£l)c Centre iffis democrat. SHUOKRT A. FORSTKR, Editors. VOL. 4. % ■ Shf Ctntrr griwrat. Terms 11.50 per Annum, in Advance, a. T. SHUGERT and R. H. FORSTER. Editors. Thursday Morning, January 19, 1862. THE prizes in the "lottery of assas sination" are still the centre of attrac tion at Washington. Republicans of the stalwart order are very earnest iu their efforts to invest early and profi table. _ EX-SECRETARY BLAINE says that Don Cameron is the most consummate liar that he ever knew. Blaine is an observing man, aud generally tpeaks to the point of things whereof he is well informed. THE dead-lock in the organization of the New York Legislature, still continues at Albany. Boss Kelley, holds the brakes and refuses to let the machinery move until the majority bend to his dictation. THE Governor of Wisconsin an nounces that state as entirely out of debt, with a balance in the Treasury of $117,000. Well, let it go head—it is entitled to the honor. But how lonely the poor state must feel! GEN. STILES, a leading member of the Chicago Bar, following the exam ple of the Philadelphia Timet publish es a card offering "to pay 8500 for the conviction of auy person guilty of bribery or attempting to bribe a jury." Let no quarter lie given to the jury fixer. A NOBLE COMMENCEMENT. Post master General llowc commenced the noble and disinterested work of ad ministering the affairs of the |Mstoffice department, after the retirement of Mr. James, by appointing his son chief clerk. No Ciesarism in this. Dad is only worth two millions aud can be excused for providipg for the impecu nious members of his own household. DR. NEWMAN who was pastor of the Metropolitan Methodist church in Washington, during the Grant ad ministration, and distinguished himself somewhat as a politician of the period, is now the pastor of a new fashionable Congregationalistchurch in New York, which has just been opened for service. Gen. Grant, his former patron, still adheres to the Doctor's fortunes and at the sale the other day paid SI,OOO for a pew. _ A COMPLIMENTARY banquet was given last week by the members of the Philadelphia Bar, to Attorney Gene ral Brewster, at which a large number of distinguished jurists and lawyers were present. In response to the usual toast on such occasions, "our guest," Mr. Brewster said he had entered upon his office with the applause of his brethren of the bar, and with the help of God he would leave it without a stain." _ EARLY IN MOTION ! The Republi can Stale Committee has appointed the 10th of May as the time for hold ing their State Convention to nomi nate a candidate for Governor and other state officers. The ring will have made their selections by that time, as well as the agents to ratify in Conven tion the edicts of the Bosses, who have a strong hand to play, and will doubt lea play it boldly, as they did last J". THE Independent Republicans met in Convention in Philadelphia on the 23d inst., with a fair representation from different parts of the state, in which Wolfe of Union, Mapes of Ve nango and McKee of Philadelphia, were probably the central figures. The object of the meeting we believe was to effect a preliminary organiza tion, preparatory >,o their approaolicg straggle with the ou. ty bosses *n the fall. Alter deposing of various prop ositions and a goou deal of talk, it was determined to hold tne indepen dent Republican State Convention for the nomination of candidates on the 24th of May in the city of Philadelphia. "EtJUAL AND KXACT JUSTICE TO ALL MKN, Or WHATEVER STATE OH I'ICRMUAHION, HKI.IGIOL'S OH POLITICAL. "—Jrffenon SPEAKER KEIEER'S election com mittee in the House, composed of eleven Stalwart Republicans ami three Dem ocrats, is getting fairly under way in the work for which they were selected, of excluding Southern members and seating Southern pretenders, without regard to the merit of the case, or the 'decency of the proceedings. The character of some of the cases before them is so outrageous that one would suppose that even a committee consti tuted to do dirty work, would hesi tate. For instance, in the fifth dis trictoosf s Louisiana, Lanier, Republican, asks to bo seated instead of King, Democrat, returned by the following vote: King, 15,305; Lanier, 3,318 ; majority for King 11,987. Now this miserable fraud contests the seat of Mr. King on the ground that if all the voters had gone to the polls who might have done so and voted for him, lie would have been elected. Was it to encourage the presentation of such cases as this that this shamefully par tisan committee was formed? In the third district of South Carolina Stal brand, Republican,contests the seat of Aiken, Democrat, on the following re turns, Aiken, 27,363; Stalbrand, 9,- 272, showing a Democratic majority of 18,588. Stalbrand's ground of con test is on a level with that of If he had received votes enough he might have been elected. In the fifth South Carolina district, Smalls, negro Republican claims the seat of Tillman, Democrat, on the following returns: Tillman, 23,325; Smalls, 15,287; show ing a Democratic majority of 8,038. In this case, Smalls claims the seat on the ground that he is a negro, and that all the negroes should have votes! for I him, which they did not do. This I negro, since the days of reconstruction ! and carpet-bag rule, has made con ; testing a business with the view of drawing the usual allowances from the Treasury, whether successful or not. With such facts as these case* present, it is difficult to believe that even par tisan recklessness can obtain for them anything but a disgusted hearing. BY the adoption of Senator Hoar's resolution, the Senate of the United States have provided a standing com mittee of that body on "Female Suf frage." This concession on the part of grave Senators to the "strong min ded" Phoebe-Janes, will be very en couraging and hopeful evidence that it is only a little matter of time when Susan and Elizabeth and Jane, may strip, no not strip for the contest, but enter the hustings and contend with Sam and Jim and Tom and other bosses for the control and mastery of the machinery of party politics. Well, why not? STRONG influences, it is said, is now being brought to bear on President Arthur to prevent the appointment of Ex-Senator Sargent, of California, as the successor of Secretary Kirkwood of the Interior Department, with some hope that they may be successful. It is humiliating to see the question dis cussed of the discbarge of a compe tent and deserving man like Kirkwood, for the purpose of giving place to a brawling demagogue without substan tial character, like Sargent. Last week it seemed to be authoratively an nounced that this change would cer tainly take place. This week the ques tion is in doubt, and it is to be hoped that the doubt is well founded. What ever may be thought of the parties controlling public affairs, the people still have an interest that the control shall not run into degredation, and will be well satisfied to be spared the disgrace of changing Kirkwood for Sargent in the manager)ent of tnat important department of the govern ment. W. M. EviißTi, the Secretory of StAlc, under the late fraud adminintra tion, has been elected President of the Union League of New York, a society of whom Mr. Qreely was want to apeak of aa a "band of blockheads." BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 19,1882. 'Mr. Arthur, tho Acting President.' Many of the Republican papers are as careful in speaking of President Arthur by his title, ns the Democrats were in speaking of the man who oc cupied tho office to which the people elected Mr. Tilden. They speak of the President as "Mr. Arthur, the acting President." This mode of ad dress is significant, but uot of harmony certainly, and as the President con tinues to dcvelopo the Stalwart policy of his administration forshndowed soou lie entered the White House, this feeling of discourtesy will coutiuue to intensify aud indicate more clearly the inevitable war brewing between the Stalwart's minority and the Garfield men ns led and represented by Blaine- That these men arc prescribed by the Stalwart administration, is too appar ent to be disguised by the adroit cau tion of the President, and the fact will in due time bear its fruit. The revo lution iu the Republican party, which has been steady and marked since the the death of President Garfield, is not played so quietly that the Garfield and lflaine Republicans arc ignorant of its significance, and when they speak of their lawfully elected President as a plain "miMcr," holding the office as the fruit of assassination, it means something and is the precursor of war, silent perhaps, but aggressive against third-term and Ross machinery. SENATOR DON CAMERON has made a speech ! —a great speech of twenty minutes duration, which must reflect distinguished honor upon the great State he is supp'iscd to honor by his presence in the Senate of the United States. He took for bis text a reso lution he offered declaring it "inex pedient to reduce the revenues by abolishing all existing internal revenoe! taxes, excepting those upon high wines aud distilled spirits," iu which be took occaaiou to exhaust his idea* of a re venue tariff and the great importance of the maintenance of the present tariff, which he alleged "was the prime cause of the improvement ami comfort of the laboring classes." He said nothing of the fact that it was under the present tariff that all the lights of the furnaces wentontin J 873, and brought untold suffering and mis ery upon the laboring clatsc* from that period until 1880. But however crude and unsatisfactory the ideas of the speaker may be as to cause and effect, the fact is patent that the glory of the State is returning when her senior Senator gets off a speech upon important and far-reaching economic questions, and all in twenty minutes of passing time. A BILL has been presented in the Senate by .Senator Logan providing an annual pension of 13,000 for Mrs. Lincoln, widow of the late President, for the term of five years. Mr*. Lin coln is in possession of m annual al lowance of #3,000 voted her after the death of ber husband, but being in a helpless condition, requiring coartact nursing acd medical attendance, it is alleged *o be inadequate for her com fortable support THK commission or returning bor rd selected at tbe last session of the Leg islature to count the vote of last No vember for the office of State Treas urer, met at Harrisburg yesterday. The board consists of Gov. Hoyt and other State officials, five Senators and •even members of tbe House. IT is announced that tbe Hon. Samnei J. Randal) hrs declared him self unres-rvedly in favor of Control ler Pattiscn, of Philadelphia, as the Democratic candidate for Governor. We.i, no one say that Mr. Ran dall's she ice not rest upon a roost worthy and competent man. THROUGH the efforts of Mr. Stilaon Hutchins, of the Washington Pod, the sum of #IO,OOO has been raised toward the erection of an appropriate monument to Daniel Webster at the national capitol. Tho Mormon Quontion. The Hurrisburg Patriot remarks that "a telegram from Washington, emanating from a republican source, vouchsafes the startling information that "the republicans of this congress seem t<* be very much in earnest on the Mormon question." The republi cans of 1856, twenty-six years ago, seemed to be very much in earnest on this same mormon question, for they denounced polygymy as a "relic of bar barism," in fact as a "twin relic;" with slavery as its brother, or sister, accor ding to the gender that the platform makers intended. But they could not win the presidency on that issue, nod when James Buchanan, who was then elected president, undertook to throttle the Utah "twin" the republican critics declared that the exfiensc of maintain ing au army for the cnf< rcement of the laws against the rebellious Mormons would bankrupt the country and John Covode afld Edward McPberson made the republican stump howl as they dilated upon the "extravagant expen ditures of the Buchanan administra tion." In fact the republican party obstructed in every way Mr. Buchan an's attempt to enforce the declarations of their own platform against polyga my, and this they did out of pure "cuasedncss" and for the sole purpose of embarrassing aud annoying a dem ocratic administration. When we re member these facts it is very reassur ing and gratifying to learn all of a sudden by telegraph that the re publicans of this congress "seem to be very much in earnest on the Mormon question." But we are left in the dark a* to the side of the question on which their earnestness is to be manifested. Suppose, for instance, that the Mor mon leaders, who are noted for their cunning, were to propose to the stal wart managers at Washington to send two republican senators and a repub lican congressman, upon the admission of their territory into the Union a* a state, would tho tricksters, who did not hesitate to enter into a corrupt and disgraceful bargain with repudiation in Virginia, scruple to go into partner ship with polygamy in Utah? Hav ing tolerated the immoral institution during the quarter of a century of of their power at Washington, would it appear to them a difficult thing to find a pretext for a further endurance of the evil? But let us be thankful that the republicans of this congress at least "seem to be in earnest on the Mormon question." A discussion of the subject will do no harm, and may lead to aome practical solution of the matter." AN exchange says with great force and pertinency that "Other prominent military men besides General Grant believed Fitx John Porter guilty un til they examined the testimony in his caie. Three of the members of the Schof'eld board of inquiry were of this class, but when convinced of their er ror by the evidence presented before them, like honest and just men and brave and true eold'ers they did not hesitate to acquit the man tbey found to be innocent. General Terry, for instance, wrote General Porter as fol lows : "For years I did you wrong in thought and sometimes in speech. It is true that this was through ignoranoe but I had not the right to be so igno rant I might have learned something at least of the truth bad I diligently sought it. If you find anything in my action as a member of the board which you can accept as an atonement for the wrong which I did you, I shall be more then gratified." A frank and manly acknowledgment of error and an honest desire to repair a wrong be speak a character too lofty to be ap preciated by the mousing critics who are now attacking General Grant for having revised his judgment of the case of General Porter. NEW YORK'S contribution! to the sufferer* by the Michigan fire, foot up over $143,000. Such footing up Is creditable to the humaoity of a great and wealthy city. THAT nhlo journal, the America. i Hrgintcr, draws a terse and vivid dis tinction between five characters who figure before the [>eople at all times — the statesman, the jurist, the politician, the partisan, and the demagogue. The fallowing are the definitions: The ttaleeman is a man of eminent ability and integrity versed in the science of government, and the art of governing. A truly great statesman is guided by elevated and enlarged views, and devoted to the interest and welfare of his country, regardless of selfish, sectional and partisan considerations. The jurut is a man of eminent ability, learning and integrity, who is versed in the science of the law, especially the civil and muuicipa) law and the law of nations. The politician is one devoted to politi cal affairs, and who dabbles in politics for a living. The partuan is the adherent of a party or faction, who devotes his time to its advancement, and serves his party in stead of his country. The demagogue is one who employs specious and deceitful arts to deceive and control the people, panders to popu lar prejudices, and engages in nefarious and corrupt practices to gull and mis lead the multitude, MR. ROIIBSON'S resolution, reported from the Committee on Rules of the House, to increase the membership of certain committees, is probably an at tempt oil the part of.Speaker Keifer to repair the damage done by his unskill ful work in their original appointment. He perhaps thinks he may conciliate the men in his own party who were treated so contemptuously, or hope to cover up the bargains which gained him his place by assigning a multi tude of merolvers to certain positions. It is not a prdlecding which will com mend itself to thoughtful people as either wise or necessary. But if it will relieve Mr. Keifer from a dilemma and if the House will take care that a seeming necessity does not drift inlo a precedent, no alarming danger will have come to the country. Tnr. production and consumption of pig-iron in this country for the year 1881, is given at large figures. It is stated that there were over four and three-quarter million tons produced, nearly four hundred thousand tons imported, and nearly five millions uine hundred thousand tons consumed. This is largely in excess of the product and consumption of 1880. THE case of Guitcau the assassin, has not yet been submitted to the ju ry. THE arguments of the attorneys are still progressing and will probably not he completed until sometime next week. The country will be glad when the end comes. Mr*. Lincoln Interviewed. A STATEMENT or HIS CONDITION. A correspondent of the Philadel phia I'm/ recently visited the widow of Abraham Lincoln in New York. The only reference she made to her financial condition was to express her extreme regret that the matter bad become the subject of discussion in the public prints. She talked much of the past, but said she could reed but little now because of her week eye*, though they ere getting belter. I>rs. Seyre, Clymer, Knapp and Pan coast have furnished Hon. Wm. M. Springer, of Illinois, with the following special statement of Mrs. Lincoln's con dition : "We find Mrs. Lincoln suffer ing from chronic inflamation of the spi nal cord, chronic disease of the kidneys and commencing cataract of both eyes. The disorder of the spinel cord is the result of an injury received some tims since and baa resulted in considerable loss of power of both lower limba, to as to lessen their use and render walking without assistance impossible. The na turo of tbe apioal trouble is progressive and will end in paralysis of the lower extremities. Connected with the spinel disease, and one of its evidences, is the -eflex paralysis of tbe iris of the oye end the reduction of the sight to one-tenth the natural standard, together with much narrowing of the field of vision. Tbe sight will gradually grow worse. There is no probability that there -vil! be any permanent improvement in Mrs. Lincoln's condition, considering the nature of her disease and her age. - Rhe is now qnits helpless and cneh'-a vo walk with safety without the aid of an attendant, or, indeed, to help trervelf to any extent. She require* the oontiaed service# of a nurse. snd also constant medical attencanoa.'' A marriage ceremony was celebrated in tbe PotUville jail on Saturday. Tbe happy couple were Henry Weber end Johanna Williams, tbe groom having been previously committed to the has tile for trifling with tbe affeotioas of tbo bride. TKKMS: $1.50 JMT Annum, In Advance. HP.UYTER DIVVII/H .ILKWitt. The Bodies o? Fight Ylc.im* Recovered. NEW YORK, January 13.—rii/jhl bodies have been recovered from the ,*rock of the oars that were burned after .be col lision on the New York Antral end Hudson Iliver railroad tear Souyten Duyvil elation on Friday e/enir.g. Fr en of these have been identified poci'ivo ly, hut there is (till doubt at to the iden tity of the other body. The wreck was cleared away early yeaterday, and little wan left to mark the scene of the catas trophe. The dead were brought to tbia city, permit* for their removal were granted by the coroner, and the identi fied bodies were turned over to the charge of friend*. It ia said that the aloppage of the expreaa train reeulted in the mischievous pulling of a cord tbat run through the cars, which put on the brake and brought the train to a standstill. The blame for the collision seems, according to his own admissions, to rest on brakeman Melius, who is un der arrest. The list of the dead is as follows: Drown, Mr*. Mary L., 35 years old, of 455 West Fifty-third street, New York. Keeler, Oliver 8., 36 year* old, of Spring Citv, Pa. Marcehal, the Iter. Francis, 35 years old, of the Jusuit order. JUnsem, Darwin L., 30 year* old of the lloilman house, New York. Valentine, Park, 21 years old, of Ben nington, Vt. Valentine, M. Louise, 19 years old, wife of Park Valentine. Wagner, Senator Webster, 64 years old, of 14 Fiast Forty-fourth etreet, New York. An unimlentitied body of a man in Merritt's undertaking rooms, believed to be that of a Mr. kicbard* of Troy. The ocly person who is seriously in jured is Miss Mary .Daniels, of Fifth avenue and Forty-fourth street. Her | physician expresses fear that she may not recover. The list of those who suffered slight bruise, would include many of those who were passengers in the second and third cars from the rear of the express train. Parts of all the remains were charred to a crisp, and in several cases the clothing and personal property were all tbat was left to insure recognition. The dead were placed in coffins furnished by order of Mr. Vanderbilt. A* day broke, crowds from the neighborhood visited tbe scene, and each train that arrived i brought new visitors, some from cuno*{ j ity and others anxiously inquiring for : missing friends. Msny carried away mementoes in the shape of small pieces {of debris. One of the railroad men , named John Welsh was injured while i working at tbr wreck, but not fatally. ; Karly in the afternoon every veatige of I the collision bad been removed. ! The bodies of Park Valentine and his yonng bride of a day were found togeth er in the burned debris. Tbeir right hands were both untouched by the fire, but their left hands were burned to the bone. Immediately after the collision 1 tbe two were seen through a broken window by tbe conductor of tbe Tarry town special. Mrs. Valentine was lm -1 prisoned by tbe broken seats and tint- IKTS of the car, and was reaching out her hands for aid in a heartrending ap peal. llsr husband lay on his aide and was held so that be could not move. .She wore considerable jewelry, ard her fur lined-circular was found afterward in the ruins. By their side ia the burned car was a rew valise one end of which was buroed a little. In it were a num ber of toilet articles, all t'niry-jreu, and a number of card* of "Mr. and Mrs. Park Valentine." Senator Wagner's mutilated rears ins were scot down to the city .Irvl rod ar rived at 8:15 A. in one o r the dead Senator's own pa'ace cars it the Grand Central depot. The family too'z the body in cbage Two boars later, at 10:30 o'clock, the .virainisj w*a bodies were brought devrn in ai. ordi nary baggage-car. Sir of '.be bodies were packed in ico-bcxau r.ud tbe charred remains of tbe seventh *fere borne on a stretcher CCTI-K BY the fur lined cloak of Mrs. Valstttse, the young bride whoso weddingtoo? ended in such a horrib'o de.tb, T'j j oar WOi switched off upon a side-Lack who. i arrived u:d r.n eat*, cf sbo cepci to tbe eld freight ct-tion st Forty-third street. There the aetfjjs "reio rat gad on the 3oor. ar.d coon iuoien rs.ro spread the drecebed \r& ban :d gNb menu sad satebeis rescvw.d from the wreck to serve or a xonns oi idxj'.ify lag the yet uatecogafced dee a. De tective Dak in told of the donth of Oliver D. Kealey, of Spring City, ?a.. In tbe KUcuilen Hotel aft* 'er.ible suf fering. Ktoby's one ara war burned off at the elbow and his body fairly roasted. He was co a scions neverthe less up to •he last mcmect cf iife. Detrebve DaVir, who name to as bed side, recognised & feilov-maeer. He made himself l.nc™c as a brother in distress and fold the ofucer that he was a member of Fpriug City Lodge No. 553 at his bone. "Write to my wife," he said g*nan