3l)f <£rntrr A{Democrat.
SHUtiKHT A FOUNT Kit, Editors.
VOL. 3.
Site Centre jperaonat.
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Terms 51.50 psr Ananas.ia Advance.
$. T. SHUOERT and R. H. FORSTER. Editor.
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Thursday Morning, December 15,1881.
POSTHASTES GEN. JAMES hat scut
in a written resignation to take effect
on the first of January.
THE WORLD MAY come to an end
this year, iu verification of Mother
Sliipton's prophecy, but the controver
sy of the physicians over the treatment
of President Garfield is likely to go
on forever.
ROHOWKLIZO having iu a pet re
tired front the Senate, BOM Cameron
seems to be the only h<f|>e left upon
which Arthur can rely to marshal the
stalwart forces iu the senate. The fa
miliar order iu Presidential circh
is "Ask Cameroon."
TO MORROW will lie the first day for
the presentation of bills in the lower
branch of Congress. It is said that when
Pennsylvania is called the Hon.
Samuel J. Randall will introduce his
bill to redeem and refund a portion
of the bonded debt of the United
States iu three per ceut. bonds.
MR. RUTHERFORD B. HAYES is an
nounced to sail frotn New York in a
few days for Europe. His official
position as AII Ohio stalessinan will
give him standing, and the savings
from Tildeu's salary will furnish the
means for extended travel aud enter
tainment.
THE proceedings of Congress pro mi
ses to be unusually spicy ami interest
ing this winter. With such a leader
as ex-Speaker Randall on the Demo
cratic side, ind such "half-breeds" a*
Kssson and Hiscnck, on the floor, the
stalwart sjieaker will need all the
back-bone which Arthur, Grant ACu.,
can supply hitn.
IT is alleged that the frauds com
mitted under the "Pension Arrearage
Act" have been so extensive as to ne
eisitate its repeal by Cotigrem and a
thorough investigation instituted.
This has no doubt been a great job,
and it is believed that a very small
amount of the millions appropriated
have gone to the men who fought
and suffered in the wsr.
THE White House having been
thoroughly overhauled and improved.
President Arthur moved into it last
Week, ami is now ready to reeieve
stalwart applications for office. No
"half breeds" need apply. 11M Dm
is on guard ranking as a lieutenant,
with chances for the removal of gener
al head quarters from New York to
Washington.
THE Repudiators and Republican
members of the Virginia legislature
met in caucus on Tuesday last, and
nominated Riddleberger, Mahone's
mau Friday, for United Statee Sena
tor. Lewis, the Republican candidate
lor the place, was obliged pi take a
back seat, under orders from the Ar
thur administration. Billy Mabone
may be said to carry the administra
tion in his pantaloons pocket. His
wishes dare not be disregarded.
A ttir of sole leather; two feet long,
burned in the centre to rnke it hard,
oiled at the extremities to nuke it plia
ble, and mounted on n hickory handle
a foot and a halt long, is the exquMte
in.trument with which sn ofll-er of the
Wisconsin Industrial Hnool for Biys is
§id to have heeu in the lubit of enfor
cing order snd puni.liing offence*
among the lads under his charge. Ilis
favorite plan, areordii.g to accounts
given by the pupils, was to strip off a
boy's outer clothing, lis him over a
chair, and lay on the I sh until the blood
flowad pro'utely.— N. Y Tnbtttu.
If the TribuM could have located
this brutality in the Suutb, would it
have noticed it with audi apparent in
difference aa marks the above para
graph f Not much. "Southern bru
tality" would have hung iu legible
rags over the article as a delicious
morsel for Northern readers.
"KMUAL AND EXACT JUSTICE TO ALL MKM, OF WHATEVER STATE OB PERSUASION, KELtQIOI'S OR POLITICAL."—JrffwseS
A Candidate for Governor.
Next vettr the voters of Pennsyl
vania will he called upon to elect a
Governor of State, and already the
politicians, especially of the Republi
can party, are looking ahead for suita
ble candidates. It is currently re
ported that the bosses of the Republi
cans have definitely determined that
our excellent townsman, Gen. James
.V. Reaver, shall bo their candidate,
and that his nomination shall lie
forced upou the party by all the
means which the machine can employ
iu his behalf. We are led to these
remarks by noticing u letter in the
Philadelphia Times, of last .Saturday,
from the Washington correspondent,
giving under fluiuing head lines such
as the "Stalwart Claim," "General
Reaver fixed upou as the Machine
Candidate for Governor," "President
Arthur to take a Haud and Actively
Support Reaver," etc., etc., an account
of a conference held iu that city. The
ro<ult of this conference of the Stalwart
leaders is thus summed up:
"After much informal interchange of
opinion on llir ul>j ci le-iween iheisl
art leaders here (Washington) it
ti oi.lly determined thai (Iriier.l J-one.
A. Reaver, of Centre county, should b*
•incepted as the stalwart cand.date for
Governor.
There w* some Stalwart mbgiving
in HCC. pling (ten. Reaver. ile followed
Cameron at Chicago snd acted as chair
man ol the Penn.ylvan-a delegation in
the interest ol Or.nl, and he put lnm-el
in accord with Cameron last winter
when he waa made the candidate for
Senator at Cameron's liou-e. hut there
is nevertheless some latent di.iru.t ol
Reaver lest he might set up for himaell
in rae of Ins election. It was finally
decided, however, that with the Pre.i
dent thoroughly Stalwart, and ready In
wield the whole |Hiwer of the adminis
iratios for the nomination and election
<l Beaver hy the nmat aggressive Bial
wajt methods, Beaver would he so weld
ed to the Stalwart line that he ctr>uld
not separate himself fr-nt his frienda.
President Arthur is cogn'Ssnl of the
-stalwart ,tmon on General Beaver, and
tie will at once mrow the whole power
of his administration to unify Ih*> |iartv
in Beaver's .Up|arrt, Me la a thorough.
It-trained machine politician himself
and he will tender invaluable service to
the Braver cau-e in the contest lor the
nomination. No man will fie appoint
ed to any important place in iVnnstl
vania who 'foes not cordially support
the Hialwart programme, and it i confi
dently ex|w-rted that with the Complete
ly organised machine |mwer that nom
mated Bailey, against all the moral |Kiw
er of the Garfield administration, thev
can now. With the active aid ol Prest
dent Arihut, reduce the opposition to
Beaver to a mere corpora!', guard in the
Convention."
We have nothing but the kindest
feelings for our friend and neighbor,
and are therefore free to say that we
thiuk it would prolntbly be better for
hint in the end had he not bcoo SO
prominently pushed forward by the
booses of the machine. There is one
thing, however, of which we think we
can confidently assure the bosses.
They need not trouble themselves
with a "latent distrust" of the General,
fie will never desert his frienda. He
was one of that noble baud of 300
who supported Grant, and he will
aUud by his stalwart friends as gallant
ly now as he did in the Chicago con
vention.
It m not a new honor to Ceutre
county to furnish a Governor for the
great commonwealth of which we are
all so proud. That able, popular and
incorruptible statesman, William Big
ler, waa for a number of years a resi
dent of the county, learning in our
midst the trade of a printer and ac
quiring those solid and sterling accom
plishments which enabled him to
make for himself a grand reputation
in his long and successful public life
Next alter Bigler came the brilliant
and distinguished William F. Paiker,
a native of the county and also a
printer by trade. A man of extensive
knowledge, thoroughly well versed
in public affairs, an eloquent and im
pressive orator, he was one of the
beet Governors the State ever had.
Packer waa succeeded in office hy the
eloquent and patriotic Curtin, whose
whole useful life lias been identified
with the interests of our coooty. For
six years, in the trying time of war,
he gave himself up to the exactions
of his office with a fidelity, a patriot
ism, and a zealous devotion to duty
B&LLEPONTE, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15,1881.
that have immortalized his honorable
name.
Centre county having already add
ed these three distinguished uaiues to
the roll of Pennsylvania Governors,
it is scarcely to be exjiecled that the
nomination of Gen. Beaver will excite
any unusual or undue transports of
joy or popular enthusiasm ou the part
of our people. It is nevertheless a
pleasure to know that we still have
among us the material from which
Governors can be made. Gen. Beaver
is an excellent citizen, stands high so
cially and professionally, lias a good
military record, and possesses consid
erable force of character. Beyond
these qualities, his best friends will
not claim for him the possession of
any extraordinary fitness for the office
of Governor over and above that pos
sessed by a number of other citizens
even of our own county.
We are tempted in this connection
to say that should our townsman re
ceive the honor of the Republican
nomination, as now seems to be coo
ceded, the Democratic convention
might also cast a wandering eye to
our town for a candidate. We venture
to say that one can be found who will
be iu every respect the peer of Gen
Beaver. The Hon. C T. Alexander
might be named as one,or Adam Hoy,
Esq., ON another. Both are gentlemen
of the highest personal character; both
arc active and influential Democrats ;
I tot h are able aud prominent members
of the Bcllefonle bar, and in the re
quisite qualifications for high civil
office cither one of them is fully the
equal of the proposed Republican
iiutuiuee. If it is to be Beaver on the
Republican side, let us claim all the
honors for our county aud ask our
Democratic friends to give us Alexan
der or Hoy.
THE funeral of Col. John W. For
ney took place from his late residence
in Philadelphia on last Monday after
noon, and brought together an im
mense throng of the friends and ad
mirers of the lamented gentleman to
pay their lost tribute of respect to his
memory. For several hours a line of
men, women and children, represent
ing many classes of society, posted
thruugh the house to take their last
took at the face of the dead.
The funeral services were conducted
by the Rev. I)r. T. T. Everett, of St.
Stephen's M. E. Church, Gerraanlown,
ami the Rev. Dr. E. L. Magoon, of
the Broad Street Baptist Church, both
of whom were warm personal friemb
of Gitonel Forney. The floral offer
ings were of the richest and most
appropriate type. At the head of the
casket was an exquisite aud elaborate
design, "The Gates Ajar," presented
hy John McCullough, the actor, and
st the foot a magnificent piece pre
sented by John Russell Young and
representing a cross, pillow and crown,
emblematic of suffering, rest and vic
tory. Dr. Frank A. Getcbel, William
11. Brady and many other friends of
the deceased had also presented beau
tiful floral tributes. At one o'clock
the casket was closed and borne to the
hearse by the following gentlemen:
General Winfield Hcott Hancock, Ex-
Speaker Samuel J. Randall, General
D. E. Sickles, Ex-Guvernor Andrew
G. Curtin, Congressman William D.
Kelley, Congressman E. B. Hart, of
New York ; Omrge W. Cbilda, A. K.
McClure, Daniel Dougherty and Lewis
C. Caseidy. The funeral cortege then
immediately proceeded to West Laurel
Hill, where the body was deposited in
the family vault, the last ceremonies
being conducted by the Rev. Dr.
Everett.
HON. FREDERICK T. FRKLINOHUY
RE, of New Jersey, succeeds Secreta
ry Blaine in 'He State department.
1 lis nomination was sent to the Sen
ate last week by the President, and
having once been a member of the
Senate the nomination was promptly
confirmed without being referred to a
committee. An exchange, well ac
quainted with the antecedents of Mr-
Frelinghuysen, aptly remarks that be
"is a resjicctahlv gentleman, of respec
table attainments an I with a respecta
ble name. That he is a *latetnnn will
not be claimed by bis intimate friends,
nor would it, under any circuimtan
ccs, be conceledby impartial critic*.
That there is any comparison between
his natural or acquired ability mid that
of his predecessor, Mr. Baine, is not
even a matter for discussion. As no
incutnlieul of the office, lie will lie dig
nified, and |erliiip* heavy, ns hecmneth
u matt of bis wealty family and social
position. A coin moo place mid routine
management of the Slate Department,
during his continuance in office, is all
that the public will expect, anil nob i
dy is likely to meet with either agreea
ble or unhappy disappointments." In
politics Mr. Freliiigliuvscn is a stal
wart of the Grant kind, and lie will
act with the machine at all times and
under all circumstances. Thus the
stalwarts step to the front.
SOME of the papers, and amongst
them the Washington Post, the Demo
cratic organ at Washington, have re
cently made strong appeals in favor of
Giugress further providing in u prop
er manner for the widow of Aliram
Lincoln, representing her a* poor and
needy. This ought out to be, and il
the American people lielievcd that the
widow of the good and generous Lin
coln is in the indigent circumstances
represented, or even deprived of the
luxuries and elegancies of life by |>c
cuniary inability to prccurc them,
Congress would be importune-d from
every hamlet in the country to make
liberal appropriation for her relief, or
ber necessities supplied hy generous
contribution. But is it so? We he
lieve Congress originally voted her
175,000 aud we have scvu il staled
that she is in reciept of an annual in
come of $4,000 front bunds invested
for ber. If this bg so, she cannot tie
in want of ample means, and the at
tempt to create an uuwarauted sympa
thy it wrong and implies an unjust cen
sure which the government has not
earned. Besides, Mr. Lincoln's son- niA
in full tide of prosperity, one of
being a member of the President!
Cabinet, who would not see the mother
iu need of anything that would con
tribute to ber comfort or happiness.
Gov. HOLLIDAY, of Virginia, in
bis last message to the L-gislature
which convened on the 7th instant,
discusses the debt question. This sub
ject so prominent in the politics of that
State where the parlies divided on the
question of honest payment, having
become a familiar topic ouUidc ol
Virginia, it may lie interesting to rend
the views of Gov. Holliday. We
therefore make the following extracts
from his message. After referring to
the legislation had upon the State debt
question, beginning with what is
known as the Barbor hill passed in
1877-78, and ending with the Riddle
berger bill which failed to become a
law by reason of the Governor's veto.
The McCulloch bill remains upon the
statute book and under iu provisions
the sum of $8,781,981, or nearly one
third of the debt was funded, hut
owing to the agitation which was in
cited against it, the bill is iuopcrative.
The defeat of this measure he regards
as a serious calamity. Referring to
his exercise of the veto power iu the
case of the Riddleberger bill, Gov.
Holliday says:
Whilst the exercUe of this power i
not grateful, it is not nw practically
any csute ol regret. Il*d the Lib*
been approved by the Governor, they
would not have stood the test of the
courts, and mure than ever ae would
have been at ee. The grounds upon
which the vetoes were ha-ed hove not
only been approved by our own highest
State court, but mora noently still by
the unanimous decision (r ve one just
ice dissenting] of the Supreme Court ol
the United mates. Our own court h*d
said; "The honored name and hiy-h
credit sec a red to a Suie by unbroken
faith, even ia adversity, will, apart In-ru
ail other considerations, be worth
to her In dollars—iocs! ulsi-lv more
than the comparatively intlgnificeiii
amount of the interest on a portion of
the public debt, enjoyed by nresell ot
contract." The decision of the Hu
preate Court of the United flgM|
quote* these mi "words full of wisdom,"
and adds j ' Til# court Ilia* #*pr##(i a
great Irulli which nil just men appro
• inic. that ifaer# is no wealth or power
i*i|ii >1 to ihst which ultimately comes to
• rtiile when in nil her engagemeota
• In* keep* her Niih unbroken." ilsre
we tenon in know anil feel that tie
Supreme Court hss receiveil but little
• vmpxthy from the in ordinate depart
inentsnf the t'oiied States Government
in ih- #e profound and lofty sentiment*?
He then prm-eeds to consider the
financial condition of the State and
show that the current revenues to
gether wi:h the halance of f'276,9G4
estimated hy the auditor, for the fiscal
year, will nearly, if not quite, jay the
interest on the entire principal of the
delil of the Htate, consul, peeler and
unfunded—at the rates of interest it
i.ow henrs, in the hands of the holders,
whatever may be its form—full inter
o-t to the colleges, all the expenses of
government, ami the amount annually
due the public free schools. He then
| #ays :
It i with prnfrund interest I call
voiir attention to these mutters. Tbey
involve the dotiriics of Virginia. These
teatioiea are in s preat measure oonfid
de<| to you. More precious have never
t'ccn entrusted to any legislative body.
A | l uder hisiorv baa naver t-een made
by any people or Stale. Not a blot baa
yet It lien upon a single page of that
record. The works of her sons have
not only eriitiellbdied her own fame, but
have been built into the fabric, and
now constitute much of the Republic's
*hry. Toev are a birthright, and can
not and must not lie sold or bartered,
s • • |t |,„ been alleged that
I ibe federal Government has invade-a
I die limit* of our State, and by power,
| t> t roosge sod money has controlled its
iflTsir*. If thi* be true, it will at once
: -dmitted that a depariure has been
mnls, without precedent in our annals,
j threatening a disruption of the funda
mental principles ol our system of gov
eminent, and a fatal blow t>eca struck
!t itie liberties of the people.
Virginia hss tern accused of attempt
]my the mean crime of repudiation. It
I lias been iTisrged—the facts here, too.
have gone into history and will show—
dial the Federal Government, or the
party directing its destiuiea. has used
h * patronage, power, and money to
' mirry her along hst rugged and dia
j reputable war. If ibis he true, then
if there lie any si ignis, it has been
I '.sken from our commonwealth *nd
fastened ujion the Republic, and will he
j nh difficulty, il ever, erased. The
transfer will not hide it. It will not
disappear, nor die • hut will bloom out
laooner or later in un*( eskatde disasters.
ML^rren! stive governments like ours
in coii-cnt and good faith ;
. - once broken, the slow and
poison penetrates into every de-
ot ihe governmental, social
being. If there be any
pfTperiy especially sacred under such
a goverrmsnt it is a puMic bond. It
hs the impress of the State's or the
Republic's esl. and its solemn promise
to perform. When broken, the virus
of the breach goes like a Damascus to j
the seal of life. Parties cannot save j
either the Slate or the Republic, guilty
of that great crime as well as folly, if |
sn uprising of the people does not call J
a halt, ami restore the Government to
its ancient ways, then is the steady
march begun along that mad where all
republics hitherto have mat their fate—
its days are r.umh red, and the empire
la alnt't*l in sight.
Whatever oiber people, parties or
State* may say or do, let us trust that
those who now or may hereafter have
the cu-tady of Virginia's a flairs will
■land fast to the work and traditions
of the fathers. As they were the found
era of i his grand system of government,
that ha* brought to us and the world
•ueh countless blessing#, so should it
eUewhcre drift or be driven from its
mooring in ihr hands of faithless, igno
rant and forgetful men. May their de
scenilmts here bold firmly to its prin
ciples till the storm be overpast, and
ki-ep them to the day when sober sec
ond thought shall demand their resto
ration I
GKX. BI.OCFM, of Buffalo, one of the
bravest and most accomplished officers
of the war, visited Wilkesbarre the
other day where he waa overhauled by
a reporter of the Uuiou lender who
was favored hy a very interesting con
versation with this gallant Uuion offi
cer. Gen. B locum is a Democratof very
pronounced views and did not hesitate
to express himself in distinct terms.
Speaking of the cflect in New York
of the choice of Keifer as Speaker of
the House over Hiscock, he claims
that the breach between the Stalwarts
aud Half-breeds will be so widened
"that compromise will be imposdbkh"
In reply to the question "have yon
seen (Jen. Hancock lately f be says:
"I was with him a short time y ester
•In* morning. He bee just returned
>i.m k two week*# shooting in North
C irnlina. He brought back two barrels
of ducks hro'tgbt down by his own
bands, lie Inoka as handsome end es
ro*y bs e b ide. 1 n#ver n a men
hold his own si) well as Hancock. He's
the j ri#,t picture of health. And his
TKttJHK: $1.50 per Annum, In AdTinrr.
appearance is ju.t about aa handsome
as bis record ia since his defeat. His
tory doesn't give us another such ex
ample of a Presidential candidal*, not
only holding but increasing popular
lavor alter a defeat."
"la there any talk of bis re-nomina
tion General ?"
"lt'a a little early in the day perhaps,
to any much about that, but if you could
hear what I have heard in certain high
councils, you would surely write it
down that Hancock is the coming man."
"How about Mr. Tilden f"
"Why. my dear sir, you should see
him. The old gentleman is growing
physically feebler ever day. He's in a
condition now that is pitiful to see. He
tollers like one with the |aUy. I doubt
it he would lis able to even endure a
journey to Washington. The talk in
the papers about Mr. Tilden's aspira
tions tor 1884 is all talk I assure you.
Ilia beat friend* believe he is gelling
readv to die."
**\' ou know President Arthur pretty
well General, do you not f"
"Ye* I know him pretty thoroughly."
"Will he disappoint the Republican
partv ?"
"Not the Stalwarts."
"But do you not think he'll pour oil
on the troubled waters?"
"Arthur will be the same Cheat Ar
thur of old. He'll rule or ruin, and
he'll slick to the old Stalwart plank till
be die*, party or no i-arty. There's no
oompromiaing with hint. He'll put out
the Stalwart diet and those who aorept
it well and good. But he'll put no
sugar in it."
TIIE bat thing, remark* the Harm
burg Patriot, in I'resident Arthur's
first menage is what was not in it. Its
freedom from all sectional allusions
was an agreeable surprise to the sensi
ble people of tbe country. Even Gar
field could not belp indulging in them
in bis inaugural. But Arthur has
proved himself too wise and politic to
mar bis official message with the usual
sectional controversy. It must not be
lightly assumed, however, that tbe re
publican party is becoming divested
of its narrow sectional hatreds and
animosities because the temporary
bead of tbe party chooses to ignore
them in his official communications to
congress. When the time comes
amund the old sectioual cries will re
sound throughout the northern land,
and tbe banner of the bloody shirt will
be again lifted. Clerk Mcpherson
will bring out revised editions of bis
old campaign documents on rebel
claims aod rebel pensions, and tbe
party organs will be filled with new
versions of rebel outrages. Sectional
ism is the animating spirit of the Re
publican parly. When tbe party
ceases to be sectional it will cease to
exist.
DR. EDWARD CHARLES SFITZKA,
| of New York, testified iu the Guileau
trial the other day that, io his opio
ion, the assassin is insane. The gov
ern men t counsel harbor the suspicion
that the Doctor is a "crank," hardly
less distinguished than Guileau him
self, and they propose, if possible, to
prove him so. It does not seem likely
that there will be much of a contest
between the doctors on the direct issue
of insanity. l T poo the point that
Guileau was sane enough on
2d of July to be responsible for his
crime, the experts on both sides ap
pear to be practically agreed. There
was for a time a belief, perhaps not
generally admitted, but to a certain
extent prevalent, that the prisoner's
infirmity of mind was such as so ren
der him a more fitting subject for con
finement iu a luuatic asylum than for
execution upon a scaffold. Latterly,
however, the opinion prevails that
while there is something unusual in
tbs mental organism of Guitean, the
insanity in his case is not sufficient to
prevent him from being amenable to
the law for a violation of its criminal
provisions. It is very probable that
the counsel and relatives of the pris
oner have begun en realise this fact,
for some time apparent to outsiders.
THE echoes of a Presidential > m*•
for Senator Davis, of lllinok, do not
seem to be resounding over the coun
try, regardless of the lull notice of Us g
secure position on the fence.
THE load government of New
York is said to cost thirty dollar* a §
NO. 50.