In the process of the courts. As n senuer, .Masen's crime was or me gravest sort ; asaciti7en, It was in no dc dc gree justifiable. Tbe maudlin reasoning of tbe Press, if its disjointed frenzy en the subject can be called reasoning, makes no pretense that Masen was net mentally responsible when he made use of the arms entrusted him te protect the laws and the persons under their author ity. Had Masen been a civilian the attempt te murder would net bave been se serious a matter ; but If ene soldier may ralse the arms of tlie government against a prisoner, why may net a dozen or a hundred soldiers join in sheeting down tlie magistrates who have te dpa' with prisoners V Lynch law at best is a barbarous and detestable resource, but the law of pas sion iu tbe operations of tbe courts if tolerated In Masen's case, would lead te excesses that no sane man can con template without horror. Hence the freak of tbe Press is a criminal disregard of the wholesemest procedure. It tend3 te demoralize the soldiery and make every mud-headed zealot, an Instrument of the passions of tbe Ignorant. It has nothing te de with the merits of the. case, that the object of Masen's murder ous attempt was an assassin se base as Gulteau. lie was entitled te the legal adjudication of Ills offense a-s clear ly us any ether criminal. It pas sionate impulse should be permitted in avenging tlie crlmej dene society, there would presently be no society te vindi cite. It Is a dishonor te j eumalism that a journal of character should lend Its intlu ence te such charlatancy and demagog demageg ism as this gretesque attempt te stam pede the law In favor of a criminal only less odious than Gulteau himself. Any thing that tends te lessen the safeguards of human life is crimlnnl in itsconse quences, if net its motives. A public jour nal abeve all should be backward in pro claiming the doGtrine that murder under such circumstances as Masen attempted it is no crime. The conditions of moral restraint once loosed, moral distinctions beceme very seen obliterated ; the bul let sent te-day te avenge nn assasslna tien may te-morrow be 3ent te avenge personal malice. The army is, under the most zealous conduct, delicate machinery In a free government, and any laxity In the discipline of Its mem bers would very seen tend te such anarchy as was seen In France during the Commune and In England during the Revolution. A pardon te Masen would be simply an invitation for a regiment te take justice Inte its own hands In seme magnified case of Gulteauism. Above all the man who profited by Gul tcau's act cannot afford te imperil public order by criminal lenity te bis weuld-be murderer. Tiik Hrltlsh lien may consider that its till has bceti twisted if James Russell Lewell Is tnade rector of tlie Hootch uni veraity at Aberdeen. Tin: Atlanta Constitution, perhaps the ablest nml most representative paper of tl.e Seuth, was hitherto anti Randall in it sentiments, but it has new ceme out flat footed iu favor of the electien of the ex- speak cr. Hiieur.D that luBlgnificaut nelen of royalty, tlie crown prluce of (lermany, recelve a geed thrashing while visiting Spalu, t would serve him right fur under taking at the present per tin bed tlme his unnecessary jeurney. AesisTANT United Statiss Attek.ji:v- Gknkuai. Wii.ij.im P. Snvdbk, of Alien town, proposes te realgn because he ban been bulbdezed by the Kit-I'lux. Sny der's appolutiuent was a Joke. IIIh resig nation will euly Intensify it. Tun Chicago Herald says that the chairman of the Democratic atate com nilttte proposed Mayer Lew, of liroeklyn, as a Republlcan candidate for president. Mr. Hensol says he uevcr expressed nor entertained such idea. Ovlh una ever ngidn TIki liroelr Iu the meadow Uevv s, Anil ever nml ever iikaIii Tlie ponderous mlll-wlicnl gees. Once doing will netnuntci)t Tlinnuli doing be net In lulu ; And u blcsHltiK lulling iu encj or twice Muy (eimilt we try nxaln. Tmccliiras of the different eandldntns forapeakor feet up 315 Democratic mom beta already pledged. As thia is nearly tlie whole uumber of members Democratie as well ns Ropublieau, nud 131 mero tbau the Domecratio host, then must be con cen con elderablo prevarication en ibe part of the oawlldatei, or tlie mombera making the premlaeH. A HK90I.UT10N or the Refermed synod ealls upon the churches el that doneinina tl i . te colebrato en the first day of the new yeai, the -tOOth unulverBary of the birthday of Zwlngll. The great Swiss rcforuier saw the light just seven weeks nfter the tbe birth or Luther. Tlie Reformed church will, therefore, profit by the expo, rlenoe of her ulster denomination. Coernit, Quay, Lee ami Htewart are en n hunting oxpcdltleu In Washington, the game iu question being ofllelal apella. As hunting ncoldeuts nre very common at the pro-ent time, apeelal vlgllauoe should be oxerelsod ever tbe twelatter.aa their ex porleuoo In thin variety of ganie has net been se leugtby or ndvnuced nn that of their fellow sportBmeu. Fashion la n very capricious mistress nnd noue can tell te-day what the morrow will bring forth. One of its latest freaks in New Yerk is in the line of charity, and It is said te be qulte the proper caper for the rich young society ladies of the metre pelis te oletho nnd rollgleusly instruct a Sunday sobeol class, ns well as t j care for the maimed nnd holpless little walfa who bave no ene te leek nfter them It Is te be hoped that this fashion will long en en dure and Its practice beceme general among that class who bave time and money te doveto te the peer and unfortunate. Tnr crucial test for the Democratic party will be in Its action In tlie lower heuse of ('engross which begins its sessions the first Monday in December. On its conduct wilt depend Democratic supremacy or defeat next year. Henco the imper tance of solceting nn experienced and conaervativo speaker te guide the deliberations of that body. And it is believed that uone of the candi dates proposed se well tills the moasure of public expectation ns Samuel J. Randall. Ills record against jobbery, his position en the tarifl, and his acknowledged parlla mentary skill, all make him the most available man for the position. With Randall at the helm the Democratie bark may be assured a safe, speedy and pros pres j oieus jeurney. Frw iif the guests who ever hhared the genial hospitality or Rev. Dr J. W. Nevin's Caernarvon Place hae Tailed te beceme acquainted with the geed deg Tewscr, te whose hfe and character the daughter or that housoheld pays a grace ful tribute in the sketeh reprinted en tbe first page or te ilay'a Intlu u.enckk Ro Re Ro membering the part the deg has played in the scrcner nttnosphere or great men's lives, this merited notlce or a very well known and universally esteemed doe will. we are coufldent, rovive many an aflec aflec aflec tionate memory among that large circle favored by tbe acquaintance and Bignal Izcd by tbe coutldenee of Tewser. Fer though the sophistication of modern se ciety domes the kindly credulity of the red man Wlie think, admitted le nn r.iial vtty, Ills r tlttittil dot; shall heir lilin company.' thore arc v. ry few gcntle at heart and kindly by impulse, who will net admit that the traits which Iiyren round half human, and maukind finds constant, survived in this fittest of the caulne race. In the myths or tbe pnmitive nations the dogs that died in geed odor were allotted places In a purgatorial auto chamber, within call or their anoient masters, where the tnute signs and tokens, confined iu thelr inatur. lahzed state te the wagging or the tail, were supplemented by spiritual forms of gladness, iu proportion te the wise use of their faculties en earth. Se acute an In tellect as Mahomet's held his deg alieu te noue of the joys of the apotheosized mor tal Why then should thoie who knew the lamented Towser doubt his transmi gration te a folicitiens ruture, where such jey3 as a ileg dreams MiaJI be a perpetual reality V FEATURES OF THE BTATK PRESS. The West Choster fiegubUean still con tinues In lonely fashion te nurne tbe tendcr little lllaine boom. The zsaleus support eT Henry Watter- heu, thinks the Philadelphia Chronicle Herald, will be tee much for McDonald. The Ilazleten Plum Speaker clearly dis cerns the shadow or Paulsen's vete toma hawk hoverniR ahoie the appropriation bill. The neim that O -car Wilde wants te Bit in Parliament as a Purnolllte nuggests te the Titusville Herald th.it it would he hotter for lux conslituenU te send his mother. The West Chester Village liecerd would like te son the next Congress enact legls hthn Ter the improvement or tbe cendi tien of the cuhstnd meu iu the regular array. PiittauMAlj. Mas. Tem Tui'Mii declares that she will nover marry nain. iNViasTOit KmseVh wire Is said te be ene or the most extravagantly ilrcs3ed women in New Yerk. Or.eiiGi Euet'h marriaue te G. II. Luwes is said te have been the roverso or happy, notwithstanding the impression te tbe contrary that has long prevailed. 1-etkii -joerKii'R lavorite poem waH pepe a "Lssay en Man" which he Is thought te have known from beginning te etui. Ciiane, the Chinese giant se nt the fol lowing congratulation te Mr. and Mrs. O'lirlen, the newly married gianta: " May the Ged Folie oause veur races te ahine iu fatness and ploasure." Fiunk F. Uaunfj, a young Georgia negre, is in New Yerk doVelopinc great gifts us a painter. He paints landscapes and portraits, is n line colorist. nnd has painted a portrait or Prosideut Arthur. FiiANhi.i.s II. Geukn announces that he is nut a candldata for re oleotion te the proaldenoy or the Philadelphia & Ucadiug railroad, nnd suggest Gcerge Dell Keim, ns hlh aucccsser. Si.Li.utnt StiJ.iVAN says: "I ahan't nover go into the ring again. I am going te lead the life or a goutleman. I've get money enough te Ilvo easy the rest or my lifi- Fighting and alugglng la both played nut. Thore la a law against it in pretty near every state and they nre getting Htricter every year." Miss CiiAMuniiLAiN-, the Olovelaud beauty is said te be engaged te young Petcr Algernen Ilrewn, the ohleat beh or Jehn Itrowu,the quccn'H immortal llunky. The quecn la uald te be dellghtcd, Yeung Ilrewn Is a very manly fellow, is Si ycais of age, an officer in her majesty 'a heuse. held. It is understood that ns seen ns the date or the mnrriage Is agreed upon, Ilrewn will be knlghted nnd promoted in the quoeu'H servlce. Varillctul Mnnilutiuliter. PiieviDUNCi'., 11. 1., Nev. 22 At East Gioenwieb, this morning the jury in the oare of C'ongder, en trial for the murder of a man named Wilcox, returned n vor diet of manslaughter with recommendation ler mercy. The fjcutouce was doforr deforr doferr od. l'lve I'eraens Murdered. JACK10N, Mich., Nev. 22, -Jacob Crouch, 70 years old, and the wealthiest farmer in thin county, his daughter and her huaband, Henry White, and a visitor named Moses llaley were all found dend in lied this morning, having been murdered. TrMtiiH Colllile. Chattakoeoa, Nev. 23. A collision of trains occurred this morning at Cealim-, Ala., eauscd by nil epen awitch. Four porsenanro ropertod killed and roveral soveroly weunded. THE DANVILLE HOT. itKreitr or a uiii.:v niMJiirrKK, Hmninrtry et IhA 1'iicts Trtllllrd in by Thirty Hvrn ultnrucii Alter ime uttllc NOtlCO The cnmmlttee of forty appointed at n meeting of the cituens of Danville, Ya , en tbe 10th instant te inquire Inte nil the facta nud publish n full and true atitouient of the causes and circumstances leading te the riot thore en the third instant, and aIre a statement of the conduct of the people from that date te the clone of the day of the electien, concluded Its l.iuera i etlnea day oveulng. The report is aigued by Majer W. T. Btitlicrlin, ehairman, nnd the balance of the forty. The committee ro re ro perta nlmest word Ter word ns fellows . "That ou the i. lustaut the com mlttce organled and appointed proper sub committees, nud by publication in the Hull Jleguttr requested nil persons having information of the matters te be Invrstl gated te appear boferea sub committee at thoefllco of a notary public and tcstlfj ns te aucli matters; that vi mid commuice attended regularly at Raid i lllce from the morning el the Uih t.ll the oveuiug or the 21st, during which nine '7 wltues'ns wero duly sworn and depesed br-rore said committee The witnesses se deposing wero for the most part known te t 10 com mlttee personally, and icpresentcd all classes nud vocations among our citiseus, including two policemeu present nt the riot exerting thotusulves te quell the same. All these witnesses ( whose uaiuca arc signed te their depositions) are known te the citizeus of Dam die, and will be rco rce rco eguizod ns intelligent ami thoroughly reliable After n caieful and impartial cousideration of the c uletice ae taken, your committeo submit the louewing statnmeut of facts doieieped thoreby "Firat. That by their success In the olectieu of a large majority of their party nominees te the town officers iu tlie May oleetion of 1S3I, and the aub3cquent nppolntment, by the council no selected, of tiogre pollremcn, as well as by the conduct of officials se elected, there was ongeudored in the minds of the negrees of Danville a belief that as against the white men they would recelie the support and protection of the municipal govcrnment, in consequence- of w Inch relief they becat.ne rude, insolent and intolerant te the wbite citizens, nnd the b.vl temper aud ill feeling between the races thus generated con tinued te Increase, and was e( late greatly aggravated by the hcitul political canvass preceding the last olectieu, nud that iu the midat of the tntonse excitoraent of tbe laat days of the canvass William K. Sims, the Coalition catubdate for the Suuate from Pittsylvania count) and Danvllle, made in front or tin court bouse or the town en tbe night of the 2 J or November a ineit mccudhry aud violent speech te mero tbau 500 negrees, in which be do de do ueunccd many of the respectable and proraiuent white citi.Misef the town aa 'bars, scoundrels and ciiards,' because of their expesure of the evils of ' negre rule' in Danville. " Second. That en the morning follow ing the night of hima' speech the excite ment of blacks aud whites alike was vie lout and acrimonious, nnd among the negrees thore was an evident expectation or a conflict ; that about midday two negrees insulted a white nun going away ; that nt least two hours later iu tbe day, and while n large portion of the meu or Danvllle were assembled at the opera heuse in a public meeting, the same white man, when iu n buggy and iu his way out town, wa3 again loudly aud repj.itcdly called ou and insulted by ene of tbe negrees with whom he had been provieualy fighting during the day, aud he thereupon iu spite of his pre viously expressed determination net te engage in fuctuer difficulty because of the then public ccitement, haimg called two friends te insure fair play and assuring them that he would use no weapon eugaged in a listieufl upon the street with the negre ; that during thia light a large number et nogrecs t,a. cred around, but were kept from interfering by the two friends of the white man until policemen arrived, when the combatants were separated aud each wna taken away from the atreet ; that a abort tlme there after the negrees assembled iu large num bcrs around the two iriands or the white mau and seme ten or fifteen ether whites who had gathered nbeut thorn, and, with loud exclamations and great violenco et maimer, asserted their determination te bave their nights aud their belief that a conflict botween ihcm&i lies and the whites was inevitablc, aud had as well ceme then ns at any ether day, as iu II as their readi ncss for it at that time , that these nogreoa, numbering net less than 200, in epen dotlance of the authority or the pjheemeu, who repeatedly commanded them te dis perse, and iu disregard of the pcrauasleus or the wbite meu, who muted with the pelicemen hi their efforts te disperse them contiuued te press upon the few white men in front of thorn, and te exhibit, tire arms nnd proclaim thcmi.ches ready 'for a cenllict, until the policemen retired te thu rear of the whites, -a hereupon tiring com menced en both sides, and after bome forty or fifty aheta the ucgreca disperscd , that about aoven negrees were wounded (four of whom died), and two white men aorleusl), but net mortally; that the white man most seriously wounded was certainly aliet by a uogre, and the ether white man most probably ; thnt mero nogreca were seen with pistols iu their hands during the linug than thore wero white men prcaent at the commeuco meut, nnd that the mcUmg et white citi zens assembled nt the ojiera heuse was net adjourned, nnd for the most part did net reach the street until after all the firing was ever ; that very aeun after the filing the aergeant appeared upon the atrceta, and, with the aid of prominent white citi zena, restored pcace nnd geed order, which were net afterward violated except by the wounding, while en duty thai night of a special policeman by a shot bred from behind the heuse of a negre man. " Third. That from Mithin half an hour after the commencomout of the riot the town was completoly under the control or the sorgeaut nnd his pelice ferce, and that no further dlsturbauce of the peace nud geed erder, except sheeting of the spceial peliceman, as stated abeve, occurred, nud that Hiich pcace aud geed erder continued te prevnil up te nnd including the day or election ; thnt en Sunday promiuent citi ens preparcd aud caused te be printed nnd circulated, and also en the day preceding the olectieu, eirculnia algncd by thomelvca nnd by the auporiuteudaiitu of both polit ical partlea, guaranteeing te each nud every eltizen without regard te color or party, the frce and undlaturbed right of voting j that no violenco, threats, nor intimidation whntover was ahewn toward the negre or Coalition vetcra, but en the contrary, such votera wero repeatcdly as Biircd by eltizens, pollcemon nud military ofllcers Bent te Danvllle by the govorner of the stnte, that they would be proteetod in their rights te vete as they chese ; thnt the election day was uiet and without any dlsturbauce or difficulty at any pre cinct, or elsewhere In tevm, and the elec lien Itself honestly oenduotcd nnd frce and fair iu nil respects, nud thnt the negrees ns a body refralutd Treiii mtiug under the advice nnd command of their pnity leaders while ethers voted the Coalition ttcket without hlndorutice from nny quarter, "Your committeo has thus centined Itself te the investigation of facte and the preparation et the statement if quired, and hcrewith submit thu ovldenco as n full and comnleto vindication of our town and poeplo from tbe gross mltistntonieiitu wn en bave been circulated tlireur-li n portleu of the prcta of the country," THIS TUNIJUIN MAK. Frritli I'ruiiutuU l'erirnritad trem Cliluu. The Paris Tempt states that the Marquis Tseng, the Uhluose ambassador, has to te to eoliod from the Chinese government u leplyte the last French communication relative te the Teuquln question, in which China has made freah preHsils te France, which the Temps says are net In nny nay acceptable te the French government, The Marquis Tseng, the Chlnese ambassa dor, was present at a reception given te day te the mombersof the diplomatic body nt the ministry or rorelgn affairs, lie afterwards had a rather ptotracted con ference with M. Fciry, prune minister nud niinlster of foreign allalra. The Chlnese legation hore bave no advices concerning the reported evacuation bv the Chlnese forces of Sentay and llna-Ninb, but it is considered probible that the Chinese may have cut tbe dykes nt tbose points. Owiug te the nbseucoef n tote-i.ipb cable betii eon Teuquln nud Saigon, the result of the military operations In Ten qulu can only he known a weak bence. Admiral l'oyren, minister of niarlne, has Informed the coiumittce of tbe chamber of deputies en the Teuquln credits that Admiral Ceutbct, commander or the French tlcet In Teuquln, nnd Admiral Meyor, commander or the Froneh Heet In Chlnese waters, have carte blanche orders te make a naval demonstration en the Chinese coast during the nttnek upon Rae Ninh. The Chinese govcrnment has addressed a circular lettur rolative te Anunm te all Tercigu powers. The text or that docu ment, receutly delivered te Mr. rroyllug rreyllug rroyllug buyseu, the secretary of state, by the minister of China at Washington la ns fellows " Aunani has been a depondent state te the Ta Tsing dynasty for mero than 200 years the ruler of the former sending tllbute te the latter and rccelvmg from the latter his Investiture- Some 10 years age, when the northern portion or Annnm was disturbed by rebete, the Ta Taing di nasty sent troops across the frontier te quell and diapcrse tliem. This occupied a apace or upwards of 10 years, and cost the gei em inent many millions or dollars iu order te strenuously pietect and de fend the government eT Anuam. New France invades that country without ciuse and availing hersolfef the opportunity of tbe death of its king, has enforced the Hue treaty, in which tiiore is a prevision that China must net interfere with tlie gOTernmoutef Anuam, nud ae f rth. This shows that France refuses te recegnize Anuam as a vassal te China. Tbe for eign powers, from these facta, cm w ith equity distinguish which government Is iu the wreugand which iu the right. If Frauce desirca te maintain frieudly iela ttens with China, why should we net dis cuss the matter amicably ' if she insist upon invading the northern put of An n.im, where our troops are .stationed, this indieites that she ia determined te bicnk tbe frieudly tie, and our troops there can not remain with folded arms, but must meet them iu the field. We thcrefore scut this communication te nil foreign powers, showing that In the oveut of the tnendly tie being broken the cause of the rupture does net ceme from China.'' It is stated that M. Tirard will rctlre from the ministry of France, and that the portfolio has been eflercd te M. Leen Say, the wrllknewn authority ou llnanchl juea juea tieus Tne 1'renrli In Africa Advices from Hauara near the mouth or the Conge river, Africa, dated October IS, states that M. de llm;a,the Froneh expler cr, has arrived at Stanley Peel, after on en countering many difficulties, which, it is said, had been placed in bis way by Stan Icy. A cenllict was oxpected te take place betisceu M. de Rrazza aud Makekas' suc cessor, who is deveted te Stauley. TIlK IlKM'KltN JtUN Ulllll'. IMenr.Eliic Krtiiirts from Illinois, Imllniiit nnd (mm hnceial telegrams te the Chicago 7'rt bunc received from Illumix, Indiana, and Iowa show an nlaimiug amount of seu com en band. The loperts, with ene or two miner exceptions, nre all of tbe same tenor, and indicate that a large perccut age el tae corn gathered in these three etatcs ia soft, caused by the crop first frcc.ing and afterward thawing. This was rollewcd by damp weather proventlng the corn Trem hardening. Buyers are refua in? te handle the stuff, and It is net in condition te crib. The reports are of the most gloomy obaraeter, anu tbe com is generally reported as being fit only for teed, for which most of the rarmers are new using it The greatest trouble will be the seed question. Farmers will un deubtcdly bave te goeuUido Ter seed, and just hore comes the difficulty. Expcricnce shows that Kansas corn in this clira.tte takes much tee long a tlme te ripen, and it was invariably the fields planted from the forelgu Teed which wero the first te show the effect or the early frosts. Ne braska corn docs n little hotter, but is net generally cousiderod satisfactory. Tuder these conditions of aelt corn and tinsatls Tac'ery foreign seed the farmers through out the btatcB mentioned are generally discouraged. -'IAOAK.V-4 M'.IV (ll.OKY The Mew uantllaver llrldsn Uompletcd oter ins isinsuru uiver. tlie JHicnignn uentrnl railroad's new cantilever nruige at iNlngaru Falls was about completod en Wednrsday and the work was witnessed by a large crowd of poeplo ou uetb snores. 1 lie struoture was commencod less than no ven months since by tbe Central Iirldge works of lluffale, while the suspension bridge, a few hun dred feet away, was evor thrce years in building. The hridge is a double traek steel cantilever, the first eicctcd in this country, nud a fae aimile or ene which thu Canadian l'acllie railway company is con structing evor the Frazer river iu Ilritisb America. The priuolple upon which It is constructed ia ene that will admit of a train passing ever it at a speed of uixty miles an hour with porfect safety. The mossive atene nbutmenta or fouudatieiiH, wero built at the water's edge, and have a height of forty feet. Frem thcaa rlse celuniB or iron iu the form of piers te the edgoef the cliff iibeY. Uy means of nn auchoiage iu the bank for seme diatance back uueu laud, the apaus of steel are built eit ever the river 2,000 feet from either aide, until they meet iu tlie centre. In thin mauuer the entire atructure will be balanced ami stand butwoeti the towers home I'Htm Accidents, The beiler of the tug Krie Holle, owned by Odotte fi Wlierry, or Windser, Out , exploded yesterday, blowing thu beat te atoms and killing the engiucer, William O.sgoeds, of Lerain, Ohie, and Frank 1'lk eaburst, of St. Leuis, the fireinan, Win. Saylcs, of Dotrelt, Mieh., nnd the clerk, nnme unknown. Thn remniuing members of the crew, who wero stiuggliug In the water, wero picked up by the 11 le saving orew. Rebert Dab.ell, aged 10 yearn, and Jehn A. Puroe, aged 115, wero drowned yoster. day iu a pond nt Taunton, Mass. While Harvey Wells, Chas Rbeit and Hiram Meyor, tinibur men, wero nt work at Ccntmlla, Pa , yesterday, a tree roll en them, fatally injuring Wells nud erlppllng thn ethers. The main weaving and spinning build ing of the New Albany cotton nml woelon mills, nt New Albany, Indiana, was burned last oveulng. Less $1 10,000, The business pottieu of Dixen, Califor nia, was burned en Tuesdny night. The less Is uslimated nt $250,000. The generator in llilenbcrg'n soda water factory at Ureenpelnt, Leng Island, ex. ploded at half-past three o'elook yesterday morning, blowing out part of the build ing, Ne lives wero lest. CONVENTTONS. IHIHII l.t-.AMUr. ANU llll! OttAtiOHltN. A Alevriimnt tn nrRitniie New Yerk Btnte ler tlie AMlnUnrn nt Ireland tlllinr Iteemit UecurrmitifK. The Irish National Lcagtie convention ofNewNork met jestenlay Iu Syracuse, inoie than 100 delegates being prosent. The object la te organize the atnle of New Yerk for the nssistauce or the catise or Ireland. Dr. Wallace, the statu exncutlve of the National League, nppenled for the fulfillment el thn pledge made nt the Philadelphia convention te extend nld te Irelatul. lle aatd that " half a million of hlflimen should be enrolled for Ireland's lollef in this ntate, and that every man should contribute ene dollar." The con vention ergnnlzed with Dr. Wallaoe ns chairman. Rev. Tuthei Crenlu, of lluf fale, ioiertod t captatiens which were adepted, tcitciating the declarations or the Philadelphia i invention , pledging unqualified and constant auppeil te Irish men In Ireland Ter natieuil aelf goveru meut ; cudeislng the utterances of Bishop Butler, of Limerick , declailuguunatur.U, Inhuman nud outrageous, the policy of the English government In first reducing thn Itlsh peasantry te nbieet poverty and then sending tliciu pollutiens te the United States, dependents upon America, nud supporting Pnruell aud Ida followers. Father Creiiin olfered u resolution, which wna adopted, declaring that a npeelal tes timonial fund of $25,000 from the state of New Yerk should be raised for Ch.ulcs Stewart Parnel), seinratn fiem the fund new beiug raised by the National Lcagne I no annual convention et tbe annual Umnge was epened yesterday h ii'ashing ten. Twenty aeicn stales we j represent ed by masters of htate grumes. William Saunders, or the ngriculiural department who was tbe first m.istei of the National Grange, deltvcied an nddrees of welcome. Ex Coicrner Ruble, of Maine; .1. 11. Thompson, of Washington, and Harri Harri seu, of Alabama, discussed the question of the fcticugth nud induction or the ngrieultiir.il elasf, its want of representa tion In the OTCcutiie braueh or the govern ment, and the grenth or thu national grange erqanl 'ttinn. Werthy Master, J. J. Weedman, r Michigan, delivered hi annual address, lciiewing the progress of the erdci. He asserted thnt the grauge erg inizatten is In a morn prosperous con dition new than it has been for many years, anil that its ranks nre rapidly filling up. m:w.s sum ks. Mureliiinenin allium el intercut A. .1. Dreirl, treasurer of tbe Shctian Shctian heah relief fund, ncltuew ledges additional contributions which annll the total te 9,001 OS. The long pending auit of Luzorne county against cz-'lruasnrer Jehn T. Griffin, who had been short in his nc Mints 4.1.00(1. was Fettled yesterday. Ex rotator Oeorge K Spencer, of Ala., has b-iu arrested in Austin, Nevada, by erder of Attorney Oeucr.il Brewstcr, for contempt of court in net appearing in the Star Reute cases. Kate Pllster, a young weinau, was nr tehteil yesterday and placed under el, 000 bail for trial, ou the charge of stealing 200 in bends aud a cerltflcat i for 31,009 in beuds from (leergu (' lavi-, of Camden. The prcsident has appointed Jehn R. Tanner te be U. S. marshal ler Southern Illinois and Frauk J. Oiluert commissioner te represent Illinois In the World's Indus, trial and cotton oxpiusltien in New Or leans The New Yerk Evening Pest considers the atnke In its ofllce practically at au end. It has a, full new force of no-i union com positors. The blue, atene cutters aud daggers of ieit lorkmei lass nigut and pledget! themfOlvcH te resibt a proposed reduction of $1 from their present daily piy of $1 The mil of C'une Ven Tretlian, against the Leng Is laud railroads for $50,000 dam nges for injuries teceivtil en that read, resulted yesterday in a verd ct for the plaintiff for $7,500. Aunie Mulligan, the girl who disappear cd from 31 ill Hellew, near Wilkcsbirre, was found "alive and well " near Liko Like villn last nieuiug E I ward Payne, cashier of tlie Eushville n.it i mat haul;, of Rushville, Indiana, was shot nnd probably fatally unuuded in the light lung by a burglar, eirly yesterday morning. At the Franklin inatitute meating, laat ei cuing, a tuinibei of inventions were exhibited. I'ref. E. J. Housten explained the multiplex aynohrenonn fystem of tele graphv, which permits thu simultaneous transmission et seventy two tolegraphie messages which nre absolutely private, bemg uulntolliglble te any aave thoe for whom they nre designed, The funeral ofthe murdered Mrs. Lydta Maybce and Mis Aniue Maybce took place yehtcrtlay at Hroekullc, Lung Island Twe minit-tcrs conducted the services at the hetm aud there was n great gatherinf of peeple from the surrounding country. Tbere nre no new dovelopmotits in regard te the muiders, and nn new arrests bave been undo Dentil ty terni me Jiiiwauicci) neniinci puuiisnes a tabulated atatement of the less of life and property In the gales en the lakes from the 11th te the 17th inst., showing that 55 lives and UO vessels were lest. It is thought that the stoamer Mnnistce. which left Dtiluth ou Saturday, tbe 10th in.'t., has been lest with all ou beard. Her orew oensistod or 25 persona, nud ahe had also en beard 25 passengcrs. The laat seen or her was when she was leavlng Ash land rer Ootenagon, en the 15th inst. Twe tugs have been searching for her for the past three davs, and part of her eibln, which was washed ashore, was found, The ntcaiuer Algiers, nt New Orleius, rescued en the 17th lustaut, iu latitudu 00,55, longltude 80,15, thu captain and crew of the Fchoeuor Charles Moeio, of l'tiiiaueipuia. liioncueonor was dismasted and watorleggod. The sleep Willie F. Themas, which nauk oil James Point, iu the Chesapeake, during the Inte gale, wheu Captain Webster nnd his orew or eight meu perlalicu, was raised en Tuesday. The bodies of two colored men wero found in the vessel. A aterm nt r ort Hmltb, Arkansas, yes terday. damaged tbe cotton nomnress nnd tbe Riverside hotel, Mlller bloeknnd ether buildings. A tailing smeke stnek killed Jehn Ttlcehaus, ongineor, nnd seriously injured n man named Duloriek a workmen. A tornado struck Melbeurne, Arkansas, at U o'elook yosterday miinlii,;, blowing down thu court heuse, two churches, save ml stores and dwellings, and killing four porseno, llualucu I'miurcd Wilbur W.l-Vy, a druggist, iu Wilkoi Wilkei Wilkoi harie, Pa., failed yesterday, and tlie atore was closed by the sheriff". Micliels, Frlcdlauder & Ce., wholesalo dealers in furnishing goods, of San Fran Cisco nud New Yerk, made an nsslgnment yesterday. The llibllilies are $100,000 .mil assets $050,000. It is said all the oreditora will be paid in full. The Mississippi Valley bank of Viok" Viek" burg, closed its tloers ycaterdnv morning, having made an assignment. Its suspon suspen suspon eien was caused by the failure of A. 1 Uenliam & Ce., or St. Liuls. Mi. Kllne, prcsidetitef the bank, says the deposi tors will be fully proteetod, aud will leso nothing. Papers woreslgnod yesterday morning In Pittsburg for the transfer te II, O. Frlolefc Ce., of the preperty of the Standard oeko works, comprising 1C00 acres of coal and ueku hind, 125 houses, In te rests iu tlie Mount 1'icas.int nun imrone railway, nnu mount Pleasaut wnter works and the Pennsylva. iila ceke -'rusher company. The prien was iR0O,00O. '1 Iip (.lever nor ' ivtln 111, The death or Rebbie, the bright nud lutoiestlng ami of Ooieruor Pattlsen, has caused the utmost bereavement nt the executive mansion. The parents of the lad did nothing hut wnteh ever their boy as he lay In his preonrleiiB condition nnd when the last brcnlh on en eaprd his lips they wero almost prostrated with grief. Mrs. Pattlsen was uomploto uemploto uompleto ly overcomo nnd us a lesult, It Is stated, was nfrboled also with nervous prostration, In place of her getting better she grew werse nnd yesterday ofternoon it was re ported that the grief stricken mother was unconscious nud seriously ill. Last night however, she was said te have soinewhat linpieveil. The funeral or thelr little son took place te-day nt neon, and wan very prlvat" 'le iliiMlljr (loveriiiu- llutler The Hosten Journal Is credibly Informed thnt lu ertlei te justify Gov. Hutler's as saults upon the Insurance btislnesa oem plaints nre te be made by tbe Insurance commissioner against '.overal oempanlos, with n view le picvent thelr doing business iu Massachusetts. The Journal's inform -nnt is satisfied, after an examination of its nfiairs, that ene at least of these com panies Is lu n perfectly mm ml condition The Journal ndds . " There nre eertnln movements, which it is net prudent te mal.e public nt prosent, whleh nre ualcula ted te glve color te the abeve prediction .Slit. (HIlll'N 'III Kin'IKI- lle Will Nut lieu UHiidlitnia lur Ho-elecitnii hs rie-ldent el tlie Itcmtlng Oeniimny. Prosideut Franklin U. Oewcn, of the Philadelphia and Rending railroad com piny, late Wednesday eicnlug issued n uucnl.ir te the stockholders of the com pany cnolesing the form or a proxy rer use at the next annual eleo'ieu, Jaruary II 18--1. and saying " I am ghd te he able te auiioiince that the eemp.iny for the current fiscal icai (ending Nev. :W), nfter providing for all (Wed charges, will be ciitial te seven pet cent, upon the preferred stock nud fully Ilvo per cent, upon tlie common stock ei the company. As tbose net earnings ae pledged te the pa) incut of the eutstnn bug lucome mortgage bends (j2,l'i 1,000), stub bends must be lutiied bnTore a dividend can b. undo te Iho shareholders. I en tcrtaiu no doubt, hewever, that the outstanding incoine moitgage bendn can be provided rer out or the tire needs of ether securities avail.ible for the purpose, and the surplus or net earning ever fixed ehaiges carried te the creditor a dividend fund, nnd in this event it i. probable that the opinion of thu ateek lieldcis will be taken at the forthcoming annual meeting upon the -ucstien of the payment of a dividend and the prepei amennt thereof Mieuld this be i'n I will vete nil proxies entrusted te me (except where tl.i twbedlreetcd), in i.iie, of a dividend n twenty ene p.u tent (being thrce years' arrears legally duel upon the preleired ateck and tlueu per cent. u'Kjii the common stoek, believing that Ben) i annual dividends el three per cent, each upon the Lit let can hen aft. r 1 maintained. "As the comp my lias new Minn jutit- .1 all thcilifllciiltifH of the last four ewntfu' years and has i n'ered upon n careei whu h I am convinced will bj ene of imlitiin presperity.my ev.n wticcs in the jiesiti i of prentdeut vvill no longer lu requited and, in ncortlaneo with my publicly it-ptu-scd detcrmiiutiiin te retire vtli. in .ei this result was accomplished and f -r reasons purely pet senal te tnj self, I ah til decline te bj n candidate for the ofiie . f president ttlenext electien. ' The n ) entitled te Rticceed me in tin regular or or of promotion in the icriien of the eemp.iny is Mr. Ceerge Dell Keun, the president, n c"iitIerann of tlie hlghec obaraeter and tbrr.inghly familiar frfin long experience wi'u ill the varied detail of the company's bn tuwi, I cheerfully recommend Mr. Keim as my snccser nml except In eases whcr.i I may be ethervii' Instructed, I shall vei all prex e f-cnr t , me for blm." M'l OIUJOOU NKUH Kvciits .eir n.id icr.rn thu Ciitiiiiy I luc, The operation of liUieiny has bunpni bunpni feimed uiien a Uoise in Uoyettowu fii" stene was as large as a goeao eg,: a d hid te biv eiushe.l bofero its reiue.al. A mule and a h-oeinntlvo collided it the Plxe'iix iron weiks and the loco-. leiive euine out Rcoeud best. The mule ki 'ked aud bent the puten lodse badly tU it the engine had te hi sent te thealupfn repairs. Jehn btengle, a pour mau of Alleutew i. wan walking en thu Lehigh Valley i.idrea I tracks en Tuesday te pick oeal, when h was struek and kil'ed by npisseu,;rr train Stengle was deal nnd did net lit nr the whistle blown te warn Inm of hisdaugii Wllllim P. Sjydei, el Allentown, has firwardcd his indignation te Atturney Uenernl lliewater an iqiecl.il assistant attorney gnueial in prosecuting oIcimeii Cises in Seuth Carellua. IIe aiya tbe governnient does net gives its officers proper ntisistanoe nnd eiicoiiragemont. T. M. Meredith, a piomineut lawyer, ei Re'iding left his home for parts unknown Wodne'diy in truing He is heivdy in lelvtd iu ilii ae I blsdisappoaiaue was te oseipe creditor-, ilu pjrsenal pmptity was taken in oxreutien, and his wlfe has gene te the home of her parents, lle was nn able ye'iuii mau aud prominent in p di tics. A pimple app iired upon a linger of a sen of Frank lip 'helmcr, of Limerick station. Itgicwiapldly, but a phjaletau healed it. Hoen another oame upon the Inysfnce, but i Im v.as diivcunway Thun a thiid brol.e out upon a tee, caus ing a iiwnlling nnd soreness that ha II led the p'ljalchui, wl e fears tint the leg must hi amputated At Houglassvllle. holew Helding, Wediiesda) eveniuc, aix ei eight oharceal hiirners, working ou Rattlesnake Hill, two miles away, went te the lillase, wliore they drank fieely. Ibn-jimlii ICisaluger, who lives at Mouecacy, aud another man became engaged in a dispute, aud in the altercation Kissinger foil aud Ills arm was broken. About 100 persons get around thu Injured man, and the excitement inu high While the dispute was iu progress laane Wilkinson drove up with a lead or char coil and mopped his team te witness the fight. Six iiiuIpk v. em hitched te the wagon. The neiau of the shouting men fiightened the animate, nnd they started .it a rapid lale down the hill. Wilkinson attempted te put en the brakes, when he was caught by the front wheel and whirl i.d around, hurled te the ground and the rear wheel passed ever him. When plekcd up he waa (lead, the wagon having broken his neck. He lived iu Krtauertuwn and his body was tnkeu te ins home. He leaves a widow but no oblldien He was about thhty Ilvo yeaisef age. I.uncmter I Inulern, Tlie Bale of resoived pe its for thn epfra "Pinafore", le be given by the home com pany, begat: nt 8 o'elook this morning, ami nt neon thore were net half a dezen seatii that worn net taken. The affair piemiscs te be n success financially at least. KiirnemtiiKliiniivrK. Al. Rmeband Frank Ilartinyer returned te the city Wednesday nvenlug with a string or twenty reven quail which they ahet during tbe day hi ibe lower end et the aeutity, dene te ICHInc Hun, Tayler'u orchestra left Lancaster this niernlnt- for Ulaine- Hun. Mil., tn n1rn fnrn graml ball te be given te-night, by the donlzeus or that enterprising settlement, t& i
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