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PRESS.
Middlebury, June IA, 1913.
STATE CONVENTION.
TO THE WINGS OF VERMONT.

A State Convention of the Wings of Ver-
mont will be holden AT RUTLAND, ON
WEDNESDAY THE 2sTH DAY OF
JUNE NEXT, for the purpose of nomina-
ting State Officers, and for the transaction
of other matters deemed necessary, prepara-
tory TO the Annual September Election And
also to appoint two Delegates and two Sub
stitutes at large to attend the Naticna Con
vention to be holden in May 1874, :or tie
nomination of candidates for the offices OF
President and Vice President of the United
States. The Wings at their several District
Conventions in the State are requested also
to appoint one Delegate and Substitute each
for the purpose above stated.
it is specially important, and therefore
particularly desired. that not single town
in Vermont should be unrepresented at said
State Convention by two or more Delegates.
CALVIN TOWNSLEY,
ERASTUS FAIRBANKS,
JOHN A. CONANT, State
F.. P. WALTON, JR., Cen.
GEORGE A. ALLEN, Com
HARMON Garfield,
JOHN A. PR.fTT,
ARTEMAS CUSHMAN,
May 10, 1S4S.
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ABOLITION In TExAs.-We recently pub.
lished an int. nation from the New Orleans
Bee that such project was in contcmpla-
ton, at least in some minds. Since then,
we have received additional evidence. that
Il measure, so devoully TO be desired, is in
actual progress. The Journal of Commerce
having alluded TO this subject says -
"We have private information which
leads lis to believe that measures are even
now in progress for The accomplishment Of
this great object. The present number OF
slaves in Texas IS $4,000 or 10000. At
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STATE WING CONVENTION.

As the wigs Of Addison county have 50
grossly neglected their duty in attending tho
District Convention, il would be highly
gratifying to see them making atonemeut
by hocking 10 the Convention to he held at
Rutland on the 2Sh inst. The wisdom, ,a-
ents, sentiments, and predictions of the
whole wing party should be reflected from
the body there TO be assembled. Addison
county especially should sustain her just
supremacy by sending full deleg alton. A
weighiy responsibility will rest upon that
Convention, n the selection OF candidates
capable of sustaining the whig principles
and measures, and Of concentrating upon
themselves the divcrging rays of sentiment
upon the subject ofabolition. Besides 'hcso
qualifications The good people of Vermont
ought TO have chief magistrate who wall
be controlled BY sense of moral and relig
ious obligation, of an enterprising patriot
ism. and of enlarged and liberal views ofthe
true interests Of the State. For want Of
such man TO nerve and lead forward tho
energies of our enierprizing and enlighien>
ed population, our Safe has hitherto pUrsu-
ed a grovoling and contracted course Of POI
icy which has repressed our naiur, growth
and prosperity.
But after 4 candidate has been selected,
the next object of tie State Convention
should be TO devise the ways and means of
putting the whole wing party in motion to
secure his election. Although we may flat.
ter ourselves tina, wo have sure majority
in the State, there is no safety in lest and
quietness. We are in The presence of an
enemy whose early and eager activity clear
ly evinces that no effort will be spared, no
arts Impractical, 10 transfer Vermont 10
Van Buren,, Calhoun, Tyler, and those ve-
mai politicians who are ever ready to sacrl-
flee the interests of Il 9 people 10 the lust oi
power. We can trust to nothing bnt vigi-
lance, activity. and energy. Much wisdom
might be exercised by this Convention so
10 organize the great wbig army Of Vermont
that every man should be at the polls. We
trust this great object will not be forgotten.
A full vote will prove a whig victory. La;
every wing feel that there is a responsible
ty resting upon him 10 relation to this Con-
ven;ion. If he cannot conveniently so
himself, he should stimulate others. or con-
tribute 10 their expenses on the road. There
is duty in this respect as binding upon q
conscientious whig as any earthly obiga'
ton. Let it be discharged promptly ana
cheerfully.
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WAR 1t has been estimated by DR..
Thomas Dick. that since the creation of the
world. IA 100000 of beings have fallen in
the battles which man has waged against
his fellow creature man. Ii the ''or' hng.
crs only of these beings were 10 be laid in
a straight line they would oulreach more
than 10000 miles beyond the oon.-Ihe
Newspapers.
Then the iorefngers must have averaged
more Than $50 feet long, each! We be-
lieye. nosever. that Or. Dicks estimate
was li,000.000. 900, instead of IA, 900, 600;
which wonli give 100000 shin in battle
in each generation 40 years) for 5000
years "a supposition hardly less improba.
bic than that men used TO have fingers $50
fee, long Chronicle.
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THE COLLARED TRYO.

Winslow of the Sentinel, Eastman of the
Age, and HasweIl of the Bennington Ga.
zctte, each Of whom holds the Office of Post
Master under Capt. Tyler, are playing the
game of 'scratch my By back and | tciH TICKLE
your elbOD' TO perfection. Winslow says
Eastman is one of the truest "Loco Focos''
in the State, Notwithstanding he has sold
himself to Captain Tyler, while the Major
swears that Winslow was 'born a Demo-
crat" Ia statement which it would be diff
cult TO prOve, by the way, as zoe happen to
know something about his early history
and thinks the fact Of his wearing the "1y-
Ter Collar" wont hurt his political principles
at all. We cheerfully subscribe to this lat
ter opinion. for Tylerism surely wont hurt
the principles of that man who never has
any. HaswelI of the Gazette endorses for
both the others,-which so far as political
principles is concerned, is like bankrupt
endorsing for an insolrent firm. But the
"True Dmocrat," who calls no man master,
puts this pointed interrogatory.-"Ho,o can
any honorable man solicit an office under the
present administration? HoU can ii be
receired euen, saue pith the OPEN understan-
ding that ii brought triih ii no obligation?
Bur. Free Press.
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SEIZURE of THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. The
s,.izure OF the Sandwich Islands by the Brit
ash. under the prrlence Of Injuries done BY
III" government of those islands to a British
,s,birc', crnnot fail 10 be REGARDED all over
lhc civil.z"d world, as one Of the greatest
uu:ragcs ever committed by any uaiion in
inndcfn t:r.cs. Nor can we believe the 9TH
ar great ma:aiin!e nations wall allow Great
britain IA rriain the possession of what she
has 81 unidS.iy s:eZcd. To tho United
States in particular The independence of the
Sandwich Islands is of para mount impOr-
lance; fmmrg rs they do The chief place
-or Rendezvous for American whale ships, and
r.ifurding also a profitable market for any
descriptions of American manufactures.
I'r.r number Of Americans residing on the
islands, far commercial purposes is quite
sarge Two hundred American vcs>ris ar
tivc there annually and when the canal
across the isthmus Of Daricn shall he com
;'i,,rd. the business between the Two coun-
IRE, IS deslined 10 De of great i;nporiance
TIC prox nifty of the Sandwich Islands 10
our Oregon Territory, Che distance between
them being easily overcome nth the lraie
windy also renders their fsIiiug into the
n.nis of the British an extremely unfor,u-
late occurrence. For in case ofany ftiu,e
.-nllI>inn wills Great Britain relative To tie
r.gL If possession 10 Orc.un, a British
+! at could be despatched 10 Anticipate their
niicemenis.
Ii IS therefore. evidently of The fr,; ncces
-;:v. t:li oar government siinhl! immrdiaie-
~ take measures 10 prevent the British from
.'1iein'ng permanrni possession of the Sand
.ri.:a Islands, AMI TO enable the govcrnnen;
if Hose islands To eject their unw"lcoa.c
visitors with ll,e least possibe delay Franc
aid Russia may certainly he expected 10
cooperate with the United States in this
inli:rr since 10 them Il c occGpa'ion of the
-i4nlw;c;l Islands By the British must be as
i;1i:iGi II us il is 10 ourselves. lie, our gov
s.fatnent hen move immediately, and with
~nrrsy in rel ,iion iD IhiS las nlgrani out.
rage oi G;eai Britain ami so move as 10
teach the s.l'-vsunied r,isifess of the seas
in,r HERE i, a. leasi one ra'inn in TIE world
so viii ;.ol recognise her title 10 that dis
t..i.irin, npr >nif.r her to iraiAple with in
p',iiy a'''u iii'. Eisi,ls oi independent nations
rhDJu r;T"c!ai'; "i:ea l;y 50 doing she IN
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DISTRICT CONVENTION.

A, the District Convention assembled last
week al Burlington, the Hon. GEORGE P.
MARSH was nominated as a candidate for
Congress The towns throughout the Dis
trict we're generally represented except in
the county of Addison, where only 8 sent
delegates, 10 wit: Mlddlebury, Cornwall
Shofeham, BridPort, Addison, Vergennes.
Ferrisburgb, and Slarksborough. The Sc
lection was made by nominating Commit.
tee oflhree from each town, designated by
the delegates themselves, and each town
having three votes, thus allowing an equali-
ty regardless Of population as in the L"gis-
azure. Three ballots were taken by the
Committee whose results were as follows:
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The Boston Daily Advertiser has the
following observations upon the late Web
ster meeting in that city:
"Had it been understood that Mr.. Web.
ster was ready to cooperate, by his exer.
tons and influence, with the Wings of this
Commonwealth, in securing the election Of
OF Wing Governor in place of March,:
Morton at the next election-ready to
pledge himself to the support of whon:so-
ever the great Wing Convention, about tc
assemble, shall nominate, -Faneuil Hall
instead ofbeing barely respectfully filled, as
1t was on Friday night, would have been
crowded to suffocation, and Mr.. Webster
would have been greeted on his return in a
very different tone and with heartier EN-.
phasis than that which he now hears. /,
is to be presumed that he will not suffer
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ASTRONOMICAL APPARATUS. - The Boston
DAILY Advertiser states that the amount Of
$4,000, Hhich was a short time stree pro-
pos>d 10 he raised in rha, city for the pur-
chase ofa Telescope and oIhcr astronomical
Instruments. is all subscribed. o. the above
sum 5000 were subscribed by one genilc>
ann, $1,000 by another. several sums OF
$500 bv other individuals, $4,000 by the
American Academy Of Arts md Sciences,
and $1,000 By the Society for the Diffusion
of Useft;l knowledge. considerable
lenglh nt :imc will doubtless clapse, before
the principle Telescope can be manufacture
81, but measures we doub, not will be imme,
.:in'clv taken for having i; in progress with
ont DELAY.
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The SEVENTEENTH Of JUNE (he Albany
Journal suggests,) will carry such hosts Of
people TO Boston, that the directors of The
Western Railroad would find il for their in
teres, 10 take passengers from that city 10
Boston and back Cor four dollars the trip, in.
stead Of S4 each way, On the occasion OF
the celebration. The increase in the mum.
Der of passengers would we think very much
more Than make up the reduction in the
price, 10 say nothing Of The obligation which
the Railroad Company would thus confer Oh
large portion of the public.
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DANIEL WEBSTER.

Who would have believed three years a.
60 that this gentleman, holding the position
of confidence before the American people
that he then did, universally respected as
he then was. could have so demeancd him.
self as to so soon have forfeited the entire
confidence, respect and esteem of the whole
nation. Yet so it is. Few indeed can be
found. base and abject enough to do him
reverance. How true is the old adage'-
a man is known by the company he keeps.
The corrupt and rotten gang with whom he
has been on terms of familiar intimacy for
the last two years have furnished his char
acter and cast an indellible stigma upon his
once fair name and fame. Base dishonor
has blurred his name, and years only of re-
pentant regret can reinstate him in the af>
fections and esteem of the people, and more
particularly the party he has more than
half betrayed. The name of Daniel Web.
ster no longer awakens the slumbering en-
thusiasm Of the people; at his approach no
riaudns rends the air as formerly as the
most humble citizen he walks the streets of
that city where he was once "the bright
particular star" and the observed of all oh.
servers"
1t is right that il should be thus. 1t will
serve warning TO all others in future. not
TO proudly trample upon the wishes of their
friends, and shamelessly disregard their own
political tents and set at naught their oft
avowed and open professions of whig prin-
ciples and wing political faith. Mercury.
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A SPECIAL EDICr. Hear AND OBEY -
We are gravely informed, tc-lay. by the
last official bulletin from the seat of govern.
mcn', thai Mr.. President Tyler "has accep-
ted the invitation 10 be present OF Bunker
ker Hill Celebration, ONLY 10 crafty the
wishes of his countrymen north of the Po-
tomac." At the same time we are gra-
ciously informed that his Excellency "will
be happy 10 meet the people. regreso ming
every interest OF society, from The most hum
bic 10 the most exalted" Yet his confiding
subjects must not press too hard upon him
with their company, nor be obrusive. For
this is, We are told, "an official visit Of the
President Of The United States, which can
not, ,proprie,v. be interrupted by intrn.
sion. not appropriate TO such an occasion"
However, there is no need OF alarm, we are
kindly apprised, inasmuch as ''lhe President
of the United States, as such, WILL BE AC
cEssIBLE TO EVERY MAN." although in no
other capacity will he receive visitors, ap-
pealing TO his sympathies, or soliciting his
mediation
We trust that after this official notice, The
good people of the country north ofthe Pc.
Iomac," will deport themselves in style of
becoming respect for the President. who has
graciousy consented 10 come among them.
the character OF the North is at stake, for
obedience. loyalty and amenability 10 off,
cial orders. May nothing occur to COM
promise ii, during the evenliul month, upon
which we are about entering IN. Y. En-
press.
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Ma. WEBSTER IN MAssAcHusErrs.-It

Ma. WEBSTER IN MAssAcHUsETTs.-lt Is
uhdeniable That the late movement Of the
Ex>Secretary If State are not looked upon,
in his own state, with undivided favor.-
The Courier and Evening Mercantile Jour-
nal, of Boston, and the Herald. OF Newbury-
port, take decided stand in defence of Mr..
Webster, while the Boston Atlas, the New
Bedford Bulletin. the Lowell Courier, and
other strong Wing papers are perfectly un>
disguised in their opposition.
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fringes upon The rights of the whole COM
meIcial world.
Within tie last six months the increase
of British pc xer has been fearfu!ly rapid -
II has obtained a foothold in China. added
the rich and extensive country of ScIndc TO
the Anllo-lndian empire, and now hoists
lis lfag on tho choicest islands in the Pacific.
The further advance of this power must be
checked. or there can be no security 10 the
rest OF The civiliZcI work..
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5000 each. including children. which is all
they are now worth, their aggregate value
would be about E 100000 sterling. liza
loan for this amount can be obtained IN
England, on larded security in Texas, land
for such an object we are inclined to think
it can be, either from the government, or
individuals, or both.) we are strong IN he
belief,hnt slavery will be abolished in Tex
as, either a; once, or BY a rapid process Of
graduation"
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this doubt long to remain. Massachusetts
requires the cooperation of all her citizens
in the struggle which is about to come on,
and it is not to be anticipated that Mr..
Webster will place himself in the position
of neutral or suffer it to remain in doubt,
on which side he proposes to throw his in
iuence."
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There has been a terrible steamboat col
is;on in the ST. Lawrence. The two boats
came together in fog. One was sunk In n
few minutes, and the other went down be-
fore she reached the shore but the passen-
gers were all saved, though it was feared
xnnc of the crew of one or both vessels have
been lost The Sydenham, il was believed,
would he raised. The Queen was broken
so badly there is no hope.
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OF The new Burlington editor accuses
WinsIow This partner recently Of selling
himself 10 Tyler, whereupon Winslow re-
spends that the great difficulty with the new
editor is that Tyler wouldn't buy him. G.,
Hyde would not give him an Office. "Whcn
rogucs fall out" &c. We shalt no, be sur
prised if the honest locos begin 10 find out
the character of their leaders ere long.
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ROBERT TYLER, the author Of "Ahasucr.
u.s. the Repeal orator at Washington, the
correspondent of O'Connell on the snbIeci
of revolutionizing Ireland, the signer oil
Land patents for the Pfesiden. of the Uni
ted States and the Private Secretary of the
latter funciionary-is 10 deliver another o.
ration on the horrible wrongs Of Ireland, be-
fore TIC repealers of Boston.
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GEN. GRATIor- The 81. Louis Organ
of the I'd inst. says-"Gen. Grafict's trial
closed on Saturday. The jury, under the
instructions of the Court, gave verdict in
favor of the United Stotes for about $780,
ono"
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Mrs EMMA WILLARD.-lt is well known
to the public, that Mrs Willard, formerly
of Principal of the Troy Female Seminary,
who was married to DIR. G. c. Yates in
1898, preferred her petition for divorce
to the present session of the Legislature of
this state. The favorable standing Of
Mrs. Willard in society, her reputation as
an authoress, and her many excellent viz
tues made the case of more than ordinary
interest. The investigation before the Di-
vorce Committee was full: the result was
that they were equally divided on the ques-
ton of jurisdiction, though we understand
that they were unanimous in the opinion
that the divorce ought to be granted
With this conclusion they submitted the
question directly to the Legislature, where
the principal evidence was explained at
some length by the chairman ofthe divorce
committee, & after full hearing in theHouse
the main question was put in that body on
Thursday last, and the divorce was granted
by nearly an unanimous vote in a full house.
In this decision the Senate concurred.-
The bill not only grants divorce, but au-
thorizes the petitioner to use her former
name-Emma Willard Hartford Times.
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THE SANTA FE TRADERs.-We are glad
to be able to announce the safe arrival of the
whole of the Caravan of Traders who left
Santa Fe on the 1st of April. A part of
them reached this city this morning in the
Oceana, from Weston; the remainder Of
the party are at Independence. The Com
pany were, we learn, well advised of the
presence of the Team Colonel on the wa
tiers of the Arkansas, and were prepared TO
give him a proper reception. He had his
spies in Santa Fe, watching the movements
of the traders, and three of them left that
place two or three days in advance Of the
company TO give him news of their APP
proach. They saw nothing ofthe Colonel,
although he was no doubt in their neigh
borhood. The servants of Mr.. Chavis, who
were with him when he was robbed by Nc
Daniels gang, came in with this Company,
and are now at Independence, where they
will remain until called for by the Court.
We understand that the specie on board the
Oceana is principally the property Of Mexi-
can citizens, from the region Of the Rio de
Baca. 1t amounts inclusive of other sums
TO about two hundred thousand dollars. To
have possessed himself of this sum would
have been very pretty Operation" for the
gentlemen from whom such great doings"
are expected by the editor of the New-Or-
leans Picayune.
The Company of Traders from Missouri
to Santa Fe will leave our frontier in about
ten DAVIS. under the escort of u. s. Troops.
81. Louis Netc Era, l7h.
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S- The President has officially, through
MIR. Spencer, the Secretary of the Treasury,
accepted the invitation TO he present at Bun
ker's Hill the 18th of June. Mr.. Spencer
and several of the other Secretaries viii ac-
company him
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Mr.. Bolts will contend for his seat against
Jones the loco loco, supposed to be elected
iIy from Z to so votes. He has served n no
tice of above 200 illegal votes given for
Jones.
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MASSACHUSETTS, Special Election
in four Districts for Members of the next
Congress took place on Monday. We have
decisive returns only from the lid Essex
District, wherein Hon. Daniel P. King Of
Danvers (Whig) is pretty certainly elected.
The vote of 20 towns is for King 3,6l4
Abolition 767; King over all 1913. The
two remaining towns cannot unsettle this.
At the first trial, the Wing candidate was
a long distance behind.
In the Hid. UowelD District there is
pretty certainly no choice and none pro-
baby in the With (springfeld) District.
rs By the Hartford mail we have par
tial returns from With and With Districts.
We fear there is no choice in the With Ba-
ker's,) though there is so far Wing gain.
In the With, we have faint hope that
Rockwell is elected.
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TALLAHssE IN RUlNs.-We learn BY the
Southern papers that the city of Tallahassee
was completely destroyed on the morning
of the 25th May by fire. 1t is supposed that
there were at least two hundred an fifty
buildings with their contents consumed at
a loss of nearly half million of dollars.