a k a' nvtTf n cmocvat. BELLEFONTE, PA. Tin Largest, Cheapest and Bast Papar PUBLISH Bl> IN CKNTHK COUNTY. TUB CKNTRK DKMOCRAT is nub llihml ivrjr ThumUy morning, at liellofonto, Unlrt ln *J BO If mil tall in Bi*ncA. **•**:. ® OO PajinenU mal within throw month* will l* cou •niflrinl in AtlTMirc. A LI V K PAPER—-, Is 00 20 Ml 22 00 35 M) On 00 1 Yi-ar. |l2 Mill* 00)34 Mi 2* On 142 00 * 00' 100 00 Ailvartiaanianti ara ralrnlata.l by ilia Inch In langth of column, ami any la** apara la rutail na a full Inch. Foreign adrertUamanla mu*t ha pwltl for I—fi.ra In sartlo*. axcapt on yaurly contract*, whan half-yearly pains it* In advance will ha ra<|r cant, atwra regular rata*. ON Saturday la.it ex-Governor llnr tranft quietly assumed the duties of postmaster at Philadelphia. Like the prudent man that lie in, he evidently considered a " bird iu the hand worth two in the bush," ami could not wait j for the Timet to make him Sheriff. THE Attorney General has decided that members of Congress are entitled to the franking privilege from the commencement of the term for which they have been elected, the fourth of March, although no session has been called and they have not taken the oath of office. - FOLLWINO close U|on the refusal of the Unitdnl States Senate to consider the claim of Corbin to a scat iu that body, as a Senator from South Caro lina, came a resolution to pay him $lO,OOO for the expenses of his con- ; test. The resolution passed by a party vote —the Republicans voting for and the Democrats against it —and thus the disappointed carpet-bagger re ceives a balm for his broken ho|is. THE proposition to grant John Roach's Brazilian steamship line a subsidy of $3,000,000 is in abeyance until the next Congress meets, when it is to be hoped it will meet the same fate it did in the Congress that expired on Tuesday. The item of the appro priation bill that proposed to give him $300,000 a year for ten years wa stricken out by the House of represen tatives by a decisive vote —157 to 80. HON. C. T. ALEXANDER, on Thurs day last, read in place, in the Senate, a hill making it a misdemeanor in any person between the ages of eigh teen and twenty-one years, to repre sent themselves to be of full age for the purpose of procuring intoxicating liquors, and also making it a misde meanor in any person to falsely repre sent a minor to be of full age for the purpose of inducing any one to furnish him with intoxicating liquor. " How Hayes lu paid the men who counted him in " is the way the New York Sun puts it, and supplements the phrase with list of ninety-six persons who have been appointed to offices as the reward for services rendered in connection with the fraudulent count. The list comprises members of the returning boards, state officers, electors, supervisors of elections in I*ouisiana, visiting statesmen and counsel before the electoral commission. DON'T WANT TO DISCUSS.—The Secretary of the Greenback organiza tion at Washington, has addressed a letter to the Secretary of the " Honest Money League" declining the public discussion, to which the latter had challenged them, unless the " Honest Money League" can and will show that it is authorised to speak for one or both of the regularly organized political partiea—the Democrats or Republicans, they agreeing to become responsible for the utterances of the Hards. A very graceful retreat, Mr. Dewees. The Democratic party, how ever, have always been able to speak for themselves, aod no doubt the Republi cans will claim that they are compe te tent do the same. Ask Sherman. Jewett and Mellogg. Mr. D. J. A. M. Jcwett, who in 1876 was the Secretary of the Republican Executive Campaigu Committee ot Louisiana, Wrote a letter to the Hou. Wm. l'itt Kellogg, who is at present a Senator of the United States. If, says the New York sun, he failed to mark it "private and confidential," it wan probably because he thought the na ture of the contents made it entirely safe to dispense with that formality of precaution. Yet this letter was read aloud at a meeting of the Potter eommitttee, be ing produced mysteriously from a Mr. Jack Wharton's inside coat pocket; and one of the Republican members of the committee nunounccd that Mr. Kellogg had given his consent in ad vance to this liberty with his private correspondence. Possibly the Senator made a virtue of ueccssity. A remarkable letter it proved to be. The writer begins by complaining that the Senator has not dealt on the square with him in the matter of certain Fed eral appointments in Louisiana. Then follow half u dozen sentences that we quote verbatim: "1 do not propose to submit to the consequences of your devious action. I have screened the Administration and yourself in many things. Notwithstand ing you have sworn that you did not draft the protest for Kelly of Richland Parish, Ac., I have the original in your writing and saw you write it. This it one of many pieces of documentary evi dence which 1 bold upon you,and which would close your political career very suddenly, if nothing worse befell you. I have withheld my knowledge of the frauds committed ostensibly for Pack ard, but if my friends aro to bo sacrific ed by the Administration, I do not know why I should continue to do so. I muck prefer to remain upon friendly terms with you and the Administration, but my friends roust be taken care of and my interests must be consulted in all |olitical arrangements in that State." w c arc told that Kellogg or some one else hnd endorsed on this commu nication the wortls, "Jewctt's 11. M. Letterand it is explained that the letters "11. M." stand for blackmailing. That is a pretty harsh word, but it seems to have been correctly applied in the present iaitancc. Certainly Mr. Jcwett does not shine in this letter either as a man, a citizen, or a disciple of civil service reform. He has the proof, he says, of a great crime; he knows of other crimes and frauds— many of them. But he does not want to tell what he kuows, and will not do so unless the 2Vdministration and Kel logg drive hiin to it by their ingrati tude. If they appoint certain men, whom he names, to certain offices, which he names, and if they hereafter consult him about Louisiaua matter*, he will continue to "screen " them. Blackmailing seems to be the word. But what a glare is thrown upon the decadence of the American Senate in the fact that it is (MMsible for such a letter to lie written to one of its members, and the other fact that nine ty Americans out of a hundred will find nothing improbable in Mr. Jew ctt's allegations! Enterprise*-A Xoaster Vessel. The Messrs. Winans, sons of the celebrated Roan Winans, late of Balti more, experienced locomotive builder* and inventor*, and perhaps the moat enterprising men of the day, have at length, after many experiment* and a vast expenditure of money, perfected a steamer that it is claimed, will re volutionize ocean travel, a long description of which we find in a New York newspaper. These experiments have been principally made on Eng lish waters about Houthampton, the Isle of Wight, etc. It is the design of the inventors to build a vessel twelve hundred feet in length with engines of one hundred thousand hone power propelled by twin screws under the after quarter of the vessel, with a tower one hundred and fifty feet in height, containing state rooms looking out on circular balconies, but having a hollow cylindei within extending its entire length and traversed by an im mense weight, which can be adjusted at any height. When the weight is fastened at a proportionate height to the motion of the waves prevailing, there will not be any rolling, and the great length of the vessel prevents all pitching. Its speed is expected to be twenty-three statute miles an hour, making the voyage from this country to Europe in less than six days, at all seasons and in all weathers. The port of entry in this country trill be New London, Conn., which was surveyed three yean ago for this pur . . - pose. The port of entry for Great Britain will bo Milford Haven. As soon as this vessel is constructed and operated successfully, the Messrs. Wi nans purpose to build three others, designed for mail uud passenger ser vice. (fen. Francis ('. Iturlow. Republican politicians uud republi can newspujM-rs have reopened their butteries of denunciation against the gentleman whose name apiiearx at the bead of this article, for party defec tion during the electoral contest of 187IJ. It is said that be did not stand by the party ; that he betrayed a sacred trust; and that he was guil ty of unprofessional conduct aud a score of other delinquencies of a simi lar character. The provocation for all this displuy of wrath and indigna tion has Imcu the recent ap|ieiirnnre of the berated gcutlemuu before the Pot ter investigating committee where be reiterated his previously expressed opinions iti regard the electoral vote of Florida. Who is Francis C. IJar low ? uud what is the extent of his transgression? liCt us inquire. In the late war be was a gallant ! ; and distinguished soldier. From the j iiead of a regiment be rose to higher ' and more iui|x>rlant commands, and was a conspicuous figure upon many a hard fought battle lield. He is a ' lawyer by profession, aud in civil life filled for some years the exalted posi tion of Attorney General of the State 1 of New York. In |s>litic he is an ardent republican, and in the presi dential contest of IX7' was a zealous ;supporter of Mr. Haves. After the. j electiou of that year had taken place, aud trouble arose in Louisiana, Flori i da ami .South Carolina, Gen. Barlow was among the prominent republicans ! who went to the South, at the request ! of President Grant, to see that a "fair , | count" was made in the disputed states. Unlike the other "visiting statesmen" of the republican party who were his companions, Gen. Bar law seems to have conceived that the President wa wholly sincere in his | desire for a "fair count." Fully itn-1 ; pressed with this lielief he went to ! Florida, and while there made an earn<#t effort to perform the duty of his mission as he understood it Instead of conspiring with Chandler ami Noyce for party success at all hazards and in defiance of the ex pressed will of the people, he chose rather to investigate for himself that he might reach honest conclusions. With this view of his duty, he im mediately began a series of investiga- j tions into the votes of all the disputed districts in the Htate, and applying, without regard to party polities, a like test to the consideration of each, soon became convinced that a "fair count" would give the electoral votes of the State to Tilden. As much as be disliked this result, honesty obliged him to concede it; and this, not with" standing the insolent cavil of Chan dler about "unprofessional conduct," j is the sum and sulmUiicv of his offense to his (tarty while in Florida. Gen. Harlow knew that the demo crate had fairly carried the State, and that Samuel J. Tildcn was honestly entitled to the votes of the electors, and a noble sense of manhood would not permit him to do violence to conscience, justice and law by pro claiming a contrary,opinion. Had other " visiting statesmen" been as conscientious, fraud would not have been triumphant in that election. To Gen. Barlow's other high honors, it may also be said of bim that he did not help to install a Fraudulent Presi dent He can well afford to let re publican "stalwarts" rail at him. The great mass of his fellow citiiens will always regard him as an honest roan who was not afraid to tell the truth. JCIKIE HABDINO.—A furious at tack ha* been made upon the official integrity and private character of Judge Harding of the Luxe rue Dis trict. It it evidently the work and malice of some of the numerous vil lain* who infest that locality, and who, no ( doubt, the Judge, in the eouree of hi* official duty, ha* been obliged to treat. He ha* had the reputation of faithful and fearless Judge, and without better evidence than can be Airninhed by Frank Beamish, and the crowd he trains with, it should not be allowed to suffer by such tirades as that addressed to the Legislature ask ing bis impeachment. A Turn In the Tide. The most gratifying evidences of the improved prmqiecU of trade and business on the opening of Spring reaches us from all quarters. Our own county, we believe, will not be in the back-ground, but will show a res toration to her wonted activity of business. Our iron men, than whom no more intelligent ami honorable can bo produced in the country, are mnk iug vigorous efforts to meet the en larged demands made upon them by orders ulready nearly equal to their ability to fill. A gentleman from the neighborhood of Howard informs us that the able and enterprising proprie tor of the Howard Works contem plates immediately the erection of ad ditions, and is making large prepara tions to stock and drive the business with renewed vigor; and when our frieud LAUTII moves in this direction, we know what it means. Indeed, the same result —the same bright prospect seems to pervade in other business, and we are encouraged to believe that i the panic baa bud its day, aud is about : to be numbered with things of the post, I and that prosperity is uguin returning to the people. When it cotues, bur dened us it is by a severe experience, let the people heed the lesson of the post,ami avoid the extravagance, both public ami private, which so largely contributed to the worry and disasters lof the last decade. We annex the following summary from the Philadel phia Htcord: Th- Story that IIoU / Registen Ttll—A Larg er Number of I layer i Arriving Than were Hrrr I si*'. 1 tar —Ftbruary liusineu Show- ing an Inertast. With the advent of March and its blustering winds comes lUe opening ol the spring trade. The hotel registers show an increase of at least one-third over last year in the nunilier of buyers arriving. The railroads, which may be not in aptly termed the "weather gauges'' of trade, also report an enormous increase, especially in east-bound tonnage. The amount of freight offered to the Penn sylvania Itailroad is so great that they have not enough rolling atock to trans |ort it. More flour, grain and meals are passing over the road than ever be fore, and according to the rc|>orM from different places a great increase in freights will take place during the present month. On the Heading rail road the freight shipments for February were largely in excess of those of the same month in IX7B. This applies largely to the shipments of tnerchan dise to interior towns in the State. Itailroad men say the trade prospect for the next three months is brighter than for any time since the war. Iron is booming along. The demand is for more than can be supplied, and manufacturers are refusing orders for delivery three months hence at present quotations. Old stocks of pig iron are rapidly clearing out, and new furnaces are daily lighted, consequently there are advancing prices and a healthier tone to coal and relative interest*. Coal men say that the market is emp ty from Maine to Georgia. That last year only 17,000,0110 tons were consum ed, and that the demand for this year will l>c L* l.issi.issi, ahi'h i as much as can be transported. Of course, then, thev look for a profitable year. Wholesale dry goods men foot up the totals of the past two months a* far ahead of the same period in IX7B. They aay prices have been maintained by tba firmness of the cotton market, while in some classes of good* there has been a slight advance. City made is better than for many years. < >n clwi of trade alone is dubious M to the spring outlook. The wholesale grocer* **y that the immrnw number of unemployed hit* restricted the bu*i nee* of the reUil shops, end the result is that the reUiler* ere only buying whet they can pay for end sell. Trade with the Weat, however, ie good. Retail dry good* men are jubilant. Aee rule, February ii next to the dull est month in the year, but last month'* eale* equalled the April trade. Then, too, good* of better quality ere bought. < ne retail house say* it doubled iU sales upon February of 1878. So that, with an increase in buyers, with railroads offered more than they can handle, iron advancing in price and last month's sales showing heavy in creases, there is good evidence that the tide hae turned. Tas reason that Mr.'ioww, President of the Reading Coal and Iron oompaoy, hu issued order* to the Superintendent of the Sharookin and Trevor ton mine* of bia company to put all the collieries in readme** to work immediately, and alao aink another ahaft at Trerorton, la because he baa secured large order* of coal from the Weat, and that eight month*' ateady work will be required to fill them. Thla newa will be hailed with delight throughout the Mbamokin region, and thia and other favorable in dication* point to the belief that thia region will be buaier next aumtner than it baa been for fire rear* past. Arrange ment* are now being made at all the company'* oollieriea weat of Locuat I >*le for dumping coal into bouae oar*. For thia purpoae moveable aohutea are ne ceaaary. The final oar* were loaded on Monday.-dkAnyffc/f IM * peaking of the *ale of Wm. M, Lloyd's properties in Blair oounty, on Tuesday, the Altoona Tnb*n* says:- "Lota that a year ago would not com mand $76. are now sold off readily for •225. A farm oontaining ninety acres, adjoining the city, was offered > eaterday and was held over on a bid of $123 per acre. In thia connection it may be well to state that the real estate agent* throughout the oily report eonstanl ap plication* to property, while there are large numbers of people wish ing to rent within easy reach of the city's centre. These are encouraging signs, and indicate returning business prosperity." Chinese emigration. John Adams' Alien Law of 1708 lie rn acted by the pre tent Congress with mad ern improvements. Written for U Cr* Ixnuout. The present Congress has passed a bill now in the hands of l'reaident Hayes for his approval or veto, prevent ing any one vessel from landing on our shores over fifteen Chinese emigrants, under a heavy penalty. This act con' corns alien persons only who emigrate here as denizens, and are placed in a kind of middle stale between aliens and national born citizens. J'.y natur alization they are put exactly in the same condition, as if they had been born within the United .States. If then the alien who comes to this country in consequence of the legal assurances they have received, that they should en joy certain privileges in common with others residing here, that they should be protected in the same, should never forfeit them, but in consequence of their own improper conduct, and not then until the charges against them had been established before a proper tribunal, and a fair, full and legal investigation of those charges, and under these im presaions a vessel srrives in one of our ports, ami in met and bailed by a UniUvi State* officer enquiring, " bow many Chinamen have you on board ?" That this act is impolitic no man can doubt, who know* tbe extent of the present uncultivated tract* of country in tbe United States,and it has been universally admitted aa a truth, that there was no line of policy so important to u* as the encouragement of emigration. A* a proof of It, tbe Declaration of Inde pendence state* aa one of our charge* against the tyrant, George 111. " t/ait he endeavor td to prevent the population '■/ th**f ,State*; for that purpose ot ttrurtinif the law* of nahtrahtahon of foreigner*, refusing to pan* other* to en courage th r emigration hither and raising the condition of new appropria tion of land." And yet how much did this misconduct of his fall short in its bad consequence* of the act just passed by the present Congress. This act so unjust, a* well as so obviously impolitic, that it furnishes the strongest presump tive evidence that the true reasons for paasing it, have not been avowed by the formers of it. It is impossible that any well grounded fears could exist as to a few strangers in the United States, es pecially aa they are liable to be re strained and punished by the same laws, which are considered as sufficient to control all other evil disposed persons. The true way to remove all danger from emigrants, is, instead of restraining emigration, to make it general as possi ble. In religion, a grand toleration prevent* danger from any one sect, as all others would unite against tbe one which should attempt to act improper ly, so it would happen if emigrants from every quarter of the globe were admitted to America. The Constitution confers upon Congress "to establish a uniform rule of naturalisation through out the United State*," and this it all, Tbe power of naturalisation and the power of denicalion not being prohibi ted to the State* by tbe Constitution, that power ought not to be considered as given to Congress by the Constitu tion. I-t President Hayes veto this insidious act, which tbe political fol lowers of Dennis Kearney in Congress and Senate of tbe United State*, have surreptitiously passed and maintain our solemn treaty with tbe Kmperor of China, and convince the oppressed and persecuted of all nations, they can find a cheerful asylum and home in our land of liberty, the acta of demagogues and schemer* to the contrary. M. K Vermont Outrage. trns lb. Washing** Vow When Mr. Edmunds finds a leisure moment that he can devote to tbe con sideration of affairs in hi* own State, without cruel neglect of "th* poor colored peopto of the South," w# will invite his attention to the case of the late Mr*. Stack, of Northfield, Vermont. This woman was guilty of two awful crimes, tbe first of which was poverty, and the second was selling two glasses of cider to a neighbor. Hhe was arrest ed, tried, convicted and fined fan for selling two glasses of apple juice. Hav ing no money to pey the penal sum she was hnetted off to a distant jail in an open sleigh on a very cold day. Heine Med, feeble and thinly clad ah* died from the effects of exposure to the ruds wintry blasts. Now will Senator Ed mund* contend that in any portion of the South there are such cruel outrages perpetrated under looal laws as this < dia bolical killing of that poor old woman? It la a bad as the pauper auctions of Massachusetts. How cruel in tbe /W. Could it not have located this item some where in tbe South, instead of the " land of steady habits" and Pharisaical ex cellence? It would bare formed a thrilling incident in Edmunds' and Blaiue'a collection of outrage for the next election market. WHshinglon's Hair. ANOTHER HOCK, Willi A f.ETTEa, Ol WO VERIO IN NEW HAM I'M! I RE. from tlx Msortsestsr bally talon. A few 'lay* ago we published the fol lowing; A lock of Pretldent Washington'! hair ha* ju*t been presented to Ion earth. For your affectionate wibe permit me to be grateful, and offer mine for true Brethren in all part* of the world, and to luwure you of the sincerity with which I am youra. G. WAaIIINOTON. Mesirt. W A Taos A COWAN, East of N antes. Mr. Thompson has p*.c*. in question are members of tbe Philadelphia County Medical So ciety. After considerable cogitation and examination of diflereut plan*, they have arrived at the ooncluaion that the evil can beat be met by the establish ment of an asylum (or habitual inebri ate* under the auspices of the State. This idea was discussed at several meet ings of the society, and the outcome was tbe appointment of a committee to draft a measure embodying a scheme to be introduced into the Assembly at liarrtsburg. This duty the committee ha* performed, and the bill will be sub mitted for approval to a special meeting of the society to be held this evening. One of the principal advocates of the proposal is I>r. Benjamin Lee, M. !>., Treasurer of the Medical Society of Pennsylvania. This gentleman, who is chairman of the special committee, late ly gaTe expression to the views upon which the county society bases its pro proposed action. "Under our present laws," he remarked, "insane persons and habitual drunkard* are classed to- R ether. A measure entitled "an act re tting to lunatics snd habitual drunk ard*,' pased in 183fi, provided that any Court of Common Plea* in the State may issue a commission to inquire into the lunacy or habitual drunkenness of any person in the Commonwealth. This comniiMion is given power to take charge of tbe property of the individual, r and out of it to make provision tor the support of himself and faasilv. This law, however, has one flaw. While it allows the commission to place a luna tic under restraint it makes no provi sion for the incarceration of an habitual drunkard. It i* this error that we de sire to remedy. We bold that habitual drunkards may, in almost every in stance, be reclaimed, and be made use ful members of society instead of being burdens upon it. This, however, can only be done by putting them entirely out of the reach of spirituous liquor* until a cure baa been effected. Drunk enness is a disease which tbe victim ia Cweriess to overcome without outside lp. While under confinement be oould receive such medical treatment aa-f| would restore the organs especially the liver and stomach, to their natural con dition, and in that way remove tha craving." John F. Oahill, Mexican Consul in $L louts, has just received a telegram from tbe City of Mexico stating that tha Minister of Public Work*, General Vi cente Kiva Palarios, has given orders for tha erection of a building for the Internationa) Exposition which is to take place there in 18*0. The work is prog rose ng rapidly and all the mate- A rials for the construction of tha build ing will be purchased from the United States. While this exposition wilt bo international in character exhibits from this country sue specially Invited, and it is expected tbe Americans will make numerous and fine displays of their various good*, warm mid machinery.