Editor. 0 Centre Hall, Pa., Mar. 13,18*3. Lli TERMS.—The RvrowT** U published weekly at $2 per year, in advance, or when not paioin advance. For six month" half these rates. „ , „ Advertisements sl, P*r -l,f" lines) (or three insertion. AdvertisemenU for 8, 6 and 12 months, at reduced rates. Anv person sending us the names of six new subscrihesr, with etheash, will re ceive the RaroatKß one year flee. About Whitewashing Old-time housekeepers were waut to do their white-washing ia the spring, when vegetation puts on its uew coat and the air is lVagrant with new born blossoms, but our late radical congress, has upset the good old custom —as it has upset a good many things—and has done all its white-washing in mid winter. The reasou why house-keep ers do that kind of work in spring time, is because it will thou "stick'' for the summer, hence the white-wash ing done by congress, on Potnerov, Caldwell, Patterson, Colfax, Wilson, Bingham, Kelley. Harlan, and the rest of the radical bribers and Mobi lierites although no lime was spared, and the wash was .daubed on thick, yet it will not stick, but scales off as aoon as the brush is removed, and no amount of glue or other sticking mat ter, added to the mixture, would avail, the sharp eye of an outraged, insulted, and plundered people can see through it. What was done by the late congress all this winter ? Nothing, all the time, but investigate fraud, bribery, corruption ami plundering committed by its own high and shining lights, from Vice President Colfax on down to the saintly and hypocritical Harlan and Pomeroy. And did it punish any of these worthies ? Not one —but its committee of investigation sat, like a chemist in his laboratory, to com pound a white-wash that would hide the sins of these scoundrels. They have failed in their attempt, in the eyes of every honest American they have utterly failed, and the subjects they attempted to white-wash arejield guilty by an outraged people. The Credit Mobilier crew was whitewashed wholesale but the gloss of corruption was too firmly rooted, the white wash will not stick. Pomeroy, who was proven guilty of buying members of legislature of Kan sas, to vote for his re-election to the U. 8. Senator, upon whom the crime was fastened by the oath of senator York, to whom he paid 87000 for his vote, to Pomeroy the committee applied a coat of thick white-wash, but the ran cid grease of a corrupt senatorial ca reer will not affiliate witlw the white wash, and the people hold old subsidy Pom guilty nevertheless. Caldwell, another senatorial briber of Kansas legislators, who bought up the almost entire legislature of bis state, as the evidence clearly showed, he was smeared all over with the com mittee's white-wash, to which was ad ded a copious proportion of a uew in gredient, discovered by the committee, called "stranger-to-political-ways-and inexperienced''. We like this latter stuff, it comes in so nice to whip the devil around the stump, when the cul prit is proven guilty. But this is too thin, too. Thus might we lead the readers of the Reporter on, through the entire long list, of radical rogues, upon whom lakes of white-wash have been brush ed by the radical committees of inves tigation of this radical congress, bu why need we enumerate farther, our readers know all—the people know all—and the scoundrels are condemned in tbe eyes of all honest men —demo- crats aud republicans. The Evans Case. The Evans embezzlement case was tried before Judge Pearson, at Har risburg, last week. On the 6th the jury entered the court with their ver dict, which is that they allow Geo. O. Evans, the defaulting State agent, five per cent on the suspended and disallowed claims, amounting to $199,- 000 and ten per cent ou the vouchers forwarded by Auditor General Ilart ranft, amounting to s£oo,ooo, Evans claimed $291,000 on tbe collections, and allowed himself that sum, but the jury are of the opinion that he is en titled to only $142,000, and accord ingly [returned a verdict in favor of the State for $136,000. The first and second counts of the indictment, charging Evans with embezzlement were stricken out by Judge Pearson because Evans was not a State offi cer, and he was tried as au agent for the collection of money, drc. The case may be carried up to the Supreme Court. The 42 Congress. The Congress which has just ended its career, is one of the most infamous of ali tho infamous congresses that we have had. It winked at every species of wrong, outrage and corrup tion to which its attention has been called. The Sun aptly remarks of it: The Forty-second Congress I As its members sneak home with the monev of the people lining their pock ets, even boys at their marbles in the streets will point to them, one Bayiog to his comrade, "There goes a member of the Forty-second Congress!" and the comrade, not deigning to raise his eyes from his play, will respond, "And of course, a thief!" This has been Secor Robeson's Con gress. This has been brotber-in-law Casey's Congress. This has been brazen-browed Pinch back's Congress. This has been drunken Judge Dur ell's Congress. This has been the Congress of the French arms swindle. This has been the Congress of Grant's New York Custom House whitewashing. This it the Congress which looked approvingly upon Harlan V accep tance ofDurnnt s checks for SIO,OOO to aid him in purchasing hia t*ennto lial seat. This is tlio Congress which saw Ben Butler overawo one of its committees because it allowed it to be proven tlmt Ben took $10,0(H) from th Vnion Pacific Railroad for drawing np a contract. This is the Congress which has con doned Colfax's perjury. This is the Congress which let Ponteroy put at the back door of the I ndcpendenco ban k dodge. This is the Congress which furnish ed Patterson with a coating of white wash to go home in—hut very thin, though. This it the Congress which, in the face of the damning proofs o( Senator Clayton's frauds, said to that shame less scoundrel, "Well done, good and faithful servant!" This is the Cougrew which dared not turn out Caldwell for buying his seat in the Senate because the Senate feared'tliat iu response to nearly eve ry vote in the affirmative the culprit would rise up and sav, ou're anoth er!" This is the Congress which bound the sins and iuiquties of Colfax, Pat terson, Allison, Logan, Wilson, Kel lev. Dawes, Blaine. Bingham, Gar field, Schotield, and we know not how many other tainted Senators an.l Rep resentatives, u pon the shoulders of Oakt-s Ames and James Brooks, with inteut to send them as scapegoats into the wilderness, but failed to do so be cause it turned out that there were uot enough viituous members in the house to expel theeorrupt ones. This is tne Congress which great railway corporations owned and used as their needs required, and which a venal lobbv bought aud sold day by day. This is the Congress which some Afacaulay of the next century will de scribe as more infamous than that Parliament which originated Law's celebrated Mississippi scheme, and more corrupt than their Parliaments which Walpole used to purchase as he bought Merino sheep and Flanders uiares to stock his estate iy Sussex. Iu fiue, this is the Congress which ibo American people yesterday, a> tne clock struck twelve, hooted out of the Capitol! The rate of interest in this Com monwealth is at present attracting the attention of our Legislature Ihe following is part of an act now under consideration in that body : That from and after the uussago of ibis act it shall and may be lawful for any person or corporation within this Cbratnonweallh to contract to pay or reserve discount at any rate and to contract for payment and receipt of any rrte of iuterest not exceediug twelve per cent per annum. Provid ed, however, te.at no greater rato ot interest than six per cent, per annum shall be recovered In any action ex cept w hen the agreements to nay such greater rate of interest shall be in writing. Mr. Orvi made a speech upon this bill, which will be fouud iu another column. The Watchman, we see, is strongly in favor of the above bill. Forgeries have beeu practiced against the Bank of England to the amount of 2 million dollars, which has caused considerable excitement iu financial circles. The names forged were those of the Rothchilds, and the work was so well doue that the Roth childs themselves only detected it by the different shade of the ink used. We are pleased to notice that the valuable services that our member, Mr. Orvis, is rendering the jieople in opposing legislative jobs, is bringing him the thanks of the pret. The Patriot coptes our recent article, rela tive to Mr. Orvis, and warmly en dorses it all. The Age, of 6th inst., has the following : Mr. Orvis, the member of the house from Centre county, recently objected off the private calendar bill exempt ing a large amount of property, in this city, from taxation. Why was it necessary that this duty should be performed by a member from the in terior ? Were none of the Represen tatives from the city present to act for the property-hoiders and tax-payers? Did they not know that more than fifty-four million dollars worth ol property in the city is already exempt from taxation, while the balance of five dollars and twenty cents on the hundred dollars of full valuation? These are facts known to all our rep resentatives in the House, and yet they report bills to swell the volume of untaxed property, and increase the burdens upon other real estate. These bills are put upon the private calen dar, and run through without any no lice. But Mr. Orvis has taken cer tain of these bills from off the special list. Tbey will uotv have to be called up by a member, and defended upon some pretext. This will enable the people of this city to see who is de creasing the basis of taxation and add ing to toe burdens of the masses. We regret that a stranger had to interpose a shield between improper legislation and the people of Philadelphia. But it was a proper, manly act, and he has our thanks and that of every tax payer in the city. We will now see if the House will pass all the bills ob jected to by Mr. Orris. Gov. Hartranft has vetoed the act incorporating the new Miillinburg Bank. The Boston Herald's Washington correspondent, in order to acquaint tho public with the most approved methods of pronouncing the name of the famons Credit Mobiiier, sends the following as trustworthy guide. You nays your money and you takes your choice : J. B. Alley—Credit Mo-beel-yia. Judge Polan—Credit J/o-bil-air. O&kes Ames —Credit Mo-bil-ay. Gen. Banks—Credit Mo-bil-ly-a. S. Dillon—Credit Mo-bil-eer. Stevenson—Cred-dy Mo-bill-ee. [Colfax can't pronounce it. Obituary. PITTSBUKO, March 5.—C01. Win. Hopkins, of Washington county, a member of the Constitutional Conven tion, and for many years an uctivc leader of the Democracy, died to-day in the Union Depot Hotel in this city. Mr Hopkins was a member of the Legislature during the Bucksbot war, ana was speaker of the House, called the Hopkius house. None but Protestants can hold office in New Hampshire. Mr. Orvis opposes the bill appro priating $500,000 to thecentennial cele bration, to be held in Philadelphia in 1878. Riot In New Orleans TV Militia W ISH* the l\>lice New Orleans, March s.—Between 0 ami 10 o'clock to-night tin* AfcLn* cry militia attacked the iliird pre cinct police fUtmu. They commenced the attack by tiring into the .build itiff. The tiling was ret unit d by the polite. Soon after Geo. Badger, Chief of the Mctropolitian police, moved down Charles street from Ca nal with about two hundred men and one piece of artillery. ignite a large crow I had by this lime collected about Jack sou square and ou the atretic leading there. When near the crowd Ceii. Badger ordered tlient to disperse. The militia refuted t<> give way, when the police fired a blank carlriilge, and soon after another shot was fired. This time the gun was lea ic morning. No trouble is ap prehended to-day. It is now stated that Gov, McKnery did not author* iio the movement made hv the militia la*t night. Tne Metrojiolitans are in quiet poteession, with the L'nited Mates troops in the rear supporting their stuiions The urilitia have all dispersed. Ihe citiseus generally seem to regard the attack last uight as premature. The object of the Fu sioiiista in making it does not clearly appear, but it is supposed to bave beeu with theview of snowing that the people would uot quietly submit to tiie Kellogg goveruiueut. Colfax as Nebitt s Lawyer Discovery of an Argument, Signed ly the YtcfPreeident, in the l'o*t HrKce Jiepartment in huvor oj .VsAtfts Contract. Washington, March 2. —The dis- I covery iu the Post-Office Department i of a long written argument in favor of the continuance of Nesbitt's envelope f contract for the benefit of his heirs, ' signed by Schuyler Colfax, naturally makes some sensation here. Very lit tle auprise is expressed, however. Doubtless there are some simp'e-miud ed people who believed the Vice-Presi dent's story about the disinterested generosity of hia unknown (rieud who regularly mailed hiui a SI,OOO check every quarter and wanted no favor iu return, but such people don't live in Washington. The disiuteresud friend Ncsbitt, it appea-ts, did uot lavish money on his favorite statesman without purpose. His contract was about to ruu out, and he wanted a friend at Court. He took Mr. Colfax into his pay, and in due time, though after the death of Mr. Nesbitt, the Vice-President earn iod his S 1,000 by securing the contin i uance of the coulract. That is the : whole storv in brief. Postmaster-General Creswell says that he is not responsible for the pub licitv of the fact of the existence of Mr. Colfax's written argument iu his department. Ho bus known that such a document was on tile, but has done nothiug cither to make it public or to kacp it secret. The Republican Party Responsible The people should not forget, says the N. Y Sun, that the Republican party has a large majority in both Houses of Congress. The President is also the representative of that |arty; and the Republican* are thus respon sible for what is not done by both the legislative and executive branches of the Government. By tbe action of the House of Rep resentatives on Thursday the Repub iicau party assumed the full responsi bility ot the Credit Mobilicr bribery, prevarication, aud perjury. The of fences proved ; the guilty parties were known ; all but oue of tiiein were Republicans; and the Kepublicau majority in the House decided that they should not be puuistied. The Republicans thus took upon their own shoulders the burden of the whole mass of crime aud corruption. Iu the same way the Republican party, through its President aud .its majority in Congress, is responsible for the unparalleled outrage upon law and liberty that have been committed in Louisanna. Corruption without parallel, usur pation such as was never before im agined in this country —these are the work of the Republican party, and these its protects and perpetuates. The great question is whether there is still virtue enough in the people to put away this corruption aud to de fend and preserve their liberties against the power of the Republican party. The case is desperate and the rcsu.t seems doubtful. Colfax's Deposits We suggested the other day that Colfax's second deposit might as well contain Nesbitt's money as the depos it which was nearest in time to his re ceipt of Oakcs Atues's $1,200. The Poland Committee took the hint, look ed in at the hank, and now Colfax, hearing of it, comes out with an expla nation that a gift from Ncabitt did make up the second deposit, but that it was another gift, and that all the same lie had received 81,000 in a greenback, from a man now dead, in a letter now lost, and all the rest of it. So it turns out that Nesbitt, the con tractor for Government envelopes, was in the habit ot sending the Speaker a thousand dollars in checks, every now and then, and his letters were preserv ed and are now published by Colfux, all except that particular letter which contained the 81,000 greenback guard ed by a three cent postage stamp —and that, alas, is lost! So Colfax stands bribed worse than ever, once and all the while by Nesbitt, hut as a mere liar be is becoming uninteresting. Next week he will probably feign insanity from over-smoking, move to a lunatic asy lum for the summer mouths, and next fall re-enter his usual round of tem perance societies and young men's Christian associations. —World. Tho New York Financier prints a tab ular statement of tho number of miles of r< ad controlled by tho Pennsylvania Rail road Company, cither by lease or by own ership of a majority of the stock. The list embraces sixty-three railroads, includ ing those now being constructed. These are all made tributary to tho main lino from Philadelphia to Pittsburg, and their termini are distributed in every Htnte in the Union. Including the Union Central, and Texas Pacific the total extent of lines will be nearly sixteen thousand miles, and the grand aggregate of capital invested in them will bo at least StJ7O,UOO,UOO. Be sides these there are two hundred and fif ty miles of canal and a line of four steam ships now building to run between Phila delphia and Liverpool. The .total capital invested in these means ol transportation, controlled by one organization, will scarcely fall short of S7ftt,(XX),OCW. It will thus be seen that nearly one-third of the railroads of the United States are under thi control ol one corporation. i The Inauguration was great In display, f> hut the V\ est Point cadets bad to stand in e the cold and itnrm without overcoat* all <> day and without any thing to cat. c ! t 1 USURY LAWS. M'EKCH tip JoilK 11. OK V is, IN Till. • ItOl'SK, FEB , J7th i Mr. Chairman, when this bill was und<: ' consideration before tho General Judiciary ' Committee, 1 thought 1 was very clear a. ' to the propriety of Its enactment; but when; 1 it was considered some three weeks ago in ' the committee of the whole, and there WHS ' an almost unanimous expression of opinion ' from the gentlemen representing the rich ■ agricultural counties against it, F felt con- 1 strain.! to review my opinions upon tills. 1 subject, ami to rconsider the (acts uud nigumciits upon which I hail predicated j' llnno opinions. Although I entertain the 1 profoundest respect lor llie opinions of my it friends sitting around ute, I have been ■ (breed to the same conclusions 1 bad > it-ached when this bill was first under con . > sidcration. I propose now to submit to this'} committee some few of the many reasons which have lt d uiy mind to the conclusion, that the time has come when we should re-; 1 peal all laws against usury; thai is, all]* laws attempting to regulate the price ' which may be paid annually for the use of money. j In order to properly understand n qucs ( lion of this character, it is necessary lej i keep in view'the history ot legislation in j I civilised countries on this subject. The ' principle sought to be expunged from the 1 statute books of Pennsylvania by this bill'' has been recognised and enforced in * ibis State for a hundred and fitly years, 1 mid m the country from which we derived v eur common law ever since the twenty seventh year of the reign of Henry V 1 IT, ' when the first usury law was enacted In 1 England. It is therefore incumbent upon ' tho-e who support this bill to show that] I the taws which have been in existence for so long a period ot time bad originally no foundation in the lea ton or nature of M things, or that such fundamental change, ) have occurred in the constitution and hah-> its of society as to make such laws no lon J get applies >le. ' I What i the principle underly ing all us- • ury laws f T hat it is the duty ot govern-' i meiit to prescribe the rate of compensation || which uiay be received by the owner of) 1 money or accumulated capital for its use:< when loaned or hired to others. Had this proposition any real or substantial founds- \ lion in the nature of things ' That the use i of capital or money is valuable no one i will new deny. That where the owner ofi aceumulaled capital chooses to loan or htre>i it to another rather than use it himself, he should be compensated by the borrower,' fbr the use of it is a proposition of a!iue>t] universal acception. The idea once main-' tained that it was sinful to take money for the use of money no longer prevails to any extent in Christendom, at least the legisla tion of no country is predicated upon it, j and the members of the tew sects who, teach it in theory do not always carry it. out hi practice. It being conceded that the owner of ac. cumulated capital, or money, is entitled tA' receive some compensation fur its use when loaned or lured, the next question is Aose rtH.-A compensation may be rightfully re ceive? It this compensation is fixed by the law sof nature; it there is a natural and uniform relation Itetween capital and its' annual earnings, human enactment* should conform to this natural law. It will not, however, be pretended by the opponents of i)u* kill there is any natural rate of in terest ; the emir* legislation of the world i- again.t such an idea. Ity the act of 27,, If ;'t \ 111 I ::■ referred to. the legui rate ef interest in England was fixed at ten per cent. It was subsequently reduced to eight, six, and then five per cent. In oor own country the same w ant of uniformity in 'lie legal rate of interest has always ex isted. In Louiiinna the rat# hat been fixod ' at five per cent, in Pennsylvania and a large number of other States at six, in New York and other States at seven, in Texas and other Slates at eight, while in Calilornia and other Slates at ten. That it is just as mom) and proper t>> borrow mon ey at seveu per cent, in Xcw York, at eight per cent, in Texas, or nt ten per cent in California as it is at six per cent in i Pennsylvania, no one will pretend to do-, • nv. Why, then, should our law establish six per cent, or any other fixed rate of in- I terest w hen there is nonu established in or ;by the law of nature ? If it is right to take j compensation at all for the u-c of money, I it i< right to take as much as that use was woith to the borrower, or as much as the I money would have earned for the owner, j had he retained and uied it himself. I | there then anything in the experience of | business men tbrougliwut the world tc I prove that money is worth six per cent., I and no more f No, millions of dollars are invested that bring the owner but two, 'three or tour per cent . while million* more are invested hi b bring ten, twenty, thirty, and even fifty pet cent., while that invested by in tcrprisifig members of Con-, gross in Credit Mobiuar stock r< turned seven and eight hundred per cent. The annual earning* of capital being so widelv different under different circumstance*. !t mu-t be apparent that any Isw establishing, an indexible rate of interest can only be i defended upon the supposition that some public good of paramount itnpor-i la i. c will bo teen red thereby. t'pon this ground I believe all taws against usury have been upheld and defended in times pa-t It is alleged there are certain inter est* in every community which the Legis lature is bound to protect, and of which it is the proper guardian, which might be destroyed orendat jured if capitalists weie permitted to contrast tar more than a giv en rate of compensation for the use of their capital. Lut us examine this proposition and seo if it ha* any substantial foundation. That it belong* to the ordinary right* and liber ties of n citizen to make contracts concern ing his own property. unrestrained by law, i* too clear lor doubt Why then should this right or liberty bo restrained or abridged in the tingle rase of a contract for a loan or hire o< money when the same parties are left unrestrained to make con- j tract* contenting all other kinds of proper ty ? It is contended that there are several, ( iasses in every community, who, if they , were permitted to make contracts for the | use of money, would make such unwise i and improvident bargain* as would bring i not only bankruptcy- and ruin upon them- , selves, hut groat injury qnon tho public at i large, aud therefore their own and the , public good require that they should be re- , strained from making such contracts. The . classes of persons usually named a* being , incompetent to exercise this right of mak-', ing contracts (or themselves on thi- subject j are the youug and inexperienced, the in- q experienced, the indigent and necessitous, t tho prodigal and the visionary speculator, Persons belonging to these several classes, | it is believed, ir left unrestrained, wouldjt make improvident and extravagant bar t gains, would contract to pay a higher rate t of interest, for the use of money, than any', business in which they invested it could > afford, and this ultimately bring* bank-', ruptcv and ruin upon themselves, and , thereby indirectly injure the public, It r will he observed that the law does not pro pose to act as tho guardians for these tame persons in regard to any other subject': : ' they are permitted to make provident or'' improvident bargains, xvisc or foolish can- ' tract* for tlu purchase, sale, loan, or hire J of every imaginable kind of property oth- 1 cr than money. That tho legitimate busi- l v ncss of tho county cannot afford more than 1 J six per cent, lor tho use of money, and ■ therefore persons should,bo limited to that 1 rate in making bargains is an idea put for- 'J ward in many forms by the gentlemen who ure opposed to this bill. Let us illustrate ? their idea. A desires to engage in agriculture and ' proposes to invest in n farm worth ten 11 thousand dollar*. 110 ha* hut nine thou*- * and dollar*, which ho can sparo for that H purpose, and wishes to hcrrww the other!]' ono thousand dollar*. He can obtain iti J from H. Nt seven percuuL Now, this Leg islature says, "we cannot permit that; ag- F riculturc doe* not pay more than six per cent, on the money invested in it; it would ° therefore bo injurious for A t> borrow *' any capital at a higher rale than that to in- * vest in land; but, if for the want ol ready p money, he chooses to agree to pay the " former owner five hundred dollars or one *' thousand dollar* additional for his farm, that is n matter of hi* own, which the law d ha* and should have no control aver." b fir, if A chase to pay fifteen or twenty I thousand dollars for a farm which all hi* ■*' neighbor* agrco was worth but ton, no one w would projioso to declare tiie contract void '> because it was improvident. ti A young man may not borrow two liun- dred dollnr* at eight per cent, with which b to buy a horse, bccauso it is improvident and foolish, but ho may buy tho same r horse on credit at five hundred dollars and t< the bargain will be enforced. He inuy not borrow money at mote than six per cent to i' invest in u legitimate aud profitable bu.-i- >' ncss, because our wise legislators think lie *1 cannot afford it, but he may contract debt* j without limit for lino clothing, jowelry, rich turnouts and high living, and nil the " debts are recognized as legal and binding. (< The poor man may not borrow money at * seven or eight per cent to imy off an in- tj cuuibrance upon bis little home, because " we, his guardians, know that money is worth but six per cent; but to raise the money he may sell that IBHIO little home at less than hulf its value, and the title of tl the pqgchaitcr will be unquestionable. He way not borrow money at more than six L per cent with which to purchase the nee- oi essaricx for his wifo and children, but may d purchase the same necessaries on credit nt ii twice this yaluc. tl Wo say to the enterprising man of busi- a ncsf. whom we call u speculator, "You tj shall not borrow money at more than six ol per cent to invest in mining, inanufactur- tli tug, or other enterprise by which wealth is ki treated, because we know you cannot af- se ford It; but you may embark In the Mine I i without capital, and do a nun- 1 DM* busliie** upon credit although all your 'l customers nie injured thereby. You may! nt pay uiglil per emit for monny Invested] in town or city lots, although you are well' assured they will double in value within a year, but yo i may purcbaso tho same lot* on credit at o high a price that yon moat nei'''*arlly '<>• by thebargtln. Yog may not borrew at mere than i x tal mine, anil know nothing about ike business or its profits, -ay "no, you >haU uot bo permuted to borrow any cap ital ut *eveu, eight, or miie per cent, to in vest in the business in which you are about to embark, fur your business will not afford It, and if you are permitted to do this unwise thing your business will finally end in bankruptcy and ruin; wr therefore, being wiser than \ u, will re strain you. This idea, however, llicy carry no farth er, for if the same gentleman would pro pose to invest hit entire capital iu a dry oil well they would no' attempt to restrain, him by law Every one knows that It is not profitable to pay twenty-five thousand! r thirty thousand dollars for n fast trotl-; ing horse, a* is frequently done by wealthy i gentlemen. Dexter can never legitimate ly earn the annual iutercst on fifty thou-. -slid dollar*, the price at which he is held , .by his owner. Yet no one proposes to prohibit the payment of those exorbitant] and extravagant prices on the ground that! it is unwise and improvident. Why should the Legislature act a* ihty I guard.an ot individual* when they deal In 1 money, and not when they deal in horses r land k or other property ? I- there more 1 danger of person* making foolish and itn |proper bargains in regard to the coinpcn -*tion for tho use of money than f->r the purchase or sale of property? Are the ' t-rumples which control and regulate the I v alue of moiiuy mors complicated at.d , harder to understand than those which ' ci.tr.il an J regulate the value of every thing else, so that none but wise legisla tor* can comprehend and appreciate the one, while tin- masse* are fully competent to understand the other? The data which should bo considered in forming a proper !judgment a* U> the rate of interest which one can afford to pay tor the use of money, are so few and simple as to be within the 1 comprehension of any one of ordinary bus iness capacity. The rate of interest when uncontrolled by law varies and fluctuates no more in any community than does the general bulk of real and personal proper ty in the same community and of course much less than any particular item of prop ' i rty. The average ur ruling rat# of inter est is always publicly known and easily remembered Each individual ought to be the best Judge whether hit circumstan ces and necessities justify hi* paying more or le*s than the average rate. If A desire* to borrow one thousand dol lar* in money, in order to make a prudent contract as to the compensation he ibalt 'pay for it* ue, it is only neces-arr for him to Inquire what tnoncv in general is worth; ibut in order to enable him to make an equally piudent contract for the purchase •fa piece of land, ho must nut only have the same knowledge as to llu- general Val ue of r<>al estate, but must inquire into a ' hundred circumstance* affecting the pres ent and prospective value of this particular piec*. Each hundred dollars he borrow* is of equal values but each horse or other item ot property he buy* bat an individu al value of its own which he must ascer tain separate and apart from the value of the class to which it belongs A woman or child is a* competent to make a prudent bargain concerning the rate of interest as the average man of business is to make a prudent investment in real or personal property. In fact, the cause* which tend to increase or lessen the profits of an in vestment arc so numerous that even the most experienced and sagacious men are frequently mistaken, and an investment which promise* the best often turns out the ,m<>sl disastrous. There cn tbureiorr he no good reason why the judgment and dis cretion of ihc atiwii should he com rolled by the legislation tn the one class of bar gains and Jeii free in the other. 1 have thus far attempted to show- that laws against usury bad no foundation in those enduring principle* which should underlie all legislation That such law* cannot produce the results claimed for them by their supporters, a ft-w illustra tion* will show. A has an accumulated capital often thousand dollars which he dc not desire to use in active businese, but it willing to loan to B. a man of ener gy and cnlcrpri*#, who has hi* fortune yet :to make. B desire* to embark In a cer tain business which hp is uroll assured will yield him twenty percent, upon the capi tal he invests, and i* ihrrvf-re willing to pay A ten per cent for the use of hit mon ey, but under our law he i net permitted to do this, but may take A in * a special partner with his liability limited to the uniount of canital he advance*, and per- Ynit him to lake the first of the profit* un til it amount* to ten per cent on his capi tal. Again. C desire* to purchase real estate to the amount of twenty thousand dollars, but in order to do to mutt borrow one-hall the sum, for which he Is willing to pay eight or ten per cent I) would loan nim the money, but the law forbids the con-l tract, and therefore C ai d I> purchase the; real estate together, and immediately Dj sells hi* interest to C at twelve thousand or fifteen thousand dollars, and secure* the purchaM inonar by a mortgage upon tho whole. We might, by any number of similar illustrations, show that Dws against usury can never restrain men from engaging in new enterprise* which prom ise hirge-profitv whether thcr result profi-; tably or not But why should we attempt | to restrain the enterprise of our citixens*] The pne great distinguishing cbaraetens- : ticot the American people is, that they en tor upou aud pursue now and untried paths to wealth. Our new Inventions and en terprises are innumerable, and although many prove failures, upon the whale our people are undoubtedly benefited and not injured bv them. The legislation of our country should tend to encourage and not repress this spirit of enterprise. Gentlemen who are opposed to this bill; will say ad this i very fine, but our fath? or*, the wise legislators who lived in Penn sylvania during past generations and the statesmen of other countries for two or three centuries, thought differently, and we prefer to be gujdud by their wisdom] rather than by opinions of would-be re-1 formers of thi* day. There is something; in this. Well considered and long receiv- ( ees. But is it true that the taws of trade and of finance were better under stood centurie* ago than now? If the' opinion of member* of the English Parli ament in the reign of Henry VIII la valu-j able a* a guide for us. is not the experience of the law-makers of Englaud from thai, time down to tho present worth more? And when tho experience of thosocentu-' rie* was such a* to coerce the British Par liament in 18W to repeal all tho usury law* i>f that realm, that fact to my mind is •tronger authority than the act of those who lived centuries ago when tho princi ple* of liberty and free government were not as well understood nor as fully practis ed as now. The policy incorporated in tho bill un ler consideration I assert is being pursued 1 by every enlightened nation on tho globe ' In the fogi■ latlon of no country is usury regarded in the satno light, or punished with as severe penalties as it was one #r two hundred years ago. Within the last cen ;urv every Htato and nation has moderated 1 tn<>*rr cent with which ti> build a school house, why should I he < restrained from going Into ilic markot and J offering eight per cent fbr the union mon ey with which to build a bouse or engago I 'ln active business? If there are no moral 1 or legal considerations which should re strain a man acting In the capacity of school director from paying more tbati si* percent fur tnunay, why should th same man acting for himself be restrained from doing the same thing t We have ahowtt !>y our legislation in Pennsylvania for a generation or more that wn do not recognize the binding force in morals of our laws upen the subject of i mury The laws do not bind the con ! sciences of a majority of our people. A ; law that Is a dead letter to the majority, : and is only respected and obeyed by a tn<- I imritv, should no longer remain upofi the 1 statute book The continued existence of i a law which few respect and the majority I constantly disobey begets a kind of politf cat licenlioufttSM, a contempt for the laws; f tbe land, tho general effect of which is icrnleloua. A man may publish in this! hall or elsewhere that he takes seven orj j eigkt p#r enl for the use of money, and no' \ one considers him a criminal or guilty j even of an impropriety. There are a few J person- who will not take a higher rate of] | interest than that flad by law. They are; our most honest and conscientious capital-, ists Of course they are injured by usury! law# whenever money is worth more than the legal rate. While their neighbors arej fairly and honestly receiving seven, eight, and nine per cent for their money, these men are constrained to receive but six per cent because they cannot conscientiously violate a law of their Stale The (sorrow ers, also, are injured by it because these cuuscientious capitalists are prevented by the law from competing with their less scrupulous neighbors in making loans, thus giving the latter a monopoly of the business. 1 have stated that all the States of the Union were pursuing a policy in accord with the principles of this bill. Some have already abolished all usury laws, whilei others arc progressing slowly towards Ue> san.e end lit support of this statement 1 j .present a bill now before the Leg islature of Hew York, being Senate bill! No. 12a. introduced on January V, I*7H re ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary.' and reported front said committee for the consideration of the Senate, which iro-i vides, among other things—"f~ It shall . be lawiul to agree to pay or reserve dis count at any rate, and to agree for the pay ments or receipt of Interest at any rale : Provided, Amercer, That no greater rat# of interest than seven per cent per annum .shall be recovered in any action." 1 have also a bill now bonding before the Legis-j lature of Ohio, being Senate bill No, 7b, the first section of which Is as follows : "The partic- to any bond, bill, promissory note or other instrument of writing for the forbearance or payment of money at any future lime, may stipulate therein the rate , of interest per centum per annum agreed upon, upon the amount of such bond, bill, promissory note or other instrument of writing " 1 also present the act of Parli ament to which 1 referred as having in ' !tKS repealed all the usury laws of Kng ; I land, being stal. 17 aud 18 Victoria, chap iter page KBl. - "An Act to repeal the laws relating to i usury and to the enrollment of annui j "Wbtnu, 11 U expedient to repeal "the law* at pretent in force relating to uury: : Re it enacted by the tjueen'* moat Excel lent Majeoty. brand with the Advice and I Content of the Lotdx Spiritual. and Tem poral, and Common*, in >hia preaent par liament aaaemhled. and by the Authority of the aanie, at follow• : "I. The xeveral Acta and ParUof Act* 'made In the Parliaments of England and Scotland, Ureat UriUin and Ireland, men tioned in the Schedule hereto, and exiat \injn Law* Uury, ahall be repeal- 11. Provided always, That nothing herein contained shall prejudice or affect I the Right* or Remedies o*any Person, or I diminish or alter the Liabifities of any 1 Pertoa, in nprt of anv Art done previ ously to the pasting ol this Act. "11l Whore Interest >i now payable upon any Contract, exprud or implied, f>r Payment of the legal current Rata of Interest, or where upon any Debt or Sum •>f Money Interest i now payable by any Rule of Law' the same Rate of Interest shall be recoverable a* if thU Act had not been pataed. "IV. Provided always, That nothing herein contained shall extend or be con structed to extend to repeal or affect any Statute relating to Pawnbrokers, but that all Laws touching and concerning Pawn brokers shall remain in frill Force and Ef fect, to ail Intents and Purposes what soever. as if this Act had not been passed. In addition to the CMH staled by the; gentleman from Erie 111 r. Brownj, whete millions of dollars belonging to the great Reed and Huidekoper estate have been ta ken fr.un Pnnnsylvania to New York and Ohio for investment, in consequence of our law restricting the rate ol interest, 1 have just been furnished with another. The agent of the Union mutual insurance com iiany ot Boston has just informed tue that his company hat within a year sent three hundrc I thousand dollars of insurance money collected in Pennsylvania to the West for investment where the company receive* seven or eight per cent-, because the money could not be lawfully invested here at those rales It is believed that, should this bill pass, uiony millions ofdol lars rollectcd from our people by life and fire insurance companies would be brought back and invested here, thereby increasing lo that extent the working capital of our State. The objection urged most persistently and strongly against this hill it that its passage will increase the preaept rales of | interest and thereby oppress the debtor classes, thai portion of our people which can least hear any additional burdens This result can follow only in rase our bor rower* are now paving less than the aver i nge rale of interest throughout the country. If they are. they are using tha money of others without {laying what it is really worth, and have no right to complain if the law which enable* them to take what belong* to another without making ade quate compensation should he repealed.! Certainly the Legislature ha# no right to' •ay to the owner of property or money, j "you shall not receive for the use of your! capital a* much as it is reasonably worth,: as evidenced by the experience of business men everywhere." I deny, however, thst the consequences of this legislation will ho a* alleged. I believe the passage of this act will reduce :he average rate of interest below that now leing paid throughout the Commonwealth. | This is one, though not a principal one. of mv reasons for supporting this bill. In addition ta calling home all our Penn#vl ' vanosit is made. A farmer who has on* thousand dollars, which ho does net want for a year, can deposit it in any of these hank* and receive six percent in terest, the full legal rate now allowed by law. If he is consciontiouxly opposed u> taking more than the law authorises he will always thus deposit his money, in stead of loaning it to a neigh (soring farmer or business man at the satue rate, for In putting it in bank, ho secures himself against delay, and possible expense in col lecting. Our banks loan this same money to the men in business at flam ten to twelve per cent., an averago of at least double what the real owners receive for it. If the or. tiers of this money were not re strained by law from making such con tract as they chose, n groat part of this money would be loaned by inem to the persons who need it in their business at an average of eight or nine per cent., they thereby receiving from two to three per cent, more then fliey now do for the use of their money, and the business men ob taining the money thej need at from two to ihreo per cent, less than tfcey now have to pay. The only parties it seems to me who w ill bo injured bv the passage of this bill are banks and individuals who. in dis regard of the present law, are loaning money at exorbitant rales of interest in consequence of having a monopoly of the business. I believe therefore tne passage of this act will tend rather to lower than raise the rate of interest which is now paid by* tho business men throughout tho country. I might continno this line ef argument to nlmost any extent, and show by other facts and reason* thut usury laws are nev er founded on correct principles, that they do not promote the welfare of business j communities, and never protect the intr ;esu of those peculiar classes sought to be. 1 protoctid by them; hut it U Biotttftry to 1 do so, as many of the members of this' House are equally competent with myself to understand and Illustrates this sub ject. 1 am sorry I cannot agree with the gen tleman ffom Krie (Mr. Brown] wbeisJie says be believes a large majority of the members of this House are In favor tftfn purposes (of this bill. 1 doubt vary much from the expression* 1 have heard around me whether this bill tan be paMtd at this session Hut of one thing 1 em well assured, the principles Oontained In it will finally prevail, ana if Alt Legislature is not sufficiently Imbued wffib liberal ideas to enact this measure, some future legisla ture will have the honor of doing so, and ! Pennsylvania will not be found tagging ! behind her sister Stale* in the great race <>f progress by retaining upon her statute books a law so unjuat and burdensome j a 1 mere relic ef by.gone centuries, If not of! barbarism. W. A. CUllltY, BOOT & SHOE MAKER CKJTKfr: HALL, PA. Would most respectfully inform the cit iaens of tbia vicinity, that he has started a new Hoot and Bhue Shop, and would be thankful for a share of the public patron age. ttoou and Shoe* made to order and according to style, and warrants his work te equal any made eUewhera. All kinds ef repairing done, and charges reasonable iUive him a call. feh IS ly. FURNITURE! Grand Opening FOR 1872. AT JOHN CAMP'S MILROY, whore he has opened with a very large stock of the latest styles, both fancy and common Parlor, Chamber aud Kitchen Furni ture. CHAIRS, of all All kitidi of rcMlrinf don* villi neat 1 (new and dlipatch having four food worx tuen M the bench. 1 ton prepared to do all kind* of citatum work, fine or common Thankful for put favor*, 1 hop* bp strict attention to builsMt you and everybody rite witl ahow smiling facoa at my new ware rooms. JOHN CAMP, jjaalitt A. SUSSMAN LEATHER & SHOE FINDING. iia lower room. So. 1. Both block, where | ha keep, on luind a stuck of WHITE and RED LEATHER and HARHESB. Kips and Calf Skins French and City Finish. STRING LEATHKK, SHOE FINDINGS OF FVERT DE SCRIPTION. Haw Hides BOIGIiT ANIKSOLD. Trunk# and Valise# OF ALL KINDS. RAW FURS, of all kind* bought and highest price paid. Clover and Timothy Seed always bought and on hand*. WHEAT and OATS specially bought and the higb ot Cah price paid. Go to (busman's there you can buy cheaper than elsewhere, at everybody knows, who ever dealt with him. lie let* no one off without a good bargain. Neat door (o Sustman * it the cheap dry good* establishment of Isaac Uugfenhetui cr. apAtt THE PEOPLE'S DRUG STORE. _ Next door to Wibon A Hick*' Hard ware store, Allegheny St., BELLEFONTB, PA., R. F. Rankin & Co., (Succeator* to Linn <& Wilton.) DEALERS IN PURE DRUQi* AND MEDICINES, CHEMICALS. PAINTS, OILS, DYE STUFFS, VARNISHES, BRUSH KS. f KRFT MERY, NOTIONS, AND FANCY ARTICLES FOR THE TOILET. Ac. for medicinal purposes. SHOULDER BRACEB, TRUSSES A SUPPORTERS in great variety^ Also, Choice CIGARS AND TOBACCO, and all other articles usually hept in first class Drug Store, PRESCRIPTIONS CAKKFU T COMPOUNDED. tf.ljun* K. F. BAN KIN A 00. BOSTON Boot & Shoe Store! I A NEW ESTABLISHMENT With New 6oods & New Prices! Having determined t > encase in business at th j place, wo hare opened up in Room NO 5 BI'SH'S ARCADE, BELLEFONTE, PA., the largest, most complete and cheapest stock of BOOTS, BHOES, GAITERS, SLIP PERS, &L\, that hat ever been opened up in thit part of the State. At our store yon can iind in the Boot and Shoe line Anting V7nnlt from the finest boot to the cheapest slip per, and we know if you once call and EXAMINE OUR STOCK AND PRICES. you will concede that it is to your interest to purchase from us. WE HELL AT BOSTON BATES. MfKtt I. , MtKIXQII. A. C. MPHIL MILLHEIM MARBLE WORKS. New J-irm—New Kotarprae. DEININGER d RUSSER, (Succaeaor* to B. O. Dtiaiaaaa) y* w "" ld •* rlectft,lly Inform the j ' fi"* ukn r hr( of d,urcoMft ' wtablUbmanL and propoM to carry on the *ame under ra- IH'WMJ autpice*. .rler" y b ** # ° n * nd wnl roftk * *° MONUMENTS. OOUCHKH. TOM lis * . "KADNTUNKM w"e n3r ujTi b, l! w,d " P ri We UM the beet grade* of mwble- ITALIAM. CAKAIA, , A MtaiTA* HTATUAir, : n 0 d rk?/o„r^ri^ •Sy*" 1 1 Uridfe ' Mii,h * |m J. ZELLER dr SON DRUGGISTS No 6 Jlrockcrhoff Kow, BeJlefeote.Pa Dealer. la Drug*, 4 beml rata, Irrfumrry, fancy liooda Ac., KCe Pure Wine* and Liquor* for medical purpota* al way kept may 11. T2. Y . AIIAO* THOMAH A HICKA. H AKDWAHK STORKII ~ WILSON d UJCKS, O ItoiiefonUu Pa. 3 ttf (Huccawor* to lowin a WILAOS.j £ £ Ketperifully inform the ciuxen* of ft I „ Centre and other countiee, that they " < hare one of the laraeet and beet ee- 2 ft. lectedelock of Haroware to be found ®j J of Iron, Steel, Mailt. X B°reßhoea Are la Spring Wagon < Skein* and Bote*, Complete etocc of > larpenter tool* and builder* hard- C "1 ware, look*, oil*, paint*, git**. rar- o owhee, brukhee, cucumberpnmp*and ?* < tubing. Lamp* af all kind*, .ceie*, Z. 2 cutlery, £ WOOD AXD WILLOW WARE * Pull line of aaddlery and coach ma ker* good*, wood work for baggie* and wagon*, plough*, harrow*, culti y taiar* and grindntonea. Looking "I -j glatee* and mirror plate*. Picture -* frame* made to order. They alao K J5 hare the celebrated nook More, "C o SUSQUEHANNA, £ x ererv one warranted to gire perfect 2 ** *ati#faction All kind* of p*rW "* „ tore*. We are determined to eell e < at the lowe*t price* for each, or on X Sm *hort credit—not to exceed three 5 * month*. Call and •# u*. a* we take 5 IM pleakure in the wing our good*. < WILSON A liICKS 2 > marlOtf. Bellefonte, Pa. J a > as "B b| ii Gift Sc Flory's New Shoe Store ! AT CENTRE II ALL. . They hare now opened, and will conatani y keep on hand, a *piendid flock of new >UOl&. OAITKKS, A SLIPPERS, for men, w omen and children, from the beat manufactorie* in the country, and now of fered at the Lowest Prices. BOOTS and SHOES made to order, upon *hort notice They inrite the people of ithi* vicinity to gire them a call, a* they will atrire to merit a *hare of their pat ronage. mylOif PURXITUBX STORE. 1 ioo* BELOW llorrxa'a BELLEFONTE. PA. GEORGE & BRYAN, Dealer in /uaw3 *r y a £ OE ALL KIMJS, BEDSTE A DS. TABLES. CHAIILS. Parlor and Chamber Seta, SOFAS, LOUNGES, BUREAUS, WASHSTANDS, WARDS )B£S. MATTRXSSU, to. Particular Attention to Ordered Work. REPAnUKG DQXK PROMPTL T. C.\UERTAKL\G, In All Its H ranches, MKTALIC, IfAUfCT, ROSEWOOD, ARD OCR HON CASKETS, Always on Haad. and PuneraU Attended! Will an Elacaattieane. apAtf-l 1 Stoves! Fire! Stov's! At Andy Reesman's, Centre Hail, are latest and beat Hove* out, be baa jual received a large lot of Cook Stoves, the Pioneer Cook, the Eclipse Cook, the Reliance Cook. PA BLOBS—The Radiant Light, aelf-fee der, OM Burner, National Eg*, Jewell. Ac. cell* *tovcia aa LOW aa anywhere in Mifflin or Centre co. TIN AND SHEETIRON WARE The undersigned hereby informs the citisens of Pennvalley that ne baa pur chased the Tin*hop heretofore carried on by theC. H. Mr* Co., and wilt continur the tamo, at the old stand, in all Its branch | ca, in the manufacture of STOVE PIPE * sporrurc. All kind* of repairing dons. Hs hsa always on hand Fruit Cans, of all Sites, BUCKETS. CUPS, DIPPERS, DISHES, AC. All work warranted and chargos reason able. A share of the public patronage so licited AND KKKSMAN, 'iaepTOv Centre Hall , New Clothing Store A. STERNBERG, engaged to manage for I. L. Reisena In, in the corner bnilding, opposite Hotter* •tore, Bellefonte, has established a new | Clothing Store where the beat bargains in { | the county are offered. $7.50 to sls for Suits of the fln i est Cassimere. HATS, CAPS nd a foil and complete assortment of ev ery thing in the line of Clothing. Cent's Furnishing Ueoda all directly from their own manufactory. Also. Jewelry, Watches, Ac. They have engaged their old clerk, Mr. A. Sternberg, eo well known to the people, and who will be pleased to see nis old friends. ap&tf. Piece good* of every description, sold low to enable everybody to have his cloth ingmade to order. CRN TKBHALL HOTKL. JOHN Sl* A XULKK, Proprietor. Stages arrive and depart daily, for all points, north, south, east and west AD AM HELD, PAINTER,ITS offer* his service* to the citizens of Mifflin Centre and adjoining counties, in Honse, Sign and Ornmenaial Painting. GRAINING Oak, Walnut, Maple. Ash, Mahogony, Ac. PlfUt and Fancy Paperbanglng. Or ders respectfully solicited. _ AU fine work dona for other painters. NEW pisooveit Dr. OABVDf TAB REIERIM Cur* rHt?niwtlon. Dr.fiiRVIVM TAB RCI VVtVM Care Catarrh. Dr.GAKVI.YI TAK I. * Cure Asthma. Or .Litlt VI % TR REXCMRI Cure Heart Dftnettne. Dr. LiAKVIVN TAU UF.nEDIEI Cure Mltin DHeawea. Dr. (JABVMH TAU BCIEDIKM Regulate the Liver. Dr.BARVINI TAB REMEDIED Regulate theDConuicbaad ftowrl* Dr. <;.4HVI.V TAB REMEDIED Core all I'rnulc Wealtneww. Dr. BABVITt TAB RCEEDIEI Purify the Bleed- > Dr. UARVTII TAB RCEEDIIM Cut* Dterane* of (Be Threat. Dr.BABVI.VE TAB BEN EDI EE Care B roar hit I*. Dr. CI ABVIVE TAB BEMEDIEE Ci "Raw Caß'w "HsyPwrw' Dr. CiABVI.VE TAB REMEDIES Cure I.ustft Dlwravo w Dr.tiAUVITS TAB BEBEDIEB COD ( on^tipntkm. Dr.Ci iKVIVR TAR REECDIES Cum halt Bheaax. Dr. UABVITS TAB REMEDIES If w IlfgeTiu Lttfp ib ics w i j ftpimmrt. Dr. OABVITS TAB REMEDIES Pwwat Cholera A Fcllew Fewer Dr. UARVITS TAB REMEDIES f l'rarcaeMalai-leao Fererm. '• Dr. (iAUVIMMI TAB REMEDIES Remmre Pttla In the BrtttM. * Dr. Ci AKVI.VS TAB REMEDIED Reaaore Paia in the DMe er Back. Dr. VABTTVD TAB REMEDIED Are a hupcrior Teair. Dr. BABVLVS TAB REMEDIES Beta* the Appallr. Dr. CiABVS.VD TAB REMEDIED Caoaa the Foad la DSRent. Dr.ttAHVIV* TAR BEMEDIED Rmtore the Weak and Debilitated Dr. OARIITB TAB BEMEDIED Om Taae to Year hywteai. i L r. HYDE Sl CO., wit rsorcusTOßk 193 Meccatr Ape* New York. deel!T2y Furniture Rooms! J. 0. DKIBIBtiER, raapecu uily inform* the citUea# f t>o .r county, thai he ha* constantly on Land 4d make* to order, ell kinds et BEDSTEADS, BUREAUS, SINK.&. WASHSTANDS, CORNER CUFBOABI*ff TABLES. Ac., Ac UOME MADE Cattti Anwar* ox na> Hi* stock ofready-made Furniture ialar* end warranted of works,*nhi|> and . a ell made under hit own immediate tup* rv i tioa, end ia offered et rntee ea cheep eaelae where. Thankful for peal favor*, he eotiv ita e continuance of the name. Call and a hie stock Before purckaair elaewkere. apiffdi'l v Chas. H. Held, Clelt, Wairhaakrr A Jer.< • Millheim, Centre eo., Peooa. Respectfully inform* hi* friend* and th public in geqersL that ha ha* juat opened at hi* new establishment, above A lei an der"* Store, end kaepe constantly on bend ell kind* of Clock*, Wetches end Jevrelr* of the letoet eko the Maranvilk Patent Calendar Clock*, provided with r complete index of the month, end day <.* the month and week on Ita (bee, which ia warranted a* a perfect time-keeper. tea. Clock* Watch ea aad Jewelry re paired on abort notice and warranted top 1 I'M; I p Sriewt am Ike Admntt. C. H. Guteilus, Bnrgeoii and Mechanical Dentist who i* permanently located in Aeronsbwrg in the ofllce formerly occupied by I)r. Ned, and who haa been practicing with entire tucceaa—having the experience of e number of year* in the profesatoa, be would cordi ally invite all who have a* yet not giver him a call, to do ae, and teat the irutMu 1 i cm of tbi* assertion. marTecib extracted without pale. maySffißtf f pilk un.icr*.gi,ed. determined to met the X popular demand for Lower Trice*, re spectfully call* the attention of the public to his stock of. SADDLERY, now offered at the old stand. Designed es pccialiv far the people and tho time*, the lar gest and moat varied and complete assort mnt of Saddles, Harnese, Collars, Bridle*, of every description and quality*; Whs pa, aad ia fact everything complete to a first clam establish meat, he now offer* at price* . which will suit the time*. JACOB DINGES. Ceatrvßall VSJTS~F\ POTTKR, Attaraey at Lew' O Collection* promptly made and specie attention given to lbo*e having land* or property for sale. Will draw up and have acknowledged Deeds. Mortgage* Ac. Of ice ia tke diamond, north aide of the c ourt hou*e. Bellofonto. octafOßtf BEEBT naOCKKBBOPF, t P SBUKBT. President. Csakier. QINTRE COUNTY BANKING CO (Late Mtllikcn, Hoover A Co.) RECEIVE DEPOSITS, ■ And Allow Interest, Discount Notes, Government Securities, Gold si-u ** ' aplfftttf Cmtgona. AS. M'MAMnH Attorney H Law .asnpily attends to all be ineaa entreated to him. ju!a,6Btf DP. FOKTNEY, Attorney at Law • Bellefonte, Pa. OlKce over Key nold a bank. • mavlt'thf * a. *. M'ALLUTEB, auu Y EA\ SfI'AIUSYS© & ©2^25? A TTORXErS-A T-LA W, Bellefonte, Centre Co., Penn'a. apCßtf a. orris. c. T. ALEXAXUEB ORVIB A ALEXANDER, Attorneya-st-lsw. Office inConrsd House Bellefonte, Ps. , . . J - ; p GEPHART, with Orvi* A Alexander, attends to eollec- in the Orphan's Court. ILLER'S HOTEL, Woodward, Pa Stages arrive and depart usily. favorite hotel is now in every respect one of the most pleasant country hotels in central Pennsylvania. The traveling com munity will always find the best accoinmo* lat ion. Drovers can at all times be accom modated with stables and pasture for any number of cattle or horeee. ]ulyß'66tf . GEO. MILLER. EW HARDWARE STORE! J. 4 J. HARRIS. NO. 6, BROCKERHOFF BOW k new and cotnplote Hardware Store has Seen opened by the undersigned inßrock erhofTs new building—wheretheyare pre pared to sell all kinds ofßuildingandHoutt Furnishing Hardware, Iron, Steel, Nails. „P?gKy wheels in setts, ChampirnClothes Wringer, Mill Saws, Circular and Hand Saws, Tennon Saws, WebbSawa, leeCrean b reezers, Bath Tubs, Clothes Racks, a ful assortment of Glass and Mirror Plate of al: sixes. Picture Frames, Wheelbarrows, Lamps, Coal Oil Lamps, Belting, Spokes. Pel loes.and Hubs,Plows,Cultivators, Corn Plows, Plow Points, Shear Moid Boards and Cultivator Teeth, Table Cutlery, Shov els, Spades and Forks, Locks, Hinges SOMWS, Sash Springs, Horse-Shoes, Nsili Norway Bods. Oils. Lard, Lubricating, Coal, Linseed, Tsnnera. Anvils, Vices, Bel •?*•> Screw PUtos, Blacksmiths Tool*. Factory Bells, House Bolls, Dinner Belli, Gong Bells, Tea Bells, Grindstones, (3s rpen