Lancaster daily intelligencer. (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, August 11, 1885, Image 2

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DAILY INTELLIGENCER.
PuHraHCD Every Evening in the
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STKINMAN ft I1KNSKU
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JNTELLIQENCER BUILDING!,
B. Mr. Ceitnxn Ciktrb Squam,
.,) LAKCA8TMR, PA.
UAILY-Ven Cent a Week. Five Dellnr a
r Year or Fifty Cent a Menth. Pottage Free.
i ADVERTISEMENTS from Ten te Fifty Centt
V aJAne.
WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER,
(Eight Paget.)
Published Every Wednesday Mernine,
Twe Dellar i a Tear tn A ttvanct.
CORRESPONDENCE solicited from every part
e thettate and country. Correspondent are re
QHeited te write legibly and en one tide of the
paper only and te ttgn thetr namci, net for
publication, but in proof of geed faith. All
anonymeut letter urltt be cemlgncd te the ivatte
batktt.
Addren alt Letter and Telegram te
THE INTELLIGENCER,
LANCASTER, l'A.
$l)e Lancaster ITntclltgcuccr.
LANCASTER AUGUST 11, 1885.
The Origin of Stamps.
Probably few of the millions of persons
who daily place stamps en their letters nnd
deposit them in a pest box nt the nearest
lamp pest knew thnt it is only thirty-eight
years since stamps wero first used in this
country. Fewer still knew that Antheny
Trollepo, who was one of the most efficient
of postefllco officials ns well ;is ene of the
greatest and most preductive of novelists,
secured the adoption of pillar boxes in
England long after they had been in use en
the Continent.
It was seven years after the genu of the
present postage stamp was adopted in
England that the system was finally put
into operation in thi3 country'. In 1837
Rowland Hill, the genius of modern post pest
office progress, began Ills agitation in favor
of cheap postage and the mere prompt and
efficient delivery of letters. Various sug
gestions were made as te stamps, and de
signs were submitted by a large number of
the artists of England. Of these the most
famous is the Mulrendy wrapper, unselled
copies of which new command many dol
lars. About the first of August, 1817, in ac
cerdance with a measuie approved en the
3rd of March, just preceding, stamps of the
denomination of 5 and 10 cents were issued
by the postefllco department at "Washing
ton. Cave Jehnsen, who showed himself an
efficient postmaster general, had ably and
zealously promoted the adoption of the new
system. This answeied the needs of the
service until July 1851, when the reduction
of postage matle necessary the series of 1
and 3centbtanips, which were seen supple
mental by new 5's nnd 10's, :lnd by addi
tional denominations or H, 1M, 30 and 1)0
cents. Since that time tlie changes have
been tee many te require enumeration, and
the aggregate issue ran into the bil
lions last year.
Toe little attention has been paid te thp
artistic beauty of these stamps, and the
vignettes of some men unweithy tliishoner
have been given an unduly wide publicity.
The present serics.whlle defective at many
points, is an improvement ever its prede
cessers. The stanir.jaie laiger than neccs-
andtheir .artistic execution net cred
itable, and their printing ery bad. As no
new denominations of stamps will be re
quired for many yeais by any f ui ther re
duction of postage, it would be well if the
president and the iestniastergeneral would
give seme attention te this matter and so se so
curetho issue of an altogether new sciies,
in such a sliane as shall satisfy the aesthetic
instinct as well as the convenience of their
. .millions of' constituents.
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Geed Tenehers Fer the Primaries.
Supt. Buelule, in his last monthly report
te the school beard, dwells forcibly upon
a subject te which the Intelligencer
has frequently called public attention the
importance of securing geed teachers for
the primary schools aud of keeping them
there. Te secure this result there must be
less disparity between the pay of the pri
mary teachers and these in cliarge of
schools of a se-called higher grade.
The city superintendent, in common w itli
nearly all ether educators of wide experi
ence and keen observation, knows "of no
geed reason why all the beginners in teach
ing should be obliged te experiment en the
youngest, the most impressible, and hence
the most easily and the most last
ingly injured pupils." The error in
the public schools is possibly ene that per
vades our whele social system. In the
training of the family, as in the culture of
the school room, tee often the plastic
mind Is heedlessly left te be affected by
Influences, which if net positively bad,
are at least weak and insufficient for tlie
receptlveness of tender years. Supt.
Buehrle comments with due severity upon
the practice of net only putting tlie begin
ners in Instruction into the primary schools,
hut "as seen as they show superior qwdiflca qwdiflca
tiens as teachers replacing them by such as
have no experience, thus condemning these
schools te be taught either by the ineffi
cient, or by the inexperienced. "
It is unquestionably true that there are
seme persons who have the special gift of
successfully imparting Instruction te yeunc
---'children; these teachers cannot always
stand the "best examination," or, as ex
aminations go, command the highest cer
tificate; but superintendents, directors,
and ethers interested In securing the best
8Choelsystem,oughttoboablo te find out
them nnd their merits, and when tliey get
the right teacher in the right placoheor
she should be kept there and paid his or
her worth, regardless of an nibltrary and
artificial standard, which nffixes salaries
and assigns teachers irrespective of Bpecial
aptitude and merit.
Foel or Knave
The New Yerk Times gives an admira
ble setting down te "Mr. "William M.
Hancock, who has lately been removed
from the office of postmaster at Meridian,
Miss." In his "place was nppelnted J. J.
Shannen, of tlie firm of Hern & Shannen,
owners and editors of the Meridian Mer
cury. That paper, en July i!5, coarsely a--nailed
the memory of Gen. Grant, and a
clipping of the matter published has been
' sentever the North te evoke condemnation
of Bliauueu'u appointment. Hancock sent
it te the limes for tliat purpose.
ut the Tim's points out tliat J the
Mercury e Atig. fi, It finds n card from
Mr. J. J. Shanner , In which he says :
" Tlie nrtlcle Oiatjipponreil last woek. In tlie
Mtrcurtf headed 'Urant li Pend' was written
by Cel. A. n. Hern, nnd does net In any
sense exin-css my tontlmeiiK I first saw ft
In the Jcrciu.v nfter It was published nnd nt
ence ospressort my disapproval of 11, and I
iloslre te say I am in no way rcfinormitile for
lta publication. Whlle tlie whele nation,
North and Seuth, nympathlwd with Gen.
Grant In the many minorities of htm Inst 111
ness, nnd new mourn the death ei no distin
guished r soldier nnd citizen, the nrtlcle
striken me ns singularly lnnppropriate, nnd,
in my opinion, In no way oxpressca the fool feel
lugs of the Southern ioeplo.,f
As this appeared in tlie. daily edition of
the Mercury befere Hancock wrete te the
Times, it concludes that he knew of It and
sought te nilsrcpicscut his successor, like
his coadjutors in the Neitli seek te misrep
resent the entire Southern pcople because
of ene feel's screed.
Butler's Address.
General Butler's eulogy upon General
Grant deserves careful reading and close
study. It is the expression of an able aud
original man, whehas something te say and
says it in the most diiect way. There are
seme objections made that it is devoid of
rheteiic. On the centraiy it is a master
piece of rheteric in the best sense of the
word" the art of elegant and liceurate
composition." Its author has net sought te
conceal ideas, nor has he hunted for gar
nishment te deck out tlie nakedness of
thought with frills and frippery. This
speech is full of substance.
There will be many te disagree with
Butler's estimate of General Grant; few
will assent te it in eacli and every particu
lar. But his must be a narrow and paiti
san mind who fails te recognize behind
this oration a man of great mental ferce,
original habits of thought and a large
knowledge of his subject. It is idle te say
he speaks of Grant with prejudlce against
him because of their military differences.
IIe anticipates that criticism and hits it
squaiely en the head ; though there was no
need of it, for the close association of him
self and Grant in civil and political life is
well known te tlie country.
On the whele, General Butler has thus
fardelUcied the most notable Grant ora
tion. "ffiu. you walk into my parlor?" said
the W. U. te the 15. A O. Net this year j nor
H'niotlier year.
Tin: question of what is red amusement is
new deeply exercising the mind of the suiu-
mer population of Ocean Grove nnd Anbury
l'ark along the New Jorfey ee.wt. Anbury
l'ark Is frivolous onetigli te permit skating
rlnki, bowling alleys, billiard roeniH, cigar
stores nnd that most sinful of nllmumlnne
pleasures, dancing. Te the godly pcople liv
ing en the ethor slde of Wcsley Iake, w hich
separalcs the reserts, nil these are the abomi
nation of desolation, lint Ocean CJrove Is
forced te contend with a mero Insidious ell.
It seems that the dreadful bathing suits
which custom nmkes neccssary at the sea sea
slde are very fashionable as street nttire nt
Ocean Oroe. Se gencral became the prac
tice of wearing these robes en the stiectthnt
it became nceesiary te pest the following
notice : " We are sorry te soe that the regu
lation respecting poerlo parading en the
streets In wet and vers brief bathing suits Is
net observed. In lens than an hour fifty of
these mops wero counted as they passed ene
cerner." It would require conslderablo psy
chological research te determine -which form
of amusement is mero godly that of the
rinks, billiard halls, etc, or that or the folks
who play the part of animated dish nigs in
most unpeetic suits of lilue ilaunel. Te in
impartial third person it would soeni that
mum gcnulne fun eeuhl boeolod In the
survey of the latter.
This has been a mlsorable llshlng season,
but the crop offish stories is unprecedentedly
large.
Se.mi: little sensation was caused near
Nashvllle tlie ether day by the statement that
a large quantity of whisky was dropped Inte
the Cumberland rlver. Itut it nil subsided
when investigation developed that the treas
ured liquid was inside olenoof Nashville's
CltiZOIlH.
Tin: Grant monument fund has Jumped te
J'M1,000 hi a few days. We are a great
Ieople.
A deuiitluss woll-menulug contemporary
recently criticized the use by the Iktki.m
auNCint of the term " funeral obsequies"
in describing the contemplated burial efGcn.
Grant- It is always most sagacious te wait
until oue has fallen bolero ellerlng te pick
him up. "Kuneral obsequies" conveyed
the exact idea which the I.sti:i,i.kii:.v
OEii wished te convey. Obsoquies Is
irem the Iatin or scquer, I fellow,
and ob against, or after. Thus In Its primary
sense It referred te tlie last act In the burial
of the dead. Ily custom it came te be used
for the whele luneral sorvlce by theso who
did net understand its derivation. The ad ad ad
joctive "funeral" is ery proerly applied
te the last rites or "obsequies." Ne less a
person than Milten wrote:
Him I'll elciniily nttenil
With silent ebttijuy and funrral train.
It Is a llttle annoying in this warm weather
te be hunting up the etymon of n word, but
we no cr lalter in the cause of education.
Demuik tlie warm weather the liltle
cholera germ gets in a tremendous amount
or work.
The Pennsylvania Hiipiome court has de
cided that a man has no iusurable Interest In
thollfe of his inother-ln-law. It will net go
the length of saying, howevcrJJiat he has
net an interest in keeping her about ene thous
and miles from her daughter.
l'UKSiDKKT Ci.j:vj:i.anii has said that un
lawful fencing of public lauds must step;
and that settles it.
HiLLisn nr liurML.iiis.
A New Yerk Mer liant Shet la Ills Own Heuse
Monday Afternoon,
Albert It. llerrlck, n liquor lnerchaut, of
Ne. 00 William stroet, New Yerk, was shot
at his rosldenco, Ne. 230 Tearl street, Brook
lyn, Monday afternoon, and has died, it is
supposed that a burglar, w he had entered the
heuse and concealed hhuself In the cellar,
fired the shot. Mr. llerrlck staggered from
his heuse about half-pastS p. in., crying in
faint tones : flurglnrs I Police 1 Murder 1"
IIe had net been within doers mero than live
minutes when he was seen te ceme out from
the basoineut deer.
Mrs. Frank, the wife of n druggist nt the
cerner or l'earl stroet and Myrtle avenue, was
wheeling her baby nleng Pearl stroet nt the
tlme and Mr. Herrlck nppcured In his court
yard. She ran te her husband's stere when
she saw Herrlck fall upeu his grating. Twe
or three gontlemon who wero In the drug
stere ran out te llerrlck's assistance, but the
weuuded man oxplred whlle they wero try
ing te help him. llofero he died he
murmured "burglars." A pistol shot wound
was found In llerrlck's left side. IIe held in
his hand n rtien of a candle.
On Investigation tracks el bleed weie
found en the steps leading te the cellar of
the heuse, ami the police think that Mr. Hor Her
rlck had geno down te that jiortleu or the
heuse en seme alarm, nud thore bceu shot.
A neighbor, Mrs. Banunls, saw a man scal
ing the fences of the same row of houses
Just after the shoetiug, and gnve a fair de
scription of him. The probable burglar en
tered oue or the houses en the block nnd ajv
rarently passed through it te Jey stroet. MrS
Herrlck lormerly kept the Windser hetel nt
Ceney Island.
By a former husband Mri Herlckhasa
son, Themas Armstrong, who U a driver for
a Brooklyn dry goods heuse. The police say
he has net a geed character. He was net at
work Monday. Detective Loeiuoy arrested
him In Uobeken, N, J,
THE LANCASTER, DAILY ITOEIIGESrCEB, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1885.
AN UNIQUE GRANT EULOGY,
General Benjamin F. llutler bere the
prominent part in the Grant memorial ser
vices at I.owell, pronouncing the eulogy. IIe
said :
OI the soldier who has performed with
fidelity, unflinching cournge nnd determina
tion, with overy moasure of success, every
uuty imposed upon him by his country In
thoyearnof lier deadliest peril, In n war of
most gigantla proportions, most sturdily
fought out with millions of men In arms,
whoreln the very life of his country was at
stake ; with n patriotism nover doubted,
which Hhone forth with an cITulgcnce which
lllumluated Ills life; or the statesmen who
received from the poeplo the highest powers
nnd honors twlce conferrod, nnd nfter being
tried In such a position, the second tlme
with nlmest unanimity, broken only by
theso whom, nsa soldier, he had conquered
nnd magnanimously forgiven yvliat need is
there for words of prnlse T
Is it net better for us who gather here, as
if around his tomb, totnke part ih the last
honeis tliat can be paid In the mortal man,
te pause ler the brief tlme allotted te us and
recnll net only what he was but for the boueflt
or theso w he shall ceme nfter us, te bring te
our minds the causes whlcli have made a
great iwople qulte universally leve him and
all ailiulie him nnd rovero his memory ?
booking upon his career, de we net find that
Omul's life nnd chnracter nre nocessarlry the
oiugrewiu ei our iroe insiiuiueuM, wiilcii
they together illustrate, adorn aud
gleriry ?
Grant was educated asnseldlcr, nnd sercd
with distinction in tlie Mexican war. A ppar
ently dhgusted with the ln?y oase of military
lite In tlme of poace, hoieslgncd his cemmis
sien nnu turned jus uucnilen te business pur
suits, In which he was net successful, proba
bly because they wero net adapted, as evi
dently they wero net, ollher te Ills tnste or his
lacullles. Ills political predilections had
been, its wero theso or many ethers in his
party, en the slde or slavery ns nu institution
imbedded in tlie constitutional ; but his lieart
was right, and when the Southern states,
their KX)iile, forgetful or thelr patriotism
and or their constitution obligations, attempt
ed te se or themselves from the Union and
found a new cmplre whose coruer-stoiio
should be slavery, Iio oflcred his services in
uenau ei rigiu and tlie true principles or De
mocracy, and with unwavering Ildellty rol rel rol
lewed his ling Irem victory te victory until
the Union was saved. Hee hew completely
he was the outgrowth or our Institutions I
Kducated under a prevision or the govern
ment that allows a son or the humblest clti
en the best tcachhit; thatcan be dovlsed. res-
lerrd and sustained by her bounty, he steed
ready when the occasion demanded te de
battle, as did Washington, for llberty nnd
country ; nnd when his strategy or obstinate
determination had suhdtiud the rebellion his
instincts of statesmanship showed him that
the country nearly one-half of which had
needed te be conquered ought te become
united again; and therefore the generous
stipulations of surrouder nt Appomattox
which, lr tni liates engendered by tlie war
had permitted the Heulh te receive with true
leve el country nud with the understanding
of what the future, oenor or later, must
bring a unlted ieople would have long
slnce obliterated all form or discussions and
divisions or party springing from tlie rebel
lion. HIS I'llKSlllKNCV INKVITAllLi:.
1'rem tlie hour of Lee's surrender the
presidency el General Grant was Inevitable.
Ah a soldier he had wen the admiration and
gratitude of the people, aud by n shigle act
of salesmanship he had convinced them
that he ininlit be as canahlu in nubile ntlalrs
as In the field, although uiilustructed in tlie
mluuli.'c of cev eminent. The
isuu of 1 Seeth
and the tergiversation or Jehnsen made
Grunt president nsKoen as it could Imdnne
under constitutional Tenus. IIe took the
reins of government Inte his hands under
tlie most dilllcuUef all conditions. The con
test between Jehnsen and Coimress ns te the
mannorer reconstruction or tliocevorumoiit
or the soveral Southern states, wherein he
attempted te accomplish that Inuvessiblllly nt
ence by oxeeutlve order, but which could net
be dene w Itheut considerable l.ipse or tlme if
v emrress nan mesi cordially concurred In tlie
endeaver, had caused Congress te go much
further In interfering with the unkindly pas
sions of the Seuth, and the action of the
president had stlmiitnted cnnllicttnc and
-laugoreus organizations asalnst the laws
et I'eugrcsM, se mat only a wise and patient
waiting was open tn Grant's administration
for preper reconstruction, usIiik the heavy
hand only when great wrongs aud outrages'
wero porpetratcd ui-eu tlie uueilendlng citi
zens, se that Grant's first term tieu this
topic was, in fact, but a firm trrasp, heldini;
either section from unduly interfering, Irri
tating or exasperating the ether.
Grunt was a second tlme elected by a unlted
North, his messages and declarations te Con Cen Con
cress, direct and siuiple In their announce
ment of his purposes, and at the same tlme
touder toward the Seuth, whero lonlency was
a -v Irtue, enabling the reconstruction te be
gin en such a basis as alene it was possible
te work it out. The union of the soveral
portions of the country slowly progressed, It
being for the Interests of ene political party
te maintain the .Seuth In its entirety as an
opposition.
Tin: Tiiinn ninit wevi:u:.vr.
On thoappreach el the end or the second term
or his presidency seme of the lest men of the
country, qulte irrespective or party, looked
te tlie election or Grant for a third term as the
readlest means or completing reconstruction.
Itut seme Hepublican Journals, Inthondvo Inthendvo Inthondve
vivey or thelr tavorite as his successor, made
Innuendo against his administration for cor
ruption under the cry of "Hererm'" which Is
ever the purist's phrase when he lntends
mlschier, and oue member of his cabinet
commenced pmsccutiensagalust the distillers
or whisky for what was alleged te be enor
mous frauds; but he neglected te prosccute
any ene in his own state, which was a very
large distilling state, and in which, ofceurso,
all the whisky men were henest se honest
that they appeared nt the next Itepublican
national convention, with drums, trumet.s
and banners, faveiiughis nomination. One
of his clesest household friends was attacked
by charges w hlch were afterwards show n at a
trial te be false and perjured, and an at
tempt was made te reach Grant in that man
ner. Of ceurse, at last, when the csise was
trled his friend was found net guilty by the
jury; but then the prosecution had dene Its
work. Let me say here and new that thore
is new no man who dares te ralse the ery el
corruption against Grant The Idoaef taking
public money te himself, or nllewing his
lriends te de it, nover ontered his mind, and,
fromnery Intimate knowlcdge for seme
years of his character, I nm ready and will
ing, as I ever have been, te bear this testi
mony. That he appointed men who were
bad men te office is true, and that seme wero
near him may also be true ; but that is Inevi
table. Our Saviour chese twolve friends
anddisciples te aid Him in Ills work, and
ene was a thief and had a devil and betrayed
his Master w lth a kiss. These attacks would
net have been successrul. bocause thinking
poeplo did net in fact beltove thorn then any
mero than they de new.
The attacks upon the administration or
Grant had the Intended effect, by se disgust
ing him with tlie Intrigues of politicians that
he would make no movement in beiialf of
his own candidature, net even te romevo the
cabiuet olllcer who took ndvautage of his
iKKiueii toiuriueruisovvn nomination. And
the country had Haves. Tlie truth is. thorn
never was a drop of "Ciesarlsm" in Grant's
bleed. His patriotism was tee ingrained ;
his leve for Ids country was tee fntonse ; his
admiration of her institutions, which had
brought him from a iioer boy te the preudest
position In the world, and might de se with
another, was tee great; and his glory and
faine were tee sccure for the thought of erect
ing n dospetlsm en tlie ruins of our republic
te have had place in ills mind for a momeut.
He retired Irem tlie unpleasant position of
oxecutive pewer, the details of which te ene
exercising it bocemo nu almost intolerable
annoyance, te take n veyage round tlie
w ei UI, the honored, loted guest, and admira
tion of all nations or the earth.
THK l'ATHUTIO I!N1.
We new ceme te the saddest part of his
life. The fact that en his retirement he had
but a bare compelouco, and that but the re
sult of contributions Dy his friends In ad
miratien or his character nnd deeds, stamps
out the idea-of anyeomiptlen in his methods
or purposes. With a strong dosire te estab
lish his family nfter his death insucli position
that they might net he tompted te any course
whlcli should tarnish his great name nnd
fame ; unused te business metheds and en.
terprises ; trustful te the last degree of theso
who wen his eonlldcnce ; surrounded by
schomers and speculators who brought te
his attention overy posslble speculative busi
ness, Iio was tompted Inte mero than ene on en on
lerprlso with which his friends could well
wish he had net coneeriiod himself In any way.
He was nohettcrbuBluess man after he ceased
te be a seldier and president than he was
before he beg1111 his publlecareer, Weatl'elut
docs net make business men. It sometimes
lenves ene without unmaking hint, but that
Is rare. Grant had lizard fabulous tales of
the rich os which might be made in the bank
ing business in the metropolis of the coun
try. That he evor knew anything nbeut It,
or took nny part in It, is new beyond all cavil
or question. The only two buslness transac
tions that he Is said te have had with It were
te borrow of a frlend n very large sum et
money when the banking concern with
whlcli iie connected hlinseli was entirely rot
ten, and, alter it was evident tliat he was
stripped of overytlilng, te plodge all thnt he
had, the tributary girts or kings and princes,
overy relle and remainder of his great deeds,
ana even me sworn no wero ni .piH)lilrtllex,
te pay an honest debu
HIS 11KI.ATI0NH WITH nUTI.HU.
Boen after, seized witli his ratal disease, he
lived in pain nnd acute misery, ending only
with the last sail hour at peace with Ged
and tlie world.
Fer mero than ten yeais 1 knew Grant the
f;cnorel, nnd Grant the president well and
utimately. Thore was ence n very Btreni:
personal dlfllcully betvvcen us, brought
nbeut by lying statements te each or the net,
motives nnd onlnlens of the ether. I te first
'learned of thelr untruthfulness, and nt his
requesi, comeyou iiireugii a irieuti we mei.
and a few words explained all, njolegleil
for all and healed nil; and that lilemlshlp
inns renewcu nas evor continued.
Thore are some elements or Grant's char
acter, which vvlien mialyed, show at ence
his strength nnd his weakness. He was an
henest man. and in that there was no ele
ment or weakness. Hevvasatrustlng faithful
frlend, nnd nover felt n temptation te de any
thing which could injure a friend, and that
had the element of weakness that ence trust
ing he was tee triistful.aud bad men docelved
htm te his Injury. He was gulleless, and
he bolievod ethers se. He was net revengeful,
hew evor grae the liijuiyerbad the motive
which ion te it no would dismiss me auuier
nsUncloTeboydld the lly. Ills mind was
net inventive, no planned out lew new
things. Hut it was receptive, and gathered
from nil the host things they hud, and the
mind being discriminating, he acted upon
them. When ids mind had thoroughly
digested any preposition and he had adopted
a ceurse te carry It out his will in Hint pin
suit was indomitnhle, and no consideration
tliat did net svvny his Judgment would
change that w ill.
euant's eitiniNAt. .medi: op wAitiwitt:.
It has been said that Grant had no genius;
that Is, no intuition by which todlscevora
great fact or te lay out for himself a new and
great ceurse of action. I have said that his
mind was net Inventive, but 1 de knew-or
ene ceurse or conduct adopted by him, an
emanation rreni his ew h mind, rer se far as I
navereauin uisiery, u was nover lierore In
that form adopted by any great commander,
and It ccrUlnly was net dene by any ether
general In our war. It did net oinanale
from the secretary or war or tlie president, se
far as I have any knovvledgo or suspicion,
and was explained te myself by Grant, who
had Just then been made gcueral-hi-chicf of
the nrmles, aud came te 1'ert Menreo te
explain tlie plan or the luture campaigns
against the enemy, se Tar as I was te have
part with thorn, In Virginia, In April, ISill.
Ills proiKTsltleu was that the enemy should
le conquered by continual attrictieu and In-
llfctlng less In overy way, and wearing out
their resources, as fast as pos.slble, and at
hovvevor great cost, relylng upon our own
mero abundant meney and men te bring out
a successful result. He said that he would
attack the oneuiy at all times' and under all
conditions, even at the risk or losing mero
men than they did, as we could allordte lese
mere; and as the rate of death bydisoaseaud
hardships Incident te camp life was far greater
than the less of men by bullet and shell, he
thought uiwu the whele that If the war could
be pressed en and ended shortly the less et
lire would be less and the expenses would
certainly be less than theso or n longer con
tinued war. He said further that the cnciny,
occupying tlie Interior lines or derenes,
could held en with less men than we must
use, nud that we mtiRt leso mero than they
would in driving tliem from their defenses,
but they could uet rclrieve their losses, as we
could ours.
Tin: kxchanei: or pkirenkuh.
IIe Hjioke te me ns conunlsslener of ox ex
chango of iirlHoners. He wld that every
Confederate held by ni was ene man lc-w te
them, whlle, even if we exchanged, we
should net get ene man te meet the ene we
gave, bCGUiHO their men wero in geed condi
tion nnd nble at ence te go hack into the
Held, whlle our men were In mich condition
that It would Like mouths for thein te re re re
eiiporate no as te ceme hack, If they evor did
ceme hacK, Inte our armies. Huuce he hoc;.
gested te me net te refuse the exchange of
prisoners, but te he embarrass the operation
as only te exchange the iek and wounded
or both Hides, and te that KlIey he adhered
through the campaign of In; I. This course
taken by him put an end te the rebellion,
and he held te it until in the spring of 1;:.
IiCO had neither men nor rations te feed
them upon, nor could the Confederates kii
ply him with either, and then came Apo Ape Apo
mattex and the conclusion of the war. This
seemed te me then a htroke of genius, but it
required adaiuautlne nerve and iron will te
carry it euu f
1 have given yen iny own cslimate e
Onint'Hfliuractpr ; I have given hoiiie of the
fact ux)n which 1 have founded that esti
mate. I held him te have been Hiibstautlally
as worthy as merl il man may be of the love,
admiration and plaudits of this great (K'ei)le ;
that thore Is due ler him all ever this land
tlie heartfelt sorrow, the trusting leve and
the revereut appreciation with which the
nation new vvees at the portals of his lemb.
iie will and ought te go down le our child
ren's children, ns long as memory lasts nud
n cords endure, as the sold ier, the here, the
statesman and jntriet. If he had ether at
tributes Ichh worthy they will he forgotten
and pass away into the earth as will his mor
tal remains, Ixvause they nre of the "earth,
earthy." Hut these great qualities or his na na
ture, leading te conduct se honorable, se
glorieiiHtoliiiu and useful te mankind, will
icmaln, as will his Immortal spirit, ferever,
for they are of the "heavens, heavenly."
PERSONAL.
Mils. niivNi'slneoine will probably reach
$1(1,000, iudeiKMident of the trust fund of
?2.'0,000.
Mn. Ili:ssi:vii:n's steel process mlenls
have ylelded him ;00,XJO a year for twenty,
ene j ears.
Mone I'm i.i.i rs, the ilcccaued Philadel
phia chemical manufacturer, left an estate of
510,000,000.
Sam JeNHSHays: "The devil has geed
enough manuerti net te stay whero he is net
wanted. IT he is with you, yen are treating
him geed."
Ceu li I' Heek, ene of the proprietors of
hiu i.vemny .leurnai, ei Aliant.i, lla., died
Monday ovenlng, at Mount Airy, Ge., of con
sumption et of the threat
Kdwin P.Winri'Li: it was who said f liatO.
P. It. Jiiuies, having hit the huU'Hoye or suc
cess witli his first novel, had geno en llrlng
through the same hele ev or bIiice.
Miih. CiiAWFeun. the lady In the case or
Sir Charles Dilke, la the daughter or Mrs.
Kustace Smith, suppesed te be the original
erMra, Ponsenby de Temkyns, in J'unch.
Slit Mesns MoNTiirieiui leaves a lortune
of about n million sterling and his lieirs will
bohisnephows, Mr. Jeseph Sebag and Mr.
II. Quedalla. The title dies with him, Sir
Moses being childless.
Duchkss or niiiNiiuiieii is n most curi
eus eater, iiornppeme is simply ravenous,
and when she dines out she eats se much
mero than nny ene clse tliat she is always
the last, only that noenlo nretend tnirn ,,n.
and humbug with the reed en their plates
until she is dene.
PltlNOK Ar.iiHitT Victek, the ftiture
King or England, went te church nt Yar
mouth nnd took a seat In n large empty pevv,
rrein which he was oxpellod with ignominy
by the Indlgiiantowner, who new reels much
lis the rich lady and sovero beadie at Deal
did when they iired n hook-nosed, gray gray gray
hoaded old man In a shabby blue coat out of
her pew am! into the fioe seats among the
town peer, nnd then discovered thnt he was
tlie Uuke of Wellington.
lien TOOMIIS. en lielncr nsknd nnilnrulinm
the Conrederacy could have succeeded, thus
replied : " Albert Sidney Johnsten was the
man who could have eerte nly succoedod,
but death cut ills caroer short, Jeseph Ii
Johnsten came next When Joirersen Uavis
inspired by domestic Intrigues remeved
Jolmsten from command et the Western
army he killed the Confederacy. Davis was
luoreugiiiy incompetent. Ills ferte was re
view writing, i
lng. IIe would have hoenatiiic-
cessiui revievv man, hut In thohnstleot prao prae
tlcal overy day life he was utterly lest.''
A Honevatetl firebox.
The stomach Is te the human bytem what the
llrobexls te the ateam engine. II net In geed
order It U lmpeaslblu te "tire niV'niid coimo ceimo coime
qiiently everythina; gees WTeng Jlr.J. Mitchell
llebli.ul VVIluilnKlun, Del., was for )carH ter
men ted with Indication and ethor kteiunch
treublua. Alter taking llrewu'a Iren llitteruhe
writes that new bleed and life are nut Inte him.
bio appotlle Is increased, nud hU liability hoi
llOlXirted. All L'OOd llniLiltn nll llfminVImn
-"- --- vnwwt inn UUU1IUT U
Ml (,'004 dniBKlsU seli Urewn's iron
Hitter.
rnmimenla Hcnre Well Founded.
The proralcnce of pneumonia Is greatly cx
cltln the puhlie and hitctcattng the medical
lmtcrntty. Most or Uie canes nrUe from care
less oxpeiuro In our peculiarly trying cllmnte.
The host inrcguaril Is nn cquable and healthy
condition of the body. This can iccurcd ten
great extent by the care hi 1 use of Ilerrr's
l'unKMAr.TWtUSKKrvvlilclilsdlttlllcilnnilniunii.
facte red by a new process, without even Icav Ing
ntmcoef fusel oil, socemmou In ether whiskies.
The doeten rccominend this article for incdlcnt
purposes, The puhlie new thoroughly appre
ciate Its merits. Sold by all respectabte drug,
gists and grocers.
.,.Vr' y,,.!,w,,!,! nfHprlnjrfloM.Ocergln, snysi
"I I lint's Iteincdy Is the best mnllclne for dropsy
nml kidney dlscnsus Hint I ever uxeil."
Dr. Gilbert Clnrk, of Wnrrcn, 11. t., myst
"Hunt's Itemeily fordiepsyana Kidnev disease.
Is a standard luincdy. niill-lwitecxl&w
HVKVIAT. KUTIOJCH.
An Answer Wauled.
Can nnyone bring us n case of Kidney or I.lvcr
Complaint Hint Klrctrle lltttcrswlll net speedily
caret We say they cannot, ns thousands of
rasas nlrcndy peimnncntly cured and who nre
dully recommending hleclrie Hitters, will prove,
llriglit's Dlxcasr, lllabetes. Weak Hack, or nny
".'"!".' -uiiiiininiqnicMiy curcu. xney ninny
HioMeod, ipgulntetholieMCls.nnd act directly
en thn diseased parts. Kvery bettle guaranteed
mi uinuuseti pans. r;very uomeL'iinniniccd.
1-or wilu nt fee. n lieltU by H. 11. Cochran.
Druggist, 137 ami 13a North vjiiccn street, lAiri
castu, Pa, (j)
i.an
(1)
JUEmOAT..
B
UOW'N'N 1HON 1I1TTT.UH.
DYSPEPSIA.
lsanangerniiHiis well us distressing complaint.
If ncglnted, it tends, by Impalilng iiiitiltlen,
nnd depressing the tene nf tlie tmin el the y
tein, te lucpiire tlie ny for liaplil Decline.
Brown's Iren Bitters.
THE BEST TONIC.
Trnde .Vlnrlr.
P-PURITY . NOT
On Kvcry liettlc.
QUALITY
QUANTITY,
fiiilcKlyninlreinplctclv Cures Dyspepsia In nil
lis forms, Heartburn, llUihlng. 'lanlnf,' the
Feed, etc. It iiiilches nnd purifies thrhlnnd,
Nthuulntes the niipetltc, anil ulds llioiuslmlhi llieiuslmlhi llioiuslmlhi
Hen of feed.
Huv .r. T. lIessiTrit, the honored pister of
the Kefenned I hutch, llaltlmere, J11., says:
' Iluvlnir lled Itrim n'. linn HIHei-m fnr lit'..
pepila nnd Imllgcxtliiu, t lake great pleasure In
lei-uiiiuiuuuiug ii. nigiiiy. Alse
censldfir It n
(pliudld tonic
and
luvlgorater, and very
Btreiigthenlng."
(lennlne bus Hbn n trndn inuf-lr nfiilrrrt!.efl red
Hues ou wrapper. Take noetlur. Mndoenlyby
HHOWN'S ClIlIICAl, CO., II I.T1M011H Sill.
Lames' IUbk Heek t'seful nnd attractive,
containing llht et prlzm for rcclpcH, liifonnatien
about coins, etc, given away by nil dealers In
inedlihie, or mailed te any address en ncclpt el
He. Main p. ()
BH. MAHTIN,
WllOLKSALS AWDIIKTAIL
Dealer in All Kiedi of Laalier and Ceil
-Yard: Ne. 4'Jl North Wnter and Prince
streets above lcmen. iJincanter. n.Hvd
-OAUMQAItDNKKH A JUFPEHIliS,
COAL DEALERS.
OrncCT! Ne. lil North Queen street, and Ne.
SCI North rrlnte street.
Yards: North l'rince street, near Reading
Depiit. B
LANCASTXlt, PA.
anglS-tld
-OAU
M. V. B. COHO,
3J0 NOUTII WATEH 8THKKT, Irfincastflr, IV.,
W7I0LE8ALB AKD RETAIL OKALKR IK
LUMBER AND COAL.
C'OHHKOTION WITH Tn TKLKriIOSIO KzcnAMIH.
Vine and Oric: Ne. SW .SOUTH VVATKlt
BTHhET. feblvd
TJpAST END YAKD.
C. J. SWARR&CO.
GOAL.
KINDLING WOOD.
OricBiJ'e Centre Squara IVith yard and
ofllie connected with Uluphone exchunge.
wj'i.e tt u.aa ...
iiuusr.yu jisisiu.su auuim.
T
in:
CHEAPEST PLACE
TO HUV AT
LOW PRICES
STOVES, HEATERS, RANGES,
Ceal Oil Lamps and Gas Fixtures,
-li A
F.
Ne. 24 Seulh (Juecn Street,
feUZMvd LANCA8TKU l'A.
aiioemtiEs.
AT
BUIISK'S.
NEW MACKEREL.
lrmnnd lmrlrntd Ala.tlt.
one.fenith liurrele and hy the pound. Wc have
i.xirai.atge mt Jluektii.1 wtighlni; ljf and JW
pounds each. n
UNOANVASSED HAMS.
...rr.'i,,0","r,,,lS"10,0' Choice Eitm DltlKH
Jlhbt' by the piece ; also chipped. Our
COri'HHS AND TKAS
I'er quality nre net surpwed. Kine Hich
1-iipnoiiiOleiigToii! nNe Imperial j imikoex
i client drinkH. Ceirees of the best and iilwiivg
ficHlueastid. '
At BURSK,
NO. 17 EAST RING STREET,
I.ANCASTKH, l'A.
VNDEUTAKJNU.
TJNDERTAKINO.
UNDERTAKER,
Cor. SeDlh Queen and Vine Streets,
1.AN0ASTXR, l'A.
Personal attention Klvnn te all onlers. Kvery
Uilnir In the Uiidurtttl.ini' line fumKhnii.
HayinK secuii d the mi leea or a tint-clang mej
chiinle, 1 am preparrd te de all kinds of Unhel.
n.u.iiiK ui. v.-iy ineuuniui nnces. All kinds el
te pi
. m.....u.u viiuujpiurisu.
Ofve men call.
R.
ROTE.
tanie-tld
Gn e na n n ENNKTT-piiAOTieAii
l'LUMHEH.BTKASl AND GAS FITTblt.
Alleiders promptly attended te. butlanictlen
guaranleed. Wei k dene at reasonable prices
NO. 135 NOUTII 1UKUN bTUKliT,
JuneUJiud Lancaster, l'a.
TJOTE IS MAKING
CABINET PHOTOGRAPHB
AT 113.00 A DOZBH,
AT NO. 108 NOltTH QUKKN STltKKT,
lanltftfJ Lancaster, l'a.
T
IAS l'Al'EU 18 rillNTED
J. K. WRIGHT & CO.'S
INK.
FtiNneQiit Ink Works, 2Gth and IWi Avence
JwJ-lya ruilMSLXBLk,VA, '
arerxs.
JptilNN A IJUKNUMAN.
ECONOMY IN HEATING!
conef ttToTeVved0.""0" f th A8' Stam and Het A,r cemb,nd, Fifty per
SIMPLE II CONSTRUCTION
r iS!BlnoeT r9"Ired t r.Vn !fc',ne Explosions, no Gea, no Dunt. Hundred
na,i r5TiV i J """""j wmiuukiu, unune puyroquireu tin uioreugnly
tostea. Call nnd eoe or eend for circular.
eeldt arbt?gn?n.d"hand HOt AIr FurnttCCS en hand. as Beed ns new, will be
Flinn & Breneman,
NO. 1C2 NORTH QUEEN STREET.
r.xvvitstesH.
pKNHYN 1'AHK.
Pemyn Paris,
-ON THK-
Cornwall & Metiiu Hepe R, R,
Kxcurslen Coinintttee or Churches, Sunday
Bchoels and ether Kelevtorganlzutlens, in mak
lng their suiiitncriirriiiigemcnu, sheuia net neg
leettnicscrvoadayrer runryn 1'arlr.
ThUdullahtiiilreseitlSBltiialeitlii the midst
of the
SOUTH MOUNTAINS
And Its grounds covering hundreds of ncres nie
easy of ueeess from nil lmrtn nf rent nil 1'nnn.
sylvanla. Korthefeeo use of iiAcurelenlsts thete
are extensive
CUOQUKTANI) LAWS TKNNIS HltOUNDS,
l.AIIMK HANGING 1'AVIMO.V, HANI)
bTANl), K1TCHKN, 11ASKKT
AN1I Cf.OAIv ItOOMH,
and OliSHItVAlOHY
On the Summit of the Mountain.
There Is also n refreshment room In clmrge of a
competent caterer, where mculscnti be procured
nt lnedcratu lutes, a pholegraph gullerj niul
nil morons ether lit tractive features.
Jie liquors allow til en the grounds.
KxctirHlonsfremi.il points en the Philadelphia
ft Itendlngiind Heading ,V Columbia ltnllrcsuU
will be carried direct te the l'ark without change
of cars.
Complete information can be obtained and en
gagement effected with tuirtlcs from nil points
en the l'hlludilphla A KiiidlngHiid Heading A
Columbia Hnllreads, upon application te C. U.
nituetieK, uenenii l-ns'.enger unu iiCKet Agenl,
Philadelphia A Heading Hnllread, ?.7 beuth
Keurthsfriet.rhlladelpliKi.l'a.nnd with parties
from Lebanon by npplv In
te the lindendi5iied.
OAUl. VO.S SCIIMAI.K.SHKR.
.Sunt. Cornwall A Ml. llenu Uallread.
niav8-3md Ixihiinen l'a.
CUMMKHOKlSbe.
(W
HMI
lun
ii
Cornwall & Lebanon
AND
Oolebreok Valley Railroad.
MT. GRETNA PARK,
In the heart et the Seuth Mountain, en the line
of the above lead, U eireitd le Individuals and
associations
Free of Charge.
Thope grounds, covering hundreds of acres,
are c-nsy of access from all parts of Lastcut
rcnnsylvanla.
)-Theniare MOUNT AIVSTHEAMS, spanned
hy rustic brldKts ; MOUNTAIN bl'KlM.S,
widlnl up with intlve randstone ; SHADY
WALKS and l'UOMENADES.
A LAHOE DA.MJINO PAVILLION,
L-AUU E-DrNtNtMt7Vl7fn !
KITCHEN, DINING UOOM,
nndTAHI.ES, 11ENCHE9 nnd HUSTIO SK.Vlri,
fccnttind thieugh the grove for the tree use el
excursionists.
LAWN TENNIS, CHOQUET, HALL G HOUNDS,
HOWLINb ALLEY, SHOOTING GAL
LEHY, QUOITS AMD FOOT HALL
Are among the amusements offered.
Ne Intoxicating Drinks Allewed en
the Promlsea.
tfi,-I'iirll08 deslrlm; it, can procure me.ds at
thel'AHlv UESl'AL U VT, Hlileh will l,u under
the tluirue or MIL L. M. HOLT, the netid
catcrui of the
LEBANON VALLEY HOUSE,
w he vi HI been the grounds throughout the sea
son, giv ing It his )K:rsei!iil supervision.
4Kicumlim Irem nil points en I'cnnsylvn
nlu It. It. will be carried dhcttte the l'ark with
out change of UUf.
l.xtiirsIeu rates and full Information can
be nhtalnej ard engugements etfectcd viltb
turtles fiein all points en the 1'ennnylvanla
H It. upon iipplie:itieu te GhO. W. HOYD.As.
Dtnu.i.v ui'lii:i,l l-lljlllti; .llll'lll, 1 . Jfc. L.. J0.
Z13 heulh Fourth str. ct, l'lillu
luclplila, or in
J. C
JENNINGS,
Supt. C. A L. Jt C. V. It. It., Lebanon, l'u.
mylJ-Jind
HATS AND VAl'H.
CUHPMSINO HKDL'CTIONS.
Surprising Reduction in Summer Hats!
AT
W.D.STAUPFER&CO.'S,
headlnu Maniifacturhig Hatters.
Allenr linn l.lne of Knshiennhlu Mrawnml
I.lKht Herb) Hats Iielnir mid new Hrgardlcis or
OwU bueh Hxtiiieidln.iry llednctlinn nevir
before elleied. Ourlens eiirj,'aln. Mill a lew
of tliiNi.Mcn UkIU Kelt llatsntiV. Don't inha
a baigalu. Everything New in fetafcen.
. D. STATJEFER & CO,
(SHUI1 A 1II10.VUI.I) STAND),
NO. 31 & 33 NORTH QUEEN ST.,
I.ANCASTEK. l'A.
HVVGTA VI.ES.
QUPEHIOK
SPECTACLES
AND-
EYE-GLASSES.
Microscopes, Kleld Glasses, llnrmnnters, Trie,
scopes, Maifle Lanterns, I'hermemeteni, Draw
liiK lnxtruments, l'lilliHeplilcil and C'hcmlciU
Apparatus, hist nnd Descriptions of our Ten
Catalogues sent KHKK oil application.
QUEEN &CO.
NO. Ml CHESTNUT ST.
muta-lyd&w
I'HILADKI.PIIIA
STOCKS.
pOOll, WillTEik GUEENOUail.
dBAHKEFtS-O
Orders executeil for cash or en margin for all
securities cuiient In I he New Yerk market.
ConespenUenco Invited.
MKMHKKSOf THE NEW VOUK fiTOCK EV-
CllANlii: AND IMMII'HlETOlta 01' l'OOU'a
MANUAL OK HA!LWA8.
46 Wall Streot, New Yerk.
octl-lydeod
milll MANSION.
THE "MANSION."
ATLANTIC C1TV, N, J.
The Leading anil Largest Hetel. Finely leca
ted, elegantly lun.Uliednnd llhcmlly managed
Electrlu bells, lights, ami ull lueduru Impruvu
incuts. (J00U eitheutm.
OHAS. McQLADE,
Troprleter.
iflimi
LANCASTER. PA.
vi.erniNu.
M
EUCIIANT TAII.OU.
I. IcCA TJLET,
MERCHANT TAILOR I
NO. 131 NORTH QUEKX ST.
(Iiuchmlllei'9 Hulidlng.)
ONi: OF Til K K1NHST LINES OK
FOREIGN & DOMESTIC GOODS,
toil THK &PHI.NO AND 8U-VIMKH Tit IK,
KVKll SHOWN IN THIS cm.
SCiill nnd tnken leek nt the goods nnd you
will buHtne te hive jour tiiensuie tnk n fur a
't. Juiu'lljd
F
INE TAILOKINn.
1885. SPRING 1885.
H. GERHART,
FINETAIL0RIN6.
The largest nnd Choicest Assortment of
FINE WOOLENS
IN THE CITY OF LANC'ASTEH.
All the Latest Novelties In
FANCY SUITING.
A CHOICE LINE OF
SPRING OVERCOATING
THE VEHY HESTUOKkMANMIll'
Trices in suit all and all goods warranted as
represented at his new stoic,
M 43 North Queen St
(Ol'l'OSlTK THE l'OSTOH-KE)
H. GERHART.
MY
1:11s .t itATiiveN.
Suits te Order
10H Till.
HOT SEASON ! !
Thirty Different Styles
-Ot-
S E
IN OUU STOCK, IN ALL Till.
POPULAR COLORS AND SHADES.
MAItKKD IHOM THIHU OHK.INAI. I'ltlCH
TO VEHY LOW F1L.UUES.
SEHGES IN lll.l'i:,
GllAYS, HHOWNB, HLAlli, Pl.t M,
WI.SK.GICKEN",
DKA1J, FAWN AND WHITE.
WHITE & FIGURED DUOKS.
Fer Vesting for Evening iar
l'ONGEES AND SHKItSt'Ch KHS t Oil IMS
1NO WEAK.
LEADING CLerillKltS,
NO. 12 BAST KING STREET,
LANCASTElt. l'A
e
,un riuei:s kek
ftOODS
LEAD THE MAHKhT.
Reduction Pries List of Mta's, Bevs' aad Children's
CLOTHING.
THIN COATS at iPe.
HEEH8UCKI.U COATS and VKsTS from II 25
up.
HotterSHEHSlWIvEKSnt tl.Tl.
MEN'S HUHINE.SS SUITS lit l 50, 5im, ffitie.
and 7 en.
MEN'S DHESS SUITS nt fS.00, flOdO, JI2.00 and
M EN'S HUSINESS I'ANTS nt Tin.
..Jli'S. '.'-.W001' UASS1MEHE l'NTSat
film, MMlandMlie.
JV(VS SU1TS ut -Wl W.M.WW.llCii.t.leiiiin
CHILDHEN'S SUITS from f l. upwards.
Custom Department.
Our specialties In this dep.utinent nie Weel
Sergo Suiting in nil Celers, thn same u e lnnke te
oilier in llrst-clasustvles ler ll.ne.
ALL-WOOL 1'A.VlS te Older nt M.O0, Jlfti,
ts no, te no, j7,ee, f-i.te. ' '
The plnce te tnule Is vvlinie j oil can get I he
most ler your money, and wheie jeu can have
the largest vai iely te select tiein,
L. EANSMAN & BR0
TDK FASHIONAHLE MElirHANTJTAlI.OHU
AND CLOT 11 1 KllS,
Neb. 60-60 NORTH QUEEN ST.,
(High ten the Southwest Cor. el Onmgu Sticet,)
LANCASTElt, l'A.
, "Opcn Kve until six o'clock, Katimluy nutll
10 o'cleolr. Net connected, with any ether
clothing heuse in the city.
MYERS ROTi,
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