tElj* tfcnlrr tilfe Democrat.
SHUGKKT As PORSTKII, Editors.
VOL.
Slit Centre rawer at.
Tem $1.50 per Annum, in Advance.
S. T. SHUGERT and R. H. FORSTHR. Editor*.
Thursday Morning, July 14, 1881.
THE late Secretary of the Navy, R.
W. Thompson, has been elected Presi
dent of a company organized to build
a railway from Raltimore to Cincin
nati.
THE bids for publishing the Penn
sylvania State Reports were opened by
the Secretary of the Commonwealth
on Friday last. The bids ranged from
$1.17 to 82.90 j>er volume of at least
seven hundred pages. Ranks A Rroth
er of New York, were the successful
bidders. These reports under the law
are to be sold to the citizens of the
State at the contract price.
GEN. G RANT'S photograph at the
sale of the affects of the late Vice
President Wilson at Nantic, Mass.,
brought just fifteen cents. Some
months ago when lunacy run in the
direction, of sycophancy instead of
pistols and quack nostrums as now,
the picture of the "man on horseback"
would have brought a better price.
THE Republican bosses of Phila
delphia have been repairing the ma
chine for active campaign work. Some
of the old engineers, such for instance
as Rowen, have thought it prudent
to retire from the front and take act
ive duty in the greasing department.
They have taken good care, however,
to be succeeded by trusty lieuten
ants who will keep the machine in the
usual rut.
IT is proper to keep in mind where
the responsibility for there being no
President pro tempore of the Senate
belongs. The choice of a President i
pro tempore at the last session was de
liberately prevented by Vice Presi
dent Arthur and Mr. Conkling, who j
satisfied themselves that in the event ;
of au election Mr. Rayard would have !
l>ooen elected, and who prefer red all
the dangerous chances of a vacancy
to that result.
ALL kinds of absurd propositions are
made to take advantage and profit by
the universal sympathy accorded our
wounded President. The last we
have seen is the proposal of one to
collect as a thank offering for the re
covery of the President the sum of
$-"i,000,000 to cstahlish'an institution
to be known as the "Garfield univer
sity." If the President recovers we
have no doubt he will be fully satisfied
with the general sympathy accorded
him by all classes of the people, with
* out regard to race or parties, and will
not need the endorsement of a $5,000,-
000 institution to remind him of their
sincerity. •
A COMMUNICATION has been nd
( dressed to Gov. Hoyt by the Mayors
of the citice of Pittsburg and Aile-
IY and the Hon. J. K. Moorehcad
others asking him to open a cor
ndence with the Governors of the
ai States on the subject of issuing
irrent thanksgiving proclamations
the recovery of the President,
oubt proclamations will he issued
on as the President's recovery is
eii. At present hope is bouyant,
io one can dispel the fear that it
be delusive. If the sincere and
felt prayers of the whole Amer
people do not conflict with the
j table designs of Providence, we
expect to see a united thanks
g that will also mark a period in
history when narrow-headed po
,l bigots could not charge the
crime it also commemorates, to
•la" anil "copperheads" incited to
ler by "Democratic teaching."
srnor Charles. Foster, of Ohio,
also addressed a communication to
Governor Plaisted, of Maine, making
a similar proposition. In the happy
event of the President's recovery this
will be a very reverential manner jn
which to mark the gratitude of our
people.
"EqUAL AN I KX A*'T JI'HTH KTO AM. MKN, or W IIATK V Kit STATIC fKHNIfAHION, HKl.lf,tot's OR I'OLITK'A I..Jr/Tcrxn
A VIK(IINIA repudiation coniinittec
litis lately visited Washington to solicit
aid froiu Secretary Rlaine in the ef
fort to secure the merger of the Re
publican party of that State in the
piebald party of Ross Mahone. The
Secretary being much engaged in
waiting ujKin the stricken President,
and the performance of his official
duties, was not in a mood to discuss
the propriety of the Virginia Repub
licans surrendering their identity to
become mere hod-carriers in the work
of building up a party for Mahone
and Uiddleberger. They, therefore,
came over to Pennsylvania to meet
Don Cameron. Well, Don may help
, them. lie has the dimes, hut whether
!he will invest in stink that will not
| make direct returns, is doubtful. Rut
still Don is an eloquent rooster —put
him on the stump. He might do
much to prove to the Republicans of
Virginia that political honesty is but
a sham —that success only is honor,
however obtained. Such sentiments
lie can advance with great power.
They are in-born and part of himself.
They are the teachings of his vener
able sire, and are all that is necessary
or applicable to the repudiation side
in the Virginia contest.
1
THE young gentlemun, who is at
present editing the Philadelphia Pre**,
formerly conducted a Conkling organ
at Albany. The stockholders of the
Pre**, however, have recently forced
him into the lilaine groove. Rut his
natural sentiments cropped out on last
Saturday w hen he discussed, editorally,
the caucus nominations of the "half
breeds," Miller and Lapham. Of
Miller, this adolescent youth remarks,
"He represents the best type of active
politics." Politics have been very j
"active" in Albany lately, but there are ;
people who do not like that kind of
"activity." He likewise feels called
ujwn to say that Mr. Miller is one of j
"the most promising men in the State." j
What docs he promise? As far as
most people can see just now he
"promises" to be a very ready and "ac
tive" advocate of such legislation in
the Senate as will best conduce to the
interests of the "wood pulp people,"
These monopolists have a few repre
sentatives in the House,but Mr. Miller,
if he ever reaches the Senate, will be
the single advocate of his own business
in that honorable body. His "remark
able business career," as young Smith
of the Pre** puts it, has consisted in
simple robbing. Of course he is not
amenable to the laws, but neverthe
less the "wood pulp men" are little
less than burglars.
THE Albany half-breed Republican*
have held a caucus, anil selected new
candidates for Senators. Warren Mil
ler and Klbridge G. Laphani, the
latter a kind of half-breed stalwart,
and the former a full Hedged Adminis
tration half-breed, were chosen. And
still the tJcad-loek ap|>cars unbroken,
the friend* of (Tonkling adhering to
him and the Democracy standing firm
to their own candidates. An adjourn
ment without affecting an election
seems to he inevitable. If this oc
curs, and occur it roust, unless crow
diet is made popular by hot weather,
the contest for Senators will go to the
people, to be decided by the election
of new representatives in a three
cornered fight between the stalwart
friends of Conkling, the half-breed
friends of tbe Administration, and the
Democratic party. In uch a race, it
is perhaps safe to predict that the De
mocracy will have a fair chance to
ride the winning horse.
JEP. DAVIS, writing to a friend
in Louisville, Ky., expressing strong
sympathy with the President, adds
that he will not say as some have said,
thnt he is "thankful the assassin was
not a Southern man," but he will say,
"I regret that be is an American." .
THE dead-lock in the New York
I.legislature on the election of Senator,
still continues without any immediate
prospect of agreement.
BKLLKFONTK, PA., TIIUKSDAY, Jl LV 11, |HH|.
The Logic of tho AHHusHination
111 flic first great excitement which
j followed the shooting of the President
;of the United States, men excitedly
! charged the dastardly act upon indi
j viduals. It was the Star route tlieives.
| It was a conspiracy in which ox-Sena
tor ('onkling and the Vice President
were concerned. This was but the
natural ebullition of the intensity of
fin-ling which marked the different
I bent of men's minds when they heard
! the dread intelligence. Now upon
sober reflection the excited individuals
who rushed to such mad conclusions,
| are revising their hastily expressed
opinions. Senator Conkling is no as
• sassin, neither is he the abettor of
murderers. He never strikes with
(the deadly intent of the Italian
bravo. His warfare is waged in the
forum, and is fought to the hitter
I death, beneath the clear sunlight of
Heaven. Vice President Arthur is
j knowingly unfit for his po-ition. He
I should never have been chosen to it,
and his presence in tho Senate Cham-
Iter as presiding officer under the law,
was a parody upon our system of pop
ular government. Yet Mr. \rthur is
no a.—assin, neither does ho abet us-a.--
sination. There was some method in
the thought thnt the desperate vidians
|of Star route infamy might, in their
convulsive struggles to evade retribu
tive justice, resort to the pistol of the
a—as-in, hut Rrailv, Ilorsey ami Gor
haiu—honored names —are certainly
not concerned in this, one of the foulest
crimes that stain- the pages of history.
On the contrary there arc deeper and
more pregnant reasons than any that
can ho charged to any individual or
any conspiracy embracing a few di.*-
solute thieves. Conkling und Arthur
are not responsible directly for this at
tempt U]K)tt the life of the head of a
great nation, hut the teaching* of
Conkling and Arthur ami the men
who have (wen their devoted follow) r
in the Republican party have directly
brought alsjut this consuming di—
grace to the American Republic, and
this eminent jn-ril to its official head.
The sjK>ils system, the pestilential
greed for office and the unruly quar
rels of faction inflamed the morbid
tendency ofGuiteau's mind and made
it possible, aye, more than possible, 'lll
perative upon him to avenge what he
considered the treason of the I're-i
--dent to his particular section of the
Republican party. Guitean is not in
sane only in that he selected nn illus
trious victim for his murderous designs.
The act was committed in the white
heat of inflamed factional pa*ion,
ami the enduring disgrace which will
forever cling to tt* as a people is direct
ly nttrihutnhlc to the sjioil* system.
The demand is made in thunder tones
that the disreputable warfare of fac
tion be forever eliminated from our
National politic*, that disnp|N>inted
ambition shall not so work upon the
minds of men as to cause them to re
venge failure with tho weapon of the
bravo. This is a government of Inw
and. order. We are not accustomed
to the maimer in which foreign people*
redress their grievances. Rut so long
as tiic Republican party (mints the
way to assassination by their methods
of party management, so long will it
be possible to enact such bloody <1 rani
as as that which has just startled the
civilized world iu the shooting of the
Nation's Chief Magistrate. Despcr- i
ato partf leaders should understand
that their nniinositiea make Guiteaus
possible. It is lime to call a halt, and
the responsible heads of the parly in
power should see to it that tho un
seemly wrangling of the past five
years cease
TIIE New York < 'handier of Com- ;
merce have taken steps to raise a fund
of two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars to bo presented to Mrs. Gar
field as an evidence of their esteem,
and to relieve the mind of tho Presi
dent oC any anxiety for the future of
his family. The sum is being sub
scribed iu sums from SI,OO to $5,000.
Ot'lt Republican friends, at least
some of them, arc somewhat concern
ed about Chester A. Arthur. There
is u possibility that Arthur muy be
come President of the United States,
and thut contingency is not a pleasant
matter to contemplate. Arthur, how
ever, must have a character mid the
I hiludflphia A'/rIA American, is out*
of the organs that comes to his de
fence. In a late issue of that journal
ail attempt is made to give Arthur a
character by a misrepresentation of
the causes which led to his l>eing
bounced by Hayes and Sherman from
the important position of collector of
customs at the port of New York,
i ho North A mcriran lias the effrontery
! to speak of his removal us follows :
"Upon bis persons! character or his
olllciai integrity there has never been
placed a suspicion of stain, and it will
be remembered that in substituting an
other in bis place a* ''ollector of the
Port of New York, President Hayes did
„o with the most positive expression of
approval of the fidelity with which the
public service hud been administered."
1/ct us see. Mr. Hayes once wrote
a letter to the Senate of the United
States in which he gave his reasons
for the removal of Arthur. That let
ter was dated "Kxccutive Mansion,
January -'ll, 1*70," and the "positive
j expressions of approval of the fidelity
with which the public service had bccu
administered" hv this man, must lie
found in the extract from that letter
which rends as follows :
"With my information of the farts in
the oaie. and with a deep sense of the
ti'S|wnsibh< obligations ini|K>ed upon
me l-y the Constitution "to take > are
that the laws be faithfully executed,"
1 regard it as my plain duty to suspend
the officers in question, (Arthur and
< orneli,) and to make tho nomination*
now before the Senate, in order that
this important office, (the New York
Custom House may be h <e*;'y admin
istered."
This is an endorsement of Arthur's
"personal character" and "official in
tegrity' with a vengeance, and well
may tho North American and kind
red -licit.- claim that U|K>n him "there
has never been placed a -u-picion of
-tain; hut the hypocrisy and un
truthfulness of the claim will, never
theless, In- under-fowl by intelligent
citizens. The public records tell the
whole story and cannot successfully
be made to lie.
I'oLViiAMY is being reinforced ala
fearful rate. It is said that several
thousand Mormon converts arrived
at New ork the other day, and
that lliou-ands are collected in Kit- :
rope and will bo on their way to
Utah in a short time. These will add
to the complication of the Mormon
question which has already assum
ed formidable proportions, and will
tax the ability of tho most discreet
statesmanship to manage. Our laws
declare polygamy a felony. These
laws cannot much longer remain inert
and their violation allowed. The con
flict will conn* mid must be met. If
(lie Mormon church is preparing for
this contingency by proselyting and
dragging to this country its ignorant
and deluded adherents from the old
world charity, if not self-protection, j
should induce our public authorities I
to arrest the importation.
GENERAL, SHERMAN promptly tele-;
graphed the news of President Gar
field's shooting to General Hancock.
The grand old soldier, whom everyone,
Iwth respects and loves, the man who
was defeated by the stricken Presi
dent and who had good reason to feel
that his reverse wa accomplished in
au unworthy manner, proved himself
to lie what his hundreds of thousands
of dt'Vo'.ed adherents love to call him
the "Superb." The following are his
dispatches :
OOVKRNOR'S I si. a NO, N, Y., Julv 3.
TO'O.NKKAI W. T. SHKRMAK, U. a. A. I
If an opportune moment should come |
pwasc express to the President my hoart-
F-WR. wishes for hi* complete recovery.
\V. H. HANI-OIK.
IOOVINNOR'S ISLAND, N. Y., .Julv t.
Ts (iKNIRAI. W. T. BIIKRMAN, IT. A. A.
"I trust the recent assault upon the life
of the President to-day may not have
fatal conaequwncev, and that in the Internet
of the country the act may be shown to
be that of a madman."
W. 8. HANKM a.
President Kurfb-ld Improving.
, The Opinions 0/ Hi* Attending I'h'iricinn*
I•"!,eat,' Their d rowing Vonjidenc' in Hui
/■.nhre Recovery The (sirmi/iitig fi'mjrom
A lev Share. Their View*.
Kxctxrivs MANSION, July IZ—lO; Pi
e. m.- Dr. Woodward, one of the *ur
j goons who are in constant attendance
upon the President, upon being askt-d
I to night what fie thought of the hitler's
condition, replied : '• I bis has been on
tho whole tho best day the President
has had since his injury. There was
less disturbance during the febrile rie
this afternoon than on prevkw- after
noon and his actual maximum temper
ature was less to day than yesterday.
It still represents however considerable
afternoon fever and it would not he
safe as yet to declare the President out
of danger but his gcneial symptoms are
very encouraging and with every day
we feel increased hope."
Surgeon Deneral Karnes upon being
asked this evening his opinion of the
President s case said : "His maximum
temperature has been less to day than
yesterday, and his general condition is
much improved. He takes nourish
ment in constantly incteaaing quanti
ties and his stomach performs its func
tions well. He i not only (tetter to
night than last night but his condition
as a whole is better than at any other
lime since the shooting.''
Dr. Key burn u|>on being asked a sim
ilar question at p. ¥., said : "The Pres
ident's symptoms last evening gave us
some little uneasiness, partly on ac
count ot the rise in bis temperature,
and partly on account of other unfavor
able indications, such as restlessness
and a dry hot skin. We believed, how
ever, that these symptoms represented
• inly a teni(>orry fluctuation of the
fever, and our judgment has been cop
1 firmed by the result. The President's
pulse and tem(H-rature fell gradually
during the night, and have been a* low
to <lay as on three days last preoeuinc.
His general condition in the meantime
has greatly improved. He is quiet and
comfortable and says himself-that he
feels better and stronger. Hit skin is
moist, he has taken more nourishment
than on any previous day and his symp
toms are all eomuraging."
The news of Dr. flliaa with regard to
the progress of the raw up to 4JJO v.
! have already been given in theoo
dispatches. This evening be made a
! further statement that the Pre*.dent's
afternoon fever fa-gan later to-day than
on previous day*. Up to 4 o'clock bis
pulse did not go above a hundrei and
has la-gun to fall again since the date
of the iat official bulletin. "Tbe Pres
ident * condition." Dr. llli** said, in
conclusion, "is in every way satisfac
tory-"
I'nrtV-,a! Rulletm 10.-iO. r. a. —.Since
the 7 o clock bulletin the President's
pulse ha* dropped to Hrj and the tem
perature to 102 J. At this hour (10 M)
he is sleeping quietly, and all hi* symp
toms show an improving condition,
THE I ATI 1.
ffrtiemt Ihtt'i-Ur, —\VA-IIINUTON, D. (T„
July 13. V.TO, A. a.—The President is
doing well this morning Pulse 90;
temperature, 98.5; respiration, 2ft. His
gradual progress toward* recovery is
msnifest and thus far without serious
complication.
f11 it can In Jail.
Uuiteau ha* now lecome perfectly
reconciled to his lot. For the past dais
he ha* manifested little concern as to
his fate. In fact, Oeneral I'rocker, the
jail warden, says he is much loss con
cerned regarding himself than some of
the prisoners who have been confin
ed for |*-tty larceny. He eat* with a
good appetite tbe food given him.
which is the same as that furnished
other prisoner*—coffee, potatoes, white
bread and fish for breakfast ; boiied
beef and cabbage and corn bread for
dinner. He expresses no more desires
for hot dinners. He s|>enils most of
his time during the day reading some
periodical* which have t>een lying round
the warden's office. No new*pa(>ers aie
allowed him, although he repeatedly
asks to see them. He retires early,
sleeps quite soundly and rises about fi
o'clock, looking tolerably bright j makes
Ins toilet carefully, ami reads until his
breskfast it served. Nothing has been
*anl to him regarding the Picsiilent'a
condition. He frequently makes in
quiry. however, how he is getting along,
still entertaining a hope that lie will
die. lie is anxious to see the photo
graphs taken ol him. but as yet none
have been shown him. No one has
called on him except the district at
torney and Chief lwooks, of the de
leclive service, accompanied occasion
ally by a friend, nor ha* he express
ed a desire to see any one except
the district attorney. A watchman liaa
been stationed at the prisoner's cell to
prevent any of the prisoners who are al
lowed to pace the corridors to converse
with him.
♦
Mr. John A. I'ret*, of Ilarrisburg, who
some four years ago met with an acci
dent at the printing establishment of
Major Hart, which necessitated the am
putation ol his right hand and wrist, has
been absent in New York for the last
ten daya for the purpose of securing an
artificial hatyl. lie has returned, hav
ing been successful in his errand. From
Mr. T. Frees, on K road way, New York,
he purchases! a combined band and
wrist and is elated with his new acqui
sition. With the artificial member he
is able to pick up hi* hat and place it
upon hia head and to shake bands with
a friend, giving quite a grip with the
thumb and fingers. ll# expects in
time, with practice, to bold a poo or
pencil and to write with it.
I hit MS: SI.<JO |MT Annum, in Advance.
STATE NEWS
Thermometer* registered 'l7 degrees
. in the shade at Oil L'ity on Sunday.
Tho Pennsylvania State Teachers'
Asocial ion will hold itw next meeting
at Washing, I'a., July 26-28.
Judge James L. Gillis. a valued
/.en of Mount Pleasant, lowa, formerly
a member of < '.ingress from Pennsyl
vania, IN dead.
An order wan issued on kit Monday
| from the Adjutant General's Office, inu
tering out and honorably discharging
all of the commissaries arid paymasters
at present connected with the National
Ouaud.
John Marrett Kerfoot, I'.iabop of the
Pittsburg Hiooeae x>f the l.piscopal
Church, died at Meyeradale, Somerset
county, July 10, after a prolonged ill
riess. itisbop Kerfoot was born at Hub
lin, March I, 1816, and was a most ex
emplary and distinguished churchman.
Frederick Wright, of Wilkesbarre, at
tempted to murder his brother in-law,
I houias A. Murphy, on last Thursday,
because tho latter had discharged him
from his employ for getting drunk.
He fired several shots at him without
hitting hirn, when he was arrested and
placed In jail.
Ihe l.bensburg Presbyterian congre
gation, having to vacate their old church
building, service was held in it for
the last time on last Sabbath. Arrange
ments have been made with Kev. A.
McKlwain, the minister who preached
the first sermon in it 34 years ago, to be
present and the last one.
Patrick Mullen was terribly burned
by an explosion of gas at the Philadel
phia and Heading Goal and Iron Com
pany'* colliery at Ashland on last J ri
day morning. Lewis Hubble, the fire
: boss, was slightly burned. The explo
sion was caused by firing a bla-t in the
breast in which Mullen was working.
| The Clearfield -/ mtvsaf tells us bow
! William Hunter, a New burg merchant,
! went to the cellar to draw a gallon of
mollaaaea, leaving on the counter his
| pocketbook, containing 1400, When
I be returned the book and it* contents
j were gone, and, although several visi
j tors were searched. Mr. Hunter still
mourns the 10-s of Lis money.
An old relic of war times wa* found a
f< sr days ago at Harriaburg. It was the
key and reiay ot an old telegraph in
•trument which was in ue in Governor
, •'urtiu's department during the whole
period of the war, by winch so many
! imjortant messages were sent and re
ceived. It Was presented to one of the
j operators who bad user! it in it* best
i days, who prize* it highly as a relic.
A 48-barrel well of j.etroleuin was
struck near Greenshurg, Westmoreland
j county. Pa., July at a depth of 500
feet, rhe excitement of own
ers in the neighborhood of the strike is
very great, Nothing short of finding a
gold mine or breaking into a bank can
j create the fury of greed that possesses a
'community whose land is suddenly
found to be underlaid with oil.
The Governor has appointed Charles
Thompson Tones, Henry C. Howell,
Mahlon H. Hickinson, of Philadelphia ;
James K. Moorhead, John Paul, of
Pittsburg; Henry Hawle, of Krie ; Wil
liam Nolan of Heading, a board of com
missioners to superintend the construc
tion of a State Industrial Reformatory
at Huntingdon. This board is appoint
ed under the provisions of an act pass
ed by tho legislature.
<>n Wednesday of last week, a locust
tree in the yard of Mr. Wilson, near
Homestead. Allegheny county, was
struck by lightning. There were under
the tree at the time Mr. and Mrs. Wil
son. and daughter, Mrs. Car-rick and
little son. and a boy named Porter. All
were severely stunned. The shirt was
[ burned from the Porter boy a back, and
it is not thought he can recover. Tall
tree* are dangerous to go under during
a storm.
The returns of the assessors of Potts
ville show that 47"> dogs have a habita
tion in that peaceful borough. This is
the number returned, and it is safe to'
presume that as many more escaped
the observation of the officer. Ooeciti •
zen has returned nine, and bv a peculiar
system of progression in the tax rate
wben more than one canine ia owned
by the same person, bis tax on that
class of projierty alone amounts to fd'.
The case of H. Honaldson. of Ktnlen
ton. Venango county, who was suspend
ed froiu tbe Presbyterian Cbutch for
dancing last spring, has >ecn before the
Oar ion Presbytery on appeal. The de
fendant defended himself in an argu
ment of two hours. Tbe trial consumed
the entire day and resulted in twenty
two not to sustain tbe appeal and one
to sustain. The trial was an animated
one. Ibe defendant took an appeal to
jSyuod, which meets in Kite. The de
cision was a surprise to the community,
as it is stated that the defendant could
not dance, but only tried.
It is reported that out of thirteen
Hungarians, who were poisoneilat lla
zleton, Luzerne co., by eating bologna
sausage a week ago last Sunday four
have died. Their bodies were discover
ed in tbe woods, whither they bad w*n
dered. The others all experienced a
great deal of suffering and some are
still sick front the ellecu of tbe poison.
The doctor who took a quantity ot the
sausage to analyze reports that he found
|>oisonous matter in it, but cannot name
it exactly. It ia known that a low class
of I'olandera in the county speculate in
cheap meats and that they supply the
poor Hungarians with a good deal of
thia kind of nutriment. It is thought
that the sausage partaken of by the
Hungarians was made up partially of
the flesh of some poisoned animals, pot
zibly dog*.
NO. 28.