Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-08-12

"There's light in the valley for me :"
then the prayed for his enemies and all
mankind;'' and after expressing salts
faction at having killed Houston Nc.
Means and declaring that he had no re-
grets and was resigned to his fate," he
wert perhaps to glory. Who can
Judge; and especially Texan? One
thing is certain-this was no world for
him.
PATTIsoN and Reform against Beaver
and Bossism. These are the commanders.
GENERAL GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN has
contributed to tho forthcoming number of
The Century, . paper on "Tho War in
Egypt" which is said to give clear idea
of the conditions surrounding the Egyp.
tian question, and to contain some severe
criticisms of the conduct of the war by
England. The writer's study of Egypt
during an extended journey several years
ago, enables him to characterize succinctly
the different Moslcm elements that cutter
into the problem.
REFERRING to Rev. Dr. F. A. CASTS
article in late number Of the Re
formed Quarterly Reriem, on the history
and present state Of Pentateuch criticism,
the New York Independent says he re-
views the recent criticism "with equal abil-
ity and impsrtiality, holding throughout
an attitude which proclaims to all comers
that 10 one has less to fear nor 50 much
to hope for in the ascertainment of the
truth as the church. The full merit of his
work will bo best appreciated by scholars"
CHAIRMAN COOPER, of the regular Re-
publican state committee of Pennsylvania,
figures out General Beavers election by
estimating that, with a Labor ticket in
the field it will draw off 20, 900 votes from
PAttisOn, the Democratic candidate for
governor. aud 10000 from Beaver. Such
a calculation assumes that the supporters
of the Labor ticket are either ignorant or
corrupt. In either case the assumption is
an insult to the wOrkingmen of Pennsyl-.
vania, and they will DO likely to resent it
by showing Cooper that they are neither
knaves nor fools.
The press is mighty aud must prevail.
And now from the far East comes another
illustration of it's power iu the person of
General Skobeleff, the dead Russian hero.
Shortly before his death he was inter-
viewed by NJ. Frye, a Polish Journalist.
who began the talk by saying that the
very sight ola journalist must he obnox-
iOus. "On the contrary" replied Gen.
Skobelef. Il owe my present. position
mainly to the press, and especially to the
English press. If it were not for the spe
cial correspondents, Of whom there were
always some with me during the Turkish
war, l should have remained a major
general and no one would have heard of
me-"
WHEN Secretary Chandler goes aboard
the Tallapoosa to start on his arduous
journey of exploration among the navy
yards, he will put his feet upon the deck
of Robesonian vessel of $50 tons that
has cost the people EIGHT HUNDRED THOU
SAND DOLLARS. Here are the amounts
that have been expended in the construc-
ton of an excursion boat for government
officials:
Construction and repair, ssos, ,SI4
Original machinery. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $3.50
Repairs, new boilers. &c, ................ 2O9s6l
Total cost of the Tallapoosa......... .s'9s, ,ll9
Maine builders take contracts for wooden
ships at about $50 ton, and earn fair
profits at that rate. The Tallapoosa has
cost the people under the Robesonian sys.
tenn something like 81 200 a ton.
A LIST of 422 now appointments to
clerkships in the pension Office, the first
batch of the 800 provided for in tho ligis-
lative bill, discloses the fact that the Stall
warts control tho bulk Of the patronage
distributed. A great many soldiers, Wild
Ows and orphans were anxiously expect.
ing some Of this patronage, but owing to
the indignation excited by the assessments
upon this class of Office holders it was
resolved to exclude women and to ap.
point those who could be more severely
taxed for political purposes. The female
applicants for positions who failed to re.
ceive recognition held an Indignation meet
ing, and resolutions were adopted reciting
that women have been excluded from ap
pointment under the recent act by the
imperative decisions of Secretaries Teller
and Lincoln. Against this decision men,
bers of the organization protest aud declare
that they will call upon the women of
America and the labor organizations
throughout the land to unite with them in
their honest efforts in behalf of the women
who work for a living. They resolved
further to call upon soldiers to defend the
rights OF soldiers widows and orphais
who have been shut out by 'sthis one
man power"
The Democracy of the several dis
tricts should take cognizance of the fol-
lowing rules adopted by the late state con-
vention:
The state central committee shall con-
sist of one member from each county, and
in addition any county that is entitled 10
more than one state senator shall have an
member for each additional scn- |