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The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

We notice that great many of our
Radical exchanges are Growing over
the result Of the New York election
and claiming il On q Radical victory.
Upon this subject the Evening Post,
which is very competent Republican
authority, says large number Of
journals in New York rs we'll as else
where, "are doing all they can TO de-
stroy the moral effect Of the election
on Tuesday hy claiming the result as
a Republican victory, Many men as
sumo that all is fair in politics; but
too much il az stake in this instance
TO permit such a claim TO pass with.
out rebuke. If the victory of Tues
day were acknowledged as u partisan
success its whole moral value would be
lost" The Post declares that there
was not q single issue upon which the
national parties are divided that had
any connection whatever with the can
vass In New York.
Reasoning from this. il claims that
the victory for the Republican tickets
belongs wholly TO the Reform cause,
and il is no more n decision in favor
OF renominating Grant, or redemp'
ton OF New York by the Republicans,
as il IL already represented through.
out the country, than il is an approval
of Andrew johnson or a revival OF
the Wings. National politics are
left 10 the nation New York simply
shows 10 the world that she will not
be governed by thieves-thaI hence
forth personal honesty Is an essential
qualification there for public trust.
Had the Reform Democrats Of New
York chosen 10 initiate theexample OF
their Radical adversaries. and buried
their opposition to the dishonesty Of
Tammsny, and eoalesed with that cor
rupt combination, the Radical ticket
would have been largely defeated.
But despising thievery as much IN
those who profess Democracy as those
who oppose It, they chose rather to
risk defeat than conntenanee and abet
fraud and corruption. This Is the
simple story of the New York election,
and vindicates every claim TO honesty
set up by the Democratic organization
The New York Tribune Of the 9th
says that ''in New York party organ
i1ations coalesced. and the grand Re
form victry was the joint triumph Of
honest democrats and honest repnbli'
cans against the thieves" In another
article it says: 1T il a great and IN
spring triumph but it i a triumph
Of People rather than Party. We
have no desire to claim for any pOliti-
cal organization in this city the fruits
of victory which has been the result
of the uprising of great people.
Mr.. Greeley's candor will hardly be
relished by the minions of Grant, who
loudly boast Of the result in New York
as an administration victory.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24
Queen yictorlas HalluclnatIons

Whatever may be the truth in re-
gard 10 the report that Queen Victoria
intends to abdieale the throne Of Eng
land. IL IL known that she has been Ia
boring for some years under ut least
one phase Of mental infrmily.
She has firm conviction that
Prince Albert IL always present
with her, aud that she can hold COM
munion with him. Her private rooms
are arranged as they were when he was
alive. lis chair IL placed opposite 10
her own IN the library, aud the books
which he delighted 20 read 10 her are
arranged lovingly. IN order, upon the
table. In some Of her moods she will
converse with him for an hour togeth'
er, conducting her own share OF the
conversation aloud and with yigor and
interest of old times. He had taught
her by his example. the success Of his
business enterprises especially by hls
management of the Duchy OF Corn
wall--to superintend as much as pos
sible all her private affairs herself; "a
reduce all unnecessary expenditures,
aud to forbid extravaganza. Hercer
the greatest simplicity Is observed ut
the Queens table. and she imagines
that her husband looks on we'll pleas,
ed, At times. when she is more than
ordinarily impressed with sense OF
his presence. the poor. fond woman
will order u knife and fork Ia be
placed on the dinner-table for him. and
cause the attendants 10 place every
course before the empty chair as il the
master still occupied it Every mora
ing u pair of boots are cleaned and set
down against the door Of the chamber
which he once occupied aud at break.
fast, when in Scotland. she will often
sit long time in silence. waiting for
the Prince.
The Queens strong belief in COM
munion Of tho living with the spirits
of the dead she received. no doubt,
from Prince Albert himself, who was a
sort oflheosophist-a something between
Jacob Behmen. the mystic. aud j. q.
Fiehte, the philosopher OF transcend.
eutalism.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

Efforts are making to secure a par,
don for the old German pow-wow barn,
burner. Heber. of Sugar Valley. Clin,
ton county. He was sent down fol
7 five years.
The Diptheria,h has been raging fear
fully in TaHgasc ootac. Clinton county
for the past month As yet. twot thirds
of all the eases have been lost, not,
withstanding good medical aid Is be-
ing administered.
Three hundred and eighty death,
from cholera are reported 10 have
taken place in Constantinople last
week.
Lock Haven has "a negro school,
taught by negro.
A new Disciple church was opened
ut Hamburg, Clinton county. on Sun,
day. Elder u, w. Shepard. of seran-
ton. officiating.
A Milwaukee woman whose husband
bad been prosecuted 10 death by a cred
iGor married the creditor and persecu.
ted him TO death 10 less than ak
months, Time sets things even
A reliable piece Of furniture-A de-
teFmlned stand.
What is the grandest verse ia exist,
ence? The universe.
When Is young lady wary like a
whaleT When she's outing.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

Washington, Nov. 22.-Southern
Radical Senators now in Washing-to
boast OF the continuance Of the martial
law programme of the administration
far beyond the limits of the nine coun-
ties in South Carolina. One of these
officials who has consulted with the
Presiednt declares that the Ku-Klux
law viii be enforced and the writ OF
habeas corpus suspended in every por-
ton Of the South where the evidence
ofthe Ku-Klux Committee alleges that
outrages have been committed. The
wholesale arrests in South Carolina
but precede those that will shortly be
iaaugurated in Northern Alabama!
ard Georgia, and Mississippi, and
probably Texas. The President il
urged daily to take these violent steps
by the advice of Southern Republicans
who also threaten him that the ground
i slipping rapidly under their feet in
the face ofan impending Presidential
campaign.
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The most important point establish.
ed by the reported discovery of an
open polar sea by German cxpedi
tion, is the apparent confirmation OF
the theories propounded by DIR. Peter.
mann, distinguished German geogra
pher, in relation TO the influence OF
the Gulf Stream in high latitudes, and
the proper course to be taken for Arc.
tic exploration. Lieuts. Payer and
Wypercht Of this German expedition
sailed in small vessel TO seventy.
nine degrees north, passing between
East Greenland and Nova Zembla
and reaching an open sea, which they
followed from forty.two degrees TO six.
ty degrees east of Greenwich, an ex.
tent Of eighteen degrees Of longitude
There they found state Of ice toward
the north indicating the most favora-
bic route to the North Pole. On a
chart of the Gulf Stream published in
1870, DIR. Petermann had drawn, af.
ter DIR. Bessel's observations in the
steamer Alert, 1869, the Gulf Stream
as far north as seventy.fve degrees and
seventy-six minutes, showing there a
temperature of four degrees Reaumur
forty.four Fahrenheit, which is a.high.
er temperature than the Gulf Stream
had ever been found to exhibit on the
surface in the same latitude. The
name Gulf Stream and the arrow on
the chart po.nt directly to the spot,
latitude seventy.nine north, longitude
forty three east, which Lieut.. Wyprecht
now announces as that Of the most
favorable leo relations for the proba.
Bile connection with the open polar sen
toward the east, and for the most prac-
ticable route TO the North Pole. Oh
course this is regarded by DIR. Peter.
mann as a great triumph.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

One ofthe repulsiye features of Pres
ident Grants more recent career il
his pecuniary meanness. He not only
takes presents and increases his large
fortune in that manner, but he is very
mean. Here, for instance, il his son,
who has just been educated at West
Point at the public cost, and who holds
a commission as an officer of the army
First the young man had leave Of
absence to 20 into the service of q
railroad company, drawing his pay as
an officer and his salary as an engineer
ut the same time. Now he is going TO
Europe: but his father does mot pay
the bills, az other men do when their
sons travel abroad. The travelling
expenses of this young man are TO be
paid by the people of the United
States. He is ordered for sham duty
In Europe, and this suffices to secure
full pay for him, just as though be
WIS really in service here at home.
This il not only an offensive proceed
ing because it il bestowing n special
favor upon the President and his son
at the expense of the people, but it il
also exceedingly mean. In fact, il
amounts to obtaining money under
false pretences, and to taking what be-
longs to other people.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24
The Signal Office and the Great
Storm.

Washington, November l6.-Tlr
signal service yesterday displayed, be
fore the storm, cautionary signals al
eighteen Of the twenty signal stations
along the line of all the lakes, the
whole Atlantic coast, from Florida to
Maine, aud on the coast of the Gulf OF
Mexico. The reports received at the
office of the chief signal officer show
that at every port the warning signal
was given from five to fifteen hours in
advance of u storm Of unusual extent
and severity. AT New York the wind
reached velocity Of sixty miles per
hour. There could be no better test
of the discipline OF the signal service
than this storm, reaching, as IL did, all
the coasts Of tho United States except
the Pacific.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

The value Of the signal service was well
illustrated on Wednesday. Of last week.
CAuiionary signals wore hoisted from Eve
10 attveR hours in advance Of the storm al
eighteen ofshe twenty signal stations along
the line OF all the lakes. the whole Atlantic
coast from Florida 20 Maine. aud on the
coast of the Gulf OF Mexico. The unusual
severity ofihe storm was predicted al all
the coasts oflhe United States, e1eep, the
Pacific.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

At the recent municipal election in
Philadelphia the Radical candidate
for the Mayoralty was person OF
such peculiar antecedents that even
the Union League Club of that city
blaekballed him when proposed for
membership with enthusiastic unan-
imty. His character was thoroughly
well known to the community, and yet
he was elected by majority Of some
nias thousand votes. The Radical
press, now that the election is over,
aiilits the truth of charges against
him which it formerly denied. The
fact that the people Of Philadelphia
deliberately chose this man for their
chief magistrate is another proof OF
the lack Of earnest opposition to cor
rupiion on the part Of the virtuous radi-
cuIs.
This bIackballed radical Mayor, Is
Alr. Stokely, and if he is unfit TO be a
member of the Union League. as this
blackballing shows. what excuse do
these same radicals make for electing
him to the highest Office in the city.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

Ken Sainacoiing torn loose. while elsterns,
wells and collcra have literally loat their
bottoms, causing destruction ofproperty
amounting ia $4,000 There were
Three Distinct Shocks,
each enc loud enough 10 arouse everybody.
la few minutes Main street waa crowded
with men, women and children, who were
greatly frightened When the residence
of Dir. ID. r. Richards was shaken. the
family were compelled 20 feo In order 10
cave their lives 40 great was tho destFnc-
tion the house must be rebuilt. The Hoer-
mans hoass is so badly used up il must be
pulled down.
The Post Office has Sunk
some eighteen inches. aud sllll continues
seElling, A large eistern In the kitchen o,
DAn'i Howell was pierced. aud IL now dry
In fact, not drop Of water can be- had In
amy eistern in any part Of the injured por
slon, Tho houses .of J. III. Milispangh
William Price Judge w @. WarL, y,
Meare, and Mr. Ashby. were badly dam,
aged. Ttnt of Edward Heermaus
Settled Eighteen Inches
below the surface, but otherwise 10 com
pAratively uhiniuFed, The Oxford shan 4.
situated In the centre a. Hyde Park and l.
tie property Of tho Delaware, LackAwan-
ma and Western company. having been
purchased by ihem.in lsGs seldeu. seran-
ton a. Co.
The vein which caused such terrible
scare this morning, is known az the DiA.
mond vein, and has not been worked by
the Delaware, LAekawanna aud Western
.eompany on that ground they elBina that
$50 damages will be paid, aud II the losers
will insist the former owners mrsl bear the
blnnt
The fall which occurred four years ago
in another portion of Hyde Park, At which
time so much damage was done was not
near so disastrous In ita results.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24
A City Caving In.

The inhabitants Aroused at Midnight
BY Shocks as of an Earthquake
An Enormous Fissure in Main
Street.-The Principal Buildings
Wrecked.
Scranton. Pa, November l6.-Hyde
Park has again been visited by one Of those
catAstrophes peculiar to mining regions.
About three o'clock this morning the citi-
zenS Of that portion Of our city lying south
OF Main street, and in the neighborhood OF
Scranton avenue, were startled from their
slumbers by rumblinE crashing noise, and
a trembling the earth and their buildings,
As of an earthquake. So violent were the
shocks and so loud the noise, that they
fed terror stricken from their dwellings
After the first paroxysm of fright had
passed, the cause Of the terrible alarm be-
came apparent The mines ofthc first vein
Of the Oxford shan had caved in, causing
the earth TO settle some two feet and form
ing great cracks in the surface. The area
Of ground which is thickly covered by
buildings and handsome dwellings, Is
abe ut
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

The Mt. Gems tunnel is one Of ths
greatest pieces of engineering skill il
the world, and u great barrier to ira
el and communication. by the skill
ofthe human race has been removed
and for purposes Of obstruction the
Alps exist no more. 1t is now as easy
to cross that vast mountain range As
to traverse the most level plain
Apart from its special value this
achievement opens new prospect for
international communications. Those
who have spent tedious and perilous
hours in crossing the old Pass. will ap-
preciate the fact that train has now
run from France into Italy in twenty
minutes. Such success does infinite
credit to skill and energy of the Itali'
ans. IL should not be forgotten that
the work is due to their initiative, aud
has been carried out by their genius
and industry.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

New York. November is.-The dread.
ed small po1 seems 10 have obtained a
slroRg foothold in this city. and ten addi-
tional cases wrrs reported yesterday. This
ia four more cases than was reported on the
preceding day. and is the largest namhe'
announced in any single day since the ars'
breaking out Of tho disease,
The Ftanklla. lhe steamer that brought
tAc cholera passengers 10 thlS port, Il un-
dsTgoing a thorough famiEatlon and vill
probably bc brought TO her pier In the
North river during the week.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

II i must be encouraging to th'
honest portion of the masses, TO SEE
with what energy and effort the pres
has been waging its war upon default
inc officials, and the good that has re
suited thereupon already. The RE
PORTER. is one of the pioneers in TIM
movement. The leading journals o.
the country have enlisted in this fight
the Ags SAYS:
The New York Times is compliment
ed, and Justly, on the vigor with which
ID made its assaults ON the Tamman,
Ring" though, at an earlier period
It crippled Mayor Hall in his effort tC
control the Board of Supervisors
Without any drawback, the New
York World is entitled TO great honor
Tor its manly independence in denounc
ing the Tammany frauds and the per
petrators of them. Il IS an encourage
meat to bold and independent journal
ism to note now effective it is for the
protection of the community. The
best barrier against fraud and Unjust
ice is n free press that cannot be bull
lied or corrupted. When that barrier
falls, rogues and tyrants will bave il
all their own way.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

The Lyeoming Insurance Company losi
$40 q by the Chicago AFe. All ths pol
icics issued were ON the stock plan An
assessment af l2A Ger cent has been levied
upon the policies OF the mutual branch oi
tho Company - pay for this loss. The
mutual policy holders aver that il Il unjust
that they should be- assessed 70 pay Tor
these losses, inasmueh as they have nu
more 90 do with the stock branch than if Il
were Ah entirely separate company. The
matter will BE- tested by law. aud uatil II il
legally decided, wo presume assessments
will not he pAld
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Ex.AttorneY-GeneraI stanL

Ex-Attorney- General stanbery
and ex-senator Reverdy johnson will
defend the South Carolina prisoners
charged with belonging to the Kn-
Klux Klan.
Senator Scburz says that he is de-
terininedly opposed 10 Grants re elec-
ton. and hopes the Democrats will
nominate d conservative man for
whom Republicans can vote without
stultifying themselves.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

Indianapolis. Nov. 1.-THE ihrec ncgrs
tnurdcrcrs of the Park family, near Henry.
willie. Indiana, we're taken from the jail
at Charleston. at two o'clock thia morning
py mob Of one hundred and fAy persons
disguised. and hung about halfa mile from
Fh ,Favrw
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24
F0R SALE.

Tho undersigned has tract Of timber
land, located between the Brush and
Thick Mountains, nearly due south OF Re
bersburg, containing l7t acres, which he
offers for sale. 1t Is we'll timbered. and
easy Of access from Brush Valley.
For all desired information call on the
undersigned.
G. H. REITER.
l3oct.tf Aaronsburg, Pa.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

Shanghai, ChinA, October ~. via Sar
Francisco, November le-More than SUI
lives were losta Macao during the typhoor
ofSeptember2 Minister Low has returned
TO Pekin. The Correan expedition sceml
20 have been given up.
One Thousand Persons Drowned.
The raia continues In the north. Within
the last ten days the water has been highe
Than at any previous date. Twenty thou
sand square miles Of territory were inun
dated, and loo people were drowned IL
New Chang. Consul General Seward hai
returned from his visit TO the north.
Political troubles are brewing In IN,
province Of Human, nd Formidable in.
surrcction Ia imminent
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

IL is reported az Salt Lake that many oi
the well so-do polygamiats Of that city are
preparing to send away their plural wives
IN the event Of an adverse verdict in the
forthcoming trials tor lascivious eohAhita-
tion. Thssege gentlemen believe thar palyg.
amy isa Cody doctrine. basontersaih grave
doubts as 10 the eKpodieaey Of Continuing
lis practice ia violation Of the law.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

As fast as one defaulting Federal otti'
cial il discovered aud indicted another
turns up. 1t was only last week thai
Pension Agent Forbes, Of Philadei
phia. was turned out Of afiicc as q DIS
faulter. and now Major A. Il. Calhoun
the other pension agent Of that city
was dismissed ON the same charge.
To chronicle all the defanlting radl-
cal office holders, il would require q
column per week. The stealings in
New York were large. and a great
noise made over them, TO which we
make no objection. but the stealings
by oppointeea under Grants admins
tralion sets every thing in the shade,
and could these federal Office holders
Be made to disgorge the sums stolen
by them under radical rule, it would
nav off one halfof our national debt.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

Council Bluff, Ia., November e.
Yesterday an laborers were at work
cutting the new road through hill in
the Hollow known as Long Hollow,
they excavated u sack containing
twelve thousand dollars in gold and
silver. The money was hidden there
eighteen years ago by a man named
Mueir, who murdered comrade Cali
fornian in the city. Mueir was cap.
tured and hung by mob of Califor-
mans. He said he had hid the money
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

under stump In this hollow. but re
fused 20 tell where. Many have hunt
ed for this secreted treasure but oil Ia
vain. The laborers shared the booty
equally.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

TIE colored members of the South
Carolina legislature held a caucus last
week, at which they declared them
selves in favor Of the repudiation ofthe
old and new debt Of the state.
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Huntingdon. November i4.-Hon.
George Taylor. judge Of the Twenty
fourth judicial district, died ut his real.
dence In this place, at nine o'clock this
morning. from the effects Of an attack
Of paralysis while attending court at
Hollidaysburg on the oath alt.
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l1aug.tf
GnTKT PRnCLAMAI0N. :

Wlorcas the Hon. Charles A. Mayer.
President of the court Of Common Pleas,
In the 18th Judicial District, consisting ol
ghe counties Of Centre, Clinton and Clear
feld. and Honorable John HosJerman and
tho Honorable William Allison. Associate
Judges in Centre county, having issued
their precept. bearing date tho 18th day Of
Octb'r A. D.. 1871. ta nae directed Tor
holding a court Of Oyer and Ierminer and
General Jail Delivery and Quarter Ses-
sions Of the Peace In Bellcfontc, Tor the
county Of Centre. and ~ commence on tae
4th Monday OF November next, being the
9th day Of Nov. 1871, aud 70 continue one
week
Notice is therefore hereby given TO The
Coroner. Justice Of ihe Peace, Aldermen
and Constablcs Of the said county 81 Ten.
ire. that they be then and there IN their
proper persons. at 10 o'clock IN the iQre-
noon of said day. with ther records, in-
QUESTIONS. examinations, aud Their own re-
membranes, TO do those things which ~
their Office appertains 90 be done, and
those who are bound in rceogniEances 20
prosecute against the prisoners that are or
shall be In the Jail ui Centre county be
there and to prosecute aEains; thcm as sitail
be just.
Given under my hand, al Bellotonte, the
18th day OF Oct. in the year or cur Lord,
1871 and in the ninety-fourth year OF the
independence Of the United States.
ID, w. MOODklNJ, ShergH.