(Eljr Crntrr £& (Democrat.
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BHIGFUT \ FOILSTKLL, Editor*.
vol. 2.
v: lfc* Centre gmottat!
£1.50 j.or Annum.in Ailvi.no..
SHUGERT and R. H FORBTER. Edilora.
" Ibnrsilay Morning, December 23, 1880.
A Word for Ourselvos.
■ With this issue we close the second
volume of the DEMOCRAT —having
laid licfore our readers fifty-two tium- !
tiers during the past year. We deem
it proper to say at this time that when
we entered upon our enterprise two 1
year- ago we were disturbed in mind
by a few adverse surroundings that
did not fail to nrouse fears of our
sicce-s in establishing a new paper, j
and cause us to look to the future with >
JpOine distrust. Notwithstanding the |
pHisudvantages with which we were
obliged to contend, we persevered in
our work, and to-day it is a gratifica
tion to realize that our strongest fears
Here unfounded. Kind friends, and,
we believe, appreciative readers, quick-
Jypr and generously came to our sup
port, and from the day on which our
ftrst issue appeared until the present
time we have had asteadilv growing list
of subscribers. In the variou* depart
ment* that go to make up a useful,
entertaining and instructive newspaper
We have endeavored to meet the ex
pectations of our suscribers, and if we
have failed in anv particular it has
pot been because of honest effort and
vpabur on our part.
TO the many kind friends through
out Centre county and elsewhere who
—1 so generously aided us in the
two years—giving us support and
uragement —words fail to express
gratitude. We can only say, "ac-
Dt our sincere and heartfelt thanks."
tqetplv patronage accorded us,
pi the gradual increase to our list,
Courage the belief that the effort to
rnish a first-class country paper, at
e lowest possible price for prompt
ance payment, is received with a
appreciation. We did not cstab
this paper with a view to rival
contemporaries or interfere with
timate business, hut to establish a
ug occupation for ourselves in a
incss to. which we hud devoted
early days. In adopting low rates
did it advisedly, to encourage
mpt payment and prevent the ac
mlatiWns of bills, as much for the
efit of the subscriber as for the
Jisher. We have thus far refrain
from making any public demand
n our subscribers who are in ar
rs, but will be obliged to them —
though they are in number—if
I r will now favor us with a prompt
mcnt of such amounts as are now
■ With these words we will rely upon
public for a lair share of
■ttronage in the future, and enter
Hpon our third year with renewed
Hpe and courage, and shall work
With a determined purpose to make
■IE CENTRE DEMOCRAT a welcome
Hlitor to its patrons. The first nunc
■r of the third volume of the DEMO
SPRAT will appear on Thursday morn
jibing, January t>, 18*1.
IW And now, at this happy nnd joyous
Bme, as \m ar>- nhmit to celebrate with
■raise, song and festivity the advent
If Christianity to the World, and to
■d adieu to the closing year and we!-
■me the approach of the new, we w ill
■osc this desultory talk about ourselves
by extending to every one the greeting
ft "A merry Christmas and a happy
New Year."
L CONGRESS adjourned yesterday for
the usual holiday recess, and will not
ponvene again until Wednesday, the
Wh of January. Several of the ap
propriation bills have already been
disposed of by tiie house ; and all the
legislation necessary for the proper
administration of the government can
Easily bo passed between the sth of
January and the 4th of March, unless
the Republicans continue to impede
the transaction of business for the pur
pose of forcing an extra-session.
"KqIAL AMI KXACT JL'HTICK TO ALL MKN, or WIIATKVKK HTATR OR I'KHHLAHION, RKLIOIOIH OK POLITICAL."—h-fTMwm.
1 A Permanent Democratic Club.
There has been serious talk of form
ing a permanent Central Democratic
Club in Bellefonto which shall em
brace a membership taken from all j
parts of the county. We regard this
proposition as one of great moment to
the efficient and thorough organiza
tion of our party in Centre county.
, Now of all other times is it, necessary
| for the young and active Democrats
| every whoie to reform our broken lines j
| and nerve the rank and file of the
party for the shock of future battle. 1
The defiant and aggressive altitude of.
the Republican leaders, who, flushed \
\ with victory and gorged with power,
i boldly proclaim the coming of the
| Empire and the overthrow of free, !
elective government, should make the
organization of Jcffcrsoniau Demo
cratic Associations in every portion of
the county a necessity us well as a
.duty. The modern representative of;
the imperial ideas of Hamilton, will
■ on the tth of next March occupy his
bribe-bought position of President of 1
the United States. Every aid that
can be given to the enemies of our ;
institutions will he accorded by him 1
in fulfillment of the treaty of Mentor. 1
The whole machinery of government !
will he used to further the schemes of !
these men who seek to erect upon the
ruins of the Republic n strong govern
ment after the cast off model of Hamil
ton. Now is the time, therefore, for
Democrats to form permanent clubs
and thus educate themselves to the
j supreme necessities which the future
i will impose upon them.
We notice that many of the Han
cock clubs throughout the Htate and
Nation are continuing their organiza
tions, and nre appropriately calling
themselves "Jeffersonian," in honor of
the immortal author of the Declara
tion of Independence, the founder of
the Democratic party and the apostle
of free government, Thomas Jefferson. 1
Judge J. 8. IMack, iu a letter accept- j
itig membership iu the Jeffcrsonian
club, of York, I'a., enjoins in patriotic
■ language the formation of these socie
! ties to the end that the party of eon- 1
! stitutional liberty should he at all j
times armed and ready to meet the
assaults of the enemy. Here, in ( en- ,
; tre county, there is un opportunity of
! organizing a club that w ill become a
1 power in the polities of the county. [
I The material is all upon the ground.
All that is necessary is to engage the
interest of the young nnd aggressive i
men of the party in the project nnd it
will at once spring into full fledged
existence. Think of this Democrats,
and don't allow the occasion to pass, j
Preserve your organization and he i
ready for the foe. "He is thrice arm- i
ed who is armed for the right."
MR. IIAYER has at lost issued the
order relieving Gen. John M. Scho- f
field from the command of West Point
and assigning Gen. O. <). Howard to
that important position. In the eyes ;
of the stalwarts, who will insist upon j
mixing the races in the military
' school, Gen. Bchoficld has been guilty
of a crime that cannot be condoned.
That accomplished soldier could not
lie persuaded that the colored cadet,
Whittnker, did not slit his own ears —
hence he must make way for another.
Well, if Gen. Howard takes no better
care of the interests of the "wards of
the nation" at West Point than he did
, when he was at the head of the freed*
man's bureau and the swindling freed
man's bureau hank, we greatly fear
they will not fare any better in the
future than they did under the super
" intendcncy of Gen. Schofield.
MRH. KATE CHARE SPRAGUE has
1 filed a petition for divorce from her
s husband, Ex-Gov. Sprague, of Rhode
• Island. Her petition presents a fearful
1 indictment against him, which, if true,
f will certainly justify the course she has
1 taken in escaping from his brutality.
; Sprague, however, denies and asserts
- that tho charges are false in all partic
ulars.
BELLEFONTK, I'A., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 188(1.
Tho Conkling-Bayurd Dispute.
Ihe four foolish men —Senator j
Conkling, ex-Secretary Houlwell, N ice
President-elect Arthur and Judge ,
j Noah Davis—who have recently got j
in a wrangle with Senator Ruyard
over an allusion made iu a campaign
speech by the latter to the infamous
extortion practised a few years ago
upon the firm of Phelps, Dodge A Co.,
ot New York, by the custom house
| officialsof that city—arc receiving more
than tlicy bargained for. The promi
nent statesmen first named, with the
exception of Secretary Routwell, were
j all parties to the compromise made
| with the firm. The transaction was at
the time denounced as disgraceful to
1 the government, and the honorable gen
tlemen will fiud before they are done
with Mr. Bayard that they had better
remained silent. The best statement
| of the (acts in the case that we have
; yet seen appeared in the Philadelphia
Time a, Tuesday of last week. It reads
as follows:
-The question between Mr. Conkling
and Mr. lUyurd uppears to be one of
| parliamentary language, tail the public
at large is much less interested iu the
'dispute wln-ther Mr. Buyurd used the
precise language ascribed to lum by the
j reporter, tlian in the larger question
S whether the statement which Mr. Bay
i urd acknowledges having made was
true. This we do not understand Mr.
(Jonkling to deny, and indeed it would
0 impossible to deny it in the face o! j
tbe testimony before the Congressional j
committee. Briefly staled the matter '
of I'helps. Dodge A Co., was this. A
detective employed hy the Treasury De
partment discovered u mistake ol ahout
SI.GOO 111 one of Phelps, Dodge A Co.'s
invoices. It is not pretended that this
mistake was intentional,sst under the
then existing laws it made the entire
invoice, amounting to $1,750,000, liable
to conti-cation. The District Attorney
then goes 10 the importers and tells
them he has engaged "seven eminent
lawyers" to prosecute them, but that
they may settle for $271,000. After a
great deal of terrorising tpu sum is ex -
acted from them : hut it -s not paid mto •'
the Treasury. The District Attorney. I
the Collector, Surveyor and Naval Ofll j
cer and the informer divide it—lor such I
was. in effect, the law which Mr. Bayard \
1 whs largely instrumental in hnving re I
pealed —and Mr. Noall Dtvis testified
I with great reluctance that Senator '
! <Ymkling w; ls one ol those who were I
' present ar.d assisting when the "settle- I
j rnent" was mdc. This is not a cm '
paign allegation; it is a summary of the
1 tacts presented 111 the official testimony, .
I and it will seem to most persons a waste J
; of time to dispute about the precise I
i language which Senator Bayard employ !
j ed to characterize such a transaction. 1
1 It had the sanction of a law enacted 1
1 for the very purpose of plunder, so that ;
j it was not technically theft ; but moral
-1 ly it was more iniquitous tlmn many a
! crime that has consigned common folk ■
i to the penitentiary."
...
GEN. SHERMAN, referring to the;
message of Mr. Hayes recommend- i
i ing Congress to provide a soft place I
j for Gen. Grant, expresses the opinion
in a letter to a friend, that there is !
already "too much rank" in the ser
j vice for a small army. That he ran" j
j nol discover "what a Captain-General
j would have to do." An old soldier 1
like Gen. Sherman ought not to he in ,
j doubt as to the service that would ''
| devolve upon the "Captain-General." j
He would have to draw his salary
from the National Treasury, and that
is all that is contemplated for Mr.
Grunt. Since the close of the war,
whether in public or private life, be
has deservedly earned the title of "the '
National Iteggar," and this is only to
give respectability to liegging and re
quire Uncle Samuel to be one of the
contributors.
GROW'R chances for the Senate seem
to he Growing, and the probability
now is that IJoss Cameron will have
to accept the situation and withdraw
his light guns at least. He cannot
expect to succeed with the artillery of
such small calibre as they manufac
ture in Pittsburg. Hoyt, it appears,
is hand-capped hy previous pledges
which his immediate constituents in
Luzerne are not willing ho shall
ignore.
WE do not in the least object to our
good friends of the Altoona Sun trans
ferring editorial paragraphs from the
DEMOCRAT to their own editorial col
umns, but when they do so, a spirit of
courtesy might move them to give the
customary credit.
IT will he remembered that when |
j Mr. I tick mil, of Indiana, called up :
| the joint rule for counting the electo
; i'ul vote which had passed the Senate I
and asked for its consideration in the
; House, he was met at every step hy a j
most determined opposition from the
Republican mem hers under the lead !
ot Geo. M. Robeson, of New Jersiy.
!• filibustering of the worst kind was
resorted to, the Republican members
refusing to vote when their names were
culled, thus destroying a quorum. <)n
I Tuesday this same Robeson, with sub
lime effrontery, introduced a joint res- J
olution to almost the same efleet as i
Mr. Bicknell and submitted it as a j
question of privilege in order to delay j
action upon the funding bill of Mr. i
Fernando Wood, then pending. This j
is the uio.-t disgraceful pieee of politi- |
cal chicanery yet resorted to, and could
only have emanated from the man j
who is publicly charged before the 1
world with dishonestly administering
the uflairs of the Navy Department
while its Secretary. Secor Robeson is
surely fit for "treason, stratagem and '
spoils."
Wi: call attention to the open letter
of Col. John W . Forney to A. T. |
Goshortt to he found on the second j
page of this paper. It is a scathing
! review of the methods used by the Re- 1
publicans to debauch the elections ol
j the peojde. This exposure of John j
Welsh and his corruption fund should
' om —>nd the attention of all hottest 1
it *it citW.cns, of whatever party
uflllia js, who desire a pure ballot,!
On ,. fourth page will uln be found
the paper of Senator Wallace, pub
lished in the January number of the
North American Review on the "I'nst
and Future of the Democracy" which
StlNt) aeeerve* a cartful reading. It is
: a clear mid terse presentation of the
aims and purposes of the Democratic
; party, and, like everything that comes
j from this able and accomplished pub- 1
i lie man, will elicit favorable comment
I from Democrats.
SENATOR TIIOMFRON retired from
| the Navy Department on Monday
: last to occupy the presidency of M.
jde Ixjs.scp's Panama Company. Sec
i rotary Ramsey took formal charge of
'the Navy, to give Mr. Haves an op
portunity to search for a suitable Ohio
man to occupy the vacant office. If a 1
j suitable man cannot he found in < >hio,
our Harry White is not far from the
Ohio line, and might be induced to
j accept.
IHE Brooklyn, N. 5., people arc
again disturbed by the revival of the
i war among the Presbyterian clergy- 1
men. This time it is as to whether the
j Rev. Dr. Talmage is a liar. It might
: he worthy of inquiry in pious circles
whether lying has not become resect
able even when accompanied by an
! oath. Sinte of our goody-goody men
seem to think nnd vote in that direc
! tion.
IN Texas, Hancock's majority over
all the candidates is 85,000, which will
give him u plurality over Garfield on
the popular vote of the United State#
l of about 15,000. It is useless far our
friends of the liellefonte Republican
to exhibit any more concern about the
fact of Garfield being a minority Pres
ident.
THE Allegheny representatives in
the State legislature have at last
adopted a resolution to support. Harry
Oliver for United States Senator and
Mr. Oliver has consented to the use
of his name for the position. Grow
or Oliver ! Which? It makes little
difference to the Democracy.
THE situation in Ireland becomes
more critical every day. It will be
very difficult to avoid a serious con
flict between the and the
military, unless a happy and unex
pected change occurs in a few days.
MORT of the Republican Senators
indicate a desire for a special session
of Congress. This is the only fair
explanation of their dilatory motions
and votes.
THE Hoij. Schuyler Colfax smiles
! himself out of the ring of candidates
j for the Indiana Scnatorshii) which he
I . 1
was apprehensive the Garfield Rcpuh
j licnns might thrust upon him. But
I why should he? Garfield's connection
■ with the Credit Mobiiier swindle has
j been condoned and why should not
! the same measure of mercy he meted
out to Colfax? Ist smiling Schuyler
come to the front. It is true they
both told barefaced lies ; hut the one
i# no worse than the other.
♦
Pkoi'ositionh for a new bankrupt
. law arc now pending in both houses ot !
I Congress. The pressure for a new
bankrupt act is verv strong from
I . t
| all the business centre-. It is looked
| upon ILB probable that some effort may
I be made to pas- a law ut this session,
| but it is scarcely expected that it will
succeed. The next Congress, however,
1 will, it is believed, take hold of the
j matter in earnest and enact some !
| proper legi-lation on the subject.
I IT having been discovered that
| Bos- Cameron could not provide seats
iu the Senate for all the distinguished
Republicans of Pittsburg, a meeting
of the Representatives-elect was held
j and decided to give him his trusty
I lieutenant, Harry Oliver. Kennedy
' Moorehcad, George Shims and Judge |
Agnew w ill probably step over the line
1 into Ohio and qualify themselves for
! members of the Cabinet or Foreign
] Mis-ions. As Ohio men they will
j be invin able.
MARSHAL KEKNH, of Philadelphia,
has filed accounts in the Department |
of Justice, at Washington, for the pay
of his shoulder-hitters, ycleped deputy
marshals and supervisor* of the last
election, for the sum of 802,470.00, of
which $55,120.00" is (or supervisors.
These valuable aids to Republican suc
cess are nn expensive luxury to be
added to the ordinary expense* of
! Philadelphia elections, which could
he dispensed with without injury to
the public service.
MORMON enterprise i* not favora
bly received in Idaho. The governor
of that territory, in his message to the
legislat ore, complains that polygamy 1
; is being rapidly introduced into the
territory from Utah, and call- for
j stringent measures to crush out the
practice.
MR. IIAYER ha* found room for j
another Ohio man. Judge Wood ap
pointed to succeed Judge Strong upon
the bench of the supreme court of the
j United States is appointed ostensibly i
: front Alabama, hut he is a native of j
the Buckeye State and a carpet I
|
Gov. ( 11 ari.es FOSTER ha* retired ,
I from the Senatorial contest in Ohio.
This renders the election of Johu
Sherman certain beyond any reason- j
aide doubt. Foster will no doubt be
given n position in Garfield's Cabinet
as a reward for his retirement from
the Ohio muddle.
GEN. GRANT, after smiling at the
flunkies in \\ ashington nnd receiving
their adulations for a few days, lias
gone hack to New York to attend to
Iloscoe's senatorial business.
The cenus authorities are having
considerable trouble in completing their
count of the population of the States.
There are yet twelve counties to he
heard from in Pennsylvania, including
such Urge districts as Chester, Delaware
and Lancaster, In one of the oil dia
-1 trict counties a new count will have to
he made, because the enumerator sent
in a list in which he neglected to desig
-1 nate whether the persons were male or
female, white or black. In New Jersey,
Burlington city was not separated from
the county of the same name, and the
' town of Bordentown waa not separated
! from the township. In Philadelphia
Moyamensing Prison and the Eastern
Penitentiary were not canvassed, so far
s as known, and a couple of other inati
, tutions were left out. Twelve districts
are missing in New York and twenty
four in Ohio. These oversights or care
lessness will keep the report back for a
1 couple of weeks yet.
1 Tbe peanut crop of Virginia, Tennea
see and North Carolina thia year ia over
I two million buahela, worth about $2,-
000,000. peanut shells are largely used
to adulterate ground ooffise.
: *1.50 jwr An mi MI, in Advance.
TERMS
Church Statistics.
or KITOKMED tND 1,1 TIIHIIV CM I RCHEC.
The ltcforrneci church almanac for
1881 contain* a statistical summary of
the Reformed church in the United
States, as follows : Synod of United •
State*, 'j classes. 208 mini-tecs, ■!.'l7 con
gregation*, f>4.f>B7 communicant and
•'>B 878 unconfirmed member*. Synod
of Ohio, 11 classes, 148 ministers, 298
con if relations, 21.250 communicants and
11.<i14 unconfirmed members. Synod
of the Northwest, 11 classes. 102 minis
ters, 244 congregation*. 22,080 commit
nicantand 10,200 unconfirmed member*.
Synod of Pitt-burg, 5 cla-aea, 2' minis
ters, 121 congregation*. 11,027 commu
nicant and 7,983 unconfirmed member*.
Synod of I'otornac, 7 classes, 138 minis
• rs, 200 congregations, 27.204 commu
nicant and 1.7,002 unconfirmed mem
bers. German synod of the East, 5
ela>-es. 41 ministers, 30 congregation*,
9.503 communicant arid 0.005 uncon
firmed members. Total—o synod*, 48
claH-es, 748 mininters, 1.405 congrega
tion-, 155.857 communicant and 00,403
unconfirmed member*.
1.1 TIII.BA.s (lll'RClll*.
Tlie Lutheran almanac for 18S1 has
been issued and gives the following
| statistic*: General nvnod, 24 district
-ynod*. 83 ministers, 1,350 congregation*
'and 132,41 x communicant*, General
jsvnod south, 5 synods, 102 ministers,
' 102 congregations and 13,800 communi
| I'.int*. General council, 10 synods, 023
' tninisters, 1,174 congregation and 175,-
' 770 communicants. -Synodical confer
ence, 5 synods, 1.200 ministers, 2.('72
congregation* and 201.010 communi
cant*. Independent, 12 synod*, 303
ministers, 010 congregations and 80,478
communicant*.
A Remedy for IHptberla.
At a meeting of the Brooklyn board
| of aldermen, on Monday the 15th int.,
■ t communication was received from a
! lady in Williamport, which the Herald
! printe<i on Tuesday. She said that he
1 was the mother of six children, all of
whom had been afflicted with IhedrAd*
I ed disease and were cured by the follow
| ing remedy : "Take a slice of fat bacon
\ —side meat—the older the better ; sew
;iton a soft piece of flannel; then satu
rate it with coal ( petroleum j oil. Place
it on the neck, having the meat reach
from ear to ear. After pounding sever
al raw onions into a poultice, place
enough of the same into the patient's
slocking* to cover the soles of the feet,
and have the patient put h* *'• king— (
on. Hie poultice must be warm iatr i
der not to chill the patient. The throat)
should then be gargled with some to-'
mato catsup, strung with red pepper, \
salt ami vinegar, or fepper, salt an i
vinegar shaken well together will do.
If the patient is too young to gargle,
wet the throat with a fe** 1 ops. If
vomiting occurs lime w ate rchased
1 at a drug store with direct should
be given. Re sure to cause .'itation I
on the neck." t]
The communication wai erred to
the board of health. A f \
(tire for Scarlet Fever.
Recently there appeared in the Al
toona Tribune, from the pen of its Hoi
lidnyshurg correspondent, a cure for
scarlet fever, which is as follows ; "Take
one fourth pound each of sulphur, gun
powder and saltpetre, pulverise fine
and mix well. A teaspoon even full
makes two doses for a grown person ;
four doses for a child 9 years ; six dosea
for 6 year* old, etc. Repeat every half
hour until the patient is better. If fev
er rises the next day, give powder* as
before, day after day until the fever is
tiroken. If the throat i* sore take one
i pod of red pepper, put in a pint of good
| vinegar; boil it a little, put the decoc
tion in a coffee j>ot and let the patient
; urk the spout and swallow the steam.
Wet a flannel in the hot vinegar and
pepper and put it around the neck.
: Wiien dry, wet again. Keep the bowels
| right with castor oil."
The same, by request, was published
in the same paper at another time and
iin addition the correspondent says:
| "Thirty five year* ago I>r. Samuel Oast
treated sixty three cases in Frankstown
township in this way without losing a
single patient, and not one case haa
proved fatal the present season that baa
been treated in the same way."
The following is the substance of a
bill for the repeal of the tax on bank
checks, bank capital in excena of the
amount held in Government bonds and
bank deposit*, which ha* been intro
duced in the House by Representative
Levi I\ Morton: First. That the first
subdivision of section 3408 of the Re
vised Statute* be repealed. Second,
That section 3418 of the Revised Stat
ute* be repealed. Third, That section
5214 of the Revised Statutes be amend
ed so as to read as follow*: Section
5214. In lieu of all existing tsxea
every association shall pay to the Treas
urer of the United States'in the months
of January and July a dut> of on<*ha!f
of one per centum each half year upon
the average amount of its notes in cir
culation, and a duty of one-quarter of
one per centum each half year on the
average amount of its capital stock be
yond the amount invested in United
State* bonds.
Mra, Charles 11. Byer, wife of a farm
er living ten miles from Bioomington,
111., was a few days ago accidently
knocked into a well by a pet cow whica
she was watering suddenly turning its
head and striking her. The lady kept
her head above the water for three
hours until ber situation was discovered
and she was rescued; but she died from
exhaustion and expoeure.
NO. r2.