HiUll , f ffi*.l - rSBD.KUKTZ Editor. Centre Hall, Pa., Jan.L>. I* S| * TERM*.—$2 per prat■, \ > odrn.-r, 3,* wAen not pnid * odranee. Advertisement* V wr (in't. Mrftow*. 13 *o"fA* *."•'• <■{! cow/racl. ... Fomeroy the briber and late radi cal senator of Kanaea, ha* for filed hi* bail: A Topaka dispatch says the case of ex Senator Pomeroy for hi i bery came up for trial ycrlerday. Application for a contiuuance oftweu ty days was denied by the court. Mr. Pomeroy not appearing hit #20,000 bail was declare*! forfeited. Ihe gov ernor will issue a requisition *u (he governor of the District of Columbia and amessenger will leave with it in twentv-fbur hours. The buugliug maimer in which Wade was recently executed at Wi!'- iamsport, had its repetition iu the Hudson county, N. J., jail, at the ex ecution of Jacob Michel la. a Russian teaman, for the murder of Deputy Marshal Steveoaon, iu July last. Af ter Michel la had been hanging for about three minutes, and while ocing lowered for the convenience of the physicians, the knot slipped and he fell heavily to the ground. As rapid. IT as possible the rope was readjusted, and Michella was again suspended, and aAer a few convulsions was de clared dead. The lioihchiids, twelve in number, are worth about one thousaud million dollars. Ugh, who'd have the bother of taking care of it? Gov. Hartranft appeared at the bar ot the senate, on Friday, 9lh, and took the oath to support the new Con stitution. The members of the senate and house were also again sworn in, under the new Constitution. The members of the legislature, fot the present session, were doubly sworn —ouce on Tuesday of last week under the old constitution, a few days after which the Governor issued his procla mation declaring the uew Constitu tion, when the honorables were again sworn in in accordance with its uew and atom oath. We thiok the people ought to feel safe now —however if any of the honorables are so hard hear:ed as to still follow their old wavs, why then we would advise an addition of the Delaware whipping post, and if that don't do, let the peo ple fall back to the old Jewish cus tom, and stone the offenders to death. Another outrage is about to be committed by the party iu power. At tha receut election in Texas, the dem ocrats swept the state by 50,000 ma jority, electing governor and all else This does not suit the buck-shot-war tribe at Washingtou, whose history is so full of setting aside elections a* if none had beeu held. The voice of the people of Texas is tube disregard ed by tbe radical malcontents, upon the ground that the election was un constitutional. The movement has been set on foot iu Texas with the assurance, it is said, that the adminis tration at Washington will support it with all its power. This is the Lou isianna outrage repeated in the "lone star" state —it is the tyranny that has been practiced upon every southern state that has dared to go in favor of the democratic party, and is the same spirit which inaugurated the buck shot-war in Pennsylvania under the lead of Thad Stevens, in 1837. Tiiis is a favorite game of the radical par ty, and the one by which it has main tained itself in power. If this out rage is now to be carried out upon Texas, the people of that state have the right to resist it, and the conse quences will be upon the usurper* who disregard the voice of the peo j pic. The democrats of the loner house honored the member from this coun ty, Mr. Orvis, with their unanimous vote for speaker. This is a well-de served compliment in view of the distinguished services rendered by our representative last winter as a mem ber of the same body, as the leader of democracy, honesty and wholesome reform. Centre county is proud of her member, he is au honor to his constituents, aud the slate at large is vastly benefitted by his clear lieaded nees, sound aud quick judgement, and ability as a speaker, and espe cially foriuuate that he brings all these noble qualities in untiring use for the rights and interests of the people, first, last, and all the time. Under the new order of thing* 4.0 be inaugurated by the adoption of u new Constitution, who is more titling to i e a representative during so important a session as the present one, than John H. Orvis? What a loss it would have been to have defeated him, aud what a discreditable error had not the honest people of Centre county re turned him, as they so nobly did, with a largely increased majority. His superior for genuine ability, correct views, sound logic, integrity and de votedness to the public good, is not to be found at Ilarrishurg. The chief justice business is settled at last. The President shocked the entire country by the nomination of the notorious Williams, for this high and sacred position, and obstinately stuck to it, in spite of the loud mur merings of the American people, who felt deeply insulted by the nomination of the third rate Oregon lawyer. The senate would not confirm Williams, and he was compelled to send in a letter withdrawing his name, which is as follows: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, WASHING TON, D. C., January 8, 1874.-—To the Pres ident: SIB : You were kind enough, without my soli, itation or *n> knowledge 1 on tov part that yon emti>mfl(tel such ■ thing, to nominal*- mo lor chief Justice of the Suprama Court of the t inted Mate Since ihst limo the floodgates of calumny in all direction* have been opened upon me. My nbUitia* have heen disparaged :,nd my integrity brought in i|uaStlon, and it seems to me that a public opinion ad-' verte to my appointment hat heen created, j which might hereafter embarrass you and. perhaps impair my usefulness upon the bench With a perfect consciousness that 1 have performed with clean hand* and an, upright purpo-e all the duties of the \ari -1 ou* public place* to which ! lm*e been | called, and trusting to time ami a ju-l pub j lie when belter informed of my vindica-j j lion. I respectfully ak you to with raw from the senate my nomination for chief I justice. GKO It. WILLIAMS. President Grant ha* HOW nominated Caleb Cuehing. a gentleman who is eminently worthy the exalted place, aud whose nomination will be endors ed by the couutry. We are willing to give Mr. Grant credit fur this, al ! though he u forced into it. -w-w t _ The etlecU of the new Constitution; |are alrtauy noticed in the absence of the lobbyists. They did not makej | their accustomed appearance at Har rithurg, Th* new Coiiililuliou has robbed these follow* of their trade, ; | and it ain't worth railroad fair for I them to take charge of the legislature J j auy more —played out. ♦ —- Why Tea and Coffee Must bo Tax-1 ed In a letter from a Washiugton cor . respondent to a leading paper we find a few of the reasons why Congress is asked to levy uew taxes. Tea and ' codec, tobacco and all k iuds of liquors > are nieutioned as the proper articles - for more taxaiiou. Iu the first place the expenses of I the Executive department have beeu i doubled during the preueut admiuis j (ration. In iB6O the appropriations .' made in the regular Legislative, | Executive and Judicial bill for the ' Executive office duriug the year , i 1367 —the last of Johnson's aduinie tratiou—were as follows : Compenaa j lion of the President, $25,000; salaries • of private secretary, assistant secretary clerks, stewaid and messenger $6,100, I contingent expenses, $4,000 totql $36,100. This year the estimates for the same are ; Compensation of the Presideut, $"i0,000; salaries of private secretaries, clerks, strvvurvi and mess r enger, $15,300; contingent expenses, i {56,000; total $71,300. The duties ol r | the President are to-day no greater r ' than they were iu lst>7, and the | amount of business to be transacted jiu his office requiring the services ol secretaries, etc., has not increased. Re 'i sides the above, the following aie I additional appropriations for the , White House during the current f year: For greenhouse of exeutive man siou, SIOXOO ' j For fuel for same, 5,000 i i For repairs ot same, 15,000 . i For refurnishiug same, 10,000 I For improvement of grounds South of executive mansion, 10,000 j For two policemen, 2,040 | For two doorkeepers, 2,400 j For usher, 1,200 ; j For night watchman, 900 d For furnace keeper. 720 1 Total for one year. $55,000 Twenty years ago, members of the Cabinet, if they rode at all, had their own carriages and horses. Now not 1 only Cabinet officers, but their subor t dinates. have yehHes and horses ■ furuuhed and kept at public expenses even their drivers and footmen are kept on the official rolls and paid out 1 of the national treasury. The twrnra tary of the Treasury has one carriage i j and one span of horsas furnished ami • kept by ilia government. The two assistant secretaries of the treasury - have each a horse and carriage. The 'Commissioner of Internal Revenue has one double and one single car riage and a span of horses. The { appointment clerk has a horse and carriage. The superintendent of the treasury building, an officer unknown tn the law, has one carriage, one j buggy and one horse. The su pervising architect ha* one horse and carriage. There are in addition five horses and two wagon* belong-. I ing to the Treasury department and are chiefly employed for the private benefit of certain officials. The ex pense of keeping up this horse busi ness for the Treasury department alone last year was nearly $12,000. : There are seven messengers at a sala | ry of S6O per month whose ouly duty :is to drive these officials around iu 'carriages provided by Uncle Sam. The other departments are nojbetter. There are said to be several hundred thousand dollars of tbe government money annually squandered in sup plying these luxuries to the depart menta. In the accounts of the Treasury de partment it will be found that in a single year $9,000 were expeuded for carpets, and over $3,000 for ice at a cent a pound, amounting to nearly 1,000 pounds a day. It is alleged that private ice and gas bills of offi cer* of the department are charged to the government account —that is, no bills are sent to certain officers. A ' national laundry is maintained at the i same department, and the pay roll i of the employees in this novel insti- i tution averugts over $335 |er month ) The gns hill of the Treasury building < for 1872 was $17,879,20, while th I fuel to heat it was $8,720,62. It < seem* that various articles which in ' common household use last for years I cannot stand the wear and tear of I public service more than one season. !< lake, for instance, water coolers, t In 1871 the Treasury department was furnished with $527 75 worth of water coolers, and in 1872 then was expended for the same articles . $616 37. The wear and tear on |( towels must be something fearful. . The report of tho superintendent of Treasury building shows that for . hemming towels there was paid in 1873 $350, while the material cost <, $1,410. The richest item, however. to he found in the superintendent's report is the following: .< March, 1872. „ M Dermolt & Bros., repairs to .< wheelbarrow, $32 75 Hundreds and thousands of such e leaks might be published. They ] show with what economy the govern rnent is managed at Washington, and ( prove that while the people are pay- tt ing taxation upon almost everything e they eat, drink, wear and.use, in the % belief tiiat they are paying ofl'the n national debt, the officeholders are |, living in luxury and filling their pockets with the money thus raised ; while the debt is increasing instead of diminishing. A scandal lias occurred in Washington owing to a disagreement between Fred Grant and Donn Piatt growing out of •oma expressions in the Capital about Mrs Grant's holding receptions so soou after her father's death. Fighting; Joe Hookc • on The t'lirlstinn Soldier. Howard. A repot ter of the Nw \*ik Sun reoeutiy had a couversat'ou with (Jen- Joseph Hooker, concerning the fallen radical christian soldier sn*l s.ntes man,(Jen. O. O. Howard "I have no desire to strike uuiari who it down or who at lea.t is vert I rapidly tailing," said the General, "Rut t can assure you that these new i development* in relation in him have i, not altered nv *piniii *l the man, | Although I Itad not known him us a j : speculator, I was well aware >l hi*; •iinherent hypocrisy. And he is such a profound t. hrietian, ton! Why, down ' iu the ariuy- when 1 * iu corn-1 maud of the Army of (lie Potomac, ami ho had the Eleventh t-oriw un der me —be was full to overflowing I with bis miserable cant. Now, nobo idy bus marc respect for genuine L'hruUiauily ihau 1, and I would be slow; to doubt the genuineness of any man's piety; but Howard bus always : beeu a downright hypocrite Do you • know sir, that he read ouce about an English General—l dou'l recall the j naiuc at this moment —ami he at once i j settled down into an imitation of that II character. lie lias been playing a pari, sir, with a view to e.iablishing himself as an eminent Christian. iiej used to keep hit tent hung with reli- gious motoes, so as to catch the ei *a of . visitors. Rah! it was all preteuce. , lie is ua more a Chriatiau than my , hov James Why. sir, all tho while 1 thai he was maintaining these preteu jsions of jiiety he was backbiting his fellow olbcers, and trying to under mine them iu my estimation. Gen jSlocum was a feilow ror|>* comntauder viand against him Howard directed I much of his venom. At last I told s him 1 would listen to no more of his 1 whisperings about his fellow officers — • that ifhe had charges to make they • mutt be preseuted to tue iu writing, us I had determined t > put a stop to his f uusoidierlike spying. I was satisfied ■i then, and certainly have now no rea -1 sun to change my opinion, that he was s playing a part in the army, and that . hit seiublauce of piety was | c to cover and help ou his selfish pur-j r poses As an officer he was totally 1 incompetent, and his incompetency - affected the tone of his corns. He s was a perfect old woman, and paid f more atteution to Sunday schools and • prayer meetings thau to discipline. I.lle is a bad man, sir, a bad man." r ♦- ? The Animal Kingdom. •ii'ROrcseOß MORSE'S LECTURE AT THE , 1 COOPER INSTITUTE* Professor Morae was very favorably r received by the audience. He said, ® in the four lectures that he was to deliver ho should attempt a sketch ' of the auimal kingdom, and should adopt the four divisions of Cuvier, e uot that he believed in them, but that c by doing so he thought he should be ' more readily understood. When it was considered that there weie four or five huudred thousand species of ' animals it would seem as though ' there must be almost interminable d complexity ; but bv the labors of • naturalists these had been embraced in a few distinct types or great groups i d where there was a sufficient reseru-' 1 blauce, or where the parts were so Ijrnucb alike as to admit or correct d classification, auJ where if you saw d a fragment of one auimal you could I restore the whole animal with suffi cient distinctness to tell to which ' group it belonged. It was related of f Cuvisr that be could restore complete r the outline of a fish from a single t scale; but this had never been done, - but yet it could be sufficiently restor i ed to kuow- to what animal it belong-! ed. For instance, if one saw a large - shoulderboue he would know it IK-. t longed to a large animal like a lion > - perhaps; but whether that animal had j > a name or a long or a short maue ■ I could not be told. In illustration the ' > Professor drew upou the blackboard a ! ■ representation of a stick of a certain ! i shape, and then with a few dexterous i • strokes of his chalk a perfect form of j - a chair appeared. Continuing, be ? said in the present lecture he would commence with the lowest form of • animal life or protoplasm, and upon I this he would be very brief. If a s rope was drawn up from tba bottom of theea there would be found ad • hering to it a- kind of slimy ooze, i which examined by the microscope j would be found to consist of minute I particles like little drons of glue, and ! yet it would be found that these min ute particles were living organisms, . and if a drop of blood was drawn from . the human body and examined the same appearances would be found there, showing that from the highest to the lowest all life commenced at protoplasm and that muscle had no . power to produce muscle or boue, and . that this prtoplasm might thus be termed the common denominator of life. From this the Professor pro ceeded to the successive higher forms, the coral builders or sea anemoues, from them to the jelly fish aud lastly to the star fish, illustrating upon the black b ectfully, HOIIKUTJ FISHKH. Hull. Joint II Orvi* The democratic members of the house paid a merited compliment to a distinguished democrat in voting for the Hon. John 11. Orvir, of Centre county, for speaker. Mr. Orvia served the state with great ability in the last legislature, an>! was recognized as the leader ofhis part/ iu the house. The services and experience of Mr. Orvts will be of the highest importance in shaping the general legislation ren dered necessary under the new consti tution.— Morning Patriot. The Surveyor-General's Report. Surveyor-General lienllt presents a clear and interesting account of the operations of his office for the year ending November 30, 1873. In relation to its finance*, the report shows the total receipts of the office for purchase money, fees, <£c., to be $55,615.43, an increase of $7,460 over 1872, and larger in amount than for any year since 1838, excepting the years 1864 and 1870. 939 patents were issued during the year, covering 153,845 acres. The notices of liens served during the year embrace 168,000 acres, against which (he State has claims amouutiug to $66,773. Notices to be served on others are being made out as rapidly as possi ble. On account of tbe financial trou bles, and in order not to unnecesaarily disturb the people of the State, the matter of bringing suits against laud owners for money due the Common wealth for unpatented lands has becu postponed for the present. It is be lieved the effort of tki* policy will be to iuduceSlate debtors to liquidate the claims against tbem as fast as possible. If the suits were pushed, great loss would fall upnn hundreds of people in the State. In connection with this matter the Surveyor-General urges all owuers of unpatented lands to make prompt paymeut therefor to the State, and perfect title by appli cation for patent, thus saving interest accruing as well as cost of suits. Land owners need better protection from those who mako it a business to search for defects iu the title held by iodi viduals. Application for proceedings in such cases is made at places where the real owners of the land cannot immediately have knowledge of the movement, and as a matter of course, expeusive litigation is imposed upon citizens to vindicate their titles and hold their property. As a cure for thia evil the Surveyor-General recom mends that the witness, as to the land being improved or not, should be o resident of the immediate vicinity of tiie laud applied for, and that at least thirty days notice should he required by publication in one or more papers of the ceunty of the fact of the application, with a description of the land its location, and bound aries. It is incumbent upon the State to protect the owuers of laud from the arts, tricks and machina tions of men who would use the quibble* of the law for unworthy purposes and hence the importance of the facts and suggestions put forth by the Surveyor-General upon this point. It is held that the course mapped out by the Surveyor-General in re lation to the better protection of land owners will not iu any way interfere with applications for vacant lauds made in good faith, and in cases where the lands belong to othars it will enable them to caveat agaiust tbe issue of a warrant as well as to perfect uuy defect shown to exist, and thus put them in a proper position. As a still further step iu the same direction an extension of the pre-emp tion right is suggested by the Sur veyor General, which will cover all cleared lands acluully used by the Carty in (tossi-Mion, and fiir which e pay* tuxes, but by oversight or waut of knowledge has failed to per fect title by warrant and survey. | GOV IIAKTHANFTS MESH AOK I Finnttcos. It I# gratifying to observe that malty of ( tin* mustsubstantial securities in the mar ltf>i worn mora or less depra.sed during the recent piinii', the finances of.llie Slate vera unshaken, exhibiting unmitaknbt* i - ' Jsncr of Ilia liability of the State credit The following •tHtriuent, showing their satisfactory condition. will challenge at tention Debt redeemed. During the fiscal year ending Nov. SO, ih:s Si i |>er cent loan I,iUIB,BUI 00 FIV |ier l ent loan . lot, ll'.' to t'hnnibursburg certificates ... 42.760 '-'I Total $1,604,072 70 Heceipta. During the fiscal year ending Novem ber lit), DCS Hal in Treat'ry, Nov SO, '72 1.482,466 61 Baoaipia 7.070,723 •.< Total „... 8,66#, 170 HI Dieburaemeuta. Dutiug fiscal year ending November SO, i 1873 Ordinary *i|-ons. $3,066,3'^07 Loan* redeemed.. 1.6tt4,672 70 lilt, paid OH loam 1,663,U29 20 _ 6,734,027 67 Hal in treasury, Nev 80, 1573 4,826,151 24 Public Debt— Funded Debt. Six per cent. loans'JO 640.680 00 Five per cent loan* 4.872.864 01 Four and half per cent loam 87,000 00 Uit funded Debt. Relief notct in cir dilation 06,249 CO Interest certificate* outstanding 13,1>40 02 Interest certificate* unclaimed 4,448 38 Domestic creditor*' certificate* 44 67 t'banibertburg cer tificate* out.land ing 84,029 64 C'hambertburg cer tificate* unclaimed 267 22 Tdal public debt Nov. 30, 1878 26,70,82l 94 liuude iu Sinking Fund. Amount brought forward..., $26,798,8.'! '>4 tiond* of the Perm'a R K company $6,700,08U 00 B-nd* of the Allegheny val ley R R 2.600,000 00 9,200,000 00 Cash in Treat ury Nov. SO, ! 1873 1,827,161 24 Indebledii*.* un provided f0r.... 14.778,670 70 j In 1874 liie receipt* from all tource* will' be $1,M1,000 lo* tbau the receipt* of 1873. while the expenditure* will not be dimin r i*l,r J. Tbit lot* of revenue i* largely dm ' to the repeal of taxes bearing heavily up- r. the industrial intere*!* of the Ccmrnon- I wealth, and partly to the prostration of ? business The receipt* of 1875 may bci t about tbe same as thote of 1874, but the' expenditure* will be greater, owing to tbe > • additional outlay necesiary for acbools, r Legislature and Judiciary, under tbe new > Conflitulion, which will then be in full! t force. Notwithstanding this enormous: decrease in th# receipt*, and increase In) , expenditure*. it it hoped and believed. , that by the m*t .rigid economy in every branch of the governtuent.and moderate appropriations, the revenue* in the future • ill be vufTicient to meet all the demands on tbe Treasury, and leave a balance to reduce tbe indebtedness of tbe Stale, a* re qui rod by tba Constitution lam in ac-, cord with lhu*e who believe a* the debt, decreait* there should he a corresponding | relief afforded lo thote intort*U that bear the burden of taxation; but at ibbjuncture • 1 would regard any further reduction ufi the revenue# as unwu*. In our !i*t of ! taxes, however, may be that ' are net strtctiy ' uniform upon the *ame 1 elan of subjects," and very unfair in their ' operation,*ar.d I think, therefore, a revi ■ tion of our tix la(i* now desirable if net necessary. In compliance with the constitutional amendment of 1867, tbe I-cgislalur* in lhot< i created a linking fund for the payment of - the interest of the Slut* debt, end fur an! - annual reduction of the principal in a sum' not lest tiian $260,010 par annum. In ad-j dtllon to tbe securities designated by the l amendment.|lbe revenue* arising from car , tain taxes were assigned 10. this fund. I From that time, each succeeding year,'.the interest en the debt ha* been punctually paid, and the portion of principal redeem-: ! ed, instead of amounting to $250,(M0, has grown to the immense sum of one to two millions per year. The reason is a simple one Th* revenue* set apart for the sink ing fund, by the natural giuwlh af these special taxes, have become annually much larger, while tbe amount required to he pa I on account of interest, by reason of, the rapid decrease of the public debt, has every year become smaller, and iu this way the annual credits to the sinking fund have swollen to proportions never contem plated by the original friends of the meas ure. A* an illustration, it is simply neces sary to say that the reveni'ct flowing to this Hind were last year over half the en tire income of the Stale, or $3,500.00(1, while only $1,500,000 were needed to pay interest on the debt. In the meantime, the annual revenues allotted for general purpose* have been lest tban the amount of the annual appropriations of the Legis lature, ahd the Legislature never having made provision for the difference by a re construction of the revenue*, it became necessary for tie Trea.urer to pay tbe de ficencies of appropriations out of tbe fund* properly due to the sinking fund er *u*-, pond payment. This condition of affairs) places the Sinking Fund Commissioners in an anomalous position, from which it is maiufest'y the duly of the Legislature to relieve them. The Centennial. The progress ol the work of preparation fur the Centennial is rt-alixing fully the expectations of our people The distin guished gentlemen charged with th# de tail* of this vast undertaking are striving r.ealously, with great intelligence and in dustry, to perfect all the arrangements in a manlier commensurate w ilh the impor tant and conspicuous position our Repub lic occu pies among the nations of tho earth. A becoming regard for th* dignity and honor of the country, we can hope, will now induce the General Government, and all the Stales, lo extend to the Commis sion such material aid a* will secure this enterprise from every possibility ot failure. The city of Philadelphia, whose generos ity, in different ways, in behalf of the Cen tennial, has elicited commendation from all quarters, ceded to the Commission an eligible sit* in the midst ol her beautiful park, whereon the the proposed building for the exhibition, tho plant of which have been adopted, are to be erected. This tile was formally transferred and dedicated to its special uses on the 4th of July last, in the presence ola large concourse of citi xent. Upon that occasion proclamation of the President was made, wherein the celebration and exhibition were commend ed i the people ef the United States, and a c ordial invitation given to all nations who may be pleased to take part there in. The New Constitution having been ap proved by a very decided majority of the people, it is expected that all citixens will yield cheerful obedience to iti behests, and unite to strictly and faithfully enforce its provisions. As ouch day's expedience reveal* the methods of administmtion, the conviction grows stronger in my mind that good gov-, eminent depend* not so much upon writ ten laws as upon the ill-position of the people to comply with the demands of the' laws, slid I lie dstsr iniiistioll of those del.* Mated to i'. mm If them, to ,. that their mandates are onforced Kefnrm, it will be Com nlsd. i mi not tin olitaiiirit by nine tin •tilutioiial enactment, nor by surrounding otitis, slid tru.te with additional re straints. Soldiciw' Orphans. No ml of ths Mtsie ever leuursi her' utefo bmisr than that whieh plsdgsd her |n .|iis to (lis eers and adulation of the orphans of ths soldisre who fell in hsr esr vice, slid no |>uil of hsr itoliry has reflect ed eo much credit Upon her people as the fidelity with which they have been re deeming that promise. The generosity which former Legislature, have display ed in providing for the maintenance and instruction of theso orphans will now, 1 am pcr.uadrd, bespeak fur them like con sideration and favor I feel constrained also to renew my proposition that suiae measure should be taken to furnish these ii biidtt-ii with trades Hoard of Public Charities During the past year the gentlemen composing the il.iard of Public Charities have fulfilled the important trust couimil led to their rare with their wonted fidelity and seal The results of their laborsj clearly demonstrate that true philantiirv phy, well guarded and directed, can be of great practical service to the Slate. The numbers of the criminal, pauper, •mane and other defective classes that are in some degree dependent on public sup port, must always be large, and the pro blem jf caring for these multitudes in a way to decrease their number, and so add to the productive force of the community, is one which addresses itself with gicat force fo the attention o| the Legislature State Hanks, Savings Funds, Trust Coin pan lee. I still adhere to the principles laid down 1 in tk# Mifßiuburg aad Wood's Uun vetoes of last session. Kecenl events have da- 1 ■uunstrated the neceasily of (xiti( proper limitations to the powers conferred on these moneyed corporation*, and have at forded a practical illustration of the wis dom of rigidly confining them to objects; that are recognised by the peuple as dt* j lincily belonging to such institutions ' When a bank of discount ia permitted to become also a savings fund, a trust com pany. all insurance company, to buy and seil real estate, and to have the rights and privileges of a building association, it i! difficult to determine wbat are its legiti mate functions, or what security a commu nity has fur the safety of it* deposit*, j i have always entertained seriuus doubt* '.s to the propriety of banks of discount ! peybig interest on deposit*, and am now 'convinced that this pernicious practice •should be prohibited. Muney will always ' flow to banks paying iuterest on deposit*, ;*nd the large surplus thus aggregated ceduced by attractive offers is sent to the great money centra* where it give* more impulse to speculation, while the section* fieui which it is drawn suffer in all their enterprise* (ruin the higher rate* they are 'compelled to pay fur the money remaining •t home Tint system ol purchasing de , po.it* ai confessedly one ol the principal 'reuse, of the financial crisis of IhH, and ,uf this year When banke have large de -1 i-mli vn call, and have their loans on •time, in theeveutot any great stringency jia the money market, disaster it almost 'inevitable. Within a fsw years many Stale bank* have been chartered, with the captivating name* of saving! banks, designed to at tract de>|xiU These banks and savings • funds are entirely distinct in organisation i and purpose, and should never be a**cia i ted in their management. The one is a bank of discount, intended to supply the • ant* of business, the other i* simply a re pository for propia'i inonay, limited to -niali amount* to each individual, the ag gregate of the amounta thus received to be , invested in mortgage* on unincumbered ' property worth double the amount of the ' mortgage, and in secure public stock*, ia safe proportions. A bank is conducted with the avowed object of benefit to it* stockholders, a savings fund is presumed to be matieged entirely in the interest of de|h.itur* among the laboring classes, or those ef limited means and business quill-; firatioh*, and lha essential requisites of > which are such prudence and safety in tha, r deposition if the funds a* will beat en banrf their value for the benefit of these si asses of depositor*. Men In charge of sav ing* fund* should have no personal end* > to serve | should bo above temptation, and , receive their highest reward in the good accomplished by inducing a saving habit. , which, once fixed, lead* to prosperity The object* of trust companies should be . equally specific and well defined. Some of these companies sre invested with very extensive power*, are the depositories of immense sums of money aad charged with the keeping and management of vast and important trusts. It should be the duty of the State to see that their affair* are ad ' ministered with fidelity, not only to the ■ individuals who confide in their manage ment. but to the public who are interested in the security and stability of these com panic* at barriers to wild speculation and it* consequent financial panics. Allow me to suggest, therefore, that all :State banks, saving funds and trust com pamas be made tubjocl to the examination of a committee appoinlad by proper author ity ; that these institutions be reqt; red to i publish quarterly statements, under oath,! of the amount ol their assets and liabilities nnd the name* of their officers, that by aj general law their stockholder* be made 1 personally liable for double the amount of | stock held by them ; and they bo compell- j j ed to have constantly in their vault a cash i reserv o of ten per cent of their net liabili-' | tie*. These examinations, reports and re 11 strictions rati not be hurtful te institutions t of established credit and high character, J while they will dieclose the unsoundness or misuiansgsmcnt of those that ought not | to exist j< Insurance. The Department, established by an act l approved April 4, 1873, for the supervision • of the insurance interest* of the Statu, j, went into operation on the first Monday of r May last. Hy the term* of this act the t Department is self-sustaining, and in no * way a burden upon the public treasury. L While Pennsylvania can boast of some strong and substantial insurance compa nies it must be acknowleged that the want of system in the organisation and management of these corporations, and the reckless manner in which the Legislature has granted social charters, together with the entire absence of restraining supervis ion, have introduced defect* that cannot be too soon remedied. The capita! with which flro insurance companies have bscn per mitted to begin, and continue business, is in most cases eulircly inadequate, and im mediate step* should be taken to place in surance companies in this State upon a firm and enduring foundation. To this end, 1 recommend the enactment of a law providing for the organization and regu lation of insurance companies, both lire and life, which shall require a certain amount of capital as a prerequisite to com mence business, and designate the kind of investment* to he made. It may also be advisable to compel companies already organized to have, within a reasonable time, the entire amount of their nominal capital actually paid in and invested in good securities. Fira insurance, except ing that conducted within a limited sphere upon iho purely mutual plan, requires capital, and this capital should ba actual and not in tha illusory form of stock notes. Taking into consideration the enormous sums paid annually hy the citixens of this Slate in the shape of premiums to insur ance companies they have a right to de mand the largest measure of protection against recklessness and fraud. The Exemption Law. i The act of 1849 exempting a certain amount of the property of a dabtor from] levy and sale; on elocution or distress for rout, was Intended far the wise and hu mane purpose of protecting his family, fmm sudden ami absolute want This be nevolent design is, however, often defeat-j ed. and the law practically nullified, by' the harrad debtor waiving the h-neflU of the est to meet theeiactkm* of his trod - ilor. lbi not sou..d public pulley and hu inanity daamivd a sup|ileuiont to this law that will forbid a debtor having a family waving the benefit of the esemptioa, so that a household may nut be shorn, in an j instant, of all the necessaries of life by! reason of (be weakness, recklessness or misfortune of Its head, or to satisfy the : greed of a grasping creditor f State Printing lly the destructive are which consumed the printing establishment of the Stale Printer not only did be lose largely, but a loss was also suffered by lbs State At ths 'lime of the fire there was considerable work, finished and unfinished, on band, belonging to the State and to the Conatitu- Utonal Convention, wbicb latter, by a reso lution adopted on the last day of it* ses sions, authorised the Auditor General and State Treasurer to settle and adjust Its ac counts with the Stale Printer, Mr. hin gsrly. The Hi alt* Treasurer and Auditor Gen eral, I ain informed, desire legislation to enable them to carry out the resolution and intention of the Convention, and 1 would suggest the legislation yen may ! adopt may also confer lika authority upen them to equitably settle and adjust the ac counts for printing, binding, and other work, finished and unfinished, done by Mr. Hiti(crl)', for the Stale as well as for I the Convention. Short) idge & G0..; PROPkIETOhS OF THE Bellefonte Lime Quarries, The only Manufacturers of Lime, burnt eselutively with wood, in Central Pennsylvania. IiKA t.KKH IX Anthracite Coal, White Lime, ]>u i'utit'e Powder, Sportiuu; and Blasting Powder on hand, Fuae lor Blasting, Fire Brick, Ground Fire Clay, Fertiliser*, Implement*. j.nJMTS Office acd yard near Si-uth end of the Bald Eagle Valley ttailroad Depot, Belle fjnte. Pa. janlQ.7l rpHK undersigned, determined to meet X the popular demand for Lower Price*, respectfully call* the attention of the public to hi* (lock of HADDLKKY. now offered at the old Und.* Designed especially for the people and the time*, the largest and most varied and complete as sortment of Saddles, Harnett, Collar*, Bridle*, of ever* de*cri|ilie and quatil* ; Whips, ■nd in fart everything to complete a first class establishment, he new offers at price* which wilt suit the limes J A COB DINGEB. Centre Hall APPLKTONB' A IKK JOAN CYCLOPAEDIA. New lUvised Edition. Entirely rewritten by the ablest writers on every subject. Printed from new type and illustrated with Several Thou sand Engravings and Map*. The work originally published under the title of TH a New AMKBKA* CTCLO rem A was complete in ItJSS, since which lime the wide circulation which it has allotted in all I-arts of lb# tutted States, and the sigual development* which have taken place in every branch of science, literature, and art. hava induced the edi tors and publisiiri* to submit it to an ex act aad thorough revision, and to issue a new edition entitled The American Cyoto* peed la Within the last ten year* the progress ot discovery in every department of knowledge hat tuada a new work of refer ence an imperative want. The movement of political affair* has kept pace with the discoveries of science, and their fruitful application to the in dustrial and useful art* and the conve nience and refinement of social life. Ureal wars and consequent revolution* have oe - curred, involvingnational changes of pe culiar moment, xbe civil war of d* offered cheap er than elsewhere aug 25' TS-tf J. ZEIXER SON [ DRUGGISTS No 6 Brockrhoff Row, Bellefonte.Pa Dealn In Drat*. (hem tenia. Prrftiiiirrf, Fancy Uos4* Ac. Puro Wine* and Liquor* for medical purpose* always kepi. may SI. 72. HARDWARE STORE. J. & J. HARRIS. No. A, BROCKEKUOFF ROW A new and Hardware Store hu been opened by the undersigned in Brockerhofrs new building—where they are prepared to eel! all kinds of Building and House Furnishing Hardware, Iron, Steel, Nails. Buggv wheels in setts, Champion Clothes Wringer, Mill Saws, Circular and Hand Saws, Tennon Saws, Webb Saws, Ice Cream Froeaers, Bath Tubs, Clothes Racks, a full assortment of Glass and Mirror Plate of all sices, Picture Frames, Wheelbarrows, Lamps Coal Oil Lamps. Belting, Spokes, Felloes, and HUM. Plows, Cultivators, Corn Plows, Plow Points, Shear Mold Boards and Cultiva tor Teejh, table Cutlery. Shovels, Spade* and Forks, Lock*. Hinges, Screws, Sash Springs, Horse-Shoes, Nails, Norway Rods, Oils, Lard, Lubricating Coal, Linseed, Tanners, Anvils, Vices, Bellows. Screw Plates, Blacksmiths Tools, Factory Bells, Tea Bells, Grindstones, Carpenter Tools, Fruit Jars and Cans, Paint, Oils, Varnishes received and far sale at )unes (iB-tf. J. & J. HARRIS. HAIR DRKSSim P*OF. S- H. WHIUUT L now prepared to do all kinds of Hair Drossing equal to the best done in the citiee and at less cost. He has had long experience in manufac turing Wigs, 1 sanies Switches, Curls, Chig nons, Ac. Prof. Wright guarantees su perior workmanship in all kinds of Hair Dressing, end ladies wishing Switches, Chignons or hair curled, will pleaso call, and see our work and judge for themselves. Charges less than in the city, and the work equal to any, Prot. S. H. WRIGHT, 26d0. tf. Cnir ttU. I. Guggenheiiner. | ARRANGEMENTI ISAAC GUOOKNHKIMKR. having purchased tbe entire stock of the Ist* firm of Hussman A Guggtnbeimer, ex cept tbe Leather and Shoe finding* bss filM up bis shelves with s lot ol SFLKKDIb NEW MOOD*, embracing READY MADE CLOTHING, DREMI GOODS, OROCERIRS, 1 PRO VISIONS, ROOTS A SHOES, H HATS A CATS, AND FANCY ARTICLES sad is DOW prepared to accomodate ail bis old customer*, and to welcome all . new ones who mar favor bin with their patronage. He feels safe hi sav> iog that he can please tbe most fastidi ous Call and see. ISAAC OUGGENHKIMKR. ' P- 8. —Mr, Buasmao Mill continues to deal in LEATHER AND.SHOR-KIM DINGS. CLOVER and TIMOTHY SEEDS, in tbe old room, where be may alway be found. 12ap.tf. CENTRE HALL COACH SHOP, k. T LEVI Ml MR AY, U at hi* esUbliahmaal at Caatra Hall, keens on bead, aad tor sale, at tbe most reaotlia ble rates. Carriages, Buggies, A Spring Wagons,, PLAIN AND FANCY, and vehicle* of every description made to order, and warranted to be made of the beat aeaaoaed material, aad by tbe moat akilled aad cum potest workmen. Peraoni wanting anything ta kia line are requested to call aad examine hi* work, they will ftnd it not to It excelled for durability and waar. may S3 If. a r 1 vt'i nsrssnav NOTARY PUBLIC. SCRIBNEB AMD OONVKYANCXR. CENTRE HALL.PA. Will attend to adainkterinc Oath*. Ac knowledgement of Deed*. Ac, writing Ar- U tSBNS of Agreement, Deed*, Ac, may 1L u Gift A Flory's ■ ' New Shoe Store !m AT CENTRE HALL. They have now opened, aad will oonstnat ly keep on hand, a splendid stock of now d SHOES. GAITERS. A SLIPPERS, dor 4 men, women and children, from the beet . manufactories in the eenntry, aad BOW of , fered at the 1 Lowest Prices. . . 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