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LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
From our Regular Qirreepeodent.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March. 14, 1881.
Those Republicans who do not love
Gen. Garfield, and those who, though
they have him now, wish to establish
and maintain absolute party control
over bia administration, are working
hard for an extra session. So are a few-
Democrats who see party advantage in
an extrasession. Outside of those class
es I do not believe five Congressmen
hope for such a session. The time
when the passage of a funding bill, and
its approval, would have been a sure
provision against any loss of public
credit has gone by. Before funding
legislation can becompleted at an extra
session the early option of the Govern
ment to redeem its bonds will have
passed, and we shall have entered u|on
the term of many years at the end of
which they must be redeemed. The
veto of Mr. Hayes put the Government
credit in danger—slight danger to be
sure, but the only danger it has or will
be in until the time for final redemp
tion of the bonds arrive. Besides even
if an extra session were held, no one
knows, and few believe, that a more
satisfactory funding bill could be passed
than the one of the late session.
There is, therefore, little if any neces
sity for an extra session, and when I
add to this the fact that President Gar
field, with a distrust of Republican Con
gressmen which does honor to hi< intel
ligence, does not desire one, I think it
reasonably certain that there will not
be one.
The decision just given by Secretary
Windom against the right of National
Banks to recall legal-lenders deposited
for the purpose of withdrawing circula
tion, is a very important one. It can
not be considered as unfair to the banks,
while it reserves to the Government a
power which may become absolutely
necessary for the protection of its peo
ple, and while the Government forces a
system of banking upon us it is in justice
bound to protect us from the evils of
that system. The late proposal of cer
tain banks to withdraw their circulation
may not have been intended as a threat
made to influence Congress or Mr.
Hayes regarding the funding bill, but if
more banks bad united in the move
ment, or should uuite in a future one
of the kind, they would be able, as we
now see, to bulldoze Congress or the
President. They would say, in sub
stance, "do aa we wish, or we will throw
the business of the country into dis- i
order." After accomplishing their pur
pose, they could, if the Secretary's de
cision were otherwise than it Is, restore
their circulation to its old limits imme
diately and without expense or incon
venience, and go on in business until
they wished to combine again to in
fluence legislation.
It ia now apparent that Senator Ma- j
hone intends to act without regard to
either political party—rather, perhaps,
with regard to both of them—and pick
up what patronage he can from a Re
publican administration and from other
source*. If there is any case in our po
litical history in which such a course
brought permanent profit to any one,
or permitted a continuance of the re
apect which gentlemen wish to feel for
each other, I have forgotten it.
DON.
Mia* Annie Kearney, aged twenty
two. died at her borne in Canton, Mass.,
on Tuesday, of last week—lt is alleged
from the effects of an ann-sthetic ad
ministered by a Boston dentist and sup
posed to have been a compound of
ether and chloroform.
The Grand Jury of Schuylkill county
has found a true bill or indictment
against Jacob Iluntxinger for embesxling
$21,000 that Protbonotary Kerna had on
deposit in the Miners' Trust Bank.
Aprniiisl the Hunk*.
BKCRKTARV WINDOM DECIDE* THAT TIIE I.E
GAI. TENDER* CANNOT HE WITHDRAWN.
WASHINGTON, March 11.— TheCabioet
meeting to-day convened shortly after 12
o'clock. All the members weie present.
Secretary Windom took with knm from
the Treasury Department a large port
folio tilled with statements and copies of
letters pertaining to the request of the
national hanks relative to the with
drawal of their recent legal tender de
posit* for the retirement of circulation,
l'ho consideration of this subject was
very exhaustive, and it was the only
business of iinpoitance transacted at
the meeting. '1 he request made by the
national banks was finally decided, und
Secretary Windom was authorized to
prepare tho decision, which was not
completed until late in the afternoon.
Tho text of the decision is as follows:
THEASI RV DEPARTHKNT,
WASHINGTON, 1 . C„ March 11, 1881.
President Merchants' National Hank,
Cleveland, Ohio.
SIR : I atn in receipt of your letter of
the sth instant, stating that your hank
had, during tho previous week, deposit
ed with the Assistant Treasurer at New
York |I80,0(10 in legal tenders, with a
view of retiring that amount of its cir
culating notes ; that the bonds to secure
tho .same, amounting to $200,000, hud
been forwarded front the Treasury, in
this city, to New York, and that tho
bunk now desires to return them to the
Treasurer of the I'nited States and re
ceive back the above amount of legal
tender note*. As the action taken in
this cause would establish a rule by
1 which the department would necessari
! ly be governed in similar requests from
other banks, some delay in answering
your letter has occurred. It seems that
since the l'Jth ultimo about $10,000,000
ol legal tenders havo been deposited
by bank* for a purpose like that men
tioned by you. <f this amount about
one million was returned by tho Treas
urer, request therefor having been re
ceived before any redemption of notes
had been made or the security bonds
delivered. In such cases the transac
tion being incomplete the department
had clearly a right to return the notes,
lis has been done, iif the remaining
! amount sbout $18,000,000 —the securi
ty lionds therefor have either been sur
! rendered or redemptions against the
1 amounts deposited have already been
made, and the transactions have been
so far completed that it lias been decid
ed that the precedents of the depart
ment in similar cases should be adher
ed to and no return of the legal tenders
be made. In this connection it should
be stated that no apprehension of un
-1 favorable results need be entertained in
this matter. Since the 25th ultimo tho
department has paid out for bonds pur
| chased about $t">.50l).000, and is today
paying out on like account an addition
al amount of s."i,otN),otß). In addition
to these payment* there has been ad
vanced from the Treasury since the first
instant, to meet the payments of ar
rearages of pensions, the amount of
$7,583,814.33, and on the first proximo
there will fall due of interest more than
seven million dollars, and there are on
hand of incomplete national bank notes
which can be issued at once to banks,
the amount of $4,000,000, which in the
aggregate, it will be observed, will take
an amount from the Treasury largeljr
in excess of the amount of legal tender
notes which has been deposited by the
banks since the 10th ultimo and which
it is now desired should be returned.
Letter* have also been received asking
it the identical I'nited States bonds
held as security for circulating notes
which were recently withdrawn by the
national banks can be re-deposited
without transfer. This request will !*>
grunted if the bond bears no assign
ment except that of the Treasurer of
the United States to the batik return
ing it. Very respectfully,
If. F. FREM 11, Acting Secretary.
The decision, although signed by Act
ing Secretary French, was actually ren
dered by Secretary Windom. t iwing to
the pressure of business upon the Se
cretary, Assistant Secretary French sign
ed to-day's business, and it is the rule
of the department that the entire busi
ness of any given day shall be signed
by one person.
Counterfeiter* Arrested.
A GANG or roi RTERV CAITI'RED IN NEW
YORK.
NEW YORK, March 11.—The officers
of the Secret Service bureau attached
to the Treasury department have been
for some time employed in hunting
down a gang of counterfeiter* who had
flooded the country with counterfeit
money and bonds for many years. Up
to noon to-day the oflicer* had succeed
ed in arresting fourteen of the gang on
warrants issued by United Stales Com
missioner Shields; but owing to the fact
that some of the offenders are yet at
large the names of those arrested were
not allowed to be published in advance
of their being taken before the Com
missioner for examination, as it might
defeat the ends of justice. The cir
cumstances of the arrests are said to be
of great interest, inasmuch as it is be
lieved one of the worst gang* of coun
terfeiter* in the country is likely to be
broken up by the captures already
made, but more especially if all against
whom warrants have been issued shall
fall into the hands of the Secret Service
officer*. The prisoner* were temporari
ly incarcerated in Ludlow street jail.
The name* of those arrested was subse
quently learned to be Daniel Sullivan
alias "Scotty," Samuel Burke, Bob Kel
ly, Bob Smith, Chris. McConnell, Dennis
Glennon, William Burns, Martin Leon
ard, Ann McCormick, who claims to be
[.eonard'a wife, Joseph l>elahanty, Wil
liam Saunders, Kdward King, Charles
J. Wilson, David Angelo and Jas. Mur
phy. Bail was fixed at various sums,
ranging from SSOO to SIO,OOO. The de
tectives also captured a complete outfit
for making counterfeit money, embrac
ing moulds for making five cent nickel
pieces, 10. 25, and 50 cent pieces, trade
and standard dollars, a large quantity
of material and a large amount of coun
terfeit coin, most of which was well
pxecuted.
A little girl belonging to the official
circle in W aahington heard of General
Garfield as the new President. "What I"
she exclaimed, "isn't Mrs. Hayes going
to b President any more f
OLD-TIME NOTAIILES.
l'nhllc Services of Audretv Gregg.
A MAN M 110 WAS TWENTY-TWO VEARS IN
THE IIIOHER COlNCtla OK TIIK NATION
THE HOT HI IIKRNATORIAI. I AM-
I-AIUN OF 1827—Til K WA It
or 1812.
from tli" l'lill*l"l|>M Tims#.
The publio services of Andrew Gregg
commenced when, on the Bth of No
vember, 1791, lie presented hi* creden
tials and took his seat as a member of
the House of Representatives of the
United States. Continued in the popu
lar branch of Congress by successive
elections for a period of sixteen years,
the Legislature of 1807 eliose him a
United States Senator, which position
he occupied on the 3d of March, 1813,
when his services in our national conn
cils ended. It is to he regretted that
these twenty-two years of consecutive
service, during the formative processes
of national legislation, cannot be il
luinined and illustrated by the glowing
color of personal incident, which Mr.
Gregg's extensive correspondence and
notes once afforded, for it takes more
raiment than the jejune record of the
Journals of Congress to clothe the dead
issues ol the past with engaging inter
est for the general reader of the pres
ent.
The venerable James Mactnanus, Ksq.,
who in his early life had a great deal of
intercourse with Mr. Gregg, informs me
that the latter hnd preserved his large
correspondence, duly labeled and pig
eon-holed, an<i occasionally entertained
j and instructed his visitors with reading
\ extracts from the letters of hi* distin
' guished compeers; hut it has been put
i beyond the reach of present research
j by that restless disposition of our peo
ple, notably so ol the descendants of
| our old timo worthies, which ha* dis
! persed them into every corner of the
| I nited States where there was any hope
l of profit from venture or opportunity
I to exert their active business abilities
i and energies.
MK. UREOU'B AI'TOHIOf.HAI'IIV.
In the latter years of his life Mr.
j Gregg commenced an autobiography,
; but before he had progressed more than
1 a half dozen pages he laid down his
pen. never to resume it ; a disappoint-
I ment to the reader the more severe
I from the promise of interesting inci
j dents given by his opening chapter
He says his "parents were i>oili native#
of Ireland. My father, whose name
was Andrew, was born in the liberties of
Londonderry. His father's name was
John, and there my knowledge stops in
that line." They were a Scotch family,
which migrated to Ireland soon after
the accession of William and Mary, and
he adds that h often noticed in hi*
boyhood days among the up stairs lum
b--r of the old house on the (.'on"dog
winet an old-fashioned sword and es
poutoon, which hit parents told him
j were worn and carried by his ancestor
' in King William's armv at the battle of
j Boyne, July 1, liV.at. •>f bis grandfath
: <*r'* family. John remained in Ireland
and became very wealthy; David, An
j drew and their sister, who all married
i in Ireland, csme to this country in the
! same vessel, landed at Boston and trav
eled into New Hampshire, where David
i settled and raised a large family, some
of whose descendants occupy the very
spot where he settled, 'tthers, as cler
gymen, physicians, fur trader* and law
vers, founded the Gregg families of
| Salem, Mass.. Flmira, N. V.. and India
in|-olis, Indiana. Mr. Gregg (hen |ro
reed# to relate two anecdotes, to show,
a* ho says, tbat family relationship i*
often discovered by family likeness in
branches far removed from the original
stock. "While in Congress m 1793 or
'9l Mr. Forster, a menilx-r of that body
from the Mate of New Hampshire, ask
ed me if I had any relations in that
State. <n my answering in the affirm
ative fie said fie had been led to make
the inquiry struck fiy the imposing
likeness betwixt me and t'olonel Gregg,
who had been the op|>o*ing candidate
to him at hi* late election. <'n my
first introduction to Governor Clinton,
when fie became Vice President of the
I nited States, he asked nie whether I
was a native of Pennsylvania. I told
lum 1 was. He replied, say ing : 'There
is so striking a reseniblanec betwixt
you and a young man named James j
Gregg, who was a lieutenant in my
brigade during the Revolution, that
when I saw you my first impression u
tbat you must be his brother.' He was
of the New F.ngland family, then set i
tied in New York. He then related
the story often published in the news
paper* of that officer having been shot,
scalped and left for dead by the Indians
and rescuer! hy a detachment sent by
the commanding officer of the garrison
where he had been stationed, conducted
to the place where he lay hy Lieutenant
Gregg's dog." (See Ixxsing's Field ,
Book of the Revolution, volume 1, page
252.)
Continuing his statement, Mr. Gregg
ssy* that bis fsther and Solomon Walk- j
er, husband of his aunt Rachel, not j
pleased with the prospect of a settle- j
ment in New Hampshire, returned to
Boston and shipped for Philadelphia, j
hut landed at New Castle, spent the
winter of 1732 at a furnace belonging to
Governor Keith, on Christianna creek,
near Newark, Delaware, and in the
spring commenced their settlement at
Chestnut I,evel, near the southern
boundary of Lancaster county. On the
settlement becoming sufficiently num
erous they formed a Presbyterian con
gregation, called Rev. Mr. Thorn for
their pastor, Mr. Gregg's father being
elected an elder upon the organisation
of the session. Here Mrs. Gregg died,
and Mr. Gregg married Jane Scott,
daughter of Matthew Snott, who had
emigrated to Chestnut Level from the
county of Armagh, Ireland. In 1750
Mr. Gregg removed to a farm two miles
northwesterly from (Carlisle, adjoining
the Globe farm, of Meeting House
Spring, which was within sight of his
dwelling. Here Andrew Gregg was
born, July 10. 17&5. being a son of the
second wife, Jane Sooll. After the es
tablishment of the School at Car
lisle, In 17A2, by the Rev. John Steel,
he was sent there to learn the languages
and afterwards completed his education
at Newark, in the Stale of Delaware.
While thus engaged he took an active
part in the military service, turning out
upon different occasions to perform
militia tours. On the march of the
British from Turkey Point to Philadel
phia thn Academy at Newark wan
broken up and he returned to Carlisle
to inmiNt liia father, who had become
somewhat infirm, hi* brothers, Matthew,
.James and John, being in the army.
A I'll 11. A I'Kl.ril IA TUTOR.
In the year 1759 Mr. Gregg went to
Phdadeljihia with the intention of go
ing to France for the benefit of bin
health, which had been in a declining
state for some time, but changing his
mind he accepted the appointment of
tutor in the college at Philadelphia
(now the University), then under the
presidency of I>r. William .Smith, and
afterwards acted in the same rapacity
during the presidency of lr. Kwing un
til the year 1783, when ho removed to
j Middlelown, Pennsylvania, where he
' resided, four years in the mercantile
business. (>n the2oth of January, 1787,
he was married to Murtha, daughter of
(ieneral James Potter, at the latter's old
residence, in Buffalo Valley, six miles
above Lewisburg, on the West branch
of the Susquehanna. The wedding was
a noted incident in the valley from the
| fact that there were no Presbyterian
clergymen settled in that part of the
country, and Mr. (iregg rode up on
horseback, accompanied by a minister,
I ltev. John Hoge, and some dozen or
more couples took advantage of Mr.
| I logo's presence, hurried up their en-
I gagomenis and were married during
i Mr. Hoge's limited visit to the valley.
Mr. Gregg then removed to Lewis
town, Pa., where his daughter Mary,
afterwards Mrs. McLanahan, of Green
castle, was bom, November 2, 1788. In
17>'J lie removed to Perm's Valley,
; within two miles of the "old fort." In
j 1791 he was elected to Congress in the
district embracing the then counties of
Northumberland, Mitllin, Huntingdon,
Franklin and Bedford. In 17'J2 he was
elected on a general ticket (voted over
the whole .State), and what is a remark
able circumstance he received every
vote in the county of Norlhumle-rland.
In 1794 he was elected in the district
composed of the counties of Mifllin and
Cumberland and re-elected in the same
district for three succeeding terms. The
districts were then changed and his
1 place of residence falling within the
bounds of the district consisting of
Northumberland, Lycoming and Centre
counties he was elected in this district
slid re-elected until the fall of 1 HOG,
when he was defeated by Uaniel Mont
gomerv, Jr., in the district, but before
his term in the lower boure had expired
he was chosen by the legislature, Jan.
13, IH< 17. United States Senator. The
high estimation of Mr. Gregg's talents
1 and services field by his fellow Senators
may he judged from the fact that he
was twice elected Prescient of the Sen
ale, the highest distinction that any
Pennsylvania!! had then attained. The
! journals of Congress bear ample evi
dence of bis ability and industry, of bis
punctual attendance and assiduous at
tention. He was a business member,
sometimes, however, taking an active
part in debate.
.sONIMTCI) ICS OUVKRNOR,
In I*l4 he removed from the valley
into Bellefonte for the purpose of edu
eating his children, and in Heceraber,
I*2o, Governor Hiester appointed him
secretary of the < sitnmnn wealth, which
office he held when nominated by a
convention tbat met at Isewistown, on
the l.'ithof May. 1823, for Governor, in
opposition to Mr. Shulze, who had feen
nominated by what was stigmatized as
the Legislative Convention at Harris
)-urg. on the sth of March. For some
vears the people had l>een jealous of
legislative dictation of candidates, ,\c
oordingly the convention which had
nominated Mr. Hiester in IS2U had as
sembled at • "arlisle, and the one which
nominated Mr. Findley in the same
year had met at Is>wistown. The latter
resolved that the convention of 1*23
should meet in the same place and in
May. This, however, was forestalled by
the call to meet at Hairisburg on the
sth of March, and those dissatisfied
with Mr. Shulze'* nomination called
what they called the regular ennven- ,
| tion at Lewistown and nominated Mr.
Gregg. The political recorda and pri j
vate characters of both candidates arc i
full spread forth in the numerous
pamphlets issued by committees and
j partisans during the Gubernatorial con
test of 182. f >, and after perusing a large
1 tfound volume of these issues it i* grat
ifying to report that the honesty and
integrity of Mr. Shulze and Mr. Gregg
are never impugned. Mr. Jefferson, in
his message of Ueoember, 1801, desig
nates the parties of that day aa Repute
! liran and Federalists ; and in 1823 the
i dispute of the pamphlets is almost
wholly whether to the Shulze party or
the Gregg party belonged the mantle
of the Republican party of 1801. Both
•ides in all their pamphlets claim to be
I>emocratic Republicans and the regu
lar ones. Mr. Gregg's age is urged
against him by his opponents, and they
add five years to it, making him seventy
three, and argue against the propriety
of electing a man so aged ; while bis
friends take off three years from his
real age and assert his mental and bod
ily vigor. Gne pamphlet roundly as
sert* (that he was a foreigner, born in
Ireland and educated for the ministry
at Dublin. But the main attack is
iifton his political record ; that he voted
with his friends of the British Govern
ment in favor of Jay's treaty and op
posed the war of 1812.
HIS mi.ITICAL CARKKR.
The events of Mr. Gregg's political
life, as reflected in the mirror of con
temporary comment, are tinged with
the hue of party, but the time has now
arrived when we can contemplate them
with strict impartiality and pass judg
ment upon the policy the measures
he saw proper to sup|>ort without regard
to their temporary or (local adjunct*.
Coming up from a const.tuency in Mid
dle Pennsylvania imbued with ltento
cratio ideas, which had their chief ex
ponent in William Maclay. he entered
upon publio life in the House at the
exact moment when Mr. Maclay was
quitting the .Senate, lez.ving the impreaa
of hie ability in the lines of a distinctive
opposition. Mr. Gregg's Uemocratic
proclivities were indicated during hit
first session, when, in the 24th of
March, 1792, a bill passed the Senate to
establish a mint and to regulate the
coins of the United States, which pro
vided for a "representation of the bed
of the President for (be time being, the
initial letter of first name and surname 1
at length, the succession of the Presi
dency numerically," kc., on one side of
each gold and silver coin. This clause
was stricken out in the House, the
Senate disagreed to the amendment,
and, upon it coming up again in the
House, Mr. Gregg was of the majority
who voted "not to recede." It was
conceded that it was a proper mark of
respect to Washington, provided his
features were to be forever retained,
but the bill provided that upon the
election of his successor Washington's
image would be deposed to make'room
tor that of "nobody knows whom."
President Washington complimented
Mr. Gregg and the late Gov. lltester for
their independence and hostility to the
customs of royal governments; "that
trifling as the matter might be in ap
pearance, it waa nevertheless worthy of
serious attention, being an insidious
attack on republicanism calculated to
sap the principles of the people and
gradually to reconcile thern to rnon-
I archy,"
I he political tumult raised upon the
| reception of Mr. Jay'a treaty with
j Great Britain in 1705 has been alluded
t to in the sketch of Mr. Maclay's servi
ces. Mr. Gregg was not at tbat time a
Senator, but he conceived it to be his
; duty as a member of the House of Hep
re**ntative to vote for the
| appropriations to carry it into effect, in
order that the plighted faith of the
j nation might he preserved: lane alhr
| lirryma. A letter from Andrew Kllicott,
i to (ieneral William Irvine, dated Phila
delphia, May 7, 1790, depicts the veer
; mg of popular sentiment on that ques
tion :
The treaty with Great Britain has at
length been carried into effect. The fate
of this treaty has b-eri singular. From
being obnoxious to the people of the Un
ited State* from one end of the Union to
| the other it has now become s favorite and
j enjoys their warmest withes. All this
j magical change in a few months, and,
although we are so highly gratified with
I this treaty, Great Britain scarcely knows
j that it exists. The spoliation* upon our
I commerce and impressment of our seamen
have conlinu-d unto this hour without In
terrnisMon, but what appear* to me the
I most extraordinary (.art of the business is
; this conduct has its advocates among us.
The ground of our politics has been whol
ly changed since 1770, and if the fashiona
ble doctrines now taught be true, you, my
w-lf and all the Whigs of that day were
damned rebels and ought to havr. been
hanged. \N e ought to thank Gsd for our
i escape.
THE w AK or 18)2.
Mr. Gregg did not vote against a dec
laration of war in I*l2. but he was of
opinion that it would be belter not to
declare war until the country was bet
ter prepared to prosecute it with vigor.
While our trading v-**el* covered the
ocean and our harbor* and frontier*
were defenceless, and the Government
I without arms, soldier* or money, he
believed it inexpedient to rush into a
conflict with the mosi powerful nntion
in Kurope, then completely prepared
for rmlitaiy and naval operation*. He
! accordingly used bis influence to pre
vent a declaration at that time and to
| procure the issuing of letters of marque
I and reprisal to protect our own com-
I me roe and bring the British Govern
ment to reason by retaliating u|*in
j theirs. The disasters of the first cam
paign prove the correctness of hi*
i view*. But finding hi* opinion over
ruled lie voted for it under a convic
tion that in so solemn a matter it was
im)>ortant we should enter ujmn it not
with divided but, a* far as practicable,
with united councils, and he sup|K>rU-<l
it a* became a friend to his country and
a N-nator of the United .States.
A careful survey of Mr. Gregg's polit
ical history indicates that, although he
had strong party predilection*, he was
remarkable for hi* independence of
character, always acting according to
the conviction* of hi* own tnind, even
though tbey sometimes differed from
| those of his political friends; that be
was in fact what he was elected to be.
the representative of the interests of
I his constituents, not of their confined
views of subject* of moment j always
scrupulously tenacious of his oath to
subserve the public good sccording to
the l>e*t of hi* judgment and ability ;
never yielding his duty to the prejudi
ces of party spirit or the views of inter- i
ei#ted politicians.
He was a man of first-rate classical
education, extensive general know]- j
edge, great experience and deep re flee (
tion ; candid in his sentiments, ess) of
sccess and of modest and unassuming
deportment, uniting all the qualifica '
tions of a gentleman and scholar; a
man of sound health, athletic nerve*
and vigorous constitution, preserved
whole by a life of temperance and in
dustry until he reached the age of four
score years. He died at Bellefonte, on
the 2Dtb of may, 1835, and is buried in
it* cemetery, where rest all that is mor
tal of Potter, Biancbard, Wuston. and
Burnside. awaiting the issue* of life as
tbey shall gather around them in the
resurrection of the just.
Mr. Gregg had a fine library, contain
ing all the Greek and Latin classics,
most of which are in the possession of
hit daughter, Mrs. Margery Tucker, of
I*ewiaburg. ilia grand children, Gov.
A. G. Curtin, Gen. 1). McMurtrie Gregg
and Gen. John I. Gregg, have flung far
forward into the future the light of
their family fame.
JOHN RI.AIX LINN.
BcixtroNTß, Pa.
Workinrmm.
Before you begin your heavy spring
work after a winter of relaxation, your
system needs cleansing and strengthen
ing to prevent an attack of Ague, Bil
ious or Spring Fever, or some other
.Spring sickness that will uofit you for
a season's work. You will save time,
much sickness and great expense if you
will use one bottle of Hop Bitters in
your familv this month. Iton'iwail.—
Burlington llausktyt.
Mitt Anna Dickinson will really play
Hamlet. She would, it appears, like to
do Macbeth, but Mr. Stetson says that
she ought to adhere to Hamlet and
Claude Melnotte, end he doee not see
why she should not take the place of
Charlotte Cushman.
The steel works et Wheatland, Mer
cer county, are soon to be put in opera
lion by a stock company, with a capital
of about $1,000,000.
Sew Advertisement*.
A Teacher Wanted.
r pHK School Board of Curtin town
*l*®' V' * t#*tbf for '.* of th*
public kdhuU of th*t township. Tli Urm w||| b
for llifw aii'l the !(<-< Ad'IrHN
IJUSII IIOUBE,
' * BKI.I.ICFOXTK, FA.,
Farrtllirw atr-i alogl* ghll*irt*r,, a* „ th* g*n
ml travail, if, |.nlillc and tatumn, i| mr . (nrltad
In ttila FlraM la*w dotal, wbnn- u,*y wUI ftt.-J bona
r otnfort* at rrat#-*.
Literal rwJtj# tion lo Jur>m<-n *od oth+t* *tt~dlbc
Ctrurl. I, ' I 1./ it- f, "
\\ I 1.1.1 AM GRAI EB ha- (mm
' * ailnutt,.) t,. an Intwraat In on, Ann Oila 'la#
#li* Arm nanr* will la Ito aainv aa hrr*t/>for* All
I knowing ih*r*rlv>* ir,d.d,t.d tl, <,id flru,
Will I'l,-aaa 'all au'i makr Mttlafluet of 11,.- *aiu*.
H. A A LOKB
RIWON l/IRB.
A Mil,l'll |>,EH.
_ WILLIAM i.llAt'EK Mafl. I. H,H-;iw
Executor's Notice.
T KI I KItH testamentary on the es-
I J tat* '.f Cl.,,. V. l'bvr <ial<a, ~f Fwrguaot, towubin,
I 'lwva—l luring Iwn grant*. I to II." nr..l-ra.gt.nl, ha
r"|U.auall iud.l,t*.| |„ „i,| „ ul * v , mmkm
, In,ln'.l.at" ,wy,„*„, ,
praarat ilr. duly lth.„ttml*d, U, U,a nntlrralgnntl,
r-*i>)*bt of Half Moon township
| M | A Iff'SfTKR, Kinr-utor.
■
With thnt COUGH when there
)• a r n.*.jy at hand %o • LfcACANt •> CERTAIN,
) ati<l HA I'll, that th* rr at 'biltJ uttv taa* It
I wilb-jut It ii taiitd
GREEN S Comp. Syrup of
Tar, Honey & Bloodroot.
It n.t.Uln, all lb* v.,iu> C.f Tar in a oonr vara* Til.
form. '.raMtrn.l wilh II," lawt K X I'Kr *T'rK AN TR ant
1 ANoDtALrv U,* vlt'l. rn"|.ar"o a rl.'.nr tb* aid of
KNOWN
X> !"t if!'- i, iii td th* 71 r #at arid
Lor ira
Try <,!. l.|ll' and ~,r,i.r, . 1 I'll'r BO'-*nU
j (•"! hottla. Mai.ular luml only I y
F. POTTS GREEN.
laiUBII. FA
In '""♦'J ' ' • ' Bam|l*. worth %t
¥W WW V-U frt A idr*. A rII.SNi.S AOO
i Mail |S
Field, Garden and Flower Swds,
UIRECT FROM THE FARM,
f I *"' * o<l nr * *'■ *''*• ruonry ra-
NEW CATALOGUE FOR 18BJ
a itb dirnt ti'.n# I , < u.ti.al,, ,|| w .„,
g.a 1. N*r,d f.,r lb and j-l t ;1 a rlul.
Tb* a, -d. aitl j-I**** vand jour
rwdgbu.ta Addtna*.
1 JOSEPH HARRIS, Moraton Inrm,
, II'" I.UTII. N' v.
tCC ! U • ' '■ T.'.an.l tftM*
rJDD fit Add'.. II tun.KIT * In
land. Malt,". * ~1
BAUMBI K. PAUia
Ul. ( .tniala-i uar I'.r-nt.
" KVJ V ORAfTriN RTORY B LAbD.
PATENTS.
I'AIN'E, GRAFTON A: LAII.
Attorney*-at- and .V/r r\l'trt of American
and Foreign Polenta,
411 Ftrra Stucbf, Iftuniww. I). CI
I ra. Iff" int.-r.t law it. all it* I rat,, liw in tl,. I'al*r,t
'•lß'*, and lb* Ropr.m* and < irrait C.nrru of tb*
I fillttl Mata f*ar*<phl*t wnd fw- 4fc tf
A UJI.K fU a da? at hma '-a*,lt mad*
ItU * "•tty hjtf t U*+ AddrwaTKiF. I Au
j gnta. Malt" ||-
Bottling ENtabliHhineiit.
IV ITTI.F.D PORTKH, ALK and BEER.
r pilE unilentigncd respectfully in-
I I'VIM tb* <itlr*r, r.f ( *air* ...rinlv thai b ba#
"|MB*d alb tiling l.'lal n1,m.,.l nn Bi.i,. y ttrwf m
tb* IV n ngb'.f 11*11*1'nt* and will I* ~ .]) timu
| t*|r*d 1.. fort.ib f"RTKR ALK and BKCR by Iba
d,.*n at ma*. | r , u|f.lying lb*w* l-nnpa wl,*tbf
I to b"l*l*, r—tanratit* <w j.nval* r*wid*r,'*a. it,*v wilt
l found of rh |ur*i *r,d I--.I guilty, hoitlMl la
i *o*b a atannnr thai IbHr lif* and at* | r.-*"rv*d
ja* It nab a* though drawn from lb* m*k nr l*rr*'. Tb*
C KLEB KA TK I) K< C IJRSTK R Sit >f K
f A r®fTALTT.
• V-dora left at hi* plarw of haatr#<aa. or writ t<j uUI
raid. 11l tw witF prompt att4-tHK#e
j Addrw, I u SPITZKH.
I Kallafotita, 4Vfitr* f*
\fILLHEIM HOTEL.
ia* I MILI.IIEIM. CRNTRB OOCKTT. PKXX A.
W. S MI SSER, Prtrprielor.
Th* town of MUlb-nin r loratod In r*na'# Tail**,
aI" ml two nil** frou Otnrrn Rlal.on, on lb* low,*-
br. aotr# and Sprnrw Orwk Railr tad. with nr
roondibf* th*t make it a
PLEASANT SUMMER RESORT.
Onnd trout fit hi ng In tb* In. mod tat* vicinity Arab
run* to rvwry train. At tb* MlllbHor dotal arvwm
modation* will I* frmnd Rrrtolaa> and r*rn>* modor
'* Jnn* . urn- ly
C CENTRAL HOTEL,
t (Opy*it th* Railroad station.)
MILBtBt RO. CKKTRB COI XTT. PA.
A. A KOIILBRCKKR, Proprietor.
TIIROinn TRATELBRR O. tb* railroad wilt Bat!
tbl* Hotl an *o*llnt ylar* to lunch, or promrw a
uvaal aa ALL TRAIKf ttof abont a tntnnt**. (I
CENTRE DEMOCRAT
BOOK and JOB OFFICE
BUSH HOUSE BLOCK,
BELLRFONTB, PA.,
ta sow orrsßixo
GREAT INDUCEMENTS
TO THORK WfRBIBO Ft RAT-CLAM
Plain or Fancy Printing.
We hare unuaual fwcilitie* for printing
LAW BOt>K,
PAMPHLETS.
CATALOOrKS.
PROGRAMMES,
STATEMENTS,
CIRCULARS, '
BILL HEADS,
NOTE HEADS,
business CARDS,
INVITATION CARDS,
CARTES DE VIBITK,
CARDS ON ENVELOPES,
AND ALL KINDS OF BLANKS.
by mail will receive prompt
AtteotioD.
MPPrinUitc done in the but ule, or
abort aotica and at the loweal rate*.