r Ctljr <£fntrc A democrat. SHUGFKT \ FORSTKR, Editors. VOL. 2. lir tfmfrc jOrmotrat n. ,1.50 per Annum,ln Advance. SHUGERT and R. H. FORSTER. Edilort. rsday Morning, November 25, 1880. A Fow Senatorial Changes. number of important changes occur in the membership of the * J led States Senate after the fourth | Itarch next. Among those who j retire from the Democratic side j he chamber are several of the j lgest, most influential and most j il members of the body. In their years of service to the country, king in part fur great coinmon ths, and representing vast and di ified interests, these Senators have eved high and enviable distinction ng their countrymen as statesmen he best sense of that word. In : treatment of public afl'airs they 5 shown the highest degree of ahil the purest integrity of character the most patriotic devotion to the are of the country. They have ned and honored the exalted and ified positions in which the were ed by the favor and regard of r fellow-citizens, and when they e they will carry with them tho ciousncss of duty faithfully per iod and the respect of all fair led men who have watched and d their careers. i the list of those who will step e to make way for new men niav amed Thurman, of Ohio, McDon of Indiana, Kernan, of New York, >n, of Connecticut, McPherson, of r Jersey and Wallace of Pennsyl ia. In due time successors will he ted to take their seat.". Rut will chairs which they vacate be filled oen of the same order of ability capacity for useful legislative k? To judge from tho present ook we think it extremely doubt l Ohio a fierce and hitter personal fare is already raging between the rtnan forces and the friends of . Foster. Sherman is a man of it ability and hns had a long legis re experience, hut he is selfish, [•blooded and ambitious,and in all , goes to make the houest minded ssninn who labors solely for mens of public good he is as far be ll Allen G. Thurman as it is possi for one man to be lower than an :r. Sherman is his God, and as a iitor he would be for Sherman it, last and all the time." Foster , M adroit and popular and will proba ta win the coveted honor, but he will I He a poor substitute for Thurman. D Indiana the contest for McDon -8 place seems to be between Ben. rrison. a lawyer and politician of lidcrablc force, and Jno. ('. New, a I of lighter calibre, who has reccnt somc into prominence in that State a party worker. Neither oue of le men is the equal of McDonald. Prom New York we will have in n of Kernan some tool of the ikling wiug of the Republican ly who will be nothing more than lebo of the lordly and imperious ■oe; while in Pennsylvania, Mr. Ilace will be supplanted by some bhman of the Cameron dynasty— bahly Gov. Hoyt or Pittsburgh's K Oliver. Ex-Secretary Robeson nsavary and unenviable fame, one |ie surviving relics of Grant's cor- I cabinet, and at present a member ]!ongress, will probably carry off the ior of an election to succeed Mc srson of New Jersey. From Con ticut, we may expect something ter. Gen. Hawley will likely take place of Eaton from that State, a is at least respectable. Gen. wley is a gentleman of excellent ading, considerable ability and will b&bly make a fair Senator. JEN. GARFIELD is in Washington, says bis visit to the capitol is on rate business, and be had the good e to refuse a public reception. "XqUAL ANl> EXACT JUSTICE TO A LI. MKN, O T WHATEVER STATU OR PERSUASION, RELIGIOUS OH POLITICAL. "-Jefferson. The Groat National Beggar. A proposition started by the New ork flunkey, I'ierreponte, ami the N. Y. Timet, to raise by subscription 8250,- 000 to pension Grant, does not seem to pan out in large figures thus far. To provide against failure it appears the flunkies have originated another scheme to maintain a show of respect ability for their spendthrift pauper, which is not only absurd hut is anoth er reach toward the imperial designs, which sceni to he the moving senti ment with the admirers of the besotted ex-president. They now propose to make " ex-Piesidents members of the Seuate for life." The fact that such an arrangement would he in conflict with the spirit of our Republican iu stitutions, is not an objection hut an incentive to their wildest exertions for its accomplishment. The advocates of the "Strong Government" have the man on their hands. The people gave him position for which he was un worthy and unfit. His vanity mude him the pliant tool of the conspirators against Democratic government. He is an expensive luxury, and notwith standing the vast amounts they have already expended upon him in pres ents, and the means to circulate around the world, he now comes to them and demands more! This is the secret of the desire at this time that ex-Presidents shall lie made members of the Senate for life. The ex-Presi dent is too costly for the stalwarts and the Treasury must he made to con tribute to their relief. Only for the position which circumstances gave to Grant, and his pliancy in their hands, the stalwarts themselves could not re press the disgust which his constant demands must inspire. His greedy ac ceptance of presents of untold amounts as a reward for office and influence | during his Presidential term, nnd his demand to have his annual salary raised from 825,(XMl to $50,000, which was voted him, might have satisfied any reasonable cravings. Rut not so with this greedy aspirant for imperial honor. He demands more, and those who use him must provide and meet the demand, hut we trust that there is 1 vet sufficient manliness and patriotism ! in Congress to prevent further contri butions from the Nntional treasury to j one who has thus degraded himself : and the American people who were disposed to think well of the General, whatever may be said of him as a President. To relieve the Senatorial fight in Ohio which is becoming somewhat live ly and considerably mixed, Mr. Hayes is expected to provide for some of the poodle aspirant* and thus get them out of the way of the principal mas tiff contestant", Sherman and Foster. It is said that Stanley Matthews w ill be offered a judgeship and Father Taft some diminutive place to suit his capacity. There are now only two judges from Ohio on the supreme bench, nnd if that State furnishes all the President* and a large proportion of other leading officials, there is no good reason why she should not also furnish all the judges. HENRY MANDERFIELD, a Philadel phia pickpocket, was out of prison a sufficient time to serve as one of Mar shal Kern's deputy marshals to pro tect the purity of the polls in that pure city of honest elections. The election being over, and the purity of the ballot assured, he returned to his profession and his prison quarters, to await the call of Marshal Kern for other service iu the interest of honesty. GEN. HARRY WHITE, writes a let ter stating that he is not a candidate for Clerk of the House of Representa tives. It is well, for it is not at all likely that Gen. Harry would get it, if he were a candidate. THE present year's wheat crop in England is reported 15,000,000 bush els leas than the average crop for the last fifteen years, but 25,000,000 in excess of the crop of last year. BKI.LEFONTE, I'A., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, IBHO. Tho Treaty of Mentor. Sooner or later, tho New York Sun says, the exact terms of the treaty of Mentor, by which Grant, Conklinp> Cameron and company agreed to sup port Garfield and to ahnndon their passive position, must become known. It may be confidently assumed in the mean time that Mr. Conkling never consented to come to the front, after having contemptuously spurned the candidate, without a bond of protec tion for his special interests that could not be denied iu the event of success. It is clear that the intermediary iu the negotiations was .Simon Cameron, whose long experience iu bargaining with all sides peculiarly fitted him fur the business. He was able to tell Gar field plainly that defeat was certain unless tho third-termers were concilia ted. With that result staring the Ohio man in the face, submission bocamo a necessity, anil he accepted it. An old stager like Simon Cameron who has traded with Democrats, Whigs, Know-Nothings nnd Republi cans, would not he apt on such an oc casion to let future consequences de pend upon any mere speeches especi ally where the interests of the Came rons were at stake. lie is too shrewd to trust the promises of any politician when they might he conveniently bro ken, or postponed, or repudiated. After describing the situation, he doubtless insisted, like Prtrurhio, on a delicate occasion : '•L*t |,#rt*l)ttv lie tliervfor* *lttl Iwlweeil u. That covenants may t* fcr|*t oo *ithr hau l " Doubtless an agreement exists, which substantially binds Garfield to follow the behest of Conkling and Grant. In the course of a few months, the nature and the extent of that obligation will be fully disclosed, and the country may sec reason to believe that the clee- < lion of Garfield was a direct step to wards the return of Grantism. As a general rule, uothing succeeds like success. Rut there are exceptions to it, nnd this may be one of them. THE " Rosses," remarks the Hnrris burg Patriot, arc busy in the distribu tion of political honors and rewards with a cheerful disdain of the views and wishes of the ordinary run of people. In New York Conkling has a senator to make in place of Mr. Kernan, and his choice is said to have fallen upon Levi I*. Morton, a mil lionaire of New York city. Morton will be able to second his patron and chief with substantial reasons why he should be made a senator of the Unit ed Htates, and there is little doubt that they will have commanding in fluence in the legislature. In Penn sylvania "Ross" Cameron's choice for United Htatcs senator is supposed to lc Mr. Harry Oliver, a wealthy iron manufacturer of Pittsburg. Oliver's chief claims to this distinction arc that he contributes liberally to the Repub lican campaign funds, and has ren dered useful service to Cameron. In the Senate he would not overshadow Cameron by his influence or his abili ties, and he would not interfere with the distribution of the patronage. Hence his selection would be very desirable. Rut there is iu Pennsyl vania an unmistakable manifestation of the spirit of revolt against the dic tation of a Ross, and it will not be surprising if the Cameron-Oliver pro gramme should fall before the meet ing of the legislature. THE HON. Joe. E. BROWN has been elected by the Legislature of Georgia Senator from that State for the term of six v ycar* from the 4th of March next. Mr. Rrown is now in the Senate, by appointment of the Governor, fil ling the vacancy caused by the resig nation of Senator Gordon. THAT indefatigable and persistently officious individual, little Johnny Davenport, is said to be still hunting for the author of the Chinese letter, but it hasn't transpired that he has in his search for information made any in quiry of one James A. Garfield. ADDITIONAL LOCALS. A MAN LOST.—William Brosius, an inhabitant of Lawrence township*, Char field county, has been lost since the 13th Instant, and as he is mentally deranged and ineapmhln of taking care of himself, his wife, Mrs. C. S. Brosius, of Clearflold, will be glad to hear anything in regard to him. A personal description of him is as follows: He is of Gorman descent, and speaks somewhat broken English ; was 14 years of age ; weighs about 100 pounds ; has hazel eyes, fair complexion, dark brown hair, cut short ; head partly bald ; sandy urid slightly gray whiskers on side of fare and chin, closely trimmed ; high forehead ; when Inst seen he had on coat und vest of a salt and pepper mixture ; pants of a heavy steel mixture, almost black; black lei t hat; ploughman's shoes, two buckles; unbleached canton flannel undershirt and drawers ; and heavy ging ham overshitl; brown machine-knit wool en socks. His upiper lip> was shaved and has a wart on it. —An interesting rnu-ica! discussion took place in Swetiey'A billiurd parlors on last Tuesday evening. There were several high musical authorities present who t<>"k an active part in the melange. If they hadn t all talked at onee it would no doubt have been highly edifying. All you could dis tinguish above the Babel of tongues, was "high notes," "ear for music," "cultivated talent," &o. All at once, one voice rose high altore the roar of conflicting opinions and wo were startled to hear this extraor dinary assertion. "You can l play bass drum music on the piano." (We felt dis posed to dispute this, for we have heard several Bellefonte ladies pday something on tho piano which strongly resembled tho clash and thunder of that most melodious of all musical instruments—the bass drum.) On inquiry it was discovered that the matter in dispute was whether or not it is feasible to execute the difficult notes use-] by the fellow who thumps the bass drum and clashes the cymbals, on any other in strument. We most devoutly and prayer fully bopas it was decides! in the negative. -—At a iate hour on Saturday evening two pistol shots were heard in the alley leading to Howard Barnes' livery stable, but no significance was attached to the matter and no investigation mado by those who heard thein. Atmut 1 o'clock on Sab bath morning James Gregg, who attends the stable for Mr. Barnes, had occasion to go to the barn for the pturpmse of getting out a pair of horses for some |.arties who were going away. When he unlocked the door of the office he felt some rough sub stance on the door knob. Examination disclosed it to be frozen blood. The next morning a thorough search was made and a continuous stream of blood was found, leading from the front of the Gonrad House on up the alley to Barnes' stables. Here in Iront of his office was a large p>ool, while the side of the barn, the door and window of the office were literally smeared with blood. The trail was lost further up the alley. Evidently somebody has been hurt. —A largo party of tho friends of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Mullen surprised that pleasant couple at their residence, by a call upon them at their new home, at the Forge, on Tuesday evening. The psarty numbered from sixty to seventy, and was composed of old and young, married and single, carrying with them all the requi sites for a first-class surprise party. The party at once proceeded to take possession of the house and speedily completed ar rangements for spending an enjoyable evening. Dancing was the principal fea ture among the amusements, and it was kept up until nearly 12 o'clock, when the ladies in charge summoned all to pwrtake of elegant refreshments, consisting of sand wiches, an endless veriety of cake, coffee, ice cream and in fact everything that the ingenuity of the ladies could invent. The refreshments were certainly of a very high order and ample justice was done them by the hungry guests. It was a most enjoya ble affair and pleasant recollections of it will not soon be effaced from the memories of those present. Mr. and Mr*. Mullen carry with them to their new home the heartfelt good wishes of their numerous friends tinged with regret at the IOM socie ty in the borough suffer* from their re moval. —The deer hunters, made up principally of gentlemen connected with the court house, who spent a week upon the rippling waters of Marsh creek, returned home on last Saturday evening. They do not con sider the hunt a success, the trophies being neither too numerous to count or too bur tbenaome to transport. Ho far as we have been able to learn the net result may be summed up as follows: 0. Prolhonotary Harper is Inconsolable. He think* it Is all his fault. He says there is never any luck in hunting when he ts along. Lieut. Col. I). 11. Huntings, of the oth Keg. N. G. P., gave an elegant supper at the Ilu*h House on last Saturday evening, to tho officer* of his regiment who were here in connection with the inspection of Company H. There were present Colonel Hurclifield, Capt. Pip,or, Lieut. Gardner, Capt. Mullen, Lieut. Halo and a large number of guests token from the peaceful avocations of life. It was an elegant af fair nnd tho gentlemen present nil speak in the highest terms of the unexception able manner in which tho nipper was served. The table was spread in one of the spacious rooms on the second floor and was entirely *ub rota. The following i the hill of fare. MKKL'K. on fcliwll. TVntJrrl'ufi brollud. potato**, current J*n>. BUTftlEfl. Ch'iw.chow, pick lw. rrllrry, Ac, Brwtt*ay the costs. Com. vs. John Dehaas, Jr., Wm. I><- haw and Susan Ilehaas, the bill returned as to John and Wm. Dehaas and ignored as to Husan Dehass. Com. vs. James McMullen, assault and battery, verdict, not guilty, prosecutor, Kllen Davis, to pay one-third of the costs and James McMullen two-thirds. Com. vs. John Taylor, assault and bat tery, defendant pleads guilty. Com. vs- Mitchell Lucas, assault and battery, ignoramus and prosecutor, John G. Uzzle, to pay the costs. Com. v. Watson Luca<, obstructing private road, ignoramus and prosecutor, Hczekiah Watkins, to pay the costs. Com. vs. Joseph C. Bierlv, larceny, ig noramus. Com. vs. Jamos Moore, Lincoln Harris and Jease Pleasant, all colored, assault and battery, caae being called for trial defend ants plead not guilty. Lincoln Harris and Jesse Pleasant plead guilty of unlaw ful assembling and were sentenced. Com. vs. Francis Gallagher, assault and battery, not. pro*, to be entered on pay ment of costs. Com. vs. Harry Hardin, larceny, true bill. Com. vs. David Hurler and Levi Ever hart, nuisance, constable's return. True bill found by the grand jury. Com. vs. Thomas Moore and John Hayes. Upon leave of Court, noL pro*. entered as to John Hayes. Thomas Moore plead not guilty, verdict, guilty, sentenced by the Court to pay $5 fine and cosU of prosecution. Common wealth vs. D. M Peters. Plead guilty to charge of selling liquor to minora. Sentenced to pay S2OO fine. Court adjourned until nine o'clock on Friday morning, the case of Mrs. 11. B. Brown vs. Hheriff Shaffer now being Uied. The grand jury being through with their business, were discharged by the Court at II o'clock Wednesday morning aero ET or OHAND jurt, Rrport of ike Grand Jury to the Judge* of the Court of Centre County for the November term of (hurt, 1880 : We have examined the Jail, and And that it is undergoing repair*, which, when finished, will put it in good condition. After makiug a careful examination of the office* In the Court House we find them in good condition with the exception of the stove in the District Attorney's office, which we recommend should be replaced by a new one, as the building is in danger from fire from this reuse. W. W. MONTGOMERY, Foreman of Grand Jury. TERMS: WjM) ppr Annum, in Atlvunw. In Memoriam A ftfw loving friend, and family connec tion, of the late Mr. Adeline Mile, llar ri have ja.t erected to ber memory in Bt. John . Episcopal Chaicb, this place, of which .he wan a devout member, a beauti ful .tained-glam window. It occupie. a .pace on the North, or Lamb .treet side of the church, arid i* in every re.poet a worthy companion to the large Ea.t arid Wot window, which are memorials to the late Judge ISurn.ide and Judge Ilate respectively. We are not able to give a technical des cription of it; but may say that every ono who ha* any knowledge of thi. kind of art will pronounce this specimen to be of a high order. The subject of the deign i. "Faith," — a prominent characterise in the Chri.tian life of Mrs. Harris. It is represented in the center of the panel by the figure of an Oriental female who .land, with face and eye uplifted, gazing steadfastly toward, heaven, a. if a voice from thence had drawn her attention thither. By bar left hand she i* half resting upon a staff sur mounted by a golden cross ; as if ready to step forward in obedience to the heavenly call. The right arm bangs gracefully at her side, and the band firmly grasps the Holy Bible. All the drajs, or monuments which the heathen erected over tbe grave, of their departed friend, or relations. So that, while the erection of marble monument* and tombstone, to the memory of the dead, over their graves, is of htafhen ori gin, tbe erection in churches of windows conlsining representations of Christian doctrines, or setting forth some prominent characteristic of the persons thus memo rialized, is of Christian origin ; and ia therefore more to be encouraged by Chris tians than the heathen custom. It is true that the first object of these glass mosaic windows was to instruct the common people in Christian truth. But a. early as the sixth century tbey were - s used a. memorials a* above staled, in the place of tombstones. And in this day of the revival of decorative art there is no more fmpressivo or effective method of keeping the great virtues of good men and women in remembrance, for the purpose of imitating them, than by representing those virtues in these beautiful glass mosaics which not only furnish appropriate adorn ment for the House of God, but irrasistably attract the eyes of those who come to wor ship there, and fasten upon their minds the teachings tney may embody. —Our neighboring city of Altoona ia moving in tbe matter of cheap passenger transportation. A despatch from that place to the Philadelphia newspapers an tgunces the fact that W. Lee Woodcock, tie city solicitor, has filed an application with Gov. Iloyt for a charier of incorpora tion of the Uerdic Transportation Compa ny, whose coaches are now running on the streets of Philadelphia, the object of which is to establish a line between Altoona and liollidayaburg. It is said the people in the locality are pleased with tbe project and hope it will succeed. Would not one or the coaches pay in BellefontaT Who wilt bo the first to move in the matter T —The orchestra led by Mr. Fred. Smith, of Bishop strest, furnishes elegant music for dancing. The truth of this was well attested at the surprise party on Tuesday evening. Good music is the life of a danc ing party and Mr. Smith ia the man to call upon when it is wanted. ■—The Court has observed Thanksgiving by an adjournment over to-day. Juryman ware permitted to go home yesterday even ing, with instructions to report to-morrow morning at nina o'clock. —The too is almost as thick now as at any time last winter. I NO. 18.