Lancaster Sntellfgencer.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 27, 1871
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
IFOR AUDITOR GENERAL,
GEN. WILLIAM .McCANDLESS;
OF FBILADXIXIiIk.
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL.
CAPTAIN JAMES H. COOPER,
or LAWRENCE COUNTY
A FULL POLL OF TH-PI.)EMOCRATIC VOTE
WILL SECURE THE ELECTION OF OUR STATE
TICKET BY A LARGE MAJORITY.
LET EVERY DEMOCRAT REMEMBER THAT
IMPRaiS THE MINDS TRUT OF MIS NEIGHBORSH
.OF IT UPON TIL
Call Fok a Democratic County Conven
To the Democracy of Lancaster County
LANCASTER, September 25th, 1871.
You are hereby requested to assemble at
your various places of voting, in your respec
tive districts, on Saturday next, the 30th Inst.,
at 7 o'clock, P. M., in the different Wards in
the City and Boroughs, and at 3 o'clock, P. M.,
In the remaining ToWnships and Districts, for
the purpose of Electing not less than THUM('
nor more than FIVE Delegates, to represent
your respective districts in a County Conven•
Don, to meet in Fulton Hall on the MONDAY
following, ocrroliFat 2,1, at II o'clock, A. M.
HENRY CARPENTER,
Chairman.
Tims. F. MeEtbioorr. See'y.
The Call for a Democratic County Con
We publish elsewhere a call for a
Convention of the Democracy of Lan
caster county. They are requested to
elect delegates on next Saturday and
the Convention will be held on Monday.
The Democratic County Committee de
layed action for the purpose of seeing
whether some combination could be
made in which the Democrats could
heartily unite, with the purpose of
breaking up the corrupt ring which
foisted such exceedingly bad candidates
upon the Republican party. The Tem
perance men nominated a few good
temocrats, but their ticket was not
such as the Democracy of Lancamter
county could support. The Labor Re
formers did no better than the Temper
ance men had done, and the Independ
ent Convention failed just as signally
In Its ellhrts to make a satisfactory com
bination. The consequence is that the
Democrats of this county are compelled
to full buck upon their dignity, and to
nominate a ticket composed exclusively
of Democrats. tillell will undoubtedly
lie the course of the Convention that
meets next Monday. Let good and
strong. men be sent to represent the
party. We must put forward a ticket
which will challenge the respect and
admiration of every intelligent voter in
Lancaster county.
The Radical Candidate for Mayor
The Radicals of this city, after much
caucusing and canvassing, concluded to
put forward (t6orge K. Reed as their
candidate for Mayor. Mr. Reed has
some designs of his own in view which
make him anxious to be elevated to that
position, and our Radical friends took
him up because they believed he would
bleed freely. While Col. Pyfer was'
breasting the enemies of the Republic
in the shock of battle, and contracting
disease in the filthy purlieus of Libby
prison, (leorge K. Reed was shaving
every customer who came to his bank,
and making large stuns of money by
lucky speculations.' The result is that
Air. Lteed has accumulated a large for
tune, while Col. Pyfer remains a poor
man with a shattered physical consti
tution.
No stronger contrast could be pre
sented than that which is offered by
(hese two men, when we conic to con
sider their fitness fur the position of
Mayor. By diligent study and careful
business habits Colonel l'yfer has mad -
himself an excellent lawyer. If elected
Mayor hand there is no doubt that lie
will be) he will attend to the civil du
ties of the office in person, and for so do
ing his excellent legal education admi
rably fits him. If (leo. K. Reed should
be chosen Mayor he would never at
tempt to perform the ordinary duties of
the office Except by pro.rg. lie will draw
his salary and scheme to carry out
his cherished designs, while sonic
subordinate attends to the important
business appertaining to the station.—
Mr. Reed has not the requisite quali
fications for the discharge of the civil
duties of the (ace, and he would be es
pecially unlit to manage the police. In
the latter respect, Col. Tyler would
prove to be eminently qualified. 11 is
military training has:givendlim the very
habits of 111111(1 and the very qualities of
action which should be possessed by the
eider police officer of a city—and that is
Just what the Mayor is.
Mr. Reed is a clever, pleasaut gentle
man, but die would be utterly out of
place In the Mayor's °Mee. The Re
publicans know that; and we shall be
much mistaken If a goodly number
urthem do not vote against him. lie
has held the position of President of the
Common 'Council, and we shall take
occasion to discuss his public acts here
, after. thy them let hint be Judged.
The Ite•unlon of the Old deventpseventh.
We give up considerable space to no
necount of :the re-union of the gallant
old Soventy•seveuth, which took place
at Harrisburg, Thursday. I t will prove
interesting to every citizen of Lancas
ter, for there Is not a nian in the city
who was not Interested in the glorious
deeds of that regiment. Its record for
gallantry was equal to that of any other
'ln the service, and when news came of
Its brave deeds, Lancaster had reason to
be proud that Its commander was one
of her own 14011 c. Ths address delivered
by Col. l'yfer, who gallantly led the old
Hoventy-seventh in many a desperate
contest, will be read with especial pleas
ure by every soldier in Lancaster.
Their hearts will lie warmed by the
stirring allusions to the tierce struggles
lu which the regiment was engaged,
the eyes will flash at the recital of Its
bravo deeds, and they will drop a tear
of sympathy with the orator over the
graves of departed comrades.
Col. Tyler was elected President of
the association, and the next re-union
of,tho old Seventy-seventh will be held
In Lancaster. We can promise the sur
viving members a good time when they
come to Lancaster, for our people take
care of the soldiers ,when living and
cherish their memories when dead.
THE latest advices indicate that Col.
McCook will be able to actively partici
pate in the canvass in Ohio during the
two closing weeks of the campaign. His
recovery will be hailed with unfeigned
pleasure by men of all parties in Ohio,
and those of his unscrupulous opponents
who anticipated making capital out of
Iris unexpected illness, will Lind that all
their calculations go for nothing. It
only requires a united and energetic
effort of the Ohio Democracy to carry
that State by a handsome majority.
How quiet Radical newspapers are
about Evans! Not a word has one of
hem to say, and not the slightest effort
is being made to trace up and arrestthe
thief. His capture would Induce a con
fession very damaging to Republicans
high In authority, and he will not be
disturbed In his retirement.
WHEN the Hodge defalcation occur
tell there was but one member of the
Cabinet in Washington, and be bad
ust reached there. Is it strange that
defalcations are of almost daily occur
rence under an administration which
conducts the business of the Govern
ment in such a way?
Arthur P. Devlin.
We give up considerable space to a
report of the sayings and doings of a
fellow skiing himself Rev. :or Prof.
Arthur P. Devlin. This we do because
the reprobate created considerable ex
citement by a row which he raised in
Ogdensburgh, New York, some time
since. That he is a wretched impostor,
a miserable cogging and cozening knave
no one who heard his lecture at Fulton
Hall can doubt. He could not secure a
hearing anywhere in the country but
for the announcement that he intends
to make some revelations in regard to
the Catholic Church. That Is sufficient
to gather together a set of narrow-mind
ed bigots almost anywhere In the coun
try. There are people who can not re
sist the cravings of a morbid religious
curiosity, which is as far removed
from the true spirit of" cliristinnity as
light Is from darkness, or luiliness
from sin. The spirit which gave life
to Know-Nothlnglsm, and made liars
of those who skulked in dark alleys
to take extra judicial oaths, still
lives in all its proscriptiveness. It man
ifested itself in the assemblage which
gathered at Fulton Hall on Sunday
evening; and it crops out frequently in
the actions of the Republican party.—
The Democratic party recognizes no
such distinctions between citizens. It
protects every class in the exercise of
their religious views; and guarantees
freedom of speech and action to all,
'within the proper limits set by impar
tial laws.
Le men and women who were at
racted to Fulton Hall on Sunday eve-
tang by the promptings of religious
bigotry, learned a leson which they
will not, be likely to forget very soon.
The next trine some vagabond comes
along pretending to reveal secrets con
nected with the Catholic Church he
will lied it hard to get an audience in
Lancaster, even at the low prioedif ten
cents for admission.
Devlin's speech may be regarded as
the formal opening of the municipal
campaign on the part of the Radicals.
The oratory was such as members of
the party were accustomed to applaud
in the days or now-Nothingisin. It
remains to be seen whether it is suited
to the present time and to this latitude.
Many of the Republicans who were at
Fulton Ilall on Sunday evening pretend
to think that Devlin is at least half
crazy. We do not share in that be
lief. 'We believe him to be a design
ing knave, with sufficient running to
dupe Radical fools out of their money
wherever he may go. Such is his mis-
Mon, and he seems to be prospering
American vs. Foreign Credit
Is there not something peculiarly sig
nificant in the facts attendant upon
American and foreign loan negotiations.
NI. Thies, when calling for a foreign
loan, had his entire issue taken up In
twenty-four hours, while more than
triple the amount demanded was offer
ed for his acceptance. Spain, too, has
had subscribed seven , times over the
amount of the loan asked. France,
just emerged from a civil a•ar, wide]
was sufficient to 'exhaust her resources
find Spain, involved In still more hope
less political plight; (and their loans mei
open-handed,) while the United States,
under the fruitless negotiations of Mr.
Boutwell, are made the laughing litoch
of the world by months of unprofitably
begging, which has at last wound up by
a miserable specific termed " syndi
cate"—a Bernier resort of government
quacks, and evidencing the churl:nal
administration of our linances,notwith
standing the Railicalboast of the reduc
don pf the national debt, and the en
hancement of our national credit.
Those who are wont to prate about the
iontidence felt, both at home and
tbroad, in our government securities,
nay lied in these farts mole than a
iipe full of thought to smoke and lion-
The Naval Medical Bureau
1)r. \Vin. lq. Wood, who is IlftW the
Chief of the Naval Medical Bureau, is
about being relieved, because of his
having arrived at the age at which lie
goes upon the retired list. We notice
that several newspapers are comment-
mg upon the relief of Dr. Wood as a
punishment of him by the Navy De
partment, for the active part he took in
behalf of the stall' in the recent contest
between the line and stair. This accw
sation is very erroneous and very fool
ish, because the Fallior surgeon on the
active list, Dr. Foltz, who will become
Chief of the Bureau on the displacement
of Dr. \Vocal, was quite as active us the
latter in his championship of the posi
tion taken by the staff In that contra.
versy. Dr. wood's retirement is but a
simple act of justice to the other able
surgeons in the Navy, all of whom are
entitled to expect their elevation to the
honorable position of chief of that
corps, before they arrive at the age at
which they are placed by the law upon
the retired list. lir. Wood shows him
self exceedingly selfish in striving to
cling to his position under the circum
stances ; and we apprehend that lie will
benefit himself lu no way by inciting
certain newspapers to champion his
cause,by deceiving them as to the cause
of his realm/fel.
THE (mods or Tammany, as alleged
to exist, excite the Radical mind to an
unusual extent, and throw it Into vio
lent contortions of virtuous rage; but
the trilling peeeadilloes of Evans,
I lodge, Halley and Murphy, urn passed
by with scarce a word if comment.—
Hodge enters the plea of nolle contrn
acre, and an an honest confession Is
said to be good for the soul, we presume
his faults are duly atoned for. Culprits,
upon the gallows, and with the noose
adjusted to their necks, have but to
;nuke confession and Invoke forgiveness
according to Radical orthodoxy, to go
straight to heaven ; unit upon the same
principle, Ilodge, and Evans, ion, for
the matter of that, if he can be brought
to an acknowledgment of his short
comings, will not only he forgiven, but
canonized, an Bowen has been in South
Carolina by the bigamile dark les and
their Radical co-adjutors.
Jy N IltcttunrrandJohn W. Forney
addressed a political meeting al Towan
da on Saturday, Simon, the Chief of
the Winnehagoes, was advertised to be
present, but did not put In an appear
ance. What a happy trio It would have
been—Hickman, who, as u member of
Congress, voted for the Istr2 resolution
of censure, anti Forney, who has cause
to remember his defeat for the U. S. Sen
atorship to Simon's money-hags. llott:c
beheading Tyler wouldn't have been a
circumstance.
ON Saturday, the Democrats of Cum
land and Franklin District nominated
Henry K. Yeller for State Senator. Yes
terday, the Democrats of York and Ad
ams nominated Win. MeSherry for
Senator. Mr. Defier is said to be a man
of fine abilities and who will make an
excellent Senator. Mr. MeSherry we
know will, and we know him to be able,
honest and reliable in every respect. He
served a term in the Senate a few years
since and no man in that body was
more highly respected.
SENATORS WiLsoN and Chandler, of
the Republican National Committee,
are flooding Pennsylvania with cam
paign documents. Hadn't Wilson bet
ter turn his attention to strabismical
Ben Butler and Massachusetts, and old
Zach. Chandler devote his soothing en
ergies to the Woolverines. Their la
bors would certainly be more effective
in that direction, for the people of the
Old Keystone State can " paddle their
own canoe."
EVERY soldier in Pennsylvania ought
to vote for General William McCand
less and Captain James H. Cooper.
Every soldier in Lancaster city ought
to vote for Colonel Prederick S. Pyfer.
THE LANCASTER WEEK.= INTELLIGENCER, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1871.
A Radical Row in New York City—Tam.
many Outdone.
While the rural press of the Republi
can party is bellowing in concert about
the troubles of the Tammany Ring, and
endeavoring at the same time to conceal
from view the stealing and the corrup
tion of Radical officials in the National
and State Governments, Horace Greeley
has boldly laid bare a sore place in New
York city,which must make the Admin
istration of General Grant quiver with
agony, whenever the festering ulcer is
touched. It is well known that Tom.
Murphy, Collector of the Port of New
York, is the most intimate friend of the
President. It was through Murphy
that he acquired the title to the hand
some cottage at Long Branch; it was
with Tom. Murphy that he has idled
away all but three days of the past Sum
mer. Thomas is the confidential advis
er of Ulysses, and, to , use a vulgar, but
very appropriate, expression, " they are
as thick together as two thieves."
What manner of man is this Murphy?
What is his past record ? Has Ills life
been pure and honorable? Is he such
a man as a President of the United
States should make his familiar friend,
and reward with the most lucrative of
fice in the gift of the Government'? Let
the New York Tribune answer. We
find in its editorial columns an article
in which the editor makes the following
specific replies to certain inquiries in
reference to Mr. Murphy:
I. It is true that Mr. Murphy has not
always, or often, been true to Republieun
principles. Ile betrayed us in the Legisla
ture; he betrayed us in the Republican I
organizations in this city; he betrayed us
nL the polls. 1)11 the .oth or April, Nit), he
voted in the State Senate against the reso
lution n.k nag our Senators to vote for the
passage of the Civil Rights bill over the
veto of Andrew Johnson. Ile voted
against the resolution in favor of the bill
An. impartial suffrage in the District of
Columbia. 11 e !wiped break op the Re
publican 'fax C'onimission. on a bargain
that he foul P. S. District-Attorney Crow
ley shoolol have hair the patronage. lie
voted for John 'l'. Hoffman fur f fov union
Ile gave large sums thalioney to. promote
the success not the I homocratic ticket. Ile
tried to break in the Republican organiza
tions in this city; did break up one by
main force, pitching Sinclair Tousey and
others down stairs, and then passing a
resolution defying the action of the State
Convention, a full report of which we are
ready ' if anybody desires it, to reproduce
from Tile New York Tones, which then
was able to tell the truth about Mr. Mur
phy and all his works. lie acted with the
Tomlin:my Ring in helping Mr. Tweed to
pass the new Charter, whereof the results
are now apparent in the convulsions at the
City Hall, and the gigantic robberies that
preceded them.
11. It is true that for all this Mr. Murphy
was not without his reward. Ile got the
patronage of the re-organized Tax Com
mission). lie was made a Commissioner
bt the infamous Broadway Widening Job,
which only the violent 'death of , Auditor
NYouson prevented front becoming more no
toriously a gigantic robbery than the plas
tering, plumbing and carpet lielaallita, lie
was made a member or the School Board,
like unto Nathaniel Sands. Ile held these
offices Lill after our last State Convention),
and was only driven out of them by the
public sense of the indecency of such a
spechtele as the Republican Collector of the
Port of New York continuing to hold them.
111. lie received yet more substantial
reward, lie was admitted to the notorious
and infamous real estate speculations of
Messrs. Wil inlet 11. Tweed, Peter 11.
Sweeny, and Mohan' 11. Connolly, 'fon
this day anol hour he is joint owner with
them of city property valued at a million
dollars, and in at fea-t one transaction,
amounting to over a quarter or a million',
hu engaged with them KM late as October
15, 1511 J, us the 11,1'1,rtia in the City Hall uue
I "Inquirer" has touched but lightly,
in his questions the real gravity of Mr.
Murphy's war record. It 1 " true that he
made large sums of money out of the Gov
ernment at the time of its greatest peril."
That very faintly hints the extent of the
i.ase. It is not denied that the transactions
by which he realized these large sums were
of such a nature that the War Department
inhered an investigation. It is not de
nied that very damaging results were
attained. It is not denied that private
political influence WIN brought to bear at
headquarters to suppress the investigation,
and that it was SO suppressed. It is not
denied that, when the papers were subse
quently called for, It was found that the
War. Department had suffered from a bur•
glary as alarming as that which lately con.
yoked the City !fall and wrung with vain
regret the tender heart of Connolly. It is
not denied that the twelve affidavits
abstracted were hurtrol to Mr. Murphy's
vase. It will not be denied that Mr. Robert
Murray has openly boasted that, at the
proper thllo, he disposed of witnesses as
effectually as these mourn fu Ily mysterious
burglars did of the affidavits about Murphy
the vouchers against Connolly—by
spiriting them away at Mr. Murphy's in
stigation, 11.11 d 011 his promise to pay their
expenses.
To give to such it man the most lucra
tive and important office in the United
States, Icneral Brant displaced one of
the most honorable and upright mer
chants in New York city, Moses 11
Grinnell, whose devotionto the Repub
lican party had never been questioned.
Does any uric wish to know why such a
change was made . ."lffie answer is easily
round iii the fact that [rant makes it a
rule to give othee to tilos:. who give him
the 1110 st liberal presents. I lore :under
the showing of the New York Tribunc,
right in the city of New York, side by
side with the transactions of the Tam
many Ring, is laitljare a transaction
which disgraces - the President of the
United States and shows up his admin
istration in its true light. Tom. Mur
phy•aspires to the control of the State
Convention of New York which will
meet in a few days. Ifis object is to se
cure a sufficient number of delegates to
renominate General Grant in advance.
The strike fur which he plays Is one of
rare value, and the struggle will no
doubt be a desperate one. General
(Inuit relies upon the Federal (ace
['Milers, and they know they will be al
lowed the timid liberal license so long as
they continue faithful to the man who
regards the office of ['resident as merely
a convenient means for enriehlng him
self and an army of relations,
A )11:N1111.:11 of the !Irel circle of Afri
can swirly' in the city of Titusvllle,pald
two dollars Mul a half for a ticket to the
champagne breakfast which was given
to President rant, The Radical mana
gers took the colored brother's money,
and then refused 111111 admission to the
table. The result Is a row among the
dark les of that place. They regard this
us a v lolation of the Civil Rights Bill and
an exhibition of " the Infernal spirit of
code." 'The Radicals ought to live up
to the laws they make and the doctrines
they teavh. Aecording to their creed a
negro has an equal right to a seat at a
hotel-table with idly white omit In the
land, and hotel-keepers have been tined
for refusing them.
" A NVNIIIER utl/I . ollllllollt
ltepubll
cans" in Massachusetts have written to
Congressman Dawes to say that Massa
chusetts must lie saved from Butler at
all hazards, and us Dawes Is the only
man In the State equal to the emergen
cy, lie must give up his seal In Congress
and accept the Radical 11010 illatioll for
Governor. Mr. Dawes' reply has not
transpired. Is not this a delightful state
of the case when the Radical party is
beseeching to lie saved from its own can
onized leaders?
WHEN a Radical candidate goes to a
Democrat with love-beaming eyes to
honeyfuggle for a vote, let It be remem
bered how these loyal fellows denoun
ced every Democrat as a "vile copper
head" during the war. Remind them
of the past and spurn every overture
they make! No Democrat who has a
particle of self-respect eau do anything
to prevent the election of a worthy can
didate of his own party. He who is
ready to do so must be lost to the best
principles which can actuate a man.
Pay back the Radicals in their own
coin! Use every honorable means to
defeat them at every election.
MAJOR HODUE, the defaulting Pay
master, had two sureties, each of whom
gave a bond for $20,000, and this is all
the Government is likely to save from
that half-million steal. It is almost as
bad as Evans, whose bond amounts to
but ten thousand dollars. But then
they are loyal, you know, and loyalty
should protect what loyalty steals.
HoN. A. R. FriTDLEY has been nomi
nated by the Democracy of the district
composed of Chester and Delaware as a
candidate for President Judge. He is
just such material as a Judge should be
made of and he ought to beJelected.
Reverend Arthur P. Devlin—Outrageous
Conduct of the Police.
The knave who styles himself the
Reverend Professor Arthur P. Devlin,
having managed to collect aeveral hun
dred dimes from credulous and bigoted
Radicals In Lancaster city on Sunday
night, found himself possessed of the
means requisite to enable - him to in
dulge his propensity for strong drink.
He was seen in various rum mills dur
ing Monday imbibing such fiery pota-
tions as his brazen throat has been ac
customed to. By 5 o'clock In the after
noon ho was as frill as a Delaware tick
on a dog's ear, and he reeled into the
INTELLIOENCER office and bought a
paper. Descending the steps with some
difficulty he wended his tortuous way
to the Express building, where he
bought a copy of that very virtuous
sheet. Finding that it had failed to no
tice him he rolled it up with a chunk of
limestone in It and dashed it as far down
South Queen street, as he could send it.
He then turned his attention to the two
first-class notices with which the IN
TELLIOENCER had honored him, but
our courtesy seemed to be as distasteful
to him as was the neglect of our neigh
bor. It was evident that he did not
admire our method of treating sensa
tional topics. He read a few paragraphs
and then rolled the paper into a ball,
crushed Its clean pages between his
dirty lingers, dashed it down and at
tempted to stamp upon it. Unfortu
nately for him he had too much tangle
foot aboard, and he was unable to bring
his broad foot down on the mark.
Every time he tried it, he reeled to one
side and missed the object at which he
directed his No. 12 brogan.
About 7 o'clock he dragged the table
of one of our ancient applewomen
the Post-office pavement, and, after
several ineffectual ellbrts managed to
crawl upon it and to rise himself to a
perpendicular posit ion. Standing there,
on unsteady pins, he poured forth a ti
rade of maudlin blasphemy and black
guardism, which made him out object of
contempt and ridicule to all who heard
him. lie attempted to be severe upon
the editor of the I NTEI,IItiENCER, but
was so fur gone in his cups as to be un
able to do more than make mouths and
indulge in the most vulgar epithets.
A friend came to us as we sat Hinok-
Ing our cigar, in front of Michael's Ho
tel, and informed us that we were being
made the subject of an abusive speech.
Prompted by curiosity we went to the
place and found the champion of the
Republican party in full blast. His
fury was so great, his grimaces were
so very tortuous, his gestures were so
wild, his legs were so unsteady, his
tongue was so loose, his wits were so
evidently all abroad through the influ
ence of ruin, and his language was so
incoherent that we were convulsed with
laughter. We laughed—laughed heart
ily—laughed loudly—laughed as a broad
shouldered, deep-chested, good-humor
ed man, with unimpaired digestion
and a good conscience can laugh—and
the crowd which stood near us, most of
whom were Republicans, joined us in
our laughter.
Let the reader judge of our surprise
and Indignation, when, Just as we were
laughing at hearing ourself abused, two
policemen with their cowardly car-
cases encased' in uniforms and stars o
office upon their breasts, stepped ut
and announced that they would tares
somebody if there was any more laugh
ing. We asked who they would arrest.
They informed us that they would
arrest us. "For what?" asked we. "For
disturbing this "meeting," said they.
We informed them that we knew our
rights as a citizen and dared them to lay
a finger ou us, and they shrank away
like two cowardly curs who could bark,
but feared to bite. We are informed that
the names of these valiant and vigilant
custodians of the public peace are Buck
ius and Hoffman. They are both utter
ly unlit to discharge aright the duties of
the offices to which they have been ap
pointed, and on former occasions have
rover themselves to be cowards and in-
competents
This incident created much excite
went, and it might have led to serious
results. if we had not by our own etlbrts
restrained our friends from expressing
their indignation in terms which would
have been unmistakably emphatic. We
would like to know whether this meet
ing iu Centre t!iquare was held under the
auspices of the Radical City (tovern-'
went, and would like to learn whether
the police were given orders to arrest
any one who might laugh at the vaga
ries of tile miserable knave and char
latan who exhausted his lungs in
abuse of Catholics and Democrats. And
next, we would like to know wheth
er it Is the desire:of the Mayor to
excite a bloody riot in the streets of
Lancaster. Provocation enough has
been already given for violence, but, to
the credit of the Catholics and Demo
crats of this city, be it said, that they
have borne the most violent and out
rageous abuse with a moderation which
is highly commendable. If this fellow
Devlin is an emissary of the Republican
party let him be sent to some other
place. He cannot do any more good for
that party in Lancaster.
Traveling Government Clerks.
The President has only spent three
days at the seat of Government since
last Spring, and the members of his
Cabinet and the heads of departments
have been almost continually absent.
But It Is not only the chiefs of the pres
ent administration who have holiday
times. The subordinates who happen to
be favorites, are allowed to gr. Junketing
about the country at the expense of the
taxpayers and numbers of them are per
mitted to make the tour of Europe. 'the
New York n'ilothc Is good authority
and it Hays:
7. IP,tle wille ago the Invalid clergy
man, sent to Europe for the cure of the
bronchitis, was a standing Joke In the
nevo4papera ; now It Is the tiovernment
clerk, who is sent occur to Europe "on
Iloverninent business:" at public expense.
The Treasury, Post-Mike, tiovernment
Architect's (Mice, anti nearly every other
public department into each in turn fur
nished recruits to the lucky army of Amer•
lean tourists in Europe. Twenty•live or
thirty of these gentlemen are (alloying
themselves abroad without cost, or about
to sail on their first foreign tour. Once it
was thought a line thing to be a popular
city pastor with a sore throat which noth
ing but European air could cure, but the
modest clergymen are altogether outnum
bered by the traveling Government clerks.
Not So Fast
The Philadelphia Prors predicts large
gains for die Radicals In Schuylkill,
Luzern°, Carbon, York and Cumber
land, counting largely upon dissensions
in the Democratic ranks. All differ
ences have been happily adjusted, and
the Radicals will count without their
host as to Radical inroads upon our
strength, as the 10th of next mouth
will show.
nutNEN - , Hickman, and Radical ora
tors of like ilk, are highly eulogistic of
the Democratic party as it was when
they belonged to it; but mirabile diclu,
when the light of their countenances
was withdrawn from it, it cemed to em
body the saying efficacy of national
!need ! To all such the Democratic par
ty can afford to say—" Stand not upon
the order of your going, but go at once,"
and be much the better for it.
IN Ohio the political atmosphere
seems to be growing peculiarly un
wholesome for the Republicans, since
Groesbeck's masterly and telling Steu
benville speech. In Hamilton county
they are likely to lose a part of their
Representative ticket, which will seri
ously endanger Bingham's re-election
to the United States Senate.
SENATOR HARLAN, of lowa, seems
confident of success in securing a re
election, although Wilson and his
friends are making a vigorous fight.
The Lycoming County Fair, held last
week, was a grand success.
The Normal College at Clarion is in
successful operation.
Bucks county recently sent nine men
to the State Penitentiary.
The able speech of Hon. Wm. A.
Wallace is making a deep impression
upon the people.
Maggie Smith, a young girl, 15 years
of age, has mysteriously disappeared
from her home in Philadelphia.
The Treasurer's defalcation in the
Philadelphia Mint is said to eclipse the
Evans atildr in enormous rascality.
A few nights since, Mr. George Coop
er, of West Marlborough township,
Chester county, had ten or twelve valu
able sheep killed by useless dogs.
John W. Temple, of Uwchlan, Ches
ter county, shot at a ground-bog the
other day, and missed it, but killed one
of his best cows.
The Improved Order of Red Men have
Just closed. their Grand Council in Phil
adelphia, and fixed upon Nashville,
Tenn., as the nextplace of meeting.
A man named Jacob Flinchbach, of
York, has been missing since the 9th
instant. Ile has a family of several
children.
The Bradford Argus, in a lengthy ar
ticle, pitches into the Republican party,
which it helped to form, and earnestly
advocates the election of the Democratic
ticket.
The Conferee Convention of Lycom
ing, Clinton and Sullivan met at \Vil
liamsport and nominated Col. A. C.
..Noyes and Col. Samuel Wilson as Dem
ocratic candidates for Representatives.
John Thurlacker and Abrm. Jacoby,
Republican canvassers in Philadelphia,
have beeu bound over for misdemeanor
in office, in refusing to 'register an old
and legal voter.
A fire in Solebury, Bucks county, re
cently destroyed a barn of Mr. Alfred
Knight. Damage $l,OOO. A barn of Mr.
Rosenberger, in the same county, was
also destroyed. Damage $2,500.
Prof. Light who made a balloon as-
ceosion at Hanover, York county, on
Wednesday last, traveled a distance of
ninty miles in two hours, and landed
near Oxford in Chester county.
(hi Sunday evening, 17th inst., Mrs.
M. Wilson, residing in llarrisburg, gave
birth to twin daughters, the combined
weight of which was eighteen pounds.
The twins are said to have been as large
as ordinary children of three weeks old.
Recently, on the Sabbath day, a
farmer of Crawford county, in order to
keep a swarm of bees from decamping,
clipped the wings of the queen. Imag
ine his surprise on returning from
church, at meeting his bees In the mid
dle of the road, going It a foot.
A dispatch from Reno,dated last Tues
day, says that well No. :38 has just been
tubed, and was flowing at the rate of
nearly three hundred barrels per day,
with a large amount of gas. The Reno
oil territory Is proving that Mr. Culver
Is not a visionary, as many have errone
ously supposed.
An on the Mill farm, near
Pleasantville, belonging t,) Wllihus &
Say, wee completed on Saturday last,
and immediately commenced throwing
01l over the top of the derrick. Monday
afternoon it flowed twenty barrels In as
many minutes, and since has been
pumping over one hundred barrels
daily.
E=!
Senator Thurman of Ohio, Is iodic it
with fever.
The National Council 0. U. A. M
meet in 13altimore today.
The people of the Eastern Provinces
are becoming satisfied with the terms
of the treaty concerning fisheries.
Tie Republican Convention of Min
nesota met on Wednesday at St. Paul,
and nominated Governor Austin fur re
election.
The argument in the great railroad
case at Trenton, N. J., was concluded
Thursday, by Judge Black, against the
lease. The Court reserved its di cision
until the next term, in October.
A Halifax despatch reports that the
recent gales have been disastrous to
American vessels. Two barks, two
brigs and three schooners put in there
on Wednesday night, damaged and
leaking.
Secretary Delano has designated
Friend John G. Lang and Col I). C.
Cox to proceed to North Carolina to re
move the Cherokees from that State to
the I d hitt Territory. There arc about
its.) cherokees in North Carolina.
At Boston, oh Wednesday, Henry 0.
Wright, conductor on the Old Colony
Railroad, who is charged with having
caused the death of Nrs. Butterworth
by criminal carelessness, was held in
&';;000 hail to await the action of the
Brand Jury.
The trial of 'Michael Kearns for the
murder of two men at Scranton during
the coal strike trouble hos begun. The
t:rand Jury has ignored the bill against
:\lr \V. \V. Scranton. The troops of
I.mend Osborne's division, which were
called out to suppress the riots, have all
been paid oil.
The losses by the tire at Virginia City,
Nevada, are now estimated at i..;730,000.
Five blocks In the business portion of the
city were destroyed. The lire originated
in a defective smoke stack of a planing
mill. One fireman was killed and a
number were injured by falling walls or
scorched by the flames.
Near Woodslown, N. J., on Tuesday
afternoon, Ephraim Cole, Jr., while
threshing out the grain crop of Amos
Peterson, was Instantly killed by the ex
plosion of the boiler. MN. Peterson,
who was looking on at the time, was
slightly Injured about the neck and face.
The barn was consumed.
The Democrats of Cecil county have
held a popular election and rejected the
"Crawford County System" by a large
majority. Their primary meetings
have been culled fur next Saturday, and
the ticket will be nominated in the old
way—by a convention of delegates elect
ed by the several districts In the county.
A report of the recent storms. In
lie Bahamas has been receiver at
Washington. The coasts of the la
ands are strewn with wrecks, which
wive resulted in the loss of ninny
Ives. The Island of Abaco was divided
nto two portions, a number of the In
labitants being swept away, The ripe
. ruit crop of the tel was almost to
ally destroyed.
somehow, albeit the business Is a
serious one, there Is something lu
dicrous In a lame and impotent conclu
sion of an attempt to commit suicide.—
IL Is to be noticed that those whose at
tempts seem likely to be fatal, not un
frequen tly express regret at their pros
pective departure. And as for those
who
in not die, their last slate Is clear
ly worse than their first. There was
Mr. Daniels, who, the other day,
stretched himself upon the railway
track at Columbus, determined to be
crushed out of an existence no longer
tolerable. I istead of this, Mr. Daniels,
after being duly run-over, emerged front
the collision with nothing worse than
a sprained ankle. Poor men !
I=l
LLEWEI.I.I . N, Sept., 2:1, IS7I
Mextr.v. RaitorA: I doubt very much
whether a majority of the voters of Penn
sylvania are aware that they are called up
on to vote ut the ensuing election, for or
against (and I trust not many against) a
convention to amend the Constitution of
the State. This is, or should not be, no po
litical measure—if It should happen to kill
the trade of corrupt political leaders—and
should receive the support of all good citi
zens, Democrats and Republicans. The
Hon. Charles ituckalew has devoted years
to the consummation to this one grand ob
ject. And now that It is put in a tangible
shape let the people vote, one and all, for a
convention. Let minority representation
be incorporated in the fundamental law of
the State, so that whenever two or more
persons are elected to represent a county,
let one of them be of the party in the mi
nority. The consummation of this would
do more to break up "political or Court-
House rings" as they are generally called,
than all the " reform tickets " that can be
put in the field. Is the press of the Statedo-
Mg its Linty? I think not. Very few of the
newspapers ever mention It. This much
needed reform is sunk by the press gener
ally—there are a few exceptions—to fight
up the claims of some " pot. house" politi
cian, that by intrigue or fraud has managed
to secure the nomination of his party.—
Every paper favorable to the Convention,
should place it in the editorial column in
ea; ital letters, so that he who runs might
read. There is no doubt, a large majority
of the people of the State will vote for a
Convention if they understand it, but the
men who make a living by politics will de
feat it if they are not watched. This class
of men are to be found in both parties.—
We have a few of them in this county, and
you have your Gatchels and Brubakera
in Lancaster county. Notwithstanding
things are considerably mixed up In this
county, McCandless and Cooper, will have
about two thousand majority. We have
had several heavy frosts; vegetation •is
killed. SCHUYLKILL.
Letter from Atlantic City
Special corresitmdenco to tho Intelligences.]
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., Sept. 14.
Gentlemen: The season at this favorite
watering-place may be considered closed,
although the literal "closing" will not
take place until Monday next. The visi
tors now here, are for the most part those
who ran down for a day or two, for a final
dip in old ocean, or a last, long, lingering
pull at the porgies of the deep ; and the cash
deposits which they leave with the land
lord, will not materially alter the figures of
the balance-sheet.
The ride to Atlantic City is very much
like that to Cape May, only more so, and
that you know is entirely unnecessary.
There is less shrubbery and more sand
than you are accustomed to see at the Cape,
and while the latter covers leas ground—
less sand I mean—than Atlantic City, the
general appearance is far more pleasing.
A largo number of cottages, including
many beautiful ones, have been erected
since last season, which add much to the
general improvement of the place. The
board-walk, which for two seasons has been
tramped upon, like many a better thing,
by the high heels of the careless visitors, is
a very desirable thing in its way, and de
serves mention. It extends from Massa
chusetts avenue, whore Congress Hall is
located, to the Excursion House, probably
a mile. The ocean washed away portion
of it during the high tides and storms, but
generally floated them back to be replaced.
Nobby in the ocean, wasn't it. 03
The beach at this place is about as slop •
ing as that at the Cape, and under favora
ble circumstances, the bathing would be
as enjoyable at one place, as it certainly is
at the other. But these favorable circum
stances do not exist here. The beach is
continually changing, and the trouble is
that you can never tell a season ahead
where to locate it. Owners of town lots
sometimes wake tip and find their choice
properties troubled with dampness—so
nnu•h dampness in fact, drat it is frequently
front eight to thirty feet ttlulve ground.—
This dampness troubles the surveyors, as
they are unwilling to go down in diving
bells simply to run the line of a man's
property, when, frequently, after getting a
certain number of " perches to a stone,"
they Lind the stone gone, and a terrapin set
up in its stead. Throe years ago the White
I louse had to be moved to humor the sea;
to-day, the sett k far out beyond its origi
nal camping-ground, and the White House
stands six 8 , 111,11 TN inland, Tilo 00C1111 is
now receding at the upper end of the city,
and making at the lower. The strong un
der-currout which is always at work, ren.
ere the bathing very unsafe at times: and
the pond or pool of water which has form
ed In front of Congress Hall, White House,
and the United States—which pool is from
three to four feet deep in the eentra—makes
it horribly unpleasant all the while. The
bathers are obliged to wade through this
pool on their way to the beach, or eiS(3" go
for" a bridge which the proprietors
grass Hall have erected over this little "ir
regularity" of old ocean.
The principal hotels, lod !MN NI•rISWI
have been the United States, Congress I tall,
And Surf House. The Excursion House
_and
built by the Rail Road Company, and
Is a largo, good house, intended Mr eximr
!don parties—of which there are a great
many this season—and Is at the lower end
of the Island. The Island !louse, built
this season by a proinlnent Philadelphian,
—John Price Wetherill, Esq.—is without
doubt tile most handsome and best hotel
on the island. It is said to have cost, fur
nished, $75,000. It is situated about half a
mile below the Excursion House, in the
midst of the finest fishing-ground.
There are a number of small hotels, very
good ones, too; such as the White House,
Clarendon and Alhambra. The scuson has
been a success Mr all of Chem, and their
owners have good ClllBO to congratulate
themselves.
At the Alhambra there was an attempt
made by a discharged servant to ruin the
house by poisoning its guests. It is sup
posed that arsenic hail been sprinkled over
the top of a barrel of sugar, and with the
latter used in compounding a custard ; and
it is certain that all who partook or the
custard, to the number of 30 or 40, were
affected more or less seriously, but now
fatally.
The roiled Stales has been tilled to over
flowing. It is kept by Elisha \V. Davis
and tteneral Selfridge. Elisha hails from
Spring Garden street, Philadelphia, and
was the Speaker of the Penna House, in
1505. He now aspires to the Senatorship
from the Id district, and as the people of
that district like to be represented by just
such material as Elisha is made of, he will,
in all likelihood, "putt in an appearance"
at the neat session.
General Selfridge is a handsome, gentle
manly,person from Bethlehem, anti is the
present clerk of the Lower House of that
pure body, known from Egypt to Alaska
as the Pennsylvania Legislature.. Their
house is the bead-quarters of the Radical
politicians,
.who always have plenty of
money if there is any afloat. Bill Kem
ble, Sheriff Kerns, Simon Cameron, At
torney-General Ilrewster rind other "pot
lambs" of the morality party, were there
in all their glory. It is not known wheth
er Simon said "wiggle-waggle" or not,
but it Is shrewdly suspected that he order
ed " thumbs up." The Evans' imbroglio
was discussed in all its aspects, and "must"
you know, was the result. It is a question
in my mind, whether this whole distur
bance Is not due to Sinon Cameron, as the
result of a little" unpleasantness" between
Geary—fashlonably pronounced Gluey—
and himself. Radical newspapers aro not
so patriotic its to care about saving the
State ?t:100,000, when Radical politicians de
sire to keep it In circulation. Mr. Brew
ster had the ague, you remember, just
about the time the Evans matter was
growing lively, and it may Ito that he post
ed °II to the " United States" to get some
of the strongest Radicals to hold him
while he shook, lest lie might shako the
" cat out of the bag." The family of Mr.
Evans had been spending some four or
live works at the "Clarendon," In this
place, but left about a week later the ex
immure took place. Of Mr. Evans, I can
give you a great Many interesting partic
ulars. I have known hint intitnately for
nearly twenty years—and what I now say,
I assort upon no hearsay, but from personal
knowledge. I lost might or him about the
year IRilul, but for lirteen years preceding
that date I Wan In constant Intercourse
with him, a n d for eight years out 'if o so
finnan, we were rellow•elerks lit the sauce
house. Down to the year 1 , 01 . 2, :qr. Evans
was a consistent Christian man, a deacon
In the Sanwa[-street Baptist Church, or
Philadelphia, hot he was Wu I,llSirwmm titan ;
hie head never wan "level" I'M any busi
ness projeet.
In the year he became acquaintrd
with " a itretteher, who was both a mane.
fingerer of tho baking powder known as
Azurnea, and a dispenser or the patent
belly theology. Ile believed and taught tha t
a itian's soul was located in his belly, and
that annihilation was the reward of the
wicked. From that day I noticed a change
In George O. Evans. Ile was jest about
weak elloligli In mind, I had almost maid in
soul, to swing on to this belly theology,
and after discarding all the religious con
victions of a lifetime, trust his salvation to
a heresy as dam n able as the Devil ever in
vented. The baking powder was and is a
good thing, and if he had choked himself
to death with it, he might have had an
honorable mid compel od with the dishon
orable life which he must live, as the log
ical result Ma system of religious belief as
monstrous as it is infamous. These aro
strong words, but we need strong words
to speak our condemnation of a creed which
wrecks a man for whom Christ died, and
gives to the world an opportunity to charge
that wreck to rho account of religion.
(leo. C. Evans never planned that
_fraud, I
stake my manhood upon this assertion. Ile
had not the brains to plan it. He had a most
preposessing address, and was just the man
to carry through the project alter craftier
natures had conceived it. Mr. Evans was
dishonest in that transaction, but I venture
to say that when the truth is known, as it
will be some day, it will be found that he
received but little of the proceeds, and that
Radical rascals swallowed the lion's share
and grew fat—grew large-souled, I ought
to say—upon it. Among all who knew
Mr. Evans, he has not one friend to-day.
He has wronged me in times past, grievous
ly wronged me, but I trust that I may show
my forgiveness by this effort to lift his
guilt from the soul that it is now blistering,
and throw it back upon the bastard crew
by which it was begotten.
I have consumed more space than the
law allows, perhaps, already, but I will
detain you for a moment longer to mention
that the light-house at Atlantic City has
been painted white and rod in thirds say
white at top, red centre, and white at:bot
tom, to distinguish it from the light-houses
at Cape May and Barnegat. In my next I
may tell you something about Freehold
and her honored citizen, the next Governor
o( New Jersey. Very truly yours,
H. R. S.
DESECRATION OF THE SARIS NTH I
Two Republican Meeting% lied on Nun
day!
A Polltlealnpeech In Centrellquare and
Ono In Fulton Hall!
How Reed ie to Be Elected Mayor
A Ilevlvnl of Know-Nothlnglsm In Its
MennestiGulso
Radicalism and Blasphemy I
A Fit Depresentation of the Party
Which Claims to Possess All the Mo
rality and All the Decency.
Who the Reverend Arthur P. 'Devlin Is I
How Geo. K. geed Con Fludont Whether
lie Is Fit to Be /Mayor!
Shortly after the New York riots xmaid
arable excitement was caused by a disturb
ance which was created at a meeting
in Ogdensburg, New York, where the
violent language of a fellow, who had
dubbed himself Rev. Arthur P. Devlin,
caused some indiscreet Irish Catholics to
make an assault upon him. From the
State of New York this disreputable ad
venturer has drifted down through Penn
sylvania until he finally reached Lancaster.
He dropped into:our office on Saturday
morning and very coolly requested us to
insert Fratuitiously a somewhat lengthy
notice of the fact - that he would deliver a
lecture or lectures in this place. This favor
he asked on the alleged ground that his
discourses were to be religious in their
character. A glance at his manuscript, in
which his name appeared; showed us who
he was,and we asked him business rates for
the insertion of his matter. That did not
suit him, and he contented himself with the
insertion of a small advertisement. Going
to the Express office he was received with
open arms. His mission beings crusade
against the Catholic Church, was sufficient
to commend him at once to the regard of
any bigoted Radical political editor. Ile
got a lengthy puff from that paper, and had
the pleasure of seeing it occupy a most
prominent place in its local columns.
on Saturday night he mounted a store
box in Centre Square and yelled for a white,
but his chief efforts were reserved for Sun
day. At 3 o'clock P. M. on the Lord's Day,
heperched himself on a store-box in front of
the:post-office, and there, under the shad
ow of trees which shelter the jay birds be
longing to the United States officials, ho
bellowed for a long time. We only heard
a little of the discourse he delivered there,
lint what we did hear, WHO bitterly abusive
of Catholics and especially full of the vilest
slanders against the whole body of the
priesthood. Numbers of our Catholic fel
low-citizens listened to such language as
Protestants would nut have tolerated in
reference to their churches or ministry, and
they bore all without giving utterance to a
rude word, or indulging in an indecorous
action. In being thus tolerant they acted
a wise partots after events proved. At the
end of his discoureo in the Square, being
unable to llnd an honest man amongthe Rad-
Male and K now-Nothings present, Devlin
passed round the hat, hi inself,and managed
to collect a :few ragged shinplasters of
the smallest denomination and occasional
nickels.
He had billed and advertised a meeting
for Fulton Hall on Sunday evening, with
the announcement that he would charge 10
admission,; to (blow type,ses. Wo
paid our 10 rents and took a seat where we
could have IL good look at the audience as
sembled. Ily the time the hour, announced
for the commencement. of the lecture, had
arrived the Hall was moro than half full of
people, but, as a few stragglers kept drop
ping in, the professed Reverend maintained
his seat at the door with a dilapidated cigar
box on his knees, nor did he abandon that
position until he despaired of seeing de
posited therein another dilapidated speci
men of fractional currency.
We scanned the audience carefully from
our seat and took a good, square look at
them when they left the Hall. There were
quite a number of prominent Republican
politicians present with their wives, and
more who had sensibly loft them at home.
On many of the faces present we could see
the bitterest religious bigotry indelibly im
printed, and could read the expression of
the meanest sentiments of K now-N
olhing
ism in the upturned countenances of those
who listened with staring oyes and open
mouths to the utterances of the wretched
reprobate, who was laughing in his sleeve
at the credulity of the crowd of malignant
dupes before him.
It was fully st o'clock when Devlin
ascended the platform and proceeded to
read a passage from a cheap pocket edition
of the New Testament. It was evident
from the manner of his reading that be was
not familiar with the book before him, and
his ignorance of the Scriptures was abun
dantly demonstrated throughout his dis
course. lie made several attempts to quote
Scripture, and the audience will bear us
out in the truth of what wo say when wo
declare that ho blundered in nearly every
instance. After stammering through part
of a chapter in ono of the Gospels, he utter
ed an cx ti•tajtore prayer, which was almost
blasphemous in some of its expressions,
and exceedingly irreverent in tone through
out. It was evident that praying was a new'
business to him,
We can not follow the fellow throughout
his rambling, disjointed, ungriumnatical,
and egotistical tirade of mingled black
guardism and mock piety. Suffice it to say,
that he took a correct measure of the Re
publican politician. 4 present and regaled
them with the most unsparing abuse of
the Catholic church. Ile was • especially
bitter against the Irish Catholics. lie de
nounced the entire Catholic priesthood as a
body of sensual hypocrites, declared they
were guilty of all manner of vices and
unmitigated liars. lie fluctuated between
the lowest blackguardism and a sort of
mock piety which was sometimes ridicu
lone and sometimes blasphemous. Ho
showed himself to be a vulgar Ignoramus,
but his ungrammatical utterances seemed
to be well relished by the Know-Nothings
who had gathered to hear him.
For two mortal hours lie continued to
bellow, 1111(1, whorl he had repeated all he
had to say two or three times over, he
drew a copy of the Harrisburg Patriot
from his pocket and proceeded to read a
pen-and-ink portrait of himself, which was
In all respects such an admirable likeneas
that It convulsed the audience with laugh
ter. Tho only difference which was dis
cernible between the daguerreotype fur
nished by the labia; and the person pre
sented to the audience, was caused by the
fact that Devlin gathered money enough
from the Republicans of Harrisburg to buy
a new suit of clothes, and has washed his
face more frequently of late.
Reading the Patriot put him into n terri
ble fury, and ire proceeded to denounce the
Democratic party in the most 1111111011811 red
terms. This delighted the Radical Know-
Nothings who were present, and they
stamped and cheered. The orator then for
got that he hail rebuked some one for Ills.
turbing "a re/iglu/1H mriaiiiy" by leaving
the Hall, seed ranted and roared after the
most approved style of the }bellied bulls of
Bastian. The more he ranted and the more
loudly lie denounced the Democratic party,
the more completely the political bigots,
who were present, forgot that it was the
holy Sabbath day, and t h e more loudly
they stamped and yelled.
Finally, having got through with the
Harrisburg Patriot, he produced from the
pocket of his clerically cut coat a copy of
the Boston Pilo(, and announced that he
would read an article in reference to himself
which it contained. Ile said ho did this
because lie knew it would be published in
the Lancaster INTF:LLIOENCEIt. WO will
not disappoint the fellow ; and here is the
article:
A few weeks ago we asked for some ac
count of the man who calls himself " Baron
do Cumin." Wo have received so many
accounts of his evil doing that we are puz
zled to know what to do with them. One
correspondent assures us that the "Baron's"
name is Arthur Devlin, that he was born
near Londonderry, in 1837, and spent the
first 17 years of his life at home. Having ar
rived at that age a sister living in Orange,
N. J., sent for him, and he came to this
country dressed in " corduroy " —which
gave occasion fur a nickname that has since
clung to him. In Orange he was appren
ticed to Brady dr, Lighttipe, hat manufact
urers, and served four years at that trade,
" during which time," says our informant,
„he was remarkable for nothing but his
low animal cunning, his greed, want of
common sense, and ill-temper." In 1862,
when the draft laws were introduced,
a mob assembled in Newark, four miles
from Orange, and Devlin harangued the
crowd and advised them to pull down the
office of the Newark Daily Advertiser, for
which he was arrested, tried, and acquitted.
After this first " public appearance," the
fellow became a public nuisance, and the
butt of the small boys' derision, which he
repaid with savage attacks. In 1864
he , enlisted, receiving $6OO bounty,
but soon deserted, and was sent to Canada
by the rebel government, where he waited
until his sister sent him the bounty money
which he had placed in bank in Orange
Then he proceeded to England, where be
worked at his trade, peddled quack medi-
eine, advertised " the American Doctor,"
lectured against Fenianiam, and a host of
other makeshifts. In a short time after ho
went to Ireland, and announced in Belfast
that he was General A. P. Devlin, of the
American army, and connected with tho
revolutionary movement In Ireland. After
this he returned to Orange, and met with
an uproarious reception from the street ur
chins. He commenced business as a lec
turer on "Phrenology," and adopted the
title of Professor. "Casually," says our
correspondent, "I received tidings of his
whereabouts (having lost sight of him
since last Christmas) from one of his
confidentials only a short time before
his appearance at Ogdensburgh. ;He
had written to this confidential friend,
E. Stopford, Esq., that he was a Baptist
Minister in West Virginia. Fast on top of
this rushed before my eyes an article from
the Washington Chronicle, headed, "Lec
ture of the Rev. A. P. Devlin." Could I
believe my eyes! "Corduroy," "Pigtail,"
"General,' `Professor" Devlin turned
minister I "Non compes mcntis," I invol
untarily exclaimed. Arthur had been
brought up like his sister, Mrs. McGee,
(a very respectable lady, now living dis
graced by him in West Orange,) a Roman
Catholic, but on arriving at the kid-glove
era, he occasionally chewed himself at
other places-of worship but still was nom
inally a Catholic; and only last October,
on the giving of a mission by the Jesuit
Fathers, he attended regularly; received
the scapular from the Bev. Father Gluck
meyer, S. J., and seemed to repent of Li 3
maniacal feats, but was carried away by
witnessing the "easy living" Bridget
O'Gorman was receiving from heretical
ministers, and concluded that he would
"do better." I have taken the pains to
write this in order that all good citizens,
Protestant as well as Catholic, may know
who Baron de Camin is; and nowhere
could this be read with such interest arid
benefit as in the columns of the most reli
able Irish Catholic paper D iu the world—
the unflinching Pilot."
lie prefaced hie reading of the above ar
tide by the announcement that there was
some truth and some falsehood in it. lie
denied that he had ever gone under the
name of "The Baron Do Camin," whom
he denounced as a vile imposter--a miser
able, lying reprobate, who bad never been
in priest's orders; and he warned those
present against listening to the lies of the
Baron if he over came to Lancaster. This
moil of truth \vas no doubt uttered for
the purpose of inspiring some confi
dence in his own representations. lie con
lensed to the truth of all the inure impor
taut statements contained in the Pilot ar
title, admitting that he mane to this coon
try front Ireland when under age, that In
had:been nicknamed "Corduroy," that ht
had served an rippronlivoship at No wark,
that he did make a speech from the head a
a whiskey barrel against the draft, such that
he jumped the bounty and deserted Iran, the
army. 110 claimed, however, that ho
forced to malt e the speech against the draft
by a mob, and asserted that he did not desert
and run oil to Canada to spend Ida bounty
nioneyouttil some other Irishman had "put
a head on hint." By the time he had got
lute fin- in his confession., wine!' were no
annpanleil with great violenve of language
Ito nioro sagacious Itopublicans who wer
present began to see what a dirty serape
they had gut themselves into. One by ono
those tvliti were unaccompanied by ladles
began to sneak call. Of the Hall, looking
like curs who had been caught with the
blood of a sheep on their chops and wool
on their teeth. As they tried to MIAMI away
denounced the del/tiding RAdiVIOS
as Copperheads, and said he would wait
for all such to go. At the risk of being taken
for Copperheads, a largo number of dis
gusted Republicans stampeded. The more
timorous feared the fou I tongue of the dirty
blackguard whom they had patronized, and
remained to hear him out.
. Seeing that the door had been left open he
demanded that it should be shut, and, no
janitor being present to attend to tho :nat
ter, he exclaimed, "I will bet that the pro
prietor of this Ilall Is a Democrat." 'that
was regarded as a shrewd hit, and it elicit
ed a peal of laughter. If the audience had
known how Devlin learned the political
complexion of Mr. Yecker they would
have laughed on the other side of
their months. When ho was negotiating
for the rent of the Ilan 'Mr. Yecker inform
ed Devlin that ho was a Catholic and a Dem
ocrat; but that the hall was for the use of
the public and that ho made no distinctions
on account of religion or polities. Devlin
replied by saying that it was all right fur
Mr. Yecker to be a Catholic, advised him
to stick to his religion, and assured him
that his Protestantism was all a sham as
sumed for the purpose of making money.
Mr. Pecker will swear to that, and he is
known to be a good citizen and 0 man of
perfect truth and veracity.
Devlin concluded his discourse with the
most violent denunciations of the Demo
cratic party, the most extreme protesta
tions of his loyalty to the Ropubltean par
ty, and the most urgent appeals to those
present to vote for the re-election of Grant
and for the Republican ticket, from the
highest to the lowest office on It. Ile con
tinued to rave in this strain until the last of
the audience streamed out of the Hall,
leaving hint foaming mid frothing lm front
of the foot-lights. We c•uuld have pitied
the nice and women whom wo saw depart
ing with abashed countenances. and
shamed faces, If wo had not known that
they had been drawn to the hall by the
meanest curiosity and the most malignant.
bigotry.
Previous to the assembling of the audi
ence, Devlin hail distributed small circu
lars of which the following is a copy:
m AN. 10 NOW 7111iNELF
I'ONHULT IItOF. DEVLIN !
lo v. ill rcua your Destiny, from thoCnullo
DBE=
Why You Should Commit Prof. DeIII
Ity consull InN Prof. Devlin you can !ear. Ino
01 your nut urn! talents I hall :lily )'ears' 1,;11.
11.11 E, I enell you. By lc now' ug t. he Intl
business or prrofemmlon for 'Ali Mt you kayo II
hest order or Intents, null to which you w•nul
u.. 1111 Ihe grvntena ease suevettd. you w 111 On,
Lime nod 111101011111111. y.
LADIES,
Your powers .r m l n , i are Pllll/11 11111111/11 1 1ir 11.• I
/111.1 It properly 11 1 1111110 111111 Illruoted, you 1•11
1/01 . 1/1111/1101 WllllllOl 11/1 1110 y In the rnot,,,r tit.
MATRIMON I AL CANDI DAT/.14,
Voti Ilu Ilil dlrovt seluellrig elmtv.:1110 Ills
vonlyanlons.
I' A It I N TM,
I f there bn anything about your ehlldran Llwl
you do not underktand, you rthonlil vow. It
fret. lul l lln, wllO 14'111 Id,. you II 141111nrotelory
llXplillllololl, and I nodroet lonn It 4 111 their men
tal Ithilpll.l,4lolllVilliellilllll. NOIIIO chi I.lrro aro
No organlxed, so Knurl., I hat without very great
ear, they cannot ho rained. Nowa eldldreo
111150 Inlenln for I,llw, but none for Meelotnlem;
atone of Illvlulty, but not for moine
or Architecture. hut not for I.lteratura; 011111111
for Landkeapo or Vorlral I'lololokt, but not for
Navigation; and 1•11,1,1.11 II. ri • etillUr
en IN 'amnia he known at an early 111.(4., that by
1411...L11011 they may be reialered art ve,111.11.11.
Illtle ent•lt pi.rsom lo thrill. Ids name cm I Ite*erol I
of nne.
qUESTIONS 'ASKED ANL)
AISimWEI<EI, 411()M 7 A. M. Tll.l,ii P. M.
We ox poet to see erowda of mil ly
flocking to the room,. of thin impudent
charlatan, with their Leads in their handa,
sox ion,. to him) bin opinion upon what
ought to he the receptor:lcm of at lowm a anion
modicum of Lralnn. Wo have made ar
rangetnentst to be promo,' L' In a hack-room
when thin Radical candidate for 11layor goon
to consult the Profeaaor, 111,1 we will let
our readers know tho result.
Foreign New,.
t.t.Es, Soot. 22.—The trial of Hen
ri Rochefort wile concluded yesterday, and
he was sentenced to transportation for life.
lie will be sent to come fortress In ono of
the French colonies for imprisonment.—
The court-martial at the same time passed
sentence en the communists Maitre] and
Mara, the former being sentenced to life
transportation, and the latter to a term of
imprisonment of five years.
I'vuts, Sept. 22.—The negotiations for
concluding the Alsace and Lorraine com
mercial treaty have been suspended, and
will not be resumed until the difficulties
which have arisen are removed by a pre
vious arrangement.
The French government has concluded a
treaty with the bank of France whereby
the latter agreed to advance a fourth of the
half-milliard of the German imdemnity
claim.
Mamtio, September 22.—Advices from
Melilla (a seaport town of Morocco, held by
the Spaniards) states that the Moore In that
region have broken out in a state of revolt,
and ere attacking the Spanish citadel. The
Spanish commandant requests the govern
ment to allow hits reinforcements. The
citadel Is strongly situated on the rocks,
contains a large magazine and is garrisoned
by 000 troops. Reinforcements have left
Cadiz and are on the way to Melilla.
CAniz, September 22.—1 n obedience to a
government order, twelve hundred troops
have embarked for Cuba to operate against
the insurgents.
LONDON, September 22. —The departure
of the Grand Duke Alexis has ,boeu post
poned until Monday.
CALCUTTA. ,Sept. 22.—An investigation
proves the assassination of the Chief JOS-
Um) of India, to have been connected with
the notorious Veatibee conspiracy, which
created Intense excitement In India at the
time of its discovery. The Chief Justice
was one of the mostactive Judges iu ferret
ing out and bringing the conspirators to
judgment, although they eluded the search.
It is thought that the murder was an act
of revenge. A close watch Is kept on the
prisoner's movement.
LONDON, Sept. is announced that
the Mount Cenis tunnel will be thrown
open for general traffic, in the early part
of the month of October.
mice of n Repli
Inlstrallon.
The Extravag
Tho Nations
cutive Comm!
compiled and i
atatemont, oho
and illustratin
travagan co :
I Democratic) Real
ties at Wasbingto
isSued the follow(
wing why taxes
g Radical corrupt(
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A verago rt
yearn uwder
;31.77 linrlwd
('wet wide
per capita,
pr..verly HIM
INt per Capita 1 . 4,r
lionnwnitit• :Um
ing ex iwnse 111 NI
.r liepublivan Ail
1.76 ii.xchlini!
I ,sar nuttornil
IVlt4lle cos
Delmwratic•l
t ttvottt
s v-fttitr
tiditiim•tirtit it 1114.,
Annetta of 1 - 1,011110 (1111('11
1,(.411(11( 1..%' 11111 pre.l . lll .k tlllllll
11111111111, X111.7;: .177 111 for
3 ears, tte,S7ii,l:il,AO:l.l . .t!
n expenditure 0ft1.77
capita under Jail: en, Vali Cl
there!, and nit
pet ulatiiin (.10,nee,Hom %%mild
rand spends tt 1e0,796,11:i", per
~111.ivo principal and let,
public debt.
The total eieit, p
intereet on the pliblle debt,
above-muntid Ihimecratle Alllll
iiperaged 1,1;i (Mtn per vale!
or Foll Oral Urxev nx lortotl by
ministration during the last
I I ~...w.,477.1;:t (1,1 ..1111041 lov
111.11111/11g11 di/4'lllllOllE, .O'll . ll (.
111(1100S," 1”1140 whivi, is It
tllll.9ti poi' viipita, estimating th
at .10,11110,0111.
\'o/e—'l'llo Llnrnln Admit
omitted, for (110 1,1. , 11 that
dinary expemill mom or that
Ulm spare oiwasionvil by the spi
nut tw fairly enamelled isn't
previous Ailionostration4,
eost of the and NI
paid I,y the übovu.muur,l Ito
ministrittions,
Tlu Itepu!,ll4.l"l l'nrty Itra
\Vt.+ lironuino [hat no Rrpn 1,
rollily to so,si.rt that
new thing whi, I, liiigan unit
charter. t i p to tile passage id
litst year, the city hod fir lowly yaws
under Republican vontrol. 111.1. a 1111
portent departments 4,1 the rity
Mehl Were placeil in charge 01, !tepid,licali
commissionn created at All,imy. 11tit Rime
way altogether more corruption dui mg the
ten years immediately pi cceding the lc,—
sago ul the chortior 1111111 there ham
Millet,. The 'fatimAny ring grew up 111.14
Republican rule, lied
Republican al liuuoua. It bolt 114 origin
in the 'Marti of Supervisors hall of who
1110111lierm Wllll.ll
reined by a 1.1141%1:L1m,
Lo carry out mercantile views 4,1 politic.,,.
the principle of dividing publie
between the two parties, now Coll I
I liaise alai the Ilarlent Bridge 104•1 i• the
first great swindles charged to tUe rit,
and these Were Supervisors' jobs. But oil
the lionewrittle 111 oyors elected within tho
hest ten yearn eitio)•• •4 1 thel•onlidenei• of the
community. (My. 114•11'inaii cli
fur hair years, and nobody iiViir
hint of complicity with inly Pouvpt
although he was in ollice when the
WWI ill the full vigor of its silly ity. 'Ube
ring was the corrupt spit‘vii of the...mid Re
publican Board of Supervisors created by ,1
lt,eptibileati Legislature for the promotion of
corrupt objects, Every porvou WllOlll4, read
the Triton and To me for the hint six vents
must recollect that these !MIMI n, enperiully
the have iliallllllll4l ill ill reCilL'i-s
itgalunl the annual tits levien for this city ;
but those corrupt tuts levies were rignlnl ly
passed by Republican I.eginlitleres, unit
the responsibility h•r them rents with the
Itopul,lican party. I I i•avy expenditures
of public money maturity bred rorrop
tion
; " where the carcass in there will the
eagles lie gathered together." \Vile!! Ili. ,
Republicans vamp into power in the State,
they very soon reached the conelusion that
thin wealthy city Way a waist, to be pluck
ed, and an a majority 01 11l Vl,llll, Nl.l 0 lll
vincibly I)eniocratiy, Iteptiblivan
was exerted to devise ntethodn tor put
ting the money of mar tax-papas Into Re
publican pocket,. 1151111, tile government
of the city by Republican commissions;
hence Lim hal and• hill I Board
Ore for dividing nitinlelpol plunder; hence
the legislative sanction of Ogrej.olllll.l 1.11,
rttption In the “stindalotin Itepubileitit his
rieler Albany rule dm expenses
of the Pity government were speedily don
bled, Nothing Is more notorious than the
Tact that our polillen have hoed
debauched 113 leginlation tit
Albany. mulled in•ciemtions whleh
the Al urphy and the lireeley n o n lire 01'1.11
1111 W tritlitllitt of alliaucen with
mimic thewatt
1611 worst 101111404 lit our Pty government.
When the prentint charter With ptoned Its
iii.Jecta worn well malaria...al, Its undo,
ginned ;immune wits to I.OIILIIIIII , ILII4I In
tranet, tint Tammany ring In power, and
yet every }limn bikes In both britimlion of
the 1.0g11.11111.11/1(WIEll It mingle exception 1 , 1
voted fur the charter. XV ithou I
Ityptilillean aid It tumid never have
If lino RepuliliCalla of the Imgialature Intel
not COMO to MI rescue the Tuiwuwy ring
would have guuo uudur In April of hint
year. The guilt or corruption of Mill, id
nal main born .if line ring in. coal ta. vital Lic
able upon themaelvi•ti ; but Ilia lir-1.11,11va,,
va,, party in resl)ollSlblit fur c,111i1111111)4
ring In power and Intruding It in olllec
when it wit, en the point idf perinhing mond -
Intiliocratio attlicka.
Lot theme facts lie borne in mind ; and
also the further Met that the only I.lfcctit,c
Howl. agaliad 'cuttlinuny In the recent. ex
citement have been dealt by Denim:ram.
hittida. In, dill Chairman iit the
Democratic Slate Committee; 11 r. tl'Cnnln
in the most eminent Democratic lawyer of
the county ; r. liavaineyer wan IL tensor
Innitocratic Ninyor ; and Mr. t; roue has ILI
war. been a conslntent I itnimerat. I. •
Minna intioduce.k corruption, and It, ''lily
efficient oppinienni are life long Diatiocrata•
—N. Y. Worn,
A l'olleention Of the tax-pnyers of Florl
da, lately in lieNlNii/11 Itt Lako City, huco in
stied an address to their fellow-eitizeos
"without reference to their party connec
Lions," in which they set lorth that the
uttiount to be collected in taxes the cur
rent year is nearly $1,000,000, (qua! to one
eleventh of the total personal property
valuation of the State. 'that "front their
knowledge of the condition of the pro
ducing interests, the delegates tutseniltied
give it as their deliberate opinion that,
after deducting the nettlai post of produc
tion, there will not remain in the Lands of
producers a sullieient amount to pay the
{Axes upon their property." 'rho address
got on Lo explain the methods by which
the people are plundered, and reforms
which aro needed, showing the necessity of
a general reduction of taxation except the
school tax. "This tax," they say, "should
lie retained at such a rate, consistent with
the resources of the people, as will eutli , e
for general education." The tax collections
for sixteen years are given. For IMO the
amount, was $'117,505.86.
Hnrper Tragedy foretold In n
In connection with the horrible harper
tragedy the Lexington (Ky.) rl' CJB of Fri
day tells a most remarkable dream of one
of the members of the Harper family. The
Press says:—" A circumstance rattier start
ling in its nature regarding the Harper
murder was made known to us yesterday.
We were informed by Mr. Frank Harper
that the wife of Wallace Harper dreamed,
the Saturday night before the murder, that
Jake and Miss Betsey were both killed by
a negro man and a boy, and the man hid
long whiskers. The description given of
the man answers exactly to that of Toni
Baker, one of the negroes arrested upon
suspicion of complicity in the murder. This
is very strange, but what seems the strang
est is that the horrid picture should lime
haunted thedreains of a lady relative of the
deceased only the day before his murder.
We are not given to superstition or inclin
ed to attach importance to dreams, but, if
.this one was made known before the mur
der wo think it one of the most remarkable
occurrences in modern times."
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