e accounted for in the blind fanaticism iu which the majori ty were held by the boss or machine system of politics adopted to hold them iu subjection to party success, while the bosses themselves filled their coffers with the blood-mOney of the victims of poverty and misfortune. But we trust that better days are in store for the people of the city. The organization of independent voters, with the stern and heavy blows of the independent press, amongst whom stands in defiant graudure, the Phila delphia Time s, offers hope for the peo ple. This paper recently turned iu attention to the "Jury-Fixer" whose operations in the corruptions of the Jury-box have rendered the convic tion of rogues a thing of impossible attainment, arc now coming to grief, mainly through the stimulating influ ence of the large rewards offered some time ago for their detection and con viction. The convictions of several of these rogues arc now announced and the payment of the rewards handed over by the Timet Publishing Company to the detective who furnished the evidence, on the certificate of the District At torney. THERE seems to hnve been good reason for the refusal of Mr. John Shermau and his friends to call also for the testimony when he demanded the report of .Secretary Windom's Com mission to investigate the disburse ments of the contingent fund of that department under the fraud adminis tration. Mr. Paue Brown, one of the witnesses testified under oath as to carpenter work done on Sherman's house and paid for out of this fund, and it is understood will report that testimony before the Committee of the Senate now investigating the subject. Refering to this investigation a corres pondent of the Times says "it is stated that evidence will be offered showing that a magnificent sideboard was con. •tructcd in the Treasury shops out of government material and labor and placed in Sherman's residence. The pattern for the article of the furniture was obtained by Treasury officials con nected with the Pitney ring of a local furniture dealer, who gave the infor mation which led to the discovery. Another witness has been subptenaed, who will, it is alleged, testify that the expenses of a serenade to Sherman, — given to bim on his election to the Senate —amounting to $169, were charged to the Treasury and paid for out of the waste paper fund." All this will account for the desire of Mr. Sherman and his Republicau friends in theSeo ate Committee, that the session shall be secret. JUDOE KELLEY, it it said, proposes to foreetal the creation of a tariff com mission by introducing a tariffbill that he believes will be satisfactory to all parties. Perhaps! . BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1882. EVER since the Washington confer ence, which decided that our towns man, General Beaver, should be the nominee of the Republican bosses for governor, that gentleman seems to have given himself up to interviews with newspaper men and the sayings of the General are duly laid before the public. In one of these interviews with a correspondent of the Press, he is reported us follows: "A duy or two ugo I received u letter from an old army friend of mine, who said that although he disagreed with ine politi cally, he should on account of "old as sociations support inc for governor." This "old army friend" is decidedly more liberal then the General proved himself to bo iu the Hancock cam paign. General Beaver could not find it in bis heart, "on account of old as sociations" to support Hancock, the best "army friend" he ever had, but throughout the entire campaign uot only waged a bitter and vindictive warfare against him, hut pursued sol diers who favored his election iu the same spirit. When the General be comes the boss candidate, soldiers who disagree with him politically will lie reminded of his course during the late Presidential campaign nnd probably but few of them w ill support him "on account of old associations." THE story recently passed the rounds of the paper* that J< Hereon Davis, iu his flight from Richmond on the colla|se of the Con fed racy, had carried off large sums of spicie lielong ing to the defunct government, i* con tradicted by Judge Regan who was Secretary of the Con federate Treasury. In doing so he adds that Davis' "worst enemies had never ltefore ac cused him of dishonesty" and says that "the funds consisted of $600,000 in new confederate notes, $86,000 in gold coin and bullion, $35,000 in silver, coin and $36,00J iu silver bullion, making a total of $157,000 exclusive of paper worth nothing; that Davis got none of it, and that the coin was subse quently distributed amoug the soldiers at Charleston, S. aud the notes burned.' There is no reason why the President of the ex-Confederacy should not have justice done him. He was no worse, and perhaps no better, than those associated with him in the rebel lion who have since been taken into high official favor, and made the recip ients of exnltcd positions under the Republican administrations of Grant, Hayes, Garfield and Arthur. DR. J. PERDUE GRAY, one of our na tive Centre county boys, hut for many years Superintendent of the Lunatic Asylum at Utica, New York, in which lie lias acquired merited distinction in his profession, has liccu for some days before the court as an expert witness in the trial of Guitrau for the assassi nation of the President. I)r. Gray's testimony does not sustain the pica of insanity put in as the defence of the assassin, but he arrives at the conclu sion from personal examination of the prisoner, and the facts developed in the case, that he was sane when the act was committed, and is now only acting the part of a shrewd viilian to escape the consequences of his crime. He evidently places little faith on Di vine inspiration as the controlling power of the assassin's removal ol the President in the interest of the stalwart division of the great Republicau party notwithstanding the very apparent re sults flowing from the bloody deed. IT appears Queen Victoria, of Eng land, is not possessed of the fabulous wealth that she has been accredited with. The Londou Truth has been investigating, and ascertains that her savings in her forty-five years on the throne have been less than £20,000 per annum, aggregating $4,500,000. J. GORDON BENNETT, of the New York Herald, it is said, has gone to St. Petersburg for the purpose of eon* suiting the Russian government as to the feasibility of organising a new polar expedition. The Reform That is Needed. There never can be a better time says the Washington Pott, for the Democratic party to look to its lines and mend its fences than at the be ginning of this new year. According to the most accurnte returns for Presi dent in 1880 it polled more votes for Hancock than were cast for Garfield, yet it finds itself in January, 1882, with no authority in any department of the Federal Government, and iu control of only fourteen of the thirty eight .States of the country. Why it got to this is not worth one's while to discuss. Why it ought to get out of the rut is u matter of interest to all good Democrats. The disease is so geueral that no specific cure can be safely recommended, but a few obser vations rnuy tend to restore it to health and usefulness. In the first place, the party should reform its lines and cease relying upon men who cannot he depended upon at all times and under all circumstances. John Kelley is an example of those who are more of an injury than advuutage to the party. Throw liiui overboard nnd let him drift whither the tide sees ; fit to carry liitn, and the party will be all the purer and better. Again, drop away entirely from Southern Inde ■ pendents. If they clm.M' to run Con gress a* RepublicanmAr IndejtcudcnU and can be elected in spite of the ef ! forts of the Democratic party iu their , respective district*, no one has a right ! or seeks to complain ; the only objec tion is to their being one thing at home and another at Washington. Being iu the minority it isof no special consequence whether there arc oue or j two Democrat* more or less in either branch of Congress, hut it is of first important* to know that those within the chamber can be relied ujain in all emergencies. To rely upon Southern 1 Independents, who have been elected Iby Republican votes, is to lean upon a reed many times twisted and oftcner j broken. If the party desire to enter upon what may be a successful campaign in the year 1884, let it lay down a plot ■ form of principles which Democrats can approve, stick to it and rely upon nobody who will not indorse it. The probable disruption of the South, if it should be possible, should not be a matter of discouragement to any De mocrat. In the old time, before the war, the strength of the Democratic party was at the north of Mason's and Dixon's line, and the Whigs were all powerful below it. Whatever States, if any the Republicans may win on the other side of the Potomac, by honest or dishonest methods, to them they arc welcome. More and much more will they lose on this side; and we need ribt wait longer than the Congressional elections of the present year to find it out. A Shrewd Politician. Oue by one the leading Stalwart politicians of the Republican party come to front under the auspices of the Arthur administration. They draw the highest prizes in the "lottery of assassination," and all the depart ments of the government arc rapidly coming under their control. The President is acting the part of a shrewd political manipulator, and upon this matter the lanraster Intelligencer aptly says "he is accomplishing all that his Stalwart friends anticipated, and as much as the other side appre hended, without giviog them any special particular political advantage, such a* they expected would certainly ensue in cose that Garfield cabinet was displaced. The prime minister, upon whose performance in office all the political hopes of his friends were fixed, is succeeded by a third termer ; so is the stiff-backed MacVeagh ; and Conk ling's friend is the dispenser of the powerful patronage of the treasury department'; James makes room for a devoted henchman oflheGrant regime, and the father-in-law of one of the star routers counsel; and now Sargent and William E. Chandler are talked of for other places in the cabinet! The Stal warts control the House and Senate, and it is now hinted that the next stroke will be the elevation of Folger to the supreme bench, his succession j by Conk ling, the nomination of Col lector Robertson for governor of New i York, the appointment of Cornell to Germany, and the placing of u thick aud-thin Conkling man in the custom house. Iu the promised conferring of honors and profits upon (.'handler and Robertson, two of Blaine's next trieuds, the President's sagacity is just as evident as in taking Brewster for attorney general aud Gray for judge. In the latter cases the fitness of the appointees disarmed all criticism upon their political status, and if he assigns high places to Chandler and Robertson it will break the force of a good many disappointments, possibly win a section of Blaine's friends to the support of the administration ami se cure for it control of that great politi cal lever the New York custom house. Chandler never was reconciles] to his slaughter in the Senate, permitted by the Garfield administration to appease MacVeagh, nod if he now has salve put on his wounds by a stranger hand New l!aiit|Hon the fine suc cess of the first Institute held under bis management and direction. We eppend a list of the teachers present which we take from the Troehrrt' Journal : LIST OP TXACIIBR*. Bellrfonte—D. M. Lieh, J. C. Meyer, C. P. 'Uewes, A. I>. Delany, Misses H<-oMe McGinley, Bella K. Kankin, Anna McAffrey, Liaste Swart*, Mary Shroro, Liaaie Campbell, Km in a Urahatn. /tenner—J. H. Kankin, 8. C. Bathgate, G. M.Glenn, W. 11. Clark, John Kline, J. A. Noll. W. L. Bnyder. BOMK— Ward Riibel, John D. Rishei, 11. H. Harshbsrger. T. B. Uupcrt, W. J. Singer, John K. Bickford, Misses Annie E. ShulU, Mary Kvans, Nannie DeLany, Kate R. M'Cormlck, Jennie Tellhelm, Laura V. Poresman. Hurnnitle—L. C. Runkle, J. X. Klein, D U Stewart CkJUge—T. C. Boot*, Archie Moor, G. W. Jonnstonbeugh, J. K. Warson, L. N. Musser, T. R. Dubbt, W. L. Foster. Parti*—George K Bible, A. B. Lucas. Ferfmon-Kd. Ward, C. D. Moore, X. 8. Stevens, A. O. Archie, Luther Museer, C. U. Foster, B. F. Unman, Misses Jen nie Archey, Annie Musser, Hue Denley, Glare Walker, Mary M'Cormlck. Grass—Lewis Belter, 8. C. Stover, U. F. Feitomlf, W, A. Brown, H M Cain, F. F. Jamison, P. J. Vonada, J. L. Rousb, G. M. Musser, Miss Maggie Banna. TKRMB: $1.50 p*r Annum, In Advance. //nines—Miss Bella Cronirniller, '/. I). Thomas, T. G. Krbard, O. N. Krherd. //<{/■ Moon .Muse* Halli'* A. Mwk, Hal ite T.Berr, KIU M. Flock, 11. K. Leit- SHSII. //am'*—Misa Florence M. Kielcy, Hen rv Keller, G. W. Williams, V. K. Ktner ick, J. 11. Jacob*. Howard lloro. —Reuben Pletchcr. Howard— M i- Sallie K. Smith, W. T. I Turner, T. M. .Mitchell, J. L. I'letcher, ■ Tbeo. Pletchcr, J. L. Gardner, J. 11. Glitter. Mutton— Mue* Jntio Richards, Maggie Brown, Pheuie Tallhclm, J. A. Ward, | W. 11. lieslon. Liberty—Mitt Lizzie Kunes, Anna I Hairier, W. T. Auruari. Marion— U. W D. Yoarick, W. H. Bickle, M. J. Gardner, A. C. Haihurst, J. A. Khreckcngasl. Milrt —J. 11. Do Long, A. N. Corman, T. M. Gramley, C. C. Lu-e, Simon Bicrly, Corneliut Stover, J. C. Morris. MiUtbnrg— Mirer-* Carrie Green, I.ida Taylor. MiHhrim —W. F. Smith, M. I. Jami iron. J. A. Keen. /'alio ii—J. F. Orav, A. C. Thompson, Gray Kepbart., O. W. Mclntyre, O. W. llnrrbberger. I'enn— Mir* Marv Strohro, A. J. Long, C. K. Finkle. /•otter— F A. Foreman, W. A. Krire, W. 11. Ott, .1. W. Shire*, Wm. Brown, T. J. Stiver, J. 15. Strom. W. W. Kiihel, JVm. N-fl, Jatnes N'-ff, W. P. lio*ter> man, A. C. itij.ku, J. 11. I,,re, Mirtea Nannie M'C'ormuk, Lide MrKlroy, Cora ! K. Murray, MM. C. E. Wolle. l'hilipivrg. —Mirter Clara B. Lukeni, i Ella Howe, Mary M. Crow. Jtu*ti. —Mirter Mary A. Waring, Ada I Kothrnck, Ida M. Hall, Mrt. R. J. He* I Woodie, Silat IL-eco, E J. Duffer, s , Mm,- Misses Mary E. i'ile. Jen ; nie Morrison, Mary Byerr, Mr*. F. A. : Thomat, Tho. Cameron. Spring. —T. M. Ban,hart, W. 11. Noll, Jr., J. F Ilarriton, G. M Noll, J. K. Sheffler, J. c Dale, K. c. Wood*, J. K. i V*ii Ormer, J. I). Miller, J. C. Noll, M i*ret Carrie Ilume*, Juttico Hoy, F. K. Howe*, Mr*. J. J. J don. Taylor —Muse* Annie Miller, Mina ! Clark, Libbie Fortney, 1.. C. Steven*. I'nionrUU. —A. I). Wirta, H. K. Cam j bridge. Union —William Fisbar, E. C. Mcln tyre, Uieei T>mpie C. Hall, Alice Hall, Maggie K Blair. Annie Biair. Walker. —E. 11 Mourer, E. C. Emerick, K. J. Warner, M. S. Romich, W. H. Markie, D. A. Deilriek, J. L. Shaffer, Mim Mary Kline. Worth —W. G. Morrison, D. U. Bean, J. W. Bean, Mr*. Mida Iter,net, Miatea j AlTa Lamliorn, Nettie Kicbard*. Olhrr Tearher*. Henry Thompson, O. i W. Fotry, Samuel Brugger. W. 11. Gard ! ner, Aaron William*, C. P. Leiuell, D. W. Wood ring, 1). F. Fortney, J. C. Harper, Dr. G. M. Swartz, l>r. P. T. Mu*er, Dr. S. C. Muaeer, G. W. Rum | barger, Dr. W. 8. I*orworth, Clement I Dale, Exp, W. C. Heinle, Eq. t W. A. Tobia*, D. 11. Young, A. A. Dale, 8. P. Ray, J. L. Spangler, Mitte* Maggie Scan lon, Clara Strickland, Lida McGinley. DirtfSri.—A. T. leather*. Daniel Hail, Henry Bock, J. H. Routh, W. C. Kerr, Wm. Mill*, J. C. M'