Ibe Cenftt fJemocrat. Thursday Morning, Ootober 20, 1881. OoaaasroKDSNrm, containing ImpnrUnt news, solicit ed (root aajr part of lbs county. No fommunlc utrn- Inssrlsd utiles* accompsalsd by lbs real name of lbs wrltsr. Local Department. —Buy your blankets at Loebs. —Boys' hoots from $1 a pair up to the best at Lyon <& Co.'s. —Rev. 8. W. Beach, of Baltimore, was at the Bush House on Monday. —For fall and winter clothing call upon Lewin, at the Philadelphia Branch. —The largeat stock of dress goods ever brought to Centre county is now opened at Loeb's. —When you want a good five cent cig ar, buy it from Harry Green, and you will not be deceived or disappointed. —The stone foundation of the Centro County Bank's new building at the corner of High and Spring streets is about com pleted and the bricklaying has been com. menced. —Helen Potter's Pleiades, Howorth's Hlbernica and Canfield & Laraonl's pan tomime company are among tbo amuse ment attractions coming to Belletunte in the near future. —The cold wheatber is approaching, and to guard against its effects you may want a good warm over coat. Tho place to find it at a reasonable price is at the Philadelphia Branch. —The very best production that can bo had from first class stock and excellent workmanship in boots and shoes, at prices no higher than common eastern trash, are now open and for sale by 8. & A. Loeb. —Lyon & Co. have the best medium weight farmers' dress boot, guaranteed; also nice light kip, heavy and light calf boots, heavy driving boots, lumberman's boots, with strap and buckles around top of leg. —Attorney Adam Hoy went to Phila delphia thia week and will not return till Friday waa the substance of the informa tion vouchsafed by a woman, who was in the meantime scrubbing up his office, to a reporter who called to see Mr. Hoy on Tuesday about a matter of considerable lo cal importance which in the gentleman is prominently interested. —Miss Maggie Kouth, of Phiiipsburg, daughter of Philip Kouth, baker, who at one time lived and baked in Bellefonte, is in town on her way home from a visit to relatives at Beech Creek. She is staying at the house of Cyrus Strickland, and will depart for her home in the liveliest town in Centre county to-morrow. —You will shortly be compelled to buy jour winter clothing. Before deciding on what you will buy see what the celebrated Rochester manufacturers, Messrs. Stein, Adler & Co., have turned out this season, equal in fit, workmanship and trimmings to any custom made goods. Prices very reasonable. To be had only at S. A A. Loeb's who by their square dealing bav® did much to build up the large demand of thia very superior grade of clothing. —The surviving members of the Eighty fourth Pennsylvania regiment wilt bold a reunion at AltooDa on Thursday of this week. Extensive preparations have been made to render thia meeting of veterans a successful and pleasant affair. The only member of the regiment that we know of in onr neighborhood it Recorder Tobias. He expects to be present, and we hope be will meet many army friends and have a good time. —Fiffed. Wolfe, who recently regit tared bit nemo among the railroad magnate* of the country,wr* a clerk in a Montgomery, Alabama, dry goodt itore teven year* ago. He U now preeident of two bankt, man ager of four railroad*, and it likewite con cerned In innumerable otber enterpritee. He U not 30 yean of age, younger than either Henry Villiard or Newcombe, the great magnate* of the Wettern railroad*, while Gould and Vanderbilt are patriarch* aa compared with thia youthful Alexan der. —The DiMOCitAT office waa broken into : latt Saturday night between 10 and 11 j o'clock, ae it atated by a lady retident of ! the building, who heard the burglariout racket, by *oene perton unknown. What he wanted to tteal from a printing office Heaven only know*, but if he ha* the smallest hifbf con*cowers were surely drawing him within ila silent fellowship; that death might come in the twinkling of an eye. or aa the lighlning'a flash; however distinctly be may have heard the rustle, in lf>4 dutaner, of the dark angel'* wing, and prepared himself bravely for his approach, his comrades of this Post did not even dream that he stood foremost among us, as a candidate for the coffin and the shroud. To us bis step was firm, his voice was strong, and health seemed enthroned upon his msjeslic person; and it seems as if it could not be poasible, that hi* race is run, and hia strength laid low forever in the dust. The blow baa come to us with start ling suddenneas, and we mourn the mel ancholy event. Although be wo* one of us for only one short year, it it right and proper that we ahould show our grief, though bound to acquiesce io the sovereign will of Clod as altogether wise and good. We sympathise with the near relatives of the deceased, on whom most directly and heavily the weight of Ood's hand bos thus fallen, and they have a right to our tears. It is no com mon calamity they have been called to sustain, and their s is no common sor row. Warm affections and fond expec tations were largely centered upon his person ; he waa the eon of a widowed mother, dearly beloved; the hearts of those who called bim husband and father were bound up in his life, as though it bad been their own. But all this had no power to avert the stroke of death. We would not awkwardly in termeddle with their grief, but com mend tbem to Him, wbo is able to bind up their wound*, and in bis own good time, turn their sorrow into joy. On the 6tb of November next, thirty five years will have elapsed since Cap tain hreeee entered the naval service of the United States. How long a period when we look forward; bow shurt it appears, when ita years are completed, and marked with the past! He waa a Pennsylvania born, butreoeivod his ap pointment from Kbode Island. Hi* lova of tha aea waa inherited. His father, Thomas Breese, waa one of the moat popular and best liked officer* in the United Rtste* Navy in wbiob be, too, served a period of thirty five years. Ha distinguished himself on board the Lawrenoe, as an aid to Commodore Perry, on the memorable 10th of Hep tember, 181S, * compatriot With Askey, Brady, Sellharacr, Harris, and other soldiers from Centre county, who helped gain a victory which placed an immor tal chaplet upon the brow of Perry. Hrt'rse was the laat officer on board, and assisted in tiring the last gun, after Commodor I'crry had left for another ship. On hia mother's side, Captain Hreese was a grand nephew of General Win. Henry Harrison, who gained his laurels upon the battlefields of 1812. and became President of the United States. Captain Breeae's career has left no stain upon the escutcheon of such an ancestry, but rising to its full measure, and, in heroic service, far beyond, he has left a record of priceless value to his family, and of Avhich his native and adopted Slates will be forever proud. He entered the navy when the Mexican war was lowering, soon to he followed by the roar of Gen. Taylor's guns at Buena Vista. Though his service waa upon sea, it waa perhaps quite as ardu ous as that of his comrades upon land, for he was on the sloop Hsratogs, com manded by Farrsgut, whose bravery knew, and recognised nothing short of the utmost bound of duty. After the Mexican war, in 1848, Mid shipman Breese waa sent to serve on the frigate Brandywine in the Brazilian squadron, and astuisaed midshipman, in June 1852 ordered to the Mississippi, the flagship of Commodore Perry, command ing the Jspan expidilion. In 1854 he was promoted master, and on the following year was commissioned ns Lieutenant. He was then attached to the coast sur vey, and after that served on the Preble on the Paraguay expedition, and after wards on the Mosquito (/oast. The varied acquirements and accomplish ments adorning such changing pursuits and duties, were all met and found in Lieutenant Breese; he grew rapidly in the esteem of bis su;>erior officers and in the estimation of the government, and when the war of the Rebellion broke out, no officer in the Navy of his rank had a more honorable record than Lieuten ant Breese. At the commencement of our civil war. he was on board the San Jacinto, off the African coast; returning from this cruise in December 1861, he was detail ed to the sloop Portsmouth, in com mand of the 3d division of Porter's mor tar flotilla. His services commenced with the bombardment of Forts Jack son and St. Philip on the 18th April 1862 which continued until the 24, when Farrsgut achieved his greatest renown in passing those forts,and New Orleans, the commercial capitol of the South, succumbed to the Federal arm*. This victory, in which Lieutenat Breeae's wr vices were an im|>ortant factor, gave us control of the Mississippi river and finally led to the abandonment by the Rebels of that great valley; demonstrat ing both the energy and power of the loyal stales, and their settled deter mination to r set ore and preserve the in tegrity of the Union. It was, as Com modore Porter said, "breaking the back bone of the rebellion." In the Summer of 1862 Lieut. Breese commanded the 24 division of the mortar flotilla in the operations before Vicksburg. He was commissioned Lieutenant Commander July 16, 1862, and took a notable part in Sher man's demonstration against Haines Bluff* in December of that year; and General Sherman in his official reiuirt warmly commended Lieutenant Com mander Breese for his hearty and ef fective co operation in the attack. The next assault in which Commander Breese took a conspicuous pari was at Arkan sas Post, on the lOtn of January 1863. where he waa in command of the his toric flag ship. Black Hawk. On the evening of the lOtb, Breese opened fire at * distance of only four hundred yards from the fort and about noon made a joint attack with the land forces, and pressed it so vigorously, that the rebels gave up the contest as hnpeles* ; the while flag was hoisted, and our troops rushed into the works. The victory was complete ; over 5000 prisoners, twenty pieces of cannon, and a Urge quantity of amunition and stores were taken ; and the rebels were cut off from further use of a position where they could do mischief. In the further prosecution of the siege of Vicksburg in the spring of 1863. Lieut. Breese wss in command of the mortar fleet. Itiaserrices thete.were they fully detailed, embrace a narrative of days and nighta of toil and trouble and constant exposures of life to the haxard* of battle. It ia proper however to refer to one daring achievement in the progress of events before Vicksburg in which the bravery and self-possession of Lient. Breese were taxed to their utmost; and in which bis coolness and ability shone with unsurpassed lustre. I speak of the passage of the flag ship ami the other veasels, selected for the service, by Com modore Porter, down the river in front of the batteries of Vicksburg. All attempts againat Vicksburg from the northerly side having been aban doned. Geo. Grant resolved with Por ter's aid,to get bis troops before the city, and to make hia attack from the lower aide. To enable the troops to croea the river at Grand Gulf it waa necsssary to pass the fleet and transports by the gauntlet of the heavy guns of the defenses of Vicksburg. On the night of the 16th of April every thing was in readiness, and the expedi tion set out upon its dangerous journey. They had no sooner reached tho batter ies than they opened upon the fleet a tremendous storm of shot and shell; the fleet responded with broadsides of grspe and shrapnel, and tbe heavens grew light with flame, while the rOar of cannon shook tbe very earth. But the gunboats moved steadily on, the trans- Kris following under cover of t he smokr. me of tbe transports were badly dam aged, but with the loss of only one man killed and two wounded the dreaded ordeal was passed in safety. At Grand Gulf below, the gunboau made an as sault which continued five hours and a half, the upshot of which was that Grant landed hia army in safety and marched on to Vicksburg. At Vicksburg Commander Breese bad charge of all tbe mortars, in which duty he greatly distinguished himself; and the efficient cint, they were withdrawn. The fight ing, however, continued, and hand to hand struggles of the most desperate character ensued, but by o'clock the enemy were driven from their lat re maining stronghold and the occupation of the works was complete. Porter's report of his share in the capture of Fort Fisher gives many interesting de tails, and be states than in bis opinion Fort Fisher was a stronger work than the famous Malakoff tower, which he had an opportunity of examining shortly after its surrender to the British and French in the Crimes, and adds: j "The troops fought like lions and knew no such word as fail." Terry says in his report, "1 should signally fail to do my duty were 1 to omit to sfieak in the highest terms ol admiration of the part borne by the navy in our operations. In all ranks, from Admiral Porter to his seamen, there was the utmost desire not only to do their proper work hut to facilitate in every possible manner the operations of the land forces;" and Gen. Grant said "thus was secured by the combined efforts of the navy sod at my one of the most important successes of the war." The Genera! Assembly of his adopted State. Photle Island, testified their ap nrrciation of Lieutenant Commander Breeae's conduct at Fort Fisher in the following resolutions, passed February 14, 1865, which it is proper should be read on this occasion: "Rtmlrtd, , That the thanks of the General Assembly be and ere hereby presented to Lieutentanl Commander Kidder Randolph Breese,of the United Stales navy,who commanded the naval corns landed for the attack on Fort Fisher on the 15th of January, 1865, by whose daring assault the attention of the rebel force was concentrated against them, thereby weakening other yor lions of the defense and rendering ess ier the work of the army, whose mote successful assault led tn the surrender of the fort with nearly 10.000 prison era. "/f/Wverf. That his Excellency the Governor be requested to transmit a copy of the foregoing resolutions to Lieutenant Commander Breese. "JANES Y. Sacra. "By the Governor: "JOHN R. BARTLXTT, "Secretary of State." Captain Breeae's gallant behavior at Fort Fisher was highly commended by Admiral Porter in his despatches, and he atmngly recommended bit immedi ate promotion to a commander. He, however, remained in hia position as fleet captain until the close of the war, and was not commissioned commander until July 25, 1866. The following year Commander Brerae was assigned to spe cial duty upon the Hartford. The net! year he was detailed to the Connecti cut. Then follower! three years in ord nance duty at Washington; then for three years he was commanding officer at the torpedo station at Newport. K. I. His promotion to oaptain look place on the 19lh of August. 1874, and his last service waa in the Pacific squadron. Thus I have imperfectly detailed a career of thirty-five yesra of service in war and peace in which Kidder Ran dolph Breese carved a record fr him self and family which will only perish when the annals of our navy fade from the world's history. A career of such varied professional character as to require the exercise of the highest attainments of science, the largest measure of manly and moral courage and indomitable energy and seal; a career which required Captain Breese to he learned, acute, calm and wissindeliberalion.prompt and brave in decision and action, and, if possible, un erring in judgment; a career of foreign service which, for the country's honor, required lb# accomplisments of a diplo mat, a scholar and a polished gentle man. A little over a year ago hia health failed to such an extent tht he was re lieved temporarily of service and came to spend, as it so happened,the last year of his useful life in fiailefoeM. 1 would gladly speak of the domestic virtue* that adorned his private life, tut the sanctity of f-imily sorrow rnUal not be invaded. I can truthfully say that for the ahort time he was a dweller here no one made aa many warm Irienda or iti api red our community with * deeper regard or more genuine respect. Captain Itreeae took the Brat oppor tunitv hia temporary release (roin serv ice offered to connect himself with the fJrand Army, which embraces officers and aailora of the navy alike with com radea of the army. llla unassuming de portment and >j it let, thoughtful dignity always attracted u, and hut for hia splendid physique and martial appear ance one could hardly rercgnire the of ficer whose voice *,. often heard above the roar of the waves ami the sharp rattle of musketry. While among us loig walked the warmth of bia friendship,the cordiality of hi* welcome, the affability of his manner*, made u* feci toward him as a familiar friend, "••shall not soon forget the interest lie took in the business of our pott, and tunny of our comrade* will ever cherish a grateful recollection of hi* solicitude for their welfare and his thoughtful at tention in tickness. How well we all recall his great anxiety for the success of our festival enterprise on tbe22Jof I ebruary last, and how much hi* indus try and elegant taste contributed to our art gallery on that occasion. We mourn bis lota as that of a personal Iriend ami will ever feel proud that we could call him "comrade." In June last he returned to Newport, K. 1., where he intended to make hi* residence, and, in the enjoyment of what to him was the highest of earthly good, a home; close a well spent lite with devoted attachment to lite educa tion and interest of hia fatuiiy. But it was not so to be. Hi* disease recurred in most violent form, and after several i weeks of untold suffering, such as al j most to reconcile hit friends to hi* re ! lease by death, the ship* grew dusky in ■ the bay, be could no longer bear the ■ breakers on the bar, or the voices on the shore, and be fell asleep. ' hat Is iSath t T fast, my ro nneias H hi a 11., tin I *a4 Ilis .oil* s o *r. Th *S£i-l of Out ' *ho, Colin m,4 mild, Ssjs , sod hfhi no RSSI W h . drivinc nay th, dinx.n bsod Hid, lh, dill of Until, on. . Tn •- lt, isoid nod th >tu,ld In-in us thHln* lust Aad protlaiaw st> nismaj Hy a striking incidence in the cause and time of their deaths, the society , of the (Jratid Army was deprived of two of their most distinguished comrade* on the name I3tb of September. Gen. Burnaide and ' apunn l'ree-ae were warm personal friends, and only a abort t line before, liurnside sent Capt. Itieese word that he could either have the com mand of the navy yard at Washington city or at San Francisco. But Thf car (4 victory, IS, |ilnta,. lh, aranth. Ih-lrod Bill Icia lb, Inlt ,4 lat, tie lira,*' ?" rede IS, < lnrix.li of reaosrn ras Uoatle To ranks tie lung night of tb, luteljr Or * s" In life they were united and in death they were not divided. What a lesson there i* in thews dis pensations to u. comrades, ol the frail ty of human life. How well we should take it to heart. The voice from the open graves of Burnaide and Breeso •peaks to us all too loud and direct to be misunderstood or unheeded. Our days are swifter than a post; they are pased away as the swift ships ; aa the eagle that hasteth to the prey. Our life i* a span, a hand breadth, a vapor that appearetb for a little while and then vanisheth away ; this earth a Uad of shadows and dreams, but there ia a life of immortality to come. Let 'ua solemnly number our own days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. In our turn, *n