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which the Maine Commissioners were operated on TO
yield to the treaty. The substance of the supposed
operation upon our Commissioners that MIR. Webster
and the Executive threatened reference if it were
not settled and that the Massachusetts Commission
ers, who were supposed to be making good bargain,
urged them to come to terms, SC. 1t is surprising
that the author of this letter did not that he was
making the Maine Commissioners parcel of old wo-
men in breaches, by his nonsense about their being
operated upon by such paltry means. The whole
thing is perfectly preposterous. Two of them had
been ministers to foreign courts one OF them Govern
or of the State, and the other is Senator from
Kennebeck county, and all of them shrewd business
men. Before the treaty was concluded, some letter
writers expressed the fear that one of the Commits
sioners, at least, would prove too obstinate Now,
letter writer nobody knows who he s undertakes to
explain how the whole four have been operated upon,
overreached, and humbugged. We confess that we
have no patience with such hummery; and we are
only surprised that respectable editors could be found
to endorse it.
Before closing this article, we will correct trifng
error to which we regret having given currency 1t
is this We stated that the British Government were
to pay for the lumber stopped at the booms on the
tributaries of the st. John, from the western side
Instead of this we should have said that there is
fund belonging TO the disputed territory, and called the
disputed territory fund.- in the han1s of the British
authorities, levied upon the timber that has gone
down the river, amounting to some fifty or sixty thou
sand dollars which is to be paid over to Maine and
Massachusetts, for the benefit OF the lumber men, up
on whom it was levied
Frons all learn, there is doubt that the treaty
auN be confirmed This result, we assure the Globe,
will be In accordance with the wishes OF very large
majority of the voters If the State; allowing the
treaty to he, what we have stated it is We do not
believe that one man could be found in this city,
among fifteen thousand people, who would vote to re-
ject it. We have AIKEN much pains to inform our
selves on the subject, and have heard from almost
every Of the State; and think we cannot be
mistaken
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/ oFPIcIAL..

APPOINTMENT BY TEE PRESIDENT.
BY and ,sith the advics and conssst IF ~ Ssaats.
w. H. 6IMGoSs s-appointsd Register Of the Land
Office 1t st. Augustine, Fa
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We congratulate the Baltimore Patriot on an
accession to its columns-we ..allude to its
correspondent " rEuco DucE." We know him
well, we think. He was an applicant tor a
foreign mission--but why should he blame the
President7
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THE POSTMAS TER GENERA
LET TER

The letter from the head of the Post Office
Department, given yesterday, will attract atten-
ton. Mr. Wckhffe having been censured by
some of the New York papers for not employ
ing Messrs. Pomeroy & Co. to carry the mails,
we trust those presses will do him the justice to
copy his letter.
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REPORT OF THE MINORITY OF THE Sc
LECT COMMITTEE ON THE PRESIDENTS


LECT COMMITTEE ON THE PRESIDENTS
VETO.
We republish this report to-day. We ask
our readers to reperuse it. Having printed
sufficient number of extra copies of the report
of Mr.. Glmer, and by some unaccountable
means neglecting to do the same with this docu-
ment, we have resolved to issue second edi-
ton. MIR. Adams report Cor rather scraps Of
ultra Wing newspaper slang) will appear to-
morrow
We are rejoiced that this select committee
was appointed. Never before were such docu
ments as the minority reports spread before the
People. 1t is the triumph of Truth and Justice.
Messrs. Gilmer, Ingersoll and Roosevelt will
be thanked by the nation. Their productions
are worthy of patriots and statesmen.
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TRICKERY SELF-EXPOSED.

The lictors of the Dictator have become des-
perate. BY the way, we hope that the hlstorl-
cal erudtion of Mr.. Davis will overlook our
bunder, when we give SO many vetoes to the
Western Dictator. The lictors have become
desperate. They have always been suspicious
y profuse in their professions OF unsullled pa
triotism. They secuted the imputation that
they would sacrifice any measure for the benefit
of the dear People TO the malignant qualification
of heading the President. Such a course was
certainly impossible, they asserted, in men so
pure and patriotic. Sel6shness and hypocrisy
could constitute no part OF the character OF
statesmen SO upright and magnanimous.
But, unfortunately for their reputation before
the People, some of them were compelled yes
terday to betray some little fthe trickery which
they have been long accused Of practising, not
withsanding their obstinate denials. We have
not time to sum all the circumstances, or to
draw the differences fairly deducibe from their
open conduct We cannot now even run
through the list of the yeas and nays to show
how far the party was implicated in the decep-
tive course pursued. We can show but one
sample, and that is a fair one
Mr.. Fillmore, with one of his blandest smiles,
offered resolution, artfully constructed, as may
be seen by careful scrutiny, for the purpose of
inviting negative votes. But its obvious OBJ
ject was to superinduce the idea thathe and his
brother lictors were still anxious to do all they
could for the People by proposing the readlest
mode of passing a Tarfflaw. He even said that
his obiectwas toascertan whethera revenue mea-
sure could be passed. No doubt he thinks the
People, the dear People at distance, cannot be
profoundly ve-sed in the science of Parliamen-
tary legerdemain. Well he offers his resolution,
the vote is taken upon it, and the smiling Chair
man of the Committee of Ways and Means
votes against the readiest mode of obtaining
revenue bill His proposition was to test whe-
Their such bill could be passed. He did not
intend to vote at all-he intended to dodge-but
being forced to come out with his opinion on
his own test, he declares by hisvote that a Ia
riff shall not be passed. Is not this sample suf-
ficient? E.c u9lO disco Omnes.
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Here is whiGsery for You.

On the 29lh June last, Mr. Salionstall, from his
place IT. Congress, gave utterance 10 the follow
ing declaration:
" lie really believed that THE CONSE-
QUENCE or THIS VETO WAS TO BRING
THEM NEAR A DISSOLUTION OF THE
GOVERNMENT, unless God in his good Prori-
denee should interfere in their JehaI ?"
Subsequent TO this, when Bolts come upon the
iapis with his articles Of impeachment, we had the
declaration from him that, unless the House should
exercise its power of Impeachment, "in less than
sir months TEN THO USAN'D BAYO-
NETS WOULD GLITTER on PENN
SYLYANTa Il TENUEr"
And Mr. Adams declared that CIVIL WAR
exists between Congrcs and the President, and
talks about "appealing to The God Of Batiles'"
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The Difficulty.

The difficulty in the way of making a udcious
tariff, sufficient for the wants of the government,
and incidentally affordng all the protection that any
class Of manufacturers can desire, may be stated III
few words, viz: The wings dare not go before
the people in an election for President, with their
'avor',e projects, distribution, assumption of State
debts, and hank; and, therefore, wish to leave
the tariff Unsettled, for the purpose of making, il
possible, political capital out of it-knowng that,
should such tariff bill as above alluded TO be pre-
scented to Congress, the democrats would vote for
it, and thereby bankrupt the wing party of all po-
lilica capital. This is true statement oflhe case
and the people ofa classes- far
mers, laborers, mechanics and traders-shoud
bear this in mind. Keep it before the people,
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NORWICH UNIVERSITY.

The annual commencement Of this Institution
was held on the 18th inst, The exercises were
as usual, highly interesting and attended by a
large concourse Of spectators. The degree OF
Bachelor Of Arts was conferred on ten young gen.
,emen,--Seven received the degree Of Master Of
Civil Engineering, and four the degree Of Master
Of Military Science. The honorable degree of
Master Of Arts was conferred on Maj. C.. G. East
man of Vermont, Maj. S. r. George Of Maryland,
and Maj. Gen. O. Clark Of New York, who dcliy-
cred an address before the Cadets; also in course
upon Collins Wight and ]. A. Hall.
The fall terms opens the 18th September.
Com.
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Coarse Wool.

Then came Mr. Benton, with a motion to limi,
the per cent duty on coarse wool 10 that under
cents, instead Off per pound.
This is not Of the leas, possible use to the wool
grower, MS it is confined to coarse wool, and does
not add one whit 20 the protection against the fine
wool, which has been imported duty free under til.
cent clause of the existing locofoco law.
WoichmOn.
Here you have i, again. No protection on
course wool. Allow the coarse to come in duty
free-mix the fine with it-get that in duty free
put n tax Of 100 per cent. upon woollens-fne
business for Jarvis, Paine & Co.-fne wing pro-
lection!
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LOOK.
AT This, and remember if,

The Vernon; Uatchmaa, calling itself the lead
ing hard cider paper in The State, says that, "a
duty upon the raw material is a tar on The
manWacturer. I'm other words, the duty hat is laid
upon imported foreign ,rool 10 PROTECT THE
FARMERS If this State, the manufacturers, Paine,
& Co., have TO pay! No wonder the organ of
Col. Paine is in favor of SO small duty on foreign
wool as to amountio its being imported duty free
the Col. would have the less tax to pay. Such
farmers of Vermont, is the protection that hard
cider proposes 10 give you. Remember it, will
you2
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See this every man, woman
and child,

When the Tariff and Distribution Bill was un.
der discussion, in the Senate, Mr. WALLER, dem.
made an effort 10 project the great body of con-
sumers, rich and poor, by moving to recommit the
bill with instructions TO srIKE OUT THE TAX
ON TEA AND COFFEE AND SUBSTITUTE A
TAX ON LUxuRIEs, VIZ: on all articles Of gold
and silver ware, above the value of one hundred
dollars to an amount that will replace the amount
derived from tea and coffee; but the motion was
negatived All the democrats voting for and all
the wings against it.
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Anoher Lie nailed!

NATHAN SMILE on the contrary is for crush
ing every farmer, and every poor man in Vermont
by charging them TWEEN ry-FIvE PER CENT IN
rEREsr on all money he loans them and then
making them secure him by morgaging to him
their tarmeS. These are fact.
This is cut from the organ of the Woodstock
Junlo.
Now, gentlemen, we defy You to show single
instance, in which Nathan Smile ever charged, or
ever took anything more than legal interest Ma
than Smile never took mortgage of Il farm in his
life and we defy you to show the CONTRARY.
Come forward and sustain your malicious false
hoods or own yOursclra miserable liar as you did
in Grants case.
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Nammomt CajJage lcgf, We have in our of
flee cabbage leaf, measuring serea feet in cir
cumferance, 1t grew in the garden of the " the
Eagle" Had it been blcsr with the benefit of n
good democratic soil, it would, no doubt, have
been much larger, as it is, however, we look
demonstrations of the triumph of genins over cir.
cumslances, and orlhe dowalhll of hard cider on
the 9th of September. All down set 'cm up
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"ROaSt Beef"

When "Tip and Ty" was all the cry,
And bankers gaily sailed,
On promises they knew would le,-
A. coon-skin routs they yelIed;-
"Come workies, come, just vote for Ty,
Your pockets need relief
And then your wages we'll raise high,
"Iwo dollars and roast beef"
Confdng on this gilded charm,
The coylv bated dupes are led
As captive men-nor dreamed the harm
Impending DER each head
With bilhesome heart they tugged away,
But to their shame and grief,
The feds won't pay the "ipo per day."
Nor even give the "deef"
saw a son of Erin's isle,
A ry.hearted chip.
And asked him with a playful smile,
TO vote again for "'Tip;"
"Arrah!" SAID he, "is't that We say"-
His face turned pale with gief-
81 don't yet get that "iwo day."
.No' deril a bit Of beef.
asked an homes. wing to read
His party's course in power
If they had done as they agreed
When tampering with the poor'
"Alas!' said he, "they've gone astray,
They've run us on reef;
;Lf' The lamycrs get the "ivo a day."
sD@ The iawyers gel The ,,beef."
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THE lax
on coarse KINGS Of silks such as the common
people" (see wing papers) use.

on coarse KINGS of silks such as the common
people, (see wing papers) use.
In the Senate, Aug. 81 Mr. Wright moved 10
strike out the provision Of the bill which imposes
50 so per pound upon silk goods, and insert a du-
~ OF thirty per cent. nd vaorem upon the same
goods
MI Wright said it would be seen that the plain,
strong, heary silks, such as the great mass of The
females Of The community rear-if they are to be
permitted TO wear silks at all-must pay IA duty of
from GO 10 100 per cent; The fine figured silks and
faces, costing from s Il to $50 per bound weight,
only pay duty of from 25 to l-2 per cent.
In his judgement, therefore, the duty would be
entirely prohibiory upon the article of great con-
sumption, and that which constituted the principal
importation, and guve the principal revenue; while
the silks OF extreme luXury-he might say of mere
linery, rather than of use-would be permitted 10
come in at n moderate, and in some cases very
low duty This was both UNI ust as to our citizens.
and unwlSe as to the revenue; and he hoped the
motion would prevail,
Mr. Benton said this bill was alike IN all its fea-
lures and details-,aXlng highest those who were
least able to bear It, Here is Il tax of 81 so per
pound upon silks--a new mode of taxing that ar
tlcle, and most unfair This is case in which
pound is not pound in every instance; for the
coarse silks and the dark colors weigh most. They
weigh most both because the material Is less clean
ed or purified, aud because The dark coloring mat
ter is heavier This will make great difference
in .he purchase of the same number of yards of
fine light coored silk, or dark-colored one; and
would be injurious to the working people, or peo-
pie of small property, who want silks for use and
wear more than for show. Again; he said these
heavier and darker silks came principally from
Germany, where our produce were taken on good
terms, and where we found fifty millions Of Gus
toners The German customs-union were all
friendly to our commerce; and we should not tax
theirs as to make an injurious discrimination, es-
pecially when we injured the laboring, or less
rich part of our own population.
The motion was lost.
.,1K kz:aS ALL DEMOCRATS
rwE .,ars F1vE ;.aLHclDERcRaT&
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THE CONDITION to mhich Clay, Paine, and
SalionstaH uould bring american LaJorers'--
In Manchester, the principal manufacturing town
in England, there very recently 1000 families
wiihom bciamoag hem,a s666 persons were
employed at TJt E.NTY-SIX CENTS "A
WEEK. They have got National Bank and Il
prohibitory tariff for the protection of CAPITAL
IN England
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.vux kHaS ALL DEMOCRATS
NAYS ,,,,,
TWE.N'TY- FIVE }hAHi' iNi-"' f''i "

PRoTEcrIoN, sc. The Washington cores
pendent Of the W Y. american, federal paper
Of course says, speaking oflhc reio:-
"Thc Indignation, scorn and contempt with
which it was unanimously received by the wings
are manfestIy an expression of the fate of any
Presidential Tariff this session."
The substance of this is, that if the feds can't
distribute the proceeds of the sales Of the public
lands, they wont protect the laborers' Good souls
how they do want protection.
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Remember.

Tina, the wings. at Washington shy, that " THE
FARMERS OF VERMONT CAN RAISE wooLroR
TWENTY FIVE CENTS pou nd
RE NJ T. NJ Ii Err!
That the Wings at Washington say" that the
WOOL OF THE FARMERS OF VERMONT NEEDS
BUT VERY LITTLE, OR NO PROTECTION!
REMEMBER
That a Wing convention, lately held at Boston,
esolved "that a tariff ON THE RAW MArERi-
n WOOL. WAS A TAX ON THE MAUFAc-
rRErp" ,,.,
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MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

VIVA, then? Wen tell you. ir--JTnjust remember
that these are The fruits Of TIE AN71-TARITF
POLICY OF A HARD CIDER CONGRESS-
In 1882 Henry Clay began reducing duties, his
work of reduction has gone on, until from FIFTY
per cent on wool and woollens, they have brought
US down to only TWENTY PER CENT.
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Talk it all about,

That after the wings had called on enough dem
ocrats to help them pass bill without disribu-
lion--whcn the democrats did join with them, the
wings in platoon Of forty six, their leaders at the
head wheeled Off, voted against their own measure
and defeated it,,
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But this SAME Editor (ofthe .Age) who was so
fierce champion Of Free Trade, no longer ago
than last spring, &c.-Consul's .4drocate.
"Mr. .Mash," in making extracts from the .qge
forgot TO notice the article in which we expressly
declared that we were OPPOSED TO THE
DOCTRINES OF FREE TRADE
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BOO! OLD BLUE LIGHT TO THE
RESCUE-.TUNBRI
HSO..OO..OI

East Randolph, - 1912.
DEAR SIR
You mus, send 100 copies ofthc extra Uaica-
man, or Tunbridge is gone to the devil.
ID. T. WEYMOUTH
is. MORRILL,, ESQ, Slrahord.
The above is the substance Of letter written
by "Pistol Weymouth the fellow who got up the
doIoguc between General F. and Lawyer S.. 10 J..
S, Morrill, Terrible times these, Hope Mr.
Morrill, sen, on the extra Blue Iights-here's lots
O. pisnrcs' in Tunbridgc-look sharp!
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A Congress Of Banhrupts,

1t is stated that there are so whg members of
Congress that are bankrupt, and are opposed to
adjourning at all before the l,h of March, when
their terms expire, as they do not want to take the
benefit other own bankrupt act, until after that
time. They go in for the eight doas day,
and roast beef" as long as they can get it.
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- nz7WC
aE@3R%S:
Lf11zzE.,,.EsssSskas <aaa&s
=----@----- - sss..{a -
c H ( { R!
The sky brightens !
Honor to the
Democrats!

We have the pleasure ofpubIishing to our readers
the proceedings Of Congress on the 18th. Mr.
Campbell, of South Carolina, proposed what may
be called the "Soulh Carolina Platform" that is,
The uniform per cent. system. The House could
not stand upon this, and it was rejected, without
division, on a motion to suspend the rules.
Mr. Everett of Vermont, presented resolution
fe-enacling the revenue laws Of 1889 1t was not
enter,ained-a GREAT PART OF THE WINGS
VOTING AGAINST II. Mr. Irwin moved 10
20 into committee of the whole on the state of the
Union-caricd by yeas and nays, 90 to 81. So
the House went into committee of the whole.
But the best is contained in the following
Mr. Ingersoll (dem) moved to take up" n bill to
supply defects or failures, in tn, laws to collect
revenue from Imports" which is that reported
some three weeks since, by Mr. Barnard, from the
committee on the judiciary.
The pending order of business in the committee
must be first dispensed with. which was done.
!, Mr. Ingersoll's motion then prevailed, 81 to SO.
Mr. Ingersoll submitted an amendment, which
was in fact substitute for the bill.
1t provides in substance for the re-enactment Of
the tariff laws as they stood on the Is, of January,
lS4U, SlnCe WHICH tHeIe iluS UeeH q TeuuCtlOn VI
four-tenths in the rates OF duty. The present nd-
cations are, that this bill, amended, will become
n law.
The people will now see the exposition Of the in
famous lasehoods about the democrats being oppo-
sed to tariff, set uhoat to affect the election in
This state, The movement of Mr. lngersol, the
leader Of the democrats in the House, is sufficient
to satisfy the people that the democrats will do all
they can to procure the passage of a proper tariff
Bill-a'hough they are in minority and in no way
responsible. Stand up to them now, democras the
staff is in your own hands!-your party hare come
forward for the fifth time too, with measure, and
are ready to 60 for i!--now see who sku ks! The
feds have lied long enough aud endeavored TO
wheedle you into the emp'ings of hard cider! Put
it on TO them now, without stint and without mer-
cy! Dash their miserable lies into their teeth and
down their throats Put it on to ihem!-Every-
where and anywhere!
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IL A POlTND!

NITHfy SMILE says, that the farmers at Vermont
can't live moment il the whig Tariff allows the finest
SaNony wool to be brought into markets and sold for
that price.
CHARLES PINE nothing about that, II he can
compel the farmers buy his cloth and get his won for
- cents pound he will md the farmers may sarye
motifs nothing to HIM It's
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Also,

Remember that, in the House on the ls,enough
of the locolocos in Congress voted with the wing,
to pass tariff bill without the distribution, and
tina, enough of the wings lodged the question to
defeat it!
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Bear in mind!

That the rhig papers in this State openly takc
the side Of the Kings purity and adrocoic TAN
ALTON WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
doctrine, which if carried into effect, rouid de-
prize one third, al the least, Of The Jreemen Of
this State Of the right Of rotins, which they row
nnsspssI
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Not coed enough,

The new tariff gives 40 per cent protection, but
every wing in the house voted against it, by tao
ing on Distribution knowing that if defcated there
can be no duties over 20 per cent Such men are
"not good enough"lren Of protection 10 suit the
people OF Vermont.
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Hard Times!

I, is certainl, true, that manufacturing es,ab.
llshmen's in our state are reduced in value fifty per
ccnt.-wool, too, is cut down fifty per ccnt.-and
in these items there must be n loss to Vermont of
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Hard Cider Protection.

LOVE FOR THE Poor. The federal Congress
have taxed fine printed calicoes which are pur-
chased by the rich, thirty per eent-whis, they
have taxed the coarse calcoes, which are purclas-
ed by the poor, ONE HUNDRED AND TWEEN
TY PER CENT.
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Whie'S of Vermont!

Have you ever heard a member Of the demo-
cratic party, since the Rhode Island affairs. 0dvo-
cate the property qualification, and the doctrine of
taxtalion without representation aud do YOU not
hear members ofhcwhig party doing 50 openly ev
cry day. lis