BHUGERT A FOBSTER, Editors. A VOL. I. Hit flJtnfrr £twmL Terms 51.50 per Annum, in Advance. S. T. SHUGERT and R. H. FORSTER, Editor*. Thursday Morning, February 6, 1879. IT appears that Senator C'hristau'ey was, ou the Ist iustanf, still undetcr- ; mined as to his resignation to accept the Peruvian Mission ollered him by- Mr. Hayes. Zach. Chandler may therefore still miss the Senatorial prize. The Senate can spare him. THE Williainsport lumbermen esti mate that they will get one hundred nnd seventy millions feet of logs into the boom ut tlmt place this season. Operations in the lumber regions have been unusually active, nnd the supply will be largely in excess of last year. Ix the house of representatives ut llarrisburg there was a long discus sion, on Monday night, on a resolution to instruct the Pennsylvania U. S. ♦Senators to support the Reagan anti discrimination freight bill. It went over, under a call for the orders of the day, before a vote was reached, but will come up ngnin on Fridny as un finished business. Cottkling can now hold "the greatest effort of his life" in reserve for &mi pt future occasion. It would have been foolish to waste it in a bootless con test over a few paltry custom house appointments. THE present daily uttcruuces of viu. dictive and unreasonable malice, by the New York Tribune, against the people of the South, are in strange | contrast with the forgiving kindnes ' and sincere patriotism that the col umns of the same journal exhibited after the close of the war and uutil the end of the presidential campaign of 1872. Then, it nobly responded to the beneficent inspirations of the great-hearted Horace Greely; now, it meanly cringes under the malign influences of Jay Gould and the Un ion Pacific railroad monopoly. The difference is as great as the contrast. That was a rare scene in the Senate of the United States when C'otikling produced a letter asking for the ap- j pointmont of a Mr. Bradley to n place in the New York Custom House for the reason that lie was a son of Mr. Jus tice Bradley of the Supreme Court: "Son of whom?" shouted some Senator. "Son of Justice Bradley," replied Mr. Conkling in vert loud voice. "What Justice Bradley is that?" asked another Senator. "Why, Justice Bradley, of the Electoral Commission," said Mr. Conkllng, " and of the Supreme Court of the United States.' "Oh, ho!" shouted a third Senator, "then they wanted to provide for htm, did they T" As all the rogues who aided in steal ing the Presidency for Hayes have been provide 1 with ftdtral offices, 4 why should not Bradley's son be taken care of? The part the lather took in the 8 by 7 commission certainly enti tles the son to some consideration, Bradley should have his reward as well as the others. TH* ARLINGTON ESTATE. The heirs of Gen. Lee have obtained a de cision of the United States Court which places the celebrated Arlington property, opposite Washington city, in their possession. This beautiful property, origioally the estate of O. V W. Parks Custis, at the opening of the war belonged to his daughter, Mrs. Loe, wife of Gen. R. E. Lee of the <*mfederate army, and up to that time their family residence. It was seized hy the Government and much of its beauty despoiled by the war, and af terward sold tor taxes and came into the hands of different parties. The decision of the Court restores it to the heirs and ejectment* will now be is sued against all in possession. The soldiers' cemetery is located up on this property, but the heirs prom ise it shall be undisturbed and that a clear title will be givon to the Gov extu&cat fat the gr.uu.l encluttd. ! ' "EqtAL AKD EXACT JUSTICE TO AI.L IKX, or WII ATE VKB (ITATE OK PZUVAMIOV, jtKLHIIOI* OH rOMTICAL. "-Jrffrnoß Arrogance Rebuked. , Tito Senate of tlio United State*, jon Mouduy la.-t, confirmed, the njr |oiutiueut of (ion. Mcrritt for Col lector of Custom* in New York nnd Mr. Hurt for Naval officer. It will IK- remembered that Senator Conk ling in the l.t Congress had the Pres ident's appointments to these offices re jected by tlie Senate, and his sattol ites, Arthur and Cornell, retained. In this he was sustained by the votes of some of the Democratic Senators. I he President, after some time, again nominated and sent in the names of Gen. Merrill and Mr. Hurt, when the lordly Ruacoe again attacked the ap pointments and demanded the rejec tion by the Senate. Although "the best effort of his life" was made to accomplish it, it seems he did not find that body, ut least the Democratic members, quite so complaisant, and they have administered a well-dt -erved rebuke to this arrogant and haughty demagogue, and Messrs. Arthur ami Cornell have leave to gratify Mr. Hayes bv their rctninment. Hayur.i on G emit ism. In a recent interview with a corrt-.t* polulcat of the St. Liui* I'oet, the dis tingui.Jicil Delaware Senator express ed the following views in relation to the prop w <1 thir 1 term programme of the stalwarts of the Republican party : "The principle laid down by tbe foun ders of this government claiming that the people shall rule themselves, is to be Bul stitut 1 by one new nnd foreign to the genius of our institution*—that the ruling power shall be from without and not, a* was intended, from within —that is, to substitute an involuntary for a voluntary system. (irant's nomi nation would only lie the signal for reuewed confusion and trouble throughout the country. In the South the negroes alone would vote for him, and tho people everywh -re know his policy and idea* of administration, for th y have tried him for two terms and know to what desperate strait* he ha* brought our affairs alrea ly. I believe that there was more peace and har mony throughout the country when Andrew Johnson went out of olfice than when General Grant retired from the {'residential chair, and this agitating of the question is only hnv injf a tendency to un-ettle the business of the country." Circulate Democratic Newspaper*. The Harrishurg Patriot make* mine sound suggestion* feir Democrat* to think about a* follow*: "The Demo cratic campaign begins about three 1 months before the election ami close* 1 with the closing of tha poll*. The Uepublirifti campaign is prosecuted, through partisan publications, the whole year muml. Almost every post office ha* it* club of stihscriliers to some city journal in addition to the circulation of the local Republican papers. In this wny the perversion of popular opinion to the fallacies and false pretense* of the Republican {tar ty is constantly going on v On the other hand the active workers in the Democratic organization—that is those who arc active in political campaign* —do not seem to recognize the impor tance of educating public sentiment through the dissemination of Demo cratic newspaper*. This is certainly a singular contrast, but is nevertheless a fact. Now, if the Democratic party is to recover power in the Northern States, it must meet U* adversary in the field of newspaper literature. Wherever the New York Tribune and kindred sheet* sow the tares of politi cal error and falsehood, there the seed of Democratic truth must he more thickly planted and more amiduoosly cultivated, through the agency of the Democratic press. Aud just here let it I>e remarked that there never wa* so propitort* a time for the circulation of Democratic newspapers as now, I when hundreds of thousands of voters Te ftyriivi'u State, have i^lachtd . h* BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY (I, IH7!). themselves from the Republican frty and ore doing their own thinking. Now is the time to argue tle Demo rrntic cause in this vnet audience," The French Presidency. The venerable soldier President of Franco, after filling the office fot five year#, has handed in bis resignation, ami is to-day a private citizen. He never was a republican at heart, and is not one to-day. He rose in the array and received his baton of a Marshal, as well the title "Duke of Magenta" when the Imperialists held control, and his feelings are of course with that party. For this reason he should not have been elevated to the Chief Magistracy. Ho was, however, placed there, and it is due to him to say, he made a tolerably good execu tive, notwithstanding his imperialistic tendencies. , Some time since, the inapiritv in the legislative body and the cabinet bad a mutual understanding to re ciprocate services. Each was to Mttp port certain desired measures of the other. Last week the legislature ac cordingly requested of the cabinet the removal of certain officials, civil and military, the underlying reason for which was that they were not of re publican views and were of course obnoxious. Among those whonc re movals were suggested were the com mandants of several of the military divisions of the country. As then; were hint* of a coup d'etat ou the part of the President, ami as there com mandants are all royalist* or impe rialists, and could front their |Mitign* lend him valuable aid in it* consum mation, the republican element very wisely wanted some of (Item deposed. The request wa communicated to President Ma< Malum with whom rest ed the power of appointment ami dis placement. He refused to remove the military official*, a* requested, for the reason that they were faithful ami patriotic soldier*, serving the country under all its changes, nnd a* each wa nppointed for three years and had leen allowed to bold over, EOIDC for five years, they should be permitted to finish out the full second term, com pleting six years. Again, all were his enmrndre ami friends, ami he could not lend himself a* an instrument to effect their removal from commnnds, and the result of it was that he sub mitted his resignation. Ilia military service in the past hx proved him a brave and good soldier, but this act prove* Itiin a weak execu tive. If the RCDliment of the nation railed for the removal of there officers, and the proper authorities lawfully requested it, as a civil head of the government he wa* a failure if he did uot sacrifice hi* personal feeling* to the public demand. Altogether it rectus aa though he waa actuated lv sinister motive*, nnd that the rumored coup d'etat wn. not a myth. The immediate crisis incident to the election of hi* successor has passed, and Mr. Julca Grcvy in to-day the President of France; and the change ha* been effected without bloodshed or diaturlmnee, which prove* the fact that the prreent Republic doe* not cxlat in that atmosphere which enveloped pro ceeding ones, mad wjiich, highly charg ed with electricity, supplied a goodly amount of thunder when the storm appeared. The outgoing of President MarMahon and the ingoing of Prrei dent Grevy were accompanied with not even the rumbling of a light sum mer shower. Whatever may be the future, near or distant, of the French Republic, certain it is Jules Grevy will not dishonor it, or be one to clog its advance to happiness and prosperi ty! but, on the contrary, will be a strong jiower, keeping it in the proper channel, and pushing it onward to meceiis. His abilities are wide, and in opinion he is conservative, holding the re#|M-et and confidence of all con flicting elements. Therefore his eleva tion to tlio Presidency at this time cannot redound in other than good ol tb country. ► I • i. t- The Snt iinlny Club. Tilt OteTINOI'I.UIXIM.IKItT* U <>M MR. CHIIJIK KNTERTAIXCtI I. AST EVES ISO. [from tlw HillUdelptitttT! DIM of Htiutas.] The receptions of the .Saturday Club always bring together H large cotnjmny of prominent men, but seldom, even at these entertainments, are to be met so many dUliiigiiUhf-d guests from other cities as were gathered at Mr. George W. Child* bouse, at Twenty-second and 'A ulnot streets, last evening. Be side very many lead tag citizens of Phila delphia, there were present Governor Hoyt anl ex-Governor llartrunft, of Pennsylvania; Governor Carroll, of Maryland, and Governor Howard, of Rhode lslnnd ; Postmuster General J>. M. Key; United Stsirvs Senators J. I'. Cameron, Ihtvid Davis, H. B. Anttwmy, A. K. Burnside, M. C. Butler, John T. Morgan, William A. Wallace, John P. Jones and N. Booth ; Speaker Randall and Messrs. S. B. Chittenden and Cfia*. ''Neil, of the House of Representative#; 'V. W. Callender. senior surgeon of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London; ex- Governor A. H. Rice, of Massachusetts; Thomas T. Kinney, of the Newark Ah- VTtm-r ,- ex-Governor Joel Parker nod Marcus L. Ward, of New Jersey, and A. I*. Dennis, of Newark ; (General R. F. Stockton, of Trenton ; J. H B. i.atrobe anil Mayor I.alrobe, of Baltimore; John W. Garrett, president of I In* Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ; I). tVflmnn, presi dent ut the Johns Hopkins University ; Enoch Pratt, of Baltimore; Simon Cam eron, Ao Packer, president of the Iw bigh Valley Railroad ; Walt Whitman ; John M. Fiirlt#, I'lmtlr< Inches anl W. F. W.-ld. of Boston, and the following troiu New York ; Rev. Wnt. Adams, D. Lb, president of th<- Union Theological Seminary; August Bltnnt, John Big elow, Elliott C. Cowdin, \Vi, B. Dins more. president of Adams Express Com pany : Chief Justice I'atv. Wm. Henry llrH>ert, e-litorof the IP rW; J. Henry l!s.tpcr, of Har|>er Bros. ; ML X. Jessup, the banker ; George Jones of the Timst ; Benson J, 1/tssing. I.L. I.; Charles La titer, of Winslow. Lsnier A Go.; J. P.er repent Morgan,of Drexel, NLwgsn A ''a.; I- P. Morton, of Morton, lilies A Co.; Edwards Pi*rrjont, late Minister to Knglnnd; Percy P. I'ync, of Moses, Taylor A Co.; Colonel 11. re*.*el at the ) ••*# with which Republican leaders or i inline their party for a campaign. ' Mot frequently it i* aoiil>ed t< po*#ea ; *ion of public olfii-e*, but th main j eaue i* fountl in the extensive eircu -1 lation given to the party pre**. It it a part ol their pobey to e-tire for their |>a|M'r the w. le-t reading, and when the campaign open# it is only necea •*ry to raise the banner that the mas se* have been educated to follo.v. I,at winter Senator Cmucron, votel on all ] financial bills, the same as Senator Wl --i lace, but at the oj>ening of the canvas* 'Juay, found hi# party not in accorl with the organization. The change of Iwe apparently was Grow'* Oil City i speech, but the real change of base wan when the workers commenced an active ' csnva** for #ub*erij>tion for the New [-York Trt'onr. Never jwrhaps in news : pajier history. w this work so tlior ' Highly done, and as a rreult this organ | o' J. Gould, and (Vail street, wa* so widely ctrculate gain for the party, or the jwople. by voting for Judge Agnew. be certainly waa on the right track. Three waa at no tims soy seri JU* intention on the part of ths Republican#, to holt ths nomination of Csmeron and ths vote# cast *ga>n*t him, could only be effective so far a* they testified to harmony of rentiment between the members and their choice. If then Senator Wallace, did advise that Heister Ciymer mors folly repre sented the views of Pennsylvania Dem ocracy than Daniel Agnew, who will gsinsay H,—Titu4mrgk trtdr, FEBRUARY, 177 V. [From tin- Tluwa.J While fhe popular mind pursued for i * lime so diligently and with a great ; degree of patriotic rest a* well as his Utric profit the unfolding pages of the contcriary period, it must fas confessed that there has been a notable xubsi , deuce qt attention to the subject. Since the celebration of the Monmouth battle at the em] of last June, we have heard • itlle of centennial denxmstrations, and , l ' , w study of the Itevolßtionury move men; seems to have fallen into a Uu gDor that, (Ximjartsi with ita ]>reviou activity, is #|U ile to b® deplored. It mot be remembered that the events of lH by no means conclud-d the war; they were but part of th long-mwin j taioed struggle. Not until the 19th of ■ Geto>er, 17hI, did the British army ! n>ro)i oat from York town to stack its arms in token of surrender, and it wa* at the end of November, ITRtb—inore | than a year Inter that ths treaty of peace by which King George at lout roissented to the imle|M-ndt-f>lonie was siemMi at Pari*. 6 of I,,'i timt < orrv-)jid to those jiatt past ami now passing, the Revolutiona ry Struggle was maintained simply by ' the fortitude and persistence of a f.-w , leaders, with tUe support which lire! armament* of iram* contributed. Is | some respects the situation w* die- i coumgingly fsd. The crclit of the af tiliated colonies had gone down steadily under the emissions of papei monev j which pimple Iteliered could not ami would not tie redeemed. The event* of !'--rsmlrr and November, lTT.'t. had called nut twenty millions more wf'Con- i tim-ntal currency,'and the total <4 these j unfortunate biiis now exceeded one hundred and six millions of dollar*, while their value hud gone down so that a dollar of paper worth but ! live cents in silver. Officers of the j American army, who depended upon their jay for subsistence and tLo *uj. j.ort of their families, could not stay in the service, but <|uilted it by Mxirif j from absolute poverty; the cniitted men. though more fortunate a* to iu- , tual food, for this the commassart** were obligrd by some means or other to provide, were IrstUug daily over ther art ears of pay. The British Lad been recruiting loyalist troop*. Howe h *cnt* some idea i of the situation at the beginning of! February a century ago. The Amert- | can Congress was in session in rhiladeb j plua, having come back front York the preceding summer, when Clinton gsve i up the city. The chic! American airay | lay in winter ipiarters in New Jersey, with the headquarters of its commander at Middirhrook. The troops were hut ted. as at Valley Forge, and while tbeir food supjdy wss irregular and often in sufficient, they were, thanks to the im- j pollutions of clothing from France, de- : eently and, jierhaps. com forts blv clad. In this res|H-ct the sufferings of the preceding winter were not rejwiated. Washington, himself, at the beginning of February, was just ready to return to camp. He had spent more than a month in this city consulting with Con gross. Arriving here on the 22d of j December, it was net until tha 'Jd of February—one hundred year* ago to ! dav—that he mounted his horse and rode otr by Bristol and Trenton toward the littlw hamlet on the lUritan, where his headquarters were establwhed, lie had |s**ed the intervening time in anx ious ell'urts to improve vbn financial situation, to provide for his troops tuore systematically and regululy, to make such dispositions for the approaehmg campaign aa would beat utilise the French aid, but especially,and perhaps aa tbe very beginning of all theao un dertakings, be waa laboring to bring about a greater unity and a more con centrated effort on toe part of thirteen alternately jealous atvd confiding associ ates. In December, 1773, he had writ ten tn the Speatter of the Virginia House of Delegates that "the States separately era too much engaged in their own conoerna," and America, it seemed to him. was on the Wink of dwttuction. Mending then for the "momentous concern of an empire," for "the great buslneesof n nation," he was engagwl ia great part daring the Jan uary days that he spent in Philadel phia, a century ago, in preparing the way for that Union at whose formation, eight yean later, he Ctly and grandly presided. The nation, exalting in it* strength and confident of its future, may look, back to the period whore cen tenary we observe to day m one when the American nhicfUtn, "firrt in war" then, fait presently to be "first in peece," was laboring to lay its secure and firm foundations. TERM#: SLSO per Annum, in Advnnre. The Kfgnul Service. the luci or e*t.rim, ash Any fx-mon do-iring to enter tbe I Signal Service of the Knifed Httre rnut enlixt a* a private soldier in the ' army, subject to army regulation*. After enlistment he rceire, a prelimi nary examination by a I Ward of Exam iners in Washington GUjr. The course of examination, which i* rigid, consist* of—writing from dictation, spelling, UK'iiLal aiai written arithmetic, up to end through decimal fraction*, geogra phy of the I'nited State*, o n patsiag tbe examination ucce*fully the appli cant it wm to Fort Whipple, near | \\ anliington, and unsigned a* a private noldx-r to the Signal corp*. ll- remaio* at the fort under instruction, until reported to the chief officer proficient enough to be cent to a Signal station a* an annuitant. While at the Fort military duty 11 exacted, aside from the studio*. til lei at antation, a* assistant, he con tinue* hi* studies, and recites to the observer in charge of station once every week, remaining there one year. At the end of thin time lie may apply, j through the aecomtneadation of the oUerver, for examination with a view to pronaotion. If the application m granted lie return* to Fort Whipple for a further oour*e of studio*, re-,u:r ng generally about four months. At the end of lise term be i* examined by tbe Plrofeaaora, and if hi* proficiency j, *atia factory he goes before a Iv.xrd of Ream iner* and here the examination i extremely rigid and thorough, and, if I soroswfut, he IB ordered to a Signal j station a* observer in charge, with the rank and pay of Sergeant oi Cavalry in j tbe I'nited state* army. His diitie* at a station are to record the reading* of tbe varioua instrument* in the office, and rsput tlie uuus t tin chief S.gnaf oflirer al Washington Otv . three time* every twenty-four I tour*, by ' telegraph. !te;.V these thr~ tel.* graphic, there ar<- four additi mal oWr ; vat ion* daily, which are recorded and writ by rami Weekly to chief Signal 1 officer. Reports of the varioua instrument* from all slatioas j n J„a district are received by him three time* every twenty fone |iai% ly telegraph. whieh be m ike* ut in bulletin form and |*u m tbe most public pi ice* in tlie cny mm oon a* retuiml. ,le i* mju ml u. ko;t danger or caution* signal* when cr-tered l, ohtcf officer. Tory anmesx of a red 'fog by day an d a red hgbt at night. These cautionary signal* must IV hoisted so I hey can He weo by rajs lain* of vessel* at *ea or on Ike Jakes. The inovromenu required *t all ata thin* are: Two mercurial barometer*. t*o Stamford thermometers, mo by geometer*. two maximum mer-miry ther mometer*,. two maxirsum spirit ther woneter*, m self regjeiering • lectnr. inmnm*Vr t to measure tbe velocity of the wind, one anemeacopo. to gtee di rection of vhe wind, wad one lam guage. Standard authorities used by Signal service, aad always furnished -acl •la lion : !efi' Mrteraniogv. I'sthnglan'* Horn Hock, Myers' 3Cr>u-l of Signals, Pope's T'h-grapby and buyof* Meuvw ologicai Tilde*. The 01-oerver at a station i* reaponri ble for instruments, book* and other property belonging to the service, and i* subject to military order*, and may be removed to a diffi-renl station at any j moment. -a . . A Scotchman's lvt Rood. Ttir nrwark.wii.s treat cowt.-rao wrm $-',COU truant r ixiran stars* aa- ' r'.xiriE*. A special dispatch to the Xew T&k Timet Jrom Washington aaysn ''A novel and in lore* ting eaae fan been presented to First Controller Ifor ler for decisitet. A wealthy Scotch gentleman, while travelling by rail in bi* native oouMry.in lKTfklnai bfopnta-. tnaatoau, containing t.V* *juo in k*d* of various nation*. among which were. £•'>.9oo in I 'tvlod States f.per oeL ouu pon 1 >ond<-. Some time ago the pot**. - of Scotland arrested two men and mm woman u|o*. suspicion of having mntan the portmanteau. I'|k o hemg arraign d they confessed theft, and related* singular story about the dispoettsnn ef tbe property. They explained Uutfo. not being able to read, Uiey were ana aware or the value of tbe papers, and. fearing te retain them, they were bum nd. A relative of the Scotchman sw siding in Una country now nnir— for ward nub an applanation for tbe iaaam of duplicate* for the bonds stolen n full description of which is given. Sim ilar applications to European Miwa menta whose bonds ware uxw| Unas alleged to have been burned laps been granted. A transcript from Use canoed* or tbe Scotch oouru ecu forth thmas facto and atteabi the rvwpaaUbiUfo wf the gentleman who lost Una hstoa The Firet Controller intimated todhg that if, upon a thorough mini sua. the facta are found to he na met art, he will approve application. "'-Txti the duplicates ha iseued they wiU Ifoee te be deposited in trust with the tshal States Treasurer in order to eeeemthe Oovernmrnt against haw, Wbee theea particular bond* are called for redemp tion tbe amount will he paid thx and in the meantime be can ngdnh draw the interest." ' A CiiMiini ten Jtt*n.— Thn hmifl profe**Kin of the counties of FianHm. Cumberland, Adams and Fuhen bene united in presenting to the htofow the name of Hon. John Stewart, of tto- Chambcuwburg bar, who wae a tnemmrr of thn Constitutional ton tee lien, for tbe bench of the United States **tTrm Court at Philadelphia. N O. 6.