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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&
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