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FP'tJEtIET*...... Editor.
Centre Ball, Pa., 9, Mar IM6
? RfiMS.—f'lpcr y ear, in <tifr<i wer, U.W
ejln nof paid in advance.
Advertisement* 2IV per line foe three t*-
tfetiems, and for&and 12 wioh/vs h<i pe
til contract.
tVcanion.illy you hear a quack in fa
vor of Hartranft for presulout but this
in scarcity meant iif earnest. On the
one hand it i* iatotwlftl to tickle the
governor and on the other to annoy
tirant in his third-term lonising*- Hart
ranft stock will not pan out half a cent'*
worth in the radical national eoiivcn
tion. Centre county radicals are lost
and mixed up on the presidential que
tion—a fen post-masters might IK- found
to sing thirl term, because of the apoon*
All of government pap they are allowed
to swallow —but the balance are adrift j
and do not know whose boat to tackU
to. Kven the organ of the party it this
county, the Republican, is completely
lost.
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IVws Babcock'* goose still hang altitu
dilum? lie i* a little elephant in the
radical circus now which will not sound
high on the bills. Bub, like Scbuchud
noxiur, hud best be turned out to gras-,
until Grant eotrhl recall to his memory
what the explanation of those telegrams
was.
It is a hard pill for the l*ito*n
Gaxette, rail, to swallow, that Gov. t 'ur
tin is claimed aa a democrat by the lie
porter. The Gaxette would throw its
doubts upon our assertion that Mr. iNir
tin has acted with our party since he re
signed the Russian mission. It is a fact,
and we need only remind our neighbor
that upon his return. Mr. Curtln at once
took the stump in favor of Buokalew for
governor. Gov. Curtin can not endorse
the profligacy aud mal-administration
that has been practiced of late years by
the party in which he onee was a shin
ing light, and he resigned a first class
foreign mission rather than be longer
identified with an administration that
is a disgrace to the country on ac
count of its nepotism and plundering
propensities.
The President has declined to improve
another excellent opportunity to put
the third term spook out of sight forev
er. The Ohio Republican Executive
Committee, desiring an authoritative
utterance qf sentiments which the Pres
ident is so often reported as expressing
in private conversation, wrote to him.
asking politely for his attitude on the
third term question. They have receiv
ed no answer yet, aud arc taking no bets
that ihev will never receive one. Prob
ably the opinion at the White House on
the subject is that so important a coni>
munication is most fitly treated with
conternptous silence.
The brass band at West Point is an
expensi\o article—the radical congress
of late years has been appropriating $14.-
000 per year for keeping up this wind
concern. Such a sum of money to one
band should secure fine music for the
dear little West Point cadets, and with
a couple of coppers from their manias
to buy taffy and mint stick with, these
soger boys undoubtedly will have their
desires gratified. But the cadetties may
feel a little down in the gills when they
learn that a democratic house away off
at Washington proposes to cut down
their allowance for music from $14,000
to $2,500, and the chaps who do the
blowing for the cadets may think that
the wind is abont to be knocked out of
them. The Reporter scarcely knows
what consolation to offer the West
Pointers —perhaps it might satisfy them
to have Babcock and a few more of the
crooked whisky ring detailed to go down
occasionally and whistle Yankee Doo
dle and Hail Columbia from the top-rail
of the nearest fence for the edification
of the cadets with an increase of taffy ra
tions. This might reconcile our future
military chieftains to the rutting down
of brass band music to the sweet strains
of which they dance so nicely, Uncle
Sam paying the snug little sum of $14,-
000 to the piper.
We have a batch of genuine continen
tal money in our possession which is
now just one hundred years old—having
been issued in 1776, and is not among
the least of curiosities of the centennial
year. This money of 100 years ago does
not present the handsome appearance
of the greenbacks of to-day, but as it
carries us back to the "times that tried
men's souls" we guard it with the same
jealous care with which our forefather*
guarded their liberties. We hold nine
teen of these revolutionary "shinplas
ters," the denominations ranging from
"One third of a dollar," up to "Sixtv-five
Dollars," amounting in all to the sum of
$316 92.
In a partnership case decided in the
Philadelphia court of common pleas, a
former partner was held liable for a debt
contracted after its dissolution, the
judge charging that in cases of dissolu
tion of copartnerships there should be a
personal notice of the fact to all persons
writh whom the firm had been dealing,
and a public notice in the paper, to re
lieve responsible parties from res|>onsi
bility.
In last week's Kepoiter we mentioned
a similar decision by a Huntingdon
and in which case a United Br.
preacher suffered heavily because of a
failure to publish the usual dissolution
notice.
The line between Harris and the new
township of College does not seeui to l>e
satisfactory to some of the citizens and
they are agitating a new line which
would threw two school districts from
College into Harris.
In Galena, 111., Grant's home, they do
not seem to be over head and ears in
love with their whilom townsman. A
dispatch dated Galena, Feb. 28, says :
In the Mardi Gras procession here to
day Grant was represented smoking on
the back seat of a fine carriage. Bab
cock was by his side, and a bull pup was
on the front seat. The coachman and foot
man were respectable looking colored
men in livery.
The senate committee on civil service
reported a hill in favor of fixing the
president's salary at $25,000 per annum
after March 4,1877. This leaves Grant's
double salary to the end of his present
term as the salary of the chief magis
trate cannot be decreased during his
term of office. If Grant were not actua
ted by greed he would refuse to draw
the $25,000 additional that was heaped
upon his pay by the salary grab bill.
He will not only take it all but would
grab more if it could possibly be piled
on.
Ths court of claims ha* decided
against toe Chropenning claim And
WW intWtrtraitf Urfcun irfll & dfck.
HRLKX.i l\
This fpntleman a leading member of
lirant's cabinet and Sev'v ,i War has
brought everlasting ring race upon him
self and reproach ttjion hi* countly I'hc
house committee of investigation into
abuses under the military department, j
has found Belknap guilty oftb, iini> o(,
selling Indian trading posts, and the e\
ideiiee was -o strong and conch -ive.
that poor Belknap had torvnfc— at one
We iiin not rejoice . i this we w.> ; 1
rather that the Secretary were inn ent
and the country free from the blot that
it receives by his crime. But it is the
truth,and as such it is well that it came
to light, it may serve a- a warnii to
men in high places in the ftilui- M >
do not think that Belknap is the only
one in the business of fanning out o.
ti.es to the highest holder, we littnly b.
lteve that few ofheadsofthedopartmen
at Washington aic clear ot the -an<
eritne. Others may luiv.- coveted the.i
tracks more Muvesafttlly than lielko. p
or may know how to manage witness
es so as to arrrii themselves, but it i a
notorious fact that . rrupt; u m
evcty department of the g vctamcnt
from iiia.it on down. 1 lie crooked
wlitskv ring had its ramit,.atu - in tl.i
whiteshoiise, and it took the iti. . unity
of the w kitCshou.se ring to prevent Bab
cook from being proven guilty while
they v\. re unable t.i prof. his inn. -
ceuce, But with Belknap the bolt came
swift and sine. It was a painful duty
or Mr. Civ over, the head otfUu .-minnt
tee of investigation, to perform but as
an honest man ami a democrat, he
eonld not neither did he wish to -link
it.
In other column of the Reporter we
print further parUctucrfU pf Belknap's
.•wse.
"Some lvmo.ratic Vulcan will have
to forge a new eanq aign thunderbolt to
take tin* place of the one which the par
v has failed u> realize out of the Bab
cock trial."
Thussaitli the Williamsport Bulletin,
a Grant organ, before it heard of the
Belknap thunderbolt. Monder whether
the Belknap affair will fill the Bulletin s
bill. The Bulletin sava in the same ar
ticle,
"It would, however, have Uccti very
severe for the party had the private -ec
retary ami personal friend ot a Republi
can President t>eeu wnviotol of conspi
racy against the government."
In Belknap "a personal friend of a
Republican president,and lin> cabinet
officer has Weu convicted of conspiracy
against the government, " and by the Bul
letin's logic, this will Ik* "severe for the
party." The Belletiu crowed too soon
over Babcock's not proving hitu.-cll in
nocent, and it will find some more "per
sonal friends of a Be publican President
getting into trouble before the dem >•
cratic house gets through with it- iuves
tigatious.
There seems to boa question wheth
er Belknap run be iui|eaehed, since he
is no longer in office—Grant having hur
riedly accepted his resignation in orvler
to save him from the penalty iff disqual
ification forever to hold office. No doubt
a number of the administration party in
the senate will argue against the consti
tutionality of a trial by impeachment f r
the above reason. Grant saved Babe ck
and by his hasty acceptance pf Belknap's
resignation may liave saved his rasctflly
cabinet officer from the penalties which
belong to him on account of his crimes.
In the state senate on 3, the follow ing
bills passed :
An act to protect tiie people of the
Commonwealth against incompetent
practitioners of medicine; surgery and
obstetrics, passed.
An act authorizing the Commission
ers of the several counties of thi- Com
monwealth, to fix tl,a compensation for
light, rent and fue! in election district
in their respective counties, passed.
BABCOCK'S TBI I'M I'll COMI'LF.TI.
A Washington special to the World of
29, says : The spasmodic ebullition of
virtue which announced to the hut
Cabinet meeting that Babcock was to
leave the White House because he had
been "indiscreet" appears to have eith
er been incorrectly reported or to
have ooied out with remarkable rapidi
ty. To-day it is announced that the
President has decided not to accept Bab
cock's resignation, and to-day that
worthy appeared in the Senate with a
message from the President and the air
of a conquering hero. The scene was
painfully suggestive. Hardly had the
last words fallen from his lips before all
the carpet-baggers and questionable
characters in the Senate, the Senator
with reputations more odious than odor
ous, made a grand rush for him. Spen
cer aud West were almost the first to
seize upon hiu, but were followed
speedily by Horsey, Mitchell, Powell
i Clayton, and that ilk. Why, even Mor
ton dragged himself from his seat to wel
come home the returned prodigal. Tin
rarua aria gave him a decided ovation,
which he received with the gracioui
condescension becoming a man whose
true inwardness the President has sworn
to. Babcock declined the serenade ten
dered him this evening hv Shepard A
Co.
The I'ittaburg l'ost, Hanover Citizen,
and several other democratic journals
favor Jeremiah S. Black for the presi
dency. Grant and Babcock might la
the ticket of tlie crooked whiskey ring.
Besides the impeachment, which dis
qualifies Belknap forever from holding
office, the attorney general has been in
structed to institute a criminal prosecu
tion against him, and should he be found
guilty the penalty will be three years
imprisonment and a fine of twice the
amount of money corruptly received.
Lutcher A. Co., merchants, London,
failed on 4, Liabilities $2,500,000.
Grant's attorney general, l'ierreponf,
stopped fellows in the crooked whiskey
business from turning state's evidence, j
by threatening to prosecute them abo,
which threw a damper on the prosecu
tion of Babcock and other thieves. Now
the administration is attempting the
| same game in the Bc-lknap case, and Ims
! ordered proceedings against Marsh, with
threats against all others giving state's
evidence, in any other cases that may
arise—and the committee has more in
hand. This is the way Granl will save
the rascals, and it is contrary to all us
ages.
The comments of the London press on
the Belknap scandal arc very severe,
some of them reflecting severely on the
present Administration.
A New York paper says "Evedid it
Belknap will be indicted by the Grand
Jury. The brother of Mr. Evan*, the
Fort Si!) trader, has made a statement im
plicating General Dent, the President's
brother-in-law, and Orville, his brother.
Anticipating bis flight the Met-rotary'*
hu*e has been placed under police sur
veillance.
The St. Louis Time*, publishes an e*.
posure of the Attorney General's connec
tion with the whisky ring, arid charge*
him with betraying the prosecution to Gen
eral Babcock's lawyers.
Congressman Purman Republican inciu
' ber from Florida, li.-m been detected in
corrupt practices, and will probably be ex
pelled ftva* tbwHvUco.
t in sin\ / in ut ut:i>, ,
TWIN <>r IW> i MI \ VHIKIC N van*.
lin Sunday nlli riwHHiiuiil evening oue
>f the most singulai in< identa in the
dsiorv of the luiitritiionial lottery took
n( \ I >1 Johnson avenue, Wil
liam-burg, it being the playing of a
K Mtno at cards for the possession of a
wife by her two living husbands
The cause* of this phenomenal inci
dent, briefly tohl, are as follows In
the tall of IST 1 bonis lunge, a barber,
married Viniie lb>rlsinuiin, of Hudson
i lit \ .1 . aft. i a lonrtsliiptiftwo weeks
Hi, V lived tojtlier a\er* qiiarmlaome
lite i u u few mouths, and then, in a lit
I p.; II In >l ct ti l lid'llll.l Wellt to
l'hiea.-.* Iteittf. h'ft without means,
wout hoiiu i.. In r parents ; hut, having
obtained a situation returned to Wlr-
Itiiiiishtirg Here sh nut the g rooms
ma n. I tuns Ihischer, who otlh laliwl at
h-r we lding \ftcr waiting for two
wars without hearing from l-ange, Mrs.
l-ango married Ikntcher in IS?4. |.ast
week 1 atige returned to Brooklyn, and
inti it on iteiug more hapny in the fu
ture, sought In- w ifv> to make amends for
his previous ill-Ucatiuent and give
promises for better treatment in the fu
ture He was horrified to tind her the
wife of hi- groomsman, but after con
si.lerable sell'-eommunioii lie decided to
arran -e the utlaii uini.-ably. So, with a
mutual friend who was acquainted with
all the parties, ho called on her, iit the
rear of I'd Johns n avenue He was
made (ordially welcome, an.l after a con
versation of some half hour's duration,
the men adi-mrm Ito the saloon in the
> .nt building to settle the matter by a
a! , it < aeiire The room was a dingy
•lie, the light of two kerosene lumps
■ listing ottlv a taint glimmer on the in
ter, sting game vvhieh was heralded, ac
onp.iined and followed by copious
draughts of lager. In the earlier part of
the game fortune seemed to be in favor
of IkiHchor, and he speedily scored nine
.if ten points necc-s.iry to w in, but there
he stopped, and h.tnge slowly and by
"one," scored up to the same figure. The
vroutan, as the game progressed, left her
seat, and took a place by the side of her
second hnsband All tin s,- in the room
gather* 1 around the table, and w 1-ange
to k a trick an audible sigh came from
the woman, but as IV-ther laid out
trump after trump she seemed relieved,
and when he had made the winning
point she saluted hint with a hearty
ki-s. l.ange for a moment seemed an
gry, but n^%J f 4 IVmoher, old I sty,
she ain't worth fighting oer , here's joy
to you w ith her," and he quaffed a
foaming tankard of beer.
The party then commenced drinking,
and k< t t it up until midnight, when they
-epe ruled the best of friends.—A I".
H.ru!' fVi. 22.
STAIC lEDTO It EAT I!
Washington, Feb. -V. -Hon. b-li I*.
Norton ilied in Fr vide nee hospital n
this cit> w sterdav afternoon,in the 50th
\ ear of his ago. Nlr. Norton was U>rn
in Mansfield. Illinois. He practiced law
in Livingston. Kentucky ; Cincinnati,
Ohio, and in New' V ff city. He was
appointed by President Johnson a n>lt
cilor of the court of claims, which posi
tion he hold until the expiration of Mr
Johnson's term, fciince that time he lias
been practicing his profession, princis
pallv before the court of claims and the
Mexican claims commission, but latter
ly he ha- been unfortunately impover
ished.
Abont tea days ago he met a friend
on the Ntn it, aiid explained to him his
reduced circumstances, and after lead
ing him retired to his room, where he
remained for five days before he was
discovered and taken to the hospital,
lie was too proud to a-k for assistance
and thus deliberately chose death by
starvation rather than appear as a men
dicant.
STARTLING CHARGES
AG AIN ST SEI K ETA KY
BELKNAP.
HK sELLfc A POST TRADEKSHIP
FOR SA>.UXi
The General Confesses His Guilt.
Tns lloi'sx Adopt- Hmaictwmi or Im
mcsuisT,
WavijtsQTo*, March 2, " S T'>
Mr. Ctymer Pa.) presented _ iviola
tion* iff impeachment against Win W
Ktlknap. late secretary • f war, lor high
. rimes a d mi#deineatiTs in ofßce ' In the
mid it of great e*eit ment and with an un
■ isual -tiii*—. Mr Clymer woe and said,
I a-k permission of the house to make a re
port from the committee en expenditure*
in the war department of so grave impoi
tan< n that I am quite certain that when it
is heard thi* *ioue .ill agree that I am
justified in asking that |.. rmli,i"n at thi
time. Permission * g>ven. and Mr.
Clymer taking hi* pwilion at the clerk'*
desk, read the following report:
The committee discovered at the very
threshold iff it* Investigation such unques
tioned evident* ol malfeasance of Uen.
W. W Belknap, then •• c.ruiry iff :vr,
that tlis-v found it their duty to lay the,
tuna he fore th" house.
They further report that on this day at
. lev. n •• clock a letter fr. in the l'rc-ident
of the United Stales was presented to the
c 'mmittee, wocapljng the resignation of the
se relaryof war. together with a CfM'T of
his letter <ff resignation which, the Pre*i
dent informed the committee, wa* accept
ed ab ut ten o'clock thi* morning They
there! >re unanimously report that the said
W. W. H.-lknap., Ute secretary of war, be
dealt with according to the law* of the
land, and to that end submit her- with the
testic.ony in the ca-e. taken together with
several statements and exhibits thereto at
tached. and also a rescript of the proceed
ing* of the committer hd durlr g the in.
v estimation of this subject, and submit the
following resolution :
Resolved. That W. W. Belknap, late
secretary of war, ho irnpearhed of high
crime, and mi-demeanor in offh c.
After concluding the report Mr. Clymer
demanded tho previous que.-tlou on the
resolution to impeach.
Mr Ke-snn lowa nppe.ded to M*. Cly
mer to give an opportunity for some sug
gestions f be ma Je before asking the pre
vious question on a matter of so grave im
portance.
Mr. riyiner regretted that he could not
oblige hi* frlond fseveral democratic mem
bers, "Yes," "Ve") for tho reason that
his colleagues on the committee desired to
be heard after the previous question was
seconded.
After some further di-cussion the pre
vious que.'ion wn-seconded, ami Mr. C'ly
mer yielded tho floor lo his colleague on
tho < rnmi:t"e, Mr Bobbins, of North
Carolina, who favored the adoption of the
resolution.
Mr. B:t-* N. Y> another member of the
committee, hoped every member would
vote for the resolutions presented.
Mr B.xckburn (Ky), another member
of the committee, expressed his satisfaction
that tho report which had been rend by his
colleague |Mr Clvtner) showed to the
world that nothing had been left undone
by the committee to shield and shelter
Irorn dishonor every person except tho one
whom it was the duty of tho committee to
investigate and report upon, and in a
strong speech advocated tho Hdoption of
the resolutions.
Mr. Ibsnf-rih Ohio', another member
of th<- committee, expressed it a* his judg
meat that the acceptance of Mr. B Unap's
resignation in no manner changed tho po
sition of that officer to the country undex
pre-sed tho hope that there would not he
a single vote on the republican side of tho
h use against the resolution
After a few remarks from Mr. Knsson
against the right of the house to impeach
an officer n r t"r his resignation had been
accepted, tho debate was closed and the
houe proceeded to vote on tho resolution,
which was unanimously adopted.
The speaker appointed as the committee
to notify the senate of the action of the
house Slissrs, L'lymer, Bobbins, Black
burn, Bass and Danforlh, these members
composing the committee on expenditure*
of the war department, making the re
port.
'i'h'! house then at fl: 15 p. in. adjourned,
when it Win announced that tlio demo
cratic caucus which had been fixed for to
night, had been adjourned till Saturday
night
A Mr Mar-h, of New York, appeared
yesterday bnforu the committee aforc-aid.
iti obedience to a -uhpoer.u mrved on him
l ilt Saturday, and testified that ho hail ub
Mined a contract to pot traderihipi at
Fort Sill and other army pods in the
southwest, fui which he paid the wifo of
Secretary Belknap SIO,(XX) each, and
000 per annum tu long a* he held the same
-three year*. To-day Secretary Belknap
was notified of what had transpired, and
was reijue-ted to appear before tho com
mittee, which he did. The testimony of
Mr. Marsh was read to him. and he did
not attempt a defense, but contested that
the statements of Marsh were all and sin
gular true He begged mercy at the hands
of the committals, and n*kcd that he might
be allowed to resign and r.o further pro
ceedings taken in tho matter. To this not
even the republican members of the com
mittee w ri inclined to listen. Thu wbolo
transaction is so damnable, and tho evi
dence so perfectly overwhelming, that any
suppression of the facts would be certain
and eternal inlutny to all who were privy
to any such nil arrangement, The twin
miU(i(> Imld it eotiMillation this evening at 1
elf lit it elm 1, in Mr nam's room, at lli( v
Vtllilfl.'ii hotel, to iletormlno wliethet it |
woulti be bct ti in all their report 10-mor
r><w, an.l il wh te..l\ ed lo il.i it ,\ i. so
luliou of iiiioearl.nient will lollow, ami 1
matter wheiher llelknati resign* or tint tin 1
ii lo li' m ill lie |>re|Mrnil iiu.l pr. elili'il to)'
ill." senali early next week '
Mi M.irsli also li .tilletl to oilier fraud. 1
utid i i rrii|il ai l* on the pari o| tlie teero v
ti \ , anil pti dueed the m or.ls as evidettre \
10 >ub.iainiate\ei > |. u i alated by biin |
tie via. subjected lo a llioroitfb . saioiiia (
tun, bill was n.il shaken in u single point. ,
11. 4- sail: in alion a . in prog less all .las j
yes . i .lav. an.l to-day up t.i otu. o'eloek.
At three •'. 10. k tin. afternoon Helknat
wa> suniitiiine.l before the ooinmlttee and I'
llui rvidenee o( k'arb was read to Itilit 1
lie Was asked II he enuld give any eipla I
nation, or refute the ebaige in any degree i
11 'Wing bi< Ilea l wtlli shatlle, he rO|ile**ed I
(but lb. slal. in. i.W weie line, mid that h> I
most silbiiilt to bis tale lie however. uu
pl.ired the eoinuullee I i >oo In* w if". ,
ll .mi dlsboaor, and (.'iitti|irr>i siotte of the 1
iii. -t daiiiiiing proof*, otfeiing to sutler anl'
nil:, tuo ut charging him with unv elhei '
t"• vvii■ provided the boriible leoor.l ol
rorrupltob was witliliebl and to this ar-j'
ralfmtteiil lie veoti'.d plead guilty and at
i.uce t. iiilei hi* resignation Hut even thel l
republicati in.inb.r* id thocotuuiltteo. Mr.'
I*.vlifi>nl of ttiiio and Mr Hat* of New
\ ork, were inexorable Phe blow ha* been!
impel dii.g f>r more than a week, an.! l
It. ..Imp line been advisi j of it* coining,)
•ii d pressure ba* been brought to bear tin I
the committee U incline them to mercy; I
but while their hearts are lender, llieiij
sens® of retiiiiv*ibil ty to their country
made them iron elad against even the
pleadings of the wtlo and mother
It it one w liner* hud been examined, and
w ht'e the proof be turnlslled was o clear
ttiat He Ik II np had to admit hi* •holto'in
ings, it is kn ili that Ibis Is but ohe fuse
ol many, and therefore the commute# will
havi< to report a resolution ut impeach
ll. cut, which will undoubtedly paf* the
house, probably without oppoaitton.
The follow.ug Is given us the origin of
tl.e Helknap investigation
Wnile in mrvll of a house for bis l'mnt
> iu Itrc. atber, tiou 11 H Lew is, of A -
abaioa, was referred lo li t> Artues, a
reai estate agent in this city. Poring their
M ■:> II UriBWM, Mr AWN, ID H run-|
\i i .ai.ti . '.ntel to Mr. Lotto. that hn had i
furmni')' belonged lu ih<> nrmv. but a
--vlI-lit:>>.-d through the •Bluily ill Itelk lin}>
that it be had the n>>i>thrt)[ n member
of Cong ret* he t uld, IU tlx I v day*. dev el
up f,n i< thai aulj ftTie Belknap to re
sign. Lewi* tendered hit tuiiltlicr, ami
they subsequently haiiteveral inltrviimi,
Lraii ben g inprrutiil, sought the udi il l
of Kutulall, thu advised that fact* be
brouichl before Clymer, Chairman af Ex
penditure* in the War Department 1-ow
it and Artf.ej taw Clymer. The latter
gave a li*t of a itnojet including Martb
Vfterward*. Clymer thought Armet ara>
acting in ha 1 faith a* the Secretary taid
Arntet ha 1 proposed, if he mat restored to
tlie army and certain other condition!
complied with, he would drop the matter.
Lewi* -aid it Armet wat reeking oily to
levy blackmail, ofoourre they could have
nothing to do with it, but advttcd, at
Armet bad luruUbed the name* of wit
n*N that they be t ailed and examined
which wat done.
WASUINUTOV 1. C., Mar. 2 IhTfi.
Mr. Pretideul I herein tender my res
ignation at Secretary of A\'r arid request
t* immeihate acceptance Thanking you
ft r yqur pg:i>U)iit and continued k nJueta,
1 am respectfully ar-4 truly your*
[Signed] Wm W. Bulks-r
The Resignation Accepted.
E\ XCCTIVI M.vxatoy, 1
Waauivuios, Mar. 2 i
I>KXK Sta-Y ur tender of resignation
at Secretary of War, with the request I
have it aceepted immediately it received,
and the tame it hereby accepted with
groat regri i Your*, Ac ,
L'. S. iiar.
The President apt" inted Secretary Kob
i->. •) a ling Secretary of War.
Mr Belknap to night announce* hit de-
termination, in view of the action ol the
iioute to-day, in presenting article* ol
impeachment to the Senate, not to make
iny public ttalement unit 1 he <an do ■'
b-i'ore the (tonate in an oiui iml form.
The President, in a convertation with
friendi to night, t!ate 1 emphatically that
bo wat not awrare of the enorniimly of
charget againtl Belknap at the lime hi
tendered and the President accepted hi.
retignalion. From the hurried and inco
herent manner o! Belknap'* cominunoa
tioa 'o him, the President drew the con
clution that Mu. ifeiknan. r,d nt hoi
hutband wat the guilty party, and that
the tieneral aumed all rrtponaibiiity
and ceoure in order lothto'.d hit wife At
tint ho did not inform tho Prender.t that
he wat actually guilty lpmtelf but confea*-
ed be tana not free from blame The Pre*
idar.l pay* if be had known the lull meas
ure of Belknap t gulit I i Would not have
yielded to readily to Belknap*! appeal in
accept!-* g the retignalion in the mild termi
he did, hut would have demanded that
official relation* be ten tham should im
mediately reaae. and that Belknap tb >u'd
at oru v vacate hi* ■ (fire and take ail c -n
sequence* ot hi* official mitconducl Th*
President bad no tuapicion up to ter
O'clock ycterdny that Brikuap official
Conduct *a the subject of invcatigati- :
and nothing cou'd have Occationed him
more turpruc than the communlcatio*
made to him by Belknap himself at Iht
time he prevented h; written resignation
GRAXT KSKW OF 77/ A* RAJiCAU
TIES'.
Soon ,-tßs-r the di*oovc*w wflhe frauds
at Fort Sill, CapUtn Robittaon, a* presi
dent of the JMJHI council, and in the line
of liia duty, reported the corruption to
the Prreident through the customary
channel*. The only result waa hit trans
fer to the ivseition of Supervisor of the
issuing of Indian supplies. In DO a
more loruial report of the irregularities
waa made, w hen Captain Kobinson WAS
at once ordered on receiving service at
Philadelphia. 11c waa noon after*ant
ordered to this city, and nut in com
mand of the receiving post here. From
1 Baltimore, during the fatter |>art of D>74.
he preferred torpiai charge* of corrup
tion against Secretary Belknap, and for
warded pnwifs and *|>ecitlcations to
President Grant. As a result of this art,
he was placed tinder military arrest on
I September 11, 1574. It is provided In
the act of Uongress that charges must he
preferred aguinat an oUpfr f the army
within ten iay after his arrest ; failing
to do this, it is further provided
that he shall intmcdi
alely he set ai liberty. Captain Robin
son, however, by sjH-cial order of Secre
tary Belknap, was put under ( lose ar
rest, and no liberty was allowed him,
nor were any charges preferred until the
following spring, when he was sent to
St. I/iuis for trial by a commission or
ganized for the avowed purpose of con
viction. Belknap was authoritively r
jiorted as saying at the time ; "if this
commission don't convict Captain Rob
inson, then, by , I will fix one that
will." The charges at length preferred
were of alleged frauds, the preferring of
unfounded charges against a superior of
ficer, etc.
n Genera) Belknap's commission, how-
I ever, did its appointed work, anil ( apt.
p Robinson was dismissed from the *er
r vice. To show the irregnhircharacterof
0 the St. Louis com mission it is necessary
0 only to state that five of its members
x were promoted bv (he dismissal of Ca|e
f tain Robinson. The articles of war pro
vide that an officer shall ha tried only
r by his equals or superiors in rank. The
o(fi<-era of the army, while cognizant of
s Secretary Helknap's corruption, dared
not protest nguitist them for fear of the
persecution which would at once have
I'een instituted. It cannot he doubted
that President Grant bus long been fa
-1 miliar with the corrupt practices of Gen
i era! lielknap. It seems certain that,
i save for the investigations of a Demo
• (-ratio Congress, the thrifty habits of our
i Centennial Secretary of War would have
remained hidden for an indefinite peri
' od. Captain Kobinson is about to de
mand an investigation of his case by the
, military committee of the House, and
i to ask for a reinstatement in the service.
It is thought that the recent develop
ments will encourage the officers of tin
army to divulge whatever information
they may possess concerning the corrup
tion of the War Department, and thus
render material aid in purifying the one
department of the government which
has been thought to be free from blem
ish.
EMMA^MINE.
ASSERTIONS AND COUNTER-AS- !
BERTIONS.
VKHV DAMAOINO TESTIMONY AO A INST IH II- :
LIC orniAMl.
Washington, March I.—Mr. .Lyon r
again appeared beforo thoeommittee on I
foreign affairs to-day and exhibited <
copies of Senator Stewart's letters, to *
which nllusion graft previously made.
The letters were photographed by the !
Kinma mining company, to bp used in (
the pending suits against the vendors of \
the mine. The witness referred to the -
telegram sent to London in 1871, that L
Senator RJair had introduced g resolu- <i
tion calling for an investigation of ("Jen- "
end Sclienek'a connection with the Em- ( -
ium mine, In u tAmwraitlvn with Pltrko,
llio bitter mud lie ltn<! lived the mutter
with the general hen ho bud indttccd
Ititn to givit I>iin Parke Ida nolo lot the
stock ami then to vv rito hint a letter Buy
ing, it Ida note ai.d atfu-k Wert" Hot Mltll
i icnt M'curlty he would give a mortgage
on hia liotihc and lot hi \N aahington
Parke said lie had r< Hilled thin atatc
nient to Stewart, and il Stcwuit
would ilo llio aa mo tiling it
would dry up llio resolution,
I I.e ii.mmttl. o ,Mii-. .l to Ihv ted a cot
rospondoneo lu-twiu it s I Putt. I.i aioi
lion K.'hcnek In the lottu of July
I v . '., Nil Pallord VII Iti .l lien Schctli k
to gtvo him certain information ahotil]
tin- l inina mim- ami icpogted tho rtt
llliir that t it'll, s. hem k • Iil not, ' emt/' i.
pay for hia ahart.-. Whftltcr thin wa>
true or not, a countryman of Selloutk'f,!
thon in London, said that .'•,(* to nhuti>
hail boon given to s. hem k to tl .al tlu
1 intua atock, and that Senator Stewart
reioivi-.l two thousand nharca lolm . ouii
it director of tlio Kttttiui mining com
|utny.
t'otonel tiorhaui uppcart-il In f. i. tin
ooinniittcc w tilt a telegram from c v-Hcn
atoi Stewart Tito committee uuthorix
e.l Colonel tiotiiatii to inform Mr St. w
art that they would In ar him whenevci
he ahollld preaent hitnaelf, nlout tw.
vv eeka hetue, an.l the eomniittee furth
i r raid that Mr I yon would he iccath-ii
at that time no that Mi Mi wurt eoitld in
tcrrogate him. Mr. Lyon nan! this
wotihl be verv agret aide ti> himself ami
then renunte.l hia testimony, wjieuting
that Parke had often informed htm thai
(ii'tieral Sehenek'a name had oht tin
Kutmn mine, and this the witnea* le
lieved from concurrent circuniHtuui-es,
The chairman laid Ix'fore the *w>ui
tnittee the following telegram, dat* <1
l.oinbm to-day, ndilremved to hunm-lt
"The report of the prtweedinga an t.
(iem ial sehenek'a connection with tin
Linina mine, puhliaheil in tc. .lav's ln
don Times, ntatea that .lames I'. I.voi
testitied that 1 told hint 1 gave v t .na! I
Stewart 'J.ooo ah area to beeome a direct
or, ami to ussUt in getting Hehenek'n
name on the tniaril. Thin Mtatcment is
absolutely untrue. I have never seen
Lyon, nor have 1 had any cnnmiutiica
tiou witli him in my life. I never gai*
Stewart any share* cither to Iveeotne a
director himst If or to gi*t Schenok to !*-
eotne one. and { give Lyon'e teatimony
the moat timjualiiicd contradiction.
"A t tirtiT < >it wr."
Theabove teh gram having been shown
to Mr Lyon he deituwl ever having uad<
mtch aiatement. Ilirum A.Johnson, of
New York, who acted an attorney for
Lyon testified to the way iti which tin
Kmtna Block wan put n the market and
an to how it was manipulate.!. Ills tes
timony fully cornilnirati ii that of Mr
Lyon to which gentleman he referred
the committee for furthcf iniortuatn ti
ami stating tljaf he tLyon't wan trust
worthy and that the etory which lie told
j wan correct. Adjourned.
P'! BLit' VHNDI'E
Will be xold el
g v> in no aoiu ai ■
Public Sale on the p'emlte* <f the Sub
tcriber n Potter tow nthip, one mile eatt '
of the Old Fort, and occupied by Jacob 1
Koch, on Tuesday, March 14. at I'.'-iO !
The fallowing described property, viz
4 work liortea, t'oit. 2 vrqrhng m."
yi—it. I|t>i * -t Mlleh Oowt, 7 bead of.
Sheep, une g-u-d '4 bere wagon with bed
Hav ladden. 1 grain-drill 1 go-ul Fanno g
Mill, 1 Four-horse Power with Tbroher'
and Shaker and Strap,
ONE lil't KKYE READER
atid Mower.'.' Bvibiledt, 1 Ml. all Sid V
Heckend< r . Plowt, 2 Barr h:iir, 'J Flat
Harrow t, 2 Corn Cultivator*, It' rn S- ra
per, 1 llarptler CV.-n p ante;. ! j -;eCorn
i planter, b i Hay Fork. Ii pe, and
i Pulleyt, Hay Fork*. Gra : Fork*, and
[other Fork#, Bake*, Bag wagon bail
buthel mes-ure. Leg chain*. P' iu,
Double-tree*, Singe-tree- Plow Gear*, 1
"etl Tug Harnett, a lot of C w chain*, 1
I Splitting Axe. Socket Wedge, stone Ham-j
•m r . 1 timid Stone, 1 -ell manure board.
1 Meat Bench, 1 t\ <>oJ bun>>. 1 gotidj
Wardrobe, pinner Bell, and a variety oil
article* not mentioned Term* will be
made known on day of Sale
Mar., 'J. SAMUEL F. FOSTER
TSAACSTRUNK S SALE
11 \\ :t . -\i
lat the residence of the underigt .-d, 1 mile
wett of Spring Mill*, on THURSDAY,
MARCH IC. at 1 o'clock, the f -ugiiig
described property, vix iwo liortet.
Cowt, young UaU a. Ex-eDicr Reaper
Piowt. Harrow*, Oultivator*. Hay Fork
and Rope, t icart, Cbtiiu, Two llorte
Wagon, Drill, and many other aft - 'oa.
Term* wdl be made known on dav ofale.
Mar. V, ISAAC STRUM K
| , .. j
The undcrtigund, adllliulttrat r -f the
•ttale of R. W Jtmiem. late of Junl- a
<lo.. deceated, will, bv virtue of an ordtt
•ftheOrphani Court of Centre county,
expote the following decrib< d real etite.
• ituate in Pxtler townthip. Centre county,
to public tale, on the premitc*. at Vo'clock
p. m, on THURSDAY, MARCH, kd.
iSTtI
1 lie uadivided one-hall part td a tract
of Itt.d, bounded by land* of Eliaabetfi
Decker, on tt.e rati , Andrew (r g. on
the a-<ulh , Henry Sankey, on the we*t;
and Jon-ph Carom, ©n the north; contain
in f
ONKiII'NDUEp AKI) 1 WEN TV
Til HEE ACRES
more or !*. thereon erected a givd
KHAMK HOUSE of large n,-e, B*i t
Bam. and mmd outbuilding*. 1 lie whole
of tint ianiT it now under r ullivation, and
i* an excellent quality of aiabie land
There it a g--td Apple Orchard on the
premite*. and alao a fine aaeortmetil of
other fruit*
Tbi* land i* eligibly itualed. about one
mile northeatt ol Pot er Bank, and in
clo*e proximity to church**, achuol* and
•torca.
Term* will be made known on day of tab
Further particular* can alto be had bv at"
plying to D. S. Keller, attorney, Bl)<
font*.
JOHN MOTZEK,
LOUIS K ATKINSON,
mar 1 Adm'r*.
• f BVI LONG'S NALE
> L Will be'aoltl
g nl Public aisle, 3 milt - oit of Mndoon
d burg, M ARCH the 10th on J Klitio
. farru, 3 Work Hum-*, 1 two yearling Eng
I. iish draft Stallion, 1 yearling Colt 1 milk
~ Cow*. 4 head of young Cattle, Sheep. *
largo broad wheeled Wagon. 1 k' horse
pring Wagon. 1 ExccUiur Reaper asd
• Mower, 1 *eii of Hay ladder*. Tlirohing '
' Machine, hurtc Power and Shslo-r. hor-< :
0 Gear*, 1 Lancsiter Drill, 1 Hay-rake, '
• Plow*, Harrow* Cultivator*, Fork*, new 1
• Bob-vied, 1 Cook Stove with pipe. Sale '
- to commence at 1 o'clock. 1
• LKiir.KLL* Bao, LEVI LONG 1
Auctioneer*. Feb 17 td '
J Q ALB of JOB. K. MOYEB
-1 O There will
be exposed at Public Sale, MARCH Kith. "
1576. :n Mile* township, 1 mile wet ofß<> .
berburg. the entire frm stock of the*ub- 1
•criber, viz .- Six good work Horse- from '
• 4 to 7 year* old. 'J C->lLt, I 2 year eld and 1 ''
• yearling, H Milk Cow*. 2 being tr--h
f young ("attic, >ln>ei>, 1 Breeding Sow, *
Sheata, 1 broad wheeled Wagon, 1 'J li.>r<
j Wagon. 2 new spring Wagon", 2 Bob
, Slmi, 1 Log Sled, 1 Tread Power Ma
chine, Shaker and Strap, 1
REAPER A MOWER,
, I Hay-rake, 2 aett of llnv ladder", 1 large
r Cultivator, 1 Corn-Planter, 1 Comscrapcr,
2 Corn Cultivator*, 1 Steel plow, :5 ,-iu-t
Plows, '2 double Harrow*. 2 ett Yanke.
iiarneaa, 1 >ett light double Harms", 1
plow Gears. Hridlea. Collar*. Halter* and
Strap*, Doubletree*, Singletree*, Log
chain*, Hake* and Fork*, ITsy by the Ton,
a large double Rood Organ, und many oth
er article*. One year Credit will he giv
en. JOSEPH K HOY IK.
D. M. MottHta, Auc. 17 labtd.
KELLER BROS SALE I
Will bo *->ld
at Public Sale, at tho residence of the sub
•criher*. near Centre Hall, on WKDX KX
DAY, .MARCH 10th. The following pro
perty, viz :
Two Breeding Mares with Foal.
One Driving Mare, one Two-Year Old
Colt, two Yearling Colt", one
SIX YEAH OLD STALLION.,
1 Breeding Sow with pig, 1! Head ii
sheep. (South Down.) I'wo .Milk Cow*.
2 Heifer* with calf, 1 yearling Hull, 4 head
"f cattle, one Plantation wagon, with
bed and ladder* 1 two-hore wagon, 1 pair
of hob-aled*. 2 h ninily tied*. 1 Top Hutrgy,
1 Ntoner Drill, 1 Footu Cultivator, t urn
Cultivator*. Shovel-plow*. Plow.-and Har
row*. Single-tree*, Douhle-lree*, Chain*,
Hay-Fork, rope and Pulliea, Bake* und
Fork*, 1 Hnv-rake, 2 Grain cradle*, 2
Mowing Scythe*, one
HEADER AND MOWER,
Threshing Machine, Slutker and Strap,
Horse Power and Jink, 1 Centre Hull
Cornplanter, 2 sett* Yankee flurni -s, 2
sett* of Crupper*, Plow Gear*. Collar*,
Bridle*. 1 Double sett of Harness, 1 Single
*ett of Harness, 2 Stung* of Sleigh-bell. 8
Cider Barrel*, 1 Cross cut Saw, ] Copper
Kettle, with Patent Stirrer, I Iron Keltlo
Kitchen and Parlor Furniture, Carpet,
Stove*, Stovepipe, Bedstead*. Corner Cup
board, and many other article*loo laiiner
us to ijh ntion. Sale to commence at 10
■'clock, when t. riii* \* iJI be pintle known.
Li go Koeit, C. C. KKLLKK,
Auctioneer, i\ F. KELLER.
IttMt t-J J,P It IMKN T Ttl WAKN
INti
St imon < >n IIel!,
PliilaJclpbie, l>cc. I" Mr, Moody
if. iftn'd on ' Hell, Inking n hi* text
wo word* fi>'lll the parable of (live* and
,m. ii u*, ' S >a, it. iiieuihcr," If you
..il known w bat 1 w a . to |• r • neb ab lit to
ligbt many vvi übl bave *teyed away ; hut
MMWI 1.11 1.1 ! ■ I.uve It *nlil that I I• M
ervicct.il I'll ilaili Ipbia for four Wrik*
Hid never once *poke about brll "Holt, I
i inend.ei 1 'I I es.-arc the word* of the
t.oiii bin.*. If, ll any "(to of you list* a'
i i v nit, iii .1 y oti tend bin. w Ith a messi-g.
Ibe 1.1 op* ba> k a pal tot y our UK ttagr In
-..ii*.- be tlimk* it ten bar*h, vou would
t .Minis* li at ct v ant at utn I, i must ile
iVi i llis no • viige It at the Lord lias gtveti
me u I find il; an I if you bave any (iuar
rel about ill. W t.ls it IHU*t be Willi iiod,
• lid m-t with me. The thought that we
lake Memory With Ua
lulu tt • oiler world is very solemn Wi
nth ' ut I (gelling 'kings, but the taCt i*
wei .iiorgit Twin i havu In nt very
in i i death , and ail my pa*t life eaioe
n. I.g lack upon me ft It V thing that 1
bm! dune i row did upon my uiciuury My
wI . Iu ! fe CM tile Up bi-toie Itic, tratu|i,
tramp, trump. M hen (i. d *av *. "Hon, te
ni- iuber,' ail the past will ben c alled. We
tslk about I• od s book of rci ..rdj but v. |
will tired no one lo teH us what we bate]
done, lor 11.- makes every man keep Ins,
record. Talk about tiod condtuining u>
why Wi- khatl coll ii uin OUrr|ve*; We Well I .
*at/l alii one to cotideuin u*. Meuiorv
will ...in. Ip agviiitt u*, and there will bi
io lit. .1 it ny w itni •<■ to prove o c
guilt
A mart who had cbaig. oi it.-wii.gbn -gr
opened it just to oblige a fri. lid who >A d
here wa plenty of time for bit boat (.<
pn* through bei'ore the Irani of car> came
along Hut a mon.. id after the Itghtn.t.g
express eaine tliUhdrritig OB and da-bed
into the dark Water* below. The bridge
keeper, what, neglect had caimd the dis
aster, lotl lit* reason. and In* life since bar,
bi-i li spent in a liiad-b"Ue '1 be first ai d j
only work, he uiieied when the train'
leaped into the open chasm Well-,
"li 1 Only H*i,"
and lie lint g nc coiiiatiily repeating U>i
Vain regret. That will be the iry iti ll.i 1
10-t wi J, 'lf I only bad ! ' Tl.at i> tin j
cry ol men who were living in Philadel i
ph.a a year i.go. Ask tin- uiati in prUoi.j
what it is thai makes bis life to wearisome!
aid i. will |cll jrsiu 'Memory, memory I
And in the prikori-houc# of bell It 1* in em
.ry that make* the p'ace so awful—tt l
think what they might bave been if they j
iiad but accepted Christ when lie was i t-1
hired to them. A young uit. wet tbci
deacon of a church on HaUbath morning
niiJ aski- i him the terriblevjuestioti "How ;
jfar is il to heit ?'• "Young man," ti the]
I r ''
ply, "don't mock *uih a serious reality j
'you utay be nearer to hell than you thiifk.' j
I'tiey had only just turned the corner oil
the road, and ridden a few yatdt, when Li
liorte threw him and he was picked up
dead. Some of you went out ot thi* build
ing last night laughing and making atcr
rv. VoU mocked a. tile idea oi Leaven anil
rlien it* joy* were offered vou, you kick
d tlx in away like u foot-ball, but the'
line will come when vU will remember
bat tervice. Some tu<ty go out to-nlgbt
ind drown the n rnory [of il..* text in!
Irink, but it will t oine up in the other'
vorld and then.
You C*u't Drown It,
II drilik Nodaubl all the ix tbouand
fear* Cain ha remembered the terrible
-in be committed, and bat heard the voice
•1 that loving brother whom he murdered.
>!a* Juua* < *er f rgotten hoer he betrayed
he Son of God with a kt-*' IL.w that
aort] ha. g:-aw.-d aw*v at hi* convcieaie
h< o hundred year* 1 1 tell you there i*
tiling a time whrn you can't ft rgtt.
Mem >ry it the worm that dietb not li iaj
.be aatnii Bible wiii< h tpeakt of heaven
that tell* u* of bell. There it no (dace in
beaten for unprepared men—for tboae
wb" are unredeetnid Betide*, what are
;< h men going to do if they get there*
Do you think mat the-e rumti-ller*. who
are destroying to many *ul, bodii-t too,
at well a* and making to many wid
ow* ahd orphan* - are they going to heav
en without repenting and turning to God
f.>r talvtti <n Or t!.r,- men that re curv
ing and blatpbeming Gol can they join
in the tcngt of heaven * Your own niton
tell- V-iu ho Now m rcy and talvalion
rr offered, but in the lo*t w.-rll there will
be no "Jetu* patting by," no prayinit
mother, tin praying wife there; they will
be in another world, and between theve i
a great gulf fixed. Remember, you have
gut a praying w ifr to-night, periiap* *he i*
aiuing by y -ui *i<!e You tan be mid
to night G*d offer* you >aDalian and
mercy, and warn* you, and plead* with
you to be tared.
It I* Itul One Kiep
out of you reel f infoChritt. Perhap* a loved
minuter bat been pleading with you tor
many year* —there w;il be no minttlrr*
llirie. 1 u may laugh and tcolf at the-e
meeting* but there will be no tpecial
UP eling in hell. And lint tervice to-night
w ill come i-i you by and by, you will re
member how the preacher plead with you
fr-m t! i pulpit, and how Mr Sankey
tang There will be no vi'itng man ihere
pulling hi* hand on your h*u!der and
atk.ng you to be taved, no Sab)iktti-*choo|
teacher to iead you to Chritt. Why not
way ntw "I atil turn to the God ol my
mothe . I will tbi* night te-ck talvation,
ft>r GCMI tay* "Then thai! ye find me,
when \ a tball tcarch for me with all your
heart"
I have beard people tay, "Thee men',
irgtmake men worn invtead of belter.
That i* true—no one can paw* through
thete t|ecial meeting* without becoming
i ither belter or w or-y. When people
have been -liicken down by your ide.
and vou till) go on living in tin, you will
iKn get more and more hardened. The
•ermon* that now move you will make no
in.pt eion.
Mr M -dy relaicd an incident of a man
in Ctiicng - who twice determined to give
I.D lu .rt to God, but never had the cour
age to acknowledge Chrit before hit uo
g idly companion*. k\ hen recovering
from a long Mckne**. he till reiu*ed to
■•••me out boldly on the tide of Chri*t, *ay
ing "Nioty-ct, I hare got a freth lce
-t life. ]
Can't Be n Christian In Chicago.
I am going to lake a term in Michigan,
and then I will nr.-fe* Christ." 1 atked:
him. *aul Mr. Moody. Hoar dare yon take!
[he ri*k 7 He *-id. "I will rtk it. don't
you trouble \-our*elf anv more about myj
>ou'. Mr Moody. I have made up mjrj
viind." I never left a man with a aadder!
leart in my life. The very neat week hei
-v a- *tncken down with tlie >ame diaea*e
lio wife vent for me and *h ra d, "lie
ion't want to fori, but I can't hear
bat be ahou'd die in auch an awful atal
if mind He *av, "My damnati-m i*
eriled, and I bali be in hell in n week," 1 1
ried to to Ik and pray with him, but it wat
to u*e; bo said hi* heart w-a* a* hard a* n
! nr. "l'rav for my wife and my chil-
Iren but don't watte your time prayrng t..r
ne." Hi* lat word* were. "The t-arve-l
* paat. the tuinmer i ended, and I am not
aved." and then the angelv b<ir him
w ay to judgment.
Dr. J Wiieaton Smith offered the rlov-'
ng prayer nt.d from two to three hundred !
>erona entered the rnquiiy room* wh' ethc
ongregntion *ang ".lu-u*, of iny
toul." Tho number of worker* in the
, inquiry room* i gradually increasing fre
quently upward* of forty clergymen, v. ith
many other Christian men and women,!
were engaged in conversation with thoe
j who are anxiou* to find -alvation.
Prayer for tho intemperate wat again
i the thetnoof the noonday no-eting, ai nil
| the two pr< vioua Friday* There were not
!e than five thousand person* in ntt< rid
dance. Mr Moody said lie would iigiuti
icall attention to
The New Ilirth.
1 don't know, -aid he, of any other refuge;
for a man addicted to *trong drink. I'n
less Christ give him a new nature, all hi*
good resolution* and hi* effort* to reform!
; t imself w ill he of no avail You can't flnd|
anything in Scripture which will justify a
mail in the belief lie can reform the flesh.
lli* only when the new life i* given bv
! God that be can rc*il temptation. Flesh'
,i* flesh and von cannot improve it. Some 1
one ha* said. "God never mend* anything:
lie create* a new." It i* of no ue to go
and tell a man he ought to reform; just tell j
him to give up trj ing and accept the Lord
Jesu* Christ hi* Saviour. God doc* net'
nut a new piece into mi old garment.
When God save* a drunkard He takes'
away all the appetite. Then a man does;
not have to give up the drink; lie doe* tint i
want it any more has no desire for it.
Why I would just as soon go and eat mud
a* go into a saloon and drink.
I Have Got Something Better.
Sumo say, "Oh, but 1 want something a
u stimulant." Suppose you do, you can
get better stimulant* than drink.' When
thsi Spirit of God All* a man's heait, and
he get* thorough acquaintance with his
Bible, ho ha* tho bet kind of stimulant.
God want* every poor drunkard to be
come a partaker of the divine nature. Of
course the natural man don't know what
we are talking about; we must ho born of
God before we receive spiritual strength ;
with God's, life in us wcshall overcome. A
man who has been intemperate for thirty!
year*, and who would drink five glaasei!
before breakfast, bus just been reclaimed :
he -ay* that all the appetite has been taken
sway. God can do this for every poor
irunkard in Philadelphia, and ho ha*
lone it for many during tho last week or
;wo,
Babcock'a connection with luiint.* id
the Wbitv Uvnuu bus ct'ti*ed,
A MATTER OF POPULAR INTEREST.
Wn the Isto -'i VrMitrr the
•olwtan. e >daVonveraalioß about Oai Hail In
A /
> UMU.mS'*" I" America ' A vlaitnr < . 1
ltfaniiiaiiW Ui apeaki m ;
I .!t ur " W hat mnirr l the ttulldtng on?"
JtUTuUnt "Houlh loot f.rair of f-,stA an.l
Market I'lette nle the HXTH. ft Mna
Hiaiif.rae. il.liif Oak llall. liars Imh misled
ley designing pereoii: '
V. "II la perfectly cohißMd! !>■. y u know
ll #lmrIitlou?"
A "II •) a ('jaw f. s! fl l on Market, ami
I*. <>d(t <>u KtiHi. >j Morica high, kaa over
three a. ir* uAn.iijyiy end . vet • spam . .
. Uplrd by *jrycTou twenty illQclelil busi
ness 1 la. r
V. Ho vointae aleam power?"
A " A giant young engine furnlshr* power
for Die It*if lil and |uuwriifi releiat> .ri,ait llio
I ail Irm strain It b. utiiig, ami the other u|*-r
till tun Of (be beUa. '
V. " Wiial nr .. i .to yotijuke with roods*"
A "They are tint • i4ged and armng. -I In
li.r laia. i.. t.l, . .ii long le. outers Mid tel.. tr
ll.i li. eon the lAtiyiina r bi Uie UiJ
tor's r-.. m (ill Ho. r
V. "la iru|M utilni.e Am operation?"
A "No, air ituauxtritif "1 be r"l" are f.nA
measured Id tile pkne, thru luaprcud. lb®
doth jamaoe over roller* in liia lane of a *l/"tig
•ifhi, and two mm ait one before and on#
tx-iiiud the fiMMla, watching with the eye of a
hawk for llio l.sssl pui bole I it, pert or#., n, and
(uara.iif every flaw, *.• tl.al (lie cutu-r n.t.y s< a
and at..id ll a lieu be tome* U cut the far
lueliU '
V. " Vou meal employ an ttn/y r,f ewt.-ra*"
A. "Qmm I# out lilli 11.-Aa and are! We
li ep 70 liulxlv all Uil- I A- iudit)| upu.c . h-Ul
Int. garment*.—11 n. : .■ I, :. s that . j
a doarn tsen'a work eaeHTa nr..l.
V. Hu you inaiiulaelum ail your own
food*
A. "We d., and moat earvftiJW. (Mir . *
amlrierv liujet i . rry nn.ii anil team. and
certify to ev.ry jmrmeul a* rvin.-we'd mads
bclum we put ..ur Uekd an it and Ueoino
responsible I. i ll *
m X ; Yout T*** muat tare y.-u a gnat
Uttti y
A. "In eTery direct -n.rlr. It Is ihf ey-rcm
and i-< "tiotny we prs.. an y* wJf u ir ,
U.at i liable* e- I- pill ..ur nt. d*a
w
\ Alter in*iM . tins the work w halU ouira
Of u
A. " Before It gee* into Block It U tmi.tr.l
Every ctugir fa nam l ha* iu number and
other (s.lni* n .-.. d on tt.so that lueetire bie
lory can bo intend without fail, upon our
buuka"
V " Vou must have 90 or *■ taleanien?'
A. "Why sir, on busy days y u mav/*** 100
In the rartou* r."ins and euitce oU rooms
avi.ins to Uie ttr.|iys of , U ab m. r "/
A /
and eiiircssr"
A. " v ery great All or theewntry. Our
HOUSTON WATER WHEEL!
STEAM ENGINES. Iff
3a V7 111 J L L |p9r
fiend ft Ci: • xre 'Hf'
2 Mar. Bm. -7^l;
SUORTLIDGE 6c CO . COAL, UMK.6c.,
WILLIAM SHOKTLIDGE. BOND VALENTIN I
SHORTLIDGrE & CO.,
Buraerc auJ Shippers of the celebrated
Belle foil to
I WiBBI® MiM-E. X
Dealers ia the very beat gtadesof
|AN I' 118 AUI'I K ( v O AI o |
Tho only dealers in Centre Ounty who sell the
WiliLiKiKiS BIAiII HE C O Ail.
from the old Baltimore mine* Al*o
Nil AMOK IN AND OTHER GRADES
of Anthracite Cos! dryly hou*cd e*prc*ly lor houteure. at the lowert prices
I) E.l LEII S I.V GJI J / .>*.
They pay U.c higtie". priie- in ca-h or grain that tin £a*tern market- will afford
WHEAT,
CORN,
BYE.
OATS,
CLOVER SEED &C„
Bought r w i,l be told on com mi is ion when desired, and full price, guaranteed. In*
formation concerning the gram trade will be furnished r.l alt time*, to farmer
with p!c**ure, free of charge.
RIFLE and BLASTING POWDER.
FIREBRICK AND GROUND FIRE CLAY.
DEALERS IN
CAYUGA GROUND PLASTER,
which 1s alway-Mold at low prices, and warranted to be a* good a fertiliser a* an
other planer.
0??36S AMD LiDID
NEAR SOUTH END B E. VALLEY R. R. DEPOT.
BEI.F.FOYTF.. PA.
THE NEW "DOMESTIC,"
A DOUBLE THREAD LOCK-STITCH MACHINE.
IT retain* all ihc vidua* f iV: I ,'nt i- i.ng "DOMUSTIC," lirjudrnj the Automatic
Tension, which * and i- ibr : . i in n-c
VPIaK notice our PAT 1 M H ARIU.NLD CONII AI. Ilf UUXGS on both the
and Stand
Our new and old idea*, w.irtcd -il a iili brand new >la-hiiicrv and T „t ..... own new work*,
io the buy i ity of Newark. New I i-. -- . h - • eiv.-n u. a at i ~1... , , I MrX'HANICAI. KXCKL
LENCB, Minimum ol friction. Ma-.-mu::; of 11-ty, a.id r..!.a : of vr.rk, never heretofore
raaihcd in the Sewing Mi|ii|ic - ad.
TO THIS STATEMENT AND TIIE MACHINE ITSELF
We invite the attention v-f all, c j-:*ij!ly those having high mechanical skill vr
observation. N I! - Vll M.• >.
DOMESTIC SEWINC MACHINE CO.,
New York mid C'liiengo.
' LADIES, USE " DOMESTIC" PAPER FASHIONS.
prrferl #r*trm y><l mid of arif meamrmnent
nmko lI2H.BnLfr Hi pleaae pruple "'M> nllii
► *T J A "j/i' '■ o it Utcjr Wcro bur# In
{tefbin 'mr
V. " 1 iipprr you hare at IcaM half 0 rtotco
difr#ret w|nwiiur
A. " My dnarrtrl v> hare WOT* than fwvwfy,
•< (i flmorc 1 wllh lu <>wn bualnea* nd tarb
Ok roughly org*ntHl. noeoMwry w)mI wWi
lli lIM rf l wheel "
V. • Will you name a down or o of tliem V
A. "Willi |ileiiure. Thw Ctwtom Iksmil
r.i-nt, (' r lli wLn ptr-Irr miatotnraaaa to
n ailyinai'a, 'JJn Furntahlng lNjart merit,
mill Ha atork of oil tuilerwear.
11i fibtrt Prii-iry, with lu buey machine#,
making ■nr own in* • iua ablrta, The Trim
ming Deportment Itaelfaahlg a/many a regu
lar im Hie iiannt-M block Koora. flw
Itcceivliif Kdom, The <>rk>r Department,
minrtl I fin. The Pperlal I ntfonna Iknul
liirni lli IWllfiy IX-pa runout, Willi lu
<-<■.' of iMWlwtni. The-
V. "If Id, hold! air, enough I"
A. ' I m nut half through ~ The Advertldng
IVjartiiient, wllh ll bilLn.'l lgn dlMrlbub.-n,
• 'la iif oikl pubilahlhwCbualneaaand popular
Journal; nn uloj* „• jrtr. Di.UVcnjitct monthly
tu-II all yur fi aend fori!,. The Menl
Iteparanent, titlnu man* r><nn Tb# Boya*
The Youth* lu twrtmetil Ibo
fi.iMn n'a Department. with it# apectal
en! lance for lailtea Tha 'DiigTaph Imparl
bu nt. The tiiwf tlcrk • iN-ianmrtiL with
lu book keeper# and aotiunu. Oenerai Man
i,rri Department; Filiate ifi Office, and
other offl< ■* of the bniy'all bttiy a* bcl
thinking, |.tannin*, eirtmng buying. mak- I
tug, i* i! ring, re' jhiMt tending out. telling, I
and In a tl< joining their lone* '
t ■ carry r-n a but ;r.(**wnb the nounta mi >unl-
Ing io between te.(nXi,W ana ti.WJ.u (*j an
nual! J."
V. "* t li pe Rd-nggf
A. "liklm-I it U! J forgot to name flw
Co- hiri* 1> |nnint, which handball# Kfc.'AW
el 1 c (nil win hi a no- tingle day*l"
V ' t 1 iim en 1 7bw what enablea
the tu* In hug 11.cap and jr, heap V
A 1 latil 1 Von Iwie DM hit it. Tho
people lb- ng here kiAiufthat we depend
an low jiri' • i ami in. '
V. "What are the 'niatiui' 1 bear ao
inn. 1. about V
A. our ayrtm of buajnaa# dealing—l. One
j rice no dcriroion : i. fah Cor everything; a.
A guarantee prou- iii.g the pur* t.aarr■ Tlx.
•tone* relumed U the buyer can t oibtrwlao
be suited."
V. " Nothing could be fairer "
A. " Nothing And the jeople are it."
V - H ell, i thank you, Mr, for your polite
attention „
A. " Not at a'.S. lfa pleemre toaafre yon.
fall again, and he > ire ot the (iia&.- W'ana
maker A Bnwg'l (wk Eaat cor
ner Milh and Market
V. "Thank you I 1 chadl be Eajipy to doao.
Good laoruiiig "
If ABO W ASK BTfRK.
J A J. HARKIrt.
No. 6, IIHOCK ERilOVp ROW.
A new and complete lla.dwara Slore
bat been .rncnetl br the tinderaigtierl In
ilrockerbolTa new building—where thev
are prepared to aell all kimf of Huildio'e
an-l Iloue Kurnhhing Hardware, Iron,
Nnil*,
to w, " l i * !" *" u Champion
iClolliei w ringer. Mil) 8r, Circular and
Hand Site*. I'cnnon Nawo, WebhSaw*
: '• Cnonm Freeaera, Bath Tub*. Clothea
Rack#, e full if.oriinenl of and
Mirror PUie „( „|| •i*e. Picture Frame*,
Wheelbarrow#. i,*mi>, Cat) Oil !,mp* (
hixtke*, Fkllok., H rid Hub#.
How#, CultlvetAra, Corn I'iow#. plow
,P" 't# >i. ■ VI i|d 11. '.; J, t.nd Cultivt..
[tor Teeth, table Cutlery, hhorela, Hpedee
, itUd Pork#. Cook#, llingct. ' crew daah
I Spring#, llor*e>Bhoea, Neila, Norwa*
Itud#, Oila, I.ard, l.ubricating Coal,
Linaeed, Tanner#, Anvil#, Vlce#, Ue!low#.
Sei,-w I'lniiK, HlMt-krtiit!i Twill. Fectorjr
Bella, Tea Bella, Orindttooe# Carpenter
I'oola, Fruit Jar# and Cena. Paint, pila
' Varniahe# rerelved and for ale at
iioa,'. la f I A . II A Ult m
IX L-THE WOMAN'S FRIEND
"UK BEST msiSHFn A!*n KOT pibfect
- FLA r laow " E V Kit it ALU
Intereh&sftable Handle and Shield Csablaed.
Arl - 1,,, L The handle la mutely
Jhaei lit! tl M#d IU he
y #- < *eAI ncd fui any Kamherof
A I I. • . Irone li .no 5 sjot
iMMHHh'i/ '<>-<1 I - ire
* f r" will# a ehtoM
Id~ ~ T V - the heed la completely
nr#lrt#a fern tha
. No holder la
r.VjW? ' - 'to when tg
IV nw the low U Itoeg
m * T *•' ' hewtfd, th- baadle inert
; h# dHaehed. We will cead to #ty addroa, on r*.
cetpt si Uraf! or P. ft. Ckc.it It ma aetouet, cither
, of the fo.lowh s #ct:
' he! No. t-A Iron# of *. hand T Its#., 1 handle, ti Oh
J " t. ; lultLK, •• t
- a a " T,Bao4fllM . '• too
KUkrt ji'at-. d liw , TVla per aet eaJra.
A#y party iirdrriojßr# acts wilt re
ceive one wet exlrn aw a pre actum.
Thoroagtily reliable a;<-eta wanted.
Aidmaa BBOOKITT .WAD IKON CO.,
c: Brst fiu, Srtoklya, H H,JI. T.
HTTSSiSKA- li NDilhl
Established, 1843.
MILLITEIM
MARBLE WORKS
BY
DEINiNGER & MUSSER
The oiJ, reliable piece, where
Monuments,
Couches,
Headstones,
and other raarb
work is made, in ihe terjr beat style, end
upon reaotnahl# lermt.
3*a?" Thankful for paid favor*, ore re
tpceiirch tolirit the patronage of the
public.
Shop*, East of Bridge, Miilheim. Pa.
Apr. 8. jr.
\mm ti*££i
NO OTHER PIANO PORTE ha* attain-
R<L the MM popularity aeJMfti stamp
f>tr Circular. D. F BE Al IY, Washing
ton. New Jrrter.
C E N TR E HAL L~
COACH SHOP,
LEVI Ml It HAY.
at his establishment at Centre Ball, keep
on hand, and tor ale. at the most reason*
hie rate*.
Carriages,
Buggies,
Ac Spring Wagons,
PLAIN A*T FANCY,
'and vehicles ©f every description made to
order, and warranted to he made of the
bast seasoned material, and by the most
• killed and competent aorkmeu. Bodies
for bugg'es and spring-aagim* dec., of the
mast inpnaeed patten.- made to <der.also
Gearing <>f al> kind* tm.de t order All
kinds of fptairir.g t done promptly and at
I the ioweat possible' rate*.
Person* wanting anything in hi* linear*
educated to call and examine hi* work,
they will find it not to bo excelled for dur*
ability and wear. may Sit.
LEVI IlillT,
NOTARY PUBLIC. SCIUHNKR AND
CONVEYANCER,
CENTS! H A L L. P A.
i Will attend to ndroinistering Oaths, Ac
■ knowlejgeaumt of D.--ds. Ac, writing Ar
ticlesof .itiwmHiL l)wd>. Ac, nurli
r BKAVFTHEHU
* COM BIN F.S EVERY IMPROVEM ENT
KNOWN. umji fr Ciitc
1 Ur. Aildtw i). P HKATIY. Wuh
j in{V*a. N. J
BEATTY4PEOTTS
JJEATTr A PLoTTS
Celebrated Golden Tor.gts*
PARLOR ORGANS
jare ranked be eminent music-tans and dis
i tinguisbed tnen of honor throughout the
world as the leading PARLOR ORGANS
now in use.
'J An excelent Organ for tie Church. Hall,
us Lodge, Sabhatb school, at well at the par
■r- lor.
N. B Special rate* in tbH cate, ■ an
advertisement.
An offer : Where we hare ia agents we
I j will allow any one the agent's discount in
• order to have th> wonderful musical pre-,
i ducing initruuient introduced.
j No other Parlor Organ ha* attained tw
jtha tame popularity.
j Send tlatnp for price list and a litt o|
' testimonial*. Address :
, BKATTY A PLOTTS.
" ashington. Warren County. Ji. J•
JOHNSON'S HOI EL,"
*u.*ro*T*, p*.
. -J 'hne->a A Son's. proprietor*. having
f refitted and newly furnished this house are
i now prepared to accommodate tinvelers
in the most satisfactory manner.
: >t
C P. Ml KKMIF. J. r . x 1 J.LKR
Keystone Pateru & Model Works,
J. F. MILLER <% CO.
PATENT OFFICE A KXPKRIMKN
TAL MODELS OF
J R OX, ir o OI) OR IfRAS S,
MADE ON SHORT NOTICE.
Gi II a(rr Sfrert, and 80 I ir*i drrntif,
PITTS UIRGII.
Office with J. B. SherritT A Son. Works,
j &1 Floor. lapr.y,
J AS. M M ANUS, Attorney at Law;
Iltllefonie. promptly attends to all
husiaeas entrusted to him. iui2.'Rt
BKATTY *rrrvr
AGENTS WANTED! (Male o- Fe
male.) to uke ..rderi, D. F. LEATIY
Washington, New Jersey.
Chas H. Heidi
ClcH'k, Uatchititikpr A Jeweler
Millheim, Centre Co., Pa.
si! kinds ol Clocks, Watches mid Jewelry
ot the latest styles, as also the Marai.will®
i atent c aiondcr Clocks, jri'vnid with a
j completeindex of the month und day o.
j the month mud week on its face, which i
i warranted as a |erfecl time keeper.
! locks. Watches and Jeweirv re
paired on short noti, and iturr,ntoif
liEATTYSST.
no Forte<•• ntkirrs
every improvement in tone with power
and great durability, and ha,*- received
the unqualified endorsement* of the high
est Musical authorities for its Marvellous
extraordinary richness of Tone, having
NO SUPERIOR IN TIIK WORLD.
Large 7i Octaves, overstrung Bass,
fo" ron Frame, French Grand action,
~r 1 Cr.rved l'edal,Solid Rosewood
Mouldings, Ivoiy Key Front. Capped
Hammers, a Grade 'lreole, Ac-. Ac . Ac.
VV eight when boxed over One Thousand
rounds. Liberal discount to the trade.
Agents Wanted—(male or female.)
fit" Send stamp lor Circular Addiosg
the inventor and Proptietor, D KIEL F.
BKATTY. Washington, New J
(J " M M 1 N H 0 U8 "p
Bellefonte. PA
ISAAC MILLEK, Proprietor.
The Cumraings llouse, on Bishop street
is ono ot the pleasantest located bote's in
ihe town It has the best sables in the
•ilaee, has an oxcelleat iiverv attaebrd and
very attention will be paid guests. No
•eous will be spared to make it a, pleasant
ao agreeable ,.pptng pk for the p„b
--e Boarding by the day or week, and
mu* charged will always be found very
""• imia It.