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'v^va..sa'wmi,ay mx.i^.u^uia kmi.i k i:!.ish4. ^ ? a plume x30an.?dumber 5)0. ""oiiiri'i No*. itml *1 FiMirtcttiiili Stroni, Tnk jtiw rale is low enough; It fa lliu ' Mils ilmt are IiIkIi." Owkii to tlieOliio river?Kratctul thanka of Ilium that liv? aba# tlio rlvor'? banks. The frightful iliseovery In lunilo that; 1 funeral Logan is poor. Poverty fa omliatrawinp. but it is no crime. OlSIIIIIXIMA.V Kl'.ITAt'lt1 UIIWON' fclys V ICIcvelaiul favorably impressed him. jit n (lovernor Cleveland bo put on tlio stand.' 11 The Mayor ami the Board of Public o Worksshall lie down together. It is iru- e; jxwiblo to foretell which wall be on the o inside. ____________________ ^ Tiik Mugwumps having put the Porno- ' , crato in, (lie Dc/iiocmlk nre telling, tJo) 0 jUuuwumpa to "git out." Oh, wretched ^ Mugwumps! . . A South' Caiiou n a man who caught a 0 ball on the fly at Gettysburg has just had (j it taken from under his collar bone. The fc managers will be looking for that man C1 for next season. . " Augnkhai. opinion of the Spanish re- {J cijirocity treaty is that it doesn't recipro- ? rate enough. If .Spain "says turkey once" 1' t<> tfio D'nited States tho soft Castillian ac- j.1; cents have been inaudible. C'oi.. J. I). Tayi.ok lloored General }j! Adonirani Jonadab Warner In the. fair ci field of debate, and Warner now. transfers the light to the Democratic House, where r<" he meets with bettor fortune. 1 The time to leave a play house is when everybody else lias his attention riveted on tlio stage?eyes and cure strained, for flight ami souud. At such a time every- c' IkxIv will bless you going out. *u ? fa Mi:. Hayauu denies that lie was called tli to Albany to help the President-elect to ^ make a cabinet. Of course Mr. llayard would have been glad to admit the "soft t0 lwpem:liiiieiit"if it had bepn true. ' ? tri Ax organized anti-Don Cameron move- 'y meat has developed in Pennsylvania. ^ There is nothing strange about this! It vc has been well understood that if Don hi Cameron desired to retain liis seat in the hi Senate he would have to tussle for it. '!' lit A nuKNiiof the late Ueuben K. Springer, j!J of Cincinnati, attributes the dead mil- j)( lionaire's wonderful business succcss to l?r method. Mr. Springer hail a time and *' place for everything, and he neglected "jj nothing. This is something for young gI) men to paste in their hats. id bi (?i:nei:al Adoniuaji Jo.v^daij Wauxeu talks like a man who has made a narrow ewrape from the jaws of death. Let him of cast his ea-'lo eye o'er the dark hills and fit . j?lc;isant valleysand ample Democratic ma- vc majorities of Monroe, ami be content, if in nut happy. * . M = ?r Tiik Philadelphia Pret* is in error. The 1 Democrats did not elect the Congressman ^ in the First District of West Virginia. The (; Itepublicans re-elected General GolT. The tl defeated Bourbon has been trying to work l): himself up to the frenzied madness of a ju eon test, but his own party smiles sadly q and tells him to "go to 1'* j> at the dinner given in Baltimore to Senator Gorman, Senator Pendleton made a civil service reform speech. If there F xero "cheers" once, or if ever "applause" h interrupted the solemn ceremonial, the tl Sun does not report the occurrence. Come ^ io think of it, that speech was a misfit il vr here the faithful had met to dine Arthur c< I1, tiorman?tlio man who was put at the NV lieaii of the Democratic campaign because ^ he had mastered tlio science of bossism in ti his own.?State. S ===== lc WOltSE THAN KtfOClI, a TcniijHdu'M Idyll of Ardeu Outdono l>y.3Iod? a ern 1'rncticnbllity. Amstkrium, N. Y., Dec. 12.?Twenty- j! three years ago Ambrose Sterling, n Scotch- fi man, occupied a position in one of the o village mills. His family consisted of a 'wife and daughter, 20 years of- age, Who was noted her beauty. At tho same time f< stiuvo a young man named John Sherwin <1 rame to the village. Ho gained the attec* & tions of Miss Sterling, against tho wish of n her parents, and eloped with lier to Syra- r ctise. There he became a professional n gambler and in a few days abandoned her. I1 She refused to return homo,and became ? a domestic - in n hotel near Utica. Her n parents, after fruitless efforts to discover s hea whereabout?, returned to their native ^ laud, whero thev diod a few years ago. About .'i year after her elopement .Mius (| Sterling "was omnloyed^at a Fort Plain I hotel, where she me\ a bachelor farmer ^ named Itobart Jennings',"who lived in 1 Ualaway, Saratoga comity. Ho t?ok her v home with him as hi$ housekeeper nnd J finally married her. A daughter was born , to tho counle a vear after tho marriage. ? Uist Hummer a tramp came to the Jen- 11 ninus house and begged shelter for the \ night, lie proved to l?3 John Slierwin, J -Mr. Jennings' former lover, Alio persua- * ded ??im to silence as to their former reto- * tiong, ami he was given a place to work 1 on the farm. He gained tlio affections of ' Mrs. Jennings' daughter, a beautiful girl, ) -0 years nf age. The two eloj)etl a few weeks ago. The heart-broken mother J confessed her early waywardness to her i husband, and ho to her great joy. fully forgavo her. Sherwlu and his wife ore now living in Delawaro couuty, < KuNtloo G'k UlUtilun. Washington, 1). C., Dec. 11.?Congrera- ; man Kustice Gibson, of West Virginia, liaj I returned from Albany, where, it is said, i he went to lilo his protest wiih President- 1 elect* Cleveland against the appointment ' of ex-Senator II. G. Davis as a member oi ' the next Cabinet. Mr. Gibson savs Ho i was very favorably impressed with the | President-elect, and believes ho will prove himself to bo a sound Democratic Prcsi IV.Mll. J1U IB, llUffmil, IUWIUIU IVIilllVU kU J tlifi result of tho alleged object of his visit, j J'rovoH to baa Murdurer, 3Iaksii?al, Mo., Dec. 12.?John Rico, J arrested hero Wednesday night for bur$- < Uvry, has been ideHtillM as the notorious William Callaehan, who, .whllo imprison- j oil for burglary ot Sandwich, Canada, j murdered Geo. 0. Lwwh, governor of t!ib ; jail, on March 10,1SS4, atid juado his es- i capo, lie refuses to ro back to Canada, i l)ut a telegram from Chief Murray, of Sandwich, says ho lias already takcu i jjtepa sveure tlip v,\ tradition papers. 1 METHODIST HATTERS. MB CK.TTKNMA.Ii CKLKIUIATIOX )g the T'lrnt MuiliniliNt Confcnonco?The l'lltriurchn of tho So?l?HUliop Foalur'n Aildroa*?Note* on the Meeting. A Very Lively Dulinto, ^<tfnUJorr?poiid<ntt of (fit Tiltclliaencfr. ]1.u,tijioiib, Mi),, Doc. 11.?Overflowing: uilienccs, the most liberal hospitality; a icrfcot luvrmony of feeling, so far us outrnrd indications can bo trusted; essays nil addiossesof tho very highest,literary writ; tho greatest enthusiasm, and the riglitest prospects for tho remainfjij,' days f the iiatherintf. as veil an for 5?a ?wniL al results?suvii is tho story briefly tokl t tho Ceptonninl Mothpdist Conference,' iiicli'opQtied here on Tuesday evening, n welcoming tho lnxly, "Bishop Andrews, f tho M. 15. Church, spoke of Maryland as ?c State "within wlioao bounds wo liold iftt tho first American ^Mo.tlibilist sermon ii preached, tho ilrnt Methodist society rjjanized, the lirst Methodist ehapol built ml the lirst Methodist conference: licit 1 n 1784), the lirst Methodist school mnded, and tho first Mothodist preachrs, both local and itinerant,* ordained." lo added: ""Wo welcome you to Baltimore city, not iu same as in the days of Coko anil Asury, with its population less than 10,000, lainly built houses, and as plainly kept, lien no nionuniont had arisen ,to Washtlie father of )iia countryno fort icllenrv, within whose borders theim- , lorlal "Star Spangled Banner", was -\iTit*u. To-day it is a city of 2150,000 populaon, seventh in magnitude of all American | ..?j, ..n. ...I |FiUinnuuil ul IUJ liai 1vo )rn population, unu lirat in morality ami iligion." - , orr.s'i.vo .addresses, . The chairman of tins opening meeting, i r.'German II. Hunt, gave a detailed atement of tho conveniences which the i Dnferenco would enjoy at ^lt. Vernon \ mrch, where tho regular sessions arc 1 >I<1. Mai I, telegraphic aud telephonic 1 cilities were specially emphasized, and j e point was facetiously made | .at these accommodations would com- | ire favorably with those-enjoyed by the < liristmas Conference of 17S4. In replving , these greetings, Kcv. Dr. McFerrin, of the | . J5. church, wJio is regarded jta the pa- ( iurch of the Conference, was exceeding- f happy. He was now, he said, in his \ tli. year as a Methodist,. and in his 00th , an itinerant Methodist nreacher. The i trierable Doctor then indulged in some j imorous allusions to the Conference ilil here a hundred years ago. A great ;al of attention was paid, ho said to the .tie oil stove, which was tho centre of * ;at, and some considerate individual was f jpt busy repairing tho backs ol the c inches to prevent the delegates from caking their spines. They met now in ] icir broadcloth, with starched collars id polished high hats. They- ato fat ] nners, heard line choirs and sp'lendid or- f jis, and were entertained at palatial res- j ences. What a contrast, he exclaimed, ?. .tn-km. !...? I " am.J MCTItODIST CUBED. ? Tn referring subsequently to the creed J Methodism, which he declared to be ' lished and complete, Dr. Mcl'errin grew { ;ry eloquent anil fairly captivated the c aniensc audience. Dr. Price, of the A. 1 [. K. Church, who had been chosen to 1 >cak for the colored delegates, pitched * is address in too ambitious a key, and t dice did not strike lire like the writer iw him do at the London Ecumenical s onference three years ago. Color, by < le way, has its representation in nil de- < urtments of the conference, and the 1 usk-hued brethren are holding their own I Imirably. Dr. Tanner, of the A. M. E, i hurch. is ono of the secretaries, and rcsontly, no ilonht, some dark Jaco will earn upon us from the chair. coNKKdrixa links. ( The men \yho ia addition to Br. Mc- j errin deserve special mention as conccting links, between the present and { ic past, are Dr. J. M. Trimble, of the ^ lethodist Episcopal church, ami, Drs. I Ivans unci Boring; bf the Methodist Epis- ' )pal church .South. This aged quartette \ ere all members of tlio conference , rhicli, in 1S8-1, resulted in the separation ( f the Southern Brethren and the forma- , Ion shortly afterwards of tho Church ; Qiith. Dr. Evans is the most vigorous J joking, jbut tho1 others, though feebler ( rid older than thev were sixty years ago, , rn at ill in tlin nronn. nnri inko llimr t\nrt. s activo participants in the contest. At ! last two of tho four?Trimble ond Mc- ' 'errin, are honing for practical results rom this gathering, looking toward rganic union of tho separated bodies. MT. VK1UVON CUURCII. Mount Vernon Church, whore the Conjrenee met for the first timo on "Wednesay morning, is a magnificent Gothic tructure. It faces Washington's Monuicnt, and its spires run a rather close nee with that in seeing which shall get ! icarest to the plnco where heaven is supiosed to bo located. Architecturally it is no of tho chief beauties of this Monumental city, and its interior appointments re tho very farthest removed irom the itnplicity of early Methodism. If John Vcsley should drop down on the lathering he woyld be surprised, whether leliultteu or not. A singular coincidence narks the convening of the.Centennial ilethcdist Conference in this church, in l.? I.. ,.k *1.?? ? l,r? .low ..nnn !? 1 I1U lUUk ui.iu un uaj Iipuu niuuil lb UJJCWCU witnessed the decision in tho courts here f a suit brought by the trustees to recover rom tho bondsmen of a recent aexton tho mount of fiomo pew rents ho had colecteU and failed to pay over. If Provilenee had anything to do with this conunction of events it wae surely intended is nn object lesson in Ibp jirogress of dethodisni. From pine benches to eiagant >e\vs; from freo pews to seats sold to the lixheflt bidder! Then still tending upvnrd, a ?oxton with bondsmen behind lim, and Jjnajly, us tho crowning proof Iwt Methodism is un with, tho times, a lexton who pockets tho pew rents J a heat j>ay, A great day was Wodne&Jay, Bisliop Jranberry, of the Church South, nreMdeil. riiis bie)iop is episcopally nbout threo years old?not long enough at tho crib to [col bin oats; and J should certainly think, from his present over-modest demeanor, that lie will remain a iimple, kindly, brotherly chief pastor to the end. .V Oejiennial Conference would naturally bring relics to'tUotfronl, and bo about tho first :hing we had John Wesley's bible Intro, iuced. A roguish church editor at my ride remarks that Jo)w WcoJoy's bibles iro becoming quite common, but tho pad* igreo of this was so fully announced that no one could doubt its genulncnee#, and my friend subsided for tho time. Other curiosities presented for use in tho exercises were an old blbjo bought by Francis Asbury in Augusta, Ga., Voyenjber 21,1805, and .1 small gavel made from the wood of one the first Methodist meeting houses in this country, Jf Bishop Harric:had only, been present to hold be?[ore us a plotter bust o( Wesley, nnd cxpntiato eloquently unon its merits and history, as he did at tfie last General Conference of the M. K. Ch.urcji, Ibis part of the exercises would J>.ave bcca jouijdedoff Willi an inipressivcness Uinfc could havo T loft tho rolic worshiped toothing to desire. 1 ItlHllOI* poster's A ul)mess. Bishop H. S. Foster, of tho M. K. church, o had boon nn nouneed for tho o|>onitii? sermon. In his introductory remarks tho o Bishop lnodo every one feel awful. Wlint ho had to offer, he said, would not bo a sermon, hut would be a long, tedious and unpalatable paper, of which, ho declared, they would all become tired long before it was finished. This, within an hour of ]] dinnertime, was too provoking for anything. Hut sonic minds can see good in tho most unpromising circumstances, and my roguish editorial friend piped in again a .ntiii mu ruiiinrn liiiii. u iw in uubKuiiigiu u bo a sermon it >vJ)l at least bo new ?a roinark .which was intended to bo funny and which evidently wan so, judging from tho. way in whioh another Methodist friend te chuckled ov.er it. "Well,"thoughtovery- at body, as tho Bishop continued to tell us what ail awful] thing ho had in store for us arid'.how littlo wo should enjoy it, In "what aro we going to get/any way?!' tli Some looked at their watches, and not a in few looked toward the door as though es- m tiniating the length of time it would take e> them to make an exit in case matters bo- ai came too hot. Altogether it.was a time of to great liervousness aud trial. CUOWNINU KFKOUT OF HIS LIFE. But jiow for the sequel. Bishop Foster played tho rolo of a gay deceiver. lie n? practiced a pious imposition upon the in; assembly. Tho address he read >yas lengthy, it is true, but far from being te- JJJ dious; it held tho audience spell-bound from . beginning to end. For over two ye hours the'people listened, and they still hn craved moro of tho same Eort. '"'What tli was it?" you ask. AVell, really,it was bo- po yond description. JlethodjKts must read pa it, and they will. Tho religious' world tin (.'onerallv will read it, and all who read it he will adniire. Even those who may take sti exceptions to some of the Bishop's state- Fr raenis will at least do homage to his abil- idc ity. Tho "crowning ellort of bis life." an was the remark on ever)' lip. For timcli- wl ness, for logical strength, for grasp of intel- se: lect, for lucidity, for profundity, for pathos a s based on reason, and for convincing force, tni Bishop Foster's address has, perhaps, coi never been excelled in any religious gathering in this country. It was a plea for sit: Jio modern spirit of inouirv. which is ha lestingthe foundation of tho CliriHtain wn faith. It was an argument showing that Ca growth and /ulaptability to changed eir- no mi instances and to now facts, were essen- fac .ial to tho continued existence of the an Christian church. It was a masterly disquisition upon such topics as, "How shall be church reach tho masses ? and how ' nay tho ellieioney of tho modern pulpit '0l )e increased?" It was all these and much an nore. Co ETERNAL PUXISIlJIKNT. W3 Referring to tho. creed of Methodism, an, he.Bishop held that it was as nearly perfeet as any creed could be. In the most m. :onciso and eloquent terms he stated this m< :reed, winding up with the doctrine of 1 'an eternal hell." "Amen," said Dr. 3vans, of Georgia, as the last words fell ca) rom the speaker's lips, and to have seen lit low some of the older brethren around ISl iliook their sides with laughter at-the an learty manner in which this venerable aul Southerner endorsed tho doctrine of ever- tin listing perdition, would have made Old del Sick liimself smile. _ the We all have our mental perplexities,' Tii tnd one which bothers your correspond- oni lilt is to know why Methodist preachers to ir?? wnornlk* nmn? i?i v<. -mnv tn lnvUn ilu ivhen in conference debates any enthu- a f: iiiistic brother lays special; stress upon Tli his doctrine of eternal punishment! tha llev. Dr. Miley, of the M. 12. church, in tlu in able essay, reviewed "The "Work of the aut Christinas Conference," discussing prin- wa :ipally the organization of the Church at me hat time. The Doctor contended that me he Methodist Episcopacy is not simply Un in office, but an order. tiei SOME DEHATE. wll Ilis argument was very elaborately Irawn, and doubtless, to tho doctor's own jjo nind, was overwhelmingly convincing. bc( Hut in holding this view he is out of liar- tj14 nony with tho highest authority of his tiei jwn church, for tho last General'Confermce, decided, by a considerable majority, :hat tho Episcopacy,* as the Methodists [? Imvo it, is an ollice, not an order. This morning tho opposition was heard from P1? )n this subject, Dr. Edwards, of the Erie , Conference M. E. Church, calling the 6 essayist to account, and making tho three points: first, that John "Wesley, who set ' npartthe iirst bishop for the American ^jIr Church, distinctly stated that the orders Df presbyter and bishop were one and the ?Il( same: secondly, that Dr. Coke, who in- ia iluced Asbury into tho Episcopacy, held ish and expressed similar views to "Wesley; ^ and thirdly, that the chief Methodist his- in<] torian of" America, Dr. Stevens, after mj thorough examination of the subject in its historic aspects, was of the samoopin- t,ar ion with these 'distinguished men of the to past. u PEIlSON'XEIi OK TUB CHRISTMAS CONTKHl'N'CK. jie Dr. Itidgaway's paper on "The Person- tin nel of the Christmas Conference" was in ed that scliolary gentleman's most polished style, and showed tho same aptitude for biographical and historical research, and ...j for tlus_analysis of character and events, which his published works display. The ' venerablo Jesse Boring, of .the Church 8q. treated in an ablo manner of "Tho Suporintendency of Asbury and what it did for .>* Methodism," and Dr. Alfred SVheeler, of jnl the E. Church, followed in an interest ingpapcfon "The delations of Wesley to re' American Methodism." Then occurred \? the tirst debate of the Conference. The jn, brethren showed no backwardness in com- l ing forward. In fact, many more.wanted ar? to speak than time would allow. Dr. Hen- i drix, of tho Church South, was tho first to get the floor, and ho was at onco succeeded M by Dr. Fitzgerald, of tho samo church. ti. Then came Dr. J. T. Edwards and Dr. ' Kynett, of thoM.E. Church, and then, to even un matters and to give, as it were, a ^ color ot equality to the debato, the war r. was carried into Africa by Dr. Tanner and ... Dr. & S. Smith, tlio latter, by the way, n making onp of tho very best speeches ot n, the occasion, jr. t. jj? Uontllo to Fendloton, fip Washington*, Dec. 12.?Much commont was indulge^ in to-(lay by Southern and Western Domocrnta concerning the report cr< that a strong effort was being made by do friends of Pendleton, backed by the civil in; service associations, to se'euro him a place I \ in the Cabinot. The feeling among lm .these gentlemen is very decided and cm* 8h phatjpaljy against-such a movement If tin it should heconio formidable these gent]t> men proposo nt the proper time to enter'a atronu protest against placing him in thp Cabjnel, on t||p ground that lie does not no represent tho views ami policy of the wl Domopratic party in any reaped, and that the Uenioorata of his own State are hostile to him for any position In tho CtoWnet, ,,a no "Would bo Bnfo In JnU. j'j IyAN'C46T.n^, 0., December 12.?Gottlieb nu fitcckniler, a butcher,on Wednesday night mi told his wife tjiatOod h^d'^mmoiMNJljini ei| to kill his family. He took a two year o}d Vr child, inado jt drunk and attempted to si< ttifuBt ip into a fire, but was nreyonted mi by.tj).o mother, who cftoapwl with tho chil: au dren nnd gave the alarm, lfo \yas $ncn\c ))'{ ed, but for some reason was released yes? iff terday. "When he returned homo his pc family (led and aehorifTs posse found liim aii destroying tl>o furnitur.e, -windows and th doors with an axo. He was captured after an flfurlQijsBtrugglo, hi 5N0CII AHDEN'S TALE UTDONK IIY'A TttUTIIPUL STOUY f the Wrong* tuul Su(r?!rliiB? of n I'rcnch. American Crulner Now la Wheeling# CnptKlu IVIIutlor'a l'Mlietlo mud UoiuuiiUonnil Striking UUtorjr. "How's nows to-night?" quoricd Sum [arrison, clerk nt the McLuro House, as :i 1 NTKi.uaENcicK reporter was glancing k*or tho register last ovening in search of stray personal or two with which to an* Ihiluto space in this morning's issue. "Aw/ully dull; what do you know?" "I can put you on to .a good man to in* rvlew if you want?that old gentleman muling over there." "Who is ho?" "Cupt.. A. Pellotler, of Chicago: You've jnrd of him, sure; has a claim of about ireo million against the llaytian govern* out; was u prisoner there onto and was, oat horribly treated; man of big inllu* k:o in Mexico now?I'll introduco you," id tho clover Harrison suited tho action the word. For the next half hour tho reporter sat id listened to tho brief recital of a life 11 of startling events and sad memories, tpt. 1\'lie tier's history- is ono which] miv ncraons lmvo renil about. hut corn-1 5 to Wheellngities from his own lips rough the medium of their favorite jour,1, it will undoubtedly possess new intert. The Captain is now in his sixty-fifth nr; is as halo and hearty as though he d not suffered almost all tho tortures of e damned as he has. and,t as if to coinnsate for tho many uark years that he saed through when ho almost imagined at Heaven and earth, had forgotten him, is. now in tho most comfortable circurainces, being quite wealthy, llo is a eiichinan, stout and polite?tho beausal of an old French gentleman. He me to this country with his parent* len but ten years olu. He followed the 1 for a livelihood, married and became uccessful and wealthy West Indian uler and a naturalized citizen of this untry. In KSGO he purchased at Kof West the in "William." It was a slave ship that (1 been captiircd and condemned, anil is sold by an United States Marshal to ,pt. l'elletier.. Tho Marshal could give papers to him except those reciting the :tof tho ship's capture, condemnation d sale. A NSARLY FATAL VOYAGE. In the early part of 1801 Capt. Pelletkr uled the ship at Mobile with lumber (1 bullion for the United States of iluinbia in South America. The lumber is to till a demand for that kind of wood (I the bullion was for trading purposes, uu.ib uitu uinvi vuiuauiva uiMii^ rt? ivcd ill1return; enabling tho Captain to ike from :i0 to -10 per cent on his investint each trip. [)n his arrival at the United .States of lumbia he found the country in a state revolution, and not caring to risk his go, he sailed for Porte au Prince,Ifayti. i arrived therein the early partof May, II. "My arrival there with the rich go that I had excited the envy of the lliorities/'said the Captain, "andfinding it my ship had been a slaver, they sud:ily pounced down and arrested uie, on i pretext that I was a West India slaver:, at charge at that time was a ridiculous >, and my cargoand papers were enough disarm "any such arrest, but neverless I was thrown in a dungeon, given iree of a trial and condemned to death. 0 United Suites Consul protested, but ,t did 110 good. This country had just m commenced its civil war and our liorities were unable to do anything. 1 s subjected to the most inhuman trentnt. The authorities hardly dared kill for fear of what might follow from the lited States, but one day I was kept :1 to a tree for three hours, iile a squad of soldiers stood front of mo and every its in a while took aim. Then I would ollered my life?ray ship and cargo had 2n confiscated?if 1 would confess to 1 charge of slavery and begtheauthori3 pardon. This 1 refused to do. Then .as thrown in a dungeon under ground, lit feet square, with one little hole in it air, and out of which I could see a litbit of the jail yard. My feet were ced in iron stocks. 'It was then miortcd that I hrnl h?-r>n >t and that report went over the world. 1IE KKACIJE3 A FRIEND. 'It was just about three years since the ic that I had been put in there when 3 day I saw a little nigger girl playing the iail yard. I called to her in Spanand she came to my breathing hole. 1 :ed her i? she knew of l'rof. Acker,nn, an .old German friend of ne and the principal astronoir in Hayti- when I was iricerated. She said she did. I asked her come the next day and to bring mo a ice of paper and pencil, concealed in r hair so that the guard would not Bee 2m. She promised to do so and I wait, ah! so anxiously. The next day, true her promise, she came and brought Lh her the coveted articles. Pushing sin through the bars to me, sho waited lilel wrote a note as best I could to ikeririann, telling my old friend that I a still alive ana begging him to do mething for me. He wrote to this counr, to England, Franco nnd Spain telling i governments that I was improperly prisoned. fhe Minister of State in Franco on iciving this -news, at once directed the lrquis representing France in Hayti to /estigate my case, England also Bent r representative, Mr. St. John, to-look ;er the affair. Tlio Marquis on receiving i orders went to the jail and demanded Bee me; the demand was one, coming it did from a powerful country, which e authoritieH did not dare refuse, and 1 is shown to liim. lie promised to aid 3 and went away. That night I was Icon from tho dungeon where 1 had been : three years. My condition was an ful one; my clothes had almost rotted !; my hair and beard were unkemptcd, y hotly waa infested with maggots; my. nba were so sore with having been conled ill the stoclcs that I could scarcely ilk; In [that condition I was loaded th chains und started olF on a 200 mile ilk. It is a wonder I over lived. In jssing tho mountains I so often fell wn in weakness that my legs were cut some places to tho very bono. And then vas beaten almost to death by the iniman guards." And hero tho captain uddered' na ho lived ovcrin his mind oso days, IMS CONDITION AMELIORATED. While thus being ta^en away, he knew t where, they arrived at a garrison lero thero was a man in commnnil. with mo morcy in liis composition. Ho had litter constructed that was cnrriedby tjves, and on this Cspt. I'elletier was ?jod, Finally ho was conveyed to the iport lio had beon sont to from Porte Prince and was placed in jail. In tho :antimc a row bad been raised by for;n nations over his case, and Benjamin Wjftinpi Of Lancaster. >*. II.. Commis)ner jroin Ifois itqoiitry tq (jayft, fto: anded that ho bo bro"$?H}acK to rorlo ; Prince. This was acceded to and ho is taken from hiH cell, ironed and placed tho hojd of a Ml|OQner grid t^Ven jq that irt'andputlna hospital. Withihounited 1 of the ynnous consuls hecscajied froni ero and was sent to Jamaica in chdrgo of i English ofticer. Governor Ayres on 8 wpiyal t|}oro placed blm in a, iioupjtal I 1 until ho was able to got about aiul then \ I lie nvuh sent to this country by Francis II, 1 ltugglcB, U.S. Consul-General to Jamaica. enoch aiidkn'h romance outdone. j| Oh bla arrival in Now York ho found , that Ills wifo believing him dead aa ro- o ported, had married again, and that his property which waa quite large, embracing several hundred thousand acrea of land In McDowell county, thli State, had either bcon lost or divided. It may bo ?tate<l horothatthoroJa now pondihein n tho United States District Court before , Judge Jackson, a suit involving 150.000 ril acres of this land. Capt. Pelleteir'H wife's pr second husband is dead, but alto Is still D, living. ,8 As soon as possible aftor his arrival hero ho wont to Washington and called fttl on Secretary Seward ana asked thai his ob caaoba investigated, and that Uavti be thi UMI|IVIIW'U kU iuiiijiviidhiu mill lur 1118 losses and In part for tho horrible torture ho hnd boon made to endure. Mr. Seward .'.lu Kiivo him a room in the State Department of in;wliich to prepare his memorial. When prl that was completed tho case was unproved jot by Mr. Seward and tho claim declared to Jp be a-good one, provided there was evidence uln, to buck it up. 0j Capt. Pellotier then devoted several aU( weeks in securing evidence: Again he |M)] wont to Mr. Seward, who reiterated what J.0l lie had said before, but added that it 0j would not bo politic ?t that time to make fo( tho demand; that it would be better for (jec tho Captain to wait. , jn? I ! "And I did wait," continued the Cap- co| tain. "After Seward, I went to Secretary jj0 Fish who would do nothing, and it was jn j not until Mr. Kvarts took the State port- ma folio that any attention was paid to my ^ case, lie had an investigation madeandsent tj,e John M. Langston to lluyti, who returned ^at and reported that every tact in my me- jj0 moiial was as stated. Mr. Kvarts then jlQ( made a demand on Hayti to settle, which w]r was refused. Mr. Blaine took .up the up{ work on my case whoro Mr. Kvarts drop- lnjj ped it, and had not our dear Garfield been pft. shot I'm sure I should have had my money by this time. pei THE CASE REVIVED. to t "Secretary Frelinghuysen revived my I'cr caso and the result of his eirorts have ? been the concluding of a treaty between vj0 this country and Hayti by which ex-Jus- 1 tice Strong, of the Supreme lteucli, has to been named as arbitrator, and both sides jJJJJ agree to abide by his decision.; Have I a wat jrood chaneo of getting mv mon'ov? Whv sir, I'm sure to get it in a very short time-." 1 "What does the claim amount to now, Captain ?" 3 "My claim is for ray ship, its cargo, my tha lost jnoperty and ray troubles. Principal Bp0 and interest now amount to between two ~ million and a half and three, million dol- ^0I lars." V?) Capt. Pelletier lcaves^tbis evening for bill Washington to beprescnt at some arbitra- jcct ment proceedings, lde is here at present of I with his adopted daughter, a Sister of larj: Mercy, who is accompanied by another the Sister. These ladies are hero toseeBish- was op Kain about the establishment of a reir school. spo T11K CA1TA1X WELL KNOWX HERE. T This is not the Captain's first visit to ,,,0! this city. lie has extensive land in- jjjj tercsts in the State and is acquainted with mel a number of the most prominent citizens, not among them Gov. Jackson, Judge John he ( J ackson, Major J. C. Aldcrson and others. Juti lie lias been in this city-several times. It knc was lie who aided largely iii making Ma- e"t jor Alderson's recent visit to Mexico so the enjoyable. The Captain's acquaintance in Mexico is very large among tho nota- j ablcs and those high in authority. He Iina fthwo 1R/U Itnnntnn w?-?nltW will stated above. lleistiio head of a concern lutii with a capital of ?4,000,000makingapaving him block in Alexico.of apecular coomposition didu found 'near' the hot springs near the head Wai of the Kspinal river. In consideration of jorit services rendered Mexico?ho is now the == bearer of an important commission between that country and this?he has been given control of the river for a number of years, and no trading can be done on it ? without paying him royaltv. In addition j ho has been given land ami acquired it in |_* Mexico until lie now owns or controls I several hundred thousand acres. On M. many thousand acres is to be found the finest mahogany timber that grows, lie also has on this land asphalt beds of great value. He has a big contract for furnishing Chicago with the paving blocks-and that city is at present his headquarters. Milium' Wugcif Itcriucod. Sjxclal Dispatc/i to the Intelligenccr. Steuuknville, O., Nov. 12.?A reduction of 10 cents per ton for mining screened coal has been posted at Bustard's coal Q2 shaft, taking effect Monday. The miners are digging lor 75 cents perton, and lately returned to work after a long strike. Tlio Roimrrcctlon'Story a Honx. Aliiany, N. Y.j Dec. 12.?The sensational story of the resurrection of Kstello nc Newton, in Egremout, Mass., is pronounc- ]ed a hoax. W. R. "Wright, of Hudson, N. Ydenies that his brother ever confessed rn to him about taking the body of Miss Newton to Albany, and the Schoharie h>County .Asylum, in which she is said lo be confined, does not exist, there being no institution for tlw insane in that county. ' ? . National I,ul?or tolte Formed. Pirranunoif, Pa., Dec. 12.?A preliminary meeting of the labor lenders, including representatives of the Amalgamated Associntion, Coal Miners Association, Glass , Workers Association and Typographical Union, was held to-night for the purposo of forming a National Labor League. Another-meeting will bo held next week. New Dominion llogulntorff I&ocognlxod. Wisfieli), w. Ya., Dec. 12.?The mask- / ed bank of regulators, mention of which appeared some weeks ago, have again been abroad in tho land administering advice to several families and severely scourging ono man. Four of the band have been , identified, which will probably lead to tho qj arrest of tho whole gang. CAPITAL C 1111*3. ^ General Sheridan will be marshal of tho 111 day for the celebration of tho completion of tho Washington monument. Tho Secretary of tho Treasury has prepared a circular to Uiko.the place of all previous circulars concerning tho iinpor- ' tation of old rags,- providing that no old rags bo landed in tho United States except upon thorough disinfection. Tho Cominltteo on Federal legislation, appointed by tho National Conference of tho Stato Boards of Health, baa completed a bill which embodies the views of the confcrcnco JVi to tho best method of moventing tho Introduction into tho United \V! States of ciiolera and other diseases dangerous to tho public health, For somo months put, the subject of tho admission ol American pork in.Germany has remained in flatus i/uo, the inhibition imposed by the imperial decrco , March 0,188-1, still existing, and tho German markets meanwhile having been effectively closed to tho American producer, Hitherto tho contest again gt. ftormmi d|st C|4ity|nt}t{0|t twu unjetf all alone in behalf, of American pop* interests, hai hostllo measures In Germany recently have boon threatened against American petroleum,. ?\ powerful ocnnblnatioii of iwp interiists is now being formed looking to a derisive and determined stand by tho neyr administration and now. Congress in regard to both of theso essentially Jw poftyqt branches of export*, TONER'S WILD WAI] K 00158 roil Mil. jT. D, TAYLO n 111* Mexican Pension Hill N|mjccIi?II Call* the Attention of tliolloiuo to 111* Kllm 2>InJotlty~Tnylor Tnnklcn lDm anil Shown Vnrloim Precedent*. Washington, D. 0., l)oc. 12.?In til OUBO, to-day, Mr. W'nmcr, ,o[ OlUc ling to a question of privilege offered caniblo and resolution reciting tlmt J Taylor, of Ohio, on tlio 5th of July 84, thollouso having under consider ion tho Mexican Pension Kill, linvinj taiued tho floor, occupied tho timo o! 3 House six minutes; that subseently ho was allowed to extend his re irkB in tho Jlecurd; that ins teat extending his remarks he had ntcd in- tho JUcord, after ad inimerit of Congress the written iccli or paper containing sentiinonts 1 tho paragraphs reflecting on members tho llonse, a committee of tlio House, I tho House itself,and reporting or purrtinj; to report tho action of one of tho nimttccB of the Senate, alUn violation hia leave to extend his remarks in tho Wand of tho rules of tho llouso, and ilaring that parts of tho speech reflect-: on members of tho llonse, on the mitteo of tho House and on the* use, and referring to what took place the Senate committee, are not a legitite part of tho proceedings of the House. Ir. Warner stated ho was directed by Committee on Pension?, Bounty nnd :k Pay to bring tho matter before the use. He sent to tho Clerk's desk and I mail lUlt-linna ft( 'I'avlnr'o onnnnli lr\ ich objection is taken. They reflect I >n Warner as Chairman of the Cointee 011 Pensions, Bounty and Hack | r, on the committee itself and denounce action of the llouso upon the Mexican ision Dill. They also make allusions ;he action of the Senate Committee on isions. [r. llrowne, of Indiana, made the nt that the' speech of Tnvlor did not lato the privileges of tho House, lie Sneaker thought it was not his duty decide that question. If a member i and declared that certain things had n done in violation of tho rules it i the duty of the Speaker to submit the ation to "tho House. c; It a N dmotiiKU WAUNJ'k's WA iL. rr. Warner then proceeded to argue t the facta alleged in Mr. Taylor'a ech were not true, and controverted the nmittee on Pensions, Bounty and Back r last session, which reported only one for the relief of soldiers, and that an obionableone. Hequotedfrom the reports that committee to bIiow that a large ;e number of bills had been reported to House. The question to be decided i, whether the House would allow to lain ns part of its record what was never ken in debate. lie paragraph to which he objected jt strenuously was one charging the imitteo with" stealth and cowardice, the gentlemen claim that was parliailnrtf Innmimrn l-Iia willing it should go unchallenged to juoted against the committee in the ire by tho gentlemen who did not i\v as well as tho members of the presIfousc did, the gentleman who was author of it. . Mil. TAYLOR KEl'I.JKS. D. Taylor, of Ohio, said tin! motive eh influenced tho offering of the reso3n was the fact that Mr. "Warner and self had been rival Congressional canties in the recent election, and that rner claimed to he elected hy a ma y of two hundred and,seventecn. Mr. >Rir,FRTf Now that times arc ; think it will be appr irgains, and place the j en if they do not neec In looking through :ccls, and that is proba )iiseholds, we concludi any new and elegant < ive no fears of not be: //&//?; From this date unl the above at lower j: e many Patterns that ills. Our friends will do member That T\ ill have the best assort G. MI 112 P. S.?Look for o Taylor said ho luul curried nverv count' LI except Monroo-VCt'Oooil for Monroe.' exclaimed Davidson, of Florida, limit ,? laughter and anphuiso oa (lto Domocrutii " bUto.i Mr. Taylor declared thnt Warner wouh 0 notliavo carried Monrou except on tlx hypothesis ho luul voted far Randall ioi Hpcuker. Ho raised the lnugh at tho ex penso of Speaker Carlisle by reading fron a Democratic pupcr published in Ohio ir which that gentleman is referred to as having boon a free trader throughout tlu Speakership. >? Jtr. Taylor then submitted an argument a to substantiate tbo statements miulo by him in his speech, to which exception vriu taken; and the discussion drifted into the ' consideration of the Mexican pension bill. * Coining down moro directly to the subject 1 in controversy, ho read from papers pre* [ mired by tho Vubffc Printer showing tliat Air. "Warnor had himself, on several occa aiuuo, uiivcii mivaiiut^U Ul HIU |i[iTHL'^?jUi lcavo to print. I A DAD 8II0WIS0, I Irt order to show it was tho lmbit ol the moinbers to avail themselves of this per1 mission (ono of theso tallies discloses the interesting fact that during the Forty-ttfth, Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh and tho first session of tho Forty?eighth Congress f>(W speeches wero printed which were never delivered on the lloor,while 1,1815speeches delivered wero withhold for rovision and substantially altered), ho also read a letter calling "attention to the. fact that the "Salt in rolitics" speech of Mr. Cox, Of New York, was not delivered in the House but was a reprint of a Fourth of July ad-i dress to Tammany hall. [Laughter.J WARKEU TAKKS HACK Ills WOU1W. Mr. Warner, in. rising to close the dehate, said tho action of Mr. Taylor in printing such a speech was unprecedented. lie did not wish to (jo into the discussion of tho Ohio election, but would say he never had been in a campaign carried on anywhere, where methods so corrupt, forbidden and abhorrent, were resort ed to as wero resorted to by his colleague, his confederates, and his paid stall of scoundrels to circulate the very speech which lie had printed. Mr. Taylor demanded tlmt these words Iw. tol.n., ,IA. 1 ?\ ? W Iwy wivuit uun n tmu VllVJ ? VI V I UilU II'UIIl the Clerk's (leek. JTr. Warner?I withdraw the remarks, I which I can plainly sue to lie unparliamentary, but I say this: That I do not think thnt a campaign was ever carried on anywhere in which methods more corrupt, forbidden and abhorrent weie resorted to, to achieve political 'ends, than were resorted to in the Seventeenth district of Ohio during the lust campaign on tho part of tho Republican party. [Applause on Democratic side.] Mr. Warner was permitted to proceed in order and continued with his vindication of the committee of which he is chairman. lie ridiculed the assumption made in tho speech complained of that Taylor was the spccial representative of the I soldiers of tho country. Had the gentleman represented them on tho Held during I the war? (Applause from the Democrat side.) lie knew something of the gentleman's record (taring tho war. He knew that when the war was well nigh over, when all great battles were ' fought tho gentleman had enlisted in the 1 Home Guard of Ohio. One of the condi- , lions under which the regiment enlisted was itshould not be required to go.out of the State. (1 Slighter.) Mr. Taylor said the regiment in which ho was enlisted served a year and a huli ( outside of Ohio. The resolution was adopted. Yeas 1(?1; ? nays 00. 1 Not Done Oli'ltrxitiiig Yet. Ciiauusston', S. C., Nov. 1U.?Tho cclc bration of Cleveland untl Hendricks began ; to-day'by the firing of a gun for every electoral vote, 211). Jollity was unbounded ! during the day. In the evening the city ? was ablaze with lights. __i (S. |tXjcnrtct ft Co.?(fuvpets. SUIT TH : hard, and money is so ; cciated by our friends if trices so low that any one 1 +-1-\ a / ? /-? /-v /~1 r> 4-^v? ? L i mi* ^UVJUS 1UI illllllCUlcll 1 our varied stock for ar ibly renewed oftener tha 2 that a Carpet will be ju designs just added to oui ing able to please. Our w/i/M //$'//// :il the First Day or J a: trices than we have ever will be sold below the ac well to avail themselves i lose who Con mcnt from which to sele< 3NDELa :4 MAIIV STREE1 ur Special Aclv'crtiscm^i < CUT OFF BY FLAMES, i < L' lIOltHIULU KATK Ol' TUUIIK OlItLS 1 ) Who (1 luiit'Otl Out of n Factory Wludow r Only t? Moi't tlut T?rrihlo Salutation of ! tlio Fiery Demon?'TlieJr Dind l lloillea Found After the Fire. I Dktiioit, Mich., Dee. 12.?Shortly nftcr , 5 o'cloek this evening tho k'irls employed in the second alory of Gray, ]loynton& i-u.\ a cuuuy mciury, uurnit ihiiih mm AVoodbridge streets, were terrified nt tlio discovery of llro breaking out in the rear room, whoro tliey worked. A rush was made for the front building for tlio llro escape. In descending tho ladder 0110 of tho girls fell off and was slightly hurt. Three were scon by a window, but tho x llames burst through and drovo them back, and were not again seen until tho Hamcs were subdued, when their bodies were discovered lying near tho window. Their faces were burnpd black, but their bodies had not lteen touched by lire. Tho names of tho girls burned are: Francis Messmere, ageu 14; Annie Lynch, aged 28, and JCIIen Colgase, aged 17. Tlio tiro originated in tho cellar where there was a quantity of packing materials, but tho eause of the lire is unknown. At tho time there had been no liro in the cellar. Caught fr'lro from aStove. Laxcastuu, ]\a., Dec. 12.?Lizzie ltalbacli, aged 21, living at Chestnut Hill, this county, was fatally burned Wednesdsy afternoon, her clothing catching firo from a stove. Tho girl's mother was also dangerously burned while endeavoring to ex linguish the tlaraes. Solid on tlio Turin. Aluaxv, N. V., Dec. 12.?The Ecaiiug nnl.l.wl It.,..* T ?..! 1? \1 ? vHi>n? vwuivu nun. JAItl x. iuunuil JIH IU his position on tlio tariff. Mr. Morton replies: "In regard to my views on tlio question of protection 1 stand fully committed to tlio policy and platform of tlio Republican party. I earnestly believe in the protection of American industries ami of the interests of tlio working masses in the United States." NEWS I.V 1IKIKP, Cieorgo Cook was hanged nt Larnmio City. W. T., vv.sterday, for the murder of his father-in-law. Twenty-seven ovstermen, at least, wero . drowned in tlio recent gale 011 the Itappahanoclc river, Thirteen bodies have been rccoTered. Jones & Laughlin, Iron manufacturers, who have been drilling for gas at their works in Orumby, l'a., hist night struck a vein, euual to "the great AVeatinyhouse "roarer. The employes of tho Keystone Bridge company, who had been notified of a reduction of live to fifteen percent to take Direct January 1st, met hist night aud decided to strike against reduction. A mysterious case of poisoning occurred in two familieainadouble tenement house in Dayton, Ohio. After dinner 11. II. Uichard, wife and three children, ami Mrs. Herman lveyser, were all taken terribly sick witli pain in the head and back. The physicians were working all afternoon mid think now thev will save their lives. Suspicion points to n street car driver, in I:D. FLAP1NO?Oa Friday orciilng, December 12. 1884, ill Sl'iUKNA, wife of Jucob Finding, ngod Si yours mid 10 mouths. Funeral from ilie residence of lier father, James Smith, in licmrood, on Sunday morning at 9:110 j'clock. Friends of the family invited. Interuontftt Ml Calvary Cemetery. 0 E TIMES! scarce with the people, wc offer sonic cspccial ; can afford to purchase, e use. i article that every one n anv other, used in nil st the thing. With the - already large stock we stock consists of //i/// /w/Sv/ // // wary we will offer any done before, and there tual cost of some at the of this offer, and also to ne First i CO., it next Wednesday;