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Our Tariffs.

For some years past, Congress has
acted on the principle OF tlnkerlng
the Tariff from time to time, bnt new
er radically recasting it, until elgnt
distinct Tariffs are now wholly or
partially in operationsand none but
an expert can tell how sticil u section
or provision OF one Tariff has been
qualified by such a section or IA clause
of one subsequently enacted; and the
whole business of computing duties IS
an ingenious puzzle, whereby the
adroit and INSCRIPTIONS profit at the
expense of the inexperienced and SIM
pie. And now we hear with alarm
that Congress is tempted to tinker
again, making the ninth time wherein
duties have been imposed or altered
until the confusion shall have become
so utter as to drive plain men to des-
pair. t-e.@
We need Tariff that shall be COM
plete in itself, making no reference to
former schedules of duties, but levying
and fixing all the duties henceforth to
be collected. This Tariff should be,
so far as possible, specific; charging
SO much per pound, hundred, or tun,
on every article imported. All civil
zed nations, however divergent on
other points, are agreed in regarding
AID Valorem duties as offering premi-
ums on perjury and fraud, and thus
to be avoided 20 the utmost. Put all
the imports into the scales, and say
how much per pound shall be paid on
each article, and honest importers
will have the fair play which IS now
denied them-the constant tendency
being to a concentration OF the I'M
porting business III the hands OF mer'
chants the least scrupulous and least
responsible. .- .... IT,. .-, p
1t is possible to make a far simpler
shorter, clearer, less equiyocal Tariil
than we have yet had !; and now is
the time to enact it. 1t need not
take half the time that recasting the
Internal Revenue act required OF this
Congress. That act will have been
considerably simpliied and classified
when enacted; why not the Tariff as
well ? Do let us have an act complete
ii. Itself, and imposing such duties as
can neither be misinterpreted II ol
evaded.-N. Y. Tribune.
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A Man Of the People.

The following contains a nut for
the people to crack:
"Mr. Morrill, is urged for the Sena-
torship upon the plea that he is pecu-
liarly a man of the people, a self-made
man, and therefore especially entitled
to the support of the farmers. Luke
P. Poland, from the humblest begin
nings, worked his way unaided to the
top of his profession, and is indebted
to no influential friends for one cent
OF monetary assistance throughout his
whole career. We think it difficult
to conceive how q better instance of
a self made man can be designated
than one who springing directly from
the people rises unaided by money or
friends other than those his abilities
command to the Supreme Bench
Now let us look at Mr.. Morrill,.
Mr. Morrill, was taken in by Judge
Harris, one of the wealthiest and
most aristocratic men in Vermont, and
brought up 10y him merchant, became
his partner for many years, and was
essentially in the same position as il
he had been Judge Harris own son.
We recite these things simply as
an illustration of the humbug anC
ridiculous talk urged in favor of Mr.
Morrill, by his friends. Let plain mel
Judge from these facts whether Judge
Poland's claims to the title of "self
made man, and "man Of the people
are not quite as genuine as those o
his rival. "-BurIiagtoa Times.
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SAVE UP SOMETHING 1t unfortun-
ately happens that as no man be-
lieves he is likely to die soon so
every one is much disposed to defer
the consideration of what ought to be
done at once. The determination to
lay by often creates the power to lay
by and the first effort is the most diff
ficult. Let it always be remembered,
that in putting by something for
rainy day. man purchases certain
amount of mental tranquility, and
thus he may actually extend his life
by providing against the results Of
his death.
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IHE FRESH " ATER BASIN AT PORT
LAND, ME.-It has already been sta
ted that the Board Of Commissioners
appointed to examine the harbor of
Portland, with view to its adapta-
bility as a site for fresh writer basin
for iron-clads, havereported adversely
to the project. The document is quite
lengthy. The conclusion Of it in
which they state the reasons which
led them to the decision at which they
arrived, is as follows:
The : designs projected by the
Land and Water Co. for their works,
as well as for the construction of an
iron-clad basin at the place named
are practicable, and no extraordinary
engineering skill would be required to
carry them into execution; but the
enormous expenditure Of money that
would be made, and the great length
of time that would necessarily be con
sumed In the construction is sufficient
in itself to preclude the undertaking.
We have made no detailed estimates
of the cost and time, but we are sat
lSiied that a broper fresh water basin
for the reception Of iron-clad vessels
could not be constructed in Portland
Harbor III less than seven years, aud
would cost several millions of dollars
and the result then would simply be
the possession ola fresh water basin
to be supplied with water from a COM
pany. 1t would be frozen over solid,
with ice at least Is inches thick, for
live months 10 the year; it would also
be within reach from the sea of rife
projectiles in use at the present day,
and would be removed from any navy
where established facilities exist for
repairing, equipping and fitting out
vessels, when required in an emergen
cy. The creation, therefore, of such
g basin at Portland would involve also
either the creation of navy yard, or
the necessity of towing the vessels by
sea to navy yard when suddenly or
dered to be equipped for service. In
the former case, a yard and station
would be established in locality far
removed from the great source of sup
plies required for naval purposes at
the present day, and in the latter case,
expense, risk and delay would be in
Cured in removing the vessels.
The board, therefore, consider it
proper to express the hope that some
other place may be found, not far
from navy yard, where an abundance
OF fresh water can be commanded
without resortieg to such expensive
structures, and the position of which
shall not only be within speedy reach
OF our great coal fields, numerous iron
mill, steel works, and various naval
supplies required, but also so far re-
moved from sea as to secure it from
the possibility of being reached by
hostile shell. "-JownM.
E
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Popularity in Course of Manufacture.

The following a nut for the farm
ers and wool growers to crack:
"Mr Morrill, is vigorously supported
for the SenatOrship by the manufacture
ing interest, to which he has always
been faithful at the expense Of the
wool growers. No sane man will de-
ny that under the Morrill, tariff
the manufacturer has been nourished
and has grown fat at the expense of
the farmer, and how any intelligent
farmer can reconcile Mr.. Morrill's ex-
traordinary popularity with the manu-
facturers with his alleged devotion to
the interests Of the wool growers, it
is not easy to understand. If Mr..
Morrill, is so intensely popular with
the people why does he make such
frantic and inceSsant efforts to get up
an outside pressure in his behalf, that
is industriously exert himself to manu-
tacture through correspondents Of city
papers that public sentiment in his
favor which his friends maintain has
always existed at home. Why en-
ploy the pen of I'D. w. B." Of evan,
why invoke the aid Of that female
Bohemian "Mollie, Clemmie" Ames
why urge the small "W to ~sling ink
at Judge Poland through the columns
Of the Waterman, why do his friends
scatter money broad cast among the
people, 'if the people are all right.
If the people are all right" why no
let the election take care of itself with
out the employment Of all sorts o
outside wire-pulling and pipe-Iaying
Really it looks as if this popularity o
Mr.. Morrill, did not exist to hand, bu
had to be manufactured" -Bwlimgto,
Times.
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Reported Specially for the Standard.
Boston Live Stock Market.
CAMBRIDGE AND MEDFoRD.
For the Week ending Wednesday, July 4, 1866.
PRICES,

PRICES.
- BEEF-Per 100 lbs. on total weight of Hide
Iailow and Meat, Extra Sl4,OO a Sl425; First
quality, $3.50 Sl3.75; Second quality, $500
choice single pairs $l4 so $500; some of the
poorest, Bulls, &C., $l1,00 Sill So
CIV w orklng OXen--S200 $500; handy Steers
SuoO 5000, or much according to their value fc.
beef 1 ~
Cows and Young Calves-Fair oualitv s50 a
so; extra, $50 Sll0; farrow and dry, $50
Sheep-Per h., live weight, Northern. 8 a l-2c;
oneep and Lambs, per head in lots, 81 90 Sc 90.
rat Hogs-Per h., 10 IL III cts, live weight;
Shotes-Wholesale, IL 10 cts. retail, 90 a
90 cts, Suckers % Csc /; sows 90 a 00c.
Veal Calves-S9, 00ia $1,000.
Hides-Brlghton, lec. per h.. country lots,
7 a s cts.
Tallow-7 10 cts per lib.
lots, 5000 SO, 90.
Calf Skins a25c per h. la s.s..ss
Shearlings-20a30 each.
LAMBs-50 a Is.
REMARKs.-The market this week broken ND
as 1t is by the national anniversary has but little
significance as to the feature of trade and prices
A single carload from Northern New York is all
that we hear of except Western, which amount to
abont 1900 head. These with the large number
last week will keep the market heavily stocked.
The few past cool days and the demand for the
Fourth have given the butchers good market;
but this (Tuesday( morning both in beef and in
lamb trade is stacking up, and lamb in particular
is offered at a discount from yesterdays prices
AT to . dollars per head for Is to 80 lbs. lamb
the meat comes high. There is a considerable
amount of dressed lamb from Maine, up this
morning. There were about s40o at Cambridge
on Saturday. Those not in commission sold bet
ter than last Tuesday-mostly at SIS a So. Cattle
cost 75ca 81 per 100 Id. less in Albany than last
week, and prices here are rather lower. au 3 -
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ESSEX COUNTY.-The Republicans
OF Essex County, held their Conven
ton, June Goth, and put in nomi
nation the following ticket:
For Senator, GEO. n. DALE.
FOR Judges RICHARD SMALL.
Judge of Probate, JONAH Brooks.
States Attorney, D. S. SToRRs.
Sheriff, j. w. CADEs.
High Bailiff, D. G. MAY.
The nomination of Mr.. Dale for
Senator, was by a unanimous VOTE
He is an out and out Poland man, and
will, in this particular, truthfully rep
resent gallant lite Essex; which will
probably give united vote for Judge
Poland for United States Senator next
fall. Thus begins the campaign in
the Northeast.
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We are obliged to our friend JOS
Ign, who is now on duty at Charles
ton, s. c., for files of papers from that
city. They are quite as cool in their
editorial declarations as could be ex-
pected; though they do not yet speak
absolutely and Internationally for
the Union, but seem to accept the stu
alton from necessity. io
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VERMONT REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
The Republican State Convention of
Vermont was holden yesterday at
Montpelier. Ofthe nominations made
we need not speak. They arc oftried
men, and being thor oughly acceptable
to the people of the State, that's
enough But the resolutions can be
appreciated i'll one place as well as
another. They are admirably express
sive ofthe loyal sentiment ofthe North.
They declare in favor of that recon
struction which shall keep the govern
ment in loyal hands. They hope for
the speediest possible restoration of
the seeded States, provided that the
preponderance of loyalty in ach
makes the admission wise and safe
They affirm that gratitude should
cause the soldier of the Union to be
remembered in peace and in politics
as we'll as he was in war. They
render a just tribute to the late lamen-
ted Senators of Vermont. Finally,
they renewedly and more explicitly
avow their devotion to equal rights
and immunities.
These are utterances worthy of the
Green Mountain State, which never
yet sweryed from the path of freedom
and true progress. They will be
heard at this time with especial pleas
ure-at a time when, the battle being
nearly won, many slacken in their
zeal and the foes of freedom and right
are cover I'll y INSTRUMENTATION
June 21a.
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Editors Shndard:-Knowing that

1LLttOTS SJGLNttuJ us~-AAho !" Aii3 oA'oS
you, as well as many of the readers
of your paper are temperance men, |
enclose an account of the Good Tenn
,plars Convention, which was holden
at West Burke on the Goth inst.
Convention called to order at the
appointed time by the w. G. T., OF
Refuge Lodge. The Committee on
credentials attended to their work,
and reported No. of Lodges represent
ed 7. Owing to some mistake, in the
time of calling the meeting, anumber OF
Lodges were not represented.
From reports of delegates we learn
that the order is growing finely IN
this vicinity, every Lodge being on
the increase; some having doubled
their numbers in the last few months,
and some new ones having been or
ganized, the following persons were
elected officers agIsf. #aa
Rev. Ii. P. Gushing, P. ". G. L.
Bro. Clifton, Cabot, w. G. L.
HI. Currier, st. Johnsbury, W.T.
j. T. Casino, St. Johnsbury, W. S.
Bro. c. Scott, Marshfeld, W. c. :.
Sis. M. Putnam, CABOT, W. /.
Bro. E. Corbing, Burke, w. F.
Bro. F. Perry, Cabot, w. NJ.
Sis. C. Hoyt, Cabot, W. |. G.
Bro. w. Gould, Cabot, w. O. g.
Remarks were made for the good
Of the order, 10y the G. w. G. t., and
others. After the appointing of the
usual committees, adjourned for din
ner.
After dinner the convention as
sembled as an open convention, when
we listened to some spirited remarks
by Rev. H. P. Gushing, Rev. NJ. How
ard, of Burke, and others. Also the
reading of an original temperance
poem, by a member Of Harmony
Lodge; after which, those not mem
bers OF the Order were requested to
retire, and the convention was called
to order as Good TemplarS. The
committee appointed to draft resolu-
tionS, presented the following, which
after being ably discussed, were unan-
imously adopted.
Resolued, That as Good Templars,
we would recommend all lovers OF the
cause of Temperance to patronlze
only those local papers, a portion Of
each issue of which is devoted to the
advocacy Of the cause of Temper
ance.
Ued,-That we would RECON-
mend all members Of the order to
circulate freely temperance tracts and
documents and more particularly,
those which relate to our beloved or
der, especially the exposition Of the
order"
Remarks were then made by Bro.
Clifton, and others, tending to excite
US TO greater activity in the great
work to which we, as Good TemplarS,
have given ourselves. a vote Of
thanks was then presented to Refuge
Lodge, for the generous hospitality
so freely offered. A committee was
Appointed to draft resolutions, and
lay out work for the next convention,
which win be held at Cabot, Oct. 18th,
| 1866.
We feel justified in saying that all
who were present were full repaid !;
and from the tenor of the remarks
made, spirit was eyinced to Garry
the war into the enemy's country
To labor more earnestly in the good
causes that we may rescue the fallen,
and save others from falling.
j. I. CASINO, Sec.
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Collection for the Bible Cause in
Dreams County.

As the receipts for the Bible cause
in this county, were not tuIlypresented
at the recent annual meeting of the
County Bible Society, on account Of
a misapprehension in regard to the
time of that meeting, The editors Of
the County papers are requested to
publish these statements.
There has been collected for the
Bible society in fields visited by the
agent, the sums of money named be
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GoLD.-The Secretary of the Treas
ury has reported that, between Feb.
2 and May %, he sold s5O,459,O0
at a profit of s16,391,41S; brought
s1,550,000 in ten-forty bonds for 81,
4,126; and $22,966,60O in FIVE
twenty bonds for $23,435,2 in
seven-thirties. f1'e ~
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Senator Edmunds and Prof. Ed
ward A. Park of sAndover theologi-
cal seminary are to deliver addresses
before the literary societies of Middle
bnry college at the approaching COM
mencement.
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Extensive improvements are MAX
ing in st. Paul, Mimi, including two
large hotels already commenced and
two more in contemplation, besides a
splendid opera house .uaio g6
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The editor of the Montezuma Re-
publican has OIL exhibition a musqito's
bladder, containing the souls of TWEEN
ty Government sWindlers, and the
fortunes dozen or more editors have
accumulated in publishing "a country
newspaper. ...
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VIM. Henderson, Esq, formerly Of
Portsmouth, N. H., is President of a
company in New Orleans which has
recently erected large tanneries in
Magnolia, Miss, from which magnifi-
cent result are anticipated.
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The Chicago Post states that a
member of the legal profession in
Springfield, ILL.,, is preparing case
for the Q. S. Supreme Court which
involves the question of the constitu-
tionality of the income tax.
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Col. Taylor of Tennessee, a men,
Der elelt has taken the stump in
Maryland, in opposition to- the Con-
gressional policy and in favor of the
election of Montgomery Blair as u.
). Senator from thas State.
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VIM. Fl. GILBERT.
> .tfTEIe t'-7I7T - To- y z.
Brattleboro, VT, June Is, ! S66.

I'll bet a sheep, said old Meredith
to his better half s'that our son Ohio
is goin' crazy; for for he's GRIMM at
the barn, and he's GRIMM at himself
wherever he goes. "Sho old man, .
said his wife, ssyou don't know nothin'.
The critters got love letter"
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The Virginia wheat crop, though
short in quantity, is reported to be of
very superior quality. M
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Total S630.46
There have been constituted mem
bers of the American Bible Society by
the contribution of $50 s'H5
Rev. Kimball Hadley, of Albany !;
A. G. Babbitt, Greensboro; Rev.
Peter Morrill,, Craftsbury: Rev. E.
T. Wild, Craftsbry; Rev. R. v.
Hall, Newport. 8 81
Of the Vermont Bible Society, by
a contribution of 800
Job Hoyt, Craftsbury; Mrs. Ellen
N. Wild, Greensboro; Mrs. Abigail
Q. kenston, Greensboro; Mrs. r. v.
Hall, Newport. 9
VIM. H. GILBERT.
A~f -, o. Va d -
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Larkin G, Mead, Jr., the Brattle-
boro sculptor, just ghome from Italy,
has furnished the town authorities of
st. Johnsbnry design for an $4,000
soldiers monument. A granite pedes-
tai with marble tablets, on which will
be inscribed the names Of the fallen,
will support marble statue of America,
holding laurel wreaths in her left hand,
and sword in the right. The whole
hight OF the monument will be / feet.
The Baptist society at St Adams
has sued Maj. Gibson for $50 DANA
ges done to their church by the Uni
ted States troops uuder his command,
who occupied it for a day or two while
waiting for their tents.
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Boston Market.
HOLES ALE PRICES.
THURSDAY, July ), IS

Corrected soeekly from the N. E. Farnse,-.)
, 1866-06-29

soap FOWUNS'
r0IENTY NOW ON HAND, and q constant sup
DIV in the future, at us-4w) j. o'SAAcs
, 1866-06-29

The following unvarnished story, saws the
Ohio Eagle, was brought to the Richmond Dis
patch office, by an aged and polite colored man.
who had evidently seen better days, and who
had enjoyed the comforts and kindly treatment
of life among very good Virginia people No
man who knows anything Of the character of
that kind of human existence will for a moment
doubt the old mans story. He speaks but the
experience of thousands
"What is freedum?-I have been free nearly
nine monts, and wuss off now den | ever was
fore the vacuation. During the federacy, use
10 hear TIE niggers always talking bout free
DUN, saying Lincum would free US if the fede-
racy went up. l prayed for that day to cum,
cause l was told dat we should have all we
wanted; dat de yankeys would bring us money
plenty, and give us land WHARF belongs to the
white folks, and told me dat we would not have
to work less we chose, and said we niggers would
be betteD'of. When Isheard de yankeys had
cum, said well, is it possible dat de yankeys
has got Richmond and Petersburg; so | went in
de great house and axed miss if de yankeys had
wiped. and you ell got such smart genrals. Miss
said yes, Tom, they has cum, but we southern
ors aint wiped yet-only overpowered; but said,
we'll, Tom, | suppose you are going to leave us!
said | reckon SO, as so many fine tales had been
told US. But oh, could had den seen my situ-
alton as | now see it, | would sed no mistes-
not so long as have breath in my body. So de
cum to me and told US all if you chose to stay,
will treat you all as well as have always dun;
will feed and clothe you we'll, or will feed yon
all and give you FIVE dollars a month. But we
ALI thought dat we could do better; so we left.
But how mistaken. Times got wuss every day,
but tried to keep good heart, thinking times
would git better, but, sorry to say, are wuss.
hab a wife and two children, but fud it inn
possible to git along. When I was with Miss
and Massa, every Munday morning we all went
to de smoke house to git our lowance, and got
plenty. And we used to take Massys team and
haul as much wood as we wanted. A big log
FIRE all night Oh, what happy times! And
den Jane, de house servant, would bring out
something from the table BESIDES for dey had
plenty. But we would be glad to eat what Jane
would give the dogs after dinner now. Well,
out of de thirty dat left Massey, only eleven of us
now. We set ober a few Goals of fire, not enuf
to keep us warm and have to go to bed to keep
from freesing When we are sick, no Miss to
fetch US a nice cup of tea and toast, and az me
what does feel like eating, and whar is my
pain. Now we can't afford to eat but one meal
a day, and not enuf at dat. If we stole any
thing, all Miss would say is, | don't believe our
servants done it. If was back at Massy,s
would give my distance, let de balance do as dey
NAV,
, 1866-06-29

A POLITICAL MILBENIUM.-What a pity
the country could not be knocked into the
middle of the next Presidential canvass.
Stevens has nominated Grant for the Presi-
dency, and Raymond goes in for Grant, and
all are agreed upon Grant as the next candi-
date. What "happy family" we should be
in this country, could we always live in the
political future. But year since, men of
all shades of opinion were clamOrous for Mr.,
johnson. Now they are by the ears because
the President does not square his political
action according to each ones political idio>
syncrasies, pulling aud hauling each other IN
pieces, but when the magic name Of Grant is
sounded, warning factions become loving
brethren, and all shout for Grant for next
President.
, 1866-06-29

A PRETTY CUsToM.-One of the prettiest
of Christmas customs is the Norwegian prac>
tice of giving on Christmas day dinner to
the birds. On Christmas morning, every ga
BILE, gateway and barn door, is decorated with
sheaf of corn fixed on the top of long
pole, wherefrom it is intended that the birds
shah make their Christmas dinner. Even
the peasants will contrive to have handful
set by for this:purpose and what the birds
do not eat on Christmas day remains for
them to finish at their leisure through the
winter.