fbt Centre A ricnmcrat. S.T. SHIOKHT A. K. I*. OUVIS, Editors. VOL. 5. Of Centre jjOeraccrat. Terms tI.AO par Annum in Advnnce, Thursday Mornine, December 0, 1883. GOVERNOR PATIISON hud the tuan liness to veto part of the appropria tion hill. His claim being, that the demand of the legislators for pay, for service in extra session, was highly iuiquitous when extended to time not used hy them. Both branches passe*! the bill over his head. The fellows get their pay, hut the Governor gets the honor. It is not a party question. The Republican senate and the Demo crutio house both grabbed for the filthy lucre. Perhaps some have earned it. Let the burden of coti vineiug the people rest w'lli them. HON. \VM A. WALLACE, senator for our senatorial district, was in town yesterday. His visit was uot one of political nature, but on business re lating to the Buffalo Run railroad. It is cause for just pride, when our com muuity is so ably represented iu the stite seuate by a statesman of national reputation. Mr. Wallace has the best interests of Pennsylvania at heart ami lias done more than any man in it, to free our state from the oppression of a single railroad monopoly. Iu the near future, through bis efforts, Pennyl. vauia will be able to compete with her sister states, a thousand miles further from the market. LATEST news from Ireland report au attack ou a pmtestnnt religioU.- meeting which was being held in a theatre iu thecity of Wexford. Dresses were torn from the ladies, and gentle men were iusulted and stoned. A bonfire was made of all the Bibles Bod byranbooks (bar could be found. This affair and the attack of the Orangemen on the Catholics some time ago. show a religious bigotry in Ire land of which we are comparatively free. When Protestants and Catho lics throw away their religious intoler ance and unite in an effort for g'tod government and the freedom of Ire land, there will he *ome hope for that unhappy Isle. But until that timt hope is a stranger, ami the world looks on without sympathy. The dm of religious intolerance and fanaticism has gone by. Ireland may lie Protes taut or Catholic, but she must le tolerant of all creeds. The right to worship God according to the dictates of one's conscience must lie assurearic safe in Ireland a* in America. Our Qas. For some reason or other the Belle fonte Gas C'ompeny will lower the price of gas 33J |ier cent, after the Ist of January next. We hail the reduc tion of the cost of light with satisfiic tion. We hail anything that reduces the cost of living in our town with delight. And our delight will not be lessened in any respect, by a suspicion of the motives influencing the com pany. Our cititeus are divided on the subject; some say that the new Electric Light company has caused , the trouble, some will say that the ! combination with the Bteam Heating will allow of the reduction, without L— loss to the stockholders. Every nto tive will be assigned but the one, that the company willingly reduces, for the sake of cheaper light. Oil the whole we incline a Utile to the first proposi •ion, and hold it as au illustration * RX ACT JUSTICE TO ALL MKN, Of WHATEVER h'l A*l K OH I'KHBCABION, RELIGIOUS OH POLITICAL.Jeffroi>. Judgo Iloy and the Criminal Class The fear expressed by many, left the stem administration of justice hy his predecessor, might become lux in (be hands of Adam Hoy, is most happily removed by that gentleman's behaviour towards the criminals of last week. Our people do not desire unwise severity much less cruelly on the bench. Rut thev do ask for the rigid maintenance of the dignity of the law itself, and as rigid satisfaction of the claims of violated justice. If the court he not u terror to the crimi nal class, the criminal class will he a terror to the people. Which terror is desirable? The laws of this com monweallh, made with a view to the suppression of vice and crime, are for the most part most wisely fiamed. All that is necessary is to enforce them wisely and justly, and the court is clothed with discretionary power for this very purpose. Mr. Hoy has proved himself at the outstart no friend to crime, but a terror to evil doers. That is tight, make it hot for them. The soil of Centre rountv should not lie a soil wherein such plantscould thrive. The last ten years has shown how much a court of justice could do towards ridding our com munity of such pests, auii we can prophesy that Adam Hoy will not make our clime a more congenial one, and the Judge will find that the peo ple will endorse htm. China Must Hold TonQuln. It is the general opinion among the Americans and Europeans that the emperor of China lias full |tower over his subjects. Hut such is not the case, ami it is tiie intricacies of the numer ous department 1 *, and the ionumcrable cuslorus by which the empire is gov erned, that compels the court not to give up Tonquin ; its value per not being taken into account in iu> present intentions to fight for it The emperor in his capacity of father of the people, eon in theory give any order, and can in practice have put to death any official or citizen who disobeys it In his dynasty are a large and powerful number of princes and manderins, abo divide the department* and vice royalties among themselves. The pre*- .•lit dynasty is a foreign one, and con •o-quently is comjielled to re|>ect the army. Now this army is, for financial reasons, too small to pr.qierly garrison the empire ; and should an uprising •ccur against the government, the army would lie useless. Hence, the court cannot a fiord to offend either the irmy or the people in such away as to provoke their anger. The Tartar dynasty which now reigns would be -wept from the lace of the earth should it not consult the will of the peopl*. rhe present emperor is a boy, only twelve years of age. and all real an tbority Ix-long* to a widow of the last full grown emperor, to Prince Kung, Li Hung Chang, the man who moves the mass ot native Chinese, ami one or two other officials. Now these few can send out any orders they please, and arc o!eyed, but they have to he very careful not to wound the feelings or give affront to the pride of the peo ple ; for a disastrous insurrection would le sure to follow. The cession of Tonquin to the French would cause this, consequently we may expect that either France will withdraw from the peninsular, or else enter upon a ruin ous war.— Harijord Telegram. IT is announced that Gen. Fitx John Porter will endeavor to have congress pass a bill reinstating him in the army, but not till after New Years. Of course Grant will try to help bim now, when Grant is no good. THK country is palsied by one awful fear. The ,a|>eakership is nothing; no one cares for financial depressions; coal and iron can go to thunder, be fore the awful question, will Hergeant Msson lecture? The nation ia holding its breath uulil that one thing is de cided. BELLEFONTK, PA., THURSDAY, DKCKM PKR <>, 1883. Our Paper. The DEMOCRAT for the Inst month has been passing through a series of misfortunes, which, while they imiv and do happen to Ihe hest edited and the hest managed journals in the coun try.are nevertheless deplorable and to he avoided in the future. It is pecu liarly unfortunate that these should occur at (his particular moment in our experience. Our circulation has been doubled within the past quarter of the year, and at this time tli re are pro bably more readers for the DEMOCRAT, iu Centre county, than for any other paper iu it, and why ? For various reason. Ist. Because we sympathise with the demand of the people for cheap weekly literature. Two dollars is too much for any weekly pajrer pub lished in the interior of the state, and we propose to aid the people iu forcing down the price. 2d. Because we befriend the busi ueaa interests of the county and re cognize that to many of our readers, the building of a railroad or the build ing up of a manufactory, isiofinil ly more of interest, than one humlml columns of clipped political matter. 3d. Because we give full p •: to local happenings and incorporate in our columns as much of the general news of the week as is possible. 4th. Because we keep our paper free from all moral filth, and endeavor to publish that, which may be read iu the home circle,aud not bring a blush to one's wife or daughter, or a vile thought to one's little child. We propose to increase the excel lency of our paper week by wep marchul into aixl took p*sses sion of the city in the following order* viz.; 1. A Corps of Dragoons. 2. Advance (iuurd of Right lufan t ry. 3. A Corps of Artillery. I. Battalion of Right Infautiy. ■>. Battalion of Massachusetts Troops. 0. Rear Guard. After the troops hnd taken |*osos sioii ot the city, the General arxl Gov ernor made ilx-ir public entry in the follow ieg manner : 1. llxir Excellencies, the General ai* -1 nd Way to < tavern, at tb<- r rner of Br< adwa;r and Thames ' stre* t. Ibe 1 1 'Vi rnor gave a public dinner st J r riirirc *'< tavern, at which the (' mound* r in-Chief a r of the nriny. We ar*- informed by Mr. Kclbv, of the N- * \ ok Historical Ribrary, that it tin* bun hired by Mr. John Austin S;< vens. SM -rotary of the Chamber of ( orimiffc<*, for the pnr|>ose of ccle brn'ing the coming centennial anni veisarv of the Evacuation Day, by a public breakfast there by tfttit body.] After dinner the following toasts were drunk by the company : I. The I'nitcd States ,*f America. 2 His M<>st Christian Majesty. *'t The l*i itrd Netherlands. 4. The King of Sweden. 6. The American army. 0. The fleet and armies of France which have served in America. 7. Th • memory of those Heroes who have fallen f*r our Freedom. 8. Muv our Country be grateful to her Military Children. ft. May Justice support what Cour age has gaiucd. 10. The vindication of the Rights of Mankind in every Quarter of the Globe. 11. May America Ire an Asylum for the persecuted of the Earth. „ 12 Mava Close Union of the States guard the Temple they have erected to Liberty. 13. Msy the remembrance of this day Ire a lesson to Princes! The arrangement of the whole con duct of this march, with the tranquil ity which succeeded it, through the day and night, was admirable; and lire grntrfirl citizens will ever feel the trxMt affectionate impressions from that elegant and efficient disposition which prevailed through the whule event. Right Rev. William Fitzgerald, D. D., Bishop of Killaloe, Ki (tenors, Clou fart and Kilinacduagh, Ireland, (tied on Saturday. Telegram Briefs. A hand of robbers at Itlacziquitlaw, Mi x., killed a priest named Michael Cuba and his niece, cook and man servant. The hotel keepers of Chicago have ibus far raised $l,OOO as an induce ment for the national republican con vention to be held iu that city. Ilerr Raslor, a member of the Ger man parliament, inteods to make a study of congressional practices at Washington during the eusuing ses sion. The value of property destroyed by the fire at 81. Paris, Ohio, yesterday is between $25,000 and $50,000. About one-half of the loss was covered by insurance. The democratic caucus of .Spring field, Mass., last night indorsed the citizens' nomination of George H- Blelock for mayor. Mr. Blelock is a member of the democratic slate central committee. It is stated that a conference took place on Tuesday between Prince Bis marck and Ri Tong Pao, the Chinese minister to Germany. The subject matter of the conference has not yet lieeu learned. The York, Ontario and West ern railroad employes, to the number of 200, who struck last week in Os wego, went to work yesterday, after being paid off. The trouble arose over a proposition to pay monthly in stead of hi monthly. Information has been received that there is likely to Ire serious difficulty with the Piout Indians, who recently left the reservation in Washington i territory six! are now leading vaga lw>od lives uear their old haunts iu Oregon to the great annoyance of the settler*. The funeral of Sojourner Truth, the aged lecturer and companion of the Original abolitionists, took place at Battle Creek, Mich., Sunday. Many white person* were present at tbt funeral. She is known to have been low years old and wes probably older- Six thousand Bedouins aud 800 Anatalinns have enlisted at Alexan dria for service in the Soudan. One hundred Egyptian soldiers at Cairo, who were unwilling to serve in the expedition against El Mahdi, have been discharger) and their places sup plied by Arab*. Great anxiety prevails at Gloucester Ma**., for the safety of several of the Haddock fleet, which are considerably over-due. There are five or six other schooners which are now absent longer than usual, but they are well provis ioned, and possibly they may have gone to some of the eastern hanks, further distant in search of fish. Advices from Algeria state that there is great agitation among the native tribe* over the reported success of El Mahdi in Soudan having raised the Musselman fanaticism. It is also said that El Mahdi's emissaries are traversing Tunis. The governor gen eral is urging upon the French gov ernment the necessity of retaining a strong military force in Algeria. Placards have been extensively l>osted at and in the vicinity of Newry, Ireland, exhorting Orangemen to pre vent hy all possible means the entrance of Parnell's "rapparees" into the town nu Sunday. Those papers are signed "Lord Arthur Hill." The land lea guers have decided to meet outside the town. Four troops of dragoons and 300 police will arrive at Newry on Saturday. The Standard underground cable company, using tbe Waring cable, have just completed the work of laying underground telegraph lines connect ing tbe capitol at Washington with the various departments and police headquarters. The lines were tbor* oughly tested yesterday, both with Mnrse and telephone system. Tbe re sults obtained were iu every way satis factory and corroborated experiment*, previously mad* in other cities. TEHMH: $1.50 p-r Annum,ln Aflv§nee. All Hort*. Vigraux again defeated Kchaefer last night in Paris, leaving the Arneri* can 124 behind. Ii in estimated that the decrease of (he public debt for the month of November will be about $1,7.50,000. The panic in Khartoum is increas* iug. Ihe UlemaH of Mecca have formally condemned El Mahdi as an impostor. Theie was a riot in Newrv, Ireland, on Thurfvlay night. Resolutions were passed at a I> ague meeting condemn* ing the Government for proscribing ihe National league meeting next Sunday. Arrangements are being made by prominent Irishmen in Iymdon for a banquet in honor of Mr. Parnel), which will be simultaneoua with the one given in Dublin on December 11 Two steamers were in collision on Lake Geneva on Friday between Evian and Onchy, and twenty passengers were drowned. The collision occurred during a atorm. The Lower Uoue of the Hungarian Diet ha* passed a bill permitting civil marriages of Jews and Christians, hitherto forbidden, and legalizing civil marriages contracted in foreign coun" tries. ! The American bishops have closed their conference with the Papal Pro paganda. They will have a grand reception at the College of the Propa ganda on Saturday, the Bth of Decem ber and will leave Rome on the 10th. Dr. Henry Ib-ose donee, F. R. S., one of the most prominent physicians in Great Britain, and author of a number of medical works, was acci dentally shot in the aukle last week, and Hied from the effect* of the wounds. A wild Woman, named Anna Mills, was captured near Adrian, Mich. She had been haunting the vicinity and living in the woods for a long time. She narrowly ocaped being shot by sportsmen and wa then chased and caught. The trial of Patrick O'Donnell for the murder f) f .James Carey, the Irish informer, on the steamer Melrose Castle, was begun Nov. 30th in the Old Bailey, before Ju'tice Denman General Pryor appeared in court ai d advised with O Douncll's counsel. Carey's wife aud son testified. The German Crown Prince landed at Valencia on Thursday, ten thou sand people witnessing the landing. Next day he reached Madrid. King Alfonso, wealing his uniform as a Uhlan colonel, met the Prince, when he alighted from the train, and the welcome was most enthusiastic in every respect. Dr. Charles William Siemens, D. C. L., etc., the well known scientist, engineer and electrician, died last week of rupture of the heart, at the age of sixty three years. The deceased was born at Lenthc, in Hatiover. The funeral took place at Westminster Abbey on Monday, with great cere mony. The remains were interred in Kensal Green Cemetery. The locomotive engineers of the Texas and St. Louis Narrow Guage railway have been on a strike since last Tuesday, on acconnt of the refusal of the company to psy arrears of wages due for several months. Presi dent Parrarnore says that the difficulty will be arranged at once and the pay car has been ordered down the road immediately. The mystery surrounding the death of John Hanlan, who was found in the river three months ago, having been killed by a club, at Joliet, 111., wa* partly solved yesterday by finding his gold watch among the plunder of a gang'of burglars, which has been broken up by the arrest of its leading members. John Hungerford. the sus pected murderer, has a daughter who was Haitian's mistress. NO. 48.