Lite Cmtvf jißtmctrat BELLEFONTE, PA. Th Largest, Cheapest and Best Paper IT lU.tHII KU IN I'HNTKR I'OUNTV, I'mm tli Now York IHnorvi-r. INTERNATIONAL LESSONS: Srconil (Quarter, ■r in. ninr 11. o. . t MAY licuon 8. PARABLES ON PRAYER. LUKE 11:1-14. OoIMW TKIT:— "Auk, NL It *•"!! *!*•' - vnu • ncrk, ami vr hall Ami: kn.n k, *. l It atoll to oprnwl iin to you.'— Luk* 11 # tt. Central Truth .—True prayer is sure to receive abundant answer*. Soon after the lime referred to in the 'iii|oft h|'* tutor So completely was I.ord Beaconsfield the party's chief that his mere exis tence concealed from his followers and the country the weakness of his lieu tenants. They might break down with out diminishing his formidableness in the popular House. Their lineaments, indeed were hardly seen. No Liberal felt as it lighting Sir Stafford Northcote, or Sir Richard Cross, or Mr. Stanhope, or Lord George Hamilton, hut one of those men with Ixml Beaconsfieild's broader shadow projected before him, concealing his precise size, hiding his weaknesses, veiling his wrilhings in as suring shade. The country, gazing at Lord Beaconsfield, anticipating his act ions, watching for In* word*, hardly per ceived how terribly the Conservative party in the Commons na* over match ed in statesmanship, in experience, in knowledge, in capacity for debate. It lost sight of tip* disagreeable truth disagreeable, we mean, to Liberals as well as tbeir opponents- that in the Commons the great Conservative party have lost aide men till, amid the uni versal mediocrity. Mr. Chaplin is a sort of leader, and Mr. Gibson a tower of strength and Lord George Hamilton a conspicuous iigure. The melancholy reality will be revealed now. and it must treble the bewilderment of the bereaved party. They have men in the Peers, but where are they in the Commons? Sir Siatf ird Northcote, with Lord Bea censfield behind him, did passably well —a smooth, adroit man, with some vig or, though he o often stumbles, whom Mr. Gladstone spares it good deal, and who. if his boys are not too refractory and the lessons all are set, can manage well enough, but who must, whenever he opens lit* lips, look at the opposite benches with a deep, though it may al-o he a humorous dismay. What will be come of him with Loid Beaconsfield away, or of his party He is there and f>esidea him there is no one who can even affect to lead. Sir Kichard ("joss preparer! the Water bill, Mr. Stanhope i* still hut a man of promise and Lord George Hamilton is In statesmanship a boy. The Conservatives must remedy this situat.on, and how are they *to do it? The I uke of Richmond cast* no shadows into tho House of Commons. Take the very bet view of Conservative prospects and they have to fight for many years an uphill battle. Tins Par Lament ha* five year* yet to live. It is perfectly possible, as matters stand throughout the world, that it may be able to attend to internal reforms, in which Liberal* are strong, and in which their coure is pretty definitely marked out for them. The Conservative* will want to do battle against that course, to reduce its popularity with the coun try, to whittle away the strength of the Ministry until, when it* hour arrives, it will fall with a crash, and through whom are they to do it? Who is to give them the patient and persistent energy needed for such a fight ? There is no chief left ruling in both houses, and no Peer less than !>ord Beacon* field can be present in them both. The Conservatives will have to choose new chief* in (he Common* or invest the old ones with more authority, and while the second alternative is more than diffirult, the first one is impossible. They must wait till the slow operation of natural selections reveals the worth- ' iest to survive, and while they are wait ing they may fall, as in the beginning of obstruction they showed a visible tendency to do, into a very dangerous anarchy. Take tins Land bill, (icrhaps the most difficult problem ever put be fore suCh a party. It is ojniosea in its essence to every idea they have in the world—except, indeed, their idea that Ireland is a separate planet, where four dimensions nre possible, and two plus two may be five—yet opposition to it may involve destruction. The hill must either be suffered to pass, or fought with extreme adroitness, ft it i* to pass, who are to be trusted to fight that re sounding battle in the Commons which will give the peers the courage to take a desperate resolve ? The men are not there, and with the disappearance of l/rd Beaconsfield disappears the mi*t which has concealed the fact alike from the party and tho jieople. The Conservatives have not only to make a leader, but lieutenant* for him, and to perforin the Utter task in the highest creative way—that is, without material on which to exercise their power. That they will ultimately succeed we do not doubt, tor conservatism i* a political theory which, while there are men who look h*ck to the past or are content with the present, will never die; but for the time they have more to do than to fill up the succession which now ex cites so many hopes and fears. Tint aor who yearn* to be a man mint act manly. BPKKCH OK HON. < Vltl S T. ALFXANDKH, In the Semite qf /'> nnsylrttnia, Aj>ril 27, 'HI, ON TIIB Memorial Resolutions relative In the late liov. milium lllglrr. Mr. President, in xpeuking to the resolutions, just read, I desire to pre face toy remarks with a briel biograph ical sketch of the subject of them : " William I'igler was born at Sher maiiburg, Cumberland county, Penn sylvania, in I>aceinber, 1813, His pa rents, Jacob Bigler and Susan Hock, sister of Judge Dock, of Harrisburg, were of German descent, and were edu cated like most children of their origin in both the German am) Fnglisli tongues. While very young his parents removed to Mercer county, having pur chased a large tract of wild land, in the hope of building up their fortunes; but tiie title proving defective, they found themselves in a short time bereft of everything but a small farm. The children bad a severe struggle with life, mid William drifted into a printing of fice. f rom 1830 to 1833 be WUM em ployed by bis brother John, in the of fice of the C'R.VTKK DBBOCKAT, published at Itellefonte. At the end of that pe riod, influenced by the advice of his friouds, among whom was Andrew ning of the session in 18ft, and in October fol lowing was returned for a aAcond term. Mr. Bigler did not desire again to be a candidate, and so disinclined was he to continuing in public life, that lie had instructed the delegates from Clearfield to the nominating convention to with draw his name, which they did; but the delegates from the other counties comjiosirig the district conferred the nomination on him notwithstanding, and he wax elected by a vote much larger than the regular party rote. In IMS his name was presented for Gov ernor and he received a large vote in , the Democratic nominating convention 1 of that year; but the choice fell ujion Morris I ongstrcth, then a (anal Com tnissjoner, who wax defeated bv William K. Johnson. In 184'. Mr. Bigler was appointed one of the Revenue Com nit* sioners, whose duty it was to adjust the amount to be raised by taxation in the different sections and counties of the State. " At the succeeding election for Gov ernor, in 1851 Mr. Bigler received the Democratic nomination by acclamation and was elected after a wartn contest, in which Governor -Johnson was his op ponent. Not only were questions of State concern involved, but discussion turned upon the fugitive slave law and question of slavery in the Territories. Mr. Bigler was at this time but thirty eight yenrs of age, and it is something of a coincidence that at the time of his election as Governor of Pennsylvania, his brother John waa chosen Governor of California. Governor Bigler'a admin istration wax characterised by the vir tues of the old time Governora, especial ly maintaining rigid economy and strict accountability in the use of public moneys. He took a firm stand against the practice of putting good and bad legislation together in a single bill for the purpose of getting the bad meas ure* through, and it was owing to his exertions that * bill was passed forbid ding the passage of any act which did not fully state in ita title the subject matter and which contained more than one subject, thus breaking down for ever this most pernicious system. "In March, 1854, he was again unani mously nominated for Governor, and entered upon another laborious cam Cign ; but bis health failed, and be jr sick in tha northern part of the Bute during most of the canvass. lie was defeated by fhn Native American purty by a largo majority. Tho new party was very strong that year. In January, 1851, but a few days after the expiration n! his Gubernatorial term, bo was elected President of the Phila delphia and Krie railroad company, in which capacity be evinced his usual energy and industry, and contributed largely to bringing its affairs ton healthy condition. He was ulxo, in 1855, elected to the .Senate of the United States, where lie served for six years. When, after the election of Mr. Lincoln, it be cams apparent that secession would be attempted, Mr. Bigler was untiring in his efforts to secure an amicable adjust ment of the National troubles. He act ed with Mr. Crittenden in his efforts to secure a compromise, anil held that the people of the Southern States could have no reasonable plea for resorting to violence until they bad first exhausted all peaceful means for tho adjustment of their grievances. In the course of un elaborate speech upon tin* subject in the Senate, in February, 18Al.he said: 'As for secession, 1 urn utterly against it. 1 deny the right, and I abhor the consequences; but I shall indulge no argument on that iioint. It is no rem edy for any one of the evils lamented, und in my judgment it will aggravate rather than remove them and, in addi tion, superinduce others of a more dis tressing and destructive character.' He was a member of the committee of thirteen, to which was referred the famous compromise proposition of Mr. Crittenden, and presented and advocat ed a bill providing for submitting the Crittenden resolutions to a vote of the people of the several Slate, which* was rejected, but which has since been re garded by sagacious men as a remedy which would have utterly crushed seces sion. He was a member ol the Charles ton Convention of 1 sWI, where be took decided ground against the nomination of Judge Douglas. Ho was temporary chairman of the Democratic Convention of 1 mVI, and voted h>r tho nomination of General George B. Mc' lellan. He was also nominated in the, same year for Congress, and though defeated re ceived more than ins party vote. He was again a delegate to the Democratic Convention of lhi.s, which met in New York. He bad the nomination for del egate to the convention for the revision of the State Constitution, but withdrew from the ticket to give place to ex-Gov. Andrew G. Curtin as representative of the Liberal Republicans. Afterwards the delegates at large in tho Constitu tional Convention reported that they bud selected him to fill tin- vacancy caused by the resignation ol S. H. Rey nolds. "In 1874 he was elected a member o( the Centennial Board of Finances, and the energy ami ability which l.e dis played in that service are still familiar to the most of our jieople. In Septem ber, 1871. be was presented in the Democratic Stale Convention at I ne for the Gubernatorial nomination, ami from the third to tb<- tenth ballot l--d all tho other candidates. His name was withdrawn alter the tenth ballot, and Cyrus L. I'vl-lnug, of Schuylkill, was nominated. "In ]ho manifested a warm inter est in the Democratic canvass for the I'iesi lenry, and when the election was seen to turn uj-on the disputed vote- of < ertaiu Southern Stale", he was request ed by Mr. Tilden to go to I/rui-iana with other prominent and sagacious Democrats to see that the votes cast in that State were tairly canvassed and that tlie re-ult was legally declared. His associates from Pennsylvania in this duty were Mr. Randal! am! ox- Governor Curtin. Mr. Bigler went to New 1 'rl.-ar.s at a great sacrifice of per sonal comfort and business interests. l-ut in obedience to a profound <-ne of the gravity of the crisis. In hi* own words, he felt that he was "a peace corn mixsioner'' and la-ing such, could not be influenced by mere partisan consi-l orations, In all of the proceeding* at New Orleans he WH a prominent figure, commanding the respect of both par ties, and consulted a- an oracle t-y those of his own |>olitiral faith. "For several years past ex Governor Bigler lias given almost lux entire at tention to the development of the re sources of the county in which he lived, and was highly esteemed by all who knew him. lie was a man of the stur diest character, honest arid faithful in doing all that he undertook, and what ever of good can be said of any man who goes Irom this life to the one be yond may be said of William Bigler, and truthfully." William Bigter died at hi* home in Clearfield, August 9, 1880, at for an ill ness of some months. The subject of tin* sketch belonged to a generation now past . the ynungs-r generation of men are less familiar with the name of William Bigler than those older, although for many years ho slood in the front rank of illustrious I'ennsylvanian*. Thus "one generation pa*eth away and anither eotnetb." Paradoxical a* it may seem it is true that "there is nothing constant but vicissitude." Nothing abides but the great law of change. Kvery one find* hi# time to die, and his place of rest. This law ia immutable. Death bath all season* for hi* own. It is his pale kingdom. He crosses the path of the conqueror, and vanquishes him in a last battle ; be call* the poet from hi* dreams, the philoso pher from hi* abstraction* ; be bid* the sovereign vacate hix throne, and the statesmen must commit to other hands the unfinished work of hi* life. But there is a realm which death can not subdue, an inviolable temple, which succeeding generation* store with treas ures which no vandal hand# can pur loin. The past alone ia oura. It* gath ered wisdom and accumulated influence is the precious legacy which each gen eration inherit# from that which goes before. And the best of its gifts is the memory of great and good men. Such a man was William Bigler. The characteristic* of the man were marked. Tbey stand out before the ob server like the pillars of some grand temple. A man of sturdy character, of perhaps not brilliant but solid attain ments, honest and faithful in the dis charge of duty, thoroughly unselfish in his suns, and strong in the esteem and confidence of all who knew him, he haa left a record which haa won the grateful remembrance of the people of all po litical creeds. As an orator he was a persuasive rnuoocr ; as a statesman lie was notwl (or sagacity, sound judg ment, ami above all, for sincerity of purpoao. Pour inning a calm, clear, coin pri-liensi ve, judical miri>l, be wan espe cially fitted for tl lß work of the con m it tee room, that unreported but moat vi tally important work of a legislative body. A writer in Harper*' Weekly," of .luno 5, IBIS, said of him: "He in h-MReen and more felt than any g,.„tl„ man on the administration Ride of the Senate." He wan a safe man because a wie counselor. lie was eminently a truo man. He j wax thoroughly unselfish. Ho accepted j public trusts only from a sense of duty ! and never to Ins financial advantage. His public record is that of an honest', lailbful servant of bis country. Though decided in liih political convictions, be never was a bitter partisan. He fear leasly discussed party topics, and pub lie nflairs, but on the broad ground ol principle and always with the courtesy of a Christian gentleman. Hence it is that be, although prominent in the most heated political controversies in the history of our country, had no per sonal enemies even among bis political opponents. It in true, bis administra tion as Governor of the State and his counsels in the Senate of the United States did provoke criticism hostile and bitter, but no one who knew him ever doubled bis sincerity and fidelity to convictions, and to-day the people of •II parties crown his memory with af fectionate regret. He was an earnest man. Thin was manifest in all Ins undertakings. He j threw his whole strength into his pur l-osvs. This characteristic marks his business relations, his public career, | and his religious life. "Whatever his i hands found to do he did it with In* 'might." I'easeles* devotion to public j uust, and the benevolence of his lieait, as well a* the superior grasp of his ninid, have endeared him to his coun trymen. His life is a witness pointing the way to us. He has shown that a man can succeed and be true, and pure, and unselfish. He ha* shown that in the midst of political influences, and commercial connections, a man can maintain a generous and disinterested character: that he cn walk la-lore ram without shame; that lie can l fit in ami rmt harsh, strong and yet full <•1 love. He so 'ived in public uirxirs, where men are so carried aleiut by cur tents of selfishness and ambition ; be discharged all his duties to his friends, his party, his country, Ins God, and maintained a character bright and spot less; a memory pure in the sight of men. In bi death the State has lost a nobleman, a wise statesman, a Christian gentleman. Owing to his kind heart and generous Spirit, the people of the county anl town in which he so long , lived will miss him more than the peo ple of other portions of the State, But as time | ise- on the grief of the pun lie will wear away, and only those who visit the cemetery in which lie lies bur i<-d the city of the Clearfield m th AI!bton Net*a. AliAutone hundred and seventy year* ago there came to this country, four Dutchmen, brothers, named Zimmer man, leaving extensive property in Hoi land, which they would eventually fall heir to. Their direct descendant* in this country now numl>er between six and eight thousand souls. The Holland suthoritiea seised the property referred to and are still holding to it. There is a law in that country which provides that all possessions not taken up by the proper claimant* shall remain as public projierty until the real heirs and owner* appear and prove their right* to inherit it. In this cae there is the enormous sum of $75,000,000 at stake, and the . claim of the heir* is now in the h-tnd* of a committee of fifteen, headed and marshaled by Mr. Griffith, of N'orris- j town, this State, who are looking up clues, records and papers of value at j their own expense, provided that in I case success crowns their efforts they will receive every fourth dollar, or a sum total t0518,740,000 as acommiuion. Both the claimants—who will, if the scheme pan* ont favorably, receive about $ 10,000 per head—and the committee are hopeful of success. There are two claimant* living with their families in Schuylkill county. Due is a resident of Union township, and is aged eighty-seven years, belong ing to the third generation, another is Rev. Zimmerman, who has charge of the Barnesville circuit of the Kvangel icai association, and lives in the "Pints," Tain aqua, who is of the fourth genera tion. There are a number of this family living in Lebanon, liehigh, Lancaster and Berks county. Some have translat ed the name Zimmerman into the plain United Slate* version, t. r- (Jar jienter, and in consequence are debar ted from enjoying any of the spoils. AN t'NKMi.i.s always reminds us of the man who wants to bet. It ia a "put up or shut up" contrivance. "PAPA, how do editors get free stall the shows T" " Well sonny, ax a general rule they give $25 worth of advertising for a p cent tioket." Srw Adverti*rmen ta, \VK eir to all tlir attention of " ▼ Hnmn to UMI t*i i>.*i w* I.* M U MMI cv/tnplM. a>rtnieii! of Agricultural Implements or KVKRV JHSMCRIITION, f"-ui tl mak-r. 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