' jttTv FwKsrwqir-TPa r 5S2SSS ' . 5 ', '- -t h-1? V ) t 1 , V ft J? tl i. I! "j Hancastet .Intelligence. JTWDAY PVBNINO, MAR, 14, 1864. A Werthy Scheme. General Qcorge P. Ihrle, formerly of the army ami new a mining engineer in Bosten, is reported te be In "Washington with a project for a railroad te Alaska, with the ultimate design el extending it te Uehrlng'a 8trart;vtcres9 which tlie trains will be ferried or sledded te contin ue en their way through Asiaand Europe. The general thinks that there is suQl clent present inducement for the Alask- au railroad in the minerals nud furs of the country, and that within twenty, flve years wonre sure te have an nil jll linoJi2Lvvije2.Ji.rcps -anbBSrita It is n reasonable expectation, certain ly. After what has been done in the way of locomotion, nothing is Impossible The present method of reaching Europe by vessel is very unsatisfactory, being uncomfortable, monotonous and danger ous.' A great many morn .people would visit the ether continents, hut for the dlsagrccable. nud forbidding passage of the ocean. If we could get aboard the ears and tnkn the journey ever land, it would be n very Inviting ene te all who, hud for it the time and money. It isqulte incredible that the open avenue via Ilehrlng'a strait will net some day seen be Improved. There is nothing in the rigor of the climate te make it im practicable, for they say Alaska has a vastly mere temperate climate than our own. General Ihrle's Alaskan furs and minerals, will net, we fear, furnish sufll cicnt transportation for a railroad, very Beeb if" ever ; hut his notion that he can carry lets of travelers te Asia nnd Europe, as seen as his read is built, is anything hut wild. The very thought of concentrating the travtl of the world upon ene railroad is enough te make the railroad projector's mouth water, and te uend him In het haste after the right of way nnd a subildy. Te onceurago the nil-rail line te the Old "World Cen gress may well be tempted te grant a liberal slice of the Alaskan domain, and te threw in the seals. Te enable our people te reach Eurepe without the pangs of seasickness is a philanthropic enterprise, worthy of Jthe proreundest national sympathy, and perhaps some et the national cash. It 1b, in fact, se great an enterprise and se completely International In Its aim that the United States should unite lu con ventien with England and Russia and propose that the xnllrnad should be built by each through Us territory, as a national read. Gen oral Ihrle should be promptly sent out te explore the way and report upon the dhllculties te ha overcome. Belt rlug'a Strait will be a damper en the project, unless he can Unci n comfortable way of crossing it. We fear hu will have te tunnel under it. When the ice is safe he might lay his rails upon it, and when the water is open a ferry beat would de the work but during the season of uncertnin ice nnd water his passengers would gather upon either side,fearing te cress, nnd UuV. would net de In such a ellmate. lint let thegtueral leek into it. Mediocrity Wins. Judge Teurges has been making n canvass en his own account of Republi -au preferences for the presidencj, nlm Ing uet"kpmucji te get the personal choice of the majority as te And out who can most surely he elected, by polling the pep liar judgment us te that man " who can get the most votes and lese the fewest." IIe disuevers that while in diffrtent localities the first choice va riosse iute show about an even senti ment n3 te the most active support of the Republicans in different places for Blaine, Arthur, Legan, Sherman and Lincoln, opinion is pretty nearly unaul raeus that Lincoln's nomination would everywhere awaken the least hostility or meet with the least apathy. Judge Teurgee is right in his as Bumpllen that the strongest nemliuthm for a party te make Is net necessarily that of the man who Is the personal pre feiencoef the greutest number of its active and leading membere. Fer, a3 he says, ' the very llfe which may liave given such a man se large a following of frleuds, with equal probability, would nlse have given him uu equally intone t aud active array of enemies A less of one vote in ench township of u single stnte mny mero tlian likely turn thi scale in tills election." The expe rlence of Webster and Clay, In earlier days, and that of Blaine iu two recent Republican convention.", proves that the most conspicuous man is the object of the most effectlve attack It Isjhe tendency of the Held te concert trate against the favorite. The Republican party is net iu strong new as It was in 18S0, nnd it was uet an strong then ns in 1870. In both of tliese years it was compelled in its national conventions te cast aside the personal preference et its delegatea und take negntive men who had no special follow ing and who were supposed te have exclted no special antagonisms. That it should new eeem te centemplate such men as Llticeln uud Harrison, who would net he thought of except for their ancestral names, is u confession of weak ness that it wus net expected te make, at least before the assembling of the national convention. IK explanation of the preposition of the finance committee te pay only $3,160 Qf the city debt this year, by appreprlu ting that amount te the sinking fund, wbeu hit herte the city lias paid $11,000 or $12,000 annually, according te the direc tien of the law of J674, the hammer calls our attention te a supplementary act of May 123, 1877, which permits the ceun oil te pay only $3,150, by levying a tnx of only oui'.feurtli of eue mill, instead of ene mill, which was the lowest iiaure permitted by the act of 187-1, by which net councils lias upparently been guided since 1677. we find the Jsxamintr Ja entucly right misquotation of this law, Which had never before come te our no tice ; nnd under it council hits the right, it it cheeses te exercise it, te pay off euly 3,160 of the elty debt this year. Tills does net, however, explain the failure of Mayer StauiTer'a administra tion (e tiy off tlie debt according te the law as it Btoed from 1874 te 1877 ; It does I net explaln why the finnnce committee proposes te lay a tax of four mills, rais ing $18,000 te pay " Interest nnd princi pal, nnd state tax en leans," whtle It np preprintes $43,700 for these purposes ; nor does it explain the ether deficiencies nnd inconsistencies of the estimate. Tins morning we uiu treated '.e a fresh view et Mr. Tllden, or rather te a revival of the old view. Mr. Hewell, the managing editor of the Atlanta Cpnsffftdfen, a responsible man and re re putable newspaper, hns been te see him and reports positively, that in his view and according te Mr. Tilden'a own em phatic declaration, his physical ceiitit tlelHSsucn that he cannot and will net be a candldate for the Democratic nomi nation. It is neither justice te Mr. Tllden nor his party that his name should be used te cloak any ether pur poses when he se positively declares his unalterable purpoie te neither seek nor tnke a nomination. Mn. Smith, of Philadelphia, lately elected mayor, does net knew his own mind for a leug consecutive period. Mr. Smith proclaimed himself with vigor as a candidate for delegate te the Republi can convention ; after n day or se of such proclamation, Mr. Smith repented and said he wasn't. He ascribes te Mr. Jehn Wanamaker's arguments this change of resolution. Mr. Jehn Wanamaker had better keep close beside the mayor and Btep his Imperfect projects lu the future before they are announced. Te acceui plish this geed without embarrassment te his business we suggest that the mayoralty be inade a department of Mr. Wanamaker's slore during Mr. Smith's Incumbency. I3tsM.ncK explains his action in the Lisker matter se as te make It cvldent that he did net intend auy affront te this country, but that his intention was net amiable towards the opposition ele ment in his own country. lie managed the matter very badly, however. IIe claims that he was asked te be a post man between the Heuse of Representa tives and his enemies at home ; and that lie was net going te be made use of. He had belter have done this, however, than have let his enemies make the capi tal they have get out of his unatniabillty. The Iowa Lsglslature Is discussing woman suffrage and th? building of anew Insane asylum. Tun pustoflles department has issued an order alined at the abuse of failure- te pest mark in a legible- maimer mail matter de posited In the offices. It is a needed reform. Leoan niade the gallcriej laugh yostcr yestcr d.iy when he said that aa a lawyer Grant could net be styled first class. It would nuke the judicleui griove te hear any bady aoeuso Legan of being n first class 1 1 .vyrr. TnE clcetrlc light nvnjagcrccnt and the enterprising manor of the Indian slew that gives a direct pirade every afternoon are verj much nllke iu ene respect. One olestrle lamp and one Indian are oxpeeted w,a IMP BM " ' K0 a mi way CONiIATIirCIX'6 A JEWEL. Tmlif tnsb.uiy lassie, such tlieucliw reilRn. Coinpnrlsens nre cruel. Fine pictures lit In Irume, as rtne 1 ! v ethes built net UiHuiui! thine, Const- toncle'4 a Jcwul. Jellv Jletin Jleughrail Eullad Someuedy has played a fraud upon the 1 'outfit' Companion. A poem ereditud te t lat enfcrprismg journal and purporting te le TTiittcn by " James Berry Bensel," is going the rounds, entitled "She and I." BtMisel Is n myth or a plagiarist. His pim is entirely tee much like Edwin Arneld's "Sect at of Death" (or "IIe and She ") te leave any room for doubt that tlie idea, metrv, tftntiment and evon form of expression have beeu "appropriated." After nwhila somebody may oeucludo that another than Tennyson wrete the thou Bind dollar pcem which the Youth' Cem. panien. roceutiy published " by special arrangement " with the lauroate author. It mutt lm mortifying te the Examiner, alter the many reproaches visited upon its literary lolectieos by the JWw Rra, te read tiiat wheu a number of boys in Milwaukee, of lespentable parentage, were recently an eitcd (or barn burning and ether wan ten outrages, the. beast of oue of thorn te tlie mngistrate was : " I aru Peck's bad boy, and deu't you forget It." Hut the imfnrr has ita innings, tee. Fer the ethor day when six BroeUlju ladB, raug iug from 0 te 12 jears of agr, were nr ralt;rii-d for wholcaale thleving lu that city, ene of the number testified tliat In the shed whero they met, decorated with pleturca cut from the uuns.itleual papctB, thulr president was accustomed te regale the assembly with readings from thcie publications ; but this week he had changed eif te a fitery of the early days of Mormenlmu," in which the most con spicuous Hcure is n "great, gaunt, hollow eyed and silent giant " pushing " a leug, slim, black celli e," en wlioels, across the " tawny sand " Oun Bolleitous neighbor, the Intei.li Intei.li eknceii, necd net have any fear that the JViie Jim has bseu imposed upon iu the 'spoeial arrangement with the author'" of the new .Mermen utery besun hi this journal last Tuesday The Intklm- eenckii might as well Bay that the Phila delphia Prttt was imposed upon because Its "special" cable dispatehea appeared in the New Yerk Herald, the Bosten JItrald, aud ether mombers of a syudlcate who pild for thorn, or that wrtalu journals lu Philadelphia, Pittshuru nud ether cities are " imposed upon," becausa the same "spseial" dispatches and iotterB uppear b!tmiltanoeu))y in mero that ene of thctu. The cases cited by the New Rja are net analogous te tlmt in whleh we ventured te cuggeHt that it had Miffoied au Imposition. The be called "story," which It prints In common with many ether papers of the Bta e, by " special arrangement" with the agents of it) reputed author, dees uet nppear " fchnultnueeusly" in thorn. We found it in au issue of last Sunday morn lug of n paper net far from hore aud feared that It publication thore nearly thrce dayB earlier tlnu by tLe Mm Km might have been tlie result of teme imposition playei upon our catoemed neighbor. But if it is tatislled nobody olse noed be selicitniH, LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCE!?, FJLUDAY A MINE HORROR AtTALLlNU UlHASTKlt IN V1RU1N1A. One lliimtrcd ami rifty-rlte Men Killed In niillne Kxiloilen Mone Lett te 111 tne Story. A tcrrlble gas explosion occurred at oue o'elook Thursday mernlug in the Laurel Creek mlne, operatcd by the Seuthwest Itnprovemeut company, nt Poehhontas, Va. The Laurel Oroek mlne is the euly ene in that seotlen aud has becn operated for about two years. It consists of a tunnel, running three quarters of a mlle into the raeuutnlu slde.and a railroad runs the ontlre leugth of the mlne. Thore are latent gallerlcs at intervals. The mlne U sltuatcdabove the water level, arid 'for tills roaselilT has until new been worked with little treuble and singularly free from ncoulents, net a slngle fatal casualty having been reported since operations were begun. W. A. Lathrop, the superln superln tendent, is an expert mining euginoer, aud has had mauy years cxporieuco iu working coal. The mines have bceti worked by re re lief cvery six hours. One huudrcd nud llfty.five men were at wetk there at the tlme, aud such was the ferce of the oxplosien that overy oue was killed and the fanning maohlue and on en on &ine were btewu threo hundred feet from tbe ontraneo. A traiu of cars drawu by a small cngtue was near the entrance, mov ing iu the tuine at the tlme. Four cars and tbe cnglue were blewu out, and n car axle was propelled by the force of the ox ex ox plesion into the side of a small frame house, several hundred fcet distant, occu pied by two miners, William Malenoy and Jacksen Sexten. Beth were aslcep, having left the mlne at C o'cleok. The Hying plank aweke thorn. Their cscape was wendctful, t'.e Iren whcels of the c.ir fall ing by the side of their buuks. They struek a light and, oe far as can be learned, were tbe first te realise the situation and te givethc alarm. net Unel.Ht AlUr. Tue fanning machlue was insufficient for the mines aud bofero its detleicncy was disceveifd and remedied by theso in the ruiticB the gas accumulated te the oxplo explo oxple sivo point. This place is uiade up entirely of the houses of tbe miners aud was built by the Southwestern improvement com pany. A geed many of the miners are Northerners nud Pcnnsylvanlans. The cuglncer at work near the mouth of the mlne, as well as his assistants nnd n ool eol oel orcd boy, wero blewu a hundred feet away and their mangled bodies foued scattered in every direction. The engineer' head was found in a raviue and his legs and arms were found near the mine. Of theso at work iu or about the mlne uet ene was left te tell the story. The pcople of the little hamlet, whose population numbers about llve hundred, wero asleep when the explosion took place. But tbe whele place was quickly reused nnd the sceno which followed beggars description. The few living beings who saw a puff of smeke sheet from tbe mlne and the sudden upheaval of thocngineand cars rushed Inte tce town with loud cries ler help. Men, women and children wero reused and as they took in the intolligenoa there was a wiiu rush rer the scene or the disaster. Despite the cold night, women aa well as men rushed off scantily clad. Experienced miners upon reaching the scene were satis fled that no man in the mines was alive. Tbe horror of the situation has bcen in tensified by the discovery that the rain are en fire. Everything pessible l idiug dene te reach the victim. A party of oxperiencod miner, iniuer charge of Colonel Qcorge Dodds, from the coal field mines of Ches terfield county, passed through Lynch burg and arrived at Pocahontas at twolve o'clock Thursday night. The men em ployed in the mines were mostly Hunga rians without families. A number of uogreos from Lynehburg nnd surrounding sections wero also employed tbere and the oxcitercont is consequently very great. What effect the disaster will have en the operations of the mines can only be con- joeturcd until the full extent of the damage transpires, lhe mines have net been Iens: opened, but tbe company had gotten well under way and was supplying a large section jm tce country with coal and the prospect was most encouraging, a large coaling Rtatien for the supply of eccau steamers being in course of con struction at Norfolk Wbile the accident will have the effect of retarding work nt the mines it is net belicvcd it will cause a permanent discontlnuanee, as a great deal of money has bcen expended tbere by Northern capitalists, composing the South west Improvement company. TUB l'OHTf.lt 1111. 1. 1MS3KU (Icneral r.ugaa'a Futile tippeiltlau te It. The Senate yesterday took up the bill for the rollef of Fitz Jehn Perter Mr. Mandcrsen, of Nebraska, in a speech roviewed the testimony in tbe case and Bald he was opperod te the bill, because of the law and the faets, becnsa of the daugereus precedent te the army and bcoause he bolieved it te ha eternally right te de se. General Legan then took tbe fleer in opposition te the bill. He raade a long BjKjech, goieg ever substantially tbe bame ground ns iu his ad dress upon the same subject at tbe last session of Congress. He oritielscd tbe attitude of the Soutberu senators, aud said tbe passage of the bill would be an act ei injustice uet only te the army, but te all the poeplo of the country ; an injustice te the memory of the faithful dead ; an injustice te Abraham Liucelu and theso ueeeciatcd with him. After Mr. Rlddleburger had made a brief spceeh in favor of the bill it was read a third tlme and passed by a vete of 30 ciaste25 nayB. The rcnalt was roealved with mingled applause and hisses from tbe gallerlcs. The vete was as fellows : Yeas Bayaid, Brown, lluller, Call, Coekroli, Ceke, Colquitt, Fair, Farley, Garland, Glbseu, German, Groemo.llamp ten, Harris, Hear, Jaoksen, Jonas, Jenes (Fla.), Jenea (Nev ), Lamar, McPherson, Muxey, Merguu, Pendleton, Pike, Pugh, Riddloberuer, Jjabin, Baulsbury, SowelJ, Slater, Vance, Voerhccs, Walker, Wil liams. Nays Aldrieh, Alliseu. Blair, Boweu, Cenger, Cullem, Dawes, Delph Edmunds, Frvn. TTiirrlRnn Hntvlni. I T til Tnrrnlfa Logan,MeMillan, Maudorfteu, Miiler,(Cjl.) uuvuumi, jiiumii, i uuuei, i jan, euurman, Van Wyek, Wilsen. During the vete the following pairs were announced, with the votes whieh would have baen east by the senators named had they voted : Mr. Boek, nye, with Mr. Hale, no ; Mr. Cameren, of Wisconsin, aye, with Mr. Geerge, no ; Mr. Miller, of New Yerk, no, with Mr. Camdon.aye ; Mr. Plumb, no, with Mr. Yest, aye; Mr. Bawyer, no, with Mr. ICennu, aye. TKAUKIIV AWI UISAMTl-.lt. l'robuule rut oltuetln n a Saleen. A special from Mansfleld, says n serious fight occurred In the naloen of William Dally, in North Mansfleld, Wednesday night, during whleh Edward Summer and Charles Thornburg were probably fatally Bhet. A fall of coal oeoured at tbe mlne of tbe loungsteno ceak company Thursday morning whleh rosulted iu tbe deatli of Rlehard Finnell, a miner, about thirty years old. Honeghmed tee long te ro re ro mevoorprop the coil along thn upper Blate reef, nud whlle leading a eir he was burled under a fall of a half a ten of coal. ins who nus oeou urging him te quls raining shice the disaster at West Lcisen ring and he oxpeeted te de be sheitly. STATE NKW8. renuijivftul Item el luttrcit. Huntingdon's new epera liouse was opened last night ; it Is stocked with flue sconery, and has n $1,000 drop our tain. Uustav Heffmau, aged 15, tins mystcil mystcil eusly disappeared from his home in Phlla delphla Just as an undo arrived from Gur mauy,briuglug the Intelligence that young Heffman had falleu heir te $100,000 from bis grandfather. A fire iu Sunbury Thursday morning destroyed the Western Union teltgrnph oQleo, the telephone exchange, Rookerlel Reokerlel Roekerlel lor & Brethur's butMing ttabllshment, Samuel Faust's hat store, Geergo Hes.t'a earpet store, Jehn Reed's hardware 4 ere, Jehn Hilemau's shoe stere nnd Dr All's residence. The total less is i'it $15,000. Joel Sprcngler, collector of the read lax of Hanover township, Lehigh county, has mysteriously disappeared, nnd up te the prcseut time nothing has been heard of him. Thore Is nothing wrong in Mr. Spreugler's account.', aud ids ntt.itrs have always bceu conducted in an upright nnd faithful mauuer. State Sunt, lllcbee has nuneunccd the following dates for the examinations of soldiers' orphans' schools : Uniontown, Monday, May 12 ! Mercer, Wednesday, May 14 ; Dayton, Friday, May 10 ; Whlte Hall, Monday, May 11) ; MeAllistcrville, Tuesday, May 20 ; Mount Jey, Wednesday, May 21; Soldiers' orphan institute, Thurs day, May 22 ; Chester Springs, Friday. May 23 ; Mansfield, Tuesday, May 27, nnd Harford, Thursday, May 20. Political l'elnl. Aocenllng te the report of its eampaigu committce the Committce of Oae Hun dred expended nearly $30,000 In the effort te elect Messrs. King nnd Sheppard last month. Leu Hart and L, II. Billy have been chosen dolegatcs te the state convention from the Seveuth legislative distriet, with L. U. Sirens nud Adelbort Carpentcras alternates. The delegates wero Instructed te support State Senater Eckley II. Coxe for delegate at large te the national een. vontien. William B. Smith has withdrawn from the contest for delegate at large te the national convention. It is thought that Geergo G. Pierie will be brought out by the Quay-Lane faction te defeat McMaucs. Solicitor Knerchcr't Kentlj Wit. Mr. Geerge R. Kuorcher' tlie Heading railroad's general solicitor, is something of a wit, as well as a first-class lawyer. During au interval in the Dinsmere tedium en Wednesday, Cel. Seward asked Mr Kacrcher "When is the Leng Branch case coming up ? This is a part of the New Jersey Central litlgatieu." "It is noted for the 25th," replied Mr- Kacrcher. "The testimony will be brief," "Aud untrue, I suppese, "remarked Mr. Ceukling. "Yes, I suppese se," said Mr. Kacrcher. gravely ; "the ether side is te give it." Ne wonder Mr Ceukling subsequently remarked that he "had te Bleep with ene eye epeu nil the tlme Mr. Kaercher was iu town." fltr.THOIMSlS IN NKS3ION. ailtdeimry Werk ltrpertfd und fourteen Mluliter Admitted Inte full Connection. In the M. E. conference in Philadelphia yesterday, statistical reports wero ro re ro cetved. That of tbe Weman's Foreign Missionary society shows an inorcase of 032 auxiliary societies nud a total member ship of 80,032. The receipts for the fiscal year were $121,823.33, all appropriations Ter that period having beeu met. Tbe soclety is supporting forty eight American missionaries in the Held, with forty assist ants, nnd schools have been successfully established in Yokohama, Tokie, Nagas aki, Calcutta, Rangoon, Pekin nud ether missionary centres. Rev. Dr. Hunt, en behalf of the American Rlble seciety. re ported the amount of Christian work dene by that organization far in excess of the achiovemonts of any previous year. The following candidates for full con ucct.en with the church advanced te the chancel as their numns were called by tbe presiding bishop : Jeseph II. Smith, Jehn G. Martin, Ratbborne Oakcs, C. E. Andorseu, Geerge W. Duncan, Henry Hess. Albert M. Millseu, Albert Duu...-, Charles H. Rercr, Geergo M. Daughey, William Baraferd. G. M. BriadhraJ, C. W. Green, and O. W. Mincer. Of the last two, ene la ongaged U missionary work in Japan and the ether iu Arizona. The formal questions laid down by tbe dlsoipllce having b:en propounded by the bishop and satisfactorily answered by the candidates, they wero admitted by the conferepce into full fellowship. Among the pleasant inoldentsof the scs sien worn the introduction of te Rev. Jeau Paul Cook, of Paris, F.ance, who is visiting this oeuutry with the Intention of raising $30,000 for the extension of the Mothecist church In France and the announcement of a gift of $200 te the Preachers' aid Boelety. At 3 i). m. St. Geergo's church was filled by the friends of the Weman's Fer elcn Missionary society. Thn Ray. Dr. Rittonheuio presided and addresses were delivered by the Rev. E. W. Parker, of rhdia ; Miss Ji. A. Spencer, of Teklo, Japan, and Mrs J. F. Keen, of Pbiladel phia. The anniversary of the Philadelphia City Missionary toeioty was held in the evening aril Dr. Sanferd, Buperlntendent ui iuu .iun xurtt uiij mi.imuuK, inauu an Interesting address. e FKATUHE3 OF THIS STATE PRESS The Perry county Democrat predicts that tbe truce betweeu the Blaine uud Ar thur olemonta In that county will neon be brokeu. Marianna Gibbens' Friendi Journal perceiven that ia tbe matter of granting licenses " Judge Livingston, the president judge, 1b uet sustained by the ether judge, Patterson." The Bulletin approvea the determination of the building commission te erect the Gonernl Reynelds statue in front of the new Philadelphia pnblie buildings, not withstanding the psaen teddy's pretest. The Uniontown Geniut ej Liberty thinks the advent of tbe negre Inte jour nallsm is net at all new, an for the past year It has numhored among it) city reporters a very effialcnt colerod gontle. man. The Westmoreland Democrat declares that that county pays into the state treasury $13,235,08 in taiei en write, wills, &c, aud hconse fees, whleh amount properly boleugs te the county treasury. The Mt. Jey Star solemnly warns the young raeu of that tewu that Its pining, sorewod-up, wasp-waistcd, dell.drcssed, oensumptivo-mortgaged, musla-murder-ing, novel-dovouriug daughters of fashleu and Idleness, are uomerofltformatrlmonv than the pullet is te leek after a breed of fourteen chlciteus. A lteunil AUeut Journey Heme. Mount Jey Star A young mnu of West Denegal, whlle taking a trip te Lancaster lately, in taking the train bomeward en n mlstake took the fast line instead of Lancaster accommoda tion. Ah this train did net step bofero arriving at Harrlsburg, our young frleud was takeu te that elty. He took the first beuud eastern train, but nn this only went te Mlddletewn, the uufortuuate young man started te walk home from thoie, through mud nnd water, ile arrived home nt about daybreak, tlred and tlU K listed with his oiruuiteus trip te Luucas ter. normal Mclioel tllenud, Tlie winter eob1eu of the Millvrsvilte state normal school has cleicd, ui.d te. day the btudents In large uumbrrs aru In Lan caster, takiug isiuge for tbeir rcspeotive bome3. Tbe Hoheol will leepen in two woeks MAHGH 11, 188.1. BISMABOK EXPLAINS. 11IH ACTION N THIS I.ABKKII A f HA I II. tlrrUrlue lll lelrn In AUIutnln Kricmtly HfUiIiiii Vlth tlir Utiltetl Stitt l'l'",'l 1 1 l'lAjInc tlie relMmii. I'rlnce Bismarck apjieared in the Boloh Beloh Boleh stag tiu Thursday nud made a speech iu justification of the oemso he had pursued lu lefuslng te transmit the Lasher resolu tion te the Realising. He said that he had recognized the geed intentions of the American Congress, but he was uuable te harness himself In the car of the opposi tion. Prluoe Ulsmarek oentluuod by say lug ; " I should have refrained from men tinning this rantter oxeept for the manner iu whieh the Reichstag has disousied it and for the charge of iutorferouoo made by llcrr Rlchter. The relations of Gor Ger many with America have always been geed. The government has oeustantly tried te oultlvate thorn. Evorsineo I have been mlnlster the relatleus of the two countries have been satisfactory. After the war with Austria iu 1800, and again after tlie France Prussl.ui war. America gnve numerous proers or sympathy, net only with the prosperity of the empire, but also with tlie person of the chancellor. eimug nas occurred te disturb tlicte geed relatleus. "Frem the outset I regarded the teni lutiens touching Herr Lasker as an ex pressleu of the geed feeling of the American Congress toward Geriimny-Mlie geed feeliug whieh has been promoted nud cultivated by myself. I would have pro pre pro iientcd tbe resolution te the Rolehstag hed i net efen prevented ny its form. It was uotcenlluod te a coneral oxnresslon of sympathy, but it exprcssed the conviction that Herr Lasker's labors had been very useful, te Germany. This olause was directed against the policy, which, iu the ompcrer's name, I h.ive bceu pursuing, and whieh Herr Lasker hns opposed for years. New, the questleu arises whether llerr Lasker was right. If he was, then tbe emperor's poliey my poliey was wrong. Herr Lasker belongea te au oppo sition group whieh made immeuse canit.il out of Herr Lasker's merits." The speaker was Interrupted nt this point with loud cries of "Shame 1" by the Left. He turned indignantly toward the quarter from which the cries oame, and, advancing toward the Left shouted : "The cry of ' shame' is an insult te me nud de mands for me the protection of the presi dent. I hope the anonymous libolers will give their names. They should have cried 'shame' en theso who carried ou political iutrigue at Hcrr Lasker's grave As ehauceller I cau de uething, of course, without the emperer's approval, nnd I could net be expected te ask his permis sion te present snob a resolution te the Roiehstng. Herr Lasker introduced him self in America ns the champleu of Gor Ger man freedom ngaiust a government of despotic tendencies, which he imper sonated ia its chanceller. Am I te make myself my enemy's postman? Even ou the assumption that Amerlcacs are net Intimately acquainted with all the oircumstauces, the Americau minister nt Ucrlin or seme ethor person who possessed sufficient knowledge might have sent a confidential warning against conferring en me the part of postman. This was uet done. Therofero I instructed Herr Elsen Elsen decker, the Gerraau mluister nt Washing teu, that I could net possibly forward the resolution. The resolution, morcevor, did net rmauate from Congress but only from the Uouse of Representatives. " I never intcndel te nnuey America or te disturb our relatleus. I am simply unable te inake the opinion of Herr Lasker, adopted by the American Heuso of Representatives, my own. My denire is that the geed rolatieus whieh have sub sisted between the two countries for a century may still oentinuo. My action was ferced upon me by the abuse te which I was subjected here at home as a conso censo conse quenco of the vete of the Uouse of Rop Rep Rop resentatlvos. Prussia withstood all temp tations from ethor pewera te intorfere in tbe affairs of America and te rocegnizo the Southern staUs. Indeed, Prussia might claim the merit of having prevented such a recognition by tbe bonevolent nttl nttl tude which she maintained " When Prioea Bismarck concluded Dr. Hannel, of the University of Kiel, who is a leading spirit among the PregrcsdstH, and who took a promlnent part iu the ineiden -tal dobate apropos of the Lasker affair seme dayB age, took the Meer and said, in substance: "It is a matter of profound regret that Pricce Bismarck should have uttered no slnale word iu praise of Herr Lasker. Peeple are ncouatemod te rcscrve reproof for the living. Why has rrince utsmareK net spared the dead ?" The chancellor retorted that he had uet sat in judgmeut ou the dead, but these who had tried te trlerify the deceased had dene se, He denied the alleged friendli ness of the Lasker party tewatd him. nrrr issuer had consistently and persist ently opposed him. Dr. Haenel ureed that tbe frlcndlv sontimentB of the roielutiou should have been rceignized, without tee carefully weighing tbe words In whleh they were expresfved. Prin oe Bismarck contended that the ox ex change of sentiments between the Parlia ments was highly luapproprlate, but he nuecu ruat ur. inenei, ir he be pleased, could Intreduce a motion cenvevimr the thanks of tbe Reichstag te the Heuso of Heprosentatives for its expression of synipainy. The nppcaranes of Piince Bismarck in the Rolehstag is generally attributed te his desiie te maiutaln friendship with America. PKUUUNAL. Qt'EKN Victeiua'h subjects number 301,000,000, but there is no ether Jehn Brown among them. QitA.NT sent a telcgram of congratula tion te General Slncum en the fact of the Perter bill passing the Senate Bisuei' Tuioe, of Pittsburg, has had another attack of paralysis and uew lies lu a critical condition in Alteena. Kati: Field is te marry Delogate Cau tion, the Mermen representative, noeordlug te seme oxtrumely fresh uowspaper gossip in Hcadvme. Baue.ness Coutts made n gift te the fishermen of Baltimore, Ireland, of fish nets. The Uke of fish has been iucreascd six fold as a result. Mns, Asteii, ene of New Yerk's wealth iest women, is seriously ill. Mueh sollei- tude is lelt rer nor raoevory ou account or her many deeds of eharlty. Gnoneu Uat.l, a well known banker of lialvcateu, Texas, wue roeontly gave $00,000 for the building of a publle high school thore, (Hed ou Thursday from par alysis. IIuiinuiiT SrKNCi'.n always has objeoted te sit for a portrait or evon te be photo graphed, but lately has consented te pnrmlt Beeham te make a marble bust cf him and that soulpter has begun the work. Jehn Swinton says he has addressed iu his teu yours of platform oxpcrlenco French, German, Italian, Irish, Russian, Austriau, Jewish and Bohemlan audiences at well as many cosmopolitan gather ings Hen. Jessk Kknntsdv, a member of the Iowa Legislature, fermerly of the soldiers' erphaus' hoheol, Mount Jey, is the author of a prohibition bill, that has just paseed both liousea of the Laglslature aud re ceived tlie upjireval of the governor. root cut, Lavl Sharker, of Hrowustewn, whlle euttiug weed ycnterday, let his uxe slip aud it struek ids feet, euttiug an ugly and painful gash. tmrvr hiioet him Tne Hibernation of tlie HruiinilliOK Kuiti lu n ltlie ul Uleijr. The hibernation of the groundhog ends te day. Llke n souslble nulmal, ns he Is, he had prepared himself ojtufertablo quar quar ters last fall, far below the frost line, nud with the first blast of winter he wrapped the draporyet Ids couch about him nud lay down te pleasant dreams. As is his Invariable ousteu he slept until the 2d of February, Caiidelmas day ; thou be aweke, rubbed Ills eyes, yawned, strotehod out his legs nud arms, just as ether folks de when they awake, aud leisurely orawled up te tlie mouth el tils deu te get a little fresh air aud takn an observation el the Weather. As was duly recorded iu theso columns at the tlme, he "naw his shadow in the sun ; " nud knowing from this vover-failtug tokeu that thore would be six mero weeks of bitter whiter woulher, he rotutned te his quarters and weut te sleep te sleep 1 porehanoo te dream 1 Ay. there's the rub ; for iu this six woekV Meep, what drearus may come, we knew tint. Hew literally the propheey of alx weeks wintry woather has bean fulfilled, is known of all men. It needs no groundhog, geed my lord, tu oemo from his hole te tell us that. The term of the propheey was In augurated with a blizzard from Manitoba, continued with unproeedented vigor, polar waves, uoeus nnu ice gorges, and te day very appropriately wluds up with a snow storm. But we digress ; we tell you that whleh you yeurBOlves de knew. What we start ed out te say was, don't sheet the groundhog. Havlnu slept all wluter, and eaten nothing he is unfit te eat ; he is ns lean nud hungry ns Caslus, unfit te toast, or broil or stew. Give him a ohance te rocupcrnte and fatteu up nud colebrate tbe IthefJuly, nnd then If you must have groundhog, nnd deu't llke that whieh is furnished by tbe butchers, kill the pro phet. But don't sheet him you IN TIIK uri'KK KM. North Ktiteru LcU olleie.l Irein theLlllu " llereru." Martin Eckman, at Millwny statieu. has died at the age of 0J years aud 10 mouths. lle icaves llve children. Near Manhclm, at Jehn Haunstein's, a four year old son of N. II. Baude'1, of Rethsville, fell from thn mill deer en the third lloer n distauce of 25 fcet, inj'irlug the side of his faoe nnd body. Esalas Eitnicr, near Lexington, Is the owner of an aldorney oew that gives thlr thlr tceu pounds of butter per wep'.. She gave thr e hundred nud twenty thrce pounds in forty-two wceks, brsldes tlie use of milk for two families. The Heading railroad company have secured n lease nt Lttitz, te cover a picce of ground, ewued by the Meraviau chureh, 200 by 30 feet, for a term of 000 years. The ground Is te be used only for a pas senger station, nnd in the event of the station nt any time being moved, tbe ground is te revcrt te the church. Susan hucriy, or Durlaeb, bem in 1820, enjoyed geed health until 1850, when she was 30 years of age. Then she took siak with intermittent fever, followed tbe fourth day by a streke of paralysis, As she improved and partly recovered from ene disease another set iu, until she had geno through the sufferings or neuralgla, dyscutcry, smallpox and ether diseases, and for nineteen ycarB uet a day passed by without vomiting. Of late years her principal ailment Is rheumatism and neu ralgia, and for a porled of twcnty-elght years she was net out bed. The past four years, however, the peer woman ban bcen nble te occupy an invalid's chair soveral hours a day. tax coi.ui:eriu,i. Tlie Colititerj Appointed ami the Amount or Tncir Uoinpenanllen, The county commissioners te-day an non need the appointment of the following named collectors of the state and county tax in the districts named belew and tbe compensation they are te rccoive for mak lug the collection : Adamstown, Win. Kuauer 5 per cent ; Oarr, O. F. Reed 5 pur cent ; Brecknock, M. T. Zslgler 5 per cent ; C.-urnarven, Jeseph Weaver 0 per cent ; Coleraln, It. Finney Martin 0 par cent; Couestega, Jehn M. Warfel 1J percent ; Clay, Samuel Wcaland, $48 00; Denegal Kut, II. O. Eby S per cent; Dnt.rgal West, Jehn Present .1 percent ; En I, O. C. Metzger $120; EarlEant, Wm. Geed 5 per cent; Earl Went, IJ. M Stauffer$14; Elizibetb, Wm. P. Dornbaeh $40 ; Elizibethtewr, Jacob A. Ceblo 5 per eent ; Fulton, Edwiu Stubs, 5 per cent; Hempfleld East, S. B. Frankfort $185 ; Lampeter East, Jehn Smieh 3 per cent ; Lancaster township, II, B. Mausman 2 per cent; Leaceck, James Slack, $83 ; Leaoeck Upper, Elias Bard $73 ; Mauhchn borough, II. M. Eusminger G per crnt ; Manheim township, Em'l Graver $09 ; Maner, S. A. Wolf, ene and ene sixty five hundredths per cent ; Marietta, Henry Scheck 4 par eent ; Mt. Jey borough, Samuel Pattersen 5 per eent; Meuut Jey township, Henry Shank $10.50; Paradlse, Jehn K. Ilunsoclcer $110 ; Penn, E. K. Baer $40 ; Pcquea, B. E. Hadollffe, 5 per cent ; Raphe, Isaae M. Cever $75.00 ; Sadsbury, Geergo P. Baber 5 per eant ; Strasburg borough, J. G. Ilomsher 5 percent ; Strasburg te wntbip S. S. Hess 2 per cent. OUtl HOUtt UOLLKIIK, Nearly One uumlreil unit rlttj student ou tne llelli. The annual register of Fraukllu and Marshall cellege, and the theological semi nary for 1833-81, hIiews an attnndanoe at all threo Institutions ou the campus of nearly 10U. In the cellege proper the Senior class numbers 17, the Junier 23, the Sophemoro 27, and tbe Freshman 10, In tbe enumeration of the oeadomy there are 32 students. In the thoeloglcal seminary the Kcuier class has 0, the middle elass 8 und tbe junior 11. The alumulef the cellege number 034, Commencement this year will occur Juue 10 10. Tbe Goetboau anniversary falls en May 0, and the Diagnetblau en May 10. A Ulittetlie Uellean. Mr. Gedfricd M. Zahm, of this elty, en behalf of his son, the late Horaeo B.Zabre, recently gave n box of voluable fossils. &c, collected hi the Lyksns Valley coal Held, te Franklin & Marshall college, Besides numerous impressions of fern leaves, Ac, there are seme very flue lepl. dedcudrhis, sigillarla, ealamltls, conifers, Ac. The collection will prove a valuable addition te the geological cabinet of tbe college, aud the gouereusglft is gratefully appreciated, The Htreete r.anipi improving. Following is the police report of the condition et the fctroet lamps at tbe loca tions named : Elcctrie lamps Orange nnd Duke, Orange and Shippen, peer until 3 o'cleok ; Seuth Queen and Square, 7 ; Froderlok and Duke, Lemeu nndDttko.Lemen nnd Lime, peer all night j'Lew and Roetcland, Duke and North, peer all night ; Maner nnd Laurel, 7 o'clock ; Filbert aud Mauer, bad nil night ; North Queen and New, James and Mary, 0 o'clock. Total 12, Ne report from First ward, Gasoline The only gasoline lamp re re ro pertod out last night was tbe ene at the comer of Beaver nnd Hazel streets. Ne repert from First waid. Complaint Withdrawn, The complaints made by the trusted of the Lamliuvllle Chureh of Ged against Ulrluh Humer, Ellswerth Mlunleh nud Beujamiu M. Hess for disturbing a rcllg leus meeting, have been withdrawn, the aecused paying the costs and premising net te misbehave again, BASEBALL POINTERS. I.UUAI, AMll UKMHtW, II VI. I, N i:VM, The lrenlte Net llabttrSd Prnut 1'lnjl l.ane mill AmiicIiuIjh Meet IV lint thn Oluut lira HuIiik. Though anolher month must elnpse bofero the ball playing seasen beglus, much netlvlty la overywhoro manifested in the preparation of grounds, the een. eluding of oentraots with players nud iu the endless discussion of the merlts of rcspoetlvo elubs nud tlielr Individual mem mem mom eors. Some little boasting efn friendly nature ban been Indulged in by the Actives, of Heading, and the ilnrtisburg club, and oaeh in the oxpresnlvo phrase ology of ball tesjcrs have been " painting the town red " hi their sell gterlllca Hen. Loe illy considered everything In the baseball line Is at present rather qulet. A meeting of the Koysteno noseolatlou has bcen called for next Monday In this city, nt which soveral mooted points will he settled. Thn claim of membcrn or tbe Koysteno association that the ltonsldes will be debarred from playing with clubs of the National Icaue, Americau association aud Eastern loague scorns ef fectually disposed of by n Ictter rceclvrd by .Manager uiark, or the Ironsides, from A. G. Mills, of New Yerk, president of the National league of profcsftleual banditti elubs. Mr. Mills says : " The recognition of the Koysteno association will in no way iutorfero with your club playing gnmcrt with the elubs of nurlcaiMie, the American association or the E intern loague." Whether they can play with elubi of the Keystoue nssociutteu depends upon the rules governing the latter, Mr. Mills further Btntcs that by reason of thore being several phjers lu Union association elubs Ineligible under league rules," nil elubs hi the national agrcumuut will be debarred from plavlug against any elub of the Union association, or ngalnit any elub that plays agalusi n Union club." Thlsaweeping regulation if carried out may seriously effect many clubs Indifferent associations which oxpcet large profits from an iuterohange of garce. Unit Uttthemt up 1 rum His Diamond. The Alleghenys have secured llve pPoheisand want nnethcr. Fricl would co te the Alloeuas if he could get his release from tbe Actives, J. J. Smith, chlef engineer of the Has Has teu fire department, is n uanilldiite for umpire iu the Eastern league. Baseball people in CarlUle say that it will be next te imposidble te raise a club there this seasen, owing te tbe lack of capital and dearth or local interest in the garae. The Quickntcps luv.' adopted the mil form et gray suiM with royal purple trimmings. The stockings, belt and eips will be of purple, an I the suits of gray flannel. The Allentetvn iiuIIemiih will be gray with maioen h'eckings and trim mings, gray caps and leather shoes. James Knewlcs, tue Allegheny s llrt,t baseman, nrrived lu Pittsburg en Tuesday from his home In Pettsvillc. He has worked hard in tlie gymnasium during thn winter and Is in excellent condition. It is thought that Knowles will be selected as captain of the nine. Knnwlcs will be remembered as tbe crack first baseman of the Irensides tewardu the oleio of lant year's baseball season. The Johnstown street pas-tenger railway have ngreed te put Iut a suitable condltieu a baseball field noartbe Woedvala t-erininu.i of their Hue, provided n geed professional nine is secured te reprercut Johnstown tbe coming seasen. The present Indications are that the offer trill uet lm accepted, en account of the apparent liatle&suesa ou the part of the le- it palreus of thn uatieua game. I The Cbambcuburg baieball association have formed nn organization. They cleared ene thousand dollars from the recent fair, nnd iu addition will insue ene hundred shares nt flve dollars pr share, the total amount of tlfteen bunlred dollars being claimed as sufficient te pay all the players for the season. C. W. Croiner, fermerly of Franklin and Marshall cellege, this city, is soeretary and assistant mannser or tbe new association. Galwieks, Milbce nnd Rollins, of Chambersburg, will be ofietod positions en tbe nine, as first baseiunu, shortstop and catcher, respectively. Tbe Cinelunati Knquirer sayn that If the membership of tbe Union association Is net increased te eight elubs, Alteena will b dropped, as It is next te impossible te nr range a sohedule with an iutorebaugo of games between soven clubs. "It, is mero than likely, hew tver, that ene mero club wil' be admitted, anil jimt new the new elub In Hosteu has thu call. There ijsome opposition te the elgtht club plan, nud sevcrnl of the delegates are in favor of entering the Innaugurxl season with six clubs, nnd the same number the American association embraced in its Initial year. The question of increasing the membership will net be definitely t-uttkd until the schedule meeting ou the 17th Inst." hlttlljn Ticket el ctnte Hiejcllita The Philadelphia whcolmeu of the Penn sylvania division of the Irague havn iHsucd thu following ticket for the annual election of efilcnr: Fer chief consul Eugcue M Aaruti, of Philadelphia; for representatives, Geerge I). Gideon Gor Ger Gor mantewn aud Pennsylvania bioyelo elubs ; C. D. Williams, Penn Olty Wbeol Wbeel intu, Philadelphia ; G. N. Osberue, Philadelphia bicych elub, Philadelphia; William S. Wlutersteen, Alpha elub, Bothlehom ; Vieter W. Haldemau, Marietta ; Colenol Sanderson, Scranteu ; II. K. Whitucr, Headlng bleycli club ; JohseO. Carpenter, Wllkesbarre hlcycle club ; William H. Yeungmau, Lancaster ; Charles Baltz, Koysteno bloycle club, Pittsburg. llefcre tne mayor. This morning the mayor had soven cases. Tbe most I m pet taut was a drunk, who hailed from Marietta. He get be full last night that be crawled ever the lien fonce, whieh surrounds the monument aud weut te ulcep en the ground iuslde. Officer Gensemer found him and promptly es es es oertcd him te the lookup. The mayor dis charged him en payment of C03ta. The ether oceupauta of the station heuse wero bums, who wero dl'ebargcd. Tlie IDOUuBbew. The Indian nhew whleh has been glveu in Mronnercher hall for almost two weeks probably has received the largest patron patron age of any untertainment of Its kind ever given in this city, Tbe large hall is pack, ed every night nud 1,000 tickets are always sold bofero porsenH are refused admission, The interest In the bIiew is something wonderful nnd itoeuld be given fornuetlior week with abuudnnt prospeets el large buBini'ss. i'r:D)teilnu Mlttluu KutcitaUimcnt The young men's library association of tlie Presbyterian mission, give nnother of their froe entertainments in the chapel building this evening. The pregramme consists of readings, recitations aud Mug iug by seme of our host local talent, aud premises te be a very outeitalnlug oue. A collection will be taken up, the proceeds te be used in furnishing the rooms occu pied by the association, Hale ul Hecurltle. Jacob B. Leng, broker, sold yesterday at prlvate sale $1,000 Reading & Columbia railroad 0 per cent. bands nt $101 ; $1,000 Lvioaster elty 0 per ceut. beud dm 1833 at $103; lOshatosNew Helland lutlei.tl bank at $131 ; 10 shares of First tutbnal bank of Lancaster nt $201 ; 4 Bhaii-n of Lltltz tutnplke at $75 per share ; 0 shuns Lanoaster & Millorsvllle street car stuck at $45 per share, vT