I* .1 £SSXE Jsentre REPORTER, FEED, EPET1....... Editor. Centre Hall, IV, Pec. 10,1874. lERMS.— S2 per year, t advance, 2,50 f.-Aen net paid ia mfriNur. 3iV per line for 'A rtr ■ crtion*, and for 6 and 12 month* hv ml contract. The change in the Philadelphia Press, of which wc made mention laat week, will not take place —the thing has fallen through, it is reported through the interference of Geo. \\. Childs of the Ledger who did not wish to see the Press turn against his friend Grant, under such an editor as Mc- Cluro, who would have made it a stinging thing for L'lysscs. Ihi ids has helped Forney out of his pecunia ry embarrassment, and thereby pre vented the sale. McClure, it is said will start a new paper, aud is hacked with sloo,ooo* "When are the beneficial changes and good times which Democratic vic tories were to inaugurate, to appear —fsuch is the sharp and knotty ijucs tiou put by the Clinton Republican. We answer, just as aoou as the dcuio crats succeed iu brushing out of the way the remaining radical rubbish— iho Senate and Graut. Radical papers are busying them selves much about the election of a democratic U. S* Senator. Never mind, the democrats will attend to that matter soon. "The Centre Reporter hoists the name of Hon. A. G. Curtiu for Cen tennial President." The above paragraph we find goiug the rounds ofour our exchanges. We only have to say that the Reporter "haint doing no such thing." A Republican paper says there has been another dam disaster in Massa chusetts, but this time you must put jui -n" on it. So says the Columbian, and it is correct, if it means from a radical standpoint, time Nov. 3. There is a fierce opposition to Mr. Wallace, as a candidate for L. S. Senator. We do not think the at tacks upon him will be very telling, as we see they are discountenanced by nearly the entire democratic press of the state. Mr. Wallace is the strong est in the field for the Senatorship, hence this fierce onslaught upon him. The democracy of this state entrusted the leadership of the party into his hands in its dark days, and he led on the column gallantly and without signs of faltering. His ability aud honesty have ever been acknowledged, and it is now too late to injure him, his services and true devotion to the party are too well known. If elected, he will be a credit to our patty and true to the best interests of his state and the country. Be it Wallace, Buekalew or Black, we shall feel satisfied, but if past services constitute a "claim," Mr. Wallace should stand first on that score, besides he is even in abili ty with any of the others whose names are mentioned in connection with the U. S. senatorship. The New Constitution While the new Constitution may not .have prevented all the abuses that corrupt politicians played upon the people—and no Constitution that can be written will do that—yet by this time we are confident no man in this state regrets that he voted in fa vor of that instrument, while the ma jority of those who voted "No"are now satisfied that they were mistaken and are ready to acknowledge its good ef fects. The Bill Manns, Camerons and Josephs, and their followers, are the only ones among the opponents of the new Constitution who would again vote against it because in a large meas ure it put an end to their intrigues and pluuderings. Under its whole some provisions Mann and Josephs are left out in the cold, because they no more have the same facilities to stuff ballot-boxes and colonize voters. Under the new Constitution the bor ers and lobbyists who infested Har risburgand corrupted the halls of legs islation, are found there no more, and Harrisburg is clear of them and the people breathe easier. Thus, and in many other respects do we see the good effects that have already been produced. It has reach ed the big state rascals as well as the dirty little county operators, who hung to the skirts of men like Sam Josephs and did their bidding. We can see the good effects of the new- Constitution in our own county —we will have better men in place while the corrupt who through bargain and sale gained positions in opposition to the will of the honest masses, now fiod they cannot play their game as suc cessfully and see a back seat in pros pect for them, and that honest and more capable men will be elected to places of trust. It was at once noticeable that all ringsters and roosters were opposed to the new Constitution, and it was read ily discernable that they felt alarmed. It is now evident that their alarm was well*fouuded—it leaves these charac ters, pretty much all of them, out in the cold. They succeeded in mis leading some voters by misrepresent ing certain sections of the new Con* ■titution, but these now see they were deceived and know what base mo tives actuated their deceivers. Let the people now see to it, that those rascals who may still attempt to play their old game in defiance oft he safeguards that have been erected, are made to Btand at a respectable dis tance. There are still some evils which the new instrument could not reach, but which, nevertheless it if in the power the honest people to put down in their primary elections and j at the ballofcbox. The great Italian patriot, Garibal di, is not at all a present taker like grant, although ho is poor and there fore acceptance of sums offered would be excusable. Grant is rich, and got rich by present taking, and is willing to get richer in the same way. The following from the Press, a Grant or igan, would be a good text for that sheet on Grant's present taking. It says : Garibaldi, who lias repeatedly been elected u member of the lower chains her of the Italian Parliament, hut has not taken his seat, was re-elected by more than one constituency the other day. In Italv members of the Senate as well as of the Chamber of Deputies receive neither salary nor any other! remuneration, consequently Garibaldi | has not profited by the favor of his ad mirers. It has been reported that he j is reduced to actual poverty t" his little island ofCaprera.and persistent lv refuses all otlens, on the part of the King of Italy, to better hi* condition either by a liberal annuity from the Royal income or by a grant from the j Parliament. Fortunately, at thiscri- , sis, the muncipality of Naples have intimated the inteutiou of presenting him with a life annuity ofso,ooo. and it is expected that he will accept this graut. It would be a reproach to It alv if the man who did so much to obtain her independence were to suffer from poverty or ingratitude. At present Garibaldi is almost entirely depeudent on Mr. Alexauder Ross, a liberal aud generous American gen tleman, for pecuniary support. IMPORTANT* "LEGAL DECI SION. The most important ca>o tried ut our late Court was that of Adam fleeter. A. L. Guss, and Dr. J 1' Thompson vs. Samuel L. Glasgow and Harriet N. Glasgow, his wile. The action was a scire facias, on a mort gage executed by defendants, for the purpose ofjmortgagiug the wife's sepa rate real estate as security for the in debtedness of her husband to said plaintiffs. The evidence showed thut, plaintiffs had been accommodation j endorsers on several promissory notes of Samuel L.Glasgow, amounting to $2,000. That some time previous to June, IST'J. Mr. Glasgow called on one of the plaintiffs with a view ofgei liog thtm to eudorse more notes for him, which they declined to do. As an inducement for them to comply with his request, he proposed that it thev would eudorse his notes for sl,- 500, his wife would join him iu exe cuting a mortgage upon her separate real estate, as security for the notes previously eudorsed hv them, and also for the notes which he then sought to have them endorse. This proposition was accepted by plaintiff*, and a mort gage was executed by defendants, whereby the wife's separate real es tate was mortgaged as security for any liability then incurred or that might thereafter be incurred on the part of plaintiffs, by reason of their said en dorsements. Mr. Glasgow did not de fend in the action as against himself. His wife, however, defended and al leged that the mortgage did uot bind her for two reasons. First, because there bad been a fraudulent alteration of the mortgage by her husband, af ter the execution thereof; second, be cause the mortgage had not been le gally acknowledged by her before the Justice of the Peace, who took the ac knowledgement. As the Court withdrew tne case 2 from the jury for the reason set fi rlh r in the second ground of defence, it is f not necessary that any special refer- ence ' should be made to any other branch of the case.—The ruling prin -1 the case was the illegality of * the wife's acknowledgment, as taken s before the Justice. Mr. Glasgow and 5 his wife went before P. H. Be nee, Esq., a Justice of the Peace, residing in Three Springs for the purpose of having said mortgage duly acknowl edged. The Justice asked Mrs. Glass ' gow whether she kuew the nature of i the instrument she was about to exe j cute —stating to her that if she did not understand it, it was his duty to ; explain it to her. bbe replied that t she had read the mortgage, aud un-1 i derstood it. The Justice then made . inquiry of her as to whether she exo „ cuted the mortgage of her own free will and aecord, and without any co r ercion or compulsion on the part of 1 her husband, and she replied that she - did. The mortgage was then signed j by Mrs. Glasgow and her husband and duly witnessed. His Honor Judge Dean held that this was not a ' substantial compliance with tho pro visions of the 2d Section of the act of 1770, which requires the officer before j whom the acknowledgement is taken to "read or otheru-uc make known to the taid wife the full contents of sueh\ deed or conveyance." The Justice in, this case did not read or otherwise make known to the wife the conteots of the mortgage, because she inform ed him that she had read it herself, and understood it. The Court held that even if Mrs. Glasgow did inform the Justice that she bad read the deed and understood the contents of it, she would not be estopped from proving the falsity of her declaration to the Justice ; and also that the Act requir ing the officer before whom the ac knowledgement is taken to read or otherwise make known to the wife the t full contents of the deed, must bctlrict ly complied with. Under this instruc tion of the Court, the jury rendered a verdict against the husband for 83,- 1)14,32, and as to the wife they found for the defendant. This is indeed one of the most important decisions ren dered in our Court for many years. Acknowledgment of deeds by a wife have almost invariably been taken bv our Justices, without the Justice either reading, or explaining to the wife, the contents of the deed. These officers have heretofore generally contented themselves with an examination of the wife, separate and apart from the husband, and the assurauco by her that she understands the deed, and has executed it without any coercion or compulsion of her husband. This the Court holds is not sufficient; but that the Justice must actually "read I or otherwise make known to the wife" the contents of the deed. The counsel in the case were Messrs. 11. M. Bpeer R. B. Petrikin and W. H. Woods for plaintiffs and Messrs. John'Bcott and B. T. Brown for defendants. We learn that the case will be taken to the Supreme Court, by the plaintifls, where the correctness of the ruling of the lower Court will be adjudicated upon.— Huntingdon Monitor. It is reported that John I). White, Republican Congressman elect from the Ninth Kentucky District, shot and killed Harrison Cockerill, his Demo* cratic opponent in the late election, in Estill County, on Tuesday, Ist. A fire at Karn9 City, in the Penn sylvania Oil District, 2nd, destroyed about two-thirds of the town. Loss, SIOO,OOO. In Scotland people are fined for imping on moving railroads trains. LI IK AND IKM Til INKS OK ' confivus. Krotn a lecture delivered in dolphin recently by Wong Chin Koo.j a Chinese Madariu : l.adies and Gentlemen: Before 1 have the distinguished honor of pre- ' seutiug to your wise concideratioii one I of the most important subjects which < can l i lower classes of China to have been a 1 ■ supreme being, hut among the chol ars he is believed to have been a wise and good man. lie was suppoaed to | have been born of a virgin, and at his birth no-si ngers from Heaven j presided. An six years of age he wa. ! distinguished for his intellect, veiu ta lion for the aged, and regard tor pro priety. At the age of fourteen he was appointed to a high position by the Kinpcror, but when he grew to man hood and observed with sorrow the low condition of the people and tln corruption which existed in the gov eminent, he retired from his high po sition nud denied himself all the pleas ures and honors of this world in order that he might be able to labor for tin good of mankind. He did not carry his religou out ntuoug all claisis of people; he believed thut the low too* lies could nut uuderslaud the priuci pies he wished to inculcate in his teachings; he therefore preached to the intellectual and cultured classes, and at his death 500 Maudarins w.n his followers. Confucius taught live cardinal priu- i ciples—gravity, propriety, sincerity, 1 virtue, and fiilial piety, lu gravity 1 were included sobriety, and a thous and other points of good behavior necessary to win the respect of others. It was a favorite saying of Confucius that a man should never Wiar a young but an old face. Levity was the sign; of a shallow mind. So the Chinese, i even iu their amusements and happi est moments, are grave and sober. Of propriety, he said its effect was to keep every man from going beyond' his station, either above or below it According to this teaching, boys in China were never allowed to romp about the streets, but were taught how to conduct themselves. Take a well drested boy of ten rears ou the street there, and he would be found to be modest, respectful to strangers, and laanlv. Youth of opposite sexes were not allowed to associate together. The girls were kept at home. Outsiders called this a tarbarous custom. It might be, but he should not like to ex | change it for the civilization which allowed women to he insulted while walking alone on the streets, or which, | -en', them to earn their ow u living in manufactories where they were in ; dauger of being burned to dea'.h or torn to pieces by the machinery. loj ; China, a girl's brothers or father wore ! supposed to support her. \Ve teach the children, aid the speaker, bow to live. In this country I you seem only to teach thcu how to; die. The sexes are not allowed to in termicgle. This would, no doubt, seem hard to Young Americans. We respect the aged. When a man much j older thau myself comes towards me Ido not stare him in the face. I re spectfully step asido and allow him Ito pass by. Old men arc not allowed jto wait on young men. The public ! supports the aged wherever it tinds | them. It is supposed that wo arc prejudiced against foreigners. Confu | eius tells u to open our gates, aud if ; we close them, it is because foreigners | continually disregard the great law of : propriety. In regard to sincerity the j speaker said the law desired that ev- I cry man should he honest, truthful,! laud sincere iu all things. In this, j country it was said, "If n man has , money he has friends." Iu China ii | could be said,"lf a man has frieuds lie: j has money." The manucr of pledg ing friendship was next described, audi the lecturer said that friends in China j were generally more sclf-sarificing thau husband and wife. The cardi | nal principle of virtue was divided iu j to five heads —hospitality, modest j, meekness, economy, and industry. | The potency of these teachings ex- I plained iu detail, niter which lie pass I cd to the last cardinal principle—fili al piety, He said there was no na tion in the world where filial piety was so perfectly observed as in China. The speaker had seeu a son fifty yenrs of age return from his office, and kneeling before his aged mother ask if there was anything in his power loj supply which she desired, and this was iu a "heathen country." Ho closed by declaring that the whole of the religion of Confucius was I summed up iu his Golden Rule, *l>o-. ken moro than 2,300 years ago: "Dor not unto others what you would uot; have others do unto you." The re- 1 suits of the Confucian system lie wa willing to compare with the Christian, j He did not desire to urge his system I 1 upon Christians, but he wished Amer-i icans to understand its beauties and ' realize its excellent effects on a pco- 1 ! pie. 1 l< Among the unnecessary and abso- , lutely useless officer created by the | Radicals merely for the sake of pay-l| ing somebody a large salary, is that . of "Resident Clerk" of the House at 1 ' Ilarrisburg. If the other clerks of j the House have any fitness, this "res- | ident" genius is as completely useless j as an almanac to a horse, Thcv pay'* him two or three thouasud dollars an* [ nual salary and his duties are main I v | to organize or clerk for rings, sell the , votes of members, black mail and ' rooster around generaly. It is hoped (, the Democratic majority in the House 1 , will abolish the office. Legislation J having been so materially diminished (, by the new C'onstituteon, the remain- c ing force of clerks will be more than amply sufficient to do all the proper ], business. ] Galveston, Nov. 23. —A special i a from Houston says, in the District n Court the suit of Bergman vs. the 0 Central Railroad for dumages for the a loss of an arm was decided, the jury c awarding Bergman git),ooo. A 1110* tion for a new trial was made by the 0 i company's attorney, but it was not bi granted. The caso will probably be' 0 i appealed to the Supreme Court. b< On the first of January next there p will be tweuty-ouo Democratic govcr-'X nors in the thirty-soven States. Had Cl Pennsylvania chosen a governor this year he would have added the twenty- ti second. But one year is not long to' 1 wait. Ed People are suffering from the ague in P c Bald Eagle twp, Clinton county. 1 Till! MKNNONITKS IN KAN SAS. MANN I lie AM) t'l DTOMtt Of I'll) Ms j rirt.i.e Of SIMON Ml N>o lopcku, Ivan., Nov. 5. nc have Meunotiitc* among u* in alt their na tive simplicity. About two thousand of them have Arrived here, and hnvo been quartered in a largo structure known a* tho "King bridge work*," awaiting the selection ut their lands j and the cou*tructioii of their building# , in the southwe*t. Their #tnv lu re ha* afforded tin admirable opportunity to a-ccriuin and study their p.culini doc trine*, habit*, and ta*ti>, wlncli your 'correspondent bus iniprovcd bv spend considerable tunc aun up; tliem, and converaino fnijinntlv and ut leugth witli tbeir minister* and other leadini; men. Ihe Mentionite system ol ii was founded, you know, by om- Si* nioti Men no, in tho sixteenth century, at the village of Wittmntsum, in the Netherlands, It* original idea*, a* distinguished from other similar re ligious systems, was opposition to in- Maut banlism ami the taking of e atli*, j to which luts since been added opposi tion to the beating ofaruis. Mention ' ism, us it now stands, is a mixture* of 'the eloclrinc* of the tjuakci*, tlie Lutherans, and the Baptist#. It does Hot take) very -ttotig hold e>t abstract theological speculation*, but mainly n-lates to mora! laws and duties. As oue of tluir ministers remarked to me here the other day, "It is a relieioti for every day in the week and its principles and precepts are practiced and euforvcrd at every turn aud'iu ev ery telation of daily lile. Hence the •iugular asceticism of the sect, which is carried to an extreme surpassing even that of the most devout and in trospective Roman Catholics. All their disputes arc adjusted by a min ister ; all their pleasures have the lla> ve r of prayer about them ; aud their constant aim seems to bo to conform as nearly a* possible in all things to the life which Je-u i- supposed to have lived ami taught. When a Men- uotnte is stutnd uii cue cheek, he lit erally turns to thcMuiter the other al so : ami the man who lies, cheats, or "fools a girl" is usually expelled from the Church ami the c> umiuuitv. They take no part or interest in pol itic#, ami rarely fellowship in u re ligious way with other sc-cU. M. >t of them have a common school educa tion, and their ministers are frequent ly men of more than average attain ments ; but as a people, they read very little, and consequently wrangle very little either atuoug themselves or with uuregtiierate outsiders. Ihe Cerulean blue of Tundall's jurplex iug rhetoric does net reach them ; tin v probably uever heard of Ben Butler ; and thev enjoy the enviable distinc tion of being the only class of civiliz ed people in this country who have not caught a single sniff of that foul blast from Brooklyn. The Meuuouites went over into Bus sia from Holland aud Germany abcut a hundred years ago, aud found a qui et retreat there near the border-of the Black Bea, a charter being granted them by the Kuasian Government for ever exempting them from military ! duty, and otherwise securing them iu the perpetual enjoyment of their dis tinctive religious, doctnues, and prac tices- There the principal body of them has since been located, although there have been and are yet numbers | of tbciu in other parts of Kuropc nnd this country. Constant accessions were made to the Church iu Russia, and their industrious and economical habits soon raised them from poverty to comparative atfluence. As they grew strong in numbers and wealth, they tx-gau to attract the special attention of the Russian Ha iti ve population, aud their cxcmpliou from many of the ordinary duties of citizens commenced to be murmured about in Russian politics. At length, about a year ago, that part of their charter granting them immunity fr..m military service was ti>uuU-s or jackets, small black caps and ow leather shoes. The women wear hort cotton frocks, with sleeves coni ng only to the elbow, leather slippers, ind handkerchief turbans. 1 have tot seen a pair of stockings on man ir woman, and there is not a ribbon o i piece of lacc or jewelry in the whole •olony. The communal fcaturec of the Men onite (Society are merely of a neigh icrly and religious nature, resting up n the voluntary consent of the ineni crs, and having no similarity to the Tench experiments iu this liue, 'hey own everything in severalty neb family is an independent unit nd nothing is exacted iu the way o ithes or stipulated levies. Th< hurch and the schools are maintain- J by voluntary subscriptions, and tlie ositiou occupied by the "head meu," ,ho hold their places by common 000*1*1)1, ia tliut if counsellor# and in bitrators merely, and they lmve no authority save aucli aa liny excrciw through their etipcrior judgment nnd l_v ronaon of the general oonfldtuca with which they arc regardfd hv the community, Three "head men ' are uaualy tlm miniitcra nnd tho achool tcuchcra ol the society, who drew* nmi live n# plainly nnd frugally na the pool * >1 of the people, and often main lain thoni-olvr# and familie* by labor in the held* or aho|M. A drone or shirk ia the M enuonite'* pet aversion, nnd peiaonnl industry is enforced and practised as n c.iidiual tenet of his re ligion# faith. Ihe tract of land purchaaei I hy theso people in Kansas embrace* lot) COO acrt , nod lit* in (lie counties of Harvey, Mark o, Reno, and Sedgwick, contiguous to the iiue of (he A tchiaoii, Topi kit, and Santa Err Railroad, from which the purchase was made. The lands are among the best in the State for agricultural purposes, resembling in many respect* the lands thejr left behind tLtin in Russia, although ex* feeding thciu of course in general fer tility and adaptability to cultivation The lands cost them hotn 83 to |sj per acre, and were almost exclusively, paid tor in cash. They are now con structiug a large framed building in their chosen location, kuliii it-nlly capa cious to furnish shelter for the whoh colony during the winter. With the opening of spiing they expect to have u bouse built for each family, and the land* allotted and laid off in in-jierate farms, and the building now erected will then be used tor a church and school-hou.-e. A WIFE MURDER WEST. Terro lluutc, lud., Nov. 30. At Cluverdale, I'utmnn cuuutv, lnd., *c terday, I'hotno# Martin became offend ed at something said by bis wife and gave her three minutes to retract. At . the end i f that time he shot her with a , pistol, the ball taking effect in her ! head and killing her instantly. The I poor woman bad her babe in tier arms I when shot, and fell with it clasped to her breast. A man named Stanton j was in the house, and interfered to save the woman, when Martiu shot him in the shoulder, probably fatally. Mama ba been trying to get rid of bis wife, and bad offered lur five hundred dollars to consent to a di vorce, as he wished to many another w< man. It is uot believed he made anv charge ofiutidelity against her. Al ter lite shooting be assumed the in sane dodge. There is great excite j meat in Cloverdale, and there is a -tr ng probability that the murderer will be lyuclud to night. mi: ARGENTINE REVOLU TION. Rio Janeiro, Nov. 15. Advices from Bueuis Ayres repreaeut that the insurrection i on the decline. Gen. Mitie, with 4,000 men, is retu-atiug furthwards. and sixteen or eighteen thousand Government troop* are in active pursuit. Hiihiraor., November 20. —The Kcv. Father Francis X. Jacquumt.a priest of the Roman Catholic church, lias n-nt his resignation to Archbishop Bnyley, announcing his abandon ment of the C atholic faith and hi- re turn into the church the Presbyteri an in which he says he was born and raised. Futlu r Jncquenu-t lias been altt tiding the vouug men'* prayer meeting at Dr. l^eyburn's ehureh du- I ring the present week, ami ou Wednesday night announced his Con version to Protestantism. He is a > native of Geneva, Switzerland, and was ordained priest in this country in i 1804. Philadelphia dispatches say the fail ure of the sale of Forney's Press to Col. McClure was the result ofa brisk cable correspondence between Forney and a number of Republican politi cians of that city, the latter proffer ing liberal financial suppoit if th-? jta per contiuued as a regular party or gan, The question involved was purely political, and the funds raised to purchase the Press w ill now be de j voted to the purchase of the Illu-tra i ted Age, and making it an Inde- I pendent daily, the lirst number of which will appear January Ist. • * • DEATH OF MAYOR HAVFMYKK New York, November .Kl - Mayor Havcmrer died suddenly m his office at 12 I*> I'. At. to-day. Mayor Haxi niycr ar : rived at hi* office nt n i\ having walked down from his residence As lie passed in he *s> greeted by a number of persons, who state he never appeared In better health. He walked into bis office, rem >v ' cd his coat, and sat down before hb desk. I He was observed to gasp, as if troubled j with wind colic, but commonccd to open . his letter-. Suddenly ho fell forward and the doorkeeper summoned help. Alder ' man Mortis and chief clork Wensoll im j mediately raised up the prostrate form j ! but his breath had gone forever. Pliysi : iians wire summoned but arrived after The cause w at opoplcay. ' LAWLKSSNF.SS.THREE NEGRO IN ! CK N DIA RIKS L Y NCH ED. Louisville, December I-A | cciai Jis ' patch to the Courier-Journal says that > throe negroes w ere taken from the jail at - Morgansfleld on Tuesday niglit by a band i of masked men and hanged to a tree near', tho town. Unientown, in the same coun- i ty, was visited by a destructive conflagra- ' lion some weeks since, and those negroes 1 bad been arrested, charged 'with having ] caused the fire. They subsequently eon- J, fessed their crime, giving us an excuse;j that the proprietor oflhodislilcry in which!] the flro was started had turned the mother, of one of tho negroes out of the house inlf which she was living. The "regulators" J' were mounted, and it is thought that ther t came from Vniontown. a s v St. Paul, November Heavy prairie 1 fires are reported along the line of ther' Southern Minnesota railroad, and fear are „ entertained of disastrous results. s "THE OPEN DOOR." ;j, ; e A MKMOK IIV W. A. ZI.IIXK. HI Mr. Alger's sermon was as follows, the text being the eighth verso of the third chapter of the Apocalypse. The Sermon. 'T have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it." The theme suggest ed by these words from the Apocalypse is the impossibility of a monopolization of the gifts of God. The things of inuu's produc tion are the constant prey of cliques and fac tions who seize thesis lor tho express pur pose of withholding them from producing those general benefits they wero meant to accomplish. One of tho oldest examples of monopoly is that of Joseph in Egypt while he was ruler of that land. During the seven years oi plenty ho stored away great quantities of provisions, and when the seven years of famine came lie sold them unto the people, receiving their mon ey, their eattle, their persons and land, until Pharaoh besarno solo owner of the whole of Egypt and the people inpt as well. In Athens speculators often abused their privileges to buy up some necessary arti cle, until a law was passed that no citizen should purchase ol certain articles more than a specified quantity. In Spain and Franco monopoly run riot, wjth fearful re sults. Queen Elizabeth granted to one ins dividual the exclusive right to import, ex port. and sell alum to her subjects. Sir Walter Raleigh enjoyed a monopoly of tho tobacco trade from lit-r. Not only were material things thus bartered away, but the matters beyond form were put under exclusive control in Roman Catholic coun tries. For a lung lime the Jesuilcs had the exclusive right to the education of th? people, anil they never gave up that pow -r without impute ami struggle, while the! people rtuhing irom one extreme to nn othi r have hannheil them from the placet they have formerly Infested. The wrong of monopoly I, three-folil It increases the cost, destroy, the ipiality, ami limits ! wWriljUtiaii f (hi) product* with which it ileal* Ihe tiue dositerata are to lower the cost, raise theijuantily, ami universal is., the supply of everything that man ntnnlp. Ist't thorn bt* n monopoly of cur pets or hale, ami at once all the evil. 1 mentioned would follow in respect to the#.- two articles, and reflect on all other pro ; ducts ; but If all are thrown open to mm .petition they will he more durable more , moderate hi pri.e, a. well a* luore eaUui sively put before the public. Jut a> there ts found a das* who would make a baiter' i.ml hold to themselves the truth* of relig 1 ;ion, who Would l oniure up old dead and dying stlaps of theological truth, no more nourishing than dried bones, and thrust' those dusty dogmas each Sunday into the! lhi oats of their people, when men thirst anil die lor th> fre.fi grass of reality lit with the sparkle of the spirit This con tracted spirit of favoritism appears no-, where will, gn-aler impropriety than in religion, sim dis that pow. r'ai.d spirit to which every pcr.ur, >tnmU on Miua! re lation. Throughout the world there is visible this Ud tendency to monopolise i power and privilege* f every sort, an,l when weturu away Hum this exclusive-' r.rss to till- relation# of man to the divine g > ,-rnmeht we are confronted by aw holly | differ, • t order „t things We stmt into the very aroma of freedom and universali ty. ll,s favors are flung forth to all with out la, or. It was his veritable impulse wlnch made the ancient prophet stand up on the mountain ami cry "llo! ev,-t\i ono that thirtieth let him Jritik of the tcr of life freely, and to him that hath no m.mey let him come ' Everything that men ißim as peculiar to themselves is worthies* wben compared with the gifts! that God puts before ail mankind. This . truth is wholesome, comforting and in spiring. and used to be enforced. The truth that however much man may mo-1 I ttepolize the artificial product, there is m*| [jmonop dy of the great original boon# of L'*t ut iliihtrittf tbii tfrenl truth, 1 take, too, special pleasure in presenting this subject to vou, bWauie it is o well , all ulatcd to fulfil the end which the Sun day service* ought to fulfil—l„ cheer the I j heart, expand tie mind, and inspire the . soul of the worshipper to luminous and disinterested deeds, instead of depressing ' him with low and selfish views First I liit H, iLt r- is at l he! r u tho open il [ of material nature—the air, light, water k eaah, the flmamcnt. How fortunate it ithat these are unprintable, free to us r all, and a great fortune it is that we do not i. have to count our brcatht or our glimp-es of the starry heavens, ~r our draught- ~f nature t inspiration It is the go ,l u lM i J himself so lavish of his gifts, and he him ( self come, near to us in every puise-bcal • , nigh that wo may e and recognixe bun God is i very where or nowhere, lie t either gives !u* all we have or nothing (. d very subtle, uncagable e.-(-tic of r omnipresence. I'ndoubtidly there are plenty of men who would minopoliae tbeair il they could, ami dole it „ut t . th.-ir fellow men at exorbianlpric-i < v d r be tbanked that he put It out of their pow er. Ibo i aith yields its productiveness to f none in special terms, to the rich and poor . alike the seasons c,*< mof the lowliest of us The mighty t range* of the imagination, the spoil cm v • ;, e of reason, the sweet hopes of affec * tion, ail are waiting for us through the I.l open door of our common nature, with no ~ passport save the effort of grasping them, p fly the exercise of these p w.-rs and our u own efforts we can enter into fellowship It with the greatest of every age In this wond. rous w rid we can e'.tmb iheb gi.es; rrachns of philosophy, descend the mines ( affrcti n. examine province after nro vince until all have been explored, and the geography of the soui tnsj be as clearly la J down and mapped as the geography f the globe, or one may refuse to g > hv tig in the low strange tdank of vague < ha- Rut no one can shut the door, since <>od has (lung it wile open in making us men. Third, the d>r ■ > civilized iotieiyj • • pen before Civilization represents the act umo'aUxl ages, and transmit-1 J by tin- foregoing generations. Eacb| child i fully born into this inheritance o(, art and science and literature and all thu current wisdom of the world as he is borti into the open universe But in these the grasping ardor of elfish men can easily put a monopoly ml Away. Here we see lus eff- rts conlinuaHPpnl forth. From the old monarchies TlindosUn and China t. the last political move in.England we see it. Kitigs holding the reitu of virtual) jmwer, noble# holding the best, offices j in the nalion~-lhc limits between classes .Jgcd with impassable barriers In a de> .mootacy, in hurablo imitation of (sod, tLese n. mupolies are all swept away. A democratic government makoa its prices freato all competitors. This is the espe cial glory of our country. < >ur lathers col li i*-d our shores to escape the monopoly { Church atid State. ami planted that germ of democratic salvafmn which it is .our duty to protect In spite of tho darks si omens wo are in some degree fulfilling that duty to-day teaching ilia world the glori' i.- maxim that class monopoly must ccao It.r country has no walls s.ve the ■ ■rean and the sky. and in the sign of free dom lifts up the standard calling on all the ct.ds "f the earth to look up ie it. The) fourth opan du.r i that of religion. Of! all things our relation with the Infinite 1 must be the least susccplable cf mclosure,, proscription, and dogmatism; and yet by a *ir.guiar travesty and pcrversien, no line . f thought includes so much despotic au thenticity on the one side, and such weak! and abject mental action on the .-ther : This shoulj be no longer allowed. Then is a tendar.cy in man to assume a monop-i oly . f the knowledge of the divine truth' a;. ! favor, and handing everybody else over taSatanic supervision. Many a one virtually says "Believe as I believe, or you are blasphemer-, acting against U -J. anJ tlooined to perdition ' Each poiiti -al pr ly claims to mono|M>lirc all the patriotism and wisdom, and there arc parlies in re-1 ligiuii who it-sume that ail everlasting safe ty i found in their clique, while the other! sect are heretics, sure to be damned. The i great Roman church declares itscif the sole' depository of everything holy.in the dog. < mas and ritual of the church, orthodox and and heterodox, Christian and l'agan. The teachings of valid monopoly in any sect or patty of the true substance of morality, and the fellowship of divinity, j or the passport to heaven. There is yet set before us the op< n door of death. Aj perverse theology has tried to inako us look <>n death as a horid calamity—as the penalty of sin ; but clearly it was a part of nature frqpi the first, long before man np pcared to commit sin. All the races that existed before man died, therefore the sin of Adam was not the cause of death. Death is no evil. Since God is an infinite ly benignant spirit, death, which makes us free spirit-, brings us so much nearer to his likeness. Death, truly considered, is'a de livcranoo - deliverance from the loads and storms; rest—rest from the toils and con tests; release—release from rigors and anx ious forebodings. God be thanked for that blessed door and open way of death. When misfortune, disease, agony, and old ago Jiave done their sad work on us, how wo gladly go through this open door into the mysterious hereafter Laeordaire, the most eloquent man that Christendom has seen for ;<*> years, when dying, as lie lifted up iiis crucifix from his pallet, hit great soul burdened with the trials of earth, ex pressed this desire in his parting words .- "((pen to mo; open to mo." To die then in the proper time is nocurse, but a hie*-, ed privilege, and wo ought to bo greatful that it is out of the power of any man to ~hut tli open door >( our deliverance. . One more open door which Ood ha* *ci bc ';foreu i the door of heaven. O;'many j earthly good* and privileges man may muka clo*e corporations, hut boyar.d the 'confine* of the earthly ho cannot grasp ' | and hold In the mother universe all is "jfrce. "In my father * house are many "'mansion*," and all the door* aro open. ' Spirit is indoUructible; no tecnichal belief "! or gilt can hut the open door of an Im •| mortality which the impartial hand of Ood •jhas *et before his children; a constant t stream of the relieved ones is passing, cvor > passing through this pathway of the peace. 1 blessedness, and ease of (heir paradisai 1 home. Ood be thanked for this last nnd I best door, and let uilivo and prove worthy ' of the high privilege, drawing inspiration 1 when we are weary, comfort when we ' mourn and are sad. Mature, man, aociety, religion, death, und heaven aro the avenues which never can be closed to the realms of ' jov and pleasure, where no monopoly can run us of one iota of our own—wnoro the creator, Hod, lives witlijopcn doors, in un bounded liberality und unexampled pro fusion of grace, lie can well support such generous gifts, since the limits of his house being commensurate with tho confines of tho universe, nothing can be lost from it. Let us thank (Jod tho Father that tho doors of his cosmic house are always open, not only to the elect, but to the prodigal also. Some enter through another, but all lending to that beaming region whore tho transient gleams of truth Mnd glory we have known here shall be seen in all their glory. Ho! for Sustsman's!! Just opened in his new quarters in Rush's Arcade. A I, A HUE STOCK OF Trunks, Valices, All kinds of Lbtiihbr *.'•. 'Jhbb r jjjdi/ig& Shoemakers cull tinrf efr SI SSSIAh for rliruji stork. Itl'Ys AND SKI.Ls ('TOVKit AND TIMOTHY NEED at reasonable price*. I Also, old ladies HreeS Cap*. The now styles are very pretty Ladiesi I call and see them early I >rsl come, first i served. Oct 2S* tt HOIIOOI. TAX NoTKK —The tax payers of l'otte-r township are hereby noti fied that the duplicate ol Hebuol-lax fur the present year t* in the hands ut the un dersigned. AH such lax paid on or before December lat thT-t, will have an abatement of 6 per cent. Thirty day# after said dale there wilt be no abatement, and on all •ueti lax remaining unpaid after January I, 1*76, there will he an addition of 6 per cent to the amount on duplicate, as pre scribed h\ law. g. M HwaHT/, 10.Sept 3 m Trea. Miller k Sun, CENTRE HALL, PA. DEALERS IN PiitEintuas AM> MEDICINES, CHEMICALS. tiILS, DYE STUFFS, PERFUMERY. NOTIONS, FANCY ARTICLES Foil TIIK TOILET, Ac , Ac.. Ac. PI HI: WIM: AXD liuiiibm. f,.r 'medicinal purpose*. Truase# be made of the host seasoned material, and by the most -killed and competent workmen. 1 crsons wanting anything in his line are requested to call and examine his work, they will find it not to be excelled for durability and wear. 3lf - I.KYI NIRRAY, NOTARY PUBLIC, SCRIBNER AND CONVEYANCER, CENTRE li A L L, P A. Will attend to administering Oaths Ac knowledgement of Deeds. Ac, writing Ar ticlesof Agreement. Deeds, Ac, maylo r. n. wtLaoN. T. 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W GRAFF, CKNTHK HILL, CENTRE 00., PA., Has Jut received a large invoice of Summer Goods. Consisting n| the best assortment of HEADY-MADE CLOTHING! DKKSB GOODS UKOCKRIEH, PROVISIONS, BOOTH* SHOES, HATS* CAPS, A.NI> FANCY ARTICLES, ever brought to Potter twp. LOWEST CASH PRICES! Produce taken in exchange at highest market price*. * A.W.OHA c. P E C IPs" New Coach Manufactory. CENTRE HALL, PA. The> undersigned ha* opened a new e. I tabluhment, at hi* new shops, far the I uiinufactute of c i Carriages, Buggies, A Sprint Wagons, RLKIOHS asp SiKtia, FLAIR AND FANIT of every description . All vehicle* manufactured by him are warranted to render satisfaction, and a* equal to any work done elsewhere. He uses none but the- be*t material, and employ* the most skillful workmen Hence they ttattcr themselves that their work can not be excelled for durability and finish. Order* from a distance promptly attend ed to. Come and examine my work before contracting eUewhcrc. PRICES REASONABLE, All kind*of lit-pating duo*. T KW GOODS AND NEW PRICES ' HIGH RATES HUB BED OUT. Good* at Old Fashioned Price*. At the Old Stand of Wl. WOLF. Would respectfully inform the World and the re*l of mankind, that he ha* just opened out and is constantly receiving a .large stock of GOODS OF ALL KINDS ' vrhic-h he is offering at the vert lowest market price. DRY GOODS and Prints, Mulin*, Opera Cantons, and Woll Flannel*. Ladies' Dress Good*, such a* Detains, Alpaca*, Poplin*, Empress Cloth. Sateen*. TanseUe, together with a full •took of everything usually kept ia the Day Goods line. which he ha* determined to sell veiy cheap, consisting of NOTIONS: A full slock, consisting part of Ladies and Children* Merino Iluse, Collars, Kid gloves, bet quality silk and Lisle thread Olorc*. Hoods, Nubia*. Breakfast shawl*, 1 HATS & CAPS, A full assortment o! Men's Bov's and Children's of the latest style and best. 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