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(JENEKAL HANCOCK
DECLARES HIS PRIDE
IN TIIE
Manufactures of Pennsylvania,
AND HIS INTEREST IN ALL THAT
CONCERNS HIS NATIVE STATE.
This is the sentiment he expressed
SEPTEMBER 20, 1880, iu answer to nu
invitation to visit the PITTSBURG KX
VOSITION. In that answer GENERAL
HANCOCK said:
".-1A n Pennsylvanian I have the just pride
felt by my fellow-citizens in exhibiting the
rapacity of our nulla and looms, shops, fields
and mines, and / may he per.,lifted to express
my pride, in my native Sta 'e, and my interest
in all that concerns her welfare, and the
prosperity and happiness of all her people.''
The Constitutional Bar.
Neither the I'nited States nor any State
shall assume to pay any debt or obligation
incurred in aid of insurrection or rebel. |
Hon against the I'nited States, or claim lor '
the loss or emancipation of any slaves, hat J
all such debts, obligations and clair. s shall |
be held illegal and rout. —Constitution of |
tho United .State?, article 11, section 4. j
s
Gen. Hancock's Pledge to Enforce the
Foregoing Article.
The amendments fo the Constitution of
the United States embodying the results of
the war for the Union are inviolable. If
called to the presidency, I should deem it
my duty to resist with all my power any
attempt to impair or evade the full force
and effect of the Constitution, which in
every article, section and amendment is the '
supreme law of the land. —General Han- !
cook's Letter of Acceptance.
OCT FOR HANCOCK.
THE MII.TONIAN, TIIE OLDEST REPUBLICAN
PAPER IN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY,
PA., DESERTS THE SINKING SHIP.
The Miltonian, published at Milton,
Pa.,the oldest and leading Republican
paper of Northumberland county, ap
)>cared last week with the name of
Hancock at the head of its columns,
instead of Garfield, whom it has sup
ported up to this time, and gives the
following reasons:
OL'R NEW DEPARTURE.
We have to-day raised the name of
General Win field Scott Hancock, the
gallant and illustrious son and soldier
of our mother commonwealth, for Presi
dent of the United States. Forecasting
the natural results of this step and
desiring to support the Hon. Simon P.
Wolverton for State Senator, we have
concluded to burn the bridges behind
us and give our support to the party
which supports the hero of Gettysburg.
It requires a strong conviction of duty
and a high sense of the obligation which
a journalist owes to the public to break
away from party shackles and to make
a new departure, even though it be
dictated by reason and sanctioned by
tbe highest motives of patriotism. Hut
what Horace Greeley, AndrewG. Curtin,
Alexander McClure, John W. Forney,
and a host of other illustrious names
have done we may be allowed to do
without much excuse or comment.
Gen. Hancock, with whom we have
had the honor to meet on social occa
sions, and whom we know to be a man
sans purr et sans reproche, has a record
second to none as it stands as a soldier,
and had fortuitous circumstances so
combined might have had the laurels
of aOrsnt(as be has bis honors) won
by the might of his glittering sword on
a hundred battle fields. * * * On
him are the scars of long and honorable
service, and with his blood left on the
field of Gettysburg, the utmost scrutiny
of his political foes has but added
lustre to his civil and military fame. *
* * If we are to be a united people
let us avoid that which betrays our
unity. Let us foster our inter-commer
cial relations at home and enlarge our
commerce abroad. Let us recover our
lost power upon tbe high seas, and,
through the existence of peace and
friendly relations among our own Unit
ed States, make our country what it
ought to be, the most prosperous and
powerful nation upon God's footstool.
Of the dangerous tendencies to cor
ruptioni—st horns and abroad—and the
increasing power of the political rings,
we have not time now to speak, but all
shall be guided in the future by that
independence which dares to follow
right and rebuke that which we con
scientiously believe to be wrong.
The Democratic Candidate Tor Auditor ,
General. ,
COL. KOIIF.KT I'. DECUERT
Was npjtuiutcd Assistant Pisdrict At
torney in November, 18G8, by Hon.
Furman Sheppard, the District At
torney of tbe county of Philadelphia,
and although he hud then practised
but two years at the bar, he at once
assumed the prosecution of important
cases, and conducted them with great
credit to himself and beuelit to the
commonwealth. He retired from the
office with his chief in 1871 on the
election of William B. Mann, Esq.,
and resumed the geueral practico of
his profession.
When Mr. Sheppurd was again
elected District Attorney in 1874, he
tendered the position of Assistant
District Attorney to Colonel Deehert
for the second time, and this position
he held until the retirement of Mr.
Bheppard from the office, January 1, 1
1878. During this service of six
years Colonel Deehert was called upon
to perform most responsible duties.
Many important cases below the gride
of homicide he conducted with great
success, being opposed by the ablest
lawyers of the Philadelphia bar. It
would be impracticable to mention at
this time even the more important
cases in which the community were
most interested ; they would till a vol
ume. They are remembered by thou
sands of l'hiladelphians whose prop
erty and safety were involved, and the
returns of the election in that city
will, no donbt, show that his services
were appreciated.
In 1877, Henry S. llagert, Esq.,
who had also served as Assistant Dis
trict Attorney, was elected as the suc
cessor of Mr. Sheppurd, who had de
clined to be a candidate for re-election.
It was generally believed that Colonel
Deehert would continue in the office
under Mr. Hagert, hut he preferred to
devote himself to the geueral practice j
of his profession, and accordingly 1
wrote the following letter, to which j
Mr. Hagert answered in the letter i
which is also appended :
No. 209 Soi* Tll FIFTH ST.,
Pnii.ADßl.rniA, Dec. '26, 1877. j
IICNRY S. HAGERT, Ksq.,
My Dear A Sir: I have had the honor of
holding the position of Second Assistant
District Attorney during the six years
that Mr. Sheppard has held the office
of District Attorney. During all that
time we have been pleasantly associated
as his deputies.
I now wish to devote myself to a more
! general practice of my profession. Ido
; not wish my name to embarrass you in
I your appointments, and I, therefore re- j
i quest that you will not consider me as
j an applicant for the office of First As
j sistant District Attorney.
Yours, truly,
KOHERT P. DECUERT.
MB. HAGEKT'B I.ETTEK
OFFICE OF TIIE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, > |
PIIII.ADELI'IIIA, Dec. 29, 1877.) '
KOHERT P. DEOHEHT, Ksq.,
Dear Sir : I am in receipt of your let- |
ter of the 26th, in which you express
your wish to devote yourself to the
! private practice of your profession, and
' request that you may not be considered
an applicant for the office of First As
i eisiant District Attorney. I cannot
permit this occasion to pass by without
expressing my regret at the termination
of the official relation which hns sub
' sisted between us during the six years
of our connection with the District At
! torney's office, nor without bearing my
: testimony to the zeal, ability and fidelity
: which you have at all times displayed
| in the performance of your public du
ties, and also to the uniform, kindness
; and courtesy which have characterized
i your intercourse with your associates in |
J the office.
With the best wishes for your success
J in the private pursuit of your profession, j
ami with renewed expressions of my
! esteem and confidence, I remain,
Yours, very truly,
HENRY S. HAGERT.
As an evidence of the high esteem j
of his chief, on the retirement of Col.
Deehert from this office, he received I
the following letter from Hon. Furman j
Sheppard:
PHILADELPHIA, January 7, 1878.
COL. KOHERT P. DECUERT,
My Dear Sir: We have been associated
together in the District Attorney's office
for nearly six years, and now at the close
of our term it is both a pleasure and a
duty on my part to bear testimony to
the constant ability, fidelity and up
rightness with which you have discharg
ed all your official duties. You have
ever been to me a faithful and most
! valuable assistant. I heartily thank
you for the support and aid which you
1 hnvo always rendered to me so promptly
1 and efficiently, and 1 cannot withhold
the earnest expression of my entire
1 confidence and sincere respect.
Hoping that your professional career
1 may continue to bo as honorable as the
' commencement of it has been auspici
ous, I remain, as heretofore,
' Very truly yours, Ac.,
1 FPENAN SHEPPARD.
, Since that time Col. Deehert has
devoted himself chiefly to the civil
' practice of the law.
The Auditor General of the State
is a moot responsible officer, who is
. often required to interpret the law and
, apply it to important cases in which
> the State has an interest; and the
- legal ntind and ex|ierience of the
' Democratic candidate will fit him for
the requirements of that position.
Col. Deehert was not a candidate
for the Democratic nomination of
, Auditor General. He preferred to
I continue the practice of his profession,
but the two divisions of tbe Dcroocra
' cy of Philadelphia, then represented
' in the State Convention, with entire
j unanimity, presented his name, and
, thus the Convention, unsolicited, ten
. dered to him a unanimous nomination.
. The voters of the Commonwealth arc
invited to examine the qualifications
of the respective candidate* for the
office of Auditor General, and we arc
confident that the independent citizen
will naturally incline to the support of
our candidate.
HON. GEORGE A. JENKS.
From tho OrnphioDetnorriit, ltrookvilli*, I'u.
George A. Jenk*, the Democratic can
didate for Supremo Judge, is in hia
forty-fifth year. He ia the youngest of
ten children, and was born in Punxsu
tnwney, Jefferaon county, Pa., March
26, 1836. Hia father, a physician, was
descended from a Welsh (Quaker family
who were among the early settlers ol
Philadelphia. His mother whb a daugh
ter of the Kev. D. Barclay, a Scotch
I'reshyteriun minister. When Mr.
Jenks was a child, his eldest brother, D.
15. Jenks, who was a lawyer, waa teach
ing him to count u hundred, and casu
ally asked him what huaineas he would
follow when he became a man. The ro
.ply was, "Wait till to-morrow morning
and I will tell you." During the night
tbe determination was formed, and the
next morning communicated hy the
subject of this sketch, that lie would be
a lawyer. This purpose, so early form
ed, was unalterably fixed. Thence-for
wurd his every labor and study was
directed to tbe purpose of hia life. To
these early studies ia largely to be at- j
tributed his capability to deal with orig- j
inal legal questions, such a* he mani
fested un the impeachment of Secretary j
Belknap, the discussion of the Louisiana I
and < >regon cases before the Electoral i
Commission, and the debate on the dis- |
tribution of tho Geneva Award.
When attending the common school,
one of tho readers then in use was the |
Introduction to the English Reader, j
In this, one of the lessons was the story
of tho "Noble Basket-maker." From
the story the moral was derived—that \
every man, no difference what hia cir- ;
cuniataucea or purposes in life might be, :
should learn a trade. This moral he
determined to act upon. When four
teen years old, his father died. At six
! teen he entered upon an apprenticeship
j of two years to the carpenter and join
jer trade. When his term expired, lie
| worked at hia trade, taught school and
j occasionally was employed at civil en
' gineering, till ho entered college.
| While engaged in the latter vocation,
t in the spring of 1855, he assisted to lay I
out Omaha in Nebraska. In the fall :
of that year he entered the junior class j
at Jefferson College, having in the morn- j
j inga and evenings, while teaching and
working, steadily pursued his literary
■ studies. He had been entered as a j
| student of law before he entered col- 1
: lege, and the Hon. W. P. Jenks. who
was hi* guardian, bail from early boy
hood, directed him in his legal and lit
erary reading. He graduated at Jetfer
i son College in the class of 1 858, and in 1
| ls.Vj, was admitted to the bar in Jeffer
| son county, having finished hi: legal .
I studies under hi* elder brother, W. P. i
; Jenks.
At the September term. IR.VJ, be led
in conducting Ins first case in court,
; which was an all-important one to In* 1
i client*, a widow and her minor children,
whose all was their home, and that home
; was dependent upon the result of th
case. He wa* opposed by the lending
j legal talent at the bar. including Hon.
I. G. Gordon. Hon. W. P. Jenks and
I Hon. G. W. '/.eigler. He won the case,
j and thence-forward was employed in
most of the important cause* in his own
i county, and hi* name soon berime fa
; miliar in many of the courts of western
and central Pennsylvania, to which lie
wa* called for the trial of important
| case*.
When not engaged in the court*, hi*
life has been one of constant study rid
i preparation. He never sought public
position, but wa* known as a Democrat.
In the fail of 1874 he ws* tendered the
Democratic nomination for Congress in
the 25th district of Pennsylvania,
against Gen. Harry White. The district
| wa* heavily Republican, but his person-
I *1 popularity and the tidal wave elected
: him to the 41th Congress. Speaker
Kerr appointed him Chairman of the
| Committee on invalid Pension*. A
| masterly report on the condition and
working of the pension bureau, derived
from an investigation hy order of the
1 House, he soon made, and followed this
I hy a bill which wa* calculated to pre
-5 vent future abuses. Bounty land war
j rants, which before this had been per
J sonal property, had become the plunder
ol n dmhonest ring, which at one single
time had seized upon over one hun
dred thnusnnd acres of land, were
changed to realty, through his efforts,
and so guarded that only the rightful
owners, their legal heirs or assigns,
could obtain them.
His forensic ability first became
known to the House in a discussion
concerning the character of an Invalid
Pension. He had asserted that an
Invalid Pension, for death or disability
of a soldier of the service, in the
line of his duty, was a contract right.
This wa* denied by some the leading
Republicans of the House, who alleged
it was a mere gift or gratuity, and a
warm debate ensued, at the conclusion
of which Mr. Jenks made a legal argu
ment, tracing the legislation on the sub
ject from and aince the Revolutionary
war, and establiahing so conclusively
the position he assumed, that it has not
since been denied. This wa* soon suc
ceeded by a legal discussion concerning
the refusal of Halletl Kiibourne to tes
tify before a committee of the House.
The legal prominence he had already
obtained lea the House to elect him as
one of the seven Managers on part of
the House to conduct the impeachment
of Secretary Belknap, the others being
Messrs. Lord, Knott, Lynde, McMahon,
Hoar and Lapham. On that trial, before
the Senate, the defendant was repre
sented by three leading lawyers of the
nation—lion. Jeremiah S. Black, Hon.
Matt. H. Carpenter and Hon. Mont
gomery Blair. Mr. Jenka was selected
by tbe managers as one of the commit
tee to draw the pleadings. He was
afterwards appointed to make one of
the arguments on the question of the
jurisdiction of the Senate to impeach
after the officer had resigned, and sub
sequently, in consequence of the illness
of Mr. Lapham, he was selected to dis
ouaa the facta. His legal attainments
were on this trial made conspicuous to
the Senate and the nation, and conced
ed to be unsurpassed by any in tbe
cause.
Tbe subject of the distribution of the
Geneva Award came before the llouie
on majority and minority report* from
the .Judiciary Committee. Mr. .Jenk*
ottered an amendment to the majority
report, in aupport of the amendment
and re|iort as amended, made an argu
ment involving aome of the moat difli
cull queatioua of international law. The
report, as amended by him, was panned
by the Houae.
•Soon after the meeting of the aecond
session he wan appointed by Speaker
Randall one of the committee of fifteen,
to iriveatigato the conduct of the elec
tiotiM in liOuiaiana, and on hia return,
waa appointed by the chairman of the
democratic Cbucuh, with Mr. Field, of
New York, and Mr. Tucker, of Virginia,
to reprenent the democracy ot the
Houae, in preparing, presenting and
discussing the tucta and the law before
the Electoral Commission. It fell to
Mr. .Jcnks to make opening arguments
in the cases of Louisiana and Oregon.
While he WHS engaged in the discussion
of the first of these cases before the
Commission, Senators Thurinan and |
Hayard sat side by side. Senator Bay
ard passed a note of admiration of the i
argument to Senator Thurman, and in
response received the following reply :
"The more 1 hear this man, the more 1 j
admire him. 11" reason* like Newton j
or La I'lace. He has spoken half an
hour, and has not uttered a superfluous
word." This complimentary opinion
was generally concurred in by those
who heard or read the proceedings
before the Electoral Commission.
In most of the legal discissions that
arose in the House, Mr. .Jenks partici
pated, in addition to the full perform
ance of his duties on the very laborious
committee of which he was chairman.
At the expiration of his congressional
term, he immediately resumed his pro
fessional pursuits, in which he has ever
since been engaged. Hi* extensive
practice has included almost every
brunch that arises in the State and cov
ers a very broad range of its area. His
election to the Supreme bench of the
State will be but a just recognition of
his superior legal attainments.
Judge Black on the Stump.
Ill: HAKES A r ul(( lltl.K SPEECH IN THE
IMIROVOII OP VORk, PA.
The Democrats of York held a great
inu** meeting at which Hon. J.S. Black
delivered a powerful and unanswerable
speech. Judge Black, said among other
thing*:
"I'nawed by influence and unbribed
by giiin the incorruptible Democracy
elected Tilden and utterly routed the
corruptionists. The majority of the
white people was a million, reduced to
three hundred thousand by the black
vote. if the electors duly appointed
there was a clear majority ot twenty- i
three against them. No man was ever ,
elected to any office in this country if
Tilden was not elected president of the
United Slates.
Then came that enormous outrage
which made the name of our opponents
infamous forever. They fraudulently
1 altered the appointment of twelve elect
ors, enough to give Hayes a majority of
one ; and on that fraud they put him
in. The corrupt knaves that assisted
i them are Lillited on the treasury a* a
reward for their crime* ; and we the
people are taxed to pay them for cheat
ing us out of our birthright. There was
no excuse for this that can be accepted
even a* a mitigation of the ciime—no
pretene of any excuse at all that wu*
not founded in perjury and forgery
which aggravated ita baseness a thou
sand fold.
But the cheated millions that we had
before are with us still. The immense
majority that voted in 1876 for State
independence, honest government, pop
ular liberty, peace lietween the sections
and equal justice to all mpn, will vote
again in the same way. To these will
| be added the thousands in every part
of the country whose conscience forbids
them to support the particular kind of
I fraud to which this administration owe*
; it* existence. Mill further will the
j great majority bo swelled by enthusias
tic love lor the great Deliverer who dis
j interestedly stood by the cause of liber-
I ty at tbe time of its extrernest peril.
! The oligarchy that persecuted and
sneered at him then shall painfully
feel—
"What frwm# ran <lo *b n tbrir hnirti ar< on (lrf>
For lhf> hero anl lh rliH ihM '
1 confess 1 am disappointed in the
effect of this upon the popular mind.
I believed that the thunders of univer
ral condemnation would break over the
heads of the men who had done this
thing. But they took the moral meas
ure of their party better than I did.
Doubtless there are many thousands
who have determined in their heart*
not to trust such criminals any longer;
doubtless the confidence of many nen
heretofore acting with them has received
a shock from winch it will never recover;
but their organization is nearly a* com
pact as it was before, and most of their
leaders move with a step as alert a* ever
in support of a nominee who made
himself especially conspicuous in the
perpetration of that great wrong-
Of course we will elect Gen. Hancock
a* surely ns we elected Mr. Tilden, and
hy a much larger majority. But the
same men who cheated in 1876 may
cheat again in 1880. They do not ap
pear to have repented. Tbey have not
taid or done anything to show that they
would not commit tbe same crime over.
What then? I can only answer : If yu
be men bear U not. The deliverer who
leads now has always been true to the
people in war and in peace; and no
matter what betides us he is sure to be
true in the future. Let us also be true
to him in every emergency ; for hit
danger it our danger, and if he falls
by another fraud our righta will perish
forever.
In his speech Judge Black paid many
eloquent tributes to the wortn and abil
ity of General Hancock, declaring "that
every man who believes in the whole
American system of government should
be a friend of General Hancock. He is
and always has been for it, in every
part. His sword defended the lawful
authority of the union ; be threw hia
shield before the breast of civil liberty:
it was his great order that vindicated
state sovereignty."
The Women's Temperance Union
Convention meets at Harrisburg on the
20th inst.
The Pistol In Indiana.
BRL'TAI. NCRDER Of SIIERIFF llWlil AT
snsLiirviLLE.
Knilll Hjmx Jul DiapHt' I| t'# th" World,
1 >Ol anatolih, Oct. ll.—The detail* of
the murder of Sheriff McCorkle threw
a strong light on the evil effect* of the
tacticA udopted hy the Republican*.
The murderer wa a mere hoy crazed
with free drinkx and with the ineendia
ry rubbish of oratorH like Genera!
Harrison, who had been declaiming
against the "solid South" and the j
rebel Democracy like a wild person not j
an hour before the shooting occurred. ,
General Harrison began speaking about i
1 o'clock, and simultaneously coin- i
uienced a series of fights and riots that 1
lasted for several hours, with short
intervalH. Young Kennedy, a lad of
seventeen, and a number of others,
both Democrats and Republicans, were
in Hardebeck's saloon drinking and
arguing politics. A row occurred, but
exactly who were engaged in it on
either side it is impossible to ascertain
accurately—at any rate Sheriff McCork
le was called in by the proprietor to
quell the disturbance, which he soon
succeeded in doing and separated the
combatantß. He took the Kennedy boys
in charge and went out of the saloon
with them to the other side of the
street. He was accompanied by a
motley and excited crowd to that point, j
about thirty or forty yards from the j
saloon. The Kennedys had promised, ,
it seems, to go home quietly f released j
and Mcf'orkle had tried to persuade
them to do so. The .Sheriff was assist- J
ed in his duties by ex-Sheriff T. 11.
Howard Lee, and the fwo were side by
side when the point above-mentioned j
was reached. Arrived there the Ken
nedys and their companions refused to
go any further, and commenced an as
sault uj>on the officials. Mr. Lee was
struck in the head with a stone, and
Ldward Kennedy, turning and drawing |
a revolver, deliberately shot Sheriff Mc- \
C'orkle. The ball penetrated the upper
portion of the right breast, and it is j
thought lodged in or behind the lung.
Most of the crowd dispersed after the
shooting, and Sheriff McCorkle was j
taken to the residence of Mr. It. W.
Flavitz, near by, bleeding profusely \
from his wound. Dr. Samuel Kennedy
was immediately summoned and pro
nounced the wound very serious, with
the chances decidedly against recovery.
It was reported on the street that he
was dying or dead, and the news creat
ed the wildest excitement. The popu
lace flocked in hundreds to the scene of
the occurrence, and to the bedside of j
the wounded officer. A general riot -
seemed imminent for some time ;
threats of vengeance were uttered I
against the perpetrator of the dastardly
deed and if he had been caught there
is little doubt that he would have been
lynched, lbit es soon as the shooting
took place Kennedy fled. Nothing i
known of his present whereabouts, hut
it is rumored that a Republican friend in
oflicial position met the murderer at a
convenient point, supplied him with
money and told him to make his way out
of the county. After the shooting of Mr. :
McCorkle, ex Sheriff Howard Lee was
set upon by a gang, knocked down and
repeatedly struck over the head and ,
shoulders with huge stones and would, i
doubtless have been murdered on the !
spot had not Constable Richard Thrall j
and others rescued him. He was taken
to a house near by for protection,
where his wounds were dressed. In ad
dition to the foregoing brutal a*auli and
attempt at murder several other bloody
affrays occurred. One of these occurred
at Keek's saloon previous to that de
| verified above. A crippled Democratic
soldier named Short was in this saloon
i with a number of Republicans. One of
. the latter said he could whip any Dem-
I oorst who had hallooed for Hancock, or
that no Democrat should halloo for
Hancock, or some remark to that effect.
; This waa resented by Short and be was
: immediately assaulted and knocked
| down. At this |>oint Andrew Gusming
er, a prominent Democrat, interfered
and requested the parties to desist;
thereupon he 100 was assaulted and
dreadfully beaten. His head was bad
ly cut and he was otherwise bruised.
•Jefferson Barger, who ts marshal of
Shelbyville, stood hy and saw McCor
kle shot, saw the outrageous conduct
of his |iolitical friends and made no
effort to interfere with or stop their do
ings. He arrested nobody; did not try
to catch Kennedy ; did not lift a hand
to prevent bloodshed, and it it one of his
, deputies who is charged with giving
j money to Kennedy to make his escape.
A Dreadful Disaster.
TERRIBLE IOS* OF LIFE BV A RAILROAD
COLLISION AT I'ITTSBI Rll.
A frightful collision occurred last
Saturday at midnight, on the Pennsyl
vania railroad near Twenty-eighth st.
crossing, by which nine )ieople were
killed outright and eleven more have
died since, making in all twenty deaths
while as many more are dangerously
hurt and physicians say they cannot
recover. In addition to these there is
a large number who are slightly in
jured.
1 he first section of the Well's accom
modation train going east left the
Union depot at 11.31 p. m., having a
large number of passengers wbo bad
come to the city participate in the
closing exercises of the exposition and
witness the Democratic demonstration.
The back platform was so crowded that
the head-light on the second section,
which was following, could not be seen.
The first section stopped at the regular
station at Twenty-eighth street, where
it was delayed on account of aoolher
train which waa in the next block.
The second section came along at good
sneed, but owing to the crowd on the
platform of the first section the sigoal
light* were hidden from view and con
sequently the engineer of the second
section did not aee the train ahead of
him until he waa so near it that his
train could not be checked in time to
prevent e collision end the engine went
crashing into the rear coach of the
first section packed as it was with
human beings. The engine buried
itself to the nab windows among
"lTi" 1 g' suffering men, women and
children, mangling all who were in its
course The boiler head of the collid
ing engine waa burst off by the shock
•oaiding water and steam poured
over the occupants of the oar as if bent
on completing the terrible work that
hod gone before.
It is impossible to describe the fear
ful scenes that followed. The groans
of the dying and shrieks of those who
had lost their friends were frightful.
Word was immediately telegraphed to
the mayor's office for assistance and
twenty five policemen, with a full corps
of physicians and wagons, were dis
patched at once to the scene of the dis
aster, where they were soon busily ,rn
ployed in alleviating the sufferings of
the victims arid clearing away the
wreck. The wounded who were unable
to care for themselves were carried n,
the soldiers hospital hut a short distance
from the accident.
The name of the engineer of ti.<-
second locomotive is Julius Hucy and
that of the fireman R*inbo. Both ar<-
residents of Pittsburg and e.<„| ~.q
uninjured, notwithstanding they -ti,, ~
to the engine when it [.lowed through
the rear car of the other train.
Up to I o'clock Monday morning
thirty persons have died.
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GENERAL NEWS.
A vein of what is believed to be black
marble has been discovered in ''aroliri i
county.
Col. Ben P.rownfleld died near Union
town, Fayette county, on Thursday,
aged 101 years. He was a Democrat,
and his first vote was cast for Thorns-
Jefferson.
The Masonic fraternity of New York
on .Saturday laid the corner stone .
Cleopatra's Needle, in central prk
with the usual ceremony, closing w.'.h
an oration by Grand Master Jesse
Anthony.
Two hundred survivors of the < >l<-
Hundred and Fortieth Regiment tok
part ir. the reunion exercises at Miami,
on Tuesday of lat week. Congre-sn. •
Sballenberger made the annual addre-
In the shooting match at St. Ixniip.'u
Saturday afternoon, between A. 1!.
Bogardus and W. B. Hanworth, <:
Quincv, 111., 100 wild birds, 21 var i
rise, American rules. SIOO a side, tfi
score at the finish stood 92 to 92. at.<-
John Carson and hi* son, together
with another l*y named Benner, <<[
Spruce Creek, Huntingdon county, at
tempted to walk through the Hprur.-
Creek tunnel, on Saturday, but were
run over by the second section of the
Pacific express east, and were all ir.
atantly killed.
Kx-Governor Horatio Seymour attend
ed the golden wedding of hi* cousin.
Kx-Chief Justice Origen S. Seymour, of
Connecticut, at Litchfield, Conn., a few
days ago. There were also present Gov
Andrews and Kx Governors lngersr.il
and F.nglish, of Connecticut, and many
Slate Judges.
George lowry and his brother in law,
David Thomas, colored, were a few <l*\-
since arrested in Nelson county, Va .
upon the charge of outraging Mr*. Mas.
sie, a white widow, and robbing her
house. The prisoner* were taken from
an officer and lynched hy an armed
bodv of citizen*.
Workmen employed on the Cape Cod
ship canal steamer, to the number of
100, struck Fridav on account of the
discharge of the Italian boss, and say
they will not work until he i* reinstated.
This is thought to be the teginningnf a
general strike, a* it is said thete is dis
satisfaction all along the line.
The New York Board of Aldermen
on Friday passed their final estimates
for tax levy for IXBO. The levy amounts
to $28,937,272.90 on the total valuation
of real and personal estate, aggregating
$1,143,765,727.09. The rate of taxation
is 253 100 cents on the dollar. In 1X79
the rale was 2 58-100 cents on the dol
lar on an assessed valuation of $1,094,-
069,335.
The Ki Empress Kugenie has pur
chased the Farnborough estate in Hamp
shire, from the widow of the late Tho-.
I/ongmao, the publisher, for ss<i,(K*>.
It comprises some two hundred and
fifty acres of finely wooded ground*.
The Km press intends to build on the
properly a mortuary chaf-el to receive
the rmains of the late Ka)|>eror and
the Prince 1 mperial.
I,iizie F., widow of the late W. C.
Ralston, has filed a complaint in the
Superior Court, at San Francisco, against
Senator Sharon. The document covers
265 pages, and is to the effect that Rals
j ton and Sharon were partners in bui
news ; that Sharon wa* also one of the
executors of lUlston's will, of which
complainant was sole beneficiary, and
she asks an accounting, claiming a large
sum of money as due.
<n an excursion train returning to
Denver, Col., from Golden, on Thurtdav
last, with the "Boys in Blue," who had
>een attending a Republican meeting.
Jacob Good had his neck broken by
thrusting his head out of a car window
to that it came in contact with a freight
car standing at IbeUolden depot. Some
of the party discharged their revolver*
indiscriminately, and a colored roan
was wounded in the leg.
James Donahoe and Richard Swift
attempted to batter down the door of
the residence of Mary Brown at an
early hour on Sunday morning, near
Pottsville, when Andrew Brown, her
brother, shot Donahoe in the face with
fatal effect, and then surrendered him
self to the authorities, claiming that
the shooting was justifiable. Brown's
sister attempted suicide during the
afternoon by shooting herself in the
neek.
Hiram De lluff, engineer of the Mif
flintown local freight train, ran his en
f;ine into the rear of a slowly moving
reight train on Saturday evening on
the Pennsylvania Railroad, one mile
east of .Spruce Creek tunnel, and bad
both legs and bis right arm to badly
crushed that he died in a short time.
* widow and six children at
Mitffintown. Travel was temporarily
obtnioted by the wreck of the engine
and seven coal car*.
Col. Racbelder, of Boston, the govern
ment historian of the beltle of Getty*
burg, baa arrived at Gettysburg with s
corps of engineers to complete the sur
vey of the battlefield, as directed by
wt of Congress at its last session. Col.
Baohelder was recently elected a mem
ber of the Gettysburg Memorial Asso
ciation for the preservation of the field,
and was also appointed a committee to
locale tablets to mark the position of
Iroons at the battle and to determine
Ue legend they should bear.