£l)c tCcntrc A Semocral. SHUWERT A FORNTER, Editors. VOL. >. ®lh (frntrr ;Hntmrnt. Terms 11.51) per Anunm.in Ailvnnc®. S. T. SHUQERT and R. H. FORBTER. Editor.. Thursday Morning, August 26,1880. Democratic National Ticket. ro* ratal WIXt'ISLD SCOTT HANCOCK, of Prunayltaula. run tick pimidiw, WILLIAM 11. KNuLISII, of Indiana. KKBCTOB&-AT LABOR. B. Knituft Moiwixlnu, William 11. riavfunl. KL ROTORS. Dirt. DUt. I John Ulrrln. IA. Ovnrgr A IW. Kdwin A l'ui, !'• A. M. Benton, I Jutin M. r*ni|tljfll, IT. J. P. I.in Ton. I. Oitlr* DaIM. If*. John S. Miliar, V John N. MolM, l!. J. O. Sh\ton, ft. K.I win Wahlou, 2". r M Ro#r. 7. Nit than C. JiiiiH'n, -1. I A. J. HnrDatum. S tlrorgp KlltuTt, * hrl-t'|ihT Mutfi-t', Junxw li Mi Mj urin, £l. Koliert MDiUm, In. Alfrrt! J. \Kiriiu, Jt. Brmlfonl, 11. Ail-tui Uemnicer, lUrrv W. WiUuo, 12. Frank Turner. 2U. Swuml Oriflitli, H. P J. Birmingham, '27. J Utu|<*4>tt. It II K. lln tin, Democratic State Ticket. ma srrdKMK jvtuit, OKOIIOK A. JKNK9, f Jffpr*on Coiiuty. rod at hi rod i.tNkdiL, ROIIKRT P. DECHKBT, of PhiUUelplil*. OUR thank* are due to Senator \V. A. Wallace for a copy of Stilson llutchiu*' Political Manual a- well as for other favors. Sharon, the Republican Senator froiu Nevada, who in his six years term has ouly been in Washington each year loug enough to draw his pay, is a candidate for re-election. His money bags may retaiu him in the siuecure. IT is said Gen. Grant predicts that the vote of New York will be given to Garfield. Gen. Grant and his friends are not much to be relied on in proph ecy. They made a sad failure in Chicago, and it will no doubt be equally marked in New York. The monument to the memory of the late Oakcs Ames will cost about SBO,OOO. The Boston Post says Gar field ought to contribute about $320 towards making up the amount, hut as he might want it "to go as a loan" be will not be asked to do so. Siierman'b stumping tour, since he has held the purse strings of the gov ernment, has been made in government vessels along the Atlantic. It is now suggested that in order to save the campaign party fund, he now explore Lake Kric and inspect the light houses. Some wise Republicans argue that if the Democrcay are successful they will repeal the tax on whisky and tobacco and thereby embarrass the government < 'ertainly, the Republi cans will not weep over such a result, and the Democracy will have to stand any embarrassment they bring upon themselves. The German defections in the Re publican party of Ohio are so num erous as to create serious alarm to the I)e Golyeritcs. The services of Hecre-' tary Schurr. arc demanded to arrest, if possible, a general stampede to Han cock, but it is said the Germans are not in Kchurz's pocket this season and are likely to discount his effort*. Wk have received from Hon. L. A. I Maekey, of Cliaton county, four vol umes containing memorial addresses I delivered in the House of Represenla- I lives upon the lives and characters of Hons. John K. Leonard, of Louisiana Frank Welch, of Nebraska, Terrence J. Quinn, of New York, and Gustave Hchleicber, of Texas, deceased mem [ bers of the forty-fifth Congress. Mr. Maekey will please accept our thanks. We are more than pleased to see that our friend J. C. C. Whalcy, Esq., editor of the Clinton Democrat, was nominated for the legislature by the Democratic County Convention of Clinton on Tuesday. This is a deserv ed recognition of the valuable services Mr. Whalcy has rendered his party and his exceptional fitness for the position. He has been in the thickest of the fight for many years and this compliment at the hands of the party does not come any too soon. He will strengthen the ticket and will be tri- < I umphantly elected. i Garfield and Protoction. • ' | In the pending political contest, t. i many ot the Republican orators ami editors of Pennsylvania are becoming exceedingly anxious to make the issue of a protective tariff a lending one in • this State, and with a view of forcing public attention to the question are earnest and persistent in their en deavors to make a record for Mr. Garfield that will be satisfactory to . our mining and manufacturing inter ests. Their effort in this direction is one of the amusing absurdities of the campaign, aud thus far their success hit* not been at all equal to their zeal. In the pursuit of their laud able purpose they find difficulties ;in their way that are hard to | surmount. For instance, the many j votes given by Mr. Garfield in Con gress in favor of a reduction of duties u|N)ii foreign imports, and especially those he gave to lower the duty upon pig iron and to place coal upon the . free list, cannot IK- reconciled with the i theory of protection such as is advo > cated by the friends of a protective tariff in Pennsylvania. It must he remembered that Gar t field was the successor in Congress of the celebrated Joshua Giddings, one , of the notable men of his day, well known for his extreme opinions upon | the question of slavery. Next to his 1 pronounced views against African slavery, he was also always an open and avowed advocate of free trade. I'pon neither question did he enter tain half-way opinions. When there fore the mantle of this distinguished j predecessor fell upon the shoulders of Mr. Garfield it was only natural that ! he should he in accord with the views j aud sentiments of the man under I whose political teachings he had beeu 1 reared, and his votes in Congress show that such was the case. As early a* IXG4 he is found voting to reduce the proposed duty on railroad iron from M 0 to 60 cents per ton, nnd on the fmal passage of the bill of that year increasing the duties upon foreign im port* he did not record his vote. The bill of 1H64 increases! the duty on pig iron to $!• per ton, and in 1870 Mr. Garfield *|Hke and voted in favor of a reduction of this duty to $7 per ton. In the debate of that year Mr. Gar field spoke as fid lows : "As n abstract theory of political economy FREE TRADE ha* many ad vantage* and much can I* said in it* favor; nor will it be denied that the scholarship of modern times is largely ON THAT Sll>K; that a large majority of the great thinkers of the present day are leading in the direction of what is i callerl FREE Tit A OK. Judge Kelley, the great Pennsylva nia apostle of protection, promptly entered the lists against Garfield, denying the soundness of this view and quoting from the writings of Henry 8. Carey to show its fallacy. In response Mr. Garfield again said : " I detract nothing from the great j ability and the acknowledged fame of | Mr. farcy when I say that on this sub ject he represents a minority among the financial writers of our day. lam trying to state as fairly as I can the present condition of the question : and in doing so f affirm that the tendency of modern thought is toward FREE TRADE." Thus Mr. Garfield not only avowed the advantages that free trade had over protection a* an nbstract theory of political economy, hut went to the extreme of taunting the friends of protection by asserting that the intel ligence of the world was against them. Two years later, in 1872, Mr. Gar field still held the same opinions, for he then voted in favor of the bill making a reduction of 10 per cent, on the duties of wool, iron and steel and on all manufactures of iron and steel. I These facts are all to be found in the i official records of Congress, and they I prove that Garfield not only spoke in I favor of free trade as an abstract I theory, but every time lie was called to declare himself on the tariff he voted i in favor of a reduction of duties, ex- i cept when he opposed placing tea and < coffee upon the free list. This, how- i ever, was against the policy of the 1 "K4I AL AND KX ACT JUSTICE TO ALL MKN, OF WIIATKVkk STATE OE I'KKMAHION, HKLIGIOUS OR POLITICAL. BKLI.KFONTK, I'A., THURSDAY, AUGUST •_><>, |HH. protectionist*, who have, according to one of their ablest advocates, " always I insisted that tea ami coffee should be f i admitted free of duty because their . importation was not in cnru|>ctitioii with any article of American produc ,l tion." So well was Mr. Garfield's position u|Min the question of the tarifF under stood in Congress that when he be ( ! came the candidate of the Republi cans for Speaker of the House, in i 1878, four Pennsylvania Republican members refused to vote for him be* cause they regarded liini as a free trader who had merited the disliuctiou of being elected an honorary member ! of the Cohdcn Free Trade Club, of London. These gentlemen were John W. Killinger, of libation, Judge Kelley, of Philadelphia, and Messrs. Errett and Havne, of the two Alle gheny district*. In a letter giving his | rcasous for refusing to vote for Gar- 1 field, Mr. Killinger said : "Mr. Gar "field's record on this question (the " tariff ) is well known to the country i " and some of it ha* come under my "own observation. I could not, there " fore, pass it by a* insignificant or . " unimportant. Without meaning any "disrespect to him 1 am compelled to "say that his status has been equivo cal, if not actually hostile, to the "opinions we hold in Pennsylvania. " I have never found him to stand mputre "for protection." Those who are now engaged in the work of pursuading people to east their votes for Garfield 011 the grouud that he is a protectionist can reconcile these stubborn fact* to their claims if it is in their power to do so. But we do not believe that honest voters will Ik- deceived by sophistry or subterfuge. JOHN SHERMAN has made a Gar field speech, and why should he not' spenk for the bribe-taker ? Are they ' not "birds of a feather"—both equally concerned in the larceny of the Presi dency—both profiting corruptly by the |Nisitioiis they hold ?—one in Con gress selling appropriations at the rate of $">,000, the other in the Treasury trading for dines by deposits of the public money in National Bank*. Yes, it is perfectly in character that John should speak for Garfield, who bv his effort* a* one of the visiting statesmen at New < >rlenns, and sulise qucntly a* <>ne of the 8 to 7 eommis- j sion, inaugurated fraud and placed the means of boundless wealth in the 1 reach of John. Yet neither of them 1 are now happy. The people are tie- ; 1 manding settlement, and au honest, pa- ' triotic soldier statesman is brought forward to sec that it is fairly made. ( As wa* to be expected, these honest j speculators are not satisfied with the choice. John objects to (ien. Han- ' cock on account, of his education, not- ' withstanding it was acquired by close, 1 j comprehensive study in the same 1 school, and on the same terms, in ' which the Hherman family, including j honest John himself, were educated- j 1 It is true this school at West Point, ' besides sending out many very great j 1 and honorable men to do honor to the j ' country and protect its institutions i * from thieves and scoundrels, as well as . fftnn invasion aud wrong, has also turned out a good many very mean 1 and scaly fellows, amongst whom may I' be classed tome of those, who after 1 acquiring an education at public ex- I pense, instead of going into the ser vice of the country according to con- ' tract, resign and enter the slums of c party politics in pursuit of plunder and pelf, in the attainment of which s no means are too base, no law or insti- t tution too Mcrod to restrain their van- ( dalism. This class had a striking il. lustration in 1876, and John Sherman 0 filled the bill. He now sneeringly n refers to Gen. Hancock's education at I West Point, at government expense, ■ and appear* to be incapable of taking h in the fact that Hancook, besides *' qualifying himself for eminent civil service by study of the institutions of g the country, kept his engagement! o with the government and IIIIM rendered service a thousand fold over all that his education cost not only hy great and heroic deeds in war, but by his no . less brilliant recognition and support | of the rights of the citizen in time of i i>cace. THE Washington J'ott remarks that in the month of February, 1*73, the New \ ork Tribune was, as it now is, an earnest organ of the Rcpubli can purty. It was then, as it is now, under the management of Whitelaw liied. Ou the lllth flay of that mantli the Tribune said : "James A. (itrfi eld, of Ohio, had ten shares; never paid a dollar; received $329, which, after the investigation began, he was anxious to have considered as a loan from Mr. Oukes Ames to him self." In the same issue of the puper the editor said: "Well, the wicked ness of all of it is that these men betrayed the trust of the jteople, de ceived their constituents, ami hy eva sions and falsehoods confessed the transaction to be disgraceful." And on the 2lth of the same month the Tribune concluded that "Mr. Ames establishes very clearly the point that he was not alone iu this offense. If he is to be expdicd for bribery the men who were bribed should go with him." The question now is, whether that newspaper was less likely to la right wheu the occurrences were fresh and the evidence at hand, aud when there was no inducement to misrepre sent, than it is now when the Credit Mobilier infamy is an old story, and when it is necessary to the life of the Radical party to elect Garfield to the 1 Presidency 7" ToK result of the deliberations of jlfca GMMMI cow** Demorretir < 'on i vent ion on Tuesday last will be hailed i with delight all over this Congrcssion 'al district. The sturdy Democrats of Clinton have honored themselves by honoring Governor Curlin and the thanks of I>emocrats everywhere are due them for the emphatic and unani mous manner in which they have pre sented him for Congress. It is grati ! lying to sec that the vote at the pri maries was unusually large ami that this second presentation of the distin guished gentlemen for Congressional honors comes directly from the people. The convention at Lock Haven on! Tuesday ratified the choice of the people and Gov. Curtiu wa placed in nomination by acclamation. It now remains for Centre and the remaining counties of the district to come to the front and do their share in righting the great wrong done a great and good man. In the meantime, all hail gallant Clinton! "GENERAL" WOODFORD was intro duced to his stalwart admirers at the Republican meeting last night as the man who had courage enough to go to the South to prosecute the Chie holm murderers. The trouble with "General" Woodford is that he did not have courage enough to go to the South when Northern gcuerals were needed in that section of the country. It it very absurd to talk about the courage of a paper general fifteen years aAer the war. KITIIKR the Republican Congress, in 1873, lied outrageously about Gar field, and spread the lies wrongfully upon the records, or they must ac knowledge that he is unfit to be Presi dent of the United Htatea. Which 7 Republicans will please answer the conundrum. ' ■■■ ■ ♦ NIKRTY cents a day, payable in store orders, is the kind of protection that some of the laboring men of Centre county now receive. —At our hour of going to pros* wc have j only time to remark that tba Republicans made a very creditable display last night , From a number of counts that were made i along the line of march we can say they < had between 900 and 1000 men in procee slon ; but even that will not save two can didates—ontf for President and lbs other ' for Vice President—with badly damaged 1 characters, according to the records of their ' own party, from defeat In November, Mi . .... -'# . ADDITIONAL LOCALS. ! HIIKIUKKV BAl.ES. —Under the vigilant administration of Sheriff Hpsngler, con siderable property changed hands on the first three days of the dales. The follow ing list includes all sold up to Wednesday :at noon. Further than that "deponent sailh not:" Tract No. 1, located in Miles township, Including a U-stury frame house and sta | ble, sold as pronerty .- ; f H. K. Weirick, to 1 Henry Meyer, Jr., of Rebersburg, for SIOO. I No. If, located near the Planing Mill I I'am, known as liellufonle Press Company property, sold as the property of Alfred . Nichols, to D. H. Hasting*, Esq., for S3O. No. 3, situated in Walker township, in | eluding a two-story house and hank Darn, sold as property of'H.TJ. Showers, to Jere miah Swart/.,0f Ilubh-rsburg, for $.'5,206. No. I, located on Willow Isank street, including a two-slory frame house and sta ! ble. sold a* the property of John Cauip ■ bell, to Hainmon Bechler, for $1,130. No 6, located in Howard township, in- I eluding a two-story Irame house and stable, j sold as property of Reuben Pletcher, to lialser Weber, of How ard, for S6OO. No. 6, located in Spring township, in eluding two-story frame bouse and stable belonging to George House) and Margaret House), to L>. H. Hastings, Hup, for $lO6. No. 7, located in Port Matilda, includ ing two-story frame house and stable, j property of K. 1). Cummings, to W W. | Leech, of Boalsburg, for S3O. No. 8, located in Potter township, in cluding two-story frame bouse, store room and stable, property of Daniel Durst, to Aaron Durst, of Centre Hall, for $26. No. 10, located in Benner township, in eluding two-story frame house, prora'rty of Uriah Wilson, to D. M. Lieb, for $26. No. 14, located in Benner township, in -1 eluding two-story frame house and stable, •old a* the property of Mary Meyers, ad ministratrix of Joseph Iltezsr, deceased, to John Meyers, for slßll. No. 16. located in Kush township, prop j erty of Mrs. Patrick Donahue, aJministra j iris, to Adam Hoy, Kaq., for $203 No. 18, located in Marion township, in | eluding two-story Irame house, stable and j two shops, property of Joel Kling, Jr., to Mr. K. F.rtle, of Jacksonville, fur $846. No. 19, located partly in Kush township, Centre county, and partly in Morris town- I 'hip, Clearfield county, including two frame houses, saw mill, Ac., sold at the property of Win T. Kirk, Esq., trustee, to Jeremiah R. Harris, of Philadelphia, for $8,760. No. 20, Ist, the buildings on the western corner of Allegheny and Bishop streets; 2d, **Butt* Htuw • on eS'lWrn corned of Allegheny and Hishop streets ; 3d, j frame ware house and tenement bouses on southern corner of Allegheny and Bishop : streets ; 4th, lot of ground on eastern side !of Allegheny street near the reservoir ; ; 6th, lot of ground on the western side of | Allegheny street; 6th, another lot of 60 feet front on western side of Allegheny street ; Blh, another lot of ground cxtrn. 8. KELLER, AM t Adj't Gen'l. i TEHMS: £1.50 |M-r Annum, in Advance. Th K Democratic Mketivo at Uvion viu.k.—The Democracy of Unionville and , Union township deserve great credit for the demonstration of last Haturday even ing. The meeting at that place was the largest ever held in the town. The torch i light procession was very fine and extort ed many complimentary expressions even from Republicans. In addition to the local club of over one hundred, there were , delegations present from lluston, Miles burg and Hggs. Mileaburg and Hoggs had one hundred and fifty torches in the procession. After parading through the principal streets, the meeting was organiz ed in the square at the public school build ing. The assemblage was called to order by Chairman I'atrick J. McDonnell, and the following officers of the meeting were appointed : President, Samuel Brugger ; \ ice Presidents, A. K. Uall, John Spotta i and John Bing; Secretaries, K. E. Cam bridge and S. K. Kmcrick. Mr. Brugger opened tbc meeting with a few very ap i propriate remarks, and introduced Hon. C. T. Alexander as the speaker of tbe even ing. Mr. Alexander tep|>ed to tbe front ' sod entertained the assembled mass of people in a speech of great force and elo quence. He discussed all tho issues before the country in tbe present campaign in a frank, able and convincing manner. After Mr. Alexander had concluded Maj. ft. H. I horsier was called u[on by the crowd. I He responded to the call in a short speech, which was well received, and the meeting adjourned with hearty cheers for Hancock and Knglish. A good result may be ex pected from Bald Kegle Valley in Novetn ; her. The Democrat# are alive in that part ! of the county. AforsT Court.—The following Cotn ; monwealth business has been transacted ; bv the present Court: Commonwealth vs. John Dugan, mali cious mischief. True bill. Defendant did ! not appear. Same vs. John Seibert, fornication and bastardy. Defendant plead guilty. Sen | tenoed. vs. Herrv Ilockenberry, fornica ; tion and bastardy. Defendant plead guilty, j Sentenced, i ( SauMS vs. Char lea .Smith tcolered;, lar -1 ceny. Bill ignored by tbe grand jury. Same v. Abe Armstrong, fornication ! nd bastardy. Defendant plead guilty. 1 j Sentenced. Same vs. Harry Warner, fornication , and bastardy. Defendant plead guilty, j Sentenced. Same vs. 11. H. Montgomery, assault and battery. Ikcfendanl plead guilty. Sen | tenced. Same vs. James Nolan, fornication and bastardy. True bill. Defendant not ar rested. In the Common Pleas.—Simon Fried j man vs. Daniel Chandler. Plaintiff suffers ; non-suit. Traverse jurv discharged Tuesday after noon. Grand jury still in session as we go J to press. Hancock fax Aiikais or tiik Hiuii est. !—A Presidential vote was taken among | the passenger* on the C.4d a. m. express train last Monday morning. The train ' consisted of six car* and carried>.SO£ jas *engers. The following was the result of the vote, which (how* a wonderful pre- I ponderence of public sentiment in favor of , the candidate whose record as a soldier is i so superb and as a civilian so pure: Han | cock, lb">0; Garfield. 90 ; Weaver, 86. DEnicATio*.—The new edifice of the "Church of Ihel'nited Brethren In Christ," situated on Buffalo Hun, Patton township, Centre county, Pa., will be dedicated to the service of God, on Sunday, Sept. 12, 1880. Services commence at 10.80 a. u. All arc cordially invited to attend and j witness the solemn exercises. - —The Hancock Legion of Bellefenta won the universal plaudits of all who saw them in the procession on Tuesday night. Their beautiful uniform and unique : torches; their soldierly bearing and pre- J cision in march and their elegant appear- I a nee generally captivated every body. AS , Gov. Curtin remarked to them, they look ed just a* well as they ought to. After tho 1 meeting they paid their respects to Hon. R. Milton Speer at the Bush House, to Gov. Curtin, who appeared in response to their call, when J. L. Spangler, Keq., briefly addressed them. They then re | paired to the B rockerboff House and sa luted Hon. B. F. Myers and Col. Dechert, and were addressed by Mr. Myera and George K. Barrett, Jr., Keq., whan they ; marched like old veterans to their dab | room and disbanded. We venture tbe prophecy that they will not be eelipeed by any similar company anywhere.* —Yesterday afternoon tbe Republicans erected a grand stand in front of the First National Bank, and three arcbm on the streets at the Diamond, preparatory to the jubilee last night. We have no doubt their j orators shouted themselves hoarse for their candidates, but ft occurred too late for as to give any particulars of tbe demonstra tion, except that the areh* were not at all ornamental. They looked more like signs for a barber shop than any thing else to which they can be compared. NO. X>.