rH V i r JLANCASTEK DAILY INTELLIGENCE! TUKSDAT. DECEMBER 4. lfc&3. El H i! ?! I 'P. I i l fcancaatet SntclUgenrcr. TUESDAY BVKNINa, DEO. 4, H383. Tke Historic Democracy. Net the least Intcrcatlng phase of the recent contest for speaker among tlie Democrat, was the novel sollcltutle of tbelr party enemies, lest the selection of Carllsle Bheuld prejudlce the new con ceded likelihood of the restoration of the Damoeracy te power next November. Upen this text many and marvelleus things were preached the sum of all being represented In the saying of n local contemporary that the Democratic party is timid and has Btraddlcd every serious question for 30 years. Sayings like this scorn te please certain hasty generallzers among our opponents. Ne well Informed man, however, would trust himself te such nn assertion. The truth is the his tery of parties In no country contains a mero Inspiring record of devotion te principle and consistency In faith, than the vicissitudes of the Democracy siuce I860. Enervated by a tee long lease of power a centinuance in place which attracted all the self-seeking, as well ns most of the Intelligence of the country, the parly fell of Its own discordant fee tore In 1800. It was only when its lead ership fell Inte the excesses, reproduced In the Republican party during the last thrce administrations, that It came te defeat. Ner was it defeated In 1SC0, be cause It had lest the majority of the voters. Lincoln's vote was hardly a third et the electors of the union. It was net, therefere, distrust of Democrat ic principles that gave the Republican party its first lease of power, 03 it has net been popular approval that has kept It in place since the close of the war. He has read the history of parties In vain who charges the Democratic party with faithlessness te its convictions. Inherit ing the curse put upon the country by slavery, the party saw no constitutional means of cutting the ulcer out, but all legislation was uniformly oppe-ed te its extension, as the measures of ISiO at.d 1857 testify. Rut the Democracy were net alone In finding slavery beyond consti tutional effdcement. In no author rlzed uttorance of Him Republl can parly was ihe purpese of abeil t ion ever breathed, until Providence opened a way, and when that time came, the Democrats of the country were net behind their adversaries in stamping It out. Republicans nre fend of taking credit te themselves for defending the union and putting down tun rebellion. Where would the Lincoln administration liave found the million men v. he marched at the call in 1S31 If the Demo Deme crata had net respeuded ? Examine the records of the states that seut men te the front. Twe In every three men, met underarms between JSfll and JSG5, weie Democrats. Ner ne?d a better proof Le given of this than the convincing fact that the states, which in 1S56 gave the largest Democratic vote,during the years of the war maintained Republican ma jerities. Hardly a general of eminence in the armies of tiie union had le.'n a Republican. Veneration for the consti tution and leve for the union, as the. fathers perfected It, distinguished the Democratic rank and (lie. Apartytakea ita character from lu leaders. The convlcUeun that they uUei and defend, It they receive th support of the majority of IU vetes, are the principles upon willed It aiks public con fldence. Who can say, upon thia ground that the Democracy lias been lacking in Ddelity te Ita vital mission ? The party et thopeeplo, the exponent of their will, it could net be a Democratic party and be unfaithful te Its inheritance. rii.it there grew up schl3mi la the party from time te tlme, is true ; that these s;lmms destroyed uuity, and gave the victory in national contests te their opponents, was a matter of course. But no one ever saw the Democratic party reduced te the e i ditionef the Republican orguil..itlen ; when, in lieu of principle? or purposes it shamele3sly took up a Grant, a Hayes or a Garlleld electing them by money and fraud. The Democratic purty means the gev eminent of the people by the people ; the Republican party mems the govern -meut of the psople by monopoly, old cane and sham. Let any careful stu dent examine the manifestos of tin ergauized Democracy since ISM and compare them with the catch pennj expediencies of the Republican party, and he will sea that they have been iu variably the utterances of thoughtful minds and wise statesmanship. If the party were net baied en eternal princi ples it would have perished from the U:u of the earth, ca the Whigs and the Fed eralists aud a score mere have perished leaving no mark te tell tint they ever oxIsteJ. Examine the work et the supreme court. It has passed the larger part of Its tlme in sweeping from the laws, the crude and unconstitutional legislation of the tlme servers, who make laws only for the hour Timid, the Democracy may have been and mav be Btllljbut tlme serving or untrue toils great charter It has never been. It is the recognition of tills which h.w steadily brought the majority back te the party during the last seven years until new twenty -six states of the tliirty-elght of the union are administered by Democrats just as a year honce Democrats will resurae that enliRhtened and censtitu tienal administration of the government In Washington which Is te restore the union te the tranquility mid prosperity It enjoyed a quarter of a century age. The able bodied editors, who vocifer ously proclaim Democratic divisions and disasters as certain ceuaequencca of Mr Carlisle's nomination and election, will profit by the spectacle presented nt the opening of Ceugres3 .yesterday. The ene hundred and nlnety ene Democrats present unanimously recorded their votes for Mr, Carlisle; of the one" htm dred nud Boventeen Republicans, all but Ave voted for Kolfer. Whether this fact Is considered with referouce te the reasons why a majority supported him or In relation te tho3e of the minority which opposed him, It Is equally signifi cant nndlportentous te the Republicans. TVhen the vindication of Kelfcr shall have been followed by the election of Gerham as accretary of the Senate, the cup of Republican dlsgrace will over flow. McCIure nnd Carlisle. Ills cotempor.arlcs are making fun of Cel. McOlure'fl Carllsle fright. His agi tation is be clearly exaggerated beyond the demands of the situation as te bi bi bi ceme ludicrous. It Is rcmarknble that se old a politician and editor should have se completely lest his head; and "this lessen teaches" that it is very advlsable for wonld-be Instructors of the people net te be tee precipitate In their lessens ; t.ley should be sure Hint they understand what they nre talking about before they go ahead. Cel. McClure would by no means say te day what he said yesterday, for, of course, he realizes what a silly screed it was. Mr. Carllsle has said In ids address, en taking the speakers chair, that whieh takes the wind entirely outef the sails Editor McClure se franti cally spread, and leaves him becalmed en the rolling waters. He foretold that Carlisle's eleotien meant an instant free trade assault upon the tariff and the business of the country. Speaker Car lisle says thai " sudden and radical changes" in tlu laws, affecting our com mercial Interest should never be made unless imperatively demanded by some public exigency ;" which emergency he declares does uet exUt In the opinion of " any considerable number of these who have given serious attention te the subject." Editor Watterson and ether hare brained politicians may be of the small number who think dif ferently, but certainly Mr. Carlisle distinctly proclaims himself te agree with the majority who are opposed te any radical change in the tariff laws. "Many reforms are necessary," he says, but "if there be any who fear that your action en this, or any ether subject, will actually be injurious te any interest, or even ajp'erd reasonable cause for alarm, I am quite sure they will lw agreeably disappointed." New that surely ought te quiet Editor McClure's mind and relieve him of his forebodings ; and doubtless does, only he cannot admit it, since he has gene se far astray, without a disagreeable con cession of error. Editors seldom have the magnanimity te admit frankly their mistakes. They think it bad policy te cencrde their fallibility. They make a great mistake, as the public is quite a?ute enough te discover the asses' eirs w itiieut the asses' help. This edito rial quality of never owning te error is se thoroughly appreciated by sensible politicians that they de net fret themselves te straighten out the ordinary editorial misconception of themselves and their acta. As Speaker Carlisle said, when he was asked what he had te say te Editor McClure's assault upon liim .- "editorial strictures have te be borne because the editor always lias the last word." What can I say," lie asked, "beyond what I have said this afternoon iu my speech." Xethiug, wd should say, that would add te the oen.-ictlon of every fair and sensible niaii. who admits the speaker's acknowl edged honesty, that there will be no disturbance of business interests in the executleu of any policy the speaker i i.ivure. no sam a very stirewu ana true I thlnir when he declared that tlm t mtiiiin witli the Pennsylvania people of the Mc Cluietype is that they would be against any party that should try te reform the tariff and " would view with alarm the most conservative steps towards the re duction of the profits of tlie great me nopelies of their section." That is exactly true. Thkiu: Is an unanimous desiie cvuiy "ui.-iu j;iieu.l uiAl IHUU.III ea WMIO h chairman of the ceram ittee en appienria- tl.)UH. A iull is te be introduced into the pre Rent U ingress for the retlretn-mt of the t.ade dollar. A prohibitory duty en their te import into tin United Stat -s nlienld also bj made a part of this very necessary p'ece of legislation. LOOK AHEAD Vc can iiuvf r be tee e.ir(ul W li'it tliu ft. -eM our hamli shall seiv l.ove nein lnvu it sure te ripen. Ilixtc tre-n liate 1 sure te urnw. set el tjoe.1 or ill uu scatter. Ilntultmly montfeiir way, llnta uUJ or prlaveiii imftuga Wulm in at tlie harvest .luy. Ox the heels ei O'l)ouuell' conviction c irucs a lotter from Cardinal MeCabe, de lijuneing the sjcret soaietios that have led no many Iriabmen te the halter. It will however hive Itttle effect in drterring het headed Celts who belicve that the eml jmtifle.s the means insobemes for Ireland's uidppundence. O.sv htiLihcd years age te day Wash lugten bule an nlldotieiutc farowell te liia I'ullew nillcers, aud the luture of the re public he had Uone he much te rstablisli, was involved in uncertainty. The cm tenaial of thit ovent discovers the twenty uat proBi.lent of the United Btatei deliv ering his nnuml nnsjage te a Cengrc ifprcsonUtive of nearly Bixty millions of people. Kro another esntury a new nation, ht presnnt iiasutpseted, miy Bprlug up, Minerva hku from the forehoad of .Jupiter; out it, is very uouetnu if the womb of lime contains ne.v nuy cqu.il te the strip- im' tiui was born mero than a cantury ae in the labor aud travail of the Revelu. tieu. aesic of the female reformers who nre new giving expression te thelr vlews en thu Icoture platform display a vast amount of iURcnuity iu their utter.uiccs. llolen Wllmans, whose opinions ou soelal ques ques tleus have of late gaiued for her consider able prominenco, illustrates the Ingenious faculty In Its highest dovclepmout. She tays that saloons de net ormte a ilemaud for h'ru.,g ; drink ; they simply supply whnt isiiemn .ded domauded boeauso, " ns the race relh es and spi1It.11ll7.33, an it Is cer tainly doing, it eills for mero stimulating and spiritualising hotitiment." This bolen. uiiuHiiu naiiBiyitiK oxpluuatlen will be oueoriuiiy acquieacedln by thew who leek upon the wluoeup when it is red within the bowl. Thus far no ene has insinuated tlut Iltden is Iceturing iu the iutorest of &a1e m keepers. Vmw Scuunz has rotired from the New Yerk livening ret, Ida work being tee cIoje nod irksome, ANOTHER VETO. tiik miviruruHt jtiifUSKS i.nmsi.v tivi: rvv. III Htiioeti llltrn nt l.engtn lie AIIeit Only tlie Vy t 1I10 ltmiilejn Ne lluii- ii Detio nt tlie K.itrn SrMlun, ll.iinun' no, l'a., Dee. 4. The gover nor te day sent back te the Legislature the salary bill recently passed, without his approval ami gives his nnsens for the vete in the following mosrage : Exfcctivk Dei'autmknt, Comme.s i WEALTH Or 1'KSXSVLVANIA. Orncr. or tiif. GovEnsen. ) lUnntsBfne, Dee. -I, 1SS8. ltthe Heutt n KrpreteiitiUittt ft Ihe Cjfii ne-iu'f u'i 0 Ptnniylvtinhi GnNTt.r.MKS : In accerdance with tlie authority given te the governor te disap disap disap prove of any items of nn appropriation bill, IdlMpproveof nil items in the here with returned bill except theso items in section U, providing for the pay of certain omplevcs of the Senate, and theso IteniB in soct.en !, for the pay of certain om em om pleyc of the Heuse, and section 7, for the oxpense of feritiK a writ of election te till a ncaucy in the Heuso of Ropresonto Represonto Ropresento tives. Te all the ethor items of the bill I dcc'.tne te giu my approval. M-K'rcteu Conetlttitlunnl Dutj-. The members of the General Assembly were convened iu special scsleu for the sole purpoje of apportioning the state, as commanded bv the constitution. The command was upon them te pass such law at the regular session, but they adjourned a few day. after, their right te pay ceased with thru sworn c institutional duty uopcrfe.n.ed. They were immedi ately recalled into sussieu te ebey the organic law, te keep their oaths and te ixverd te the poeplo the most im pjttiut jelitical righU. They again do de libcrateiy refuse te perform their oeustitu tieual duty aud are about te adjourn. After wasting six months iu contemning the constitution, they new send me this bill, appropriating ever half a million dol lars te pay themselvcs for refusing te de what they were elected and sworn te de. Kvery cousideratieu of law and the sim plest principles of common justice pretest against such an attempt te take the money of the pcople without consideration. Ne Sleuey far I.hw Uelyeri. Thcre is no law authorizing public offi cers te pay themselves for defyiug the law. Such an Inconsistency could net exist iu jurisprudent of any eulightcned cov cev eminent. Ne citizen in his private busi ness capicity would sanction such a prin ciple as that underlying this bill. The faet that ene has been eleetcd by the peo ple te au oflke does net of itself ontitle him te pay. He must first rorferm the duties of his oflke. As well might a judge claim his salary wh.-' refuses te held court or try the causrj before him. The mombers of the Legislature have refused te de their duy in compliance with the command of the c institution, the vow of their efBcial oath and the purpose of their electien llin Ten Ij-i ltece. When this session was convened, instead of proceeding at ouce te perferm their duty, the meinbers of the Legislature, for their ersenal convenience, immediately toei a recess for cleveu days. Iiy this bill evcry lociilater is uiveu of the peeple's money $10 a day for each day of that recess. Te sanction this would be te admit that they might have taken a recess for the year and a half remaining of their terms, and have paid themselves many thousands of dollars each, while remain ing at their homes and attending te their private concerns. T119 Sonn-.e s Uarellctieii. Fer nver .oje half thj time since the Legislature wa3 convened the Fcnate has uet been i'l scs3ieu at all, haviug by for mal resolution deliberately resolved uet te te sit or raake an effort te obey the law. On many of the days v. hen it did held ses sions but a le.v mmuteh were occupied aud no single official act was Uone te a perfor mance of duty. The record of the Heuse of Representatives upon this subject, whiie uet se culpable, is yet highly ropro repro ropre honstble, it net having held sessions for many days. Yet for the whele 182 days from June 7th te Dacember 5th, whether days of session, no session, sham session, Lord's days and hel.daya for all alike, $10 a day for the ontire time is given by this bill te every souater aud member, for Ncclecllag X Iietr Duty. Moustreus as such a claim would be under any circumstances, it is yet the mero repugnant te law, equity and com. men sense, wheu asserted by officials who menace the very existence of republican government by refusing te ebey the plain est and most Imperative of constitutional commands nnd give te the pcople the most sacred and valuable of political rights. Th.s bill exajts te the last penny all the compensation that Urn most faithful, in dustrious, patriotic and law obeying legis lators could get for the porfermanco of evcry duty imposed upon them aud the realization of every public bonetlt that could be expected from them. Ana Mllengf, feet Ceder this bill mileage is clauued by mombets and oflbers for going from their homes te the Etat of government and re turning, who were present in Harrrisburg wheu the extra session was called, having been paid by the stale te be therc, and who have ahe been already paid for re turning te their homes. 80, tee, 610 a day is claimed by this bill for sossienB upon days when. te ue tlm language of the law, there wero 110 besciens held " at " which membcrs could be. An ImiefenslDIr Kteul. It would bs usoless for me te go ever this bill and disema its unjust previsions in detail. It is a most Indefensible attempt te takt; meney out or thu publls treasury wuheu' warrant of hw, thadew of justice, or possibility of 1 iKht, b a body of etR" cials whieh, as the oxecative of the com monwealth, I am obliged te say resists, defies and atsaultii the constitutional government of the poeplo. An Apiiritt te tnu Ualtet. Thcra eften corae times in the histeiy el popular government.! when the only hope of their preservation rests net lu the funo fune funo tieual power given te officials, but tnat last nud mightiest of resources, the intelligent and reselute notion of a free poeplo at the billet box. This hop 3 aloeo is left te the levors of f'roe governmetit In Pennsylvania for the onrercemout of the laws and the pre mvatlonef the constitution. I have oxhausted all my pjwer te that en 1 with, out nvall aud confess the futility or my efforts. Net only may I be unable te soeuro obedlenco te the constitution nnd ree that the laws bj faitufnlly oxeouted, but I may also be powerless te prevent the gross injustloe n'temptcd against the pce ple in this bill. Be fur as I am able, how hew how ovor, I shall thwart the wrong by this disapproval. Tti a ruitiifui M iniuirs. It is only rinht for me te say that thoie nre, I knew, many members of the As seinbly who have faithfully striven te perferm their duty, and who, by such ellerts, have equitably earned their pay. I hey are in no wlse ohargeablo nlth the uu.iull of this scBi.len. I ipgret that they should Buffer by this vete. It Is their mis. roitune te ba mombers or a body whose aets I must vlew ab a whole They will have tlie oensolousaoHs.hoivnvfir. r i,ni.,,. honestly tried le m.rve thelr Btate and the pi'eplK. The poeplo, it is certain, will net lailm thoend te t.-iognlze and reward upright servants, ami soparate thorn from the faithless aud avaricious. I have no power te distinguish the worthy from the unworthy.Jthe deserving from the ropre Iicusible, tlie fault or the gross net the merit of Individuals, is nil of wiiini, r 1 take notleo, Tlie Kiuiileyes tlet TUclr Nenrj. Scelng no legal icaseus, hiwover, for depriving or thelr pay the empleyes of the two Houses whose nttendanoe was compulsory and who nre lu no way blamcable for the failure of this session, I have appreved the Items for thelr compen sation. I wish te be understood, howevor, in allowing these Item, te npprove of tl e compensation of these cm pleycs only for the days when they were uecesssarily ompleved about the duties of their offices. Tliey may have had eiuclal sorvlce te perform upon days en which the Legislature was net in ses sion. If se they should he paid. Hut for theso days en which they wero absent from attendance upon duties pertaining te the Loglslatute aud unemployed, I de net give my sanction te their drawleg auy compensation. I regard the words " fixed by law " in the clause of the bill making the appropriation for thorn as rocegnlzlui; this limitation, which, in tny jttdgmenf. is a proper luter pretatien of the aet of 1S74. Sigucdl Renrni K.i'Ain-eN llew It wan Hccelvcl. The Heuse, nftcr hcarinc the governor's vete message read, Indulged iu a short discussion and thou adjourned until four o'clock, when the messase w ill be taken up for consideratlon. The Heuso con gressional npportlenme.it bill ha pased llaally. Ne llatliictn iu tli Semi Ne business of imp utance w.is trans acted Iu the Senate. FKATUUESOP THK STATS IMIKSS, Therittsburg Telegrj, '. Las cont.elidatcd with the Chronicle, the tatter's existence mergiug iu the former. The Examiner's compliments te Rhine's surplus division scheme ' " Our party must net rush hcad-lecg after any uew fangled notiei of doubtful or unccrtaiu cxpedientb." The Erie Herald with corameudaelo enterprise dovetcs feui pages of a double sheet te a rcvlew of the mauufaeturiug, mercantile and general interests of that growing city. HKU3UNAU. Jcrrnnse.v Dams'1 hek hai been financially a failure. Tesstsen, the iect, i: is rumored, will shortly be raised te the peerage. General Ham eck lias gut a 00 days' Icave of abseuoe. A. Uakev Hall has q.i t editine Truth and gene back te his law effk-c. Dn S nuEii vsn h.n named ene of his children Audremache. a H th" etuer he calls ARamomnen. Jajies K. Polk was the only man who ever get from the speaker' chair Inte the White Heuso. Ex-Ji'Dec Hat.l, of Uedfeul, is engaged ou a work en " Orphans' (. enrt Law aud Practice," which It is under' ed will seen be published. C'nnis Maeee has Den t'amoren'a proxy for the Republican national committee and favors holding the presidential convention in Saratoga or Philadelphia. Secuktaiiv Steneer was hurt while in Washington, whero he went te help Rau dall, by being ran into by a cab en Penn sylvania avenue. His nsht hand was sprained and he was etherwise injured. Hen. Jehn G. Carlisle-, the new speaker, is a very psl man. w.th brown hair, 110 moustache, and with clean cut features, indicating a very nervous organi ergani organi sateon. He is of the Greek type, having a long straight nese, a handseme ehlu, pnrutneut enough te indicate firmness without obstinacy, larc clear l.i-ie eyes. He parts his hair oueuo aide, aud brusbes it in mch a way as te irive his l.uad rather a square appearaine. He dej net dre.NS bsdly, bat neither does he drops well. He i ene of the meu who get ever the dress problem by taking the conventional black suit of a sutesman aud net Iretheiing themselves about the fashiuu plau .11 r. C'nriUle IntettietveU. At Washington Mr. Carlisle was asked if he wished te raake any reply te the general litter of criticism upon his elec tion published by Editor McCIure. " What can I say," he replied, "beyend what I said this afternoon in my speech ? I have already expressed myeclf as fully 0,1 1 can. I bcliCTO in a very conservative policy. Thore is net the slightest reason ler the faintest alarm of injury te the business interests." Mr. Carlisle iutlmatcd that if it were almost anyene else than an r,lier he might be tempted te reply, but editorial strict uies have te be berne, because the editor al v, ays has the advantage and always has the last word. Mr.McCluro.while in Wash icgten.said te the proprietor nftheCinciu nati Xercs Journal, that he was net a Democrat and never baa been. The trouble with the Pennsylvania people is tills : They would be against any party that Bheuld try nud reform the tariff, and would view with alarm the most conser vative steps towards the reduction of the great monopolies of their section. Ifnvases el tlie tmuici. A row of double frame heuses running south from 31-1 West Fifty-fourth stroet, New Yerk, was partially burned last niidit. The heuses are occupied entirely by colored pcople. Hattic, Mabel and Edgar Judsen iiKcii respectively e, - auu 1 years, were burned te death. The mother of the children, a young colerod woman, who3e husband is a white man, left them alene while alie went te a neighboring grocery store, nnd when she returned the heuse was lu flames. It is thought that the flre was caused by oue of the children upset ting a kcro-cne lamp daring the mother's absence The less is estimated at $20,000. Governer's building In Burlington, Iowa, occupied by a clothing ctore.tho Americau Express cempauy and a number of ofllecs, was burned yosterday ineruinu. Less 30, 000. A flre in Chllioetho, -Missouri, en Sunday, destroyed soveral stores and build loge causing a less or $20,000. The Hub heuse, ou an island in the St. Lawrouce, near Clayteu, New Yerk, was burned 011 Sunday ovenlng with all its contents nnd all the trces and brush en tlie Island. St. Agues' Uatholie church In Cohoes, New Yerk, was burned yesterday morning. The flre was caused by n defective Hue. One of Themas R. Lee's oetton mills at West West pert, Rhede Islands, wai burned en Sunday night, with 160 bales of cotton. The Htoamer Fredrick DeHarry was damaired by lire te the oxtent of $00,000, at her wharf at Jacksonville, Flerida, yesterday. She was built iu Willlngteti in 1881 and 0 ist $78,000. - m m l'ttrnllcl I'mmhuk. Halt I.uWe Tribune. In Hartlett'rt "Dictionary of Familiar Quotation's" Lincoln's "government of the pcople, by the people, fur; the people," is paralleled by similar phras-ss from oarller speeches by Theodora Parker and Daniel Wobster. Ne original is suggosted, how ever, for the equally famous passage from the soeond Inaugural address: "With ma ma llce toward nene, with eharlty for all, with firmness in the rlithr, ni Ged giw us te bee the right." The folio .wug t-xmssleu. however, bears he cleus a rosdmblaneo ai te ba worth queting: "In charity with all mankind, bearing 110 mnlloe or i'l will te any liumau being, ami ovea c .up.isslen. ntlug thoie who held Iu bondae thelr follen-iuoii, net knowing what they de." It occurs at the clese of the letter addieised b' Jehn Qutucey Adams mi July 3d, 1893 ti A. Hronseu, of Fall River, Mass , In rtspon&e te au Invitation te attun a cole uratien en August i, 01 tue unai abolition el slavery lu the Rrltlsh West Indies, 00NGHKSS. UAitum.K's MT.Kun vrnr.N i:i.iturKt. Ne mjiirr te lien tlir Count rjr-.lu.t nuil Uiiiinl Tntation-Nemo tlliputeil l!lclleii I'mri, It has long been n custom for the friends of a oandldate for the speakership te scud ilowera te his desk en the day el bis olce tlen by the Heuse. Twe Kentucky ladles propated nnd Beut te Mr. Carllsle yester day a beautiful nnd original dovlce In flowers ami satin. It consisted or a gavel In the shape of a Geerge Washington hatchet rcstlug en the messy stump or a t ree in such a way as te show both Bides of the blade aud batulle. One Blde was com posed of beautiful flowers and the ether of hnnd-palntcd satin. Through the coutre of the blade en the whlte eatln nppeared m lllumluated old English letters the fol lowing : " M.1? "J-0 " k0" blade el lintclict, Iibm worthy mombeM rlte toeAtcli it. Ami rullti(i true in steel te nmteh it. All lawtul business te ilespatcn 11." On the left of the inscription wa the trump or fume blowing out gavels. nnd beneath it, ou the left, a llttle nude Geergo Washlugten.hatchet in hand.cuttiug down a oherry tree. On hlsrlRht were a large hatchet and foiled troe. In the upper left baud coruer nppearcd against a sky baek ground the deme of the capitol, with a waulng moon In the West and a rising sun in the East. On a white Batln ribbon wero IK0,.,?,0?' : " - w- t0 tLe SlHJaker , V . ,LeuBr,3ss greeting." The card if the ladies who sent the floral Rift bere the following advice te the speaker, with regard te the manner iu which tlie double cuded Instrument should be wlelded : " Ker 110U0 me liammei , ml ns gavel , Ami tjfaile when knots you cn't nnmve'." C'nrlldB's Speech. When the spoakcr-eleet took his scat he said : " Gentlemen of the Heuse of Hep. rcsentatieetl thank your sincerely ler the hitf h honor conferred upon me by the vete Just taken. Te be chosen from the mem bership of a great body hke this te preside ercr its deliberations is a distinction upon which any citizen might properly oeugrat ulate himself, and I assure you that your kinducss nud partiality are fully appreci ated. At the same tlme 1 rcahze the faat that the position te which you have as signed me is ene of very great labor aud responsibility, and while profoundly grateful te you for this manifestation of your confidence, I shall enter en the dis dis clmrge of iu duties with a serious distrust of ray capacity te meet in au acceptable manner the rcquiremeuts ofthisefflnn. T premise, you howevor, te doveto all the zeal and all the ability of whieh I am pos sessed. "Gentlemen, the malutounuce of order en the fleer is essential absolutely essential te the intelligent aud systematle trans action of publle businees ; aud I earnestly inveke your assistance iu the enforcement of our proceedings. The large addition te the membcrship of the Heuse, resulting from the latonppertioumontof representa tives, makes the duty even mero difficult thau it has been, and without your cordial co-operation aud support, I cannot rcas eaably hepe evon te discharge the ordinary daily duties of this efnec. That you will cheerfully co operate with me in evcry proper effort te prcscrve erder and te facilitate the business of legislation I have ue doubt. But, gentlemen, I shall ask something mero of you than mcre co operation iu the discharge of my duty. Assuring you of my earnest deslre at all times te be just and impartial, still I can not expect te avoid mistakes, and shall be compiled, therefore, frequently, ue doubt, te rely en the friendly forbcarance of gontlcmeu ou both sides of the Heuso. I am sure, gentlemcu, that nil mattcra el legislation presented during this Congress will receive from you such careful con sideration as the maguitude aud character of the interest involved rcqaire ; and that your aotienupon thcra will be wise, conser vative and patriotic. Sudden and radical changes iu the laws and regulations affecting the commercial interests of the pcople ought never te be made unless Imperatively demanded by seme public omergeney; and, iu ray opinion, under existing circumstances sucli changes would net be favorably received by auy considerable number et theso who have civen serious attentien te the tubj-ct. Applause. " Many reforms are undoubtedly neces sary', and it will be your duty, after a careful examination of the whele subject in ill Its bearings, te decide hew far they should extend, aud when and iu what manner they should be made. Applause If thcre be any who fear that your aotien en this or any ethor subject will actually be injurious te any interest or even afford rcar.otiable cause for alarm, I am quite sura that they will be agreeably dtsap pointed. Applause What the country has a right te expect is strict economy in the administration of overy dopartraent of the gorernmout a just and equal taxation for publie purpeses, a faithful obsarvance of tlie limitations of the constitution and a scrupulous regard for the rights nnd In terims of the great body of the pcople, In order that they may be protected, as far .13 Ceugrcss has power te protcet thorn, againkt encroaehmonts from every direc tion. Whatevcr is te be dene uudcr the circumstances surrounding us in tbia ex. pectatien ought te be dene, in my judg ment. Rut, gentlemen, without detaining you further, I am ready te take the oath of oflice prescribed by the constitution and the laws, and proceed te the completo or ganization of the Heuso." Applause, Cor,tetC(l l.lecttun Uaien. lu the call of states wlieu Kansas was reached Mr. Peters (Hep.), a representative at larqe from that Btate, was, at the ro re q 11 eat of Mr. Spriuger (I)eni., Ill ) asked te step aside. Mr. 8pringer stated that the governor of Kansas had forwarded te him a potltien, signed by himself and the ether statu oflicers, and by a large number of citizens, protesting against the admis sion of Mr. Petcra ou the ground that, under the constitution aud laws of Kansas, he U ineligible te held this olllce. He, howevor, withdrew hia objeetlon and Mr. Peters took the oath of oflice. Mr. Convorse (Dera., Ohie,) rising te a question of prlvllcge, said that the clerk of the Heuso in the morning had stated that had the ccrtlfloate of the governor of Mississippi been presented by any person claming te be a ropresentativo from the second district of that Btate he would have placed his name en the roll. Fer reasens which were satisfactory te Mr. Manning (Dera.) he had chosen net te prosent that certificate until action had been taken by the Heuse. Ue (Mr. Convorse) had called upon Mr. Manning's nttoruey and asked pormlhsieu te prosent Mr. Manning's oro ero ore dontinlB te the Heuse. It had been the policy of the Heuso, by au unbreken train of procendeuvri, te scat the member who held the cortifleato of the governor. He asked te have tlie certificate read. Mr. Kcifer (Hep., Ohie) said that Mr. MaDnlnghad never noceptcd the certificate nud he had put en the dork's Ules a state ment which showed that he was bciiteu by 030 vetes. He had also lu olleot stated that he would uet nsk te be coated ou that corlllhate. "Dai the gentleman prope'.o te feivu .Mr Manning te de what he would uet tie himself?" Mr. Couverno replied that uet euly did .Mr, .Manning held the coitlllcate aud was prima f.iole entitlcd te the ent, but that upon the contest it would be shown that he wiiHf titled te it upon the merits of the oase. The cortllleato was read, and after a aheit discussion ever the right of the Itapublteans te demand the reading of thu ether papers 011 file lu the olerk'o office, Mr. Convereo offered a resolution Kcltliig the faet that Van II. Maiming i Mississippi, and providing that he be tnmodlately qualified as momber from the Soeond dUtrlet of that Btate without prejudlce te the ilnal right te the Rent. Mr. Kobbeh (Rep, Iowa) doubted whethcr the lleusd had a right te order a man, who did net elalin his scat, te be sworn lu, te which .Mr. Convorse repllnd that Mr. Manning did elalm his right te his scat. The previous quostlen was ordered en the resolution yeas, 103 ; nays, Mr. Calklns(Rep ,Iiid)etfetedn reselu. tlen providing the certificate of the gover nor of Mississippi, certifying the electien of Mr. Manning te this Congress from tlie Second district of the stnte, togethor with the certificate nT Hrcrntnrv of iiti nml ll ether papers iu the hands of the olerk of the Heuso touching the light of Mr. Chalmers te a Beat be toferted te tlie com mittee 011 elections, when appointed, with Instructions te that commlttee te report without delay which or the parties, If cither, is entitled prima facia te be sworn In. Pending action, the Heuso nt 3:10 ad journed after adopting a involution that the dally hour of 'meeting shall be 13 o'clock. nr.Aui.Y sTOitnm. Deatn ntiU lipitrucilen en ttie Waters A terrlble storm from the oastnertheaRt prevailed nt Cape Race, Newfoundland, en Sunday ulght. The sea rese hlgber than ever was known before and swept away inland bridges, drove the Cape Light beat high upon the shore, threw the wrecked hull of the steamship Herder llfty feet en the coast ntul dreve a large qu intity or wrcoknge up ou thu beach. While the steamer Annie, of Hsltlmore, was off Reek Crcek, en Sunday, Edward lirewn fell overboard from the Jib. The yawl was lowerod and I. oapsized, throw ing August Tem ple Inte the water. Reth men were drowned. The sohnenor S. W. Hunnell, lrem New Yerk for Norfolk, Vlr. gitua, with hay, went ashore at Towns oiid'e Inlet, N.J., en Sundny night, and filled. Tlie steamship Alaska, which ar rived at New Yerk yesterdny from Liver Liver Liver jtoel, ran down aud Bank an unknown pilot beat 21 miles east of Fire Island. It is net known hew many lives wen lest. While the government s'oamer Newlleld was towing anew ship near Digby, Neva Scotia, ou Sunday nlght,tlie hawser parted and the ship went ashoie. ('apt. Brown, of the Nowtleld, who was en the ship, aud iioven of the latter' s orew of tiuie wero drowned. -The schooner Charles H.Sprague ireni aiiiiieru, uenn., ler havanuab, with phosphates, was disabled In the storm of the 17th tilt., near Hat teras. Her captain, Samuel Pend, was killed by being crushed uudcr a beat, which was washed en beard. Captain Albert II. League, of the tug Rritannia, was drowned by falliug from his vessel ou Sunday afternoon, nbeut 10 mllee belew Baltimore. Captain Jehn G. Ellride, of thu ntpani ntpani er WesteviT, at Baltimore, rrperts having passed a sunken schooner off Cove Point, nbove the mouth of Patuxent rlvsr, ou Sunday morning. The masilmads were above water, and all sails standing. Twe men were burled under a falliug baulc of earth yesterday at a cut en the Virginia Midland railroad, near Alexan dna, and oue of thorn was killed, the ether being fatally wounded. AM r.Kli: iCOMAM'K. A l.eiclj-l!rl.l. Who Lern Anether, iiji-icrleu-ljr .llnrrlxj i Kiutlr On Saturday morning a well dresed and beautiful young woman came lu te Juitice Freeman's court in Eric, with an uuoeuttw looking middle aged man and nsked that they be married. Tlie man seeming unable te write, the woman wrte in a-i aristo cratic hand. ' Amelia A. Uejtie, Oiuein. uati," ncd Cuarley Traynor, L'tica, N. Y. They were then married, the bnde en temptueusly rejecting a gaudy marriae coitific.ite TliH bride handed the groom seme papers, and told him his room was pruferable te his company, whorcupen he went oil te take a tram. Sue then request cd the magistrate te rrcerd the marriage ami seud it te leading newspapcis adding. "There is nothing wrong In all this. I have hired this man te marry me simply te put It out of my power 1 1 marry another whom I dearly lore, but en whom our union would btiug a great misfertune." t:ik (i.u.levvh tiibk. CurI'MI'i'ii uinUUIIul llancuiau lllumina lisilly. Binns, the hangman, or " Butcher" Binus, as he Is called, did a met buugllng piece of work at Liverpool. A rnau named Dutten wuh executed. He strug gled in a most hurrlble maimer for two mluutrs and his pulse brat for eight minutes after the drop foil. The doctors who were present denounce Binns' system and say It is entirely opposed te the prae tice of Marwood, his BucccBsful prcdeccH prcdeccH ser. The ccieutists join with the doctors, Binns bolievcu in the mctheJs formerly practiced by Caleraft, new considered obsolete. Samen, the New Hampshire murderer, made a coufeisieu ye.Ucrday te the sheriff nt Locanie. He said that he killed Mrs. Ferd m a druukeu squabble en Saturday morning, and afterwards murdored the Ruddy b, and exonerates Ferd from nil complicity in the crime. " A prepossessing man of ntlddleage " arrived iu Savannah en the 22d tilt., and rogistercd at a hotel as " II. C. Winthrop, of Kansas City." Yesterday he committed suiolde by sheeting himself through the head. A farewell nole " te his brothers aud slstera " was found upon him, signed " W. P. Heward." A Cranky l'ttJieuger. E. S. Martin, of Bosten, stripped him BOlf en a New Yerk Central railroad train near Utlca, at 3 o'elook iu the morning, and threw his clothes out of the window. On his ovorceat was a nete with his name and the direction written : " Have pest mertem made." He was taken te the Utica pl Ice station iu Utica. Martin was the former biiBincia manager of the Bosten Ideal opera company, who was defeated by Miss Oher iu a eivil suit in Cleveland last week. LIT1XK MIUAI.H Here, Them unit l'.varjitliore. The Lebanon Time tells nn apocryphal Htery about Buzzard's death In the hills and burial by his friends. Jeseph Grccnwaltnnd wife, West Done gal, have made an assignment ; .Samuel Eby, esq., assignoe. The mayor acknowledges 150 pounds of Heur and 1.' bushelfl of potatoes from B. B. Martin, fur the smallpnx HufferurH, The Sens of America fair olesod last night ; Mies Kahl weu the geld watch aud Ne. 2,03."; took the geld ring. The nchome for the union of the Morav ian ohureh's uofthern and seuthern pre vlnceu has failed, upon the ad vie 3 of Logatue Riehnrd. The 00th P. V. association, MeJ, C. II. Fasnncht president, will held Its second annual icunlennt Donaldsen'H, comer of Bread aud Filbert streets, Phlladelplrn, Dee 13, at 7J p. m. Watts and Chainey,iulIucl lecturers, who failed te meet their ongagemout nt the opera houae last ulght, wero financially shlpwroekcd iu Ilatrlsburg, haviug failed te Hud tills part of the atate a geed field for thelr operations a I'lue amnion. Jeseph R. Durkholder, Fanncrevllle, I Laucistcr county, roeontly put chased iu New Yerk, from D. II. Dahlman. a very . ' line imported Frcrch Ner in an stallion. 1 I The unlmnl will be nt thoMcrrlmnestablos until Saturday. The herse veigha 3,000 ' pounds, ' fi0T.UaUTA NEWS. (MK UKMULAIt OOltltKlll'ONIIUmn:. KvtnM Alunn XUti .Hiifuiiieliniitm-ltenu of tntermt In nuit Areiiml the ttureiiRli I'lvkril tip by the littellt- Itencrr ltrpiirtr, 'lliloves stele a beat from the Walnut atieet wharf. Rlvrr rese soveral Inches sltice Saturday. Fine cantntta by Bt. Jehn's Lutheran Sunday-school en Christ- mas night, New books iccelvcd for the library of the Bethel Sundny-Boheol. riiinl stioet, between Chestnut anil uiMur, in ve nave anntiiei- gas ngui. t.oekman'flM. 13. ohnpel llternry society spout a pleasant evening nt the iohIiIeiico i,r 'llr:n,.Kl J,rB n' v' Plicnegnr, It being "ie ,,i9th "indverBary. Large quantities or Chicago beef are being sold here .lames Weeds, coleicd, for drunk and dis orderly, nnd thrce tramps wero jailed this morning. A tramp nrrested last night get 30 Instead of 10 days for being abuslvrJ Presbyterian festival tonight. Balrd'H minstrels gave satisfaction. The olopo elopo olepo motit of Miss Laura Desch nnd Theodora Cutninlugs, a Kiely Btove company ore ere ore pleyp, Is repotted. The rumor that Dr. C. F Markel Is attending a smallpox lutlcnt here Is denied. Miss Hobccea Ktinkle, et Hatrisburg, ban returned home Mr. Rusell Supplee has romevrd te Until ingdoe, W. Va. Twe Mntietta young mvii aud 0110 from Columbia, wcte nearly drowned In the river nt Marietta, en Sunday while crossing iu a beat during the storm. Latin 1 nud Rescue flre com panies, of Yerk, coming ever ou New Year te help dedicate Shawnee's new vtigltia house. Tin: 1.1:1 ii:inut.N. The Kcniiivsl te tlm Kty llnll. last evculng the Latioister Loiderkrnnx moved from their old hail lu the Schiller house te Knapp'fi hall en Grant Btrect, which the Mosnncrc'ier recently vacated. By 8 o'clock ever 100 niombers of the society had gatheicd at the old hall and they formed in line with the City baud at the head They marched down North Queen street te Centre Niu.itc.le Viuo.te Prluce, te West King, te East King, te the hall. The boeioty gathered in the lower room and listened toBcveial geed speeches. The llrtt wat made by Adam Uoudcr.the prcsl dent of the Leulcrkranii, who, in the name of the society, took the hnll from Mr. Knnppuud chtistuned it ".Lcldmktuiir. " Instead of "Miunncicher " Lawrcnce Kuapji fidlewcd 111 a short spDteh of wel come, lie Fan! that he wasglndthe secif'y had accepted the offer and taken the hall nud hu hoped that tliey would never be sorry for the change. He desired te sce them ptosper llke the Miuu Miuu nercher, which was with them for 23 years and until they beceme able te meet a hall of their own. Mr. Smith, local editor of the Frie Prette, was the het speaker, and be gave a short it .1 Interesting history of the society and IN growth, and hoped that it would continue te lleuiishiu the future After the speeches the whele party sat down te an excllent lunch prepared by Mr. Kuapp. Thcre was plenty te cat and drink nnd all enjoyed themselves. After the supper there -.w tinging and dancing and the members of the soclety left for their homes at a late hour well pleased with the opening of their hall erfiutiin r.i.iiurr.n. Ven lie Man'., tltirlatlHii Amniclntlen At the meeting of the Yeung Men's Christian Association, the following offi cers were elected te serre for the ensuing year : Preslder ' -I). C. lfaverstick. Vice Pi fenta-J. P. McCa'ki-y, H R. Ful-ee S. . Huh, J. H. lVareel, W. S. Oilier. Secictary D. S. Buisk. Registering 3oretary Chas. H. Frey. Treasurer Samuel I). Bausman. Beard of Manairs A. F. Hestctter, D. II. Bartholemew, Samuel M. Myern, 11. F. W. Urban, Edw. J. .ihm.Jehn D. Skllcr-, S. II. Lcvun, Alfied A. Ilublcy, E. J. Erisman. F. A We.ivir, J. M. VSr. OciiU C. P.. Hcller, Jehn 11. Metzlei, R. K. Mchnader, James II. Marshall. I.nnibtrtmi Hafloile I.eilcn, At a stated racetiii of Lambcrteu L ulge Ne. 470, F. aud A. M., held last evening, the following oflkern were duly elected and lustalk'd te BOtve for the eiisuing Manouie year, bcginuiiig en St. Jehn's Day. Dc comber 27 ' W. M. Dr Jehn B. Merris. S. W.-David II. Wylle J. W. Heivey N. Hurst. Treas. Henry E. Slay maker. Sce Dr. William N. Amer. Rep. te a.L.Win. A. Morten. Trustees Henry Baumgardner, Dr. itebert M. Belrulus. Court el Uetiiiiinn l'lru. nr.ieitr. jupek i.ivi.nosten. Annie Single nnd her husband, Simen Single, vs. Cenrad Helbein. This was nn action for damages for au nllegcd slander. Beth partles te the suit rchide in this city ui.d it was alleged by plaintiff that de fendant made fabe remarks about Mrs Si ngle'd character, whhh greatly Injured her among her neighbeis and caused her htinbatjd te h nve her. The defendant denied having spekcu as alleged and he claimed tha. tin and the wemnn morely had a war of wei'ls and Bhe was the ag greisjr. The jury reudcicd a vrtdlct In favor of thu plaintiff tcr $87 r0. llEIOItr. Jt'DOC rATTI.IlSON. Iu the case of Brua va Btihr, down stairs, the dr 'eiMe epei.cd this morning, denylng the allc;atleus of plaintiff and asserting that whatever he had dene he had a right te de under his grant. About flftcen witne'-rcf. were c.ill''d by the plain, tiff aud the dtifeuM) will likely have nn many. In the case of William S. Hastings va. Marshall Hastings and Robecoa Hastings, the defense ehatigcd their plea, the plain tiff was surprised nod the case was con tinued. A fil-.W I.I'.CIAI. i'.trx.ii. Tlie Hiitceiiir et the ' l.nueniter llnr." H, Clay Brubaker and ChaB. I. Landis, esqs., will edit and publish n new weakly legal paper, te be called the Lancaster Law flethte, theflist number of which will nppear ou next Monday. It will have six teen pages, with eight pages of legal matter of the form of the " Weekly Notes of Cases, " The volume will oeuslst of 82 numbers, with semethiug ever -100 pages, and the subscription prioe will be $2 a year. The paper will be dovetcd te the iutcieita of the Lancaster bar and special attention will be given te Lancaster county casts and these taken from this ceuuly te the supreme court. A digest, or syllabus, or every Important case will be published us fast eh they appear In ether legal papers. The gontlcmeu Intend te make the papir " a go " and they will supply a long felt wint iu this line. lUjtilli Ward Itullillni: '"". The building lets sold by Shubert it Sutten, ler Jehn A. Ooyle, esq last oven even ing. were part of a traet at the cerner of L ivr. Lane and ft. Jeseph stroet. Ne. 1, 11 feet front, at tlie oernor, sold te Jeseph UettHli" for $l00,nnd Ne. 2, 23 feet front, adjoining It, te the same for $223. Ne. lfiU, en Love Lane, 25 feet front, with building, te Jehn Dns.l for $1,000. Of the tcmalning 01 lets, lunnlug from 20 te 23 feet front en St. Josph Btrcet, all wero sold exeept nlue, The purchaser were : Fred Kleaj, four nt $113 each , Henry Kiell, two at 3108 fiO : Emll Zlltdeif, two at $109.30 ; Huuiy N,lohe), two nt $70 and $77 ; Aug. Llcbf eh, two at $91 and $82 j Reter Schfld, flve nt $93 each ; Geergo Schaiz, two nt $00 , D. Rapp, ene at $83 ; Christian and Jehn V. WIse, four at $07, $00, $75 nnd $00.
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