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The Herald's Plain case

That extreme pro-slavery paper, the New
York Herald, gives some positive advice to
the Northern Know Nothings 1t says " If
they will boldly follow up the natlonui pro
Cramme foreshadowed at the late state cuun-
ellis of New York and New Jersey, they will
secure the hearty corporation Of the south
and may command the election Of any Presi-
dental ticket they may choose that the
PARTY in New York state " comprehcnds an
aggregate of over one hundred and eighty
five thousand voters, ready to move together
in solid mass at the tap of the drum -
and that with few more votes they can carry
New York against all others combined The
effect of such victory is thus stated.
The whole number Of the votes Of the cleo
toral college is 900 OF these the fifteen
Southern States have l2o, and the sixteen
Northern States l76-Northern majority Sc,
Thus, upon an absolute sectional issue, the
South is at the mercy of the North But the
vote of the single State Of New York is sulii-
cient to turn the scale. \ major ty of tho
electoral colleges required to elect the Presi-
dent is l49. Add the vote of New York, 30,
to the vote Of the fifteen Southern States
l2U, and II gives us %, or clgnt votes more
than the required majority. This strikingly
exhibits the importance Of the Empire Stat'
IN any Presidential contest of IA sectioua
character. With New York standing by til,
Soutd, State rights, the Union and the Con
stituton, the rest Of the Northern States, il
a solid body, including even Pennsylvania
may go for the antiSlavery coalition. anC
they will still be defeated
Now, we venture to say, from the asccr
tanned strength of the Know Nothlngs il
Virginia, in South Carolina, and Mississippi
three States heretofore of the most inveterat
/ Southern democratic type-that they vii
only require New York to take decide
/ position, in order to carry every Southern
| state in the Union.
A plain case indeed. il the conditions ar
granted But suppose a majority of til
voters of New York, are found not to hay
their eyes filled with dust and their ears will
cotton but know enough to stand by tn
North, " State rights, the Union and tn
Constitution, how then
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Mormon Troubles.

Kansas affairs and the Slavery question,
give politicians food enough for reflection
for the present, By the time they are dis
posed of, if not before, the Mormon question
will be pressing for a settlement. There is
cloud rising in the direction OF the Great
Salt Lake which bodies trouble. The NUT
terings which prelude the connection to
come may already he heard. Recent letters
from Utah indicate the unpleasant fact that
the Mormons are now in league with the
hostile Indians of those parts, in resisting
the authority of the United States The
brutal massacre of Capt. Gunnison and his
party, some months ago, will be remembered
by our readers, 4 correspondent of the
y. Y. Times gives an account Of the trial OF
three of the Indian murderers, who were cap
tured and brought before the District Court
in Utah, The accused parties were proved
beyond all possibility of doubt to have been
the murderers. The guilt Of the Indians was
conceded ; and yet the Mormon Jury re-
turned a verdict Of mdHslanghter only. The
sentence Of the Court was that the Indians
Americans citizens and soldiers, should be inn
prisoned for three yoars. They were accord
ingly handed over to the authorities of tab
(Mormons). and committed to prison to serve
out their terms. But within a week they
were permitted 10 escape, and are again at
large. The Times says
4" We learn from our private CORE $
pondcucc, that no doubt whatever is en-,
tertained by Col. Steptoe and the author.
tiles, that lhewhole thing has been brought
about by the Mormons for the expires,
purpose Of cOnciiating the Indians and
exasperatng them against the Federal autho
rity. For some time past Mormon mis,iona-
ries have been maintained among the Indians
and Brigham Young has proposed that inter-
marriage between the Indians and the Nor.
mons be introduced and encouraged as repidly
as possible
The Times and n Y HeraH both state
the administration is fully informed of tho
dangers in prospect and is taking measures
accordingly.
The public are watching with some interest
to see how Young will take the appointment OF
his successor in the Govcrnorship, As hearing
upon the question and as choice specimens OF
the eloquence of the Mormon prophet We
give the following extracts from "A recent
speech or sermon of Brigham's, given in a
letter from an army officer to the Providence
Journal,
" There is one man here, lawyer, who
came out here with Brocchus, who is the
mta"cSt @iHk III the territory lie goes
about with the holy scpulchre in one hand
and a bottle of whiskey in the other. " Cribs
sentlcmanly reference was intended for the
present Secretary Of State for Utah, and was
called forth on account Of the strenuous ex-
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The steamship Grorgc Law arrived at Acw
York. May 2ith. with California dates to the
lst inst, - ,324 ,U2j treasure, aud 81 pas
srugcrs.
The steamer Golden Age. whose wreck was
reported by the last arrival, had been got off.
and towcl to Tolago, where she was bcachcd.
The California news is generally unimror-
taut
Sandwich Islands dates are to the 10th
of April l.. Swan, Of the firm Of Swan 4
Clifford, had been detected in circulating
&li .0GO worth Of forged whalcrs' bills. 1t
was supposed his total operations would
reach ssl0O.00 Both partners had all
seconded The Hawaiian Legislature mot at
/ Honolulu, on the It'll of April. The King
speech contained no allusion to to annexation
/ Speaking OF the mission Of Chief Justice Ice
to this country, lac said 49," have commit
ted an important mission to the Honorable,
VIM l.. Ice, Chancellor Of the Kingdom anC
Chief Justice Of the supreme Court, and har'
accredited him as my Envoy EXtraordinar.
and Minister plcnipotentiary, from whicl
mission | anticipate important results for tn
benefit Of You all which will be made know
to YOU hereafter.
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Contrary to very general expectation a t
the North, the know-Nothings are badly
beaten in Virginia. They talked largely
before election, but, it seems, without book
Wise could only have been defeated by the
accumulation against him Of the entire Wing
and Know Nothing vote but Washington
despatch says that Mr. Wise gratefully
acknowledges that thousands Of Whig votes
aided to swell his triumph" With all their
professions of devotion to Slavery, the Know
Nothings in Virginia, it seems, did not sue
coed in gaining tho confidence of the masses
in that State The people preferred to adj
here to the Administration, which they had
,ried, and knew to be true to slavery and to
nothing else.
If there is little to rejoice at in Wi.e's cleo
ton, there is little to sorrow for in Flour
noy's defeat. Slavery pagandism was the
cardinal principle on both sides. 1t was II
skunk and rattlcsnake" fight and we
care little which " whipped"
This failure in the first southern State
election in which the Know Nothings have
taken ground as party, promises poorly for
the general success of the new party at the
South The idea Of making it a Naiionol
party may as well be given up, Nothing is
national at the South which will not be n
tool Of the Slaveholdng interest in the
country
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The t. S. charge at Madrid, Mr.. Perry,
against whom Mr.. Soulc, late minister to
Spain. threw out insinuatiou,. that he had
treachcrously abused the confidence Of lis
superior, Mr. Soulc, has written a letter
to the President in bold and explicit
language He repels the insinuations
Of MI Soule-claims to have acted strictly
in the line Of his official duty, and
charges MIR. Soule with gross official mis-
conduct Z" If there was any treason it was
Mr.. Soulc's.' he says &" Whether he knows
1t or not. he has laborcd to involve the coun-
try in n motlyeless foreign war,-has laborcd
against her peace in the interior as well as
the exterior Against her most sacred inter
ests, against her commercial prosperity and
against her national honor. Not as Il matter
of private concern but because it concerns
the country to know the truth in a matter
of so high consequence, he requests the Pres
ident if he deems it proper, to cause copies to
be published of every line which he had writ
ten to the Government or any of its MEM
bers, officially or unoficially, directly or indi-
rectly concerning atfairs from the day Of Mr..
/ Soule arrival at Madrid to the date of MIR
/ Perry's request. Let us have the documents
by all means. They will form fitting aprcn.
dix to the Ostend Conference papers.
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The Windsor JourHai pays merIted COM
pliment to our correspondent " Griffith,
hut to our view quite misapprchends the
main scope Of - Griffith's remarks and those
Of the Free Press also, on the war In Europe.
It regards facts Of minor importance in the
case and oyerlooks its main point. The
administration Of the English government
may he in the hands Of aristocratic and sell
fish chques and Louis Napoleon may have
acquired his position by usurpaton and vio-
lence and quite likely has no more liberal
aims than Nicholas had Those are matters
Of interest which concern England and France
very deeply. and they concern US very little.
The war does not grow out Of those facts
1t is not carried on for or against them 49,
How its ending will affect them is of little
moment comparatively. The war bears on
the great point which we have spoken of
above, and that is the point which the lovers
ofhuman freedom and of national liberty in
onr country should keep steadily in view.
In expressing our surprise at seeing the
New York Times engaged with others in
fostering a pro-Russian tone Of sentiment in
this country, We did not-as the JourH0l
says, speak of it as "the American paper
most deserving of apprehension under this
head, AS a sinner above all others in this
matter. Our surprise, like that Of" Griffith
was to see it engaged as so many others are
mot all by any means.) in that way We
repeat what we said then, that we can see
why the journals in the slave states of tile
union are pro-Russian for Russia is pro-
slavery to the back bone is the great slave
holding government Of Europe. and is apply
ing all her power ofarms, money and intrigue,
TO give breadth and strength to pro-slavcry
principles, not on the eastern continent only,
hut throughout the whole world But why
journals in the free states, protesting and We
doubt not truly, to be well-wishers to free
dom for all men and alt nations, should be
found on that side we do not sce--and We
doubt whether they do.
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Brothers Of Ignorance, who took n solemn
oath that they would neither know, learn. nor
understand anything at all. but answer all
questions with Noscio, do not know"
Thurlow Weed, of Albany, has in his pos
session copy of the CoHog,0n, the original
work printed more than 200 years ago, con
tanning the above quotation.
Governor Morrill,, of Maine, is said to he
IN bad order with his Know Nothing brcth-
rem and attempts are making to secure his
expulsion ou the ground oi inRdelity to the
order. The Augusta Age publishes the fol-
lowing resolution which we passed by one of
the Councils
Resolved, That lay accepting the nomina-
/ tion for Governor by the self-styed Repub-
| lican party, made on the 22d of February
Inst. Arson p Morrill, has forfeited his right
to membership in the American party and
/ in accordance with vote passed at the
| National Council in November last, dcclar-
/ ing " that if any member Of this order should
accept of II nomination from any other polit
zeal party, lie should be expelled :" that
Arson y. Morrill, deserves to be orpeHcd from
/ Nc Or8,r
From the Eutland Herald
EVERY WEEK there comes to our Office n
copy of the American organ, the National
Know Nothing organ, published at Washing
ton. Until recently we have taken no notice
of it. On looking over late numbers. we are
pcrJoctiV SatiSGed that its aim is to build up
Slavery by the aid Of Know Nothngism. 1t
is wholly an advocate of Slavery, and CON
dennis the administration of President Pierce
only because 1t is not pro- slavery enough
It upholds the NIis,ourians in their late
reasonable incursion into Kanzas.
We said last week that X. y. ism cdnnot
be national There can be no doubt Of tho
matter for a moment. The great and the
only issue is now between Slavery and that
American Freedom which was purchased by
the Revolution, and for which the govern
ment was established. There is no othei
great issue at the ballot box and if the Souti
can have its way, and continue in its pres
ent course, the issue must soon be decide,
by physical force
From the y. Y. Herald
The Know Nothings Of the great Northern
States, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylva
MIA. and their ncighbors. are sound on tn
, slavery question as has been proved by tn
published expression of their sentiments OF
, several occasions, and especially by the pro
cecdings of the late State Convention a
Syracuse. 1t is a gratuitous calumny t
h state that any integral portion of the Amer
lean party in these great States has the lcas
5 affinity with or sympathy for the Northern
- Uholitiunists.
, I, l. true TINT portion OF the PARTY i
!, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire have bee
+ led astray by the force of popular fanaticisu
h and allied themselves with the freesoilcrs
r New England. But by 80 DOING they hay
# severed the bond of union between them an
A the other councils of the party, and will
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FLoUR,-A correspondent of the n, Y.
Tribune makes the following estimate of the
number Of barrels of -four in the country at
tho opening of Lake navigation, reckoning
live bushels of wheat to one barrel of flour ;
Lake Michigan, CSC 900 ; Lake Erie, 300 600;
Canada, 100000 total, 456,OOO. The
| I'ribune adds
Suppose $50 900 barrels to be absorbed
by the destitute points in the interior, and
we shall then receive at tide water one
mtion jarreis-enough at the rate Of winter
consumption, 5000 barrels per day, to last
l25 days, or until the middle of next Septem-
| Der. With a favorable prospect of good
crop all over the country, there is not a
shadow of reason for any alarm about short
supply
The New York Journa} Of Commerce states
that neither the brand nor the weight Of -four
is now to he relied upon, the large part Of
the inspection Of flour being merely " boring
and plugging - that the examination is but a
farce, and that very few invoices of flour will
now hold out 1876 pounds, exclusive of the
barrel it says
" Between false brands Of quality. and
false tares disappearing the weight of the
barrel, the buyer of -four must be very shrcwd
not to be cheated"
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IT For OUR FARMING FRIENDS We have
made arrangements with Messrs c. II. ADAMS
& Co., extensive Commission Merchants and
dealers in all kinds of Country Produce. -
Elm st. Boston, to furnish us weekly list Of
Boston prices Current, carefully corrected up
to a date hut few hours before we go to
press. 1t will be.found reliable, we think
Consigners of Country produce from these
parts, will do well to consider the superior
facilities of Messrs. Adams & Co. for the
sale Of every thing in that line
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GITDEAIH OF A GOOD MAN.-We learn with
sorrow Of the death Of JosEPH i. FAIRBANKS,
Esq, of st. Johnsbury. lie was one of the
firm Of f.. a 7. Fairbanks x Co., and president
of the Passumpsc Bank of St bloomsbury
Quiet, and unassuming, but energetic and
practical, active in every good work, of sin
cere piety, thorough Observation-Disclosures and
public spirit, his death is public loss. The
Caledon'an gives the circumstances Of his
decease MS follows
JosEru p. FAIRBANKS, Esq, died on Tues,
day, the 18th, after lingering illness of
several weeks, lie was Is years Of age last
November. His health for the last hal dozen
years had been imperfect. Though suffering
from chronic affections during this period, he
had been, for large share oft, able to tran
sact a large amount Of business. About four
weeks since he returned from western husi.
ness tour, with his old complaints greatly
aggravated by severe labor, and another
disease contracted in his absence. lie was
confined at Cleveland, Ohio, for three weeks
with acute bronchitis partially recovering
from the attack, he returned to his family in
an almost hel pless condition From that
time he gradually sunk into the embrace of
quietly and peacefully, and in the
exercise Of firm and joyful trust in the
merits of the Savior
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}l)rrIt|n free Dress.
BURLINGTON, FRIDAY, JUNE /, 1873.
Tic Nncetion in Europc

There is great question for Europe, whirh .
is more nearly allied to the great question
in cur own country of which we spoke l1't
week, tlau many in the community are
aware Of. Here the question is, shall the
deadly fungus Of Slavery by which the Whole
body /, now made weak and sick. he allowed
to spread any farther over our political sNs-
tenn. Already it destroys Il large part of tie
national lifc-blpod Shall it be allowed to
poison the Whole The question in Europe
/, like unto it, There. it is shall popular
influence in government be felt more and
more, or shall it cease t. exist altogether
Shall the liberty Of speech on ali matters Of
public concern the freedom Of the p,ess,-
the right Of the people to assemble, to discuss
openly. and if they see fit. to impugn the con-
duet Of their rulers, to demand FROM them an
account Of their stewardship aud to take
from them their power if they abuse it,--so
on increasing to its full strength, on shall it
como wholly to an end Shall man be re-
gard I'd as having rights given to him hy God,
which no earthly ruler can take away, or rs
having no right to do anything except as Il
government officer permits, mo right to have
any political or religious faith or to worship
God in any way which government entirely
,nlc1cndunt Of him, does not determine for
him
There is now some light and life Of liberty
ia Europe,-at least in some parts Of it.
How long will there be any after the Russian
avalanche shall have buried most Of the ma
tions which are now there, and its freezing
atmosphere shall he spread over the rest
let Russia get possession of Turkey and hold
the Black Sea in her hand and all the diplo-
matte conferences in the world, cannot keep
her from suhiugating Europe, The nations
there small and great, will have but one
thing to struggle for.-which shall 90 last
into the giants nav. They may dispute
and amuse themselves as they can, each till
its time for being eaten shall come but
come it will.
Amazed as we are at the immense outlay o.
means and destruction OF life which the wal
in the East has already caused, while its end
seems more distant now than it was when til,
strife began, they are hardly commensurate
with the greatness of the question at issue
We see but the beginning of the strife as yet
If peace is made soon, it cannot be lasting
1t will be virtually but an armisticc. The VA
will break out again, perhaps again to CONF
to a rest from mere exhaustion of the com
hatants, and again to be renewed nor,
fercely till it shall be settled forever whethe
freedom or dcspotism shall rule over the entir
continent
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cg-The Brandon Post of this week is i'll
spasm, caused, as near as we can make out,
by fear lest the X. \ s in this State shall
fail to run State ticket in opposition to the
able State ticket elected last year by nm over
whelming majority, Some editors, it
appears, have dared to suggest to committee
men that it j. best to have the next election
stand on the same broad ground it stood on
last fall. The Post cannot put up with such
impudence-has no thought Of allowing any
KnowNothing to vote for Royce, Fletcher
& Bates. IF its editor is not a know moth
ing, we wonder what he is. He seems to
have the disease the natural way. The symp-
TOMS are severe and unmistakabc
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0-TWe are informed that VIM. Mason
Esq, Of New York, a celebrated American
Pianist intends to give Concert in Burling-
ton on Wednesday evening, June 18th. Mr.
Mason is son of Lowell Mason, 50 well
known in the musical world
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~ The SAG NIGHTS, Secret political
societies are increasing in every part Of the
country. 1t is said that in Massachusetts
there are two and perhaps three distinct
associations ofthat character At the West,
the Sag NIGHTS are said to be rapidly
increasing. The Louisville journal states
that in that city it already numbers two
thousand members, mostly foreigners We
suppose. Like the X n order which it is
intended to oppose it has its secret oaths,
grips, passwords, &c, and unlike the II. n
order succeeds in keeping them secret So it
goes iesuitical organization is formed to
fight the Jesuits anda secret society to fight a
secret order Thus evil breeds evil.
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y CHlTTENDEN County NsTITrrE.-We
learn that Mr., Henry Il BrCkHAM has been
engaged az principal of the New Institution
AZ Essex Mr.. Buckham was formerly prn-
cllal Of the high school in this place, and
more lately of the institution at Potsdam,
n, Y. lie isa graduate of the University
OF Vermont fine scholar and an experienced
teacher. The school will open about ii e
LIST of September
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1The telegraph states that the Railroad
Bridge over the Grand river at gainesville,
Ohio, on the Lake Shore Railroad, is finished
and that trains commenced running over
it on Monday.
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ITEMS At HOME AND ABROAD.

Burlington, May 20, 1888. davlt
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-03-04

If to given combination Of letters.
having a definite sound, we add, in
sert, or prefix another letter, the sound
of that combination is changed Thus
we read, go, GO" but got, got"
Do, do; but dot dot, and I'd o.t-e
dote" Add IN" to owe, and we have
Owen exchange the sc" for n, and
we have town, own; but omit the
"n' and prefix "r'' and we have TOW,
that NAV be yoy Of trees, or some of
the bhoys may have had row But
prefix sc, " and we have a crow, which
the addition "n,' will convert into
CROWN crown,-fitting climax of
the absllrdities of English orthcgra-
ply, as based upon alphabetic repre-
sentalion. Prefix "b' TO ear, and it
becomes "b-e-a-r bear" Add Cd
and now it is beard Drop the b and
we have cared Substitute "h,' and
we have card heard. Over, is
over easy enough. Prefix "c' and it
IS Cover cover , and 81 has the
same effect, "l-o-v-e-r lover" But
now prefix c, and we have y clover"
in clover" laugh we must pro-
nounce laugh, and can add ter and
still pronounce laughter But prefix
49, and behold the CHASTITY form Of
s-laug h-t-e-r slaughter,
This is only a specimen of one class
of the difficulties to be encountered in
learning to read English
These difficulties have paraIized The
hopes and crushed the efforts of thou
sands and millions, | may almost say
of hundreds of millions, who ardent
ly desire to read the English Ian
guage.
Well might that eminent Educa-
ZIONIST, Edgeworth, pronounce learn
ing to read, "the most difficult Of hu-
man attainments. NJ. N. j.