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SHUGERT ic FORSTKR, Editors.
VOL. X
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Terms SI.At) per Annum, in Advance.
8. T SMUGERT .nd R. M. FORSTER. Editor..
Thursday Morning, May 2(3, 1881.
IMPORTANT! The Philadelphia/VCFS '
believes that ex-Senator Conkling is a j
gentleman. Who doubts it? He j
wears curls and is highly perfumed.
WILLIAM J. STEEP, a highly es
teemed citizen of llarrisburg, and Su
perintendent of the llarrisburg Car"
Company's saw mill, was killed on
Friday last on the railroad. Driving
near the railroad, his horse became un
manageable and run upon the trnek
as an engine approached. -Air. Stecs
was killed iustantlv and dragged some
distance. "
THE President has exacted the res
ignation of Mr. L I)uc, the Commis
sioner of Agriculture, and appointed
ex-Representative Loring, of Massa
chusetts, in his place. Mr. Iring's
appointment was confirmed by the
Senate. He is favorably spoken of
as likely to introduce some common s
sense into the management of this iin- I
portant bureau. •
COL. INUKRSOLE is encountering I
some obstructions to the free delivery
of bis infidel lectures. In St. Louis,
the court has been appealed to for an
injunction enjoining the delivery of
his lecture, "What must we do to lie
saved." The Colonel is an eloquent j
speaker, and as long as he mixes |K>li
tics with his infidelity is the idol of
Beecher and must of the stalwart of
his stamp.
THE country will lie rejoiced to!
know that Mrs. Garfield is now in a
fair way of recovery from her dan- j
gerous illness. Her symptoms con
tinue to be encouraging, and her phy
sicians are confident she will gradual
ly get better. It is now said as
soon as she is able to be removed she
will be taken to the Soldier's Home,
near Washington, nnd later in the
season will seek some quiet sea side
resort along the coast of Maine.
JAY GOULD, in giving testimony in
a recent case, stated that he owned
and controlled 52,000 miles of rail
way east and west of St. Louis, and
95,000 shares of Telegraph stock. '
With this, and his vast resources inde- .
jiendent of either, and the ownership !
of two of the leading newspapers in
New York, the Tribune and 1 Yorld, \
representing the leading parties, is it ,
any wonder that he is able to control
Presidents, Cabinets, Legislatures, and
fix up the Supreme Court to suit his
purposes.
THE nomination of William K.
Chandler, as Solicitor General of the
Treasury, was rejected by the Senate
previous to its adjournment, by a
strict party vote, with the exception
that Don Camerou voted with the
Democrat* to reject, and Mitchell, the
independent, (lodged. After the con
firmation of Matthews, of Presidential
fraud memory, as Justice of the Su
preme Court, Senators need not have
faltered over Chandler liecause of his
partisan bitterness, and the general
cussedness that attaches to his char
acter.
COL. MCG'LURK, of the Philadelphia
Time *, uot being able to reach the
moral sense of the Philadelphia roos
ters in the Legislature of Pennsylva
nia by addressing them in the English
language, is now trying to appeal to
their intelligence, as well as their
pluck, in German and French. He
lays before them a few pertinent and
t interesting remarks which he desires
tbem to comprehend and digest. If
the Colonel fails in these languages
to elicit the attention of the roosters,
we suggest that he try the Winnebago
lingo. They will certainly under
stand this, or at least can find a con
venient interpreter in the honored
heir of the old chief, now returned i
from his arduous duties at the seat of
the National Government. i
"XqUAL AND KXACT JUSTUS TO ALL MKN, OF WIIATKVKK STATE OR I'KRML' ANION, KKLICtIOL'N OR I*OLITII'AL."-Jrirrson.
Adjourns Sine Die.
On Friday last it was unnounccd
that the President had no further bus
iness that required the action of tiie
United States Senate, and after an ex
ecutive session of some duration, in
which a lurgu number of appoint
ments were confirmed, the body ad
journed ne die. This extra session
of the Senate was a long and eventful
one. It lasted almost three months,
and will be noted in history as a |>e
riod during which the country was
treated to many strange episodes and
startling surprises.
The body was convened in extra
session by the President for the few
simple purposes that pertain to execu
tive business—the Constitution requir
ing the consent of the Senate to the
appointment of certain public officers
aud the ratification of treaties with
foreign nations. Plain folk, remote
from the turmoil and excitement of
the great |wliticnl centres, supposed
that the duties thus devolving UJKJU
honorable and dignified Senators
would be quietly and decorously |>er
formed. There was no expectation
that months would IK* uselessly spent
in exciting ]H>litical discussion and an
gry personal controversy. Least of
all was it supposed that a great jiolit
ical party, flushed with victory and
enjoying an unprecedented degree of
public confidence, would signalize its
advent into renewed power by confirm
ing a corrupt and disgraceful bargain
with an avowed repudiator for the
single purpose of jiossessiitg them
selves of a few insignificant offices in
the Senate. And yet the wheels of
executive business were blocked from
the very moment the present Admin
istration breathed the breath of life.
Mahone was impudently put forward
as the modern Moses who was to lead
the peoplo of the South into the prom
ised land of fair elections and a free
ballot. Gorhatu, the partner and
apologist of Star route thieves with
Hiddleberger the unrepentant rebel
and blatant repudiator, consumed the
attention of Kepuhlicau Senators
while President Garfield's nominations
for important public offices lay un
heeded and uuthought of U|>on the
Vice President's desk. The I)cmo*
crats amidst the applause and appro
bation of the honest people of all
parties, resisted this attempt to black
en our credit and bring reproach ujioti
our institutions by introducing repu
diation as a factor of our political
system.
The disgraceful efliirt of the ob
structionists to prevent the transac
tion of the public business continued
for weeks, and was not abandoned un
til it became apparent that the Demo
crat side of the Senate, encouraged
by the honest and enlightened senti
ment of the country, would never
yield its consent to the consummation
of a corrupt and debasing intrigue that
has no exact counterpart in the history
of legislative venality. When the
fact dawned upon the minds of Hoar,
Dawes and other prominent parties to
the intrigue that no one of the opposi
tion—equnl in numbers to themselves
would yield to their arrognnt de
mands, they subsequently agreed that
the Henate might proceed to the con
sideration of treaties and lite confirma
tion of the President's nominations.
A few days sufficed for all, and then
came the unexpected resignations of
Henatore Conkling and Pratt. These
resignations placed the control of the
Senate in the bands of the Democrats
and they are to be congratulated upon
the wisdom with which they used their
power. Unlike their opponents, they
did not long fot* spoils and position.
They permitted the committees to re
main undisturbed; promptly confirm
ed every proper nomination made by
the President, and when the objects
for which they had been convened
were accomplished they adjourned the
body and went home. In a political
sense the aeaaion cannot fail to be of
benefit to the Democratic party. The
country has not only witnessed with
ffirYrtrtffflfftr i Wft ftWi [ii'iiA dhd&tf
BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, MAY L'C,, |BS|.
i disgust the Isild attempt of Repttbli
: can leaders to carry out the terms of
I the corrupt bargain with the Virginia
: ajtostnte nnd repudiator, but they have
also lieen nauseated with the unseemly
wrangle between Mr. Conkling and
the President. Good citizens will cx
! jiect bene-final results to flow from
; this quarrel in the Republican ranks,
and their expectations are likely to he
realized. Indeed, it does ttp|K.*ar that
tin* entering wedge to rem! assunder
and destroy the party is now likely to
he driven home, uml upon its ruins the
Democracy will again come into pow
er with more than its old time honor
and glory.
GRANT TAKIX A HAND!—General
Grant enters the ring a* n second of
| Conkling in his fight with the Gar
field administration, as will be seen by
his letter in our columns. He recog-
J nixes the nomination of Robertson as
"a deep laid scheme by somebody to
punish prominent leaders for being
i openly friendly to me," that is, to the
great Ulysses himself. The selection
jof the man for the collectorahip of
New York, who headed the revolt
against the third term, he regards as
an "insult that ought to he resented
to the hitter end." Therefore the im
mortal "30f>," as well a the whole
Imperial clique, must to the breach
,to resent the insult. Conkling and
j Grant should not take the situation so
i much to heart. Their contract before
the election wa made with one who
had lieett proven a hypocrite and
knave by Republican testimony. They
knew this. If be failed them after
they had given him power to do so,
what else had they to exject? "Honor
among thieves" is uot always to be
relied upon. This the third-term
stalwarts, of all men, ought to have
known, and exercised more rnution in
obtaining surety for the fulfillment of
the bargain.
♦
THE Republican friends of the Ad
ministration in New York, were alxiut
as much astounded at the late ap
pointments of Garfield as was Conk
ling and Piatt, by the appointment of
Robertson. They expected him, after
| his demonstration against Conkling,
to stand by his friends, but he seems
to have deserted them and joined the
Conkling ring, nnd it is now difficult
to determine whether his sympathies
are with the Conkling or auti-Conk
ling faction. His appointees are from
the most active and !>clligerent of
Conkling* friends. But why should
they be surprised at any of Garfield's
apparent eccentricities. He only seeks
to placate the imperious Republican
chief of New York with a little cheap
taffy, and thus soothe the ruffled spirits
of his adherents.
♦
THE members of the Huntingdon.
Rluir and Cambria bars, without re
spect to political divisions, have united
in n letter to Judge Dean, of that Dis
trict, to permit his name to IN* pre
sented to the people for re-flection.
Judge Dean has the reputation of lin
ing one of the fairest and most reput
able Judges in the State, and to IN* re
elected by the people without the in
tervention of party machinery would
be a compliment, as deserving to him,
as creditable to the people of his Dis
trict.
TIIE situation ut Albany between
the Conkling and Atiti-C-onkling far- i
tions is growing lively and deeply in- J
teresting. The parties arc marshaling
in force, each assured of success. Conk
ling aud Piatt have determined to
fight for re-election, and the Admin
istration party are as determined for
their defeat. Upon the whole, it is
destined to be a very exciting and ac
rimonious contest, disaatrious to Re
publican supremacy in New York,
however it may be decided.
Tnts country it seems is not big
enough for ex-Collector Rutan. of
Pittsburg, since the failure of Don
Cameron aud Boas Quay, to secure bis
re-appointment. He retires from pol
itics and is to rusticate iu Europe.
-vi
TIIK revision of the New Testament
! has been published, and is now being
j distributed in very large numbers by
I the leading publishers of New York
and Philadelphia. The comments of
prominent ministers of the gospel
■ upon the revision are various, hut by
1 many quite commendatory. Those
who favor the revision reach the con
i elusion that light is thrown upon many
I obscure passages in the old version.
Others, however, think that the effort
of the learned men who have been en
j gaged in the work has been too much
i in the direction of makiug the Testa
ment a mere religious classic, and how
fur this idea may affect the faith so
generally given to the scriptures a*
, the infallible word of God to man is u
matter for time to develope, ami grave
apprehensions upon this point are not
unwarranted. For our part, the Lord's
prayer as received in childhood, and
the scripture text just as it has stood
the test of many ages, are sufficient
for us. Ik'fore many days, we pre
sume, the new version of the book
will l>e on sale in our book stores and
will also be supplied by agents.
GEN. GKOIIUE It. MCCI.KLEAN in
accepting membership in a Jefferson
association to which lie had been elec
ted, says : "I firmly believe that the
welfare of the country depends upon
the future success of the Democratic
party, and that in order to deserve and
obtain success the party must fall back
upon, ami rigidly adhere to, the prin
ciples so closely associated with the
honored name of Jefferson."
EX-BENATOH BUM c, the darkey
who was so urgently presented for a
cabinet appointment in recognition of
the negro race in |Militic*, has Ixx-n
appointed by the President, Register
of the Treasury, in place of Hon.
Glenni W. Hcofield, of this State, who
is transferred and made Judge of the
(Jourt of Claims, ltoth tie appoint
ments were unanimously confirmed by
■ the S natc.
♦
THE Washington J'od makes the
I following suggestions to the Demo
cratic members of the New York leg
islature :
"Replace 'Conkling *nd i'lstt with
two Democrat* If jrou can.
tailing in that, uccrc<l the two Re
publican* with Cookling and a Demo
crat.
Failing in that, re-elect Conkling and
I'latt.
I)o these thing* as time and occasion
are propitious and serve >ou."
THE Legislative Roosters, aided by rtiral
rtiral allies, are still succc—ful in
fighting off the reform legislation de
manded by the people of Philadcl
j phia. The stealings in the Recorder's
| office and the Delinquent tax office
are too important to the plunderers of
the City treasury and to the election
jof city muster* to the I*egislature, to
j Im* surrendered without a struggle.
♦
\\ no is going to discharge the obli
: gat ion the Republican party has jp.
curred to Mahone? Conkling has
gone, Don Cameron is shorn of his
I power and Garfield has distinctly re
pudiated the repudiator. Mahone must
"feel like one who trends alone, some
banquet hall deserted."
IN the appointment of Lucius I*.
Tbotnpsnm as Surveyor of the Port of
Philadelphia, Attorney General Mc- j
Veigh, acquired his first victory in
control of the Executive patronage in
Pennsylvania. Cameron and Mitchell
favored other applicants.
PRESIDENT GARFIELD showed plen
ty of bnckboue in the fight with Conk
ling. If it still continues firm, let
him now challenge "Dear Hubble" to
sjieak out in vindication of Brady nnd
Dorsey. They need it badly.
'
HRADY'N shoes, it appears, were too
small for Grier, the original Garfield
man. He declined to wear those that
would fit him and therefore remains a
private citixen of Pennsylvania.
TIIR Judicial District to which
Stanley Matthews, the new Associate
Justice, has been aatignrd,is the (Ith,
embracing Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan
and Tennessee.
STAT*; NEWS.
At t JIM Republican primary election
in Middlehurg, on Saturday. J. Merrill
I.inn, of I.ewiiburg, received the nomi
nation for President Judge. There waa
no opposition.
There waa a cave in at the Pittston
fowl ( ompany's shaft one day last week.
It is thought the damage will I*-, heavy.
I lie citi/.ena in the vicinity were greatly
excited by the ahock.
Mr*. Mary Fox, of Fox burg, in build
ing a $20,000 church at that place a* a
memorial of her deceased husband,
Samuel M. fox, and her son, William
1.. Fox. It will he the first P. K. church
in ' 'larion county.
I lie ladies of Gettysburg plant early
!! over* in preference to later varieties
that they may he ready for Decoration
Day, Next Monday the borough will
have for its guets the President, the
nj'-niher* o( the Cabinet and many vet
erans from various |>oints.
C. It. Woodin, of Berwick, Columbia
county, ha* instituted a novel mode of
temperance reform. He has made ar
rangements with the keej>ers of saloons
and hotels there by which for a pecu
niary compensation psid by him, they
agree to abstain from the sale of in
toxicant*.
1 tie ladies of Mifflin county have
purchased a large silk flag for use in the
p trade at Lewi*town, on Decoration
Day. On Saturday the flag will he
publicly presented to Huling Post, No.
176,(1. A. 8., and ladies from all sec
tions of the county ktve been invited
to attend the presentation.
•!<>hn Wray, a teamster, of Bclltown,
Mifllin county, was standing in his
doorway recently talking to two neigh
j Lor*, one on each side of him, when he
was struck dead by lightning. Neither
of the other two men felt any shock,
though an arm of one of them was rest
I nig on Wray's shoulder at the time.
Nicholas Singley, who was born in
Pennsylvania 104 years ago. is now a
resident of Ventura. Cal., living with
his daughter. Mrs. M. K. Short. Both
hi* fsther and mother lived to he over
1(10 years ol age. His brother, recently
deceased, was 108. Mr. Singley can he
seen on the streets any day, is well
preserved, hut bard of hearing, and is
a great reader, lie has not used liquor
; since lie was JO year* of age.
The contract for the control of the
low grade division of the Philadelphia
and Erie road by the Wabash system,
j it U understood, has been signed by
- >lon Humphreys lor the Wahesh and
Me*r. I.athrop and Haven for the
New Jersey Central . hut it is now be
lore the Chancellor of New Jersey for
his *ignature, that State holding a cer
tain interest in the rnatfer requiring
this signature. It will probably come
l.elore Ptesxb-ntaßoberi* next week.
The Railroad Engi
neer corps ha* making it* head
quarter* at Gre w*burg for some time
ps*t. while locating the new line of
railroad from l.alrobe to Ml. Pleasant.
Having finished their labors, they de
p*rted from that place Mon day morn
ing. and now have their headqarter* at
Kiir*vt!le. They will immediately be
gin the location of a low grade division
of the West Penn Road, beginning at
Bolivar station on the main line of the
Pennsylvania Road, and running to the
| junction of the West Potin and Alle
gheny Railroad*.
Henry 11. Yeisley and Valentine
Hardy, two young men, while engaged
at ome carpenter work at the (e.idetice
of Job F.vans, on South Queen street,
Lancaster, on Friday evening, were pre
cipitated to the ground, a distance of
twenty feet, by the breaking of a scab
, fohl u|>on which they were standing.
Yei*ly fell with such force a* to render
1 him unconsciou*, in which condition he
! remained until Saturday evening, when
he died. It is supposed that his skull j
w.i* fractured and that he sustained in
tern*! injuries. Mr. Yeisley was the
•on of George Yeisley, also a carjenter, j
l aged about 24 year* and unmarried,
llsrdy's injuries are les dangerous.
At Lancaster on Sunday morning fire
was discovered in the Isw oltice of
Alexander Harris, on the second fl>or
| of the "Law Building," a large, three
• lory brick structure at the corner of
Duke and Queen streets, in the rear of j
■ the Court House, and occupied exclu ;
• ivelv as lawyers' and conveyancer*' |
; offices. Before the ll*mes had been
-übdiled they had completely gutted
Harris' office, destroying a large quan- j
: lily of valuable bonks and p*|iers and
extending to the adjoining office. The j
ofllcea on the lower floor were alao con- 1
• tderably damaged bv water, but no ;
estimate of the probable amount of loss
can l>e given, ''lie fire is lielieved to
have been of incendiary origin.
Information * lodged before Alder
man Brownwell. of Reading, against
Dr. L. C. B. Yorgey, of Pottatown. and
Albert Dellaven, of Monocacy, charg
ing them with fraudulent conspiracy in
procuring policies of insurance in the
Stale Gnpital Mutual Relief Association,
of llarrisburg, in the sum of SA,UOO,
upon the life of Daniel Gehria, of this
place, who died one week ago. Infor
(nation waa alao lodged againat the same
parties for false pretence. The wag
rant* were placed in the hands of Con
stable Lash, who proceeded to Monoca
cy and Pottatown and affected the ar
real of Yorgey and Dellaven. The evi
dence is to the effect that Daniel Gehria,
upon wboee life the insurance was
effected, died a few hours after the
medical examination waa made. The
doctor advised the dying man's attend
ants to give hint milk and brandy in
order to keep life together until the
application could reach the company
and a policy be issued. The policy waa
received on the day after Gehria' death.
- *J**.J > r . . ....
I KII.MS: $lJ>O per Ann 11 in, in Afivattw.
Garfbld Arraigned.
'OKNERAI. OKA NT INDIGNANT HV AI *T OT
TIIK L-KESI DENT'* COL'ESE.
WASHINGTON, I). C. f May Is, ]*K) .
| [Special to New York JlrraM ;.- 1t,,,
following letter from ex-Preaidcnt < >rant
i to Senator .lone*, of Nevada, show, that
1 in the present contest between ex-Sena
tor Conkling and ihe President, Mr.
' 'inkling ha. the full sympathy and
support of General Grant. This letter
to Senator .lones contained one from
the ex President to Mr. Garfield, which
I was delivered to him personally hy
I Senator Jones. It. contents are not
known, hut there can he no douht that
• its purjmrt is similar to that o( the let
ter to Mr. Jones. The letter is a* fol
lows :
CITV or MEXICO, April 21, 1881.— My
Jtrar Senator —l see hy the latest di
j patches received here from the capital
jof our country that the deadlock in
organizing the Senate is not vet broken,
I and that nothing has been done by the
j President to allay the bitterness which
must he engendered by his most recent
appointment*. When the first batch of
nominations for New Vork was sent in
I wan delighted. 1 believed then the
President had determined to recognize
the Republican party, and not a faction.
1 Rut bis nominations of the next day
convinced me that the first act was hut
a part of a deep-laid scheme by some
body to punish prominent leaders lor
being openly friendly to me I cannot
believe that General Garfield is the
author of this policy. I give bun credit
for being 100 big a man to descend to
such means for the punishment of men
i *ho gave bim a hearty support in hi*
! election, and who are disposed to give
him the same support now. for the of
fence of having had a former preference
for tome one else for the ollire which
he now holds. Rut Garfield is Presi
dent and is responsible for all the act*
of the Administration. Conkling and
Plait are the chosen Senators from the
great State of New York, and that, too,
against all the op|<OMtion of an Admin
! isiralion created by the same party that
| elected them. This should give them
\ all the stronger claim to be consulted
' in the matter of appointment* in their
j State. When it comes to filling the
i most influential office in their State
i without consulting these Senators it is
a great slight. When he selecu the
most offensive man to be found it be-
I come* an insult and ought to I<* resent
-led to the bitter end, I sineereiv ho|
I the President will see this and correct
I his mistake himself and restore liar-
I mony to the party. Me owes this to
j himself and to liiosa without whom
ihe could not have tieen elected. No
j f-ody believes that he could have car-
I tied the State of New York without the
active support of her present Senators.
Their passive support would not have
answered. Without the State of New
York General Garfield would not now
be President. Mi* rewarding Robertson
i* not only offensive to the New York
Senators but it is offensive to New York
Republican*.
The change of Hadeati and Cramer,
the two appointments in which I felt a
1 strong personal interest, was very dis
| ta*teful to me ; the first, because of our
jeraonl relations and my wish that he
should be kept where hi* office would
j suppoit him until be finishes some
i work he is engaged ut>on. and which he
| could do without interfering with hi*
j public duties ; the second, because it wa*
j at the expense of removing the son of
;my old Secretsrv of Stale, who probably
i never had bis superior—certainly never
for moral worth—in the department.
It is true Fish resigned. P.ut he did
this from a sense of honor, supposing
it to be the duty of representatives
abroad to give a new administration the
opportunity of saying whether they
were wanted or not.
Very truly yours, IT.l T . S. GRANT.
lion. J. P. Jone*. I'nited States Senator,
Washington, D. C.
The Centre of Population.
A census bulletin just issued places
the centre of population of the I'nited
States "eight ntiies west by south from
the heart' of the city of Cincinnati.
This place* it in Kentucky, one mile
from the south bank of the Ohio river,
and one and a half southeast of Ihe vil
lage of Taylorsville." The centre of
Imputation, as defined in the Statistical
Atlas of 18,4. "is the point at which
e<|uilihriun> would he reached were Ihe
country taken as a plane surface. ite|f
without weight, but capable of sus
taining weight, and loaded with its in
habitant*. tn number and position as
they are found si the period under con
sideration. each individual being assum
ed to be of the same gravity a* every
other, and consequently to exert pre*
sure on the pivots! point directly pro
portioned to hi* distance therefrom."
In brief, then, it ia the centre of graTity
of the population of the country.
According to Prof Hell it is only Bee
T**r* and a quarter liner articulate
leeoh wan first transmitted hjr the
telephone. In the short time that has
eiapscd nince January 15. 1876, he ex
act date of the discovery, the telephone
baa come into daily use in all civilised
countries, a* well aa in Kgypt- Chine
and other planes not usually included ia
the term civilised. Only one city in
the Ignited States ia now without a
telephone exchange. There are 406 of
such exchanges, and 132,693 instru
ments in use in the States.
Half a million emigrants this year ia
the estimate of the Superintendent at
Castle Harden. That's a good many
people, hut If the Old World can stand
the drain, we reckon the New osn put
up with the increase.
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