| re Itont da” Grocery man due Tock | FRIDAY, DEC 11th, 1868. a (Ae Hami of the Clinton Democrat, to advertise. his business; and pays: for it.one thou- sand dollars per year. There's pluck and enterprise for you, and we war- rant Hamilton never..made a more profitable investment. Now what business ‘man in Centre county has pluck enough to engage a page, or even halfa page, of the Re- porter, and thus make a profitable in- vestment, by securing the advantages of our large circulation? . Advertising does pay, all experience has taught it, and immense fortunes have resuited thereby to business men. One thing is clear, the man who is too stingy to advertise, is most always found stingy in hig dealings, and he i LL never gets along as well as his live who 1s willing | = | and let live” neighbor, to spend something to let his customers | know that he keeps met ll pe VOTING FOR PRE moving, SIDENT. tial electors; in’ our opinion, should be abolished, aid the people be allowed to, vote direct for ¢ and Vice President. ate attention of Congress. Under the present system, a Presi- the popular vote. The electoral system is simply roundabout, indirect way of doing thing, which might as well be accom- a a of having an electoral college. The Harrisburg State Guard insists upon the abolition of the electoral college, and gives a great many reasons for so doing:. Among others, it says, “the it affords, in these days of political mendacity and fraud, to hucksfer and barter against the will of the’ people, ter never thinks of the electors—in- deed we question whether one out of every three men know the elector in the district to which he belongs, or ever takes the trouble to ascertain who he is. The spirit: of the voter 1g aroused in favor of or against a candi- date for President, so that reason as well as prudence dictate that the vote should be ‘direct for the mah a candi- date for President.” We think this matter should engage «the early attention of Congress, and guch measures bs adopted as will give the people an’ opportunity of cdsting a "directs vote for ‘President and Viee President in" 1872. seme tf elf Ap tied MONEY MATTFRS. and the government, are in a condition which causes uneasiness in all cireles, operating very njuriously upon every branch of’ trade; with‘a tremendous crash staring us in the face. The finances are to the nation what dicating a healthy or an unhealthy and feverish state of the system. = The “national pulse is out of order; it does not beat with that regularity which dence; as by a.disregard of “the - laws of health, either through ignoranee or willful neglect, ‘physical pgostrution: results; so through ignorance and will ful “disregard - of ‘sound and correct prineiples, on the part of those in hich places; is the ‘great bod te suffer. « The. present gloomy aspect of our finances, is owing to the blundeting of .second_rate radical statesmen,’ whose short judgment and unsound views on | .finanee, have brought’ upgn us the. present depressed state in money mat- ters, which is fast bringing rip upon thousands, and puts a stagnation upon “trade.” Now, after all the boasting and promises of god government which we. were compelled to listen to for the lasteight years from the raficals,” we bada right to look for better things. There 810 excuse left them=<¢ight | years they have held full and complete «5 sway, ruling ‘at will with purse and sword, with no one to hinder the car- rying out of their plans, and _; where. y politi¢ made = ai - PA pg iin i —-— pal us down, and radicalism has not yet eral crash. The radical party 1s a par- + it has shown no states- manship that is able to grapple with the crisis, and avert the pending ruin. The people want confidence, and feeling too-muddle headed. logive. us a sound \ fingnaial policy, of conrsealiconfidence | ¥ y » 5 wi! { dnthem is lost, and they expeck to be | ran upon breakers. If aight (years of | trial can not show forth a sound finan- cial policy, what can be expected but more blundering on the part of these radical wideacres, who alone are ac- countable for the troubles that our fi- nancial condition is threatening to a td FILL [ORE LETTER. Dear Reporter :— I promised you, in my last, a deserip- tion of the Bear Meadows, and life in the same. I hardly know, at the pres- ent, whether a description of the Mea- dows would benefit vour readers, they are nearly. all, or a majority of them at least, nequainted with them, | | 4 { us | { a i thoauah. hog. nc with my brother, and our dog fell in a swamp, and we lifted him out by getting poles and ta- | ing opposite positions {rom each oth: er. Ifthere are any of your readers | who have never visited the Meadows, | I would advise them to do 80 as soon as possible. The beautiful trees, the wildness of the scenery, waving grass, | and the sight of the game skipping around, would be one of the best known remedies in the world for dys- bring upon us. “Let us have peace,” ves, and let us have Confidence’ that the men who’ brought the nation to the brink of ru- in, and who have gained a new lease of ers ahead. But how are we to have that confidence, for it is the same old blundering set of pilots at the helm, and all on board have reason to be fill- ed with alarm. ly ap wg stein, in Schuylkill county, Now Gov. Geary may with the same » Potter or for { Haines township, in Centre county, L cer for:Bellefonte or for as fora town in the aboye county, and | we are no ways certain that we may | not waken up some morning and find The Constitution of our State ex- from said appointment. een ft Ape H.'L Helmbold had gone insane, is reef Aree ee Helmbold’s Drug Store. I The magnificent drug store of H. T. | Helmbold, 594 Broadway, is, beyond establishment of its kind in New "York. ' It is one of those places which Carrest the eyes of the passer-by, and tompel him to stop and .examine it, almost against his will. | One step from the sidewalk, and on a Hevel with + - - { ment, 18 lextending ‘the avhole length. of the H front, and relieved by a diamond figure [consisting of small rose-tintéd and yel- | low blocks of the samé material. The windows, which are light aud stately, » : are, with the doors, composed of solid F'shéets of French plate glass; and as we | enter ‘the store, especially by gaslight, | the whole scene bursts upen us like | som2 fairy creation, or the spl nil vi- sion of some hashish eater. Ten superh palace from one end’of it to the other, in all 275 feet, from Broadway into Crosby street. It is divided into two compartments, lesale and*retad, the partition be- ing ad near as may be in the middle, with officés "on ‘each side of it, which are spanned by an arch, indoribed with the words, “Wholczale Devait nent” The blaze of light from the wir dows, charged with the brilliant eolors of the liquid in the large globes, adds vastly to the attraction of the scene by night, 1 0 Ww and illuminates the adjacent walls and counters with a surprising brilliance of erimson, purple, green, amber, This “¢stublishment wa¢ begun aa To look at it, it seemt incredible ; and more especially finsihed In five days. ‘sowhen it is examined in detail. The y walls extending over half the retail hall are adorned all along the ceiling to the two fizst pillars twenty-eight moulded arehcs, fourteen on each side, These rest upon an elaborate moulding, supported by ‘elegant pillnrs with ornemental capi- tals overlaid with gold, and the roof al- 80 is richly painted. and fretted with gold. "The ghelves are divided into a number of ranoes, each’ of which is baked by Trench mirrors. Then come the counters, eight in all, composed of solid marble throughout, the top slabs supported. by richly ' carved brackets starred with gold, and: having two have thes? radicals now Jénded wus? | “We do not talk here, now of their fuil- ry restore the Union, that ‘whey NRE FLIGN: i Pe DOYer =n ough it i : ) ‘and drippled, and’ to keep up a feeling of uncertainty as to the fatare. It is a faulty financial policy that is now threatening to hreak ~ O% 3 7 3 ~y ” | 1 AS -(oLe I i : wn frad COIaMeErcée . ¢ square compartments on the side faces, cach one of which bears the inser ption “HH TB” N ¥-8un Ll zee nld. Tt is thought that if the Florida fruit supply édntinties to increase, the United States need no longer look to the West Indies for oranges and lem- ons. - | ni peptic persons. A two weeks sofas "in the Meadows, living on bread and | bacon, and an occasional choice piece | of venison, or a bear steak, would give | ne w life to a person, and make him tink there was something worth liv- ing for. t+ 1 will tell you how near [ came to | shooting a bear in the Meadows at one | time, We were tramping through of the tree was full of scratches, so we tual attempts to climb the tree, had at last succeeded in reaching a large | top, and standing, as we supposed, on i" 2 . Y l in pulling the top In his imb he was the top toware OFCDRWS, 210 : } s hin, the i precipitated in the mud about a rod from the tree, and left hig mark in the ‘mud, from which we tracked him to the laurel, and concluded that he was | so much frightened that we had best best not follow him, So you sec we came near having bear steak for supe | per that day. Any person not acquainted with the they take a travelling companion them. everything is green (except the person or persons viewing them) and to ad ' mire the tall Tamarack trees swaying | Pitcher plant, and the large Whortle- berry trees, and the Cranberry swamp, surrounding the meadows, the wildness and beauty of the scenery, all com- stood in the presence of the great “I | Am,” and no living person after visit- | rage to say there is no God. There is no doubt that if the new | rail-road were laid out | through the Meadows, but that there | site of the sand spring, ¢ | dows, which would become a favorite | re - : | spring of the year. But I will not tres pass on your space, but will ¢lose this le‘ter and in my next give you ade | scription of a grand bear "hunt, in | which many of your subscribers parti- | cipated, and they will enjoy a hearty | laugh over it. Yours truly, Bear Meadows. a ree Terrible Affair on the Ohio—Col- lision of Steamers Maptsox, Indiana, Dee. Madison Courter says a terrible acci- steamer United night at 11.40. The saw, on the Indiana side. struck her on the starboard side of the steps, cutting into her a considerable distance, and sinking her to about the main deck. In ten minutes fire was communicated in some way to the pe- troleum, and both boats were soon in flames. It is said that some mistake was made in her signals. The Ameriea blew her whistle twice, whichthe pilot on thee United States’ appavently did not hear. { blasts of her avhistle, States answered; but it was too late, as hoth steamers v ere on the point of col liding, It is believed that seventy-five to cighty persons have been. lost, in- clading thirty eight women, Taylor, clerk of the America, after se- curing the books register, and valua- bles, went throrgh the cabin kicking in the doors of state-rooms. Through his interpity no lives were lost on his boat. Mr. Jusken and lady jumped t) the deck of the America, a distance of fif- teen feet, and were saved, The survi- vors of ‘this terrible accident unite in praise of the management of the Amer- ica after the collision. It was not thirty seconds after the boats collided before the tates was a mass of flame from stem to stern. The she not attempted to save the passen gers on the States. hain sie Seri The Harrisburg Telegraph, and the Lancaster Express are both out‘in long editoridls’ “advocating the infamous the people of Pennsylvania, by the joint | action of an’ expiring«Congress and | State Logislatures elected without an--| thority to decide such a question, | Chicago, December 5.—The vote of Towa on negro suffrage was as follows: For, 105,384 ; against, 81,119. — ey - Havana, December 5.—Intelli- gence from. Mexico states that active mepsures have been taken by the Na- tional Congress for the ejection of all functionaries who served under the | late Maximilian. A woman died lately in Puebla at the advanced age of one hundred and fifty years. The averflow' of the Rio Seeo has catised that fiver to retarn to its ancient bed. The towns of Comaticalisco and Parmico nre entirely destroyed, and. the towns of Cardenas apd Canduace have suffered. greatly. The warehouses in San Juan and Bautista were under water, and “boats were navigating the streets, The inhabitants of the State of Leon are again in arms. Tulancigo has been The Srd a0ssinnadl theOth Congre gun at noon to-day. The Senate was called | to order by the president pro tem. senator Wade. | Mr. Sherman presented the credentials | of Joshua Hill, senator elect from Georgia, and moved that he be sworn in. Br. Drakeunovedghat the credentials be referre tod the Committee on the Judicia- ry, and spoke at some length in opposition to.theright of the Georgin Senaters to their sents, He was replied to by Mr, Sherman: After further discussion, the credentials were nid on the table. Mr. Sumner introduced a hill to secure negro suffrage, which was ordéved to be printed. He also presented a bill to pro- Earthquakes continue in Iturbide. - a An Elopement Extraordinary. The quiet village of Temperance: into, excitement ngs since by a rumor that a ville was startled . | butcher by occupation had left his wife | and comfortable home, and eloped with The I'were busy circulating this report, were | not misinformed. Ft appears that Mrs. Nanz, had fallen heir to considerable money in Germany, to secure which it {ee end \ | his sister-in-law. gossips, who The sister refer- red to was left behind to take charge of trip to that country, sequel, she executed her trust faith- fully, man Nanz, itis alleged, lived in open Duripg the wife's absence, this boing made, The wife on her was made acquainted with this state or sake of forgive. Ow Monday night, however, | with his sister-m-Taw, to parts unknown "tance on which to subsist herself and her children. Thus abandoned, she is ' full of hope, and aided by the sympa- happily, perhaps, alone, than with a heartless abandoned mate. ts Boston, December, 5.— Last night, the Fitchburg freight train, when near that place, becamer disconnected and the engine stopped. The detached cars collided with two those ahead, mashing a taak car filled with petro leum, the hands of the conductor, Joseph Happs, covering him with oil, which wrnited, and he was burned to death. The tank exploded with a terrific con cussion. throwing the debris of the car all around. No othér person was hurt. ot > cle @ | broke out in the rear of J. F. Sloan & | Sons’ warerooms, at 3:15 this morning: | The fire engine being under repairs, im 1 “there being no other prevention, the | flames spread rapidly and succeeded in destroying Rinn & Marshall's brick block and Sloan's frame, $ Re. piling. bricks and morter into the post office, Loss about forty thousand dol- lars; entirely covered by msurance. It Lis supposed to have been the work of an incendiary. atime — Daoestieks thinks it conc! | dence of drunkeness when he sees usive evi- a letter-box to go by the mail train. -» A singular freak of nature was seen | in Arkansas town recently; in the shape of a man with three ears; one on each | side of his head, and a third—wkich be- longed to another fellow-—hetween his teeth. se iidinge iit fp File lf op id Judge Mayor, of Lock Haven, the lately elected Judge of the twenty-fifth District, of Pennsylvania, shys the Philipsburg Journal, will* open his | the second. Monday of next January, land will have two murder cases to begin with. : RAP LPN Josh Billings says he will never pat- ronize a lottery so'long as he can hire anybody else to rob him at reasonable wages, re The Democracy of Tennessee are already talking about nominating An- drew Johnson as next Governor of the State. fig rigged Stn + Milwaukee is down with the smallpox. Hunnicutt curses the Freedmen's Bu« reau. One man in Illinois owns 25,000 acres i COT. Murs, H. B. Stowe doesn’t think so much of the African as sha did. A Milwaukee German shot himself last woek because a remittance failed to reach him. It came the day after, in time to pay for his funeral. A Texas woman married the murderer t-of her husband three. days after the deed | was done, and now she is likely to be again a widow in a few weeks, Three gentlemen have planted two hun- dred thousand peach trees on two thousand | acres of land at, Ridgway, North Carolina which they ‘claim to be the largest orchard A. Tennessee official recently offered fifty: dollars for thesecalp of a Ku Buything. She took, at your instance. 8s Dyspepsia Cure, and has derived GREA BENEFIT FROM IT, and is now comparatively well, She regards this he icine as a great bles- sing. ira Araly. yours, * ~~ “Jane13th, 1868." "LF. WARD : 5 Sidi Te — : CLERGYMEN. & The Rev. Isaac Aiken, of »Alle hany, testifies that it has cured him, after all oth- er remedies had failed. _ _ 4. DRUGGISTS. = Any druggist in the country will tell you, if you take the trouble ‘to enquire, that ev. ery one that buys a bottle of sia Cure from them, i tT 's Dyspep- e most un- al virtues. CURE able in all cases Summer \, speaks i qualified praise of its great spragesree 5% . 2 ~COE!S DYSPEPSTA Will also be found inval Fi ep, bus Tomplaints, a | . Ve is- ord condition-af. prin y Sold by Pruggists in ci r country everywhere at $l per. Bottle, 7 by applica- jon 1 +8 ag DINsan ¥ : {7 k Hone me 6d; fuigix co. q “+ aSole Proprietors, New Haven, €t June, 26, eow,1,y