LANCASTER DALLY INTELIilGENOlDK TUESDAY MAY 27,1881.
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MAT 37, 1084.
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WMdcrful Felly.
Mr. Flslt the ex-presidcnt of the
Marine bank and partner In the Arm of
Grant and Ward, says that he believed
the exceedingly profitable government
contracts te be all right because his part
ner, General Grant, told him se, and he
produces a letter from Grant, dated May
0, 1882, In which the latter Bays that
he haa looked into these contracts nnd
finds It right for Grunt and Ward te
accept the profits accruing from them ;
and furthermore that he has given Ward
the right te use his name and Influence
in furthering their business interests.
That la the Impert of the letter,
and undoubtedly gives Fish Grant's un
derstanding and Judgment te stand en
in his subsequent calm acceptance of
the pleasant profits accruing from his
interest in the contract business ; al
ways provided that we de net suspect
that n Jeb was set up en the
general by Fish and Ward, where-
.by Fish was te write te Grant
"te get his endorsement of Ward's
operations, nnd Ward was te see te it
that the general was primed te endorse
him. We have no doubt ourselves that
Ward bamboozled Grant, notwithstand
ing It is almost incredible that
a man, who had been eight years
president of the United States, should
have been se readily fooled. The depth
of Grant's credulity, when It Is his in
terest te be credulous, is almost past
fathoming. It was always se with him.
lie was always the victim of sharpers,
who made it pleasant and profitable te
him te be their dupe.
He hed tee much self conceit te con
ceive that he was being deceived. His
mind was net able te grasp the compre
hension of the possibility of his being a
feel ; the consequence being the dlsas
treus demonstration of the fact that he
is a feel. His example strikingly dem
enstrates hew a man may float along
in nn exalted position before the eyes of
the world, winning fame, with an asten
isblngly small amount of common sense
da ballast. General Grant stands new
before the world as one of its greatest
meals or greatest feels, after hav
ing posed as one of its greatest
generals and statesmen ; and there is
no peuibihty of evading the necessity of
convicting him either of gross felly or
cress criminality. It Is possible te
cbnrge him with both, but net with
neither We prefer te believe him te
have been silly, and net guilty, save as
guilt wiy be charged In his failure
te de tils plain and simple duty.
A man who hands ever his name and in
fluence te another te use as he pleases,
does a very rash thing. It is rash
enough te endorse for another or associ
ate with him in partnership ; but te take
a partner's word, as Grant did Ward's,
that millions of profits were being legiti
mately made In government contracts
that had no existence, is conduct that
could only have been expected from a lu
untie Ward had first te satisfy him that
he had the contracts and next that the
great profits were legitimate ; and per-
auaUiughis childish credulity that these!
wholly false things were true,he obtained
the use of his uame und credit and for
tune. Mr. Fish may have beeu Ward's
accomplice, or he may have been the
victim of his reliance in Grant, as he de
clares. Uut if he was an innocent victim
it beautifully exhibits the satisfied ere
dullty with which a mau listens while
bis pockets are being filled wltti geld. It
is a sort of credulity that seems te
abound in New Yerk. All Ward's vie
I lms had it.
In a Dilemma.
As the tlme for the Republican con
' ventien draws nigh, the troubles of that
party increase. During thu past few
weeks there has been an apparent Im
prevement in the chances of Mr. Arthur ;
the prospect of his nomination Is met by
the complacent announcement from his
opponents that If lie is the nominee the
" avengers of Garfield" will see te It
that In the October elections Ohie will
go Democratic by 20,000. The New Yerk
1 imts, the leading organ of its party,
cheerfully reminds it that " theRepub
lican party might as well nominate Der
sey himself at Chicago as te nominate
the president te whose complacent teler
ntien of thu studied and deliberate mis
management of the Star Reute trials the
men who plundered the trensury or mil
liens ewo their immunity from the pun
ishment they se richly deserved."
Mr. Blalne'a friends are striving very
uaru 10 nominate mm. They are
making combinations in every direction
te effect that end, nnd yet despair of ac
cempllshlng it unless they can cupture a
considerable number of the floating
delegates from the Seuth, who nre
alwajsepen te purchase with cash or
premise of ofllce. Mr. lllalne himself Is
Bald te regard even Ills own nomination
with nnxlety, Ter he is by no means cer.
tain Unit he can be elected. He has
every reason te knew that in the decisive
city and otate of New Yerk he is weak,
and while he will suffer largely from Ru-
IHU1111..111 ueieuiieus, uu can inuKU no
Democratic gains.
juib ii in iiel bu muuii inu personality
of the caudidute Unit the Republicans
nre troubled about as It Is their inability
te elect anybody. In the Unit place
they dread the effect et the recent (lis
closures of business rottenness en Wall
street ; they fear mere te come. They
appreciate the sensitiveness et public
opinion, und its readiness te connect
commercial Instability and reeklessness
with government abuses und oUleial
inlsmanagement. Secondly, they are
npprchenslve of the aroused popular
apirit which they see manifesting itself
every where te redress the oleetoral fraud
of J870-77 by turning out the rascals who
perpetrated it. And, Anally, the Repub
Mean party Is In danger of early dlsselu
tlen ever the Issue raised by its utter
inability thus far te punish the thieves
wheb villainy has been brought te light
lu tplle of Itself. The New Yerk 3YmM,
rocetru'zlnir this verv clearlv. rmninta
,n.. n.i: ,i. .-.:: '
first appeared in Its editorial columns
June 15, 1833 :
"It is going te be very hard work for the
Republican party te olcet its candidate
for president next year. Promotion won't
oleot him. The putting down of the
rebolllen twenty years age won't oleot
him. Whlle the ominent loatlera of the
grand old party are pelntlug with prlde
te the American workman nnd the battle
scarred veteran In the front rank a watch
ful and pitiless eccmy will call public
attention te the gang of rascals in the tall
of the precession. 'Turn the rascals out !
is te be the war cry of the Demoerats next
summer. This does net mean merely the
proved, though as jet tiubratided, rascals.
It means you, President Arthur; you
Secretary Felgcr ; you, Secretary Chaiul Chaiul
ler; you. Mr. Hatten. " it wans turn out
eurybodyiehe is note in."
Mit. Kkii comes forward with n state
ment very damaging te Miss. Since
the disclosure of the relations existing
between the government counsel in
these Star Reute cases there is no occa
sion for wonder that every guilty man
escaped.
Tin: version of the Fish-Grant cerres
pendence which the New Yerk II" rl
gives, while it does net prove that the
elder Grant had guilty knowledge of his
frisky young partners' methods, must
Intensify the public conclusion that he is
n feel.
Wens Grant president, hew deep would
be the nation's shame at the developments
en Wall street.
Tub sturdy Methodists resist the en
creachracnts of the episcepal power, hke
the Independents in politic revolt ut
"boss" tule.
Is Calvary cemetery. New Yerk, space
costs e much that four coffins are often
deposited in one gtave. It is net at all
surprising, therefore, that cremation is
very popular with the peer.
LOtlST BLOSSO.
Tbe loceits
are out wits their
c'u ii el
bloom.
Taut have sweotnned the breezes tiuit be
Away te the weed, with their leal et per
lumcj, Where :lic briers are whiter than .no,
Will . JJeSpart a-i
Thk ingenious euro for hydrophobia by
inoculation discovero.1 by M. Leuis Pis.
teur, of Paris, meet with very genenl
credibility en the part of (he mcdicil
faculty of this country, who held Past ur
in high csteem for conscientious bb r aud
Inventive genius, The affirmation of his
theory will be a literal roil.zttieu of the
old adage, "taking a hair of the deg tLat
bit you te euro the bite."
The Preibyten.ins de nt pi.-pe-v te be
left. The general nsserably having h-ard
that a Btatue of Martin Luther was re
ccnt'y erected in Washicgteu. approves
the move te set up a Ugnre of Jehn Cal
vin there. If all the religion sejts of tbe
country fellow example, there will he a
line showing of religious liberty in the
capital city, but there will uet be many
vacant spots in its parks aud squares.
Seme of the Democrats of San Francisce
gave a feast the ether night. The
" chivalry," or these who wero dress
coats, were sa.iled a', ene end of the tenra,
whlle the " nhuvclry," or vtaiJ politi
cians, were nt the ether. Uut an all the
waiters win carried in the wires nod
viand had te pass tbe sbeit hairs, the
leading lights of the party enjoyed n
I Barmecide feast, relieved by .1 tiuall
allowance of cbampae 1 which sa'e'y 'an
the blockade
AmiXu the shop women and small buys
there is an increasing demand for a half
penny com. Many teya and ether small
articles of tcanufacture have cheapened
greatly of late and are sold two and threo
ter acent ; nenoe tue want et amuier
coin. Besides, in m articles are jld for
12$, 37J 01 02J centH, i.Ld the purchaser
generally loses the odd half penny. It
tends te thrift and economy u, ue coins
of small denomination. In the Seuth be
fore the war there wai nothing jld for
lea than llve cents anJ even in Si. Leuis
and San Franci-co, the use of the cent has
oily lately bica pepulanz?d by the peuuy
newapapers.
cent restored.
Letus lnve the old half
PHHSONAl.
Caiii.k has a iatnilv of
Qeoiiee W
children, all
flve
lirls.
Eiiu.r. Zei.v denounces current English
tlotieo as sickly fontimeutalisui " catering
exclusively for young girls. "
LkviTiivnteu, el Bosten, the husband
of CeliaThaxter, herself seriously ill, Is
also regarded as at the peiut of deatb.
M1.1.E. CoieMi1iF.11 has beeu Ecntenctd
te threo mentliH' imprisonment aud te pay
a fine for her sciudaleua broehure about
Sarah Bernhardt, entitlel "Sarah Bar
num." Mns Caiiemm: SrwLDi.Ne Biui'EiTF,
wife of Rebert J Buidi-tte tbe humorist,
died Monday at ArdnutoafierapretractoJ
sleknest. She was In ber :17th jear. She
had been an iu valid for many jour.
" Llcky " Baldwin, the Culifetnia ten
millionaire, nged CO, who was shot at sumo
tlme age by nn Oregon girl for betrayal of
her, has roeoutly married hH fourth wife,
Miss Lily Bennett, a girl of geed family,
aged 20
Joaquin Mim.cii says that the negie
will bteal in order te gratify his genereus
impulses te bestew fowl, clothes aud cheap
jowels upon Ilia friends, hut that no oase
of defalcation has been known among the
oelored poeplo who held jositieus bf trust
imue nanus ami government departments.
T,"'V.?N' baviDB bscn reported alarm
ingly n lcpoiter who went iokce found
him in hla usual geed health. He said be
usually went te Uroysteno the latter part
of May or 1st of .lune and that the warm
weather of Saturday and Sunday had bur
ried him up n Ilttle. He walked up aud
down the piazzi whlle he talked and when
he hade the reperter geed byn Mioek hands
with both hands, tnt at all feehly,
PiiKstOKNTAiiTiun and cabinet ouIehb,
acoernpaulcd by Admiral l'ertnr, Oei.eral
tsiieriuau, 1110 presuicut of the Senate,
speaker of the Ifoitse, motnbers of Mie
Senate and llouse committees en naval
affairs and appropriations, ministers from
England, RusMa, Germany and France
andtle Man land inernbjrH of Congress,
011 Monday visited llm i.nvnl nnfiilnmv nf
AnnapplU nnd wltueBscd the oxerclses of
tbe cadets.
OuvKit We.nui.u. Helmes leealls the
faet that sixty years ae threo Ilttle Bea
ten boys might have been seen In pateh-
mw.. wu0u,,EB 01 moieuramatlo heroes
performing In a garret theatre bofero an
I -A?.01 ??unK nciiuaintanees. As he
.uuimioeoi young acquaintances,
rem,erabera thorn they had ret
;,: r,?.5.",!n?. tuy. ." romkawe
UlllilUUO ter a;t nir. Tint- !,.,.. .11.1 ...
wf wi1 w mm0' rS,f Uly Kraw l te be
Wendell l'h lips, TlienwB G. Appleten
and Jehn Lothrop Motley.
IMPALING BLISS.
i,.vyti:m ki;h en Tin: htau uuurr.s.
Meino lotlileTentlmotiTiittho rnmeut Trldt
Ttint rxplnlns Haw the KeDlier
KrniFit diiillen.
Mr. W. W. Iver, of Philadelphia, ene of
the counsel in the prosecution of the Star
Heute cases, was oxarulneu ly Mr. Sptltig-
or's committal en Monday. He said he
was employed January 21, ISS'J, by the
attorney general te prcpare indictments.
"I told the attoruey general," he con
tinued, "that I was a Democrat. The
attorney general replied that it wasueta
question of politics, but of the administra
tion of justice, nnd he asked me te under
take the work. About two days after I
received my commission I met Colonel
Bliss. He told me that I must net con con
verse with Mr. Cook and that 1 must net
allow him te see the indictments. He
also said that 1 should net converse with
Mr. ttibsen nor Mr. Cerkhlll. Colenol
Bliss gave me the abstracts of papers
prviurrd by Mr. Woodward aud said the
Indictments must be prepared bofero the
1th of March or the paitles would cm
cape."
Mr. Ker referted te the mdictlug of two
of the defendants by their initials. He
said : " I wanted the full names of Hor Her
de!! and Saudersen. Coleuel Bliss said
3 did net knew what they wero and that
It was impossible te get thorn. 51 r. Wood
ward could uet give them, uer could post pest post
eiheo inspectors. I told Coleutil Bliss
there might be treuble about it. He ro re
phed that the Christiau names could net
be feaud. On the books of the postetHco
department the Initials alene appeared
and these were taken. When the Indict
ments earae up in court they wero quash
ed for this reason. There were also iu
di:tments for p'rjary against ene Charles
II Dicksen, who is new heldiug a confi
dential portion in the department of the
interior. He swere falsely as te the value
of property. The indictments for perjury
are still standing.
" Could thoe agaiust whom indictments
have beeu tiled becenvictal ?" asked Ro Re Ro
preseutative Stewart.
" They ought te be aud they uudeubt
cdly would be ea a fair trial. All of these
intlictmeuts were prepared by March 4."
" Why were no ether cases than these
of Ders'ey ami Brady taken te trial?"
asked a momber of the committce.
" I couldn't tell without drawing en my
imagination."
lllli, Decline, Kcr'. Help.
Mr. Ker then entered into the history of
the trial of the easss. He said the atter
ney general told-him te go into the trial ;
that it would last a month or six weeks.
IIe continued : "The attorney general
wanted me te examine witnesses privately
and prepare a brief or their testimony, te
be given te Colenol Bliss I went te Cel.
Bliss aud told him what the attorney gen
eral had said. He replied : Nevor mind ;
that he would leek after tbem. It is his
nature te shoulder ruore than he can
cairy. I had nothing te de then with the
witnesses.
"Alter the court quashed the indictments
against Vaile, Renlell and baudersen, be
cause of the Christian name of Vaile being
wrong and because we did 110: have the
Chtistiau names of Rerdell and Sanderson,
we de'ermtued te make new indicinienta.
Cel inel Bliss said Sanderson's name ought
te be dropped out. The matter was left
with me. Sanderson had previously said
te Coleuel Bliss that he did net care te
much about the Indictments as he did
about being mixed up with such a crowd
as that. I left his name out because the
evidence was insufllcieLi. He had only
beeu connected with ene route. I think it
was right that his name should be left
out. It has been charged that he pvd
tuouey te have his name emitted. Net
one cent was paid te me.
iiIkkITjIjc toSuve nerscy.
"About this time Walsh aud Moero were
spehcu of as witnesses. Colenol Bliss
told me that W nlsh was a man of bad
character aud net worth while having
anything te de with. IIe also said the
same thing of .Moere. Merrick, who bad
previously been appointed ene of tbe
counsel, afterwards found out that both
men were very angry tha noithe: had
beeu subp-unacd. One day about the
middle of the tlrst trial the ether coulseI
and myself were at the postefllo-j depart
ment I was waiting eutside of ene room
for Merrick. He came, and, as we walked
tewarls the deer, said, in ait excited
manner : What de yen tmppo&e Bliss
wants V He wauta us te let Dersey go.'
I suggested that he might have
thrown that out as an expedient.
' Ob, no,' he replied ; ' he meant it.
He wanted te let Darsey go. He a!te
wanted me te go te the attorney general
and say that three lawyers wero tee many
u thocase and advise the attorney general
te dismiss you and let uimself and mere
main.' I told him te go and tell the at
toruey general ; that I was anxious te go
out of the case. Merrick replied that be
weulil go out ii 1 left. IIe said he wanted
me te stay and help him wateh Bliss. The
attorney general was net told of this in
terview until I told him myself. When I
nid tell him he get up, walked the fleer
ai.d aceused me of dereliction. In closing
the tint trials the attorney goneral made
an atgumeut. There had been a desperate
1 11 nt te save Dersey by shewiug that he
wa net 111 as deep as the rest. The attor atter attor
eoy goueral showed that Dersoy's name
appeared ninety six ttm & in the oise.
Toe Hecenil Till!.
" At the bjginnlng of the sacend trial I
was told te tike charge of the witnesEcs
and examine them bofero they appeared
en the stand. Bliss acqulo8:ed. I took
them and found that Bliss en thu tirst
trial had net brought out half that they
knew. Theu we had new witnesses, The
testimony of all was se strong against
Dersoy that thore was no doubt of con cen con
ietion." " Its strength does net appear In the
result," interposed Mr. Sewart,
" 1 had nethlug te de with the result.
The first jury would have convicted If it
had net been ler the foremau. On the
second jury there wero men who could net
read or write In the llrst trial we had 77
witnesses, 2,300 papers and 3,280 pages of
printed testimony. In the second trial we
had 150 witnesses, 3,701 papers and -1,181
pages of testimony."
" Ne wonder the jury didn't convict,"
said Mr. Stewart.
' There was no dlsagroemont among the
counsel in the secend trial," the witness
continued. " Bliss inade up his mind te
go for Dersey aud he did go for him as
vigorously and violetuly as any of us."
111: vHrit:i.i).3iATi'UKui Atrr.mc.
Sir i-Utt Wlllliic te Submit III, Uepy nt the
Acremiieui te h Ueiiiuilltee.
nnliluKlen Upeclnl te tlie World.
Soveral weeks age ex Senater Themas
U l latt made a statoraeut te a Washiii".
ten gentleman of what he would be wIIIIdk
te testify te bofero a properly organized
nvehtlgating oemmittoo cone?rnlng' Stan
ley Matthew's appointment te the Biiprome
court. He gave an interesting story of a
Seft'" bi law offleo In 1880, whire
300,000 wan atibscribed towards car
rying Indiana, conditioned upon a
h.mm nrou,?eut fi'ven by Garfleld,
tl at If he was oleetoJ he would appoint
y Jlb0"sJ'l'f the improme
wmL '""JCWpment washed by
Mr pkh "? Vwl ?, P was given te
wni.nV U U M Ir- 1'latthnew
willing te give up the copy of this agroe
meat, and tell the story' connected with
it. Mr. Sprluger at one tlme thought he
might be able te develop the laet fntlita
case, but the resolution under wuleh he Is
working glves him no authority, and a
majority el the oeuimitteo, it is under
stood, nre opposed te asking for an
extension of thelr powers. New it Is
understood there Is a movement upeu the
Scnate slde looking toward an Investiga
tion of this suboet. The subject will cotne
up probably after the Juue convention.
AN l'ML'TY TIN UAH.
riffktul Op 1t Tun Trumps In ili till IIe
Rleni Willi Sinrtlliie Itesnlt-i.
Twe tramjvi begged some oetfeo nt a
store In Warren. They had ,v old tin 0.111,
lu whleh they said they intended te bell it.
They took the oelTeo and went te an out-eftho-way
spot near the gas works. One
of the tramps began te build 11 lire, and
the ethor plaeed the can en the ground.
Seating hlmsolfen the can. he watched his
compaiilen busylug himself with the tire.
When the latter was ready the tramp who
had quit It picked up a stene and jok
ingly oxelalmcd te the ether ene :
"Uet up there nnd preduce the supper !"
At the same ttme he tossed the stene
toward his companion. It struck the can
with considerable force and instantly there
was a terrlble oxpleslon. The tramp who
was sitting en the can was thrown several
feet iu the nlr, and the ether ene was
knocked down by the concussion The
latter jumped up ami ran away. The
ether ene was picked up and carried te
the county peer house. His hips and
thighs and the lower tnrt el his back were
literally tern nway. IIe at llrst gave his
name as Rebert P. li, but en being told
that he would die he said that Ellis was
net his name. He then gae te the
authorities another name, which is that of
a member of oue of the most prominent
families In Pennsylvania. The authorities
will net reveal it, at the request cf the
dying tramp.
The can, which the tramps had picked
up, was an empty mtre glycerine can.
Enough of the compound remained in it te
cause the explosion as stated, euly n few
drops being required te prove eitromely
destructive. Similar explosions through
the careless disposal el empty jius are net
uncommon in the oil regions
UHAIHf.O TO A HUUK IO lUK.
I he AllrccO Urnl TrfetiniKiit nl a DUurct-il
Wife ly h et Mrglnlt 1'nrmrr
A story of cruelty comes from Webster
county, W.Va. Jehn Adams, n prominent
and wealthy farmer nnd sheritl of the
county, became infatuated with a dissolute
character. Te free himself from his wife
Adams brought suit for diverce en the
grcund of unfaithfulness, and secured wit
nesscs te sustain the charge. After the
granting of the divorce Mrs. Adams dn
appeared from the neighborhood aud it
was supposed that she had left the oeuuty.
Saturday evening 0110 vi her children
aged 13, who was viniting n few miles
from home, in cl.mbmg Mt. Ilete, a
mountain thickly weeded, came across a
rail pen. Leeking 111 he saw a woman.
He ran te the nearest heuse for friend.
Returning they feuud the mother of the
child nearly dead from exposure, chaiued
te a rock in tbe pen. On being revived
she said her husband bad had her taken
te a cave and kept there till almost dead
from starvation. Twe days before he
brought her te the pen and fastened her
by the chain. The place where she wai
feuml is lenely aud is net visited ence a
year. It is supposed that the husbtnd
meant te 1st her die, then reraove the
chains and make it appear a cue of svueide.
The county is tertiblj reused, nud the
guilty man nud his disselute friend will
be lynched it ciught Mrs. Adinn will
die
OLlUOLi H.M'I'KMMh,
CeuiblulDs iDclilcut, AccMent una irl.ne
Geergo E. Lewell, aged 22. a Harvard
graduate, seu of Jiulge Lewoll. of Massa
chusetts, committed uicule in Huffa!" ou
Monday.
Miss Aiabclla Hazard, who disappeared
seme weeka age from Cincinnati, wee
found drowned in the Hudm lat Satur
day at Hastings, N. Y
Threo boys, Charles Twitchell, Cnaun
coy Caswell and Merris Caswell, were
drewued at Creghau, New Yerk, ea
Sunday night by the upsetting of a beat.
At Gait, Ontario, en Monday, Al-'-ir
Davidsen, aged 20; Miunie Paltridge,
aged 17, and Mary Morten, aged 12,
were drowned while beating en the Grand
river.
Jehn Carpenter, at one time n New Yerk
politician of considerable note, murdered
his wife in that city, dangerously stabbed
his sistcr-in law, aud iniliclcd fatal injur
ies upon uimseii.
Charles Holcomb nhet and slightly
wounded a young nun named Herbert
Miller, Sunday uigbt, at Conneautvillo,
Pa., becauEO Miller had accompanied
iioicenio's sweetueart home Hern church.
During the progress of holiday games at
Chatham, Ontario, Monday, ilie grand
stand foil and 130 persons were injured,
several seriously. The tDJuriea consisted
mainly of breken lugs, arms aud ribs.
William II. Vanderbilt ha3 transferred
$3,000,000 In U. S. four per aents. te his
son William K. The transfer was made
at the treasury department 0.1 Saturday.
A Uravtl IUuk Uaute it riuaumal Klntry.
A newspaper of Norwalk, Connecticut,
last Friday published "as a jeke" a lenj;
article headed "A Norwalk Bank iu Trou'
bio." It referred te a gravel bank hut
"scores of excited depositors who read the
artiole or heard about it rushed te the Nor
walk savings bank, tLe e'dest in the viu
nity, and drew their deposits. The run
oentinned during the day, and between
425,000 and $30,000 was taken out before
tbe jeke became gencraily kne.vn."
UKA.1T AUTHOlllZKU 11.
TUB Uoirctpemlouce ltetirrcu air, rlih in. I
tleii. (irnut.
The following are the cepies of the lot let lot
ters roferred te by Mr. James D. Fish as
passing betwoen hlmself and Gen. Gram,
according te the New Yerk World :
Ni:w Yeiik, May 1, lam
My Dear General As we are both
very busy, I being cenliDcd te ray bank
and you censtautiy being called out of the
city in business matters, we seldom meet,
although we are members of the same
firm. De you think it would he well for
the elder heads te meet and talk ever the
business done by the youuger heads '.' I
de net understand the guverument oon eon oen
traota ; perhaps you can threw seme light
upon them. Advise me wheti I can have
an Intorvlew with you and we can talk
evor these matters.
Yours very truly,
J a us D. Fish.
Nr.w Yeiik, May 0, 1832.
My Dear Mr. Fish : Your favor of
is at hand, and my absouce from town
has preveutcd me acknowledging it be
fore.
I agree with you that the elder enes
should leek after the yeuuger heads nud
hee hew they are deiug,
Im am about te loave town for a few
days, but upon my ictutii I will make an
appoiutment te mcet you bofero 3 o'clock
en seme day of whleh I will Inform you
Yeura very truly,
U. S. Gjiaxt.
May 0, 1882.
My Dear Mr. blsh ; I have looked Inte
the business dene by Urat.t & Ward and
I think It Is proper for Mr. Ward te puss
ever te the firm the prellts iu the matter.
I have nuthorlsed the use of my name and
Influence. Yours, very truly,
U. 8. GllANT.
Hiiccrstlul Htrlkeri.
OtticAOO, May27--ThoOarpentor3 union
at a meeting last night declared the strike
ended, the demand for nu advanoe of
wages having been conepded by nearly all
the bosses,
THK MORAVIAN SYKOi).
UIIUHUItMKH I HKtfilOH 1.1 MUT-
l)l-r.idt)B llie"Ml" el llie r..ltllim"
rlliilMrit itiil,irvit-t(fieiU el i'""'
iiilllcm lieuriitl llmlHfi"-
.1. ,- J7,h.(v-TIie ii'peit .'ii home
missions was presented, also that et the
committee en minutes of prctieus hjiuhIs,
also that of the joint committee en redis
striding, mid or the committee en chuicli
government. The special order of the day
was the icpert of the committee en
iluanre. The publication of the new time
book w. iseidcrcd. After n full reperter
the publication ceucern had been e liiimii
incited it wan decided that It be continued,
ptevided it does net become n constant
drain upon the church.
.lAmJ. Eitniii'i. Detotienal extremes
i.i in. iim. v. Vm'W.nf Staten Island,
eiHJiicd the session. A partial icpert of
thoeonimitteeo en ritual recommended
certain changes lu the liturgy.
The discussion of the question of the
education of ministers' ehildirn was re
sinned, the substitute- ofierod by Rev. H.
T. Bacliman being bofero the Hj-nod. I he
subject was diseased by Rev. Messrs.
Kiigene Leibert, .1. Max Hatk, R. A.
Dorter, William Vogler, 11. T. B.iehm.in,
C. Laiiius, J.HIickeiisderfer, nud lin.ill)
en motion of Rev. C. I,. Reinke, of Leba
non, the whole Mibjcet was laid en the
table.
Concerning the resolution autherising
the provincial elders' conference te lean
money te churches te buy laud, the com
mittee reperted that they did net deem It
expedient that sueh leans be m.ule at
present.
Rev. U. Strohtueior, of C.iu.nn, Dakota,
described the tinancial condition of the
congregation at Dakota, who by bit)iug
laud and e iiltiviiting it think they cm
obtain money enough te build a church
aud parsonage. They did buy ene hun
dred and sixt aeres of land for whleh
they paid $2,500. Fer 1,500 of this they
pay eight jer cent. interest and for $1,000
they pay teu per cent. They oanuet pay
such a high rate et intorest ter any long
time and they thought that tbe money
might be borrowed deui the ehtirch ex
tousien fund.
After seme furthei diseu-Mt.ni of the
questun, Rev. Mr. StrehnuMer moved te
refer the matter back te the committee
Te this both Rev-f. P.. G. Kleso and
Kugoue Leibcrt objected i they felt safe iu
8ayingforthecommitte.ith.it they v.. old
have te make the same report again, tt.e
latter giv.ug as his rcuen that lean te
churches are net s.ife investmcuts fur
trust funds ouch as the pcrmaneut exten
sion fuud. The motion te recommit the
paragraph te thoeomm tteee.i tlnauc- was
IOnt.
The nc.xc resolution that in futuie ue
bearding school be expected t e uunbute
te the sustcnutien fund until it debt h
extinguiihed w,is taken up and adopted.
The next resolution adopted was that the
advtsety beanl of lluanoe use nil proper
means te increase the susteutntien fund.
The roselutiou that the suggestion of
the treasurer in regard te the closing of
the beks of the BusUntatien fuud was
appievcd as adopted. The resolution that
the tinaneial year el the school i cIoke at
the saraj time ai the sclien'. yeir wai also
adopted. Thi" resolution that C. A. w
tiiACh, A. J-"ohrep aud Samuel J. Kraue
be raelected the advisory beard nf tlnance
was tiuanimeiisly adopted.
The last resolution of the tepert, that
twi uty per eeut. of the surplus of tne sus
tentatiea fund be set aslde annually as a
reserve fund, was als adopted, nnl the
synod adjourned.
Till-. lO.MUIAI. iSi..1lllI.l
A Mnie et rruprlir lu "' t-'nardi.
In tLe Presbjtcrian geiu-ral ansembly uu
Monday, Rev. Dr. Stiles, chairman of tbe
committee ou narrative, reported that en
the examination of the oue hundred and
forty two narratives and ene hundred and
tw;nty-Bis tabulated statements recoived,
it was found that thore has been great
prej.-rity in the church throughout the
country .Many ehurcli debts have bcen
paid, and the linaucial condition of the
church has never been better, while collec
tions for benevolent aud missionary pur
poses wero never larger. The Sunday
school work was alue ropertcd te be in a
most ptospereii3 condition, thore having
bjcn au increate of 02,170 i-chelars during
tt.e past ycai. The work f the worn in,
in councetiou with many of the operations
of tbe chureh wai highly commended,
The increase in the membership of the
church during the past year was about
eU.WJ i he hanctity of the Sabbath, in
running cars, selling and reading papeis,
running lactenes, ote , had bcen desccra
ted, nnd the church protested against
thesa practices. The uarrative closed by
Btatiug that eighty four ministers had died
during the year. A motion te refer the
report back te the committce te correct
quotations from the Bible was voted down.
Cincinnati was selcctcd fei next j ear's
meeting.
The committce en tbe polity of the
church reported and recommended the
assembly te decide that business is only
legally dene in a regular constituted mcot mcet
ing el the t-essieu, when opeucd andolescd
with prayer. Agreed te.
It was also decided that deacons must
be members, and godly women may be
called into service te take oharge of the
peer, and mat tuey are nit te be ordained
and installed. The term of Borvieo for
elders under the limited syetem must net
be for less than three years, and the pro pre
vision of the article could net be carried
out unlch.1 seme were electcd for a longer
period. An overture with regard te bap
tism of children was adopted te be sent
down te the presbyteries. It was also
reported by the commlttee that deposed
ministers must be roerdaiued te rcstore
them te the ministry, and the same In the
caee of domissien under the new book.
The action of the assemblies of 1815 and
1878, en the rotation of the church sossieu
te musie iu the ehurch, was reafllrmcd.
The report was completod with this item,
and adopted as a whole.
tiim nir.riiemsT uuuitun
llPRlnnlni:
Anether Woelt el
Uonfereuce.
tne (leuerxl
In the goneral cenference en Monday
thore was a llvely fight evor tha report of
the committce ou cooperation iu church
work. The section which waved like a
red flag in the ojea of the angry oppeil.
tieu proposed a new form or blank te be
observed by preaobers In reporting te tbe
conferenco thelr work during the year, and
recommended that pastors et diuretics
repert the amount of money nske.l for the
support of chureh Eocieticsand the amount
rccelved.
Dr. Bpokley said sueh n preposition
was unjust, uudemoeratio ami contompti centompti contempti
blo. Dr. Graw, of New Jersoy, said it was
nn attempt te force contributions for
the seaictlcs at the point of the bayouet.
Dr. Kyuett said that the ltem did net
instruct that these reports should be made,
it simply requested them. He further
said the great body of the ohureh was net
Interested In the work, aud the statistics
asked for would sorve te eall altontlen
te it. , , ,
Dr. HatflelJ said he reoegnizcl this ns
an old acquaintance enlarged, If net Im
proved. IIe said no ethor body of minis.
tetH would submit te sueh dragooning ai
this. , , ,
The previous questien belug erdered,
Ulsheji Hurst ilcolare.1 that Bishop
Wiley as ehairman or the oemmittoo,
had the right under the rules, te cIche the
dohate. , , , ,
Dr. Ruekley appealed from the deolslen
of the ehalr because he said, Bishop Wiley
was net a member either of the couferenco
or of the oemmittoo nud had ue rights ou
the fleer. The heuse sustained the appeal,
nnd en the vete being taken the' Item
wasrojeetod. The debatcn en the nppeal
..., ,u.j uuiuk, iiiumucra iobe nil ovet
the home nud rtiouted points of erder,
questions or privilege and all the ether
obstructions te debate they could think
or. T he heuse was evidently very Joaleim
of what It tegarded nn nn oiieroaolimont
by the bishops en the rlghtn et mcni mcni
bein. Till; Utll'HT UHOWH 1'A-lllK-ilU
worry tiiljce tt, i-i,iuit Mrinurlei
el
einuiy uniiiiliixiil nnnipil
In seltllug the cslnte et Jehn Soberer,
, .K,J 1lla,". f the orphans court, Phil,
ndelphla, decided that n bal.inoe of $113
was dim Mrs. Atit.le V. Tayler, a daughter
or the decedent. The woman's inotlter
was an executrix of the ornate. She did
net pay evor the iiioney nnd her daughter
asked for an nttaohmetit te have her sent
te prison. The court left.sn! the nppll
catien and iald :
" This Is the llrst liistance iu our ex
perlouce of a child proeoodlug te the
utmost limit against ti pareut, even te the
prison deer, nnd that parent a mother, In
an ollert te onferco payment or a sum less
than $150 proved te be due as guardian of
her daughter. We had supposed that
seme spark of filial leve still hovered lu the
heart of overy ehlld towards a niother.
surviving the coldness of Ingr.Ultude and
forgetfulnoso of bitter ostrnngemont, but
it seems we are mlstaken. The bright and
plensant memories of sunny childhood and
teuder minlstrlea and self sacrifices of a
niother nre alike effaced and in thelr stead
appears roveltlug solilshuess. We ate net
disposed te reoeguizo sueh uufllinl oeu.
iluet, uer Biieh a stigma upon human
nature. Rather let It be hidden from
public view."
AN lKOMm,r:s viuieitt.
Itie Ileaillnu Afllirra Krlnnt'il hy llie Heme
Llue bjr II id 7
Tlie Ironsides defeated the Actives of
Reading yosterday by the soero oft) te 7.
The Lancaster team failed te score until
the fifth inning wheu heavy hits well
bunched iiettcd flve runs. Derby made n
three bagger nnd MeTamatiy a home run
in this Inning. Donald did great work nt
short step, assisting soveu times and hav.
lug no errors. Mclaughlin and Beyle, of
the Actives made a llnodeiiblo play. The
Reading 7met complains that Umpire
llague displayed miscrable judgment iu
his decisions for both sides. Appended Is
the full soero :
iRexjniE
Itr.wlley, 3l
oeoduiun.Ib
MI?tllK, 20
Hamilton, rf..
itu-Hiin, ir
Perby, e
Mel1imin:uiy, e I ,
willlumi, p
Heimlil, s
in
1
e
re.
1
Ii
A.
J
(I
I
0
I
tt
0
.1
TOUU
Al-riVB
lirn.ly.e t
Mrl.insblln, Jb.
Il-iyer, lb
i alien, c
r'rlel, rt
lliilpln, 3b
, mil', s
Teinney, 1 I
Muigiu, p
21 19
0
I
11
s
1
1
0
Total
MlilSO-,.
JI
IS
S 0
I
3 I
IllPIMl.lc.t 0 I' U II A 0 1 i 3-
Aetlvet '1 I 0 0 0 II 1 I) 0-7
SL'MllAIIY.
Kkrne.I riiiM-lrnnsMct, 'i ; A tlve, I. Twe
bin tilt Mcl.uiutllln. Tlireti biku titli tiruOy
nnd Derby. Heme Itun AleTaminiiny. ttrii(K
out Hy UllU.itm.J ; Mfftn, 1. Deubln play
JICl.HtlKlllIll lUlil lleyln. I'.iaiinl halla DiT
hy, !; Cation, I. Will I'ltebi- W'lllatii. .' ,
l.-lf an, :.
I'mplre lla ;iiit.
Unuie Kluftttirrc.
Philadelphia : Bosten 10, Philadelphia
I ; Athletic 1 1, Teledo H ; August Flower
II. Atlantiel ; Buffalo : Bullale 1, Chiea
go 0 ; Cleveland iClevelaud 2, Detroit 0 ;
New Yerk : Providence 10, New Yerk 1;
Baltimore : Baltimore 11, Cincinnati 3 ;
Alteena : National .1, Alte-ma 0 ; Treu
Hn : Wilmington I, Trenten 0 ; Alien
town : Allcntewu 10, Virginia 7; Newark:
III, Harrisburg 10 ; Somerset park,
Philadelphia : Somersot 12, Active 10.
Xeiti et, the Cuuir
TiioWiImlngtens de net run an strong
.is at the opeuing of tlie season.
The Domestics will uet )3 at the tail
r ml of the '.jn'' rn league when the seas iu
o'ehos.
Carhsle has a nc club, which will
probably join the Key stene .mociVlen.
'erL Daily,
And uew Harry Souce has ,jhu A I
ontewn te asttnish the natives of that city
Iby his ball playing.
Pyle aud Oldlluld form the battery in
Reading te day. Hamilton returned te this
city this altcrtioen en account -if siok siek
iiess. The Yerk defeated tbe Chester iu the
latter place yesterday by the soero of 5 te
1, and the Littlestown beat the Chambers
burg en the home grounds 0 te 1.
LITTI.r. MtUA!..
lutereillnc lliuipeumE Ililellr Tulii.
There were eight oleotrlo lights reported
impcrfect last night ; the gasoliue lamp
wero all burning.
Au order has been issued te the Rey
nolds rifles, requiring all members te re
port ut 8.30 a. re., Friday next, May 30,
te take part In the Decoration day parade.
Fred Hincs, having witnurawn nie me
lowest bid te furnish crossing steueR for
the city, the contract hai been given te J.
F. Stauuer, the next lowest uiuuer ai i ej
cents per feet.
The oensumers' gas company odor te
enter into an agrcoinent under seal with
the Reading city councils, removing nil
the objections that eauscd Mayer Rewo te
vete their bill.
Jonathan H. Flack, aged 00, who has
been despondeut Ter sorae time, wa& round
dead in an outheuso of his rosidenco,
North Third street, Readiug, Monday
morning. Near hint was a druggist's
paokage marked " Raticide."
Mayer Rosenmlllor discharged two
drunks ou payment of costs J Aldennan
Samson sent out Patrlek Hagen for ten
days j Alderman Spurrler held Ldward
Oarduer for a hearing te-night ou Wra. F.
Murphy's cemplalut of assault and bat
PoterTatro, alias J no. A. Moero, alias
"Copt. Jenks," who was nrrosted In
Marietta, this county, and taken rrem our
jail te Philadelphia ler trial, wassontenoed
en Monday te two years and filled $500 for
having personated a ponslen ngent nnd
ultercd a oertifleato for a pensioner In Ly
coming reunty. He claims te have olevon
wivcn living, nnd the pension dopartment
has found llve of them.
AlUSBUM OOWI'ANV.
A 1'IiiHhliew Ht I.eit 1'tlesi
Last ovenlng the epera heuse was
crowded, the attraction being the New
Yerk Dlme Muueum and Ooncert com
pany. The large audloueo was no doubt
drawn by the extremely low prloes, but
the pcepb were agreeably surprised. I he
ontertalnment, whleh Is of the specialty
order, was oxecllont throughout, aud the
patrons of the show are treated te two
hours or Tun, The pjrrorinaueo epened
with n farce entltled " A Weman's Will."
Jehn B. Wills and May Adaim, tlrst-clas
artists, followed in a miuleil molange,
Intreiluclng singing, dauelug, &e , and the
lady gave her woiiderrul vocal imitation ei
the cernet, W. N. Corsen Is a geed von
trileqaist and his loe.il hits caught on en
James DIlkB nnd Nellie Gray dlsplaywl
lets of talent Iu thelr musleal aet, and the
duet en tomato cans and bettle3 was wou weu wou
derful. Harry Mnsen Is a very clever
cemmedian, and his sayings, jo-kes, tee.,
wero uew. The show dosed with a funny
sketch entitled "The Bibbs i-amily.
The party appear in the epera heuse overy
night this wool; and will no doubt draw
crowds,
QUARTER SESSIONS.
AU.IOUHHltli THKM OK niAV UlHIttr.
Th Vrtik.xiriik Ces Auulu i',,M.i,ne,i-
ll Urine Kuuuil tluilly un Tite
HetluiiB Imllutmntita,
.lemr,ij Afternoon -In t,0 oase or the
oeni'tl, vs. Harry Deebler. olmrged with
holajceny of rags from Joint W. Lewoll,
the oiendant was called. He testified
that he mill Jehn A. Pfrlt., who Is also
charged with the larceny or theso race
were passing Mr. Lewoll's stable : thev
saw seme ether bejn In the stable Rather,
lug rags ; they asked witness ir he wanted
seme rugB ; he replied that he did, and
they told him te oemo lu and tnke what
wnn lying en the fleer ; they took seme
rags and sold them nt Sheber's ; wltuess
denied that he told Abraham Applobaeh
that he get the rags at hemu.
Iu rebuttal Applelucli was called, and
he tcstlllcd that Deebler told him he get
the rags nt home.
The Jury rendered a vetdiet of guilty,
with recommendatlon of merey. Sontenood
te flve months imprisoiiment.
Thoeasoof Justloe Frank and Censtable
Struek, charged with oensnlracy, was
continued en account or the absence or au
important witness.
Cem'th vs. Jehn Pfrit.. This boy was
charged with being nu accomplice of
Harry Deebler lu the I.ircetiy of rags from
Jehn W. Lewoll, nud evidence in the c.ue
ou both eases was similar te that agaiust
Deebler. The jury rendered a vordlet or
guilty. Sentenced te llve months lm
prisoiimeut.
Cases or malioleus mlsohier against A.
J. Steluman nnd Abraham Hirsh. Ver
dicts ornet guilty were taken rer want or
ovldeuco.
The cises against Wesley J. Miller and
Harry U. Stohler, oharged with rornioa rernioa rorniea
tlon and bastardy, wero nel prewad, the
partieB having settled them.
The next oase atttohed w.u ene or theso
agaiust Kll Holuey, an old man, who wan
n inember or the party recently arrested
ou the Kphrata mountain ou numerous
oharges or laroeny, burglary, ece. The
dofendaut in this cae wai oharged with
burglary in brcakitig into Liuceln school
heuse, Kwl township On the night or
the 7th or January last, Jehn C. Martin,
the teacher or the school, testilled that he
looked the school heuse securely en this
ovenlng ; the next morning he found that
the building had bun entere I, but wit
ness could net tell hew ; several bottles of
ink and seme shcets of paper wero takeu,
and thore was seme scurrlleui writing en
the blackboard In a geed hand.
Gcerge R. Barthulomew, tbe detective
who worked up the mountain cases, testl
fled that he resides at 10:15 Seuth Ninth
stroet, Philadelphia, . 1 is a doteetlvo by
profession, and citue t Kphrata te arrest
the Buzzards, if possible, aud break up
the gang which inesiid the mountains
Witness made the a-q i i.-.tince of Hemey
at Groenville and went te tin house ;
Holuev proposed that they mikn a raid ,
en this night they were walking past this
school house, and Hemey proposed that
they go in and see what they e mid get, as
he was in uecd of a llre shovel ; Hetney
had a buneh of false k. ys and with oue of
them hoeponodtho deer ; he took seme
ink, chalk aud ethor things and witness,
at the direotten of Hciney, wrete en the
blackboard, as heBild the people would
be thrown off the track aud would suspect
that the Welsh mountain gaug wero the
guilty poeplo ; Hciney u.ii 1 he bjlonged
te the Kphrata mount v. -i gaug ; e-i tlin
night wituess and II :n) wilknd bttWt"ii
15 aud IS miles.
On crosH-ex.imm.itl in the wituins itld
that previous te this tmu' he had net been
ompleycd in Ph, .idelphia ns n detective ;
wheu he came t Kphrata he communi
cated with the ehlJcrs of the law and went
te work.
'Squire Kraatz tostitied that he tlrst
saw Bartholemew ou January 8. Consta Censta Censta
beo Jenes tcstlllcd that he became ac
quainted with the detective iu Dccumber
and had conferenccs with him ; whenever
a raid was made Bartholemew kept wit wit
eoss informed in regard te it.
Fer the dorcuse Darnel ILuiborger.wlie
is also oharged with a number or cases of
larceuy, testified that ou the 7th of Janu
ary Helney had rheumatism au 1 fr.-en
feet and was unable te walk. The de
fendant could net testify in the case nud
no ether testimony was offered. The jury
rendered a verdict or guilty r felonious
entry.
liesday Morning. Tlie llrst oase attaoh attaeh
ed was another ei Cem'th vs. Kit Holuey,
charged with felonious entry and larceny.
On the ulght or November :l I, 18M, the
Bering heuse or Daniel K wilier, amilofreni
Kphrata, was brokeu 0eii and rebbed or
17 J peuudn or perk and a lock. Qcorge R.
Bartholemow, the detective, was the prin
cipal wituess and he testified that ntter he
had bocame acquaiuted with defendant he
learned rrem him that he had onterud
a Rnnng house of au old Amlsh man uear
Oravel IIII1 Heme months bofero. IIe said
he had knoeked the leek off the deer with
a wagon hainmer and stelen u let of perk.
Heinoy gave the lock te wltness who gave
it te 'Squire Kraats, and it was produced
In court.
Bartholemew, en cress examination, said
he had been traveling through the west
rer several years. Fer about lour mouths
he has bcen iu tha employ of the mer
chants' dot ctlve ageney Iu Philadelphia
Fer the defeuse. Helney was ealled, and
he denied having made any statements te
Bartholemow, ns related by the latter. IIe
denled having had auything te de with
the robbing or the spring heuse, nnd
nevcr saw the leek bofero. The jury ren
dered a vordlet of guilty.
Cem'th vb. William Campbell, assault
and battery. The defendant resides in
Safe Harber, and it was alleged tint en
the 10th or May. 1983, he caught held or
Goe. Bortzfleld, an old man and throw
ing him down injured him severely. 'I he
dofenso was that the prosecutor, who Is a
very oxetablo old man, had been toased
by seme ethor parties, and he made au
nttaek upeu Campbell, who merely
pushed him away te get rid or him. The
jury rendereda vordlet or net guilty with
county rer costs.
A case or Biirety of peaea against Camp
bell was dismissed with county ler
costs.
The Wrought Iren " V."
Atamoetlugor the water oemmittoo of
councils this afternoon it was roselvod te
give Jehn Best-, the contract for making a
wrought iron " Y " of heavy holler Iren
te connect the 0,000,000 gallon pump at
the elty water works with the 21 iiieh
main leading te the city reservoirs. Mr.
Best says he eau corapleto the work by
next Sunday woek. It will be roeolleotod
by our roaders that the water oemmittoo
haye been disappointed for novernl weeks
In net getting a east Iren " Y " from Mel.
lert ec Ce,, of Roadlng-ne less thau threo
of thorn bursting during the test te whleh
they wero subjoetcd.
'Tlie I'alea malt de,"
When the Maxim oleotrlo light com
pany ohnnged tbe position of thelr lamps
and placed thorn ou braokets en the poles
instead of swinging them en cables In the
middle of the stroet, they dispeuued with
the use of a goodly number of poles.
These they took down, but instead of
hauling thorn away have permitted thetn
te lie lengthwise in the gutters, obstruct
ing the flew of the water and causing the
accumulation of garbage and filth. Muuy
oltizeus complain of this nuisance as being
a great annoyance aud insist ou having
the poles removed, The prestrate poles
must go.
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