CENTRE HALL REPORTER, FRIDAY, May {RER 1st, DEMOCRATICSTATENOMIN AUDIMOR GENERAL: HON. CHARLES E. BOYLE, A ph 3 pe Of Fayetie County. FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL: . WELLINGTON H. EXT, § PTONNS FOR GEN of Columbi The Approaching Decision. near at hand. A few days iety and suspense under which it has suffered since the quarrel between President commenced. We might add, that the political Crisis and Congress was, and still is, a permanent one ; not a crisis followed by successive eruptions of violence, but one which may be lik- ened to end a feverish condition, which can violent this in dissolution or f the system. Will only Xs schocking of crisis end with the decision of the Im- peachment trial? To be exabled to answer this ques I the condition of the declared innocent or guilty. nounced mnocent, country will net only remain the same, but the discord axd split between the legislative and excentive wil ceneral of the government The orn an more bitter, opinion in | sng ground that the President will pronounced guilty. That the radicals rei} vi at] have in caucus, healed amony themselves, is already known, and that all their Renate are plelged supporters in the thereto, 1x =elf-evi- The secusation was not made to Richt or Wrong, but to con- dent. determi demn, in order t ” ne o eet rid of a President who would not bow behests of a radical majority. there The question, whether not a number of were Sena- | }i ill tors who felt inclined for an acquittal, |, 12, In other words, only the question, two Ben Wa ly before the world split into ‘tion of le, tions—into the fi P, Jor a time, such a into the faction of Salmon and his followers. breach seen ve ry have nnited she odio and conserva- A number of republics serators were counted upon to vote with the Demo- erats for an acquittal, and thas sever their conneetton with the Bat now tl 4 tion. {tO prevail that viet. the opinion seems Should this transpire and Ben Wail or Speaker Colfax take the seat of the then evi- removed Andrew dentiy there will be Johnson, instant harmony How lone this would contim 1s be- vond human fore-sicht to tell! 1e, with united force, will ee the work of aimence re-construetin or and FOVerning the Santhern Statos, we wight call the government erisis, the discordance between single Zovern- mental branches. would thw ~ tarily cease, and the purposes of the | dminant party would be reached with- out further interruption from. internal broils. However, the deep rent whic “republican” party would have caased to the would not be healed there hy. Constitution of our On the | contrary, that party with the anited woul set to work with renewed en- ervey du still widen the reat inthe Con- | stitngion. The new: President, a l- of the déspetisin which €ongeess seeks to establizh, wouleh perfiiet the re-con- of the Southern States by military power. Upon the heels of suc; struction a despotism must follow its opposite, resistance, revolts, revolution, overthrow. fortify itscif "proportionably with the | itself, A gay k futuss! the hope, of a brighter ut where is the CAME “when mtion looks upon. this dastarddy, WE tor its welfare and existence, with:in- Gifference ! a Aro ae a verdiet will he rendered in the impeachment trial Ir is supposed that by next Saturday. Some propose delay- | until after the €hicazo but this does not meet with much favor. ne the verdiet convention meets, Ricamoxp, Va. April 214-—Miss Putzlul and Mr, Mortimer Cox, of Richmond Va. a ferevman, and a ne- drowned on Wednesd; 1) gf while Cros ing the Jumes River | A 3d Vern “1 . bh ih re Ba SULLY FP OILY, Does any man belidke that thednter- | ests of the Southern States, and of the | nation, will beadvanced by placing the negroes in contral of these States! L Are men, whom the Government has | been obheed 10 support at a cost of wwenty millions of dollars a year, wrune from the laboring men of the orth, the men who will govern those States the wisest and If any answer those questions satis to his own judgement and then will he give him credit fr honesty in supporting the ‘measures of the present | Otherwise, we can regard him but as a fool and knave. & Ap best ? nan can factorily conse ence, ( OLY TUSS, “should despise { they taught n Butler savs he the Ten! ‘ommandments i Lhim to forgive Andy Johnson,” course the wretch would hate the {Commands any how, beeause | then says—"Thou shalt not steal.” Ton > cp Victory In Goo nreia., | THE RUMP DISCOMPITED,—DEEEAT OF THE CONGO CONSTITUTION. The fallowing despatch was received April 21.—The con- tition undoubtedly defeated Nothing ean change the result except such frauds as will be too gross not to be palpa For that reason such frauds are not now exee pte dd. The de- feat of the constitution is clear by a | large majority. “Groene ral Gorden has been elected of Georgia by a surprisingly large majority. “The connties which have the lareest have all zone Demo- “WM Ac vN, Ga. ~ he Whle, (rovornor f NOOTO Mjorities cratic. * me 1. H. Sur att. The second trial of John H. Surratt fixed for Tuesday, May 12. It is prod that Judges Jack, Merrick, and Bradley, Jr. will aj * for the defense. mer t i & ~pY Yesterday niorning, the First District United efice the largest seizure Fillet w hickey ever made in the West. - After midnight the city police aceiden- tally discovered some parties unload- me barrels {rom a eanal boat under | suspicious circumstances, and reported | the fact to the Assessor who proceeded to make investigation, They found (men at work and 300 barrals of whis- Key wi nlonded and rolled into the reeti- i fying est! h D. Rockhill, {on the canal, Is were with- out mark or ment brands any Kind. The officer took immediate ! possession of Rockhill's establishment in Chneinati, O., Stites A =~ + | SOS=Or Hoa iment ot The by (rovern hls] irl I'¢ f mainder of the whiskey. The 300 barrels were placed in « bonded ware. Louse, reese elf meen. Dead Bodies Afloaf. St. Les, Mo, April 19.—A crhas tly | spectacle was presented in the river | below the ¢ ity, vesterday. During the cholera season last summer, a large { number of the bodies of vietinis of the epidemic were burried by the city on Arsenal I:land, asl | the ity. The river | has been for some { time gradually washing the island away and Yostenisy the water reached a | tren h in whieh bodies were hurried | He was nd some fifty or more coffy tout, which floated dow the stream. | Twenty-four have been recovered, and measure rpve been taken to secure the rensdndder: on the island will also be pr H( tod or Irémoy ed {oq place ff ty. ort {0 1x Home SUCH IS bei — THE ABSOLUTE PERFEC- tron and truthfulness to Which the ttteetiinis) of FAIRBANKS scaALEs | has been broucht, that the cla of which tl} oy are constructe , land their liability to yield under | heavy strains, has been entirely coun- | teracts that the are | precis ely alike, no matter on what part i 3 $y ticity metals indications dq 1 '8¢) > po The brie Railroad Slaughter, | Porr Jervis, N.Y. April 21.—A { teleoram | has heen received here from | the Cieneral oY perintendent of the road, Mr. II. Riddls, to the effect that the report of the conductor of the sleeping | car, who ; Now ineNew | that there w twenty-three passen- { () Gre yd by he oll ple oly dstro fire. As, | as it has ascertained, | persons esea pred from the car, far- and the { cemains of six only have been recovoer- fod. thix leaves fifteen of whom there i po trace 1= are st A || The nl: aware Radice al vention was hel r vesterday., Delegates | were elected to the Chie oo ( onvention. Resolutions endorsing Grant leashes were adopted, iA Cheyenne despatch ays the Indi- | ar ns At “ked a party { Black Hills on: Thuwday, and killed | four of them: They uso captured six teams he Jong ing to ya, tran, $1 very trou hiesome. several settlers, and number of cattle. yo ran off w larce -meeting was being held at Healy's Hall, Chicago, the flooring save: way precipitating. the audience to the floor peneath several persons were seriously injured, andione las since died. Theodore: Cameron, a Chicago, and Joseph Br wee a cas-fitter, from I’ hiladelphia, became involved in an altereat'on last nignt, which ter- Bruce. to the authorities; A Mexican Dolores Yepes Capettsllo, has been married, and degraded and excommu- | nicated I Conse quence, dd The Impeachment, Judge Nelson finished his argument before {the Senate on ith, in behalf of the President, od, it has not failed, submitted this afternoon, to command the the Senate, and to make a profound | impression in certain unexpected Rad ical His remarks to-day were amfined more to the law and the qu Lrlers, telling |g 5. the other, and abounded in points mn hehalf of’ the defehoe, morrow Thad. Stevens will and will endeavor to read an doedtfull, however if he exit} hold out long enomgth, N& little curiosity is manifodicd to hear the 4 see if he dare defy Sen tors ns, PvE in ‘his impeach | tb House. the th: Court ad- the Senate went into executive Considerable the ment speech A fier astonishment a ROSNLON, was manifested at reception of from the I reside ol. StRLTN ’ he withdrew the nomiuation of ne gig y he Secretary and nominated in his place Mae jor-General John M. Schofield. The nomination was informally laid on the table. Senators indulged to consider able conversation over the homination, and ¢ comment has heen evoked abot tHwn wherever the fact has become know. Cieneral Scofield 1s in the city at the residence of General Grant, whither he was called from his hotel just as he was about to leave for Richmond. By many It said that the nomination General Grant's favor as an Messaee that 18 fice, to place SOE one in the War De partment wh acceptable to himself, and who is not obnoxious to Grant. It will he remembered that this ikea has heeti advanced from ons ervative Re- . = 0 1s niarked expression uf’ pol- {lis proricalar ott which Stich x23. } i 4 . cold stand cut heaihs It isa lamentahie le we tailing ey 11 Re pithiicatis int)le aehmertt, ome among timid Radicals, but as lmpes ach- ment is unblushingly a party and litical question, there is no hart dorie in the showing that the President will stand up for the right and meet fair men half way in adjusting the War De partme nt troubles, The { Senate: To the {ited States ; I have nominated John Schofield to See retary of the De purine nt of n place of Edward M. Stanton, pPo- follo wing 1s the NICs oe {o the Senate 0] thie he S War, WASHINGTON, Apnl 2% The impeachment trial to-day aily ocenpied with the reading or argunrents by the Managers. Pre- iminary to this, the Senate took up and postponed, until after the speech- over; all tne pending prepo- sitions to admit the official reporters to the final deliberations the verdict and to regulate the debate in tht seeret Thad. Stevens took 2 position Vis 1 1 i 3 of SOSRIOTIS slips the four column argument which had prepared. In about twenty minutes his voice fatled and he left the Chamber exhausted. Pastler then fin- ished his reading. This speech vad the reniarkable merit of brevity, and was in much better temper than had been anticipated. Mr. Williams, then took the Imanuserl- floor, pt, and p rroceeded to injec attempts at oratory, proved to be such ee lily tha eallovies, and droc ¢e some of the Sen: tors the House. from Williams which poinj = meinber: of the Mr. Manager fussy old man, profound, in opinion, inthe law and vain « declam: Lory powers, The marked =ol- emnity of his opening se ntence, that he appeare din the Senate i the commands of the rn American: people). and of FeSpons hilt felttbefore . was such a cush of the serio: 11 oboe Re Lee {fo nage 1 ucer MT Sd 20NSe y conmie evervbodss manuscript bv ternoon. He proposesto finish his definable cause, seems to have a slightly downward te' d ncy'to-day. rumors of a break in the line of Repub- agaist immediate were lever this day certain to some of tho oo impeachment, friends of 0 confident are ARGUMENTS IN THE INTEACITIMENT TRIAL. Manager Williams will! canelude his “argument” to-morrow, having deli He will who is ex- Yh. ovarts, Wednesday, Mr. Stanbeiy will read, or cause to be read, his argdment, on Thursday and Friday, and Mana- cer Bingham will close the on Saturday, Case ——— rere dp rtf AP rtm — An ingenious ornithologist Ben Butler asa spoonbill, literally interpreted, means a, | | | | conscience and his SHOOURC, rms tl stn Af snes was de Stroy ¢ wl » 0,000), [ows a yesterday, by fire, loss 8 Radical meeting in Richmond- compoged of three thousand ne. Hunnicut rs rrr ttf pee President has nominated Gen, Va. The of ldwin M. Stan ton. lp tf dp David Crockett’s farm 1 sale. n fer LA Magnificent Victory of the British Troops in Abyssinia. LY Magdula Captured, atl 1h Captive Released, DESPERATE BATTLE AN MAG® DALA. ( ‘omple te De feat und Rott of the: \by PhetloriieR Army Hsed Up. Wireal Quantities of" Spoil Taken hy the Britivh of Ragdala, BY ATLANTIH Stnday TELEGR Iovening, 1 despa hes have just ho 1 received from pg hyssinia which give the ing highly important andl gratifying mtelligence, A battle was fourht on Good Friday before Magdala between the Britis I troops, comny anded by General Nap- Abyssinian under {their Kine in "person, and retiy ATH J JON DON, ICT, and the forces the comnmnd of The latter were defeated, ed into the town Their loss in wis very heavy. {nthe Monday folloWing, all his prepafations having been completed, General Napier ordered an assault up- on Magdala, and the town and citadel were carried hy storm. King Th codorus Wis slain, \ large timber of his warriors killed, wounded, and tdken and the entire yos > , by means | was completely destroyed by fire on W edneshay nicht. The fire was caused’| by the explosion of a boiler. workmen were ingtaatly killed, | four others seriously injured. and > Ap» The Me (ice Testimonial Committee soveral eities in the Dominion, fund to discharge the acainst the estate of the late 1D’Avrey same purpose among the Seiatoi® and Members was opened yesterday. &* a» The Nova Scotia meeting yesterday members held a th consider agnringt’ the it 1s understood that the resolutions will be milder Seatia a WwW liam W..\V flson; prijiter gid ci afternoon, by accidentelly f falling rom a third story window, while wesifting in lowering a heavy « ake of "beakE: pp pre A: despatch from Cheyveune says that the stables of Company I, Se cond destroyed by fire on with sixty-five | e=t1 mated at | i toeethe Ig The loss 1a Terrible Railroad Accident. Eightning Express train on the New & Brie Railroad, when going | was thrown from the track, at embankment and the cars Jervis, down ken, and then took fire and burned. It is stated that not a soul epcaped be- ing killed by the fall or by At dead bodios had reached Port Jervis, and the wounded counted up fifty -{ wo. Among the Lt er was SB Fai man, proprietor of the Elmira Advertiser. He is severely the back, and probably internally. He took nn accident insurance policy V Angola affair; the - Ee a 3 The Glasgow (Mo.) Times gives a “bit of political history” to show how Lincoln was nominated in 1860, and ia repetition of Presidential chair. The story ted on the anthority of a former resi- dent of Wiseonisn who claims to he a party to the transaction, and NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. | ; x : : STEAD AT PRIVATESALE The undersigned offers the fol- lowing described property, situated at the head of Penns Creek in Gregg township, (entre eourty, aut wiv ate sule., A lot of ground contain g 2 acres ang nbout 30 perce hes, under a high state of cul- gE tivation, thereon erected a two- story log house, a good stable, ey WW wdl- house, smoki « TOlse, and 4 good hog-pe n. Ail kinds of F hoiee fruit trees, just in good premises, and For further OME! | bearing condition, are on the running water near the door. particulars apply to WILSON BECK. may. Sm BETTER THAN GOLD! OUR NEW COMPOSITION INDESTRUCTIDLE GOLD PENS, Are retommended by Bankers, Lawvers, Professors, TeacBers, Merchants, and all | who have tried thet, as the best Penmann- factured. Sem Past paid to any address for ol) cents per dozen, Or, samples of these Peri. Sample copy ofan Hlusteated Comic Paper, and k arge Hln ly 3 fi0 y i » 8 iden Hhy Foire; v to rob Hoyt month's imprisonment in the Island Pe nitentiry., has appointed Hon, Taylor CommiZsoner of Indian A. ( and r. Bourne, special Indian agent, George UC, Stowe, accent, as Commissianer to ddd It i= reported that the Indians in whites: #ft® that al the Fish First Class Store, i 3 : iy . 3 now ready, and for sale at marvelous low rates, GOODS VERY NEAR AT THE OLD PRICES. y ill seid that best you. Muasling tho brands af prea New spring Vou the very will astoni:h Diess Goods scattered the families. stake. A woman named Piggot, in a fit of throat, Ohio. Insanity, her mfant’s (ole cin rain. Delmont county, COMMISSRON, HTL hoger r-maid in the Henry, preparatory to marrvi New Hamshive’s largest idcomer is a “hair restorer.” Peanut cultare pavs 8100 an acre in North Carolina. Maine's water-poaver equals SN0.060 Suhseribe for the Rieronten. Frew AV BF ofall kinds ret alec at whole le prices. Al Ki Tin at old prices, FRANCISCUS, sie i ls F. 4G. ches long, Barn-door Rollers, , for =ale at gre gly redibed pr 10S, F. G. FRANCISCUS. t ANHS Doors anid Blind on’ much lower rates than up21 6, ly FG: FRANCISCUNS. by hand at a» PE Ry KE Gr for Nails at GG. FRANCISOCUS. VISHERMEN will now find in my stock all Kinds of Trout Flies, Roads, Guat. &c., Pike Hooks, F ishing Lines, F. G. FRANXNCISCUS, I kets, pleased to sell them to country in Philadelphia, F. G. FRANGCISECER ARROW TEETH: all steel. I tor's Teeth! Wedge and: Nut, just receivedtand for soe by FG. FRANCIR(US. tH AK ERS N and fother (3: wrde ‘n Need for sale int papers of by the quart or Market Gardeners are invited to ices at PAN CIRCUS IEPEOPLE. Great Attraction and Grevt Dargains! THE undersigned, determindto meet the YE popular demand for Lower Prices, re- Spee ttuliy calls the attention of the pn ab lie to his stock of SADDLERY, now oftere vd at the old stand. 3 bushel. - B. 4. JF Dé Ni an et es- rest fe most varied and complete assort- ment of Saddles, Harness, Collars, Brides, and in fact everything complete to a first- class establishment, he now offers at prices which will suit the times, A Detter variety, a better quality or finer style of Saddlery has never before been of- fered to the public. Call aud examine our stock’ and’ be s Determined to pleasé my patrons and thankful for the liberal share of patronage heretofore enjoyed. 1 respectfully solicit a | continuance of the same, JACOB DINGES aplos ly, Centre Hall, A most beautiful variety, consisting of all the we welttes of the se ason, at lower rates than ordinarily charged at other places. White Goods & Enibroideries The finest stock In tew : quality, wd prices, 1O0P The best makes, Intest styles and lowast rates, (I'a’s and Caps in great variety.) Li ens, Tuweliings, checks, De Mings, © loths | Cassimers, Cloakings, BAL WORAL SKIR UTS, Spring and suinme rrhawls, in fact, we kee p CVery thing, 3 and will sell at a ve ry «mall advance oi first cust, | AN we ask that vou will "CALL AND EXAMINE OUR STOCK hefore pursed using “© Jeg wh ere, consider il Ls mayb es iy’ n, both as to quantity ATS “ VW MN as we do not trouble to show goo ds. | (JENTRE HALL Fumture Rooms! J. O. DEININGER, respectfully informs the citizens of Centre county, that he hasconstantly on hand, and | makes to order, all Kinds of he BEDSTEADS BUREAUS. SINKS, WARTSTANDS, CORNER CUPBOARDS, TABEES, &c, &c | hig'stoek of ready- made wenitiire is aide, and warranted of good workmanship, nit is ‘all made untler hi§ own #inunediate supervi- “sion, and is offered at rates as‘cheap as else- wliere. he ‘sol ‘Thankful fo past favors, its a continuance of the same” Call and see his stock before purchasing » elsewhere, ap24'68,1y,