Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-12-04

temperature of Indian Summer in IL.
The Departments were closed and the
army of employees had day for enjoy.
ment, that could not be surpassed in
its clear autumnal brightness and balm.
mess, but much private work was not
suspended, for the preparations for
winter demand unceasing effort, Many
of the congregations Of our churches
provided feasts for the poor of the
church homes and asylums, and never
has the loving charity of woman been
more apparent than in the bounteous
Thanksgiving dinners which were spread
before the afflicted in the Woman's
Christian Home, the Washington Asy.
lum and the Children's Hospital. The
caterers to public amusement were gen.
erously patronized. for the difference
here, as in New Orleans, between re.
ligious and secular observance is so
slight, that many who congregate in
church in the morning to join in pray.
ers OF thankfulness, flock to our thea.
tres in the evening to laugh at some
comedian, or to be instructed 10y some
such tragedian as John Mccullough,
who is now playing here 10 crowded
houses.
There has been q strong revulsion OF
feeling in favor Of Gen. Malone, who
led the debt readiu4ters column in the
late Virginia election. lie is candi.
date for Mr.. Withers' seat in the United
States Senate, and, it supported by the
Republicans, as well as the readjusters,
will be elected. Cool heads here begin
to think that one who, like Gen Ma.
hone, has an undoubted Democratic
record, and has done as much as he TO
keep the carpet bag and scallawae cle.
ment from crushing the State, is not 30
bad after ali, aud that his assertion that
he has only !he honor of Virginia at
heart, must he met with consideration.
This vexed Virginia debt question Ger.
tainly has two sides to il. and it is to be
hoped this election of senator may
show us the true policy Of the State
As Congress meets to-day, December
IT, the hotels, lodging houses, and hash.
mills Of Washington are filling up, not
only with members, kings and queens
OF the lobby, and patriots in search OF
Government pap. but many of the 10.
litioal corpses of the country, whom
wise constituency, after o trial in one or
more Congresses. have wisely concluded
TO leave at home by substituting better
men. Among the latter the most lively
is the cock-eyed statesman from Massa.
chusetts. Ben Butler. What q cat.
with its nine lives, Is among animals,
the inyincible General Is among polti.
clans. You may submerge him in sea
Of votes and club him with all kinds Of
yillainous stories and lies, and he comes
smilingly 10 the surface. Congressman
Morse, Of Massachusetts,, states that
Gen. Butler will never again run for
Governor, but intends to invade his
Morse'sl district next fall and run for
Congress. lie hopes, however, that ap.
oplexy, choleramorbus, or something
else, may interfere but we fancy that
he, like many another politician, will
have to accept the inevitable and sub.
init, for a more irrepressible and persist
ent fighter than Old Ben has never been
seen here. The political world is his
oyster.
The Secretary and Agent of the
Louisiana State Lottery Company has
fled bill in the Supreme Court of our
District, against the Postmaster Gen.
eral. to restrain the Post.ofFice Depart.
ment from interfering with the delivery
Of money orders, registered letters, etc.
A rule has been granted to show cause
why the injunction should not issue,
returnable December 4. These pro-
ceedings are instituted in the Court Of
this district in order that the case may
be speedily carried, for final adiudica-
ton, to the Supreme Court of the United
States, and the lottery men expect to
be sustained there, rs we're those who
resisted our trade mark system and OBJ.
tanned the decision declaring il uncon.
stitutional. We shall not be surprised
II the Supreme Court rules as technical
ly in regard TO lotteries as to trade
marks, for il is a stickler always for
legal hair.splittings with a leaning over
against equity. wiping out the 5000
trade marks of the country, worth mil.
lions Of dollars to the proprietors, shows
what lawyers can do when they act as