®lir Centre $ emend. BELLEPONTE, PA. The I#aricet, Cheapen! and Bent Paper PUULUHKD IN CKNTRE COUNTY. THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT to pub litit"l ovorjr ThurwUy morning, at Itollofoiite, Outre county, I'a. TKUMS—O*h iu H'lvuno' SI HO If nut jnid lit ntlvnncn. Q OO PnjrateotM nnvfe within tlirtm mouth* will l eon* •.It-rod in ml van". A LIVK I'APKR—dnvotnd to the Interest* of the Whole |HHipl*. No |vt|wr will be ilUo>ntlnii" in nFr-ok, ill IM.Iv! < 4 00;.*I Oli'tN oil 112 I*> IWrnkn, ' I ■' 0". • < <*>! •< II 10 °o JKVki, 2 w>, :! ftu ft <*• <> 700 13 mi IK uo 1 Month.' 2 :.U| 400 'l *• KOO 14 (4)| 20 <> 2 Month*,! 4 00 l! IM K oil 111 Qll 13 i.i Jj u)| 2S HO 3 Month,. ft "I K (' I! Oil 13 00 Ift IK 01) :tft ii o\| nlli, i s ii. 12 i> Is i.i 20 i,i 22 i) fti no 1 V.r. |I2 oo IK i> On *.'K iv. 42 00 ft ii 100 no f— ——————— A IvertMeinent* an* calculate*! by the Inch hi length of ' <>luuiu, Htol any I. *1 ace i rated as a full inch. Koreign a*lvertlseuiiits mud l>e paid for before In* ••■'tioa, except n yearly • ntr t*. when half-yearly piyufiitM In advance will be n-piired. P uiTirat N • Yt •. ' -lit* p.-r line each Insertion. N thlnc in* -te| fur les than Silrwitf. Ili-on*-Vnit i * in th ♦dltorial columns, 1A cent* pr line, each Insertion. LOCAL Xutlisslu i column*, l ct oUp r Its*. Aisvor.a tvi.vrß f naims f candidates for ofljee, f.l , A*Nor!*ciMivTs or Mitnnop Dratm inserted Am; but sli obituary notion will be charged 6 cents per line. Srn tAI XottCK* 25 per cent. a!vr regular rates. THE Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Time# intimates that Zach Chandler's last speech on the army hill was inspired by "artificial excitement," which is somewhat sug gestive of a beverage of which old Zach is said to be exceedingly fond. THE Democrats of Indianapolis placed in nomination nn intelligent colored man for city marshal. The Republicans rallied their whole foice to defeat him. They accord to the colored man the right to vote, provided be votes for the Republican party. But to hold an office is a different case and not to be encouraged. Tiik chairman of the Ohio Repub lican State committee, Gen. Robinson, has joined Congressman Frye, of Maine, in the laudable work of in creasing the circulation of the Okolona Stale# in the North for the purjxjsc of misrepresenting the true sentiments of the people of the South. With two distinguished agents like Frye and Robinson the subscription list of the State# will doubtless grow with a rapidity calculated to rejoice stalwart heart with exceeding gladness. Tiik hill to prevent the employment of troojw nt the polls, passed the Sou on Friday last, in precise form it came from the House. The stalwarts had the debate on the hill to themselves, and the proposition to banish bayonets from the polls in the interests of a " free ballot," was fiercely availed by Edmunds, Blaine and Chandler, the latter repeating with his usual vehe mence of gesture and manner his old speech about States Rights arid .Jefl". Davis. It was a spine bracing ops-ra tion and had its desired effect. Hayes has vetoed the bill. THE Grand Lodge of the I. O. of (Kid Fellows of the .State of Pennsylva nia will meet in Harrishurg on Tues day, the 22d instant. Among the im portant questions to he considered will he that of a reduction in the represen tation. At present the Grand Lodge consists of one representative from each Subordinate Ixslge in the State, and forms a body so large and un wieldy as to render some change an absolute necessity. The proposition, we believe, is to provide for representa- , tion by districts instead of individual lodges. A CORKEBPOMDEWT of the New York Tribune states that Judge Davis was elected Senator in 1870 over Lo gan by the advice and procurement of; both Edmunds and Morton, who were ■ determined to prevent his being a member of the Electoral commission. They classed Davis as a sterling inde pendent, with strong Democratic pro clivities, but had perfect confidence in Brndley as alb-publican with no con scientious scruples which would pre vent him from awarding the prize of the Presidency to Hayw regardlt-M of whatever evidence might be presented. The Tribune' correspondent declares that Senator Morton sent an agent to Springfield to confer with the Itcpul>- lican members of the Legislature, and that the withdrawal of Logan after the hundredth ballot, was with the pur pose of electing Davis, thti* making the coast clear for Bradley. Concentration of Capital. Ever siuec the Republican party gained power it has l>eoii tho legiti mate tendency of its policy, whether HO intended or not, to aggregate all business capital into tho hands oi a few corporations, coin panics or firms. The Pacific railroads, the Credit Mo' bilier, the Syndicates, the Standard oil company, the Philadelphia and Read ing coal and iron company, the Em pire and Union transportation compa nies, are all specimens of this policy. In tho excise laws the untiic results arc to be seen. In their practical operation nearly all the small distill eries ami breweries have been driven out of existence, and the manufacture of spirituous and malt liquors mostly confined to large establishments em ploying hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars of capital. While tho manufacture of all kinds of liquor is greater now than ln-forc the war, yet the number of small establish ments engaged in the business is not over one-fifth as great. Men of small or moderate capital are being rapidly : driven out of the business. Twenty years ago most of the an thracite coal was mined and shipped by individual operators, who owned or leased the lands worked; now four fifths of that commodity is mined and shipped by half a dozen gigantic cor porations, the capital of some of which lis computed by tens of millions. In- I dividual operators in this field have nearly all been driven to the wall. A | few years ago all the mineral oil was produced, shipped, refines! and sold by individuals; now hundreds of these individual producers are being ruined every year by the domination of the Standard oil company—a corporation created by the Republican legislature lof Ohio. This mammoth corporation, it is said, receives annually from the I great, railroad companies draubaeh# amounting to nine million# of dollar. Individual shippers of freight upon our ruilroads are being constantly ruined by the great transportation monopolies. Before the war there were nearly as many individual lend ers of money throughout the country as there were individual borrowers. Now most of the money to be loaned is iu the josseasion of hanks, insur ance and trust companies. What is the effect of all this upon the labor of the country? Manifest ly to reduce the number of employ ers ami thereby destroy coiu{*ctitioii among them for the labor tliev need. The smaller the number of employers the more al>olutclv can they dictate the wages and conditions of the labor ers. • As long as anthracite coal was mostly mined by individual operators no great strike*, involving thousands of laboring men and their families for months in want and starvation, were known; great riots placing whole counties in a state of torrorim for weeks were unheard of. As a matter of fact, which we believe cannot he controverted, the great railroad riots of 1*77 were the natural outgrowth of this policy of concentrating capital and destroying competition. Every piece of legislation, the effect of which would lie to drive from any business men of small or moderate means is a direct attack upon the in terests of the laboring men employed in that business. Of this nature is the bill No. 4b, which recently passed our State Senate and is now pending in the House. This proposed net seeks to compel ail corporations or jtcrsons engaged in mining eoal, or manufacturing iron or steel, to pay their men at stated times in money. Under its provisions all men of mod erate means would he obliged to quit the business, leaving the great corpor ations and large capitalists the Mile miners nnd manufacturers. Isist week wc published the speech of our able Senator, Hon. C. T. Alexander, in op position to this measure, the pernicious tendencies of which he exposed in a masterly manner. So far as we can learn his sentiments are generally en dorsed and commended by his con stituents ; And in these days, so fruit ful of blatant demngogism, it is indeed an honor to be represented by one who is not afraid to express correct and statesmanlike views upon the relations of capital and labor. IT is said by the Washington papers that Zftoh. Chandler was drunk when he made his speech on Friday last Very likely. But that will not ac count for Zach's blackguardism. THK late Bishop Anion, of tlio M, E. Church, in said to have boon a very plain man in bin habita and tauten, and had u dislike for unclean uud ex ponnivo display of any kind. A few dayn before be died lie said to an in timate friend : " I desire no display at my funeral. I would have a plain eofßn made of live oak and trimmed plainly with trimmings of galvanized iron. Imt there bo no flowers placed on it. The tendency to extravagant I and useless parade at funerals in this | country is getting to bo a great and growing evil, and I wish my example, as far as possible, to inaugurate a dif ferent state of things." It would be well if all wealthy and ! distinguished persons, when tlicy ap i proach the end of their earthly days, would emulate the example of the good Bishop and demand that th< ir funeral solemnities he marked by a -imilur simplicity. A much needed reform might thus be gradually intra i duccd. So long as the wealthy in dulge iu costly and extravagant fu neral displays, however laudable tin feelings of affection that prompt tin in, others fur le-s able to ls ar stub bur dens will IK- found to do likewise, as though impelled by a custom that do ' mantis implicit observance. Promoting the Negro Exodus. FfJtn th* llrrititrn Patriot. All accounts from the went and south indicate that there i* little check to the negro exodus to Kama*. It is evident that the rc|>ort* of returning wanderer* in regard to this Land of Promise have hud no effect. All the reasons urged in the New Orleans convention against the movement were spoken to the winds, ami tho convention concluded hy appointing a committee to promote the exodus. In the deception that ha* l>oen systematically practiced upon the poor negroes they have been persuaded that congress would come to their aid. This hope has been strengthened hy the propositions of (Sen. Garfield in the house and Mr. Ingalls in the senate that congress appropriate #IOO.IIOO to purchase tents and provisions for the emigrants. There is no douht that mo tives of humanity have prompted these propositions. The poor wanderers who have been so grossly deceived deserve the most sincere pity in their distress, hut this money, if appropriated, would i-ontirm thetn in thuir deception, and by inducing false hope* would give a Iresh im|>etu* to tho emigration. In sup|>orl of his proposition Senator Ingalls referred to the generosity of congress in the case* of the Mississippi overflow and the yellow fever scourge. Hut the comparison between these two calamities and the voluntary emigration | of negroes from the south halts consid erably. In the overflow of the Missis*, ippi and in the yellow fever visitation the distress was not imaginary. The negroes incur no danger in remaining in their southern homes while in this fanatical movement they run u|on cer tain distress. That partisan considera tions have had their weight in stiniti lating this exodus is obvious from the demonstration of certain republican leader* in Washington and elsewhere. ense of the United States treasury there would be no restraining the exo dus. The south would he depopulated, and Ohio, Ijlinoi* and Missouri would lie overrun by hundreds of thousand* of famished outciuit*. This appropriation of #IOO,OOO demanded by .Senator In galls would lie hut a trifle compared with the cost to tho whole land. What tke Colored .Men Want. NASHVILLE, May B.—A resolution was adopted by the National Colored Con vention today accepting the offer of General B. F. Butler to donate 20,000 acres of land, and by tho Hon. Each • 'handler, of homea for one hundred families. The committee on latmr and education reco-ninended to the legisla ture* the adoption of a compulsory sys tem of public education. Seperate schools are deprecated. The conference memorialise* Congre** to use #300,000, the amount of unclaimed bounty of colored soldier* and aailora, for main taining an industrial and technical school for colored youth at Harper * Ferry. A resolution was adopted asking Congre** for #500,000 to aid in remov ing colored people from the South. Tslinage waa " vindicated " on Thurs day last by a vote of 25 to 16, The pros ecution threaten to appeal to Synod. Iron mid Mtei-I. MEETING or THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION IN l-ll'TSlll'ltd. PiTTanußij, I'a., May 6.—The Ameri can Iron A Stool association met tint morning in the room* of the Western Iron association. The attendance wu# largo unit comprised tlio most eminent 1 manufacturer* unit producer* of iron lore in tlio United State*. The large manufacturing firm* of tlii* city w-ro well represented, but a large purl of the assembly wa coinpoaed of gentlemen i from other citie*, whose name* are prominent in the history of the indus trial developments of thin country. The Hireling wai called to order by \V. P. Shinn, and the lion. I'. J. Morioll called to the chair. The chair tip pointed Mr. Swank unit Joseph I). Week* secretaries. President Mr. Mor roll then delivered the inaugural ad dress. lie explained the object of the meeting mid gave u review of the con dition of the iron businc**. Concern ing the Vanderhilt kteel-ruil pun-it one, lie Haid : " Your attention has doubt h-s* been attracted by n largo purehaae id English Bessemer rail* hy the New York Central A Hud-on River Railroad Co., at u price largi-ly in excess of the current rates here, and you have *eeo the reason put forth us its justifii-ation. II iving lu-eti appeal <1 to lor informs • inn. I have not hesitated to denounce :n I tin.- and kiand- ii u* the allegation that the utmost endurance of Allien cm steel tail* is but five yarn, and that they ore commonly interior to rails u ado in England. I allude to the sub ject lii-re, i- tlio whole trade li.-.'- a com nioti interest in tnaiut lining the well deserved reputation earned by the American manufacturer* of P.-. • inter rails, and also lor the reason that this assault upon tin in may he regarded as a pail of a scheme to break down the protective jtohcy of the country, which to-day is the sole guarantee of the con tinued existence of the great atid grow ing industry which h placed within the reach of American consumers a bet ter and cheaper iron and steel than was ever before enjoyed. If duties wore re moved and home production crushed out, how lung would it bo before our foreign competitors would compel our roads to pay derrly for their rails T The answer may l> interred from the his tory of the past ten years years, which is familiar to you all." m —— F.xod us. A statement originating no one knows where is going through all the news papers, that the Pennsylvania railroad "has carried five car loads of emigrants, daily for tlio west, during the month of April, mostly from Pennsylvania sta tions.' 1 If this be so the negro exodus is no where. Five car loads per day, say 50 to a ear, is 25< per day ; .50 times that is 7,500 a month. The Philadelphia /.*orlion to the imp utation. But he knew, when he said it, that the vole cast was only one to five of fhe population, which is not a large or unusual vote. In other words, John Shertuan lied. The Socialists to liningnrate a Strike. CHICAGO, May B. Ihe Socialist lead er* here assert that they, with the Trades Union, are organising a stiike to legin July 5, and to he general throughout tho country. They will demand the uni versal adopt ion of the eight hour system, ami will settle the matter of wage* after their demands on that point are acced ed to. This strike has been decided on in their privy councils, but it is no se cret that their purpose is political in its nature, and the purpose of the working men is to secure better wage*. Hayes* Affair Entirely. Frrm lb* K* York Rem. It i* not the Ib-boerata upon whom the dilemna is pressed whether the ap propria!ions for the army shall become available or not. That responsibility will finally re*t upon tho fraudulent President. The army appropriation bill will bo passed, giving all the money that is necesssry—mo o.i„ fact, than ought to he granted. The dilemma of finally determining whether those appropria tions shall he rendered effective or whether they shall bo votoed, will rest exclusively with the man who, without having lieon elected, now occupic* the White House. Ilow the I'artlea Stand. From lbs Nasbvflls Am.ri-an Every Republican vote In the House w in favor of military control of the polls. Every Democratic ami National vote was for free elections and the su premacy of the civil power. The issue ta clear cut and well defined. Milton received *25 for " Paradise Lost," and Dr. Holland received #12,- 000 for "Bitter Swee.." Democrat* and the Negro. 'I he colored people of South Carolina ! have had many lessons in the hollow ries* of Republican professions of pe culiar regard for their race. During the carpel-hag era it was the regular custom ol the men who misrepresented that section in Congress to distribute their patronage among their Northern relatives and friends. The departments here in Washington furnikhed place* for hundreds who were charged against Southern state*, hut who never saw any latitude more Southern than this Dis trict. To fill the principal places in the custom houses, revenue offices, etc., of the South Northern men were import ed. The colored voter got nothing, ex cept in rare instances, where fie ws smart enough to demand a division, and had influence and following enough to enforce hi* claim. All this lias been altered since rep rescntalive men took the places of car pet-baggers. As an illustration of the change the fact may be noted that sev erul members of the South Carolina Congressional delegation, including Senator Hampton and Kcpieseiitative Itichuidson. have recently secured the appointment of a iiuuibei of tlu ir col ored constituents to offi -ial positions ill South Carolina. In lni.se, a* m ad ditionnl instances, are ev uci d n liberal spirit and an honest del* rn,.nation to d<-ul fairly with the Mgn. It i* beginning to l understood among the long deluded blocks that their true friend* rue not tht Republi cans, who u ed them onl) for their own advancement, hut llieirwl.ile neighbors, •v hose interests are identical with theirs. In a few Irrealities in the southwest there i still such dense ignorant prevailing among the blacks that they ran yet fi lm posed upon hy false pr -ini e* of es-e and sflluence, and thu- lured nwuy from their home* to suit-r fioni grim poverty ami gaunt hunger. But, a* a general rule, there is a good feeling and perfect understanding between the races, and they are working harrnoni ously to repair the- waste of war and misgovernment. When any Northern Radical si,all follow the Democratic example# men tioned, in securing appointment for any of the many intelligent colored Repub licans of the North, we shall he happy to make a note of it. even at the risk of exciting an apprehension that the world is coming to un end.— f'o4t. Mho are the Revolutionist* I > : HI lbs St. LWR'S I--.! tS>|*l,(**) to 10,000. Farmer* seem to have voted almost solidly for it. ' The result ha* caused much bitterness of feeling in business circles, where it is looked ti|e an unfortunate issue of an important question. The pressof the city counsel quiet acquie* cence in the inevitable and a sustained endeavor to ward off the ill effect* which are e*xpeeled to follow so radical a change in organic law by a careful choice of o!lb er* and prudent and con servative eoivtruction of >t* provisions. Candor from nn Organ. Fms* ths Pbr*4#l| Ms R,-rar4. • As the law# now stand a tolerably straight road exist* for military inter ference at elections. If the President "w entirely sincere in hi# message, he cannot very well avoid approving tho (lending bill. Gts* VNV AND THE CATHOLIC Car RCH.— The present slate of the Roman Catho lic Church in Germany i* such that no surprise own be felt at the anxiety shown by the Pope on the one hand and hy the German government on the other to put an end to it. Out of twelve Ger man dioceses only three are occupied by their rightful Bishops—namely, Mon ster by Monsignor Rrinkmano, Lituhurg by Monsignor Blum and Culm* by Monsignor Marwiu. The other nine dioceees are vacant. With the excep tion of the first three dioneeee ell are deficient in parish priests, owing to deaths, banishment* and still pending trials } 1,500 prieati have been expelled ; tho number of those under trial can scarcely be calculated ; 2"0 parishes are without a single nrieat. The banished Bishops are not allowed to exerci*e the slightest authority over their aubordi j nates; and though their secret agent* may exert a certain influence in purely religious matter*, this cannot be extend ed to any of the details in the manage ment of the church. STATE NEWS. Hie manufacture of paper bags i* to | be commenced in the North umber land j Gnunty Jail. Ibo great council of ltr.* formally opened last Friday for tliis year. There were several thou sand poo file present. It wo* also the third anniversary of the opening of the Centennial Exhibition. Ex Mayor Martin Powell died at Bradford, Saturday morning, of con sumption. aged thirty three. He elected M yor of Williatn*|>ort in 1*74, and served one year, lie was re-elected in 187. f i, and served another year. Mo* Lou Veling, of Poltsville, re cently gave a private exhibition before Wilhelmj on the piano which so pleased * the great museum that he wiil take ber to Hamburg with birn and place ber under the tuition of the beat teachers. The Titu.ville corre.pondent of tbe Bradford Era says that an order has been given a dressmaker of that city to make thirty dre'.e* for the daughter of Mr. Eoter, of the Oil City Exchange, who is to marry a wealthy gentleman from New York city. Reading is taking a step forward. Last Sunday, Mayor Tyson cornjielled all the cigar stores, ice cream, confec tionery and candy stores, harber shop*, eating bouse* and drinking saloon* to close. Newsboys were forbidden to cry tbe Sunday paper* on the streets, so they delivered them silently. Extensive forent fire* are causing great destruction of timber around the city of Scranton. The village of Toby lianna, twenty mile* from there wa* entirely surrounded by fire Sunday af ternoon. The continues] dry weather is favoring the heavy forest fire* which are destroying a vast amount of timber in the immediate n( ighborhood of Row. land* and Lackawaxen in Pike county, Pa. Unless a heavy rain occurs tbo fire* will become general and cause great damage. I>e*lructive forrwt fire* arc raging within a radius of thirty mile* of Wilkesbarre, Pa. In Indiana county, a couple of miles north-east of Armagh, aay* the Ktren*- tiurg Frfrman , is a straggling village that goes by the name of Ihlltown. It is un known to fame except during camp meeting time*, when multitude* of peo ple flock to it to buy food for man or horse, eked out by an occasional schoon er of l/eer. But now, it seem*. Iblltown i* to attain prominence, though not of the most desirable character. Recent researches have developed the fact that the Mardi* gng of counterfeiters have for a long time made that place one of their principal haunt*, and a sort of un derground habitation in it* near neigh borhood, fitted up with diabolical con trivance* peculiar to the manufacture of bogus coin ha* been visited by some of the officers of the law. Tbe bird*, unfortunately, had flown, but a quantitv of testimony wa* gathered ahich. add ed to what was known before, will, in all probability lead to the arrest of a number of pcr*on§ and the ultimate breaking up of the gang. Philadelphia Markets. r .iMUni, Ms; IX. IST*. 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