CTljc €mlrc jfiiL IBrmorrat. S. T. SHUUERT & E. L. ORVIB, Editors. VOL. 6. fhe €tnixt gewactal. ■ i Terms 51.50 per Anaemia Advance Thursday Moraine, March 13, 1884. TUB lIOU W. 8. Hunt, the United i States Minister to -Russia, died after a long illness at St. Petersburg on the 27th ult. — m —- THE Hon. Kenneth Rayner, solici tor of the Treasury, died at Washing ton on Thursday last, at the age of 76 years. He was a native-of North Carolina. THE Lieutenant Boas victorious. Hen. Sickel, the pension agent at . Philadelphia, had to go. Judge Kelley his friend had no delegates to offer Arthur, and Quay bad. Hence John ! M. Yacderslice chaperoned by Quay get the office. THE seuators of the United States have voted themselves private secre taries, to receive handsome salaries at the expeoee of the public treasury. It will he interesting to see how many of them appoint their wives or sons or daughters to these positions. THE "National Greenback Labor convention are to meet in the city of Indianapolis, lud.,on the 28th of May next,to nominate eaodidstes for Preai. dent and Vice President of the United . States. It ia said that Mr. Weaver, of lowa, is again willing to lead a "for lorn hope." IT is said that there is a prospect of a split in the Republican ranks of < Georgia, and that a double delegation may appear at Chicago claiming rec ognition. The whites composed prin cipally of Federal retainers, favor Arthur, and the negroes are for .Lin coln or Blaine. Gol. DcirtJtT, the commissioner of pensions, has consented to be the Re publican candidate for Governor of Indiana. He is an adroit politician and organizer, and is believed to be the strongest man of the state to lead the Republican foroes in the great t hattle. Senator Voorheee will proba bly be the candidate on the Demo cratic side, and between the two In diana may expect a lively campaign. THE Democratic members of the Ways and Means committee of the house are said to have voted unani mously upon a reform tariff bill iden tical with that of Mr. Morrison, ex cept that the free list is confined to salt, coal and lumber. To the other articles added by Mr. Morrison to the free list, the majority of the commit tee have decided to apply his general principal of 20 per cent, horizontal reduction. This bill is to be presented as a substitute to Mr. Morrison's bill. — mmi -- - IT is said that Boas Quay, the lieu tenant in command of the ring, makes no secret of his purpose to teach Judge j Kelley a lesson in subordination. The r~ i Judge, it appears, antagonize!] the BOM in the Philadelphia appointments, I and for this insubordination is to be ■ defeated for re-nomination for con gress in his district, and to make the ; defeat more marked and humiliating ' to be superceded hy the miserable ', ringstsr. Ley-burn, who disgraced the ' senate o: Pennsylvania at its lost ses- ! , •ion. i j A JOINT caucus of the Democratic ' members of the senate and house of 1 representatives met last week and < appointed a Democratic campaign I Committee, composed of one member ' from eTery state and territory having ! I a Democratic representation in con- ' jjrrM, and authorizing fhe committee j' to select one person as a member from ' crrery state ami territory having no Democratic representation, and from t the District of Columbia. The Hon. c William Mucbier is the member of c the committee from Pennsylvania, and i Eis well chosen not only for bis ability, I but as a prudent and sagacious I)e- t mocral in whom the people Lave on- r koitiuli l cocfi,lci.cc. I THE Chatabersburg Valley Spirit ] admitting that it might crowd things a little, asks bow would William T. Shermau for President, and J. Sher man for Vice President, strike you ? It seems a little thick at the first start, hut after it run aw hile it would get thin enough. THK Cincinnati Enquirer sent out B,(HMI circulars to Democrats in In diana, inviting them to make known to its Indianapolis bureau their first and second choice for Presidency. These letters of inquiry were answered as follows : J. E MrtfeittM MM, Morn** 11 11. B. Pjn>. 958 IL-II Sntlw I | Til Sri, 4.U. IL.tui*!, 3'J llsu.ltl.-k> at|Voo,s, IST | Klßkrork 14 floaw. 2 I Thomas tH< boh - lfe*dly 4! THE New York Sun is responsible ; for the statement that .Samuel J. Til- Jen was the largest contributor to the Hancock campaign fund in 1880. The figures are taken from the books of the Treasurer of the Democratic na tional committee, which shows Mr. Tilden's contribution to be 501,500. Other large contributor were W. 11. Haruum $lO,OOO, W. L. Scott $43,000, H. B. Payne s2o,ooo,Oliver 11. Payne $31,000. THK cyclone which passed over and devastated parts of Georgia, South Caroliua and Alabama on the 18th ult., was one of terrible calamity, more destructive of life and property than the floods of the western rivers. In the track of the cyclone whole villages were swept way, and planta tions and farms are denudes], and live stock killed and maimed. The losses in Georgia are estimated at two millions, and in Alabama at three millions. A bill has been introduced in the senate to appropriate $lOO,OOO for the relief of the sufferers. PRESIDENT ARTHUR in his message to congress in 1882, recommended as follow*: "I recommend an enlarge ment of the free list so as to include within it the numerous articles which yield inconsiderable revenue, a simpli fication of the complex and inconsis tent schedule of duties upon certain manufactures, particularly those upon cotton, iron and steel, and a substan tial reduction of the duties upon those articles and upon sugar, molasses, silk, wool and woolen goods." If Morrison's bill is free trade, what is this? It will bear comparison. STAR-ROUTE DORSET has said that he was offered immunity from prose* cution by the payment of $30,000, and that one of the star-route contractors did pay $200,000 for immunity. What reliance is to be placed upon such a statement by Mr. Dorsey may proba bly be taken with some allowance, hnt as congress is now investigating the late star-route trials, it is entirety proper that he should be placed upon the stand and given an opportunity to ' say on oath what he does know about i the extraordinary corruptions charged | to the management of those trials. W ILL prohibition prohibit? is a conundrum the people of lowa propose to solve hy a recent act of the legisla ture of that state. Many predict that the law cannot lie enforced, and there is some foundation in this prediction from the experience elsewhere. It is j said that in Maine, where prohibitory laws have existed for many years, that j there are more groggeries than in any other of the neighboring states. Tem perance is a great moral question, to be met as such by persuasion and ar gument in the right spirit, and we have but little faith in any party or legislative action to enforce personal morality against appetite, or what the drinker may conceive to be his right to judge and choose for himself, Co ercion will alway beget resistance, either open er secret, and rum drink ing will continue, all the same, whether Its supply is controlled and regulated by judicious laws in the bands of responsible agents, or obtained in vio lsfipn of law. "HqUAL Al> EXACT JUSTICE TO ALL MEN, or WHATEVER STATE OR PERSUASION, RELIGIOUS OR POLlTlCAL."—J*ff*r>i> BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1884. THE Chicago Time* thinks that Shermau ought to investigate the late southern cyclone, as it was probably designed to exterminate colored Re publican votes. A.M M lIEK of papers, and among thern our excellent contemporary, the Look Haven Democrat, have indulged in calculations to show that if Wash ington had lived to the 22d of Feb. last, he would have been one hundred and fifty two years old. Now, having settled this question so satisfactorily, we suggest that they extend the in quiry and inform us what the com bined agin of Washington, Jefferson, Mudisou, Monroe and Jackson would have been if they hud lived to the day that Rutherford It. Hayes was elected as their successor in the Presidential office. THE atory, remarks the Pittaburgh Pott, of the late tornadoes in the south has not been fully told. While tbey will not rank with the Ohio floods iu the amount of damage done to pro perty, the loss of life is far greater than has accompanied any late freshet or overflow. The latest and most ac curate reports fix the damage of these storms at $1,000,0000f property, 5,000 houses and 300 to 400 lives. If to this we add the devastation of the Ohio floods, where the amouot of damage done is estimated at $10,(88),- 000, it will make a very heavy weather bill to pay for one month. THE Washington Pont condemns the action of the House in refusing to concur with the senate in asking an additional appropriation of $lO,OOO to its contingent fund, to eoable Sher man and MaboDS to continue their "bloody shirt'' campaigu. The Houso was certainly discourteous, but a com mittee of conference was appointed in each House. The objection will DO doubt be withdrawn and the cam paign will continue unembarrassed for waut of funds. Let the coffin pam unobstructed, John and his repudia tion chum need early sepulture. THE Naliooal organization of (tree ley's "narrow-minded blockheads" calling themselves the "Union Ijeague of America," held a convention in Washington last week. The object of the moeting of the preteatious organ isation it appears is to make arrange ments to regulate the south in the interest of the Repuolican party. The "•olid south'* worries these patriots, now, more so perhaps because they cannot but know that it was by their own blundering tyranny, in sending their robbers upon that people when tbey were defenceless and in poverty, that made them "solid." Times have changed the aspect of utfair* some what. The tyrants now beg where they formerly coerced. WHATEVER may be the intention* !of Gov. Tihlen, or his desire* in re i fere nee to the nomination for Presi dent, he cannot hut be highly gratified with theuuirersal confidence.and good feeding entertained for him in every section of the country, and the general concurrence that he wonld be the pro per person to lead the Democratic forces, if his health and strength are adequnle to the great undertaking. On this point accounts differ. He is represented by some as in the last stago of life, by other* as vigorous and competent as in his best days. But all this, we have no doubt, will be made clear by Mr. Tildco himself in due time. He is not the man to make mistakes, and if be is not in condition to endure the strain upon him, he will not embarrass the party hy accepting the responsibilities that the position would impooe. This is our faith in the great statesman— the unselfish patriot who suffered himself to be de frauded of the Presidential office in 1876, rather than desolate his country by eivil war at a time when the sol diers were massed in the capitol under the eotnmaod of the aoldier President to enforce the designs of those with whom he acted and prevent his duly elected successor taking hi* *e*t. EX-POHTMASTKK GENERAL JAMES was before the committee investigating the star-route trials last week. In bis extended testimony he stated that President Garfield was anxious and persistent In having the star-route frauds probed to the bottom, no mat ter who was hit, stating that ho had taken an oath to execute the laws and this ulcer must be removed. Mr. James detailed at length the means taken to deal with these immense frauds upou the government, and re ferred to the damaging character and large amount of testimony obtained, aud expressed bis belief that if the President hail been willing to have taken "a lower view of his obligations as Chief Magistrate and o au honest man, be would not have fallen a vic tim to the assasxin's bullet.' Ho sub sequently explained his meaning of this senteuce hy saying thai "judging from the clamor of the people aud the clippings found iu the assassin's pocket, Guilean's head was turned hy these thing*." Kx-Attoruey General MacVeagh was also before the committee as a witness, aud testified to subxlaulially thcxamc facts detailed by Gen. James, aud after informing ihe- President that by pursuing the prosecution they "would explode a bomb in the Itepub lican party," was directed to go ahead. He also referred a*, some length to the secret history that induced him to withdraw from the prosecution and the department, and explained hit reasons for believing io the sympathy of Arthur with the robbers to be that tbev and their defenders were bis in timate associate*. THE civil service commissioner* have made their first annual report. It has been submitted to congress by the President with his endorsement and recommendation* of the further legislation soggested by the com m'rs. The report states that the several re sults which appear to be more direct objects of law aod the civil service rule, as understood, are, "That official authority and influence must no longer be use*l to impair the freedom of elec tions, or coerce political action of citizens. That the extortion from those in public service, whether under the form of political assessment or otherwise, for the purpose of paying the expenses of parties or candidates, must come to an end. That selections for executive service on the basis of official favor and partisan influence must he suppressed by requiring ex aminations and other adequate test* of character and capacity as the eondi { tioo* of entering the service. That the true responsibility and iudepen* < deuce of legislative and executive department* under the constitution roust be restored.*' The report which j is quite lengthy, making a volume of sixty-seven closely printed page*, de clares the civil service act a success, and believes the most difficult point ha* been attained, aud makes various suggestions and among others thk of party tests be no longer applied in the selection of collectors and postmasters, and that every corrupt exercise of 1 power, nomination, promotion, transfer l or confirmation, even though a cor- I rupt consideration may not be a thing 'of value, should be an offence under the bribery laws. Buaineiw Booming South 1 he manufacturing industries of thi* j country which heretofore has l>oen mainly confined to, aod formed largely ' the wealth of the New England pro ductions, is rapidly drifting to the : south. The reports from that section state that the cotton mills in course of j erection and put in operation in the months of January and February, will cost over #3,250,000, and add more thau 100,000 spiudles to those now in use. As showing their faith in southern cotton manufacturing, the Manufacturer's Record aays: "A number of well established southern mills propose to largely in crease their capacity. The Eagle and Phu-nix mill, Columbia, Ga., intends to erect a new #1,000,000 mill; the Rome fGa.) cotton factory will sjiend $lOO,OOO on a new mill; the River side Gotten Mill company. Danville, Ya ; Matthews Mill Company,Mrltua, Ala., and the Birmingham (Ala., Cotton Mill will each expend ahout $100.1)00 or more on n*w mills, while iu addition to those there are numer ous other cotton factory [injects lieiug worked up. An immense amount of northern and western capital is going into southern industries, and the south ern people are investing heavily in new enterprise*." Other industries in mining and manufacturing for the two months in dicated, according to the Record, shows extraordinary advancement ami pros perity, in which it is estimated that the vast aggregate of twenty-eight million of dollars have fa-en invested- This, too, in a < tioD of our country our Republican friends ak u* to be lieve is so badly governed by Demo cratic bourbons, as to require the warning voices of Sherman, Mahone, and such, to inspire the country to send missionary committee* to the re lief of it* oppressed people. I)ox CAMERON seema to have sur prised everybK. The bill provides that on sod after the Ist of July, 1884, tbe rates of duty : to be leried, collected and psid on the im portation of goids, ware* and merchan dise mentioned in the tariff set of March j .1, 1883, shall be as follows: On all article* mentioned in schedule I, which includes all cotton goods . in schedule J which includes all hemp, juta and flax goods** in chedule K, which includes i all wool and woolens; in schedule C, • Inch includes ail metals; in schedule M, which includes all liooke, papers and articles of this character; in -chedulo F, which covers tugu p , molas sea and articles of like character ;in seedule F, covering tobacco ; in schedule 11, which wood and wooden ware (ex cept as otherwise provided): in sched ulo O, which includes provisions; in -chedula N. which includes sundries ■ other than precious slopes, salt coal and linseed or flaxseed, and io sched ule li, which includes all chemical pro ducts, eighty five percentum of tbe | duties and rates of duty now imposed !on said articles scremly. It provides however, that none of the articles in eluded in scbcduld I, shall pay a higher rate of duty than forty peroeotum ad valorem) in schedule K higher than aixiy per centum, and in schedule C higher than fifty percentum. It pro vides that the rale of duty on oast polished plate glass, untiirerod, ex i-ceding twenty-four by sixty inches square, on green and colored gists, TEItMN : $1.50 |>*r Annum,in Advance. bottle*, vial* demijohn* aod car boy# (covered or uncovered), pickie or pre serve jars sud other plain, molded or preased green and colored bottle gla*. not cut engrav*! or painted and not specially enumerated or provided for in thia act and on all tbe article* nub jrct to ad valorem duty in schedule B, which include* earthware and glassware i shall be eighty percentum of the several I duliea and ratea of duty now imposed on iwid articles severally. It provide* h w. ver, and nothing in thia act ahall .oj 11 ate to reduce tbe duty above im posed on any article* below the rate at which said article was dutiable, under , "an act to provide for tbe payment of outstanding treasury note* to author , ize a loan to regulate and fix tbe duties i ori import* and for other purpose*, ap proved March 2, 1801, commonly cal led the Morrill tariff,'' and that when under the existing law any of aald arti cle* are grouped logtberaod mvle du tiable at one rate, then nothing in this act rhall operate to reduce tUe duty ba i lon' the higher, rale at which any arti cle in such group was dutiable under sold act of March 2, 1801. It provide* that alter tbe Ist of July, 1884, the rate of duty to he psid on all urij>oltbed J cylinder, crown and common window glass, on iron or at eel sheet plate*, or tagger*' iron coated with tin or lead or with a mixture of which these metals ! is a component part by the dripping or any other prooesa, and oomcuonly known a* tin plate*, terne plate* and t sogers tin ; and on linseed or flaxseed, shall be eighty per en turn of the several dulie* and rate of duty now impoeed on aaid articlM severally. It add* the , following lixtof article* to the pre*eot free list j Salt in bag* or sack*. barrel* or other package* or in bulk; ooal alack culm . ooal, bituminous or shale; tim , ber bewojaod sawed, and limber uaedffnr spar* and in building wharvee; timber squared and aawed not especially en itinerated or provided for in thia art; saw ed board* planks.deela and other lumber of hemlock white wood, sycamore and baaawood, and all othar articles of Mwed lumber: bub* for wheels, posts, last block*, and wagon blocks, oar > blocks, gun blocks, holding blocks and all block* or sticks rough hewn or I sawed only, slaves of wood of all kinds, picket* and palings, laths, shinglear pioe clapboards, spruce clapboards wood manufactured not *|>ecieUy en j um era led or provided for in this act. It I provide# however, that in the case of { bituminous or shale ooal the exemption from duty shall not apply to ooal im ported from the I'omimonof Canada until the government shall have "imp | ted from tbe pevment of doty all ooal imported into that country from tbe United States. ■—i ♦ ■ Additional Loral. —The followingi* from the Mileshurg ! correspondent of last Saturday 's Qrtf It become* onr painful duty as a citizen of thiqui>>l borough to mention the facts of the doings of one whom wo i are at to know where or how to place, with the human race or brute j creation. Now to the point, and you, inrny readers of Grit, can fixer place liim as you ee proper. This individual, name with held for the present, a few •lays ago becboked bis'wife because she would not something to eat from hi* mother in law's, and put her out of the bouse, at the same time hav ing nothing for the mainlainance of the family. Remember he it of a lazy na ture, and a worthless man, Now, young ' man, provide for your family, or elar the | borough authorities will take you in charge and trou how to look i after your family, ll we have an | occasion to speak of you again it w ill be ; your name and particular* of your action* toward your wife. Alfred S. Smith is now chief of police and lamplighter, successor to W. T. Hall, retiring from aaid ofhoe Tbe niirgea* atid Councilman elect have taken their imp clad oath* to perform their duties a* officers of the borough. The railroad, a* reported, hi a settled fact, and another powder magasina ha* been built for blasting purposes, thia being the second one built in sight of town. Blacksmitbing shop* are now being built in different localities along the line for railroad smithing. This docs not look like foiling through, as has been reported. NO. 11.