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The Morning herald., 1876-01-28

The first grand Reunion and reception of
St. Johns Commandery No l, Masonic
Knights TeEplar, stationed at Wilmington,
Delaware, was given last evening at the
Masonic Temple. s.
The services were opened with prayer, by
Sir Knight, Rev. j. NJ. p. Otis, of Demolay
Commandery, No.. 3.
An address on the rise ami progress of
the orders of Christian Knighthood, was de-
lived by Sir Knight, Rev. j. M. p. Otis.
This was followed with music by Riches
orchestra.
The banquet was com plete success, and
comprised in the bill of fare, all the delica-
cies in season. ,. .,..Ii %.
The following toasts were read and re-
sponded to as named
"Our First Reunion," by Past Emminent
Commander, s. A. Hodgman. Our Sister
Jurisdictions, by Sir Knight, J. Thomas
Budd, of Monumen al Commandery, Balti-
more, Md. "Our LAZY Friends" by Sir
Knight, Rev. j. M. OTIS. Our Invited
Gaests." by Past Emminent Commander,
Isaac G. Pyle. 7" The Grand Encampment
Of the United States," by Sir Knight, VIM.
H. Lee. ,rs.' -.0.Hy y......' oh.
Past Eminent Commander, Isaac G. Pyle,
read letters from the following: EN-. Sir
James H. Hopkins, Grand Master Grand
Encampment, OF Knights Templar United
States; E. Sir Charles F. Stansbury, Wash
ington: E. Sir Richard Muckel, Philadel-
phia; E. Sir Charles E. Meyers, Philadel-
phia; E. Sir Gaylord Moore, Wilmington,
and E. Sir Edward Thomas Schultz, Balti-
more. w 3''.j4 'i,. .'.t oil.
Sir J. Thomas Budd, spoke of arrange
ments having been made by the Grand
Commandery of Maryland to secure for the
use Of the Grand Encampment of Knights
| Templar of the United States during the
Centennial, the site on the P. w. d B. R.R.
known as Ridley Park. " -
The banquet Hall was beautifully dec or
ated with flags, evergreens and smblems of
the Order. There were about fifty six Knights
present with their ladies and to the inspir-
ing strains of music, from Prof. Ritchie's
Incompatible orchestra, dancing was kept
up until the wee sma' heurs Of morning.
To the following gentlemen who
formed the committee Of arrangements
great praise is due. a ',. -t
E. Sir Jno. Akin, Jr., EN-. Commander.
E. Sir William Marshall,
Sir James Crooks, .-'l a... .'.l
Sir James H. Price, ...l ..l
Sir William Conner, ...I ...'
Sir j. II. Simms, ........ ...... .,,'...a.
Sir William H. Cloward, 49,. N
Sir James NJ. Jones,
Sir Thomas Davidson.
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lnlnsanA Prisoner.

BROOKLYN, N. Y, Jan. |.-The trial o.
Joseph Burroughs for the murder of his
wife. EnzabetR, was to-day brought to
sudden termination by District Attorney
Britton rising and announcing tnat no nav ~
become convinced that the prisoner wss "a ~ ~
sane His conviction was the result OF per,
sonai observation and Of the testimony o.
experts with whom he (Mr. brlGtonI I,d maJ
Communicated on the case. He woulo
Therefore abandon the prosecution. Judge
Pratt then charged the jury ana tney ~, 10
turned verdict of mot guilty" py Ieasoa ~
OF finssnity.y The prisoner was comm"'eo
to an asylum.
The Morning herald., 1876-01-28
Robbery.

|. On Monday evening, three thieves effected
an entrance into st. Pau's Church, 4th and
Adams streets, where they bursted open the
"Poor Box" and carried off It's conten's
One of the men was disguised ~ woman
They went into the church about O'Clock.
in the evening with the worshippers, and
remained until all had retired, when they
silently effected their egress through one Of
the windows. They were seen by q lady
living near the church, but she did not sus
pect what their objeet was, otherwise the
alarm would have been given. .,
The Morning herald., 1876-01-28
M1xoR LOCALS.

Geo. W. Bush & Son, sell hard, pure
coal, suitable for cold weather. '
Miss Amanda Smith, the colored evangelist
leaves this week for other fields of labor.
Mr. Dougherty's lecture has been post
poned until Tuesday evening, February Sth.
Bridgeville, Sussex county, is in posses
sion of Z first-class revival, which is accom-
plishing much good. j.
On Wednesday evening the Union Loan
Association sold $2,S56@15; $2,O0O@13;
$1O0@1o; and s2O0@par. .Fs' -,
A Teachers Institute for the Public
Schools Of Sussex County will be held in
Georgetown during the first week of Feb
reary. '".'" 10 % +t -.' ..
The Fremen's Centennial Association will
hold special meeting this evening in the
Washington Engine House, French street
above Third. ..
Bryant's sMinstrels will give performance at
the Opera House on Monday evening. There
is no doubt of the excellency of the troupe,
and they deserve good house.
]. F. Mancha, real estate agent of Smyr-
ma, has sold Gideon E. Rothwelps farm of
251 acres, near Casperson's Mill, near that
town, to VIM. E. Biggs, for $1,000.
In Symrna everybody Is so absorbed with
the religious revivals, that an attempt made
there to exhibit the "New Sensation" q
play, was a total failure, as only three tick
cts could be sold.
Last evening before Esquire Brady, Thos
Stewart was given hearing charged with
assaulting the person of David Kramer.
Stewart was held in the sum eff 500 for his
appearance at the next term Of Court.
Thomas Fox, Esq, has purchased oi
Joseph Gould, the property on the South
east corner of Fourth and Poplar streets,
which he intends converting into a dry
goods and trimming store on the 25th OF
March next. - lg ura
An old gentleman of seventy, yesterday
struck an attitude that would have been be.
coming to Jim Mace or Joe Coburn in the
prize ring, and gave young man of twenty
| to understand that there was life in the old
man yet and it would be well for him to be
more respectful. '...... ......... r. 3,
The report which has been circulated to
the effect that many persons resigned from
81. .Paul's church because Amanda Smith war
allowed to preach there is without the slight
est foundation of truth. Instead Of there
being any designations, seventy three names
were added to the congregation.
Those who are not accustomed to the
ways that are dark &C., express considera-
bic surprise when Wilmington boot black
tells them to "pull down their vest" Not
withstanding It 10 the slang for "stop talk
ing" 1t is very seldom that man does not
upon such occasions give that part of his
wearing apparel pull or SO downward.
The Morning herald., 1876-01-28
Death Of John b. Grubb

Yesterday morning about three O'Clock
Mr., John B. Grubb died at his residence,
Front and Market street. Mr.. G. had been
sick for several weeks, first with fever and
finally with neuralgia which caused MS
death at the time mentioned. Mr.. Grubb
has been resident of this city for about
ten years, and had the confidence Of large
circle of friends. He has been engaged In
the hotel business for several years, and
although be dealt in liquor, was strictly
temperate In his habits.
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Ihe Freeing PnrsOn.
WINSLOW GOES TO HOlLAND--FUR RT HEI
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CASE.
NEW YORK, Jan. 81.

WINsLOW GOES TO HOLLAND--FU RTHER
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CASE.
,,,.t- NEW YORK, Jan. ~.
By Amor can Press Assu uciation.
The New York agents for the line of
. Gamers plying between this port and Ho-
ialldstated to day on Inquiries being made
regarding the alleged sailing of Winslow,
that no, passenger list had been made out
1T their office. they could not tell the num-
Der of passengers who sailed on Friday IN
the steamer Rotterdam and couldn't say
wi her any passage tickets were sold On
Thursday or Friday. The steamers sail d.
rect for Holland without stopping at any IN
tcrmediate ports. The authorities believe ne
sailed on the Rotterdam and 1t Is said the
steamship agents recognized his protraif, !,
and the parties from whom he purchased
his draft, picked out the photographs tom
large number shown them by the detec-
tivcs. Detective Dearborn OF Boston who 10
now here, and '' 'is confident
now go that Winslow 'S has indeed
sailed for Holland with his family. Ne has
visited WinslOw's friends and gained all
information pos ssible from them. From an
intimate friend Of Winslow's it was learnt q
he had planned to spend the winter IN
Washington, D. c., and intended going
ever, ee is probably only ruse to put his
friends off the track. Winslow went to
celebrated lawyer lately and consulted him
in regard to the extradiction treaty in
Brazil. -ILIJ
lie said he intended writing an editorial
article in his paper upon the subject. II
appears Winslow went on the steamer on
Thursday afternoon taking his family ana
baggage with him. The vessel sailed the
following day. 1uas l'-a ~
The Morning herald., 1876-01-28
THE OLD woELD,s NEWS.
Turkish. Successes.

BY American Press Association ~
LONDON, Jan. 27.-The Daily Telegraph
has a. special from Ragusa saying:-A force
OF 5000 Turks under Monktar Pasha, hai
retaken the forts and retrenchmeDts of Ra
dovan, which were captured by the insur
gents in the engagements from the 18th II
the 10Th Of January. Il, a...i 81 u
I. 'g Victory VI the Turks.
LONDON, Jan. 27.-The Pail Mall Gazctt'
this afternoon has special telegram from
Vienna which says the New York Fire.
Press is informed that the Turks yesterday
achieved signal victory over the Insur.
gel.ts forcing the road leading from Ire.
baisne to Ragusa. The Insurgents retired
in disorder. I ,.a.l.- MI 0.# d
America Corners She field. a
SHEFFIELD, Jan. 27.-At the annual
meeting of the Chamber Of Commerce Of
Sheffield, held here yesterday, the President
referred to the startling decline Of Out
American trade, and said that neither Shef.
field nor Birmingham would ever have such
an American trade as they had had former
ly. American and German manufacturers
were pushing our goods into corner, and
by introducing machinery for the produc.
tlOu VI dICIClCo VI C4u@A 4u"iiVy w OAOoS
made by hand here, had become successful
competitors. TL A 1 IA %.
Official Docnss,ent Submitted.
LONDON, Jan. 27.-The Daily Neacs is in
formed that writs were yesterday served OF
General Schenck, the Ameriern Minister
Albert Grant, the noted financier, and 9th
ers, now OF formerly connected with tht
Emma Mining Company. q D.. a. q
Heavy Loss by Fire. ID
BoLoUeNE, Jan.27 "A fire has destroyed
the retreshmcnt and waiting rooms Of th'
New International Railway Station. Th'
freight and custom house departments wer'
saved. The loss is heavy.
B0ucicault and the Fenians.
DUBLIN, Jan. 27.-Dion Boucicault, th'
dramatic author, having offered to devot'
the proceeds of his American tour for th
benefit Of the families of imprisoned Fe
mans, the chairman Of the Fenian Relic
Committee in this city has addressed let
ter to Mr.. Boucicault, thanking him for hi
generous offer, but refusing to accept tn
rendered donation, stating that the fund
which are on have are amply sufficient t.
meet all demands which may ultimately b
made upon them. I..,
The Morning herald., 1876-01-28
TIE COUNTERTEITER.

Thomas Pennington, who was arrested on
Wednesday, charged with passing coun-
terfeit money, was given further hearing
before U. s. Commissioner Smith, yesterday
morning At 8 o'clock. He will be tried at
the next term of the U. 8. Court. As yet
he has not been able to obtain bail,
The Morning herald., 1876-01-28
BEFORE ESQUIRE FRAZER.

James Haughey, who lives in Brandywine
Hundred, was brought before Esquire
Frazer on Wednesday, upon charge Of sell
ing liquor to minors and with disposing Of
It without license. The man who made the
complaint was not present and their being
no witnesses, he was dismissed.
The Morning herald., 1876-01-28
Tweed II card From.
By American Press Association.

BY American PFcsS ASSOc1atlOn.
New YORK, Jan. 27.-A gentleman who
arrived here to-day from Toronto, Canada,
and who formed the acquaintance Of Harry
Genet, in Prescott, G. W., states that VIM.
NJ. Tweed was with Harry Genet last Mon
day, At the Robeson House, in Whitby, with
another American gentleman. The latter
he learned, by conversation, had just ar
rived from Portland, Maine. 1t was noised
around Whitby that 1t was Tweed, and they
left that place for Wick. 20
The Morning herald., 1876-01-28
Masonic Reunion.

FESTIVE SCENE AT MASONIC HALL
DISTINCT UIsHED GUESTS, TOASTS,
SPEECHES, &C.
The Morning herald., 1876-01-28

A Western editor wants female cores
pondcnt--one, he says, who can "fline
golden gleamings over the sombre tints of
lile."
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T,.e Weather ITO.N0y.

For the Middle States, partly cloudy,
Mariner aosathsr d,rsng the day, ~ith SOUTHEAST
to southwest wi,sds, probably tolloned By ligM
rain dnd falling bar on1ster, d'sring tile might.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-20

A New CRUSADE on by the in
creasing difficulties of his position it is
feared that the Sultan may in despair lift up
the standard of the Prophet and fling the
lussulman millions, with the cry of God
is God and Mohammed his prophet T. first
upon the dcfencelcss Christians of his realm
and then upon the bayonets of the Christian
nations closing in upon Turkey from every
side. There is something appalling in this
prospect, which, for all its promise of helish
crime, will wear n touch of sublimity. 1t will
signalizc, il once undertaken, the bloody
finale of Moslem rule in Europe, for there is
no question how crusade in the nineteenth
century would end. The revival of the re-
ligious passions of six hundred years ago
would be curious but as the prologue to a
tragedy Of the most gigantic proportions it
is to be hoped against until hope is no longer
possible
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-20

We are sincerely sorry that the Governor
cannot find it his duty to pardon Dolan, now
under sentence of death for the murder of
Noe and yet we do not see how he could have
done so without virtually abrogating our law
of capital punishment The murder of Noe
was marked with peculiar circumstances of
cruelty. He was a peaceful citizen in his
own house defending his property. While
doing this he was assailed by a burglar and
wounded to death. Certainly if there is any
necessity for capital punishment it exists in
a case like this Dolan had a fair patient
trial. A jury of his countrymen found
him guilty of this murder. No one
we think, can question the justice of
the verdict. However much the Cover
nor might desire to save the life of the con-
demned, such an act would have been vio-
lation of every principle of justice. The
sympathy all must feel for this unhappy
young man, who goes to an untimely grave
should not deaden our minds to tho fact
that by his act an unotfending citizen was
slain aud his household made a house of
mourning. Dolan should have thought of
this when brutalized by lust, intemperance
and crime he went out to rob, and in the
effort to rob became murderer.
The case of Dolan suggests revision of
our whole criminal procedure, so far as
capital cases are concerned. No Chinese
torture can compare to the sufferings in
fiicted upon this criminal and others like
him by the delays and imperfectons of
justice. The months of waiting, the appeal
from court to court, the sentence in the first
place. the reprieves, the assiduous Efforts of
friends and counsel to save his life, the
waiting upon the Governor, the natural SYM
pathy of kind. well-meaning persons who
are only too anxious to make the case of
every prisoner their own, the uncertainty as
to his fate, which continued from day to
day until within forty-eight hours of doom,
when the Governors decision was given
all of this is unworthy OF humane juris-
prudence. Prisoners charged with murder
should have q speedy trial, and, if guilty, a
swift punishment. Humanity rs well as
Justice demands this; and we trust that the
Legislature will so amend our laws that it
will hereafter be impossible to condemn a
man. as Dolan and Rubenstein have been
condemned, not merely TO death, but to
weeks and months of torture while waiting
for death
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the weakness or the vice that was electro
plated during mans lifetime with manli-
ness or responsibility, is laid bare, to the dis
may and often to the surprise of friends and
relatives. The Singer and the Brown will
cases, among recent Ones will be remem-
bered In the case of Barmore we see will
set solemnly aside on evidence accepted AZ
proving undue influence, and in q few
weeks we see the will admitted to probate By
the unmasking OF as great and bold con,
spiracy as any fiction writer ever dared to
construct from his imagination. We hops
the matter will not be allowed to rest there,
for the criminals should be hunted dowp
remorselessly
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what seems Defeat May Mean Trk
umph.

The coalition now forming against Tilden,
and which, taking its rise in our own State,
is now spreading over the country, is in no
sense dangerous to the Governors leader
ship Of his party and his power for useful
ness At the sarae time it is powerful op.
position, menacing not alone the integrity
of the party, but the credit and peace OF the
Union. The reason of this is that if Tilden
goes into the Convention meaning to fight
for his crown like forlorn hope he will
be apt to compel the nomination of some in
flationist from the West or some revolution
list from the South.
If Tilden finds his enemies are pressing
him let him present a man to the Conven-
ton whose name will have some assurance
of victory, not merely before the Conven-
ton, but before the country.
If the democrats think that some such man
can lead their hosts to victory they can find
him in Senator Bayard, of Delaware. The
value of Bayard's canvass would be that he
has all of Tilden's strength and none of his
weakness Moreover. if Bayard should
chance to win, Tilden would be to him what
Seward was to Lincoln.
Seward showed the genius of politics and
craftsmanship. When defeated at Chicago
he held his temper and his ambition, and be-
came the ruling spirit of the administration.
He turned defeat into triumph. Tilden
should read the stirring annals of this time
and wrest victory even from the jaws Of de-
feat
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-20

In WHOSE characterization Grants
veto of the Presidential Salary Reduction
bill will be received with more satisfaction
by the country than his signature to the bill
increasing his salary during the present
term, because the latter was regarded as part
of the infamous back pay grab signed for in
the same measure. Fifty thousand dollars q
year is not too large salary for the Execu-
tive of great nation like the United States,
unless ''pickings" are to be encouraged
in the Presidency The touching portion
of President Grants veto message is his COM
Germ for his successor" he ''having no per.
sonal interest in this matter" For whom,
then, has he been so magnanimous? Wesee
an almost endless line of candidates rising
to thank the President and saying You
shall be welcome visitor at the White
House, sir, after next 4th of March. They are
all there bowling and scraping-Tilden, Bris
tow, Morton, Thurman, Conkling, Allen,
Blaine, Bayard, Fish, Hayes, Bowles (for G.
F. Adams), host Of minor celebrities, and
q shadowy form which we take to be the
"Great Unknown"
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the government. Some radical critic might
reply that the forefathers were not fighting
the last war. Senator Bayard seems to be
gaining strength in the South, the New Or
leans Picdyune indorsing him. In North
Carolina the Raleigh Ners speaks somewhat
after the manner of the Atlanta Times, wish
ing that we should be represented by pure,
large-minded men who are conversant with
the broad theories of civil law. We suppose
it remembers grand old Calhoun. Texas is
agitated by the fever for getting good men
into Office, and it seems likely to succeed.
The Boston Herald, always sharp-sighted,
scouts the idea of Blaine being a reformer,
but has faith that he would make brilliant,
if not q strong, administration.
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The Presidents Corruption Fund.

Scarce day passes in these times of in
vestigation that some reputation honored in
the sight of the nation does not fall down in
the scandals unearthed since the Belknap
infamy burst upon the country, and, indeed,
long before it, the vultures Of corruption
have been seen lowering and circling close
about the President. Yet large majority
have charitably hoped and believed that, near
as the faint Of evil came to him, he at least
might come out unsmirched. 1t is to be
feared that this hope will prove fallacious.
The revelations made before the Committee
Of the House investigating expenditures, in
the Department of Justice show the President
to have been the author of raid upon the
Treasury whose unwarrantable shamelessness
even ex-Attorney General Williams has not
the courage to defend. It seems that
thirty thousand dollars was paid from the
Secret Service fund at President Grants
order by ex-Attorney General Williams to
John l. Davenport, of this city, as head imp
of the republican camp followers here under
the titles of United States Commissioner
and Supervisor of Elections This cor
ruption fund was forwarded mainly
at the time of the Presidential cleo
ton in 1872, and no voucher for its ex-
penditure exists at the Department of JUS
tice care especially being taken that it
should not appear in connection with
name which would at once reveal the pur-
poses for which it was used. This is
great blow to the President. AS to
Williams and Davenport, they have no
characters to lose that they would be likely
to grieve over, or any one else for them; but
to the President, who surely counts on re-
spected memory, this discovery must be as
great shock as it will prove to the country
at la rye.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-20

THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION has exhibited
no changes of Importance within the past
few days. but it is probable that events
worthy Of note are preparing The govern
ment are sending troops toward the head
quarters of Diaz, at Matamoros, but the
advance is made with extreme caution and
by slow stages. Along the river the revolu-
tionists have matters their own way, except
in SO far as the proximity of United States
troops makes the levying of forced loans on
American merchants less certain mode of
doing business than your true Mexican
would desire.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-20

The BRAZILIAN EMPERoR's JOURNEY West,
disclosing to him the marvellous progress
made in filling up that wild of less than half
acentury ago, has drawn from him some char
acteristic and complimentary remarks on the
vigor Of civilization that has accomplished
to Chicago appears to have both astonished
and pleased him, and his cncomiums upon
The public schoolhouses that he saw in every
town along his route show how just is our
pride in the system which sows intelligence
broadcast TO the million.