§Pj)£ Centre tSfih JBrmocrat.
SIIUGKRT & FORSTER, Mi tors.
VOL. I.
(Crntrr $ mortal.
Tsrsu 81.50 par Annum, tn Advance.
S. T. SHUOERT and R. H. FORSTEn. Editor*.
Thursday Morning, February 13, 1879.
It ha* been decided by the United
States Circuit Court at Baltimore,
Judge Bond presiding, that under the
statutes of the United Stutes stuffing a
ballot-box is not a penal offence.
The Atlanta Constitution cannot
tell whether Mr. Ilayes or Mr. Sher
man made the appointments, hut con
siders one thing certain nil the
thieves connected with the electoral
frauds have been provided for.
A CoLoKKti minister has been elect
ed chaplain of the house of represen
tatives by the Democrats of that
brauch of the Alabama legislature.
We hear nothing iu the Republican
newspapers of this late outrage
against the colored man.
TIIK House of Representatives at
Washington has passed a hill to
restrict the imigrntion of Chinese.
It provides that uo vessel shall take
on board at any foreign port any num
ber of Chinese exceeding ten, with the
view to bring them to the United
States under penalty of SIOO for each
passenger.
GEX. BUTLEK'S amendment author
izing all railroad corporations to
own and operate telegraph lines along
their respective roads was adopted by
a large majority. This is an impor
tant amendment to the bill and will
have a healthy influence in competi
tion with the present Union Telegraph
monopoly, so embarrasing to the busi
ness interests of the country.
BI.iHNE.sH Reviving in the West.
—The Journal of Commerce, of (St.
Louis, has interviewed over one hun
dred of the leading business men of
that citj with the view of ascertaining
the trade of January this year as com
pared with that of the same month of
last year, and finds an increase in fa
vor of this year of 75 per cent.
A cade was tried at Hollidays
burg last week, involving 900 acres
of valuable coal land in which
Wm. Cloak and wife, we believe of
New Jersey, were plaintiffs, and John
Brotherline defendant. It was a case
of great interest and was decided in
favor of the plaintifTs, who are said to
be poor and needy. The property is
valued at from 140,000 to $.50,000.
Mr. Smith, of Philadelphia, has
introduced in the House of Represen
tatives a bill proposing to amend the
election law providing for the election
of two assessors in each election dis
trict instead of one as at present. Each
voter to vote for one assesor, and the
two candidates receiving the highest
number of votes for such office shall
be elected.
A Poirr Master Mtsstxo.—Sam
Lee, who was a few weeks since ap
pointed post master at Sumpter, 8. G\,
was last week indicted and a true bill
found against him by the Grand Jury
for misconduct as Judge of Probate.
He fled to parts unknown, and Hump
ter is without a post master. Mr.
Hayes can probably still find a Presi
dential thief not yet rewarded to take
his place. How would Corbin, the
' fraudulent (Senatorial pretender, do ?
In view of the recent senatorial
elections in Illinois and Wisconsin
that have resulted in the return of
Logan and Carpenter to the Henate of
the United States, a western journal
remarked that "January, 1879, may
be set down as a very good month for
Grantism." To this the Baltimore
OazeUe says: "November, 1880, ho
wever, will not be so good," and we be
lieve the Gwtte is not mistaken in iu
prediction. No more Grantism, if you
please.
"BvIUAL AND EXACT JIHTICE TO ALL MEN, OX WHATEVER *TATE OK I'EXftl! AatON, KKLIUIOts OR POLITICAL."—J**rsne.
The Edmund*' Kesolutlons.
The object of Mr. Edinonda, when
ho introduced into the Senate hin
resolutions in regard to the validity
and binding force ot the thirteenth,
fourteenth, and fifteenth amendment*
to the federal constitution, was well
understood, lie expected to force a
! hitter ami prolonged sectional diacus
! sion over them, and by driving the
Democrat* into a false |>o*itioii to reap
u party advantage that could lie used
in the near future for the benefit and
behoof of the failiug Republican
cause.
His effort has been a dead failure.
He could not raise even the faintest
ripple upon the steady flow of cur
rent politics, and can now only rumi
nate upon the folly of a mistake. It
is true his resolutions passed the
: Senate by a party vote; but the
counter resolutions of Senator Morgan,
in supjiort of which the Democrats
united, proved an effectual check to
the sectional crusade that Edmunds
hoped to provoke. They are based
upon a broader and more statesman
i like view of the constitution, and uptu
them the Democracy of the entire
| country are prepared to stand. The
difference between the two is clearly
and tersely sketched by the Harrisburg
Patriot: "The resolutions of Mr. Ed"
mumls on the Republican side and
those of Mr. Morgan on the Democrat
ic side substantially affirmed the same
principle. The only difference, a*
Mr. Edmunds admitted in the debate
which has just closet), is in the prac
tice. Mr. Edmuud* and the Repub
lican* seek to strain the amendments
so that they may legislate on the sub
ject of suffrage in the several states.
The Democrat* deuy that the amend
ment* contain a grant of any such
power to the general government, and
they are sustained by the decision of
the Supreme court. The Republicans
seek to force upon the constitution a
construction which they did not pre
sume to give it when the amendment*
were adopted. Mr. Edmund* was
constrained to admit in the debate
that the decision of the .Supreme court
delivered by Chief Justice Waite in
| the Cruikshank case is not in harmony
with the pur|MMN> of hi* resolutions.
But he contended that congress was
not bound by the decisions of the Su
preme court in legislating to carry out
the provision* of the constitution.
The Democrat* maintained, on the
other hand, that the utterance of the
Supreme court is in accord with the
spirit of the constitution and strictly
within the powers which the amend
ment* confer on congress. On one
, side are Mr. Edmund* and Repuhli
| cans with their strained construction
|of the constitution, and on the other
j are the Democrats, sustained by the
I decision of the Supreme court. Mr.
j Edmunds had the barren satisfaction
of obtaining a meagre majority for
his resolutions, ami there the question
ends until renewed in some other
form."
Beixioeuent Clergtmen— -Judge
Pierce, of Philadelphia, last week,
fined the Rev. Charles Peterson, a
colored brother, SIOO, for assault
upon the Rev. Lewis C. Chambers,
also colored, and ordered him to give
bond in SI,OOO to keep the peace for
one year. The fight arose in a dispute
ns to which of these innocent lambs
had the right to preach in a certain
church.
Tiik Potter sub-Committee, sent to
New York to investigate the cipher
telegrams, have completed their work,
and returned to Washington. It is
believed the testimony is now finally
closed, and that the ftill committee
will meet this week, when a report
will be made on all branches of the
investigation.
Tiig Louisiana Legislature, just be
fore its adjournment, adopted resolu
tions protesting against Federal inter
ference by the courts in Btale elections,
a thing they declare to be " pregnant
with the gravest consequences."
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BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1879.
Durino the Monday night nession
of the lower house of the state legisla
ture, Representative Gephnrt, of our
county, read in hi* place and present
ed a bill of much importance to the
jieopleof the State who are interested
iu a faithful observance, of the luws
relating to taxation. Mr. Gephart's
bill, entitled " A Supplement to an
Act approved March 31, 1870, enti
tled uii Act providiug for the laxution
of hank sharesaud it* purp<e is to
secure u more rigid enforcement of the
provision* of this act iu the collection
of taxes to which national and incor
porated state bank* are liuble. Uu
der the act of 1870 these hanking in
stitution* can elect to pay into the
state treasury, on or before a specified
time in each year, a tax of one |er
cent, upon their cnpital stock in lieu
of all other taxes, state, county and
municipal, to which they would be
liable under the general laws of the
state the same as other monied capital.
Many of the hanks honestly comply
with this act; other* do not; and
through neglect, carelessness, or a
lax of administration of the law iu
the past, large amount* of money have
been lost to the state, as well a* to the
counties and municipalities of the
state. By the provisions of Mr. Gep
hart's hill it is made the duty of the
Auditor General, when a banking in
stitution fails to pay tbe one per cent,
upon it* capital stock into the state*
treasury at the time provided by the
law, to inform tbe county commission
ers of the county in which the bank
is located of it* failure or neglect to
do so. When such notice i* re-
ceived by tbe county commissioner*
they are required to enter the value
of the capital stock of the hank,
a* determined bv the lmnk assessor,
upon the county assessment list to
he taxed for county purpose*. They
are also required to include the same
in the transcript* furnished to muni
cipal authorities in order that taxes
may likewise lie assessed for munici
pal purpose*. Failure on the part of
any officials to ofieerve the provisions
of the act is made a misdemeanor to
be punished by fine and imprisonment,
either or both, in the discretion of the
court. There is also a heavy penal
clause against such institutions a* re
refuse to comply with the require
ment* of existing laws. Upon the
whole, this bill aecm* to be carefully
drawn with a view to meet an over
sight or lameness in the act of 1870.
It is to lie hoped, therefore, the legis
lature will eonseut to its passage. It
seem* to be demanded, not only in
consideration of the present needs of
the state treasury, but to the end that
large monied institutions may not lie
permitted to escape, as they have in
many instances, a just share of the
burdens of taxation.
THE late speech of Senator Hill
against the payment of Southern war
claims, an extract of which appeared
in the DEMOCRAT of last week, seem*
to be well received, in the South. In
Georgia, the state he represent* in part
in the Senate, the newspapers general
ly regard it with approval. A con
temporary ha* gone to the trouble of
collating the following remark* in re
lation to it from the leading journal*
of that state, and they show that the
Senator wiil have backing at home in
the position he ha* taken. The At
lanta Conititutinn says that he has
"undoubtedly struck the key-note of
Democratic policy; let them all, wheth
er loyal or disloyal, be bundled up and
burned, and by so much do we put the
past behind us." The Augusta Chron
icle say*: "Mr. Hill appears to have
produced a sensation by hi* recent
speech in opposition to the payment of
war claims. What is better, he bo*
done a wise and timely thing.'' The
Evening Newt, of the same city, says
that these claim* are repudiated by
the great mas* of honest Southerners,
and adds: "Mr. Hill i* right, and we
earnestly hope no Southern man in
Congrem wilt ever again vote to pay
a 'loyal' Kouthcrn claim, and prevent
the North from doing so." And the
Columbus Timet say*: "Surely no
representative of the South, after hav
ing been compelled to repudiate all of
the war debt* of his own section, both
Confederate and State, can feel any
compunotion* of conscience in takin"
a staud now, fourteen year* after
the clo*e of the war, against the pay
ment of any more claims ugninst the
Federal Government for damage* dur
ing the war, whether the claimant* la
loyal or disloyal."
Death of General < adnuludcr.
Gen. George Cadwalader, brother of
Judge Cadwalader, lately deceased,
died in Philadelphia, of' apoplexy, on
the 3d instant. He wo* born iu IHIKi,
graduate! at the University of Penn
sylvania, hut having a fortune never
followed any occupation. He had
great fondue** for military pursuits,
and joined the Philadelphia troop at
the age of 18. I u 1832 he wa* chosen
eaptain of the Philadelphia Grays.
Iu 1812, at the age of thirty-six, lie
was made Brigadier General of the
First Brigade, First Division, Penn
sylvania State Militia. He remained
in this commission successively till he
was mustered into the Unites! States
service in 18G1 a* Major General of
Volunteers. He heijx-d cjtiell the
riot* in Philadelphia in 1844 ; he
served in the Mexican war; he served
in the late civil war. When the late
civil war broke cut. General Cadwala
der entered into active service. On
the 15th dav of May, I*lll, he accom
panied the l'eunsylvauia regiment* to
Baltimore. He then assumed com
mand of the dc|arlment of Annapoli*
by direction ot General Scott. On the
2->th day of April, 18G2, he was corn
mi**ioucd a major general. On the
sth of the following August he assum
ed command of the Second and Sixth
Divisions of the Army of West Ten
mwnee, constituting toe fort and garri
son at Corinth. He was engaged
almost constantly during the war.
W b urge upon the Democrat* of Clinton
lbs important ot having firm, honest and
intelligent Democrats elected Inspectors,
Judges, Assessors and Constables, at tbe
election on the 18th of February. Amo
tion to this matter now will greatly In
crease the efficiency of party management
next fall.
We mwt heartily endorse the above
advice of Bro. Whaley, and urge the
election of none but intelligent, honest,
competent and sober person* to fill the
various local offices. The investiga
tion growing out of the congressional
contest in this district develop* the
fart that in a majority of election dis
trict*, the election officers did not obey
the requirement* of the law, either
through iguorance or carelessness.
This looecue** and disregard of law is
not to be tolerated In a law-abiding
country. No person should be elected
Justice of the leace, Supervisor, School
Director, Overseer of the Poor, Judge
or I nspoctor of Elections, or to any
other office unless he possesses the
qualifications wnich will enaide him to
discharge the duties of the office he
accept* a* required by law. We are
iucliiicd to thiuk a few indictment*
and coiivirtaous for misdemeanor in
office will yet le necessary in this
county, in ordcrto impress upon every
one the simple proposition—that it is a
crime for any one to accept a public
office which he is incompetent to fill.
YKLLOW FKVRR.—The eminent,
medical men charged with the inves
tigation, have reached the couclusion
that neither yellow fever or cholera
are indiginous to any part of the
United States, hut are the result of
im|K>rtation. They recommend the
imseage of an Act of Congresa estab
lishing a National quarantine, strict
in it* requirement* as to the obser
vance of proper sanitary measures
against all vcsael* from infected port*.
A TIHKF FOlLED.—The*afe of Mr.
Fisher of Huntingdon was burglari
zed on Monday morning last about 2
o'clock. The ex plosion in the attempt
to blow up the safe attracted attention
and the burglar was interrupted before
he secured his plunder. The safe was
shattered and could have been opened
if tbe robber could have had a little
more time before discovery. Mr. Fish
er fired upon him, the ball taking effect
in the shoulder. He return d the fire
but fortunately without effect ujtou his
pursuer*. He was arrested in Lewis
town and is now in jail at Huntingdon,
ac
Thomas laird bead.
THE ROMANCE CONNErTEtI WITH HIS MAR
SIAOE TO MR*. lIM KM.
NEW YORE, February B.—Thos. Lord
Sr., aged 84. died early Saturday morn
in it. He * married to Mrs. Annette
Wilbelmina Ilickt, December 31, 1877.
She was then 48. He possessed more
than two millions and she three hun
dred thousand. He a born in Nor
wich. Conn., in 1794, and iu the young
eat of eleven children—nine brothers
and two sisters. Tle only brother now
alive is David, aged yO, a dry good* rner
chant ot this city and Philadelphia.
Thomas Ixird's first wife was a sister of
Dr. Anderson, ot this city. After Lord's
marriage to Mrs. Hick*, by Cardinal
McOoskey, another ceremony, later tbe
sauio day, by D. Vnkleck, of Hyde
Park, Mas*., w.* performed. After bis
marriage to Mrs. Hick* his children
made affidavits to prove him insane.
The matter ended in a compromise.
Ixird's mother was 60 when she gave
birth to Thomas. Mrs. Hick*-Lord wot
tbe widow of Henry Hicks, son of Sarn'l
Hicks, shipping merchant. She mar
ried Hicks in 1862. She was thirty
years his junior. At the death of Hen
ry Hick*, three years ago, his widow
became tb- |>e**or of $300,000, most
ly in Toledo, ilhio. property. She be
came a Catholic while traveling in Eu
rope a lew years ago. The lather of
Ixsid's first wife, Dr. Anderson, was
also s convert to the Cstholic Church,
and one of its richest and l<eet mem
bers in this city. At one time Mrs.
Hicks was said 10 le the Auuv of Gen.
Hebe lick, then Minister at the Court of
St. ,1 smes. Through Cardinal Mann
ing, Monsignor Cs|>el and others Mra.
Hicks became intimate with the cream
ot Ixmdou s<ciety. She gave entertain
ments in various Kurojieao cifes, as
well as in New York.
Home Humor* and Opinions.
[From th fa**.]
There arc many curious things put
forward by the irrepressible corresjond
enls concerning the late Conkhng and
Sherman unpiea>anltiess, some of which
are on their face* probable, reasonable
and absurd. Among them are the fol
lowing ;
That if Merritt and Burt had be -n
rejected Arthur and Cornell would have
at once resigned. 1 Ins is absurd.
That the I'llden Democrat* were for
rejection and the Tammany party for
con fir mat ion. This Iscks proof.
That Conkhng men were picked off
one by one by offers of federal patron ■
•go. This is doubtless true.
That llgletby it to hare tbe mission
to BratU or Peru if Cbrislancy resigns.
This is proble.
That Conover is to hsve the mission to
Italy or the governorship of Utah. This
needs official confirmation.
That i'atterson would bare voted
"yea" instead of "nay" if his vote bad
been needed. This is probable.
That M Mtllan uao-lesn inexplicable
change of front in the presenoe of the
enemy. This is true.
That Saunders will find great solace
while confronting legislative reproof in
an enlarged influence with tbe Indian
b'jreau. This is reasonable.
That Kellogg was threatened with the
abbreviation of hi* influence in Louiai
ana appointments, and that he replied
to John Sherman, "Try it if you dare !"
Tbi is undoubtedly true.
That Chrislancy promised to vote
"aye" or peir with somebody before he
was Peruvian barked. This ia reason
able.
That Conkling has to mske up with
Sheiman since the fight by denying
that he ever said anything unkind con
cerning him. This is absurd.
That Bayard and Wallace were the
most industrious democratic senators in
bringing about a solidification of their
political associates. This is probable.
That Conkling is mad. Ibis is true.
That he swears he will smash thiogs.
This is devoutly to he hoped.
Jostrn ('ASST. who died yesterday in
Washington, will IN* well remembered
a* once one of the leading politicians
of the interior of this Stale. Ife was
born in Maryland in 1814, studied law
with Senator Penrose, of Carlisle, and
practiced bis profession for some year*
in New Bloomlield, Perry county, where
he was one of the xesl>u> champions of
the Whig forlorn hoje of that then
I>entocratic county. In 1845 he located
in Union County, and in I*4* succeed
ed Governor Pollock in Congress, where
be served one term. In iKil he was
nominated lor President Judge In the
strong Whig district of Union sod Mif
flin, but was defeated by Judge A. S.
Wilson, lie wa* appointed Reporter
to the Supreme Court by Governor Pol
lock, ami afterward# w* made Chief
Jiftiee of the Court of Claims by Presi
dent Lincoln. In 1870 he resigned
from the bench and has since practiced
law at Ihe capital lie supported Greely
! in 1872 and since that time has taken
but little part in politic*.—PAWWWgAie
Time*.
A dispatch to tlie Pittsburg At* a tag
CKrvneU from Kittaning stated that
Sherifl'U. A. William*, who was convict
ed at the December term for perjury
and using money for election purpose*,
wa# sentenced by Judge Dogg* to twen
ty fl*a months' imprisonment in the
Penitentiary and to |>ay a fine of *KIO.
Williams has been in office since Jan
uary, 1877.
The unanimity with which M. Gravy
w* elected President of France i* #ur
prising when we stop to consider that be
was not an Ohio man.
TKKMH: $1.50 per Annum, In Advance.
What We are Aware Of.
fFrutn It. Wufclnituo
'J he following communication is f.om
a gentleman who tuually known what tie
ta writing shout;
To flu- Editor at Tb# y>mt.
The following occur, in an editorial
jiarturrajili in your psp-r tin* morning :
"No regretful feeling, no qualms of
coascienee, no symptoms of digut arc
apparent in Mr. Hayes as, on<- after an
other, he appoints the vile tooli of Wm. J*,
j Ki-)l.gg p, place* of trust and responsibil
i ity. A* he obey. the mandate* of this
| man, whom he dare not thwart, be M*.tn*
i to put in hi. work with cheerful alacrity,
! if such deg relation of the office that
Washington, Jefferson and Jackson cover
ed witu honor were congenial etuploy
. ment."
! Now, sir, I hope you will favor the
public with a calagoricai reply to the-fol
lowing questions:
1— >*o you know wlut became of the
delivered du/dwatet of those Republican
! cipher dispatches of which the original or
I office copies were destroyed ),y Mr. Orion,
the partisan Radical president of the
| Western I'nion Teh-granh Co.?
2—lf you were llr. ilsyes, and in bis
position, would you not beat least courte
ous to the man who had tho* delivered
dupltenU* in his poss—s-tun ?
<— Wouldn't Mr. Orion's pious and jet
riotic (orethought in destroying the origi
nal* and office copius of the Republican
■ ipher. c one grievously U> naught if so cue
man should suddenly rise up before the
I'ott-r committee with lb">e delieered.
dupheaUt, and the key to them in his
hsnd ?
4—Are you aware that, just before the
i vote on the New York nominations, John
Sherman called on Kellogg at Williards,
j -nd tried to'impress biiu with the impor
j tanee of voting in favor of the Adminis
: tralion ?
6—Are you aim aware that K"llogg,
metaphorically speaking, shook some doc
uments in John's face and aksi him if a
man who held such documents couldn't
enjoy the small privilege of voting as he
pleased ?
I—Are you also mindful of the fact that
Kllogg then voted with Conkling, and
that, the neit day hut one, Hayes', nomi
nated Kellogg's man, iladgcr, for collector
j of New Orleans ?
7—Can you tell why, in almost the same
breath, Hayes nominated Kvilngg't man
end Withdrew the name of old Hannibal
Hamlin s man, when one voted with Cotik
ling just the same as the other did ?
Do you know that you misrepresent
ed K * Hogg when you said the other day
ton! the Administration o>Ki)d btv#cooi*
man i d hi* vote, had it isen required to
turn the scale against Conkling ?
9—And Anally, don't you know that, so
long as the Potter commute remains in ex
istence, Kellogg j. boss of the situation,
and can make Hayes H down and roll
over like any other liule dog whenever he
chooses to amuse himself in that way
If you don i know ait these things you
might to, and if yon do know ibrm, v<>u
should attribute the apparent complaisance
of Hayes to Kellogg to the true cause, and
give him credit for making a virtue of dire
necessity. OXX WHO Ksowa.
RKHSMS T TUX Kntrox.—We are
'*ars that Mr. Kellogg i< the shrewd
eat, most unscrupulous, and, ao far as
practical results are concerned, one of
the most successful of the aiders and
abettor* in the great Presidential ateal.
We are also aware that while he assisted
in the concoction of forged electoral re
iurna from the state of Louisiana, he
has never been made to assume his
proper connection therewith or respon
sibility therefor. We also know that he
has at all time, exercised a decisive in
fluence over the fraudulent occupant of
the White House. Hi. thieves and
tools are all in office. His man. Con
quest Clarke, who superintended the
electoral forgery, ia in possession of a
•nng place in the Treasury He puts
men in and out of Federal office almost
at hit own pleasure. The outward evi
dence. of favor are not numerous. Kel
log is never heard of at the White
House family table, nor Hoee hi. voice
.acend With that of Mr Srhtin at the
Sunday evening song and praise service,
and yet what he wants done ia done.
We are therefore not at all di|>o*ed to
deny the correctness of our rnrres|iond
ent a suggestion*. There i* but one in
surmountable obstacle, we fancy, in ar
riving at the exaol situation of affaire—
the impossibility of making Kellogg tell
the truth unless it i his interest to do
•o, and the further iin}>o*ftihiliiy of de
termining whether he haa done ao or
not whenever he pretend* to make the
attempt.
■r. Tlldea Would Net Uatea.
[fea TK. SMMUS* VOM.)
Mr. Knuth Weed admits, very frankly,
that he did contemplate making an ef
fort to hire certain scoundrel, to do
their duty. Had he carried out hi*
plan the country would have been
spared the greatest crime in modern
history and alt the ahame and disgrace
that have followed and are yet to follow
that crime, Mr. Weed supposed that it
would not be a great departure front
rectitude to secure an honeat and law
ful act by questionable means. He
acted on hi* own respon.ibiHtv, and
failed because Mr. Til Jen would ndt
listen to any suggestion of securing elec
toral voles by illegitimate means.
The groat receipt* of the Philadelphia
#nd Erie Railroad last rest were t3,V'J! .•
QAO 49; expense*. $.2,044 948 831 net
earnings. £m?A,III.6A: drereee of rev
enue in 1871 compared with 1*77,
932.21, decrease of expenses, $4,A78.§1 *
passenger* carried, 4.19.344; decre-so,
over 1877,33,132; ton* of freight, 2,8101.
45A, an increase of 129.010 ton..
They talk of rebuilding Sodom and'
Ootnorab. What I* the uaef Have we.
not got Chicago cnd-i)t. Louis I
NO. 7.