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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*<l vprtrif chicken And
FIMJ II nmriFlta, French coß'f.
—Judging by the small audience present
at the quarterly meeting of the Centre
County Agricultural Society in the Court
House on Tuesday night, we cuneiude that
our farmer friends are not intensely inter
ested in the proceedings of that organiza
tion. Dr. K. \V. Hale, the president, was
present, and endeavored to infuse into the
meeting as much vim and interest as pos
sible. Secretary W. F. Rcedor rendered
a verbal report, exhibiting that the re
ceipts of the Society for the past yesr were
about $111'.'!; expanses, $430; repairs,
$150; paid on old debts, $270; paid on
premiums, $275 ; balance in the treasury,
$000! Various schemes were prop,o,ed to
rplieve the Society from financial embar
rassment. A resolution was adopted au
thorizing the Secretary of the Executive
Committee to interview the attorneys of
the estate of the late Wm. A. Thomas
with a view of indueing the latter to ac
cept interest on a debt of $5,0O(l due them
from the Society.
Court I'kw kzoisds. The regular
November term of Court began on Mon
day with Judge John 11. Orvis and Asso
ciate Judges Frunek and Riven on tho
bench. The following cases have been
dispMwed of up to the time of going to
press :
Com. vs. Gottlieb Uaag, charged with
a violation of liquor law, verdict, not
guilty and prosecutor, Joseph Shortlidge,
to pay the costs.
Com. ts. R. A Lucas, larceny, ignor
amus.
Com. vs. John G. I'zzle, assault and
battery, ignoramus and prosecutor, Mitch
ell Lucas, to p>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 draj<ery is disposed
of in a manner most natural. Tbe colors,
rich and deep, and distributed with the
most pleasing eff*t, are well burnt into
heavy and expensive English cathedra'
gla..; and when the light of heaven shinea
through it, it suggest, to the beholder bow
tbe light of God's truth may illuminate the
life and character of every one who exer
cises loving faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
The window wa* executed by Mr. 11.
Stell wagon, of Philadelphia, who has well
acquired tbe art of glass painting for
churches—an art which occupied the time
of men of the highest talent in ancient
times. For it is a mistake to suppose, as
some do, that the introduction of stained
glass windows into churches is something
new. In the first ages of Christianity
churches weie adorned with marble mo
saic representations of holy men whoso
lives ami examples were considered worthy
of imitation. But in the fifth or sixth
century, when the art of glass painting
was introduced into Europe, glass-mosaics
took the place of these marble-mosaic* .
and were erected in churches as memorials
of the faithful departed, instead of the
marble slal>s, 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.
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