©be Cfutrt groiorrat. DELLEFONTE, PA. T he Largest. Cheapest end Best Peper FUHLISIIKU IN CKNTHK COUNTY. Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation SPEECH OF HON. ANDREW U. CURTIN, OV PENNSYLVANIA, In the Home of Renrtttniaiivea, Thurtdoy, March '2, 1882. Th House, as In Commit!"* "f tho Whols II"US no th. state <>l Uu- I'nion.h ivuig oo.lrr c..osnlrtk,o IS bill (II K. No. dKfc)) making i|ipwpnll'iw for lliv consular and diploma do aartlca <•! Iha rnmt f..r the ttft-al )rar pudlug Juua 30. iNU.aud f.* other pur- Mr. Curtin said : Mr. Chairman, the time may come,and it is possibly rapid ly approaching, when It will be quite unnecessary to exchange with foreign nations ministers or ambassadors. Ilui while we do send ministers abroad n. represent this country, in deference to the customs f nations, we should clothe them witn all tho proper | owers anu surround theui by all appliances which will give consequence to the represen tativesof this great nation. We should give them that standing among ibe na lions of the world which this country itself holds, nor take Iro u tiieiu any o the dignity ol their high position. I understand perfectly well in wha' an embarrassing position a foreign nun ister would be placed should he have i> consul appointed without consulting him, without his selection, who woui- have access to nil of the archive# HDI papers of his office, and to all of tli private and public correspondence, ami have full knowledge of his business, j and one who would have charge of the legation and the disposition of the alls'r of the Government intrusted to the minister at the court to which he is ac credited in his absence as charge dV faires, which is the lw. I know full ! well that it is common to complain ol the expenses of our diplomatic inter cours< with foreign nauon# and of out consular service. Our representation abroad is not made to produce mnnei O." revenue. It is a representation of the interests of a great people. And, sir. I do object to making consular appoint ments abroad a source of revenue. I regret, Mr. Chairman, to have heard the calculations of expense ami profit- , of the diplomatic ami c insular service made bv the chairman ol the committee He exhibited the numbers of pa-spurt isaued by various ministers, and the balance in favor of the Government growing out of the consular service. The consular serviceof the United States *• require for the benefit ol those engaged in commerce and trade, ami a just pro tection to American mariners. Theser vice, in my judgment, should he rem , dered free of any expense to the citizen and be paid tor by the Government. The fees exacted are a tax levied oil the trader, merchant, or mariner, and in restraint to that extent of our coiu merco with foreign countries The issue of passport# is not properly the l>u-in*- nf the minister, although he is clothed with the |Mwer. There are very lew ol the countries in Europe where a pass port is required, and American cit zen traveling either for business or pleasure are in the habit of securing passports from the Department of State before leaving home. He lias direct cornier tion with the court or Government l> which he is accredited, lie conveys to bis own Government all that occurs in the country where he resides in relation to or can have any importance to the trade, commerce, and interests of oui people abroad, and he is there, as has been said by the gentleman who lnl addressed the committee, to protect Up rights of citizens, whether loleign born or naturalized, and 111 that respect receni events tiave clearly demons!raied thai to withdraw otir ministers.or to abridge their power, would tie an acknowledge*! weakness in our Government which could not be condoned, ami a calamity to those oT our citizens wh have ruth r ed arrest ami imprisonment in foreign countries. It would be a source of sen ous objection, in my judgment, 10 an American minister at a foreign court i*> allow a consular officer, without refer ence to his own wishes or the qualifies tions of the consul, to he appointed with power to have access to ami control ot the records of In* legation, ol the ar chives, and of nil the business interests represented by bin) at that Government. The selection of a secretary to lake charge of such matters should tie lelt with the minister himself, so that the citizen who i* liest qualified may be se lected to fulfill the duties. The re) uion being confidential, the qualifications of a aecretary should be of a much higher grade than those require*! {,, fulfill the duties of a consulate. Justice to the minister as well as to (hi* Government surely demands tbnt he should have as his secretary a citizen well qualified, and one in whom he can place most implicit confidence. Mr. Cnairman, I have said that the time may come when we may dispense with this system, and thereby cut down th*ex|Mn*e; when steam and lightning will give such rapid communication as to annihilate time ami space, and we can assert our rights and protect our interests without the presence of mini* ters abroad. It may be in the near future; but such a happy condition in the affairs ol humanity may be |mst poned until the lion and the lamb lie down together, or the proclamation of the promised peace and good will settle down upon the world. But while it is the practice of the whole world—of all the great nation* of the World—l hold that we, the American nation, ahouid be represented in every naiion. or wherever there is an organized tiovern inent or exercise of governmental power, and that we should have an American minister, selected for his fitness, to rep resent our fifty millions of freemen at the seat of Govern men l of every foreign nation, and should surround him with all the rights and powets, the dignity and the consequence of this great us tion. Mr. Chairman, we have never been the propagandists of our political ideas. We have never charged our ministers abroad to interfere with Governments to which they -re accredited, or to com mend our broad liberty and the dead level of our social organ isatioo to the civilized nations of the earth. On the contrary, they are expressly forbidden to interfere with the laws of the Gov element to which they are accredited. Sir, in the one hundred year* of the existence and example of this nation, where tree government lias been exer cising its mighty power over peoples who enjoy its blessings, and nil the Gov ernments of the world have felt it |*>wer 111 relieving oppressed iiuninuity, silent ly hut constantly our example has been contracting the power of the ruling classes and remitting it to I lie masses of the people, where it justly belongs. Our precepts and example, our liberal political ideas have broken down the imrriera between centralized power and the masses of the people, and every con cession made in Europe to the voice and dOßlfol of the people in their govern ment is n signal embodiment ol the force of the American ideas of govern •uent and the rights id common ho nullity. The people have povVer in all he governments in Europe save one. Kings and emperors are lessened in heir powers and prerogatives, and in uy judgment, believing as I do in the mure ol this great country and of our form of government, our broad liberty nid equality, Hie emperor and the king vill soon remain as the tinsel, nominal •lead of the government, if they are not entirely dispensed with as unnece* arv ii governments which ami to seiure ndividual happiness and prospeiity md enjov the blessing* of liberty, peace, old concord; and there will come ime when the rights of humanity will stand up and be asserted and appear in iving light in the presence of the Am-- lean idea of human rights and liber ties. [Applause ] JEFFEKHOM DEMOCRACY. The York Daily publishes the fol lowing letter received hy the .Jefferson Democratic Association of that place irom James Parton, the author: NEWRERRYPORT, M ASM, February IJ, I X.M'J, — C'/i'i uiirry fr . Black, />*/. — DEAR SIR: I accept with gratitude .lie honor done me by the Jelicreouian Democratic Association of Yot k in adding inv name to their list >f bono rary members. 1 thank you also, ln.il* i**r the documents accompatiyin.' your letter and fur the agreeable .manner in which you communicate the action ot your association. For many years I have wisher! to see the democratic party re created in the spirit a-k ourselves, t.ot merely what J. ff-r-on did in his time, hut what lie would l<- likely to attempt ot advi-e it he were now present among it#. I think, fir oue, that he would lie a civil service reformer. Iecause the s|wiils system is not democratic, it savor# of |H-rs*uial government, which he hated. I think lie would In- a more positive nnd sweeping free-trader even than he was in his life time ; nud yet he would probably not desire to pre cipitnte free trade and unsettle in a moment the work of sixty years. He would wish rather to pria-eed can tiously, but unswervingly, having in view the total, but not suuden,extirpa tion ol the protective system. I think, 100, that he would endeavor to remedy an im onvenience from which every president >f the United .States has suffered, an inconvenience resulting from the inadequate coni|icn sjtioo of tho higher officer* of govern ment. A king can get any ninn to serve him, because a king can offer to the most valuable man hi* market price, while a president of the United State*, representing the richest employ er in the world, lias an extremely limi ted range of choice, because he cannot make it |M#siblc f*>r poor men to ac cept difficult situation* without doing violence to their own interests. When President Jefferson asked James Mon roe to proceed, upon short notice, to Paris, to negotiate for the purchase of Louisiana, he lamented that lie could not offer him just compensation, such as a merchant or a cor (Miration would give tor a private service ofcorrespon ding importance. When the negotia tion wa* at an end, hy which the Uni ted Htate* obtained an aequisiiion of territory more important to it than any country has ever yet permanently obtained by conquest, Mr. Monroe re tired only to render other gratuitous services, and to end fifty years of ar duous public life in insolvency and dependence. How different the fate of the negotiator employed by the Emperor Napoleon for the few days service rendered by him without leav ing home. For that single act Napo leon made M. de Mnrhois a present of nearly forty thousand dollars. Thomas Jefferson never contempla ted a government either of millionaires or poor devils; nor politics controlled hy bosses assisted by pugilists and liar keepers, lie wished to see at the head of governments the flower of the hu man race. He wished to see cities governed hy men who lutd proved their capability hy having succeeded in business for themselves. We can tell with certainty whut kind of men ho would now wish to see iu office, \ whether federal, state, or municipal, hy recalling the men chosen hy himself | when he held the appointing power. Kvery member of his cabinet was a liberally educated man, and he clr.se persons of proved ability for employ ments demanding inch of business. He hated the hereditary principle becuuse, as he said, "It heaped iuipor tance upon idiots." The boss system does the same, and hence, 1 am hound to conclude, ho would have hated that, if lie hnd lived to see it developed. 1 wish your society great prosperity and success. Thomas Jefl'crsou ho queatlied to us immortal principles; it i* our humbler put t to create methods lor giving those principles effect. The nation ha* not liecome corrupt; it has simply grown very large and very rich. We have to adjust our politics to larger conditions, and apply Jeflcr-. sotiiau principle* to the government of a vast and growing empire. in this arduous work I trust your society will bear a part. Ue*|iecl fully yours, .JAMT.A FAIITON. At a regular meeting of the Jefferson democratic association of ork, Feb rut rr 27, IXW2, it was resolved ; That this Association desires and invite* the fullest and freestdiscu*-iou of the doctrines of Thomas Jelfer*ou ; tliut we hud it with pleasure, from whatever source it may come; wheth er from the friends of federal consoli dation, or the advocaus of local lib erty ; whether front federalists, iuiperi iih-t, so-called republican or honest democrat; reiving firmly, as did Mr Jetlervou biniselt, upon tlie virtue and intelligence of the jasnple, certain that whenever the i—ue between the bless ings ot home-rule, and the deadly evils ol centralization sliull be fairly under stood, they will decide promptly and wisely as they did iu the years 1 Hut* and i*7l>. We gratefully acknowledge the able and interesting letter which Mr. Far ton, the distinguished biographer ot Jefferson, lia* kindly added to the literature of the awMicialion, and we c uuineiid it to the thoiighttiil attention ol men of all parties, who are prepar oil to sacrifice merely parii-au con-id erntions, and sever merely partisan ties, to save the constitution of I**7 from threatened subversion, and the erection of what is euphemistically called a "stroug goverumeul" ou the ruins. But while we heartily concur in the main with Mr. Barton's deductions Iroin the system of Jefferson, and ad mire his lucid and forcible application of luiidHUieutal principles to the exist ing situation, we are not to lie under stissl II agreeing with him throughout. We hold, tor instance, and we believe Mr. Jefferson, who maintaining that frugality, economy niul simplicity, w< re the great essentials of republican government, would have held with it*, that our public servants are a* a rule well paid ; and that many nt them are greatly overpaid. We got lictter, more iaiihful and more honest service front tliein, when salaries were low, than since they have been raised in the general rot of federal centraliza tion and extravagance ; and if wc were called upon to vote for a change, we would lavor, nn| nn increase, hut a re duction. That Mr. Jefferson in the single isolated case of Mr. Monroe, re gretted hi* inability to r*>m|>ciisatc nim for an extraordinary public ser vice performed at an extraordinary private sacrifice, is true; hut it doc* not follow that lie even then consider ed the ordinary pay of public official* for ordinary services le* than it ought to have been. It was in those days of JcfT-rsoiiiati simplicity, and truly re publican salaries, that men slot si rea dy to serve the country at private loss. We sec nothing like it now; when salarieshave grown largeenougli to tempt cupidity, and officesare made thes|sdls and rewards of partisan Work. Instead of that *|iectaele —Jefferson adjuring Monroe to go serve his conn try, practically without pay—we see a federalist Congress voting a retired civilian, already everloaded with gra tuities, a mere gift of ten thousand dollars annually, instead of directing proper proceeding to lie instituted for i the recovery ofone hundred thousand dollars wrongfully receive*] hy him.as presidential salary, under color of an infamous statute, passed iu flagrant defiance of the constitution, and sign ed by this, the chief beneficiary. We hold with Mr, Far ton that Mr. Jefferson would have approached the difficult question of tariff reform in a conservative spirit, keeping in con stant view the general good of the whole country and not the particular interests of a few owner* of capital in vested in certain artificially stimulated industries. We think, however, that Mr. Jefferson was rather a lair trader than a free trader. His leading prin ciples nn this subject might be formu lated thus: Congress may do that which ia necessary for the general welfare, —as for defense in war—and to that end might impose a customs duty, protective and even prohibitory in character, if the object thereof were to render the Uuited .Stales as a nation independent of foreign nations in the matter of warlike supplies. But con gress may not "under the plea of build ing up desirable industries," levy, eith er directly or indirectly, u tribute upon the whole people, which does not reach the treasury, hut whit h pa*c* us a mere bounty into the pockets of a favored lie#. When Mr. Hamilton announced the reverse of this proposi tion in hi* celebrated Report on Man ufactures, Mr. Jefferson accepted the issue as a vital one, and informed Presi dent Washington, that in his judgment it involved nothing less than the ques tion whether we were to live "under a limited or an unlimited government." But for independence, for defense, for international justice, lie believed in the coiistitututtoiiul power of the United States to lay dsaeriminating duties, and to go even to the length of embar go, the lost measure short of war. h M clear that no man, of his day, did *o much to advance the domestic ninuu- I'uelurcs of hi* country a* Mr. .!• Ili-r sou ;aml to this cud he exerted himself equally in both his public and his pri vate capacity. He preferred to rai-ethe neco-ary revenues of the general gov ernment from custom duties, wisely adjusted to that object, rather than hy direct taxation ; and the first blow of his reform administration was nt the inquistorial system of internal revenue, developed hy Hamilton, and the large corps of needless officeholder* employ ed in its execution. But this is a limine upon which wo might pile line upon line and precept upon precept from Mr. Jcfli-rson, and still leave some room for honest differ • nee* of opinion as to precisely what course he won I I lake "were he |w-rsona'- ly present among its." In article 11, of ttie constitution of this association, we present our own statement ol Jcffer - the election of any person to the presi dency a tlmd time; to the presence of troop* at the poll; to the appropria tion of public money for anv purpo-o hut the support of government; t< commercial restrictions for the liem-fit of the few at the cot of the many; and to class legislation, which de stroy* the natural freedom of trade and dp|viils labor to build up monopo ly. To these ends we invoke the spirit and reassert the principles of Thoma* Jefferson, the author of the declaration of independence and the lounder of Un democratic party." Upon this declaration we stand, and U|Hin this, the slavery question being, a* Mr. I'urtoti remarks, happily and forever settled, we believe that all friends of pure republican government, limited be the i*e safeguard* of Un written constitution, must ultimately come to stand with u*. whatever may have heeu their previous party rela tionships. ('. F. BI.A* K, Fie-. J. A. JiLAOKtt, Secretary. A French Ucterfhe. M •♦■mi We walked out together, and iti (he course of conversation we touched upon the way iu which some person* can so disguise themselves a* to hide their in dividunlity from their most intimate friends. I expressed myself a* being doubtful whether this could lie really done, provided the parties to be de reived were on the lookout for such deception. My companion differed from me, and offered to disguise him self so effectually that he would, iu the course of the next '24 hours, s|-ak to me for at lcnt 10 miuutes without arousing my suspicions. I accepted the challenge, mid staked the price of a dejeuner at any cafe he would like to name. He agree*!, and tin- very same day won the bet iu the following manner. Shortly after leaving the do lectiVe. I met an old friend, who asked me lodine with him nt Versailles that evening. I agreed to do so, hut could not have Paris as early a* my friend in tended to do, ami therefore told him I should go down hy the -"i JO train from the (lure St. I/itz ire. I did so, and n I got into a first class carriage I re marked a short, gentlemanly looking man, with while hair, who followed tneintothesnmccompartment. French man like. heU-gan to talk about things in general, ami we chatted more or less, nearly ail the way to Versailles. When within ten minutes or so of our destination, my new friend quietly took off his hat, pulled off a wig, got rid of a mustache, and to my utter amaze ment sot revealed Itefore me as my friend the deteetive! How he had managed to find out that I was going to Versailles—-which I had no idea of myself when I left hint—or how he had so effectually concealed his ap paaranc* that I, silting within three feet of him, had no idea he was (lie man I had left some four hours previ ously, are problems which I cannot solve. The detective himself only laughed when I asked him how ho had contrived it. He was evidently great ly flattered at the amazement 1 dis played, hut beyond showing me with some pride hia wig and mustache, he was very reticent, and would enter into no details. That he had fairly won the breakfast (here could be nn doubt, hut he said he would rather put off the event until hcrould see his way as to whetho* or not he should be able to recover a part or the whole of the property which my friend hau solicita tion of the Templars, three of the Indians gave the assembled company itii exhibition of their own dance, to the evident satisfaction of nil. The dance was an improvement on the racquet, and threw the Newport into the shade. It was a cross between a "hoc-down" und the gyrations of a man Mill! ring from a cramp in hißstomach. Being very tired with their sight-see ing and dissipation.tlu*y retired. Ttiey leave to-night for Washington. Mr. Lushing, the young man who ha- thus taken three years out of hi* life for the advancement of science, is a memlier of the bureau of ethnology under Maj. Powell, one of whose H--MHIIIS he i*. lie wa* sent out two and a half years ago, and presented himself to the tribe lor membership. He WHS cordially received, but came near losing his lite when they discovered him taking note* and making sketches. This, however, he ColitlUUisl to do. Mild has expressed all his notes to \\ dshiugtou. fne greater part of his information i* lock ed op in hi* long haired cranium, ano *afc from the Indians. He began by adopting their costume and customs, and by learning their language and manners. Tlii* he sueei-eded in d ling in a short time, an I gamed their re spect and admiration. Step by step he advanced until he found it necessary to adopt their re iigiou also, that he might learn ad the ceremonial details. This he al*o did, and he is now; second ehiel of the tube of sixteen hundred. 11-- has made a thorough study of tin Zmi language . iucluding its grammar ami etymology. Being an enthusiast in etliuologv he found ample time und opiHirtuuities (or this branch of science,and hi* w-.rk will doubtless prove of great value. He found thai hy joining tie- priest hood of the 11 iw he would be further enabled to prosecute his researches, and lie accordingly joined and lias attained the first degree. Five of those with him are rcenilx-rs of the order. The order corres|smls to the Ma->uic organizations of civilization, has the character of a political ring, control ling all the "iidlooeuie" and even go ing so far as to deal out capital pun* ishment when necessary. Mr. Lushing says that the only capital ofh-use among the Zuui* is witching, but that this crime includes many others. The criminal is given over to the priesthood ami then dis appears front society. T.ie trilie. as is known, is the oldest among the North American Indians, ami is also (he most conservative, which accounts for the failure of civilization to make the slightest impression u|s>n theii r ligion or manners. They are all spiritual ists. the priest* acting a* mediums Their erri nd ea-t is partly to gel their cans and bottles full of sea water, which they hold ns sacred. This will probably gain Mr. Lushing great ad vantages on his return hi the trilie. which takes place in about two months. The Zunis, Mr. Cusliiug says, are the true stock of the old Pueblo race ami through them he is enabled to Irare hack all the old traditions and man ners to the time of the Montezuma*. He finds that the religious rites, the ceremonies of the secret order, all itic manners and customs are identical, to the minutest degree, with those of the rare of three hundred years ago. as shown hy the cave picture*. Mr. Cushing is therefme a genuine Indian to all intents ami purposes, having adopted all savage manners and cus toms, as well as religion. The Times, however, has his word that he has not married into the tribe. This they much desire him to do, hut so far he has refused. He seems to have great influence with them, ami he shows his love and respect for them in every action. He is a brother, hy adoption, of the head cacique, who is with the tiarty, and it was with the utmost so licitation and teudernos that be as sisted the rheumatic aboriginal about the room. It might be of interest to know the name* of the Indians, hut life is too short for protracted pleasure*. Mr. Cushing evidently has made a thorough examination of everything of scientific interest regarding the tribe and its traditions, and undoubtedly is entitled to a great deal of credit for the sacrifices which he has made to ac complish his results. N KITH I%R a man uor woman is en tirely sale until he or she can endure hlame and receive praise without ex citement. Daniel Webster'* Widow. I.AIII TO *t*T AT R'XIIEM.K—SKE7< II or UtR I.UE. WpsrM Ljr Tl*K|.h I, 11,. TltiosELr. New ottK,Mur'-li I.—Tlic funeril of Mr*. Daniel Webster took place thin morning from Trinity Church, New lloclielie, uin J tin* remain* were bui ied in WooiliuMii Cemetery. The service* were conducted hy the* Jtcv. Dr. Cuna 7. II*r father was the late Herman D-roy, la-ad of the once finnuun lioune of Iy-my, Jiay apl, Mi Ki vcn A Co., who hud a large iruile in different paru of the world. Mr. Leroy war ui-o the firi IloliariiJ Oxiwul to the United Hlates. Mr*. WelmtcrV mother wa* Hannah Cornell, a daughter of the la-i of the royal Attorney* General of the S:te of North Carolina. Caroline wo* one of eleven children, and inherited from her parent* qualities ihntbesp ike high liirtli and high connection*. Kven in her girlhood day* she wa noted tor n certain Mateiy and imprt---uvc de ui can or that cau*e*l her playmate* to look up to her with delcictitial res|a-ct. .Slie *u *ern to a fashionule hoarding school in New Hrun*wick, New Jer*. v. where *he received her education, aud on her return to lu*r home at once began 11 make a brilliant imprecision in the leading society of the city of that day. She became widely known for her gill* a-a conversationalist and l'ir her at trac tive ipialitie* generally. Her father'* house at thi* period ua* at No 7<> Hroadway, theu one of the fashionable centre* oi the city, and it wa* here that, in IS/M, *he uu* first int rial need to Daniel \\ eb*ter, tlie S -nator ir >n Massachusetts. 'I n otiversaiiomil ainlitie*. which had charitie citizen* ol H <*IOII ion iri lintel ?I,i.ei\i each to a fund of ?10>MMI;|, which wa invcte*i lor hi* widow's benefit, and the interest ol this *lic rec.|H rtv from her family to sup ply her needs. Mr*. WelisUr Was among tin* s|iectalor* at the unveiiing ot the Hunker ildl Monument and the Ja-t public event she atleuded wan the ceremony ol the unveiling of her hu-baiid * statue in Ccutrui i'ark in 1*77. For three year* preceding her death she had ln-en in the in*tut of staying nUlhe Iy-rov House in Ho chelle, of which had in lua life lime often carried acros* the teas mercantile goods f.,r lu r father's house, lb r sister-in-law, Mrs. Jacob La-roy, had liocii staying wiih her since No vein tier la*t, w hen Mrs. W'eliMcr first liegao to be ailing, alihongh she was aide to be up and around the house • lady. Her courte .u* niaunets w<-rc the subject of admiriug rumnieut am uig all who came in conlact with her, and shetrcaied high and low* with equal kindness and politeness, those wiio were more intimate were often erit- rtained by her anecdotes of her husband'* career, of which she remcrn be red and could narrate score*. She wa* very unostentatious iu her later year*, aud loved the quiet retirement ot the romantic house that wins an added interest ami historical value from the fact that she lived and died there, lier Imnilv were among the old est set tier* in IVlham, and the family name is well known all over the couu try. TIIEGREAYICKT. —Thegreatest thing in the world in the tali* of Niagara; the largest cavern, the Mam moth cave •if Kentucky; the iarge*t river, the Mississippi —4, (MM mile* IU extent; the largest valley, that of the Mississippi —i:s hrea 5,000,000 square miles ; the greatest city park. that of Philadel phia, containing 2,7