shk Tenths ItrroRTEK. j FRED. RTJRTt - MM*. 0 Centre Hall, Pa.. Fab. 2 , '73 TRRMS. -The Cekvbe Hsu Raeoa ter is published weekly at s'i per .year lo advance, or SB,BO wheo no, paid .a ad vance kalfjrearly and quarterly sub scriptions at the eatna rate. Stnf 1* copiee Advertisements SI.BO r* r lines) for• lislied nt county t wi of a: \ share .-I | the legal advcitii-iug, ami ton ing the j county officer* to advert ice only in pa per* printed at tl* county towns What proposition could he more un reasonable and union ? What justice is there iu passing a law directing all advertising to be done in the licllc fonte papers, and notu otlnr in the county ? Ito not ill* printers outride the county seats, pay taxes, nud ten der service, just a* well as tlnne in the county towns wh > \*>ill thus be f rored with a legalised ntouo|H>lyof all such work, leaving the jiai|*r olfiivis, who are the best judges what niedi uaia to select, no choice or say iu lh matter ? This mov is gottei. up and favored by interested partita, and sordid **d fishnet* is at the bottom of it, and this spirit will attempt to have it put through tbe Legislature ami made a law. No honest, fairmiudrd editor will fa vor such a propositi*!* -it u oulv the sordid, seltish, sneak thief, sheep faced Shy lock, who would steal the pennies from his dead grandmothers eyes, and sell his sou! to the devil for a little filthy lucre, that would have the impudence to favor such a law. From what we gather of the pub lished proceeding* of the lata editorial convention at Hnrrisburg there weie such narrow minded, M-ltuh shcepfacts prewent, to disgrace the crafl, by favor ing the enactment of such a law I'pou this shtepface principle, no paper outside of Washington city should have any advertising coming from the national government, and no paper outside of Harrisburg have a crumb of advertising coming from the state government. Suppose this latter be proposed, how would the sheepfaced, sneak-thief Shylucks, who prwpuse to monopolize the county ad vertising, and bv iaw cut out the pub lishers outside the county towns hew 1 and raise their hands iu holy horror ? Yet the principle is just the same. We expect there aie interested par ties in tbe legislature, who will try help themselves by assisting in the passage of such an act. Such a law is uncalled for. There is uo justice iu it- There is uo wis dom i;> it. There is no reason for.it. It is siuiplv an outrage. It is meaner fhau the lowest order of nepotism and tbe quintessence of sorduiism. As a matter of course, none but a narrowiuindtd county-town Shyl ck would advocate so unfair a law, ami no faiuuinded legislator will give it his vote. We will venture, that could the brain of those selfish sheep faces, who fa core-1 such a proposition iu the editorial convention, lie exam ined, it would be found cramped up and contracted like the mouth of a green persiinon eater. We trust the legislature will show its good sense by voting dowu such a propositi.n, in'spite of interested mem hers who may favor it. This matter can not be bettered, I and that is not the intention bv such | a bill —the bidden intention is to en able some to grasp and monopolize all i to the exclusion of other parties. New York Custom House. GRANT THIXKA LEST HELD AS OF FICE. The corrupt ignorauce, not ignorant corruption says the World, which pre vails at the White House, babbles about Leet's office in the Custom- House, aud that he may be removed. Leet was appointed to no office. He put him up for a job. Leet was not even a warehouseman when he began to receive inccme from general-order business. He neither owned nor was proprietor then of a tint Class 111. warehouse. He was forced upon Bix by as a copartner by Grant. He did neither work uor anything else. Sub sequently he did become a proprietor, with Abe Wakeman and Shed Shook aa boudsmen. But eveu then he was not an officer of (he customs nor more than is a cart man. And yet Grant and bis partisans talk as if the civil service reform touched Class 111. warehouses, aud which of the latter the Collector, "on approval of the Sec retary of the Treasury," shall desig nate to receive general order merchan dise. Gentleman, you can't in this way conceal your nastineas, or remove its odor! The transaction of Grant, Por ter, Jtidge Deut, Bout well, Grinoell and Murphy, was a bold job, unre deemed by a single palliatiug feature. Just *s much a job as if Grant owned the beneca quary and ordered all the stone used on government works to he purchased of him at his prices! Put that in your pipes and sinoke it ! The -Sua says that one of the most experienced public men of this city estimates the profits of the General Order robbery of New York mer chant* now enjoyed by Major Leei's •'mess 'at over a million of dollars a year. Divided into four shares, this would give two hundred ami fifty thousand dollars for each purtuer, enough to enable ea-h one to buy and stock a farm near Si. Ixuis every year. Leel, one of < iiant's |>et* who i* said to be coining money out of the New York merchants, is thus shown up In die Tribune, of that city : "Leet continued to hung about the Wtiite House and draw- full pay ami allowances as a colonel in the U*ulai army till August .Ith, 1870, more than a year after he had had obtained con trol in good part of the "general order" business here. Then he resigned, tak ing the benefit of an ai l of C'o<)K ro *" which offered a year's pay and extras to those army officer* w ho would do so. He wss thus actually paid a* Colonel up to August .lib, 1871, by which time he and his confederates in the en joymeut of this "plum" must have gouged at least *2OO,HM out of the commerce of this port, a sum which we presume they have since raised to quarter of a million dollars." In the Senute. on Monday, In-!. Mr. Pill Introduced H bill, supplement to an act to incorporate the Lewisburg, Centre and Spruce Creak railroad company. We have not learned w hat the provi sions of this supplement are. Subscribe for the REPORTER, with eat dolay. Grout'* Nfpotlam. Tim following i nn interesting slice 11 OIK the proceeding* in l". S Senate, Jan. 22nd The amnesty bill calm up * unfin ished business. Mr Edmund* (Rad , Vt.l had the floor, hut was itnahle, owing to ather engagements, to pro ceed with hi* remarks. Mr. llsv is (Dem , Kv ) moved to Inv aside the Amm-tv hill iufnuuilly for the purpose ul taking up his use lution directing the lommittee on Uetrenchmeiit to impure whether the President lias conferri d public uffiees of trustor profit in return lor presents, and lias been guilt* of other miscoit duel. He ottered a dualities I ioU nt il ( direeting the committee to iiiipure inioj the expediency ot l'..ngies passing a law forbidding auy prison iu the ser vice at the United Stairs to receive anv gift or to appeuit any ot his rela | lives to office. . j Messrs Conkling ( Had., N Y.) and: Mortou (Had , Ind ) were willing U have the resolution takt-U up, but uoi by laving the Amnesty bill aside in formally, liecause that would enable any Senator to cut off the debate by calling for the regular order. Mr, Sumner opposed laying 11 e Amnesty bill aside otherwise than it* formally, and thought that Mr. Da vis ought to be allowed to t*k up bis resolution and make hi* speevh in this the ordmsrv wav. Mr Cunkling said that this was a verv extraordinary resolution, and lf desired whenever it should be taken up it should be fully discussed and pressed to vote, so that the judgement of the American Senate might be promptly given upon it* merits and us propriety. Mr. Davis 1 cwiml* tbst this resolution i#a very extraordinary one; but 1 insist that the subject and the occasion of it aie very extia ordinary too, iLaughter.) liicy sie amply sufficient to justify the reolu tiou—at least, they are so iu mv judg ment, and I decide questions of propri ety for myself. Mr. Davis than quo ted from Mr. Conkiing's speech ou the retreuchmeut debate belure th* recess, in which lie said that whenever any body should propose any inv.*stiguii<>u aimed at either individuals or officials, or would point out anv branch of tbe public service, he (Mr. (aukling) w..uld tavor the most radical and sweeping investigation thai could be devised, and said : "Now, here is a branch of the public service ueeding investigation. 1 have proposed this resolution on my own responsibility, and whatever may be the scandal of it 1 atu ready to bear it. I want the king of the political forest as well us the lesser beasU to be investigated. ( Laughter.) I waul the committer to investigate "the lion in hi* Jen. The Douglas in hi* hall*,' and. for one, 1 urn disposed to lead a march to beard that liou iu hi* den. (Laughter.) The office of Chicl Kxe cutive Magistrate is said to be the fountain of houor ; but it is the fouri- uiu of dishonor, of abuse and corrup tion in our country. 1 want it puri tied by free, manly, unfettered, and, unfaltering investigation. AN hat have we seen wltltiu a few days! '/' Ac President of the I'nited Statet published a* a defaulter to the amount of four or lire thonsana dollars for upuarcU of twenty yean. I presented ray resolu tion. The newspapers opened upon him, and at last, driven by the denun ciations of the vipers, or some other cause, he was forced to come forward and male good the amouut of his defal cation." Mr. Sherman suggested that the Senator (Mr. Davis was discussing the merits ef his resolution, although it was not befere the Senate. Mr. Davis —Then I will not pursue that line of remark. Mr. Sherman said that the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Davis; must know that when he offered a resolu tion arraigning the President in this ! way, it roust give rise to a general die cussiou. He was willing to postpone the Amnesty bill, with the ing that this resolution was to take its, place until disposed of, aud he gave notice to the friend? of the Amnesty bill that he would not agree to hare it taken up again until they shall have made up their minds to stand by it and presa it to a vote. Mr. Thurman advised Mr. Davis to withdraw his motion, as to press it would plainly give rise to a long and probably excited debate, which would postpone the Amnesty bill. Mr. U. said he knew it would give rise to a debate, aud he was prepared for the most exciting debate that could arise t Laughter.) But be did not wish to autagouize it against the Am nesty bill, and therefore he would withdraw it uow, but would soon again bring it before the Senate. . Tb Passive Policy in Wttehing ton. I Our special Washington despatches . state that at the democratic coiigre* sioual caucus last night there was an expression favorable to the passive policy "so far as national politics arc • concerned." The dispatch adds ;j "No movement looking to any coali t tiou or conference for the next nation ai convention was made." The truth is, whatever expression ' was had, outside of a consideration of . matters before congress, was merely , accidental; and while wc are, of course, gratified to know that the ' members of the detnocalic party in • our natioual council* are favorable to • the Missouri, or passive policy, yet we! would be deceiving our readers not to I tall them, at the same time, that the j caucus was not called to act upon this ( question, and that the democratic con-; gressiiten have uot assumed, as will be , I charged, dictate to the party ill ring I the agency of a close caucus. Never theltsa, their voice is entitled to lim weight a- coming from men enjoyinj good opportunities to scan the a hpli political Hituation, and it |>csM-e> great value n imiicating the seuli uienta of promim nt individual* p< * Musing influence in their rent ectiv localities, it tr, "no far u national politics are concerned," that the pas sive policy chiefly applies. We hart re|>eatdly explainelcfe*lof tli (.Irani administration ha* boe growing fad 11V ivvr ainoti it x*i# Ural |>r|< f lite riiapoeiii 11 o opportunity to give 11 1,11 ear neat ami p.tliiotio niia|i|fratiun The propoai lion t* now coming to be pretty well iiihliolinml the iiiiioiry, iml we Male nulling Init oitr honrai conviction when wo any tliat the signs now poini In ila i-ailv and • nil,u>iaiu: adoption Hv tbe dcniocr.ii'T lo| tin lit e-nig mini cani|>ui|{ii o| ilo* year.— Miaoouri Hrfifhlit*'t>, L'lie IU famous feature* of tba Phil alilpliut Regiatry Low, ate known to all. Tbe democrutiu pie** ha* In-en J I crying out ugtin-t tbi* otitrngeou* law ft r the bun tbrre year* lloneai I ami fair inimied republican* have de • | manded it, ao uiijua. ► it throughout. The llullfton, iad,eal, of 24ih till, •ay*: The State Senate ha* p**etu>u< have beeti offered in favor of n local option law. Mr. Davis of Philadelphia, present- ED M petition, tixtv-seveti ftet lng. of cil tens iu Philadelphia prayiit|* lor (he local option liquor Is* Mr. Brooke, oftheeittzeiis of Mont gomery county, praying for amend ments to lha game law* of this com moil wealth. In the liouae, on 23rd ult., a vote was had on bill No. 10, and act au tnorizaig the electors of the Twenty third aard of Philadelphia to deter, mine, by ballot, whether lirceuae ahall be granted to aell intoxicating liquor* within the limit* of the said ward or not. On the final parage of the hill, the yeas and nay# were required by Mi joaepba and Mr. Cirintbs, and were as follow*, via : YEAS— Mr-Mrs. Albright. Ballantine, | Beardslee, Black, Bombergsr, Bowman, 1 Brook asy, Brunge*. Back. Burkboldsr. Cooper, [>ai!ay, flaniab, Dsrrah. Dratt, Dougherty, Ely, Floagar, Fox, UatcbeM, , GilfflUn, Glratoti Cray, Graanawalt, Griffiths, GUM, Hancock, Haretar. Her rold, Josephs. Kerch, I.abar, I.sioon, Lane, Lawaha, lilll* Lelhrfman, Levering. M'Connell, M Gawati. M Jun kin, M'Muffin, Magee, M a bon, Mark* Mickey. Miller, Mitchell ofTioga Moore. Morfonl, Newbakar, Peisert, I'ortar, Potta, Prixer, Purtell, ltogar* of Kria, Kogcrs of M Kean, Sample, Sanner. Sch miukoy. Sbortt. Shuler. Smith of Fayella, Smith of Philadelphia, Staple*, Starr, Strock, Taylor, I'hiar, Vodge, Whit*. Wilcox, William*, Wilson and Elliott, speaker—77. Nat*—Messrs. Beach, Conrad, l>elacy, Edwards, Fetter, Harvey, Henry, Kefl'er, King. Kootis Lusk, Meek, Mitchell . Miffl in). Morris, K, Schwartxand Wuolaver —l7. So the (jucstion was determined in the affirmative. SELLDtQ LIVfCOK OS ELEXTtOM DAY# : In the house, on 2- r tb. the followiug bill was acted unou : That from atxJ after the tiaasagf of this act, it shall not be lawful fur uny person in thia commonwealth, whether licensed or unlicensed, to buy, aell or giveaway to be uaed >u a drink, any spirituous or malt liquors, wine or cider, or any substance containing al cohol, on any part of any day set apart for any general or special election, by the citizen* in or within any pre cinct, ward, township, county, or other election district or division in or within this commonwealth. SEC. 2. Ar.y persou vjnlatiopg any of the provisions of the first section ol this BCt shall be dcenp d guilty of a misdemeanor, and oncouvirtion there of shall be subject to imprisonment in the jail of the proper county for a term of not mote tuati one hundred days, and in addition to the above shall also be subject to a fiueottive hundred dol lars and costs, at the discretion of the court. On (lie motion to mispci.ii the rules fin the final of the- kill, the following is the vole : Vn* ili-io. Albright. Hallvnline, liearuslec, Black, Bouibergcr. UnWiuan. ! ftr ik ht, ltr> < Away, tti it jii s V (flK'h* v'to'li or |)iiiol, parif, pillsO, Dougherty, fcl.V, flregcr. Fox, Gat-ihell, lilllliian. li leena wait, Gfilhlbs, Hancock. iivory, Hewi:, Uunaecker, Kerch, Lithnr, Lnllioll, Laliu, Law tee, l,< tlo-imitii Levering, Lurk, M'Junkin M'Mullin, Malum, Mi, key, Millar, Mitch ell ol Miflim, Mitchell ot Tioga,, Moore, Morford, Newbaker, Moyes, Feisert, por ter, i*oit, Prixer, Rogers of Krie, Ituarri ol M'Krun, Sarincr, .Bcbini inkey, Shorn. Miuler. t-mith of l'uilwdel phi, .siarr, Hffocji, Chirr, While, Wil cox. W illinms, \S llson arid Kllioti, speak er- -OH. NATS Messts. Reach, Burkboldet, Con rad, Pariah, Edwards, Fetter, llarvy, Kilter, King, Koont, Latta, Law soli, M'(sowan, Msgee, Merit, M orris, Pwisell, Kos, Sample, Taylor and Woolever —VI. So the question wn< determined In ihe affirmative. New and Desirable Music, just issued, by Mr. J. P. Shaw, Music Publisher, Rochester. N. Y. Show XK or MKfKPM. Muilki- By the popular Composer, Mr. J. M. Chad wick, is reniarkahly biilliant and taking, of medium difficulty, ami sure to please. Needs only to oe tried to be appiecigted. Hkavgs I. v Dhkams Poetry und mu sic by Mr J If. This iv certainty 'one ot the best Songs we have beard in long time, it coouot fail ofhvcotniug popu lar every wheie The above pieces may bv obtained ol any Mu iic or News Dealers, or ot the Publisbtr, postage Iree, for 30 ctv each, Mend for a copy. Empty veaaaJa aouad Uudast. I hc (nimuon School* or l'cmiijrl' tail la. Vlt J 1' Wickershanx, Niii Superin tendent #■ t'ousmun Schawls -f the Oein imiitw<*iiK T*i.nvlv*bi for th ytar ending dim* sth, IS7I, ha* Ju*t submitted lii report t<> the Legislature Th* follow it i Uiitaineiit of th# ftMiJltl.iii of th* •>*- lain 1* ftve'l: Number uf school district* ill lha Statu 2 tW Numh#r f sch.Mtl* II."l* Number f nradad *ehvola 4.684 N uaibar of *rliool director* ta.**i N iiuibcr of •u|trriiit*ml*iits Numbor of tuai hnr> ........ If,fit Aisrifo salaric* of mala taachars per mouth $41.04 j At rtsg* salaiios of Uuiale teachars per uionlh HIH" A tela** lepg h of •< h-Htl term in month S,M Nuuit ci of pupiis n*4 *l4 Avwraa* nuuibrt ol pupil* IttT.IM I'arcrnug* of aiUntlance it|M>n th* w hota number r|Ul*rd 6* A vsrsgs i >t*( of luilltfn par inuttth for aavh pupil $$ Cost of luition for th* year s•,•*>. C,U)ti aipaiiiiad in supporting or plian sch.iolt, be addvd to eiprndcd for common schools the grand flat will ba ' ,U>,9lk,!W The inrreeaa la the newt important af tha Items in the *tat*m*nt, a* compared with tko** af last var, is a* follow* : In number ofdlslricte. 21; in M-hool*. I44St; in graded schools 1T42, in "i Hikil directors, 290; tu superin tendanta, 9; in teacher*, SOU; In number of pupils, 6T2S; ia the average number of pupils, 11,247 ; in cast of tuition, $181,114- (FT in contingeiu-isM, $1 .Mm IK); in cost of building and ranting school houses, $4,20,- 612.17 Total co#t, including aapeadiiure* of *ll kind* 9XM67.18. Tha Miale. outside ot Philadelphia, hat 14.161 schools; 16 482 teacheis ; an altmd ance of i10.04n pupil* ; an avvrag* attend am* of 4X16,622; and an *v*rag* school term of 8 months an2l d*y* Male teacher* were paid S4O 08 per month, and female teacher*. $81.1*2. Ktpended for tkhool houses, $8.(88,124,41; for tuition, SB. lid 418.86. contingencies. STW.27t 48 The receipt* for th* >*ar were $6.(844.461,- 66; eipenditurM $6,Utb).888,24, leaving • debt <>f $*06,487.10. In Philadelphia the schoel house* num ber 88u. teachers, 1680; registered pupils, 134.6:4; belonging to th* schools, 81,864 pupil*. School property valued *t $8,816,- 407 In reference !• the school* In Phila delphia. the 8 ate Muperintendent **yi "that it i> useless to conceal the feet that the working of her public school system, good a* it U in many raspecU, is not quite .ati*fn>try t ' the best *choei men of Philadelphia. Tbe Superintendent *ug gest* that the following change* teem to him desirable: 1. A better mode of examining and ear (ideating teacher*. 2. Th* respective dune* af the Ward Board of Directors, and the Board of Con-. trt Hers of th* city, mure clearly define, or. in other word*, more unity In the school administration of the city. > Taxes for school purposes levied and collet-led by the school authorities 4. Mure complete supervision The value of the school property of the State is set down al $16,(442.624. an increase ol $< .(*2,441 over the previous year. The State appropriation to the school* ws* Hi' Of this amount $H6.887.66 were I paid to Philadelphia ; $*>,4SU.42 to the ci ty and buruughs . s* 661 to county super intendent* for taiariee; 516.0U0 to State Normal School* , s2&Uto Lincoln Übiver sity ; $1,U3V.69 to district* previously nun set *pliiig, and $284.181 38 to the several district*. Tbe general appropriation for 1872 was increrscd to $660 (*JU. and th#l superintendent a*kt for $760,(48) fr 1878] The aggregate appropriation* made to the, several Stale Normal School* reached tha, sum of $lB6. W5 36 Uf th# li,!)".'! schr-ol houses reported 7774 are frame ; 2388 brick; 1500 stone; S'A of li-g* ; built during tke year, 64ti Of the witula number 1482 are unfit for u*a O! the 14,018 schools 3d84 are graded . 846 wt-r* graued during the year; '0,487 are aril classified: 11,636 have uniform text books, and in 11,716 th* Bible is road. Tba number of mala teachers employed wa* 7640; female 46. average *g#rteachers 281 yean. The number of institution* in which there are soldier* orphan* i* 88; nutnbe* of orphan* in #choob *nd houses, May St. IK7I. v■* 3607; number of order* of ad misaion issued *ibce. 418; number of di*- charge, since May, 160 ; number in charge uf the State, 1660. number of order* of ad miMion issued since system went into ope ration, 6807 . number admitted, 6907 : cost f system for the past year. S>AO,OU) total cost *inc# going into operation, $2,882.- 296.34 MISSOtR IMPOLITIC 8 Liberal Kepublicaa MumCoovuß tion—Tbe Keaolutioa Adopted. Jrffimn City, January 1 —The Lib eral Republican Mtu Convention met In tbe tlall of Representatives at ai>on. and ii one of tbe largest ever assembled in the Stale. It vat called to order by Colonel Win. M. Or trenur, chairman of tba Lib eral ltepubliras State CvmniUrr. Judge Gebo It, of Grundy county, vu elected lent|>o ary President, and Colonel Lewder, Secretary. Judge Debolt made a brief ■peerh, in which be refered t the Work before the Convention a* a grand and ao ble ona, hoping a movement would be in eugursted which would command tbesup port of the majority of the American peo ple in tbe interest of reform and true Re publicanism. Various committee* were tbep appointed for facilitating business, and after a stirring speech by lion. C. P Johnson, of St. Louis,tha Convention took a recess till two o'clock, The Convntion is not only large In point of numbers but contains a majority of the leaders of tbe liberal Republican party of Missouri. Apparently It is com posed of about tbe same man who figured in the bolting Republican Contention that nominated Brown for Uovenor. Home prisa is noticeable at the charac'-* of tbe American element in tb* Convention, it being much greater than was expected, while as lookers on, there several promi nent ganllcmen from Stales—Senator Fow ler, of Tennesson, Judge Oliver, of Ohio, Mr. Scoviil, of New .'eriuy, and many others— whe secoj to We measuring the ex tent of the Lieut opposition ia tbe Repub lican ranks bfra. Nearly every county in the State it represented, and tba Conven tion has been well worked up considering that it it merely for consultation and tbe comparison of views. A large number of people have arrived by tbe midday trains, and the hotels and public resorts seem quite as well filled as the Slate bouse. On reaseiubling this p. m. tbe Commit tee on Resolutions reported through their chairman, Col. Grosvonor. Tba reading of tbe platform called forth repeated and very rutbusiaatic applau-e and e general storm of cheers followed the iut Tbe resolutions, which WafO adopted without any di-rept pre as follows: Tim iOanluliwue Ketohcd. That we. the Liberal Kepub , I lean* of Missouri, faithful now ee we were > in the dark days of civil war to ihr vital piiiicipte* of true Republicanism, by no act or word will endanger rightful seve reigniy of the Union, emancipation, equali ty of civil rights or enfranchisement; to those established facts now embodied in tbe Constitution we claim tb* [vyalty ol all good citixens. Resolved, Thus true end laeting peace pan soiiis only from such profounu recon ciliation as enfranchisement has wrought in tbisKtale. nor can tho Government he just or great in which tax-pavers bare no actual part; we therefore ueioaud with i qua I suffrage for all * ll the interest of an individual, a faction or a par ty with the consequent corruption and de moralisation of political lile demands a thorough and genuine reform of the public service. Those wbo would supprces invee ligation forget that they owe a higher du ly to the country than to .ny party. W# honor those Senators whose courageous course has compelled a dierlosure of grave misdeeds, and they deserve the thanks aud hearty support of all good citizani Keaelvwd. That local Mil-go varum 1 jritb impartial aulfVagr will guard thr right of all vltiaaoa mora aaeuraly than any CII liaiuad authority, and thai it i* lima lu •lay iha growing anoraarhmant Of aircu t'*a powar, tba tiaa ofpooreion or bribery to ratify a traatjr, tba |>arking of a Hu pramr Court Ho rohaaa ricblrorfmratioiia, tba •> ating of niftttbar* of T.'agr not •I ret ad bo thr paPpla, tba rraortlw uncoil* •iitniioiial lawt to euro Hukluiitm, Irrali gon or iMMMMfUMO and tba •urraiuirr ; <>l individual fraadoti to tboaa who aak t at ilie practice or cread of *ome *hall be the law all, wadautand for lha individual the Urged liberty consistent with public ur 1 d*r; forth* Mute, salf-goveinmant, ami , for th* nation * return to th* method* of!, paac* and constitutional limitation of powar. ' Kesolvad, Thatjbaing itepubliran* mako* i it not lb* loo* our duty to *apo*e oorrup- | lion, danouuee tbe usurpation of power { and work for reform necessary for tbe public aalfara. Th* limes demand an up- 1 rielPg of hn*d ci|i*ani to sweep from (tower the men who prostitute the name oft ;n honored party to tellh'i inlerad*. We thervfure invite all Republicans who dosire ihs r-formation set forth, to meet in Na lions 1 Mass Coavoiition at the city of Cin cinnati, mi th* first Wadna*da> of May neat, at 12 m th*r to takaaurh action asj i our conviction ol duly and public eiigenry I may roquir*. • l)lag:rra of the ftuprumr (ourt. Tkt >'# Legal Tentlar Dreislou kjr a Parked Naprenr lb lba daja tsf judicial dnrltoaion jit ia a trial abd a git tf to awe the Su -1 prviue ('un uf lis# United Sain act ita feet ia ilippbry placca, aa it haa done ia r#v#raing ita oara deciaiou in the Legal Tender caae. Whs* the Court waa coiu|maed ot eiglitinrnibvra.it dcttdesl bv five to thro* voice* that the Legal 'lender art iof 18C2 waa uud etsd vottl Ms far aa it related tu }>rrfr*-dii>g contract* Thia jd#i'ie>ois we* in tbe inicreat uf huu •tv and integrity. It waa a rebuke to toul I'laj, and efevaied lha aundard j of i.ublic morale before lha world. Thus Court haa time beeut recunati ! luted by en iutrraee uf ila irembera to iitur, two of whom are freeh fruoi the isar, where the paid rounael of great failmad corporalioti* wboee intercela were and art adverav to the former deciaion. Ur the aid of iheae two at torney* ujson the bench, tbe vote iu the Court a* nw constituted atanda five Us four for the reversal of the . former decision. "Thr decision of rourta,' aaid Lord Chatbetu on b uteissnrbbib occaaton, "ia ut law ,it ia only aa avidence of tha law " in the preeent caae wa must regard it a* pretty poor evidence 100. It ia simply testimony of lawyers, who were committed to their judg ment under the stimulus of so endeav or le find an iulvrpreutien which •huuld faVor the internals of power ' fui clients. Tbe decision is su attor ney '§ opinion rather than a conclus . ion of au impartial bench uf judges. The argument, too, aa preeculvd by Mr. Jutic Strong, is rather that of no attorney than that of a judge. What ahaii we *ay, fur example, to throe word# lakcu from it f "If now the derteiun uf the court "ratablubce that these obligation# !"cau be discharged only by gold "cuiu, and (that, contrary to cxpeo "latiewe of all |*rtiea to cwnlracu, ("legal Under note* erv rendered uu '"available, the Ctovernmeut has be* "come an instrument uf the grme* I "eel injustice." Who ia *o blind a* not tu see that this ia the most furuiadabie argumeul used sgainat the deciaion itself wheu applied tu contracts made before the paartg* of the act? Jt is almoet im pudent* I* attempt thus to twist it from iu original legitimate trace aud apply it aa it ie now applied. And again, tbe following sentence from the asms opinion ia abhorrent to every eenlimtol of mercantile honor, •ma we iruel it is ageiust all sound lew. "The obligation ef a contract to !"pay money ta to pay that which tbe "lew *ball lecwgnise aa money when "tha pgxment ia to be made." We will alter just one word to this xntence, and then it will (peak the language of common seuae and true moraUq: "The obligation of a con -1 tract to pay money ts tu pey that which the law recognised a* money when the lOontiact waa uadr." It anything else than this is law, it ia very had law, and unwotthy any 'couil of reitl juatioe. a Mat of lb* greatest affronts and ogtrsga* .j ever perratrated against the people of' tb* United Hut** was eonaumated yaater-1 f day. in lb* legal-tender doelaioa of a pack- j I *d majuritiy of our highest judicial |ribu>| . nal. W• will Rot dwell on it* tendoncy . lo undermine respect fur judicial decision,! - akbaugh it U a scandalous spectacle to I .see lb* seme court promulgating dismal . rieally opposite opinions on tb* self-same r question, within tb* short period of three' ,'yeara. Tb* *ence of this great scandal .; it, that tbU it no true decision of tha Bu i prttno Tou't, but tba daoltlon of Ulyaaa* H. Grant, dictaUd by hire when bo packed J tbv Court for the very purpose of ove ru( _ r iaf a former deciaion of thpl riburit j on , the .an# question. It I- ' lßs molt UgT . | inatance, even i- our racanl hi.Wy, of i striking a< ' M T *ry root* ot juaticeand un-| 1 "* ,r ?.iining tba great cardinal principle of .jof the Constitution. Nay, it subvert* the ej fuodim*nial principle* of all free govern- j i merit The acparatitn v f the judicial from , the executive departmenta, bat alway| - j been regarded a* the chief bulwark of Kn-' . jgliah aa well a* of American ! reed oin In' , | Knglaad it waa extorted from the crown af- j f | ter lung atrugglea ; but in-tbia country we i . j poaeaaed it front the beginning, and kept at i . until it waa taken from ut by Preaident i brant Tbia ignorant man dialiked the de - citica on the legal-tender juration render- j ; ed two or three year* ago, and determined i to pack the Supreme Court with judge* on f whom he could rely to reverse it Thia , waa the tola reaeon for hit appointing Jua tirea Strong and Bradley, tbua reinforcing j (he minority of the court and creating a majority wboae decision would coincide , with bin view*. Thia virtual uaurpntion of the judicial powet by the Preaident, mak ing the darieiona of the Supreme Court a matter of pereona) will and executive dic tation imtrad of the solemn judgement* ol a body of in ependmt iudg<* learned in ' the law, ia all the moie Jaugeroua i etauac ( it is l t-rpel rated within the form* itf the . (.'ofi'tituti- n Grm-ral Grant la the Su- i \ preme Court. lie ha> *• packed it with j rub.ervient partiaan judge* that bribable,! to decide all legal que-th>n in which he " ; lielf a p'fit ual or party interest. J Judge Strong, one of Grant'* appoin- ■ teea. delivered the opinion, and Judge Btadley, hi* other appointee, ruppurted it by a (operateopinion, tbu* bringing the re aulta of General GrwM'e packing into bold expn-ure, Judge Strong * argument la a tissue of chicaning sophistry which affront* I , juatice and cumnion honesty, a* well a* the r j Constitution. He derive* the authority to j make Treasury note* a legal tender l>om [ the war power. Thi* pretence waa ter*oly ! | exploded in advance, ao far aa it applies to 1 tha present care, by Mr. Clarkaoa N. Pot- ( ter in his very able argument before tba * court. Mr, Potter's neat exposure of the b fallacy U worth insetting here: The constitutions! power of Congress is always the same. Whatever power to race, to buru, to impruss, or to destroy it, it bar because these powers are appropriate, and plainly adapted to the exercise of the authority expressly delegated to it to make war.. T/mt the yurrrnimnt run onfy ear its powers in this mjxri in tiuu of tear in bf eaMat it is oiv/y as a means of r-rrrrising fAs power of maktny tear tkni it Aas authority to u*r thru, at all. Nevertheless the pow er ot Congress to make war remains always I tbv same. If 'As power to imus Troaoury | not**, and maht (Ami • Uodor for pro-exiot iny vd* 1 packed ! court, but received beck a just j equivalent for hi* deposit. It require* „ ! nelhing but an act of Coi.greMeiid tba da claion of a packed tribunal, to transform rascality and robbery, tbe violation o { contracts and defrauding of creditor*. into ° public virtue* There could not be amore 1 ' melanxhuiy proof of th# unsettling of the 1 foundation* of morality than the promul '* gallon of this acoundrelly doctrine in the face of lha community by what wa* once a ° tribunal of justice. A community i frightfully detnoraliaed its which such a de cision can be received without provoking '* indignant irtuonstrance and scorn. —- THE SUN FOR 1872. The New York Weekly Sun Doubled in Slae without Inc(ea*e in Price, With the beginning of 187$ The Weak ly Sun bet been doubled in tiae. It now contains eight pages instead of four, mak ing it equal in dimrusions to any ottier 1 weekly secular journal published in tbi*' country. At the same tun* it* price ha* not bean increased. It will be lurnicbad j to subscriber* at lb* uniform rate of one dollar a year for each copy. To this rate j no exception will be made and no reduc tion will be possible, either to slab* or •gent* Kvery subscriber who tend* n dol- I l*r will receive a copy for a year. While The Weekly Sun furnishes as! i much reading matter a* other papers pub-j 'lished at dcuble or treble lhepru-a.il will! {contain new features which will add great-j ly to iu inti rest and value as a family newspaper Iu independence of opinion! • and iu unqualified hostility to Tweoduiu and Uraotum. and every form ot publicj j robberv. bribery, and corruption will be maintained, while in point of political j news its reader* may rely upon always re ceiving lha m having claim* will present them properly 1 authenticated for settlement A. LUKKNHACH, J jano.dt, Administrator i TAXKCUTOHS NOTIOK.-Letter* T%. filamentary ua the estat* of O Kunkle, late of Potter twn., d e -a b ,v* j bean granted to the A „ por . sons kariwing lb' mavlv to said Mtal Will WM iff 1 (Hijrnx'nt, itid thoae having ill present them property ".,,thenticated for ►eltleni-nt. AARON Ll* KEN BACH. .•n-Vfil. • Executor. j Administrators xoTicß.-Let ter* of administration U> the estate of I Philip Muaaer, late of Gregg twp.. Centre qcounty, dee d , having been granted the I undersigned, all persons indebted tolhoaaid I' estate are requested to make immrdieteset tlement, and those having claims to pre sent them dulv authenticated foi payment. I SAMI'KL HERRING, jjani.dt. Administrator THI MANUFACTURERS OF THI Reliance Wringer, Have had unusual opportunities of ascer taining precisely what ia wanted, and of producing a perfect machine. They have brought out an en tirely NKW WHI VOIR. which they call tha "PROVIDENCE" New 1871 Perfect A GREAT IMPROVEMENT, OVER ALL OTHER WRINGERS It Wring* Faster Than by Hand. We consider the Providence superior to all others, for the following reaso.-, : Ist. The ROLLERS, ot large sice tatuf best quality of White Rubber, are all se cured to their Shalts in the most perma nent manner, the Mooltcn Process, mik ing the best roller in the world. 2d. The PATENT MKTAL JOUR NAL CASINGS prevent any wear upon thejournals. [The wooden journals in which tho iron shafts ofother machines run, soon wear, and the efficiency of the Wringer i* hero by greatly reduced.] Bd. The DOU BL WKSPIRAL COGS used on this Wringer pvs the utmost esse and steadiness iu working, while the doub le stop prevents them from bottoming or being thrown out of gear We furnish either single or double gear Providence, as desired. 4th The ADJUSTABLE CURVED CLAMP readily adjust* this Machine to tubs of any sice or thicknrn, making h perfect fastening. No wooden pegs or rubber straps on this Clump. 6th. SIMPLICITY, STRENGTH and BEAUTY, are cooibined in this Machine, with all the requisite* of H flrstclas* Wring *r PROVIDENCE TOOL CO., Providence R. I. HI WarrM ilrut Nsw York. ftREAT FIRE! linai Destruction of prices! SINCE THE ARRIVAL OF KSuat the Old Stand UM of WM. WOLF at Centre Hall. LADIEH AND CENTS DRESS GOODS. DRY GOODS. AND GROCERIES HARDWARE. QUF.P.NBWAIU Hata, Cap, Boots, Shoes. ALSO A CHEAP LINK OP FLANNELS, MUH ,N, CI\JCOF> AND SHAWLS, ALSO, A GOOD ASSORTMENT OF NOTIONS, KYBUPS OCiFFKKB. VLo a large stock of FISH, tbe beat, nil kinds, MACKEREL and HERRING the best and cheapest in the market, epf.l WM. WOLF. GROCERIES! The Chepast, purest, best. OPPoSITETUK IRON FRONT, On Allegheny Street. RUHLAGAULT. Coffee, Ten. Sugar, Syrup, Dried Fruit, Canned Fruit. Hams, Dried Beef, Salt. Pick lea. Butter, Floor, Corn Meal. Rurkweat Floor, and everything uaualy kept in a well ragu lated Int clay* OWKT Store ni*rS.6m ftUflLa GAULT. COAL, LIME, * and POWDER! COAL—-Wilkesbarre Coal, Chest aut Stove, K, furnace and foundry, Owl—of b.i( quality, at tk low est price*. Customer* will pleat* nte that uur coal it houtol un der commodious •Hod*. LIME—Wood or coal-bo rut Lima, tor aala' at our kilo*, on the pike loading to j Mllesborg. POWDER. —Having received the ' for Du Pont * P- W UOLK-SALb £ ~ . " oH * r * frow o®ee atd yard near south end of Bald Eagle Valley V R le}K.t. Beliefontc. Pa. nov4 SHORTLIDGK Jt a). PUMPS! Wooden Pumps, AND PIPING. The undersigned would respectfully call the attention of the citixen* ofCanlre county.! and Peniuvalley in particular, to tha fad ; that he U manufacturing TM usirr PUMP, made at koine or elsewhere. He u*o* none but the b *t material, UKWsaaKKT* them to give satisfaction, a* being the mwt last ing and durable. atrrauioa to thk olp wooden pump, being arranged to let the wntor off and prevent lreeatag in winter. Pine, poplar or cucumber pump* a!way on hand. Hi* tnaliriai for pump* i* all •awed from large timber, and are thus Sccu red ag&inat Checking or Cracking. All order* bv mail promptly Died. PIPING, made of llio be*t material, of five inch canUing, joined together w-th coupling block*, thoroughly banded, and wai ranted to aland any pressure required for ordinary u*e. Price* of pi'ing range from 12 to 18 cent* per loot. Send order* to enpUKUy J. TELLER. Mile*burg, Pa. TH K ANVIL STORK it now receiving • large and well MwrtoJ Stock ot Hardware, Stove*. Nail*. Horse Shoe*. Sad dlery, Gla*,Patut*. Sheet, Bar and Hoop Iron aUo Buggy snd Wagon Stock ot •very description.*—(.Ull and supply your elv■ atthe lowest poaible rate* at anio ns IK WIN it WILSON. BAROMETERS and Thermometer* at IRWIN A WILSONS. PRUNES and DRIED CUKRaJTtSo the very be*t duality just reeeiveda Wolf old stand Ladles Trnsaes. This invaluable article for female*, is now to be had at Herlacher'* More. and no other place in Centre county. Ladiesremember that these trusses can be had at Centre Hall tf. HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE. The undersigned offer* at private *ale it two htorv dwelling kouit ind -EE Lot* on \Uln •treet, Centre Hull, with stableand all necessary outbuildings, and choice fruit on the premise*, and wa ter in the yard. The house is a* good a* new. For futher jisrtwuhrs^^lj'^ llaug.tf. Centre Haall BUFFALO SCALES, of the best make from 4 lb* up to 120,0001 bs. aplO'6B. lawia & Witaoa. DRY HOARDS, Plank and Scantling for sale by lawlfc * W HJiox. uplU'OK f _ rll . CJ PINDLE'SK ElNS'for wagons. all si xes, at the sign of the Anvil. apHfos. lawifc a 11-fcON. i v \f f ■!"" V yVi V A V. ! IFT and aptff.wT 1 at IRWIN A WII*BON'B. j Furniture Rooms' j.o. uxunsoKJt. empecttully inform# the cßiaen* at <•*" * ; county, thai he hasconetnutty i ana, * ♦ make* to order, alt kind* *' BKDBTKADH. BUREAUS. HI N Kit. WaBHHTAM'N , CO It K Kit OH 1* BOA II - 1 TABLKH. Ac.. Ac Home Man* CAla Atwate or "* Hi* *tcck of ready-made Furniture Islet - and warranted of gd workmanship no all made under his ownlmmedietrsupei ■ | sion. and la offered at rate* aa cheap a* el* where. Thankful for past feroe*. he • it* a continuance of the tame. Cell and aee his stock before P"'*]', 1 '" elsewhere. a P N ** ' W OrTHE W ACEt Parsers* t>~c■ yrn. tMp OVE CSUEMt'ATtO GOLDEN FOUNTAIN PEN. il i Westbbm Pctuwhkc CO. j | Misidmuii -* Agnm, fanlm#, H. WW. a apaia. ■ * erivgM ILAIB A BTTTZEE. Attorneys et Lew. BeUefeate, Otic !, on the Diamond, neat 4a u Gar man's hotel. Censoltatioa* la Geroiaa ei Engl *b. fehlfftHf I JOHN Mftl£itttnr at taw/ ej Collections pron trtly made and specie attention rlren to those baring lands l property for sale Will draw up and ham acknowledged Deed*. Mortgages. Ac. Of fee la the diamond, north side of the court house, Bellefoate. _ natll'tßtf Hivsr iioctiaasrr, ipsmut. fltiiiliEHt fVekloo g tKNTKK COUNTY BAMBINO aold'sbaul u>arlt'B*tf IML W. M lUUTEK, A A HUB b*AKK amusm & me A Transitu.AMU w, Bellefoate, Centre Co.. Penna ap<*tf IRA C MITCHELL, Aturarr at Law Belleftaatu, p.. Oflca la Garwtaa.a new building oppoehe tha Court H u*e. nai , SOM m tie AiataM. C. H. Gmelius, Knrgron and Irrikaiiiral Renlial who u permanent!? ) oca tad in Aaronat-ura in the toruivrlp occupied "by Sr. f!•!, and who hat been practicing with entire ! aoecvaa—having the experience of a auiuhaf , !of peart ia the profeaalon, ha would cordi . ally invite all who have at pet n givai i kiwi a call, to do to, and teat the truthfulnat ofthit aaaartioa. JtfTTevtb extract** I witt, " ut w* naptf atttf rxo. ■. oavta. C.'t. ALEX awuxw OK VIS 4k ALEXANDBF Attorney-at-iaw Oflce mConrv 4 Houaa Batlafoate, Fa. J.-P. GEPBART, with Orvta A Alexander, atte n d* to coiiac* 1 tiona aad practice in tha Or phan' • Court PARLOR COO J T aV Eh Parlor Store*, ar ,d four aiac* of Oat U raera coaauatlp oa ' ,„>d and for tela antooe. a* ix a Wiieoa a HORN BLAtifgrb AST) sLfclcW , V. low price*, at Rapid* igiZV r IK WIN A VVll>r.v F| INK TABLE CUTLERY. includla plated fork*. spoon*. Jtc. at apKVW lfrWlN AWILSOS TbOoTS, largo slock, all atylee, ia and IJ price*, for men and boy*, iust arrived at Wolf well known oWI Bland J P. ODENKIRK, WITB AItTM AN. DILLINGKRdt COMPANY No. 47, NORTH THIRD ST., PHIL'A | between Market and Arch, formerly 104. MANUFACTURERS * JOBBERS IN j Carpet*. Oil Cloth*. Oil Shade*, Wick . Tarn, Cotton Yarn*, Carpet Chain*, Grata Bar*. Window Paper, Betting, Ac. Also. WOODEN AND ifrILLOW WARE Bruthe*. Looking Glaeeee. Ac. decb-1 y UNION PATENT CHURN, the bet in u*eat lawtx a Wiuor i t aplo'6B. Chjts. H. HkL ~ ( lock, Halehmaker dt Jettelei Miltheim, Centre co., Penna Kesncclfblly inform* hit friend* and th public in general, that he ha* just open*, at hi* new establtahtaent, above Alexaa der'* Store and keep* constantly on hand ell kind* of Clock*. Watche* and Jewelr* of the latest rtyle*. a* also the Maranvill', Patent Calender Clock*. provided with i complete index of the month, and day a. the month and week on in face, which ii warranted a* a perfect time-keeper. Clock*, Watche* and Jewelry -• paired on short notice and warranted , sepH'6B;l y MILLERS HOTEL, Woodward, Pa Stage* arrive and depart daily. Thi favorite hotel U now in every respect one of the moat pleasant country hotel* in central Pennsylvania. The traveling com munity will always find the beat accommo dation. Drover* can at all time* be accom modated with stable* and pasture tor any number of cattle or horse*. julyS6Btf GEO. MILLER. ABAITM, KKTfcOl.lt * si* until • FROST, tusuor st.. Bellefonte. WINES AND Ll^Dohs j The subscriber t*p*ctfully call* the at tention of the public to his establishm nt, , where he i* prepaied to furnish all kind* of Foreign and Domestic Liauor*' wholesale at the lowest cath price*, which are warran ted to be the beat qualities according to their respective ( rices. Hi* stock consist* of Rye, Monongabela, Irish and other Whiskies, all kind* ot Brandies, Holland Gin, Port, Maderia, Cherry, Blackberry and other Wines—the beat articles—at as reasonable rate* as can be had in the city, Champagne, Cherry. Blackberry, Ginger and Carrawav Brandt e, Pure Jamaica arid New England Rum, Cordial of all kind* He would particularly invite Farmers, Ho tel keeper* and others to call and examine large supply, to judge for themselves and be certain of procuring what they buy, which can seldom be done when purchas ng in the city. Physician* are respectfully requested o give hi* liquor* a trial. aplO To lie had at Herlacher A Cromil'pr'a Furniture. A lot of good new Furniture on hand, such as one Bureau, Bedstead*, Wash stand*. ftc. Gloves. , . •P-* l jdld lot of Buckskin Glove*, driving Gloves, dre** Glove*. J RVVIN A WILSON are constantly r. ceiving new good* in their line hardware oie very description at redu.t price*—now [being opened evry day aplOct.