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1859. EALL TRADE. 1859.
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FRUITS a. ctreigy 'se.tsi by mys-lf from ne po
Boston aud View Nnrt huusea of whrh urause thaf fr
prices v be cheap hey bought tbs sis of
YORK tu sso nanuftriurnE noufis Refined CANntFs,
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sugar Cal and examine ior yourssf II ~ whals snd Retail
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RICHMOND WHIG
LETTER FROM SOUTHAMPTON.

WEsrPnALiA. SorTnaNProx Co,
September l4th, 1889.
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DRY GOODS.
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ELLETT & DREWRY.

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NTE ask the attention 81 Tie merchants Virginia No,th Caro-
w Inns sud Tennessee o. large and varied stock
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS
selected with especially adapted trade ~
those sections
We eermineito sell goods they bought
IN market in th. county a prompt siy
~ rive stock eVsuat1n ss y rhn De- protected In price
The markets such .uY they
thereby saving a least freight exchange rst portion
fir eoo market and encourage hoy trade without
possible loss ~ themselves.
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REESE.S MANIPULATRD GUANO.
M VII keyp regular supply % this Justly popular
w sale The best farmers In th-
IcrTdn, aud the consumer g. per buyinK
deliver Il, free of dray age, ty Dollars per ton
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rIVO THE puHLIC.-The subscriber wishes " rurehase
small faru suaed IN good ucrhhortood convenient 70
Churehss schoo SC intend leaving ne eouuy o.
make arrangements % DO require
house ucod, vater aud GOOD siuation ~ Sore tc
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DRIG;G.S rATENTPIANo EoRTE,

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ENCURSIOS TlCEETS TO AND FROM NEW YOIK
TIME ENTENDED TO Isl or NOV WILLIE
RlcmloND AND yORE RIvkR RinROtD.
LAND AGENCY IN

faNHAHN HANDS wANIED.-Tlirty good hands e
wanted % work the Gravel rran in tht country,
his Rost Constant srnpiayment and uhrrsi wssrs.
ie1o " 4 WALruN. thief Fndne~r
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%
DEAN

Recent papers of London and Paris an
nounce the death Of NJ. Edward James
Thayer, lately the Director General OF the
post Office in France, and a member OF the
Imperial Senate. NJ. Thayer was the son OF
the late James Thayer, of Rhode Island, long
a resident of Providence, and = lineal descend
ant of Roger Williams, the founder Of Rhode
Island.
1t is said (but it is hardly credible) that
Bishop Onderdonk, who had "leave to wit
draw" his petition addressed to the Bishops
at their recent session at Richmond, has re
solved to bring a legal action to recover dam
ages which he has sustained through the de
privation Of his Office. II Is also stated that
the refusal to restore him was due TO certain
documentary evidence bearing upon the Bsh-
op-evidence never before presented-tor-
warded from New York city. What further
evidence against the Bishop could have been
needed, in addition to that produced on his
trial, it is difficult to see.
Gerritt Smith writes to the New York
Tribune to deny that he is a republican or
that he voted for Fremont. He says he has
never voted for any person who recognizes a
law for slavery.
In 1856, the New York Herald said Of the
president, whom it now huds as the chief
patriot and statesman of the country -
james Buchanan is an old dotard, an i'm
beetle, mis- rable, Cabling old granny, who
has lost his mind and his memory, and who
is consequently utterly unfit for the impor-
taut duties Of the presidency
Lady Franklin having exhausted her prop
ertv. SOM $3.50, OOO, in the search for her
husband, the ladies Of England and America
are appealed to, to raise a fund to preserve
her from penury.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-11-04
VERMONT ITEMS.

The Bellows Falls says ga destruction OF
docs is called for" a number Of sheep hay-
inc been killed in Westminster. One fine
bnck was alive when found, but his hind
quarters had been eaten of
DanI Hazen of Newbury, a man Of sew
epty years, residing in Newbury, fell from
an apple tree, Oct. 18th, fracturing bis
thighbone.
A boy, in Grafton, went out to shoot near
he house of Marshall Wright, a short time
since, and not being particularly careful
which way be aimed, Il ball passed through
the window and the bed where Mrs.
Wright and her baby were lying narrowly
missing them both.
There are five starch manufactures IN the
town of Stowe, each Of which consumes
from Il, 900 to 10000 bushels Of potatoes
yearly, yielding about eight pounds of starch
to a bushel. The kind chiefly cultivated for
starch is the California potato, large and
coarse.
Mr.. y. II. Fletcher. of Albany, has raised
a ruta baga turnip, which the Sfandard calls
..the father Of all garden sass -; it weighs
80 IA pounds
The Irasburgh Standard publishes a''warn-
ing as follows A gentleman in this vii
lage on Sunday la, among other things, eat
for his supper four pounds of tripe, retired
early to rest, and dreamed that he saw Steph-
en- a. Douglas.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-11-04

when the crowd should he less dense, to shoot
him after a moments thought. 1t occurred
tn me that that was not the proper place to
kill him we then proposed to take him out
and hang him. Some person OF our BAND
then one cd the way to him. and first push
ing Miss Fouke aside, we slung him out OF
doors I Q I'VE him n push and many others
did the same we then showed him along
the plitfbrm and down to the trestle work OF
the bridge, he begging for his life all the
sine. very riteouslv at first BY the bye. be-
fore we took him out of the room l asked
the Question what he came here for he said
their onlv purpose was t. free the slaves
that he came here tn free the slaves or die
then he begged, Don't take M lite-a
prisoner :" hut I put the gun 10 him. and
he said. 'sYou NAV kill me. but it will be re-
venged there are eighty thousand persons
sworn to carry this work on - that was his
last expression. We bore him ont on the
bridge with the purpose then of hanging
him we had no rope and none could he
found it was a moment of wild excitement;
two of MS raised our guns-which one was
first I do not knOw-and pulled the trigger (;
before he had reached the ground | suppose
some < or 6 shots had been fired into his body;
he fell on the railroad track, his back down
to the earth, and his face M we then went
hack for the purpose of getting another one
(Stephens), but he was sick or wounded and
persons around him. and I persuaded them
myself to let him alone | said "Don't let
us operate on him. but 90 around and get
some moro - we did this act with 4 pur-
pose, thinking it right and UNSUITABLE under
the circumstances, and fired and excited by
the cowardlv. savage manner in which Mr..
Beckham's life had been taken.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-11-04
WISE on THE INsURRECrIoN.
Gov. Wise, in his speech at Richmond
said to the volunteers

Gov. Wise, in his speech at Richmond,
said to the volunteers
q kept my eye upon the men, and though they
met rumor upon rumor, telegraph upon telegraph,
that there was still fighting at Harper's Ferry,
they went thro' with buoyaat hearts. lApplause.J
No man blanched until the news came that the
victory was won without the aid Of their right
arms"
All those Virginia Volunteers are the
" clear grit" The superhumau torti ndo
and courage with which they marched on
ward by Railroad train) in the very teeth OF
the Telegraph, throws the famous charge OF
t six hundred at Bllaclava entirely into the
background. Think Of them MEETING - ru-
NOR upon rumor," without q man blanch-
ing'-not a soul taking fight till they reached
the scene Of conflict, and then the daring
with which they stood by, a thousand strong
and saw twelve marines capture Capt. Brown
and his four surviving comrades The thought
Of such courage stirs the blood like the sound
Of a clarion. How it would have been had
they met rifles instead OF rumors, ana ouIIeIs
instead Of bulletins, fortunately history has
not been called ON to record.
Elsewhere in his speech Gov. Wise alludes
to the " Thermopyle Of Harper's Ferry
Thermopyle Of H4rper's Ferry is good. Il
speak quoth FluelIen but in figures and
comparisons Of it, as Alexander is kill his
friend Clytus being in his ales and his cups;
so also Hurry Monmouth being in bis right
wits and his goot judgments, is turn away the
fat knight with the great pelly doublet." As
at Th~ermopyla, $40 Spartaus resisted a mil
lion Ps'sian invaders; 50 at Harper 5 Ferry
two thousano Of the chivalry allowed them
selves to be surrounded and captured by 1.-TWO
dozen Yankee invaders. Gov. Wise's figures
and comparison Of it" are a full match for
EIue1lan's
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-11-04
LIFE IN A POWDER HOUSE.

The last place a sane man would choose
for a domicile i powder house. Yet the
entire slavehnldin. portion Of our country is
one vast powder house. Every coloIed man
there is a package Of powder done up in a
Jet black, brown or yellow wrapper, some
times in one 50 nearly white that no one would
think Of its being any other color. These
powder packages, Of all weights, from that
Of a man down to thai Of a child. are slowed
away in their houses from eel ar to garnet,
from kitchen 10 bed chamber arc spread
broad cast over the fields and Pulled up by
scores and hundreds in the negro quarters.
When all is quiet, and there is no fire about,
the owners insist upon it that there is moth
Ing equal to such an arrangement for the
comfort and prosperity of all who dwell
there,-that in fact on no other plan
can a really respectable person be sid
to fairly Ire as a decent person should
live and rs God intended he should. Yet
the plnlc which runs like lightning through
out their country on the first whisper of a
disturbance among the colorel population,
the instant rush to arms, the day and night
patrols which are started IN every direction,
the arrests on the least breath of suspicion,
the clamor of the cruel and cowardly for
blood, blood, proof or no proof, shows be
yond dispute that the boasted happiness of
such society Is but a pretense, and It's al
legged security only a thin crust over the
magazine Of explosive materials beneath, ez-
posed to ignition from a hundred casualties
or evil intents.
Two generations aso-nay, within a snort
er period than that-the general voice OF the
| statesmen. divines and considerate men OF all
| classes in the slave States was clear, strong
and frequent that such a condition of society
was only evil and increasingly dangerous,
and that every patriotic and christian senti-
III ,nt called nr the united efforts of all to
change it. gradually indeed, but surely
But that is all changed now. The politI-
clans Of the South found out that slaves
gave them political po,osr ;-thlt the more
slaves and slave Suites they had, the easier 1t
would be for southern politicians to rule IN
the senate. to rule in the Executive Depart
meat. t, rule in the Judici4ry-in short to
rlls the Nation in every thing. So they set
themselves to work accordingly, ana by doles
Of petty Offices and larsessos Of fat contracts
and secoud-hanled donations from the Ma
ti1aal Treasury, they gradually secured IN
abundance men Of easy virtue in the Free
States, to help them. And the work still
goes On. Blinded by ambition, they are as
! eag-r as ever to enlarge their powder house,
regardless Of the calamities that will surely
follow their work in the years which are to
come and their s@eryils followers in the
Free States are as ready as ever, " for . con
] .;l,-,-5., - p, saeaD1 their cT lrtS
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-11-04
THE LATE ROBERT STEPHENSON,

The death of Robert Stephenson, a member
the English Parliament and a celebrated en-
gineer occurred on the 12th Of October. His
death occurring 50 soon after that Of Brunei.
made a sensation in the circles where their
emrnenc was known and appreciated. Rob
ert Stephenson was the son Of George Ste
phenson, whose employment for many wears
was that of a collier. and the son was en-
ployed in his boyhood in the same way. The
father gradually mastered the principles
of a steam engine which he was employed in
tending in the pits, was soon enabled to sug-
gest improvements, and finally was entrusted
with making them. He started, if we
mistake not. the first effective locomotive
and finally was at the head of Il factory
of locomotives. The son, Robert. follow
ed the bent Of the father, and was helped
by him to u fail education in the London
University. In 1898 he took a prize If $500
for the best locomotive, and gradually made
his way to the head of his profession as an
Engineer. tie assisted in laying out Railways
not only in England, but in several other
countries built the great tubular iron rail-
way bridge over the Menai straits, and plan
ned the still greater Victoria bridge across
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-11-04
would like to see the whole legislation Oh
,.nmon schools. in the last four years. oi'''o
out. trust they willnot be gratihea'
Yours, DEAt-
Tuesday. Nov. !, 1917
7 think I have not alludeu "

Tuesday. Nov. !, 1919
think I have not alluded to
a bill introduced some eight or ten days ago P'O-
yiding for a Poor-house, and in connection :
nth q Uo,se of Correction for Juvenile Offenders
T, hod NEARLY pazsed out of my mind, and the par
ticulars of it I cannot now recall. oei'e'o ""'
DESIGNED only fo- Windsor County. REFER wv"
now to notice there is a call for some provision .
such offenders coming up more and more irom u'-
s.ror, mart, Of the State. Probably County Instl-
tntions Of the kind will he found impracticaole;
Init. ere long. the State must do something OF THIS
nature. All wisdom AMI humanity are outraged
nv sending BOYS from IA to IS years OLD 10 inc
State Prison: AMI the ends of justice and good
government are no better served by suffering them
n 20 unvbipt of Justice entirely. Gov. Fletcher
.,rIod attention to this subject. and, under a pro-
vision of the Legislature, appointed Mr. "eston,
of Burlington, to investigate the whole suoJecC anu
make report. His report was placed before tne
LEGISLATURE last year, with a bill which he recon-
mended. And although Gov. Hall commended the
sub;ect in his message, yet it received but little
attention, ana coming up auAN 'N
last part of the session, it was summarlly dismiss
ed. The Governor has given it his commentator
again this year.
It is in the hands of a committee Of excellent
men in each House, who will endeavor TO bring 1t
before the Legislature in some wise and practicable
shane. Last evening Mr.. Weston addressed the
Committee and many other gentlemen, in the large
ommittee-room J. S. Adams was present, and
spoke in his hearty manner upon the subject; and
Mr.. Moses Cheney sang one of his fine songs in be-
half of the young unfortunates.
The subject of equal distribution of TIE property
Of a debtor to attaching creditors repeatedly re-
commended also by the G jvernor, Is reeelvIng some
attention. 1t was referred TO a committee, VINO
having made no report as yet, this morning MI
Colby called the attention of the House to IT, ana
moved that it be given to some other committee;
but an explanation was made by a member tina com
mittee having the matter in charge, to the erect
that they were at work upon it, and hoped soon 10
report. Mr.. Colby, of course, withdrew his notion
as his only desire was to get the su ject before the
House in season, and not allow it TO get the go-oy'
as last year.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-11-04

SENATE BILL, THIRTEEN Substitute intro
duced by Senator Nicholsonl is entitled "An
act restricting the sessions of County Grand
Juries, and providing other modes of Grimm
al prosecution" 1t provides, in substance.
that a Grand Jury shall not be assembled,
unless by special order Of the Court, or by two
Judges thereof, and that the States Attor-
ney for each County shall prosecute all Grim
inal offences, coming to his knowledge, the
prosecution to be brought before a Justice of
the Peace. except those committed by Corpo-
%Iations, which may be brought before the
County Court. The bill might be more fit
ly entitled An act FIR taking away from
the people at large their greatest protection
from the abuse of corrupt official power, and
to enable the several States A%ttornies to en-
large, indefinitely, their bills for fees, and
those of u few Justices of the Peace
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-11-04

HOUSE BILL No. 5I.-'An act providing
for a Commissioner Of Common Schools"
a bill with the above title was introduced by
Mr.. Colby Of Hartland, Tuesday of last week.
We have the bill before US, and find that
the brief remark about it which we quoteu
from Walton's Journal Of Thursday, gave its
purrort very inadequately. The bill does
indeed abolish the Board Of Education,'
but it does not " transfer the duties Of the
Board to a State Commissioner of Common
Schools" - except in small part. The bill
makes important, and as it seems to us ,nJu-
rlous alterations in the organization of our
School System, as it now is.
l. There is now a Board Of Education con-
sisting Of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor
and three otlas, annually nominated by the
Governor and approved by the Senate. Asa
matter of course, the fire persons are from
diverse parts of the State, and must represent
a considerable diversity of sentiment on many
points of interest to large masses of the citi-
A-h7 VI tuC DtdOc IHIo preventing JSdlOuolCo
concerning their official acts-a thing of evil
tendency always and especially so in regard to
our School System. The bill makes the Gov
ernor to nominate and the Senate to approve
the proposed Commissioner. A charge of
favoritism as to religion. politics, or personal
regard is much more likely to be made in the
selection Of a Commissioner this way, than
in the appointment of the Secretary Of the
Board, as the mode now is.
2. The Secretary Of the Board Of Educa-
ton is, to an important extent, accountable
to the Boards to act under their advice.
This brings him into intimate conference on
the subject of the interests of Education IN all
parts of the State, with five men, whose
knowledge, character, and official relations
to the State, make their advice and direction
IF great consequence. The proposed Com
missioner is deprived Of this advice and aid,
and, therefore, more exposed to 20 wrong,
and to he found fault with if he goes right.
3. The important subject Of school books
now entrusted under proper limitations, to
the Board Of Education, is unprovided for
at all in the bill. An amendment Of it Civ
ing to the Commissioner the authority which
is now given to the Board of Education,
could not remedy the omission. Such an au-
thority exercised by one man would work
great mischief.
Other objections might be presented but
these are prominent ones, and to our view
weighty ones and we can see no Counter
vailing god to follow its enactment.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-11-04

for the vote Just passed, and stated that he
~ no other desire than to do his duty IN.
der the law, and commenced moving oui OF
The room with his African. Al tais moment
some one shouted - Darkey, il you want
Your liberty take IT, and the crowd got
INTO a confused state. The darkey and the
Denutv Marshal got separated in the confu-
s;onn and the African went out the back door
n the Court House. over the fence and into
= two horse carriage which was standing IN
the street. and away went the carriage and
its contents up La Sallo street, followed by a
lrowd shouting and cavorting in the most
oxtravacant style, and tina: is the last have
soon of nv client lam afrIid he will not come
hack to pay me my fee for my unsuccessful
defence of him"
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-11-04

Both branches Of the Democratic party
n New York City, the Tammany Hall and
the Mozart II Il, join in denouncing the 8 re-
spectacle " movement Of the FIfth-Avenue
men who profess Il desire to reduce the amount
Of rowdyism in the party to the smallest
amount that is consistent with its success.
The following, from the New Y-Ik Necs, Is
a specimen Of the manner in which the
smaller branch of the party pitches into the
&" respecta5ility "
I'VE thought the state Of afli-s Of exist
ing in this city would lead to 1t sooner or
Later, and now we have it. The Filth Ave
noodles. who ,ongresate ut a hotel somewhere
up town, with Watt Sherman Us Chairman,
have gone and did it. Tley have formed
themselves into IL NigiItnJ Committee
Their fire. political r~Jwdiss, rJgues and
shlulder-hitters, look out. You are the
game they are after, and they Will handle
y,u with silk gloves, when caught. They
vii choke You with canydsS-5lck and sm)th-
Ct YOU in old Hsid>ick. Eney will trot alter
vou in silk stockings AMI pumps, and bent
YOUR brains out with q ladys knitting stick.
They will dispers5 all rOwdy as>embiages by
weldiny the wiut act, and arrest the rJughs
in the name Of the Fifth Ayen0Odles and the
Vigilance COMMITTEE They Will call on
Fedwick, 'ChawlS, and all demnition fin
fellows to stand By each other until this
how'd stare Of society IS cJweoted, and
the city made a more wespectable place
for wespectab.e gents and wAlable' citi-
zeus to reside in. Therefore look out for the
d0iugs Of the new VigiIant COMMITTEES.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-11-04

4 WoNAN's DEvoTIoN-A STRANGE SCENE
Ten years ago, w young men in Mento.
Lake county, Ohio, got into an aTrav while
under the influence OF liquor. A. stabbed
B. with a knife, The wound was a DANGER
Gus one, and FOX several weeks the merest
thread bound B. to earth. 4. was a%rraigned.
tried and sentenced to the Penitentiarv at
Columbus for ten years. B.. recovered in
the mean time, and made every effort to Sc
cure Al pardon, but unsuccessruIlv The
young men had been W rm friends up to the
night Of the atfray. They were farmers and
near neighbors, and both were married.
The other day when A. arrived at the depot.
be found awaiting him his wife-wbo. tbro'
all the dreary years Of his i,nominious alb
sence, had been true as steel-and B. and
his wife. \. had not seen his wife since he
received his sentence. Their meeting was
affecting in the extreme. The two lar ners
met each other with great cordialitv. and re-
solved that the demon drink sbould ,eve-
again cause them misery.