Mil 111 ililMii mm, tiifiHl rsmr JjJfXE SENTRE FMD.ITOtT* „„.*dlter. Centre Hall. Pa., Feb. 6, 1873. TERMS.—'The Rxpowtkw is published weeklv at $2 per year, in advance, or $-,& when not paidin advance. For Six months half these rates. Advertisements SI,BO per square ilea linos) for three insertion. Advertisements for a. and 12 months, at reduced Anv person sending us ths names or six now sunscrihesr, with etboash. win re ceive the Rxroatxa one veer free. RKAOCNRITIAS— Riut> FRIES I* OF HCMAXMR —RKAI> AMKXICASA —We clip from the Pittaburg />**- patch, of the 27 th December, 1872, (the lending radical organ of that city) the following; BTOXISO or COLOMBIA, S. C.— WHATGKJT. SnKRMIN SAVS. A Washington dispatch to tie Louisville Courier-Journal contains the following rather sensational state ment : "Gen. Sherman was examin ed befbre the American and British Commission to-day in regard to the burning of Columbia. He denied that he had issued orders to burn Co lumbia, but admitted that the armv was greatly exasperated hgainst South Carolina, and said that this exaspera tion was greatly increased by Gn. Hampton's rear guard firing into his ramp a night or two be/ore entering Columbia, which exasperation he and his officers participated in. and this was known to the men. A corres pondence was then shown to Gen. Sherman, purporting to haTe taken place between him and Gen. Hall£ while on his march to Columbia. The communication from Hallcck de- •irvd him to destroy Charleston and sow it with salt, so that there might no more nulifiers or secessionists grow up there. To this Sherman in reply wrote that Charlestown and Columbia would soon be in his bands, and Hal leck would have no cause to complain of his treatment of them ; that he had the Fifteenth Corps with him, and that corns did their work well; and and furuter, that he (Sherman)would not spare the buildings in Columbia, as he did at Milledgeville. Sherman admitted on his examination that this correspondence was authentic. Gen. Sherman stated that he occupied Co lumbia with the Fifteenth Corns. In reply to the question whether ne kept the men in the works after taking pas session of the city, he said no; he would not have done so to hare pre vented the barning of every town in the State of South Carolina. These responses were drawn out by the rep resentations of the British claimants, who allege that their property at Co lombia was destroyed wantonly and in violation of the usages of war.'' Here we see the triumphs of war, planned by hatred, executed by vio lence, and consummated by devastation the fagot and the sword. Well may the citizens of Columbia say of Gen. Sherman, in the language of the in spired writer, that "before him the land is as the garden of Eden, behind him as the desolate wilderness." Or, with Jfilton, "Who leave behind Nothing hut ruin, whereso'er they rove, And all the hushing works of peace destroy, Then swell in pride, and must bo titled gods." litre we find Gens. Halleck and Sherman in Sooth Carolina, delighted with the military power in the their handa. The implicit aubmiasion of an army, which the military system fit vora, that men insubaltern stationaare to act as they are bidden, and never to deliberate on the propriety ot the com mand, is perfectly congenial with the apirit of malignity, tyrany and deapot iam. Look again at thia cruel, unjuati fiable, and cowardly act ; Colombia waa in the poeeeeaion of Sherman and hie army—"Halleck deaired him (Sherman) to destroy Charleston and sow it with salt, so that no more noli hers and secessionists grew up there.'' No exception or reservation hera for the property of old or young rich or poor—widow or orphan—inno cent or guilty—all were to receive the same treatment To this Sher man in reply wrote "that Charleston and Columbia would soon be iu his hands, and Halleck would have no cause to complain of his treatment of them, that he had the 15th corps with him, and thai corps did their work well, and that be would not spare the build ings tn Columbia as he did at Milledge ville," and that be wonld not have prevented the soldiers burning every town in South Carolina. How heroic —how humane—how noble in Gener al Sherman ! and what barbarians and cowards must Lee's army under Early and Ewell have been that they did not burn Sbippenaburg, Carlisle, Me chanicsbnrg, and Vork, when these towns were in their possession and "sow them with salt," so that no more whclitioniats and underground con o jctors "would grow there." Emm it come to this, that the common soldier, as soon as be is marshalled in the ranks to serve and protect bis coun try, must be changed ioto a demon, and murder, rob, burn, destroy and plunder at the bid or wink of a titled commander, no way scrupulous of his course, for might is bis right, and ar tilery and the fagot his argument, with the make-weight of courage thrown into the scale, nay, boasting that "the 15th oorpe did their work well," —was this the conduct of Gen. Jackson in his campaigns, of Gener al Scott in Jfexico, and is this to be the status and character of the Amer ican soldier, that he must forget his manhood at the bid of his commander, commit crimes against the law of God and man ? Forbid it Justice! for where all is mercenary, nothing can be magnanimous, and it is impossible to have the slightest respect for an animated mass of machinery, that moves alike at the voice of .a drum or a despot—a trumpet or tyrant —a fife! or knave, Increase of Salaries. The house judiciary committee de cided to report a bill placing the sala ry of the President at $60,000; chief justice of the Supreme Court at 110,- 1)00; vice president, speaker of the Jhouse, and associate justices of the Su preme Court at SIO,OOO, and members of congress at $6,000. Bradford county voted on local op- j tion, on ths 17th, of last mouth, aul the thing went against license The Bradford Argus publishes nearly com plete returns, which show a majority of 2250 against granting license. In the towu ofTowandn tho vote was very close, SlB votes having been cast against, and 290 votes for license lu moat of the rural districts tho ma jorities against license were very heavy. low Corruption. Another virtuous radical senator lias been •xposed - this time it is senator l'- iueroj, who all along stood high In tho radical niche of morality. Mr. Poroerov paid a senator ia the Kansas legislature, $7,000 la vote for his re-election ; the senator's name is Col. York. Col York t>ok tho money, and when the vote was had, and his name was called, he stopped up to tho speaker's desk, and laid down $7,000, say ing "there 1 got that .from Mr. Potneroy that I should vote for him. Such an ex position, right on the spot, was never w it noased before in any legislature in thi> country. The only affair thai approat hew it, is the negotiation between Simon Cam eron and reptesentative Beyer, from OlcarSeld. when Cameron needed only one rote, and agreed to give Beyer $28,000 for his vote. Every reader *of the Karon- Tin remembers how Boyer exposed it at the time. He did not vote for Cameron (or ha dared not—the democracy ot Penn sylvania bad (looked to Uarri-burg by thousands, and were determined that no man should by bis treachery rob t!u< party of the fruits of iu victory that fall It .u then that Hon. C. R- Buckalew was elect ed over Cameron, by one vote, and wee to tha democrat who would have proven un true. The disgrace of Pomeroy, the high and sanctimonious radical, follows right upon the heel of the scandalous exposure* in the Caldwell senatorial bribery that is now un der investigation, and is another chapter in the many chapter* of radical corruption and debasement. At a cousin to the Potneroy and Caldwell briberies, also comet the unearthing of tho fact, in the Credit Mobilier investigation, of the cor ruption fUnd to elect the tanctimoniout Harlan to the United States senate. llow long will boneet people cling to * party led on by such men guilty of the vilest corruption t See how corruption and fraud it cropping out all around under radical rule, and daily it itgrowing worse. O temper*. Omore*. The public debt ha* increased nearly half million dollar* during January. Well, to have the salaries been doubled also, and it it the rads who are doing it and it mutt be right. "Wm. W. Brown will thi* week get out his paper, to be called the "Brown Repub lican," todistinguish it from tho "Repub lican" printed by the Tuten's. Brown ha* new material and we suppose he will como out u saucy a* any little brat you ever saw with his hrst new boots on. We don't know whom Brown will pitch into—wheth er into us democrats, whom ho has been belaboring with so much non-effect for so many years, or whether he will try them other fellers what turned him out of his former old slang-whang shanty. We would advise him to let the democrat* alone and get to the ea*y task of showing that a little honesty in the radical party would be a new thing, and a great deal of it a God's blessing to our country. ORIGIN OFTHECREDITMoBILIEK. (\in"owj Revelations in t\e Pen n*y/r<:u* Constitutional Gmrmtion. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 28. In the Con stitutional Convention, to-day, on thesub ject of Credit Mobilier, Mr. Boyd of Mont gomery raid : "I believe that if reforma tion is to be begun anywhere by this Con vention. it ahould be in the Legislature. Why ? Do gentlemen know that it was in the Legislature of Pennsylvania that for the paltry sum of $50,000 was chartered the Credit Mobilier, a corporation which was refused incorporation by the Legisla ture of New fork for less than $300.0(10, and by the New Jersey Legislature for less than sl6o,Oft) ? But when they come over into Pennsylvania, they find the Leg islature reedy for the insignificant sum of $50,000 to set it on foot. Then it was transported to Maine and ran its slimy course throughout the entire L'nion. And. Sir! it has corrupted men in the highest walks of life, as well as those in the low est, until we are told by investigations now going on that this country has been rob bed ef over $ 100,000,000. ' Mr. Bmith ef Lancaster—The gentleman from Norristown has given you an idea of the origin of the Credit Mobilier, and has implied that our Legislature could be bought much cheaper than those of New fork and New Jersey. 1 have a correct version of the history of that corporation, which I will briefly give you. A distin guished Democrat of this Commonwealth, who had been clerk of both Houses, met me on one occasion and told me th at a gentleman who was usually full of specu lative theories came up to the Legisla ture one aestien. The project that he had in hand at that time waa the organization in this country of a corporation similar to the Credit Mo bilier established .in France. He framed a bill, and had it passed by the Pennsyl vania Legislature before the Pacific Kail road was barely conceived. The corpora tion was organized in this city, and each ot the directors then and there elected were voted 80 shares of paid-up stock, "they being on the ground floor," at Sl.- 080 a share. Afterward, at another moet 'BlT. the name of the company was chang ed to the Pennsylvania Fiscal Agency, but nothing waa ever done by tho organiza tion. The charter stock-book and the pa pers were stolen and bodily carried to New York, where tho company known as the Credit Mobilier was organized. The changed name was stricken out and they returned to the original title. The father ot the bill said that he would have been entitled to receive at ono time, if he had held on to his paid up stock—lor when tha question of paid up stock came up in New York they sent a party to Philadel phia to buy it all up— he would havo re ceived, according to his calculation, sl,- 100.000, whereas the 80 shares brought him when he told it $270. SENATOR POMEROY'S DOWN FALL. His Corruption Overwhelmingly Ex- Dosed— He Pays $7,000 for one Vote—John J. Ingalls Almost Unanimously Elected. TOPKKA, Jan. 29—Light at laat dawned in Kansas 1 Senator Pomeroy wan over* whelmingly defeated, to-day, in the elec tion Senator, John J. Ingalls of Atchison being elected almost unanimously. As the vote was being taken in joint convention, Col. York, member of the Senate from Montgomery County, when his name was called, passed up to the presiding officer $7,000 which Mr. Pomeroy had given him for his vote. He then detailed the circum stances of the transaction in a speech of an hour's length. The effect was overwhel ming. A resolution was passed by the Leg islature thanking Col. York for his course, and Ingalls was immediately elected. For two weeks Pomeroy has kept a lobby here of all his "strikers" at an expense of not less than $1,600 per day, and has spent probably SIOO,OCO in the campaign. Mr. Pomeroy has been arrested under our State law. Twelve years ago to-day Kan sas was admitted Into the Union. To-day she sends greeting to the nation over tho downfall of corruption as embodied in 8. C. PotpeToy, The CoMgnaa Scandal \L|{, I'OI.I A.X Vt'RTUKRLMVOI.VKU. Bank I'rllt a Startliuo Story t —Thr l\r?uiit*tautiaJ fvulmet Against Ht m JVfJI Strong — Jl is On ly Hay of Escape —A Senate Own* c mittee Rtfusod Ifim. j |By Telegraph to the Tribune ] I Wamhihutox, Jan. 28.—The ruin of Yice-Preaident Colfax it only a lit ( tic lean complete than that of Senator 1 I'attcraon. last week the Vice- \ President stated on oath to Judge Po- j land'* t'onimiltco that he had not re- i ccived $ 1 ,'2OO from Oakew A met iu | June, 1868; that Amet't chock upon ( the Scrgcaut-at Armt for that amount | iu favor of "S, C. M had never bceiij *eeti by him ; that he was poaitive of 11 this because he could not |tuswibly i ! have received that amount of mouey i ! from any source without recollecting , ' it. To day, tho books of the First < National llauk of Washington were ] j produce*.!, and Mr. Colfaxe'a account i was examined. There appeared a j credit of $1,968,63, dated June 22, ( 1868, two days after the date of Ames's check to "8. C." on the Sergeant at Atuia, and one day after that check i was paid. This furnished only pre sumptive proof of the deposit of the 81,2(H), but all doubt was removed when the cashier produced a deposit , ticket, beariug Mr. Colfax's signature, in which the $1,968 6d was itemixed, 81,200 being cash, and the remaiuder checks or drafts. The circumstantial , 'evidence iu Mr Colfax's case is there- , fore complete. Mr. Ames swears that lie drew a check on the Sergeant-at Arms iu favor of "S. 0." for $1,200, lon Juue 20, 1868, and gave it to Mr. Colfax, in payment of the Credit Mo bilier dividend. The Sergeaut-at! Arms produced the check dated Junei 20, and shows that it was cashed on the; 21st, and charged to Ames's account ! tin the 22nd Mr. Col tax deposits ex- 1 actlv $1,200 iu cash in the bank. Now, unless he can prove that he re ceived the $1,200 Irom some other source, his case is. hopeless, and he cauuot escape a verdict of guilts ofj false swearing. At tae very time that the cashier of the First Natioual Bank was exhibit ing tell-tale accouuu in the Poland committer room, a strange scene was being enacted in the Senate. Vice-President, after the prayer,"call ed the Senate to order, presented one or two communications from the other House and from the Executive De partments, and then, iu the midst of a naiuful stillness, read from a request that a committee of his political oppo-' ueuts be appointed to investigate the 1 ; damaging accusations that had been made against him, and called Mr. Anthony to the chair. No more impressive event has occurred in the Senate for many a day than wbeu the Vico-Presideut left the Chamber, and Mr. Pratt, apparently very much af fected, moved the appointment ofa| Committee of Five. Mr. Tburman. whose head is always clear on points of constitutional law, though he often differs with the majority, was at once on his feet, urging objections. In a five minutes' speech he showed that the Senate had no right to appoint a committee of investigation, since, if anything derogatory to the character of the Vice-President was discovered, tha body could neither expel nor cen sure him. The only way of reaching! the case was by impeachment, ana that must be beguu by the House of its own accord, without any influence from the Senate. If the Senate should appoint a committee and make an in vestigation itself, it would disqualify its members to sit as impartial judges. Mr. Tburman's argument was eo con vincing that when a vira voce vote was taken at its close, only two or three Senators voted for the resolution. J This action leaves the matter, so far as the Senate is concerned, just where it was before, and the only course left for the Vice-President, unless he can break through the net of circum stantial evidence that is gradually! drawing closer and closer about him, is to request some friend in the House 'to present articles of impeachment, saying that he does it at Mr. Colfax's request, in order that he may have a fair trial before his peers in the Sen ate. TIIE EVIDENCE OF THE BANK ACCOUNT [General Press Dispatch.] During the session of the Poland Committee, to-day, Mr. H. C. Swain, ! cashier of the First National Bank of this District, was sworn, and, in ans wer to a question of Judge Poland, stated he had brought the books of the bonk with him containing the ac count of Schuyler Colfax, in answer to the summons. Upon turning to the account of 1/r. Colfax, Judge Poland put the following questions : Q. —State whether it appears upon your books that Mr. Colfax made a deposit on the 22d of June, 1868 ! A. Yes, Sir; $1,968 63. Q. Well, what other dejiosits were made in June or July ? A. June 22, $1,968 63; July 7, $400; July 8, $150; July 13, $1,643 87. Q. Would the entry on tbia ledger indicate whether the depoeits were in cash or check ? A. No, Sir. Judge Poland then requested the witness to bring up the blotter or book upon which the original entry of these deposits was made. WitnessYeplied that be would do so, and then produced the following cer tificate of deposit upon being request ed to do so. Deposited with the First National Bank by Schuyler Colfax, Juno 22, 1868. United States and notes, $1,200; checks as folfbws: $250 $lB 63, and $500; total, 51,965 63. Q. Will you look and see the last deposit made by Mr. Colfax prior .to June 22 ? A. June 1. In reply to a question of Mr. Ames, the witness replied that of course he could not tell where the money came from. The Cotton Tax Refunding bill, a measure which will absorb about six ty-eight million of dollars, came with in fifteen votes of passing the house of Federal Representatives recently. In noticing this fact, the New York Trib> une says : "Only fifteen votes wanted ! How long will these few votes be ncened in a House svhicb keeps A Credit Mobilier Committee V THE PHILADELPHIA DEMOCRA CY. PHILADELPHIA, January 81,— At a meeting of the democratic city executive committee to-day Alderman William M - Mullcn of the fourth ward was refused ad mission, with only one dissenting voice. The reason alleged is that he is not a true democrat. John Curly, contesting tho al derman's scat was also refused admission, the committee unanimously deciding that they could havo nothing to do with such a man. After this action M Mullen got up a meeting of his gang in the fourth ward at which it was coolly resolved "That we have no confidence in the city executive committee as at present organ ized. "That Alderman William M'Mullen be and he is hereby withdrawn from connec tion with the present city executive com mittee, aud that this committee from this time out, repudiate all intercourse with said committee '' The Know-Storm In MliiiuoUi Fearful Chapter of Suffering. The following arc only n few of the many fearful iuoidenU connected with the late snowstorm in Miuuseota ; wo could fill on entire page of the He porter with accounte of deaths liy free ring: Death fouud out iu victims not alone on the highway, hut in their | home. In i'anistco, Dodge county, a |whole family of five persona perished in their houae. lu Madelia a child aud her aunt, Mra. Oil, took refuge in a barn and lived theie two daya by chewiug hay, auccumbiug at laat to hunger and oold. At Fort Kidgelev three brother took refuge in a corn-crib, where they froae to death. At Mouud City a sexton who had goue to dig a grave found hia own grave in a drift ere be had reach oil the churchyard. At KUiottCreek, Mr. Lee and hia sou, a boy of thirteen, weut for a load of wood and were found frosrii stiff; the boy with hit armi folded over hia cheat, to keep with hia torn and buttouleaa coal the vital warmth at hia heart. Their lit tle dog remained by the lifeless bodies with dumb aflectiou, clearing away the fallen snow that essayed to hide them from hia faithful view. The tuau It it a widow and four youug children dea titute. Near Correctionville, two men Messrs. Sparks and Sanders, went for wood. They were within a mile aud a half of home wbeu the storm came ou, and then they threw off their load. Hut a few roda beyond thev lost the road at a curve and so wamlered away from the homes they were aeekiug. That uight thev camped three miles from home under their sleigh. All | day Wedueeday and Thursday they I w-audered through the storm, aud on Thursday night they lay down and died of exhaustion. For three days they were wandering from a mile to i seven miles from home. Singularly few were the iuslaucs in ' which the people had the presence of ' [ mind to turn their tortures into their 1 elements of escape. A Mr. Charles 1 Dealing, a mail carrier near Blue f Earth, had his buggy upset by a furi- ' ous gust ofwiud ; be placed a buffalo 1 ' robe over the wheel aud remained in > tbe shelter of this frail fence till Fri -1 day when the storm cleared and he - found himself lees than fifty yards from i a house. One section man at St. 1 ' James dug into the lee side of a gigan - tic drift and made himself a spacious f chamber In which he lived, sleeping I most of the time, till Thursday mora-, - ing, when he was discovered and a.k !ed if breakfast wasn't yet ready. Mr. I L. F.jHobison, Treasurer of Redwood ' county, undertook to walk some - twelve miles to Charleston, where he > was to receive some taxes. As *M)e ) thermometer was 40 degrees above ze- I ro he left off all unnecessary wraps. - At two came the terrible storm. It ) found him a mile from a house. With great presence of mind he dug a treuch > in the snow, which was only twenty; ) ! inches deep, crept into it under the ' 'frail roof of the crust, and remained L there from two p. m. on Tuesday till t seven a. m. on Friday—sixty-five i| hours—hardly daring to move lest his f dainty bouse should fall about ' bis ears. He passed sixty-nine hours • without food, save some roots of grass • that be dug up with his knife and) | some pieces which he cut from his I boots. On Friday he crawled out aud f reached a house safely. Mr. Payne, f of Canistco, Dodge county, had' as I rude ao experience. When the storm - came on on Tuesday he was half a ' mile from a bouse, and made for it, trusting that by keeping tbe wind at his back be would reach it. But the i changed in a moment to northwest from southwest, and hs lost his waj. 'Turning loose his horses, he crept un : der his sleigh and spent the night there singing ami praying to keep himself awake and of good cheer. About ten a. m. on Wednesday he found that hs was near a fence and followed it to a stable, where he remained five hours, 1 thinking the owuer would soon come to feed his cattle. Growing disheart ened he *gaiu set out to find the bouse, J but lost his way, and ere he could again return the farmers came, fed 1 their cattle, and locked him out. He ! slept uuder a shed, aod next morning found the house only forty yards 1 away. Mr. Jenkins, of tbe Cleveland ' (O.) Bridge Company, was superin- ' tending the building of au iron bridge ' at Lyon, and set out OD Tuesday 1 morning in a stage, with a driver ! named Baker, for hioux Falls. Iu the storm the horses became imbedded it ! a drift ; they turned out and blanket ed them, then got into the stage and remained there. On Wednesday morning the horses were found dead All day and night of Wednesday the storm raged with uuabated fury. Ou Thursday morning Jenkins went mad. On Friday morning he died, and an hour afterwards Baker was rescued frozen so awfully that he will lose both legs. All over the State cattle and horses perished in the intensj cold. Hun dreds of hogs are reported killed. In Uicbland township a Mr. Hammond found over 200 quails frozen to death in one strip of prairie, their feathgrs full of ice and sleet. I shall conclude this disjointed let ter with some experiences of railroad travel during the great storm. The express train on the Milwaukee and St. Paul road waa snowed in at five o'clock on Tuesday between Itidgeway and Conover, a little west of McGreg or and Prairie de Chine. There were some thirty passengers, including eight women and one baby. As soon as the train stopped all the passengers were gathered in the centre car, and the cushions were piled agaiust the win dows to keep out the mow, which was so fine that it entered through the im perceptible interstices in such quanti ties that it was shovelled up and car riod out in mail-bags. The stoves were kept red-hot. In the post-office car the train hands, numbering fifteen were barricaded. Thus all night Tuesday was passed, the chief sensa i tion being the discovery of a package of tea, which waa prepared for the nursing mother and saved her habv's life. On Wednesday six men —W. Klemm.John Martin, Andrew Lar sen, Ole Lie, B. W. Darn, and John Ringstad, residents of Ridgeway— loaded themselves with bread, crack ers, cheese, sardines, and such porta ble edibles as they could carry, and set out for the train. They made the three miles in four hours, follow ing the telegraph poles, and were re ceived with cheers and tears of jov by the leagured passengers, who had been without food for thirty hours. Gen eral John Lawler, a large stockholder of the road, who was on board, offered the men the cost of their cargo and 125 each, and Superintendent Pryor added a perpetual free pass over the line, but John Martin who had organized the party, declined to accept a cent for what a common Lumanityhad impell ed them to do. At the same time Mr. S. Le La Ronde, of Calmar, a clerk, packed a satchel of provisions, and set out alone to the rescue of the train, eight miles away. And he had to go in the teeth of the wind, whilo Mar tin's party had Hat their back. He wiujoiuedby J. Bradley, trackmas tor; Hubert Jauiieaon and James Wilson, conductors; and Mr. Priest. They made the terrible journey amid drills so thick that the telegraph poles i i which are fifty five yards, or ten rods apart) could not be seen. IL-stiug at one pole they would await a lull in the storm and rush forward iu a scattered line ; when one man saw the uext post he shouted and they made for it. At three o'clock the tilucky clerk, De La ) Ho tide reached the train unscathed, I with Cuuductor Wilson, who was ter-i I ribly frotcn and was only roused by > his companion several times when he ' was sitting down to drowso and Use. • General Lawlei gave Wilson a mas sive gold chain for his gallant return., ■ Jauneson aud his two companions - reached the traiu that night. I ! —~ < S' - Senator Katidail committed a good • bit of irony in the follow ing resolution , about Harry While: Whereas, The Senator from Indiana can not multiply himself under the ex ' ixting laws ot nature to as to attend > the seeeiona of the Constitutional Con ■ ventioii at Philadelphia aud the Sen ate at Harrisburg, at the same lime; "I therefore, Ueeulved, That, if the House aud 1 , convention soucur, sessions of the said 1 convention and of the Seuale he held only duriog alternate weeks, so that 1 the eminent service* of the Senator from ludiana can be preserved to the I State during all the sessions of both - bodies. An Extraordinary Young Woman. We have it upon tbe authority of The Columbus (0.) Journal that re cently there was consigned to the rouuly jail there a prisoner plenteous- Iv provided with names and surnames, ft was the humor of this person some times to be called J. F. Goidsborough, occasionally Charles Smith, aud again Mr Frank Beideu. The prisoner waa committed for laroeny, as we shall presently see, aud when received by the jailor wore pantaloons with the air of one accustomed to those gar ments. It turned out, however, that J. F. Charles Frank was of the softer sort of sex ; that her true baptismal name i alas ! that w* should be com peted to say so) was Mary, aud that she basrun such a career, during her twenty five years of life, as to suggest entirely new views of female capacity, thau which no more interesting topic can at present be diacusssd. Mary, at the age of twenty-three, being deter mined to live by her wita, bad tbe wit, in the very beginning, to diacard ber long clothes and to employ a talor. Making progreaa in her masculine ca reer, she became barkeeper in a sa soon, and dispensed drinks of various sorts to the thirsty of Columbus, who Iwallowed thsir beverages in stolid ig norance of the angel who ministers! unto them. Pursuing the manly scheme of life which she had marked out for herself, she stole 1400 of tbe spirit-seller's money and (still panta looned) launched upou a wider and more dangerous sea of enterprise. In Cincinnati, Mons. Mary was wai ter in a saloon, where she might have continued to dispense chops and to change plates if she had not thought it pertinent to the manly pert which she bad assumed to worship at the shrine of Bacchus. Her libstions be ing too frequent and possibly too strong, she waa deposed from the po sition of waiter, when, going to Cleve land, she became still more manly, since there she assumed the arduous role of lover, and laid siage to tbe af fections of Miss Kitty O'Neal, to whom she pledged undying affection. It was a matter of course that Kitty should be left to die of a broken heart or to live aa she could with a damaged one ; for the eccentric Mart essayed other achievements of genius. Gen erally she was a thief, t>ut now and then she deviated (still in pantaloons) into honest ways. Upon toe Mahon ing Canal she waa employed to coerce the fiery chargers. Upon some steam boat she obtained tbe effice of clerk, in which she gave great salisfisction, until tbe rosy god once more misled her. All ibis time, she was just as mauly as sbe could possibly be. She smoked the fragrant weed. With a boldness which excites our astonish ment, she also masticated the same. No young gentleman could take per pendicular drinks at the bar with greater frequency and elegance- So went on our epicene, imbibing, smok ing, chewing, swearing and making love with just as much audacious im pudence as if her name had proper ly been John, Sam or Pete instead of Mary. But we are obliged to record that , litis talented damsel tempted fate once too often, and that is why she is now m Columbn* Jail. The kind conduc tor of a railway train from Zanesyille to Columbus, supposing ber to be an honest gentleman, allowed her to sleep in a caboose car, and she requit ed this touching benevolence by steal ing his gold chroranometer—an im plement which no conductor can well spare. For tbis the young woman will for some time to come remain cloistered up ; but when again at large, a nobler career is yet before her, for she may take to lecturing. Bhe has at any rate done something to vindicate the equality of the sexes. If her gar ments have been manly, so have been the achievements of tbis Ohio Moll Flanders, and she has at least demon strated that in all tbia world there is nothing sharper than a sharp-witted woman—until she gets into jail. THK COKTITEXTAL R. K. Sravxr.—For a few woeks recently Engineers havo boon in Clinton surveying a route for a railroad and our informant was told by tho princi pal of them that they would be followed in the Spring.by other Engineers who would permanently slake out the road. Further in quiry into the matter brought us into con tact with an old surveyor of this section, wlpiwas last year employed to prospect the land along the contemplated reute, and the |following is the information elicited from him : The route contemplated is a grand through route, with its eastern ter minus at Flixaboth City, New Jersey, and its western at Council Bluffs, lowa. Strik ing across New Jersey, on the Central, it will tap the Susquehanna noar Selin't Grove; thence up White Deer Creek and down Fishing Creek through Sugar Val ley down to Washington Furnace Gap; through the mountain at this point into Nittany Valley, and down this valley around by Mill Hall into Bald Eagle Val ley' thence up Beech Creek (or up the Tan gascootac) into the coal fields of Clinton and Centre. Through these into Clear field at a point in Karthaua township ; thence up Mosquito Creek to the end of Boone Mountain, on the hoad of Bennett's Branch on the Sinnemahonlng; thence across a little ef the lower part of Elk, the upper part of Jefferson, and the lower part of Forrest county to Tionesta, there tap ping the Oil Crock and Allegheny River R. R. Thence to sheot across Ohio, ladi anna, Illinois and lowa, passing through Dos Moines and stopping at Council Bluffs, within easy reach of the Union Pacific at Omaha. sucb is the oqtlinu furnifhed us of the route, a part of which the Engineers have been recently engaged on in Clinton. It is called the Continental Railroad, and is reported to have considerable English capital associated with it. The route pro poked will got tfruch Lock Hawvn Mill Hall looming to be the nearest point to the city that It will touch.*- IVMOEMF. CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. .S'a tut day's Proettdingt, I'uti.AUKLMIIX, February 1. Memo rials were protested on the liquor and suffrage questions, and referred. A memorial from citisens of 1-aucsster was presented by Mr. Carter in favor of woman suffrage, was referred to the com mittee on suffrage. Leave of absence was granted to Mr. M Veagh for several days from Monday. Mr. M Alljsler, chairman of tbe com uiitteo on suffrage, elections and repre sentatives, made a supplemental y and partial re|mrt, which was read and lsid on the table. Among iu provisions is one depriving any elector from voting who shall offer money to secure votes, or who shall ac cept money fur his own vole. Also, that every person convicted ef violation of the election laws shall be deprived of the right of snf rage. In contested election cases no person •hall be peimilted to withhold his testi mony upon tbe ground that it may erim inale himself or subject him to public in- { fauiy, but such testimony shall not after wards be used against bint In any judi cial proceedings. A vote was then taken on Mr. Pell's amendment to fix the salary at |7U), and it wax defeated. Mr. Wbila, of Indiana, offared an. amendment to take tbe place of the sec tion under consideration, wLicb was de bated at length by Messrs. White, Tem ple and others, and finally agreed to. It reads as follows. The members ot tbe general assembly i shall receive such selsries end mileage far regular and special sessions as skill be' fixed by lew, end no other compensation or perquisite whatever, whether far ser vices as a uisniber of any committee or otherwise ; but no member of either heuse shall, during the term for which he way have been elected, receive any i.icrease of • alary, compensation, or mileage under any taw passed during such period. The thirteenth section, that every per son elected er appointed to any office by the legislature shall discbarge the dutis* of said effice in person, and not by proxy, was adopted. Section fourteenth, providing tLat the lieutenant governor shall preside over the senate, and the house elect its speaker, was passed. Sections fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eigh teen and nineteen were considered and adapted. Credit Mobllier. I'OLA XDS COM MITTEK SENATOR PATTERSON CAUGHT. Washington, Jan. 26.—The fallowing wa* taken to-day in regard to Senator Pat terson ; Judge Poland—l understand, Mr. Amee, you have some farther paper* which passed Between Yourself and Patterson, i Ames—l have. Ames then read the fallowing rocoiptx WASBIVOTOK, January 22, 1868. Received of Oakas Ames eighteen hun dred dollars on nccount of dividends re- • ceived by him as trustee on stock held tori my account (Signed,) J. W. PATTXBSOX. tj Did you see him siga * A.—l wrote the receipt and be aigned it- Amos then read the following: BOSTOS, May 6, 1862. Received of Oakes Ames for two hun dred shares of Uaion Pacific Railroad stock, sevan hundred end fifty-eeven and twenty-faur hundredths dollars in cash on account of Crodit Mobitier stock. There is still dus on the transaction thir ty shares of stock on the Credit Mobiiier of America, two thousand dollars in Union bonds ot tbe Union Pacific Rail way. * Signed.) J. W. pATTxaaox. Witness said this paper was ia his hand writing. but Patterson signed it ia bis presence. The SI,BOO check was given Patterson en the Sergeant-at-arms ; tbe j ether is en final settlement Witness btrej banded in A Letter written to blm by Patterson Hsreceived several others, which be destroyed. This letter was written since this investigation commenced. He wanted me to make my teetimony conform to it I had lota of conversation with Patterson. The letter waa read as follows: WASIIIXOTOX, January 4, 1873. Hon. Dales Annas. Mr DBAS Slß:— Ths facts in regard to Credit Mobiier, so Car as I had any con nection with R, were as fallows; You cams te n> one day knowing that a want of meant wat a chronic evil with me and taid, Patterson, if you would like I can let you here thirty shares of stock in Credit Mobilier, which 1 think will be e profitable investment, end will be e good thing for you. My reply, in substance, was that if you had anything, which 1 could properly inveet end out of which I Could Make Some Money, I weuld be glad to take it, but that 1 had not the money at that time and must defer it until 1 could get it. Your reply was that you presumed I could have it later, when it might be coavenicnt. You re gerded it as a perfectly legitimate transac tion at the time. You did not, could not, anticipate that you should ever ask furth er legislation frem Coogress in respect to the road. You never did, except when it was forced upon you by the Secretary. After this conversation with me you may have bad the impreesion that I should take the stocks seme time, but for sora* reason or other, perhaps for want of funds, 1 never took any of the stock. If I never had any stock in the company I could not, as I did not, havo its dividends. If press ed to know if I purchased at aay time any bonds or stock of the road, you can say I did at the time they attempted to embar rass you when the value of the stock was depressed, and I paid you the full market value for it. I paid you seven thousand! dollors in money for the stock and bonds. The stock I put into the hands of Morton i immediately, to sell as soon as it should goi up reaonably in the market, which he did.! I sew him on my way through. lie said j he had never held any stock in the Credit Mobilier for any one, but be did not wish to have his name broght into theexamina etion it it could be avoided. lam going to Ohio. I will see you en my return; don't fail to correct your original statement be fore the committee. It must pot\be re ported salt now stands. \. / ! Very truly, Ac., J. W. PATTKRSO.V (Juestioa by Judge Merrick—Have you refreshed your memory as to tho other member* of Congress whom you let have stock. Only Logan. Answer—Ye*. Sir, there are none addi tional except Logan. The reason 1 did not mention him before was that he is not a member of the House now. By Mr. McCrary—Did Logan give you any reason for returning the money. Answer I don't think he did. Amee—l want to say further to the Com mittee that I have been asked why 1 held this stock, aud why I did not give it to the members themselves. The reason is that the Credit Mobilier stock itself was not en titled to dividends. Ames then said the stock was held by him in trust, be having signed the contract making hi ui ft If pvffonaUj responsible, and he was the only on# who qopld drai( dividends. Judge Poland said he had asked Mr. titovenion, who introduced a revolution iol th Bdhte a 1W 4*y* go m to certain nth- 1 •r reads t* be investigated, and had been | informed that be should (|uwtlss Antes as ba knew something about thoas. Ames-A re you geiag to investigate me again? Judge Poland made a remark abot the oonscienre of certain gentlemen who bad insetted, and Ames replied, laughingly: "Conscience, I am getting rather A Ix>w Opinion of Conscience tinea 1 have been here." (Laughter.) j A met was then questioned at to tbe Dubuque and Hioux City Koad, named in Mr. Stevenson't resolution, but testified that be knew nothing of any member of Cengrett having received stock in the rood; no member got stock without pay-i ing for it; there's nothing immoral or cor rupt about the management of tbe mad;, it bad no connection with tbe I'ni m Pa* cilc. John B Alley was recalled and correb orated tbe tertimoney ef Ann in refer ence to tbe Dubuque and Hioux City lload. At noon tbe committee adjurned until 10 o'clock on Tuesday, Judge Poland an nounced that be expected to close tbe in vestigation then. A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. The llttsburg Daily Dispatch. J*rotpoeius for 1873. Those of our readers who desire e first class daily paper should by all means sub scribe for tbe Pittsburg DAILY Diar AT Respectfully inform the citleen* of 2 Z Centre and othar counties, that they " < have one of the largest and beat ae- P ft. lectedatoek ofHard ware to be found, w consisting of Iron, Steel, Nail*, * x Home Axel*, Spring Wagon j Skein* and Bones, Complete atoefc et > carpenter tool. and builder* bard- 2 Z ware. lock*, oils, paiau, glass, **r- ® 2 niahea, bruhea, cuoamberpnmpaar J J < tubing. Lamp* af aU kind*, aoala*. 2 WOOD ASD WILLOW WARE, \ Pull Una of aaddlery end coach ma ker* good*, wood work for buggies end wagoni, plough*, barrow*, cuiii y valor* and grindstones. Looking H} 4 rlnaae* and mirror plate* Picture r y - frame, made to order. They alec J have the celebrated cook stove, ** C SUSQUEHANNA, > 1 erery one warranted to gire perfect 2 f* tatiamctioa All kind* of parlor H £ aloret. We are determined to aett g < at the lowest price* for caab, or on _ ft. abort credit—not to exceed three <- month*. Cell and aea u, as we take pleeure in .bowing our good*. < WILSON A HICKS 2 marlStf. Belief on te, Pa. m § ■ 5 i | Gift & Flory's New Shoe Store ! AT CINTBV HALL. They have aow opened, and will constant ly keep on hand, a splendid stock of new SHOES, U AITKILS, A SLIPPERS, for ! men, women and children, from the beet ' manufactories in the country, and now of fered at the Lowest Prices. HOOTS and SHOES made to order, upon short notice. They invite the people ot this vicinity to five them a call, m they : will strive to merit a share of their aat j roaage. myMfcf V*W FURNITURE STORE. 1 noon BKLOW Horrxa's BELLEFONTE, PA. GEORGE (TBRYAN, Dealer in yUßfttYUiftS OE ALL KINDS, BEDSTEADS, TABLES, CHAUB, Parlor and Chamber Sets, BOF AS, LOUNGES, BUREAUS, WASHSTANDS, WAAD* JIM. KATTKXMn, Me. Particular Attention to Ordered "Work. REPAIRING DONE PROMPTLY. UNDERTAKING, In Ail It* Branches, MET A LIC, V St.NUT, ROSEWOOD, AND COMMON CASKETS, (Always on Band, and Funeral* AUesdnd Will, en Elegant Hearse. apfttf Stoves! Fire IStov's! At Andy Reeeman's, Centre Hall, art latest and best stoves out, be has just received a large lot of Cook Storm, the Pioneer Cook, the Eclipse Cook, the Reliance Cook. PARLORS-The Radiant Light, self-fee der, Oes Burner, National Egg, Jewell, Ac. sells stoves siLOW as anywberv in Mifflin or Centre eo. TIN ANO SHEETIRON WARE The undersigned hereby informs the jcitisen* of Pen naval ley that ae has pur chased theTinshop heretofore carried oe jby the C. II Mf g Co., and wilt continue the same, at the old stand, in all iUhmach i ca, in the manufacture of NTOYE PIPE dfc NPOUTIXG. All kind* of repairing done. Ha has always on hand Fruit Cans, of all Sites, BUCKETS, CU^S, DIPPERS, DISHES. AC. All work warranted and charge* reason -2sep?oy Centre Hall New Clothing Store 'A. STERNBERG, engaged to manage for I. L. Reisenstein, in the corner building, opposite H offer" ►tore, Bellefonte, ha* established a new Clothing Store, where the best bargains in ! the county are offered. $7.50 to sls fop Su)Vt of the fin est Cassimere. HATS, CAPS and a full and oomplete assortment of ev ery thing in the line of Clothing. Gent's Furnishing Goods all directly from their own manufactory. Also. Jewelry, Watches, Ae. They baye engaged their old clerk, Mr. A. Sternberg, so well known to the people, and who wTU be pleased to see his old friend*. apotf. Piece good* of ereir description, told low to enable everybody to htave his cloth ing made to order. CENTRE HALL HOTEH JOHN SPANGLES, Proprietor. Stages arrive and depart daily, for all points, north, south, east and west. CITY GUN WORKS. Just enlarged and re-opened with a new and superior stock of GUNS. Call or sand for a Price List Single Shot Guns, $8 te •3D; Double Barrel Shot Cuba fg to 76 Breech Loaders, sl6 to lfipfßi9ei, sl2 to $75; Revolvers, $6 te s3*. Address, H. H. SCHULTI, 880 Libsrty Street, Plttspurg Pa. Jan S 2m om i NEW DISOOVtriY I* TfcT-'r' u4 "ledlcwl Mdenee. m W' l Dr.aiRVIN S TAR lir%T L i Cm I llMlipleNt 1' 1 r• DR.GABVI.VM TAR " Car* l alarrU. Dr.OAiui.ViTi:: Cure AMlttna. Dr. CAB VIV* T.*rt RITI Cure Heart i •* tar. Dr. < Alt VIVM WA BC Care Skin Dl ea ■F.AABFI*'* TAR BET- -> Jj r.eralat the Llvrr. Dr.(.tßVl\ i TAU UMLWI iUyalatt thc;wom:u>:r ndltov. Dr. OABVITi TAR BEICSMi: Cere all Fennel* *• Dr. OABVITW TAW WWII* J y. Parity tbc Bleed. Dr.OARVIVK TAR BETED! % Cam DtMaiye eflhe Thro:it. TAB BSirDU: Can- Brourleili*. Dr. UiUH.II TAB BEBKI4 Cave "Bm Cotd."r"U> *Yvcr" Dr. CAKFIirS TAB ItCICUS. ' Care I.HBjf Dtewam?* Dr. UABVIWI Tilt BCUUDJ > Cnc CofMglpSStlOW. Or.OAUVITHTAttttCTr&I Cu* Mall Bhfum. Br.UABVLTI TAR BBJJIDIi: Cm Rsstsary Wseawe*. Dr. UAUYIN'h TAB BSB£i£2* hmtCMtraATclhiii Vvrr Dr. OABVim TAB BT!~ i WIE* . c Tim ml Wfflfrta—Tr i . Dr. CJABYWffI TAB KII DIS Palm In ihi* Br< A*L Dr.UAltrm T.l BC tCDILS Bxav. P.4a in U. Kide or KZ&rh, Dr. <* AH VIVA TAB KEMTPICi Art Mssperkar Ttamic. Dr. <3 AltVIV* TAB BE*lEt> :->> Bmuw tk Appci tlr. Dr. CiAHVIV* TAK HEWS 11 " Ouurn OH- Food fa Dtgeol. Di.UAUVIVnd makes to order, all kinds #1 BXDBTK ADS, BUHAUS, SINS*. WASHSTANDS, CORNER CI Plio TABLES, Ac., AC HOME MAPS Castas ALWAYS OK BAA* Uisstcck of ready-made Furnitur* isiaty and wananted of good workmanship* t * all made under bis own immediate supc r\ • *on. and is offered at rales as cheap ascb where. Thankful for past fbvors, he i < its a continuance of tke same. Call and see kit stoek before purrhs ■lsewhsi*. etas r> , • TEX undersigned, determined to met the* popular demand for Lower Prict ?. rc spectfuliy calls the attention ef the public to bis stock ef SADDLERY, new offered et the old stand Designed ee pedalle for thepeople and the thn-v :s,v lar gest an d meet varied and eempkte a - rt menl of Saddle*, Harness, Collars. Bridle*, of every description and quality; Whips, aad in fact everything complete to a first class establish meat, be aow offers at prices which will suit the time*. JACOB DINGER, Ceatrcllall | OfaN* f. POHMB. Attorasy st Law. U Collections prom ptly made and specie attention given to those having lands oi property for sale. Will draw up and have aekaowiedged Deeds. Mortgage*, dec. Of ten in the diamond, north side of ih< court house, Rpllefonte. oet&ngHf • BBNET BSOCK taaoVVr " JDSilt,{*r. nusident, Ua-hier. FTENTRK OOCNTY BANKING CO (Lets Millikcn, Hoover Jfc Co. ) RECEIVE Deposits. And Allow Interest, Discount Mote*. BUT and SVL Government Securities, Gold ana tplO'tttr Camx all be lr.es* entreated to him. jul3,(>' f Pk F. FOBTNEY, Attorney itTTa l_/ Bellefonte, Pa. Office over 1! v gold bank. marial 6ini a. *. M'iUWTI*. • mmu V nr.o J: wALiir/sa a ®ZAVZ. ATTORXErS-AT-LA ll'. Bellefonte, Centre Co., Pean'a. apCSt! i*o. a. oaria. c. T. ALNXAS tu QRYIS $ ALEXANDER. Attornfyi-|t-law. Office inCoprjul II :M- Bellefonte, Ph. J. 'P. GEPHART, with Orvi* A Alexander, attend* to collec tion* in the Orphan'* Ctmri SYTT.kVs HOf Et, Woodward, "Fa Stage* arrive and depart daily, favorite hotel i* now in every respect one of the moat pleasant country hotel* in central Pennsylvania. The traveling com munity will always And the best accommo dation. Drovers can at all tiroee be accom modated with stables and pasture for any number of cattle or horses. Julyß'6Btf GEO. MILLER. J. 4 J. HARRIS. NO. 6, BROCKKRHOFF ROW A new and complete Hardware Store lias Seen opened by the undersigned in Brook erhotPs new building—-where the var<- pre pared to sell all kinds ofßuild ing an d Hon -t Furnishing Irop, Steel, Nail.. .Buggy wheelin setts.' Ch&ztsplt u Clothes Wringer, Mill Saws, Circular and Hani Saws, Ten non Saws, WebbSaws, IceCrearr Freezers, Bath Tubs, Clothes Racks, a tul assortment of Glass and Mirror Plate of al sizes, Picture Frames, Wheelbarrow*, Lamps, Coal Oil Lamps, Belting, Spokes, Felloes^andHubs,Plows,Cultivators, Corn Plows, Plow Points, Shear Mold Board* and Cultivator Teeth, Table Cutlery. Shov els, Spades and Forks, Locks, Hinges Screws, Sah Springs, Horse-Shoe*, Nui! Nonrav Rods. Oils. Lard, Lubricating, Goal, Linseed. Tanners. A#*ils, Vices, B lows, Screw plates,- Blacksmith. Tools, Factory Bells, House Bells, Sinner Bells, Oorig Bells,Teaßalls.Orindstones.Carpcn ter Tools. Fruit Jars andOans.Paints.Oils,