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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-16
General POrtpr'S Case.

The COmte de Paris, in Il new edition
of his history of the army of the PotO-
mac, declares that the criticism Oh Fitz
John POrter'S conduct in the prior edi
ton is no longer warranted by the evi-
dence. This has been the decision cf !,
court of inquiry after careful examina-
tiOn. 1t is the sentiment of the country.
Ifsuch is the fact great injustice was done
General Porter i'm his dismissal from the
army, and the common sense view is
that but one way to repair it exists
which is to put him back in the place
from which he was taken. If his case
had a proper handling in the Senate the
present bill for his relief would not have
been proposed or accepted. 1t simply
authorizes the president TO place Gen.
Porter on the retired list OF the army in
rank not above that of colonel and
without pay for the years Of his expul-
sion. We do not understand how
any one who believed in General Por-
ter's innocence could have accepted
such a miserable measure of indemnity
for the gross wrong done him. Senator
Randolph. of New Jersey, has had charge
of the bill. He is evidently not Benton.
He would never have become illustrious
as "a great expunger'' of an iniquitous
record. His discretion may be
great, but his courage and determina-
tiOn are manifestly of Il minimum
grade. II does not need any demon
stration to show that no reparation can
be too great for General Porter inno-
cent, and that none is due him, guilty.
Being conceded innocent, what measure
Ofjustice is it in Congress to authorize
the president, if he sees fit, to make him
q colonel OIL half pay and without
back pay. 1t is mOckery and
shame to make such Il proposition :;
certainly rs a court marshal expelled
General Porter, it is possible to review
its action on its being demonstrated
that it was unjustly taken. It
would be a scandal upon the
laws if they did not permit the
finding to be reversed when shown to be
wrong. If they do not, the work for
Congress to do is to amend the laws so
that the court martial ver,licts may be
reviewed and not to pass Il special law
in one case and that i, law which is
very far from securing the full measure
of Justice demanded.
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PERSONAL,

Major General WINFIELD S. HANCOCK
U. S. A., has been assigned to duty &C
cording to his brevet of major general, tt
date from Dec. 4. 1880.
GEO. w. CHILDs, the great obituary
poet Of the Philadelphia Ledger, is named
as candidate for U. S. senator by the
Cincinnati Gazette, whose editor says
"He is not only wealthy, but he is a first,
class business man, and ifp]aced in pub.
lie position would serve to elevate politics,
and especially Pennsylvania politics.
Mile. JEANNE BERNHARDT, Sara's sister,
arrived in New York from Havre yester.
day. She was dreadfully seasick all the
way over. When her tall form, encased
from head to foot in on olive-green cloak
and capped with marvellous piece Of
head-gear, glided along the gang-plan's
the bystanders all exclaimed elbow like
the B. herself"
Pottsville fashionable society was stirred
yesterday by the marriage of Miss JULIA
RyoN, daughter of Hon. John w. Ryon,
congressman from the Schuylkill district,
to Mr.. WILLIAM RICHARDS, of st. Louis
and of Miss SALLIE BRYANT, a niece of Mr..
Frank Carter, general land agent of the
Philadelphia & Reading railroad compa-
ny, to Mr.. J. ELLwooD SMITH, also of St.
Louis. The two bridal couples left on the
same train for their new Western homes.
A young and pretty woman, whom
RocHEFORT took into his service while in
exile, and to whom, it is said, he was much
attached, committed suicide in Paris on
Monday. She was discovered by Roche
fort stretched on her bed in the J.: .ss'.1s "
of death, with pan of charc> io.S o'."Safiing at
her side. Rochefort was half distracted
and was led away weeping. It was feared
that his despair would drive him to some
violent act, and indeed rumor was afloat
in Paris that he had committed suicide.
81 The statement in an Eastern paper of
recent date that Governor FOSTER is pre-
pairing to withdraw from the senatorial
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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE CITY SOLICITORS OPINION.
Upon the Question Of tho Approaching Elec
tiOn fOr Aldermen.

Upon the Question Of tho Approaching Elec-
tiOn for Aldermen.
LANCASTER, Dec. Is, 1880.
Hon. John I. Mc Gonigle, Mayor Of tile
City Of Lancaster
DEAR SIR: The question which you have
presented to me is, whether aldermen
must be elected in the First, Fifth and
Eighth wards at the city election in Feb
ruary next, or whether these offices shall
be filled Oh the third Tuesday Of Febru-
ary, 4. d. 1882.
am Of opinion that no election should
be held for these offices until the third
Tuesday Of February, 1882 The act Of
May 10, 1874, Sec. 1, provides "that all
members Of councils and all other city,
ward, borough and township officers to be
elected or the third Tuesday Of February
nert, or in any year thereafter, whose term
Of Office would, under existing laws expire
prior to the first Monday in April. shall
continue in Office from the date at which
said term would otherwise expire, until
the first Monday in April then next ensu-
ing thereto
The aldermen Of the wards above men
toned, being elected on the third Tuesday
of February following the passage Of said
act, are included within it's provisions and
their tern Of Office is therefore OK
tended from the time it would otherwise
expire until tho first Monday of April,
1882. But the concluding part of this sec
ton provides that elections for officers
which shall be vacant on the first Monday
in April shall be held on the third
Tuesday in February next preceding
thereto" As therefore there will bc no
vacancy until the first Monday in April,
1882, tho election to fill the same should
not be held until the third Monday in Feb
ruary, 1882, which is the third Monday in
February Immediately preceding said va
cancy.
You also inquire whether AL election
should be held OH February next to fiji the
vacancy caused by the death of Il. w.
Shenk, esq, the late select councilman Of
the Third ward.
The supplement to the charter of tho
city, passed March 90, 1869, contains the
fOllowin. provisions ''That if any mem
Der Of select or common councils shall ab-
sent himself from three successive meet.
ings, thirty minutes after the hour ap-
pointed, without reasonable excuse, his
seat shall be declared vacant, and from and
after the passage of this act, if vacancy
shall occur in the select branch, for the
cause herein named, or by death, removal
from the ward, resignation or any other
cause, during the term for which any
member shall be elected, the same shall be
filed for the unerpired term by Mesr body.'
As the vacancy caused by the death of
Major Shenk has been filled by select
council, and the term for which he was
elected will only expire ON the first Mon
day in April, 1882, no election can be held
for the Office until February, 1882.
am respectfully yours.
CHAs I. LANDS.
City Solicitor.
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Aanraslrr tntcl!:genrer.
THURSDAY EVENING. DEC. 10, 1880.
The Cheapness Of Money.


The city of Harrisburg has Just bor-
rowed sixty thousand dollars at four per
cent. to replace six per cent. loan, and
received premium of one-half per cent.
beside. This is as surprising as it is
gratifying; and we are told by bank
ing firm in this city that it will take a
Lancaster city loan on the same terms.
BY all means let four per cents. be sub
st!tuted for our present obligations. We
do not understand why city loan should
be taken at that rate, but are content to
know that it will he. The United States
can borrow at three per cent. because
there is SO much capital held in trust in
the country for which the trustees first
aim is to secure an absolutely safe secur-
ity, and because there are SO many peo-
pie, women and the aged and infirm, who
are unable to trust themselves to find a
good borrower for their money at the
market rate of interest. The safety and
convenience of the investment and the
regularity of the interest to such people
is of more consequence than tile profit.
The same reasons, but to less
extent, appear to govern the value
OF city loans and seem to place
them at a rate of interest only
one per cent. greater than that
which the national government ex-
poets to pay. II is surprising evidence
OF the abundance of capital seeking in
vestment that these low rates should be
current. Our city should promptly take
advantage of them. 1t is not at all GER
tain that this condition of things will
last. 1t seems to us the country will be-
fore long be able to employ all its capital
at higher rates than these. The change
has been too great and sudden in the
value of money to be lasting. And
there is too much room for development,
in our great territory, to make money Il
drug for many a long year. Enterprises
of all kinds will be fostered by the cheap
ness of capital and serve to make it
dearer. Let our city take advantage of
the present opportunity and tarry not
upon the order of its movement.
The purchasers of the bonds of the
school board Of this city, who paid the
other day a premium of five per cent. for
a five per cent. loan that may be redeem
ed in a year, will he likely to get no i'll
terest at all for their money this year :;
since it is obviously the policy of the
school board to call in all its five ard six
per cent. bonds as soon rs possible, and
replace them with loan at four per
cent which the board now knows it can
negotiate.
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A Handsome Memorial.

Charles X. Frailey, esq. the talented
penman, has just finished per order of
Rev. David y. Wilson. for the class of
1877 of Trinity college, Hartford, Conn.,,
a beautifully executed tribute to the
memory of their class mate Joseph Mos
grove TRULY. IL is written in Indian ink
in Old English, German text. and other
fancy letters, artistically displayed, and
reads rs fo!iwos ''In memory Of Joseph
Mossrove TRULY, who died within the col
lege walls, November 18th, 1877 aged 18
years. 4 loving brother. 4 true friend, y
CAREFUL scholar, q faithful Christian. God
proved him, and found him worthy for
HIMSELF
The testimonial is to occupy the centre
of a group of portraits Of members of the
class, to be framed and hung OH the walls
of Trinity college. The work may be seen
for a few days at Baer's bookstore.
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MASONIC.
Election and Installation.

At the regular stated meeting of Good
win Council No. 10, r., S. E.. and s. NJ,
held in Masonic hall Wednesday evening.
Dec. u. the following officers were elected
and installed by P. T. I. G.. NJ. Edward
Welchans
T. /. q. M.-james B. StriDe.
D. ]. 6. M.-David II. Wylie.
p. G.. Of W.-John Hull.
Treas.-Chas. A. HeinitslI.
Recor,ier-Hugh s. Cara.
Capt Of CDR. John p. Morris.
NJ. of C.-JacOb Rotharmel.
MarslIal-Edw. Welchans.
1st K. of T.-Chas. A. FOndersmith.
1st Herald-JOshua L. Lytc.
I'd Herald-IIenry E. Carson.
Sd Herald-R. Blickendcrfer.
Sentinel-George Lutz.
Organist--Adam Offender.
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STATE ITEMS.

The Delaware river at Burlington re-
mains frozen solid, excepting the channel,
where ice tugs have proceeded as far up as
Bordentown and opened it for the pur-
pose of towing the boats which are frozen
in at the locks there to Philadelphia.
W. w. West, for many years travelling
chants, at 403 Market street, Philadelphia,
has disappeared, and his friends apprehend
that he has met with foul play. Since last
spring he has been selling goods in the
West. On November he arrived in St.
Louis, where he made several large sales
for the firm which he represented. On
the 10Th of the same month he left his
hotel at st. Louis and has since been miss
ing. He had in his possession considera-
ble amount Of money, two diamond studs
and valuable ring.
Company F, 18th Regt. N. G. of Pa,
(Oxford Guards, made the purchase of a
lot of ground OH Central Avenue, last
week, on which it is intended to build an
armOry. It has front Of GO feet on the
avenue and depth OF 200 feet, the price
paid being SO per foot front. The COM
pany has in contemplation the erection of
a building next summer which will be so
by 100 feet. two stories.
In Philadelphia yesterday Mrs. Henri
eta Engle, middle-aged woman, was
convicted Of stealing goods from Wana-
makers grand depot and with receiving
property knowing it to have bccn stolen.
Tho evidence developed tho fact that she
is professional shoplifter and proprie-
tress of a cheap notion store in Chambers
burg, near Trenton, where she disposed
of the property stolen by herself and
other shoplifters with whom she was in
league. At her place in Chambersburg
about four hundred dollars worth of prop
erty was found, which had been stolen
from Wanamaker's stores. The Judge
her to fine of 500 fine and an
of two years and three
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LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.


Thirty children have died of diphtheria
at Gilbertville, Beauce county, Quebec,
within two weeks.
John Smith, aged 50 years, committed
suicide in station house, at Jersey City,
Yesterday. He had been locked up for
drunkenness and discrderly conduct.
The dye works of Macintosh s Sons,
Tuttle's rubber works at HOlyoke, Mass,
were damaged by fire yesterday, and
eighty hands arc temporary thrown out of
employment.
Two rear cars of an express train from
St. Louis for Kansas City ran off the track
near Eureka station, twenty miles from St.
Louis, on Tuesday night, and several per-
sons were injured, three severely.
Mr.. Hutchins, sent recently to investi-
gate the condition of the Connemara
Colony" in Minnesota, reports terrible
suffering among tbs colonists for the lack
of clothing, fuel and food.
Mount Baker, Washington territory, has
now joined the array of volcanoes, headed
by Manau Loa and Mount Vesuvius, in
active operation in various parts of the
earth's surface.
Mr.. r. Wornack, prominent farmer of
Halifax county, Virginia, was killed by a
runaway accident on Monday. F. N. Nv.
burg was killed near Harmony, New York
yesterday morning, by the sudden fall of a
tree which he was cutting drwn.
In Lambertville, N. j., during quarrel
on the ice between John Pierman, aged
eighteen, and Theodore Parker, aged thir-
teen, the latter was stabbed with a PEN
knife, the blade penetrating his heart and
killing him instantly. Pierman has not
been arrested.
A "confidence maj" /" fleeing from a DO
liceman in St. Louis, on Tuesday night,
attempted to cross the bridge on the rail-
road track, but fell through, there being
no flooring between the rails, and was
drowned. The bridge track is 90 feet above
the water.
An ex-district attorney of Washington,
while suffering from delirium tremens, at
tempted to commit suicide by leap from
the dome of the capitol, but his effort was
by two of the capital policemen
who observing his condition, followed him
up and overlook him just as he had got
outside of tho upper railing near the top of
the dome.
Seidenberg & Co., manufacturers of
cigars and importers of leaf tobacco in
New York and at Key West, Florida, an
nounced their failure. They are the larg-
est manufacturers Of cigars in this country
and their credit was unlimited. Joseph |
Samuel Seidenberg and Sam |
uel Wolf, who comprise the firms of Seid- |
enberg S Go. and s. Wolf 4 Co., OF Key
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tennial celebration cannot fail to bring
the people of the two sections, in their
social relations, closer together and ra-
pidly advance that better mutual under
standing which alone is necessary to wipe
out sectional lines. On to Yorktown
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Harrisburg City Loan.

The Harrisburg city councils, having
advertised for 5000 to refund 8 per
cent. city bonds, opened the bids yester-
day. Anon. the bids for the 5 per cents.
were Reed, McGrann & Co., of Lancaster,
who offered to take geo, 900 at s101.5O per
500; $50, ,OCO at slO2; $4,000 at s102.5O.
The best bid for the 5 per cents. was by Mr..
Jennings, Of Harrisburg, who offered
41O5. GO per 500. The best bid for the Al
per cents. was s1Ol.5O, by J. W. Weiss, OF
Harrisburg. The best bid for the per
cents. was sl01 per s1OO, by Thomas &
Shoemaker, of Philadelphia. 1t is some
what noteworthy, as showing the plenti-
fulness Of money, that while only s6O, 900
were advertised for, 5000, 600 were offered
-aliat or above par.
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WE publish elsewhere a clear state
ment by Senator Wallace of the future
issues between the Democracy and its
opponents. We think he apprehends
them rightly. We have come to time
when it is possible for us to correct our
party bearings and take fresh depart
ure on our original course. The old
doctrines, which lie at the party founda-
tions, have had a good deal of debris
thrown upon them by events consequent
upon the civil war; but the late election
has served to sweep all this off and ex-
pose the fundamental party doctrines as
those upon which its future battles are
to lie fought. It is the mission Of the
party to contend for the rights of the
people, as they are steadily and strongly
assailed by the power of money, of cor
poratiOns and the officers of government.
In the end the victory must be with the
people, and the government must come
to he administered for the good Of the
greatest number.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-16

John Price, who had served IA years and
months Of a Is years. sentence in the
Maryland penitentiary for murder, was
pardoned by Governor Hamilton yester-
day. Price is 65 years Of age, and has
spent 35 years of his life in prison, having
been three times sentenced for homicides.
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FORNEY To GOsHORN.
Tho Great Republican Corruption Fund.

Tho Great Republican Corruption Fund.
ANCHOR WHITE LEAD COMPANY,
CINCINNATI. Dec. &, 1880.
Col: joan W Forney, PHILADELPHIA:
DEAR SIR have just read your criti-
cism on Mr.. John Welsh in Progress (De-
cember 4 page 5D, and regret that, in
view Of the political course of your paper,
and especially this attack on one of your
oldest and best friends, than whom there
is no one in Philadelphia who is more es-
teemed and respected for the purity of his
life, l must request you to discontinue
sending me the Progress from this date.
Yours respectfully,
A. T. GOSHoRN,
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MINOR TOPICS.
In the city of Wheeling, w. Va, the
price Of gas is s1.Os per 1000 feet.
ROME has not been for ten years so gay
and brilliant with foreign visitors as at
present.
RUSSIA is this year importing grain, tai.
low and wool, the very things with which
she has been accustomed to supply half the
world.
A BALTIMORE clergyman recently
preached on the subject, "Why was Laza-
rus beggar?" The World supposes be-
cause he didn't advertise.
A DISPATCH from Paris to the London
Times says: "The success Of the Panama
canal enterprise is enormous. The organ
ization of the undertaking is in full
swing"
The official vote of Texas. just declared ,
gives over $1,000 majority for Hancock.
This renders it almost certain that Gen.
Hancock carried a majority Of the popular
ballots cast and counted.
The superintendent Of tho census re-
ports that the re enumeration Of districts in
South Carolina in which ccnsul' frauds
were suspected shows somewhat larger
population than was shown by tho suspec-
ted returns taken six months ago.
MIR. DIAz of Mexico doesn't sec any
thing undignified in an ex-prcsiient' $
making himself useful to hissscountry, and
incidentally earning an honest living.
Accordingly he has accepted a portfolio
that Of public works-in his successors
cabinet.
IT is believed that the subcommittee to
which was referred Gen. McCook's bill
placing Gen. Grant on the retired list with
the rank of general, will report against
the bill. Ono member, Gen. McCook,
favOrs it; one is known not to, and the
views Of the remaining one are matters of
surmisc.
THE terms of tho Turkish note relative
to the Greek question have beer decided
upon. In the note the powers are asked
TO recommend Greece to enter upon Il
path of negotiations instead Of resorting
to armamcnts. More pacific influences
have prevailed since the draft of the note
last week, in which the powers were
asked to obtain categorical answer from
Greece as to her acceptance of the Porte's
proposals.
ALL but the two Grow legislators from
Allegheny county met in caucus yesterday
on the senatorial question. \ long and
windy discussion was had, during which
each member fought shy of declaring
which candidate he favored. 1t was
finally decided that all members of the
delegation shall abide by the decision of
the majority and that no candidates name
shall come before the Caucus who fails to
write letter agreeing to withdraw from
the senatorial! race if beaten in caucus.
Then the delegation adjoined to meet next
Tuesday night. This is practically vic
tory for Harry Oliver. The majority of
the delegation favor him and of course the
next meeting will meet settle Al!egheny's
support.
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MINOR TOPICS.
In the city Of Wheeling, w. Va, the
price of gas is s1.0S per 1000 feet.

ROME has not been for ten years so gay
present.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-01-29
Paoies' porttolto.
From thu Newborn Democrat.
The Fragment.

And l must die! tremendous thought
This form so costly in it's workmanship
And strange, shall not last always;
But is doomed to break and fall in pieces
Like 3 common vase Of perishable clay.
Heavens balmy light, and all the smiling
scenery of Earth;
The Grand. the Bright, the Beautiful alike
shall perish from these eyes:
These ears shall sleep UNCONSCIOUS of a single
sound,
That stirs throughout the wide range Of
being;
And these limbs so active now anu full OF
strength,
Shall lie as withered branches by the fallen
trunk Oh which they grew
Sapless and dead.
The blood that surges now It's ~salutary
stream through the whole man,
Will stand still in its courses,
And with it all the play Of life
Will stop in universal Death.
Aud-then the grave will do its work,
Remote from human eyes by dissolution
foul
Breaking the unsightly mass,
And turning all back to its own dust.
And l must die
Obi can that word be true7
That the hour is coming when the voice OF
Death shall call for met
have stood, when others died, a sorrow
full spectator.
And watched as one 10y one life's trembling
props gave away,
Till all were gone, and the fair fabric fell;
And oh! it WAS fearful then and shook the
Only to soc how Death did do his work!
But there will be a tragedy lik this,
In which the action Of the dying scene
Will all be mine.
Others perhaps may wait hard by the
spot,
To tell their sympathy in looks and words
of woe
That break forth from the troubled deep
within;
But they will be but spectators only-mine
will he the actors part
The darkened room. the couch Of pain, the
haggard outstretched form
The struggling conflict will then all be
mine;
And when the last convulsive gasp is
drawn,
And the ebbing of life's stream dies in these
veins,
It will be said that Death has come on me.
And then where are the v~anities, the
%strifes, the sordid ambition of life
Go ask the soughin wind, the sebbine
lains, the ~stariess night