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CHILD STEALING IN CINCINNATI
Quite a sensation was created in
Chicago last Friday by the arrival of
some persons from Cincinnati in
search of missing child. Last April
a beautiful little girl, only four years
old, named Lilly Davidson, was adj
Quoted from her home by a noted
character named Jennie Burns, in re
venge for Lilly's mother forbiddine
her daughter to play with such per,
sons. The woman vowed revenge.
and on the night of the 18th of April
the house was entered and Lilly, who
was sleeping in the same room with
her parents, was stolen away. Eve.
ry attempt to discover her was un.
availing. The citizens offered a re.
ward of $4,000 for the recovery OF the
child, and finally it was found out that
Jennie Burns had employed a woman
to break into the house and steal the
child. The police being put on the
track, succeeded in tracing her wan
behring's through Kentucky, Indiana
and Illinois, and finally the child was
found in vile and filthy den of ne.
groes in one of the meanest streets
of the city of Chicago. She was
filthy and ragged, but the same bright
and innocent child as ever, and was
overjoyed at being returned to her
delighted parents. Jennie Burns, the
author of all this crime and misery,
died of the cholera in Cincinnati.
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Caledonia County.

The following are the Representa-
tives elected in towns Of Caledonia
County:
Barnent, VIM. Stewart; Burke, IL
R. Brown; Danville, Benz. Green
bank; Groton, Daniel Cofrin; Hard
wick, no report; Kirby, G. ii
Graves; Lyndon, S. S. Thompson
Newark, M. A. Tuft; Peacham, Harve.
Sanborn; Ryegate, j. f. N olson
Sheffield, Sewell Bradley; st. Johns
bury, iona. Ross; Sutton, VIM. (
Ruggles; Walden, no return; Water
ford, l.. S. Freeman; Wheelock, Ell
jah Willard.
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STATE CT AFFAIRS IN EURopE.-The
real state of affairs in Europe is rep
resented to be this: France and
Prussia are friendsI Germany is to
be united, not hurriedly, but as the
different provinces can agree, with a
strong Bismarckian pressure; Italy
must be satisfied with Venetia; Ma
poleon is to take charge of Rome as
Protector of the Church; Austria to
consolidate her power and satisfy her
people. Russia has enough to do in
a similar work. Turkey is crazy af
ter a supply of breechloaders-her
haste arguing some closely approach
ing necessity; and England, charmed
by the efficacy of the system of com
pulsory military education of the
people in Prussia, as exhibited during
the recent campaign, talks about its
adoption With much earnestness.-
Boston Journal,
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A very sad affair took place at
Essex Junction last Friday afternoon.
A poor, but very deserving woman,
whose name we have been unable to
learn, ignorant of the nature of kero.
sene oil was boiling some of it to use
for painiug purposes. The oil ignited {;
the fire communicated to the dress OF
the woman and from her to the house.
She flew out of the house and was
caught by some neighbors and the fire
other clothes extingushed. The build
ing was destroyed and the woman
was so badly burned that she died on
Saturday morning. I h e woman's
father, man so years of age, was
taken out of a chamber window of the
house while'it was burning, and was SO
terrified with the affair that he attempt
ed suicide On Friday night but was
prevented from doing himself any Sc.
rious damage. Some $500 in money
were destroyed by the fire, and, in ad.
dition to the affection occasioned by
the loss of life, tho remaining members
of the family are left entirely destitute
! of.shelter or means.-RecoYd.
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HYDE PARK, Sept. 3, 1866.

Col. E. B. SAWYER -
Dear Sir,rAt public meeting at
Newport, Saturday evening, Mr.. Por-
tus Baxter made public denial of
the truth of the statements in your
letter dated Aug. %, published in the
Burlington Free Press, and called for
the proof He also publicly absolved
all parties from any and every obliga-
ton of confidence to him respecting
any matter communicated by him or
referring in any way to the charges
of corruption made against him. He
also introduced to the meeting Gen.
Geo. P. Foster, who claimed to state
that he knew Of the contract between
yourself, Mr.. Benton, Mr.. Storrs, and
that it was only an agreement tor
money to yourself and Mr.. Benton,
that Mr.. Baxter had no connection
with the matter whatever, and that
he did not believe it to be true that
you had any such letters as stated in
your communication, and that he be-
ieved the charges that had been cir
culated for political purposes and to
injure Mr.. Baxter.
We therefore respectfully request
you to produce the letters. We think
from the facts above stated you are
absolved,-by Mr.. B axter's state
ments and course toward yOu,-trom
every obligation to him, and that you
owe it to yourself to vindieate yonr
self and confirm your statements by
producing the letters.
And, allow US to add that the pub
LEGATION OF these letters, under the
circumstances, will, in our judgement
f meet the hearty approval of every
honorable man in the District.
t Very respectfully,
GEO. j. STANNARD,
1 J. S. ADAMS,
r. G. BENTON.
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Foreign News.


From our files by the Asia we make
the following extracts: i
"The Austrians are said to be re-
joicing in the nope of quarrel be- |
tween France and Prussia, so that the
Prussians, whom they were unable to
subdue, may receive transformation
the hands Of another adversary
Some of the Austrian journals urge
France to be expeditions in the mat
ter, and it is said that the Austrian
Government evinces a disposition so
to shape the course of its internal poll
cy so to enable it to renew hostllities
should occasion offer.
Russia pursues with energy her at
tacks on the Polish nationality. In a
letter from Warsaw it is stated that
the Government of Poland is now &C
lively destroying the last traces OF
national institutions which remained
in the Congress Kingdom after the
instruction; even tn e Polish Ian
guage is prohibited, and has been eve
rywhere replaced by the Russian"
Recent investigations show that the
plot to destroy the Emperor OF Russia
was very extensive one, and the al
rest of several Of the assassin's ac-
completes shows that societies existed
in Moscow and elsewhere connected
with revolutionary committees in 9th
er parts of Europe. The intention
was, when the Gar was destroyed, to
bring about a general rising and revo
luton. Some Poles, the hereditary
foes of Russia, were engaged in the
conspiracy, and they had hand, also
in an agency for the circulation o.
forged bank notes throughout the EN-
, pire. 1t was impossible to carry ou
, such gigantic measure as the emanci
patton of the serfs without running {
great many powerful families, who had
prospered under the old system, hence
, the motive for revenge.
The new bill regulating the election
of deputies to the German Parliament
as reported by the Minister of thu
Interior, is substantially as follows
J Every Prussian who has passed hi
, twenty-fifth year, and is of an unblem
ished character, is an elector, eXcep
persons under the charge of curator
and guardians, bankrupts, insolvents
t and paupers. Every Prussian havin
? passed his 18th year and having be
/ longed to the state for three years, is ell
r gible as a deputy. One deputy is to b
4 chosen to an average population c
, one hundred thousand souls. Elec
: toral lists will be prepared and eA
posed to the public inspection at leas
Y four weeks before the day of voting
and only those will vote whose name
+ are on the lists. Proxies for depu
t. ties are not to be elected. Electio
t follows an absolute majority of all tn
t. votes cast in the district Ii will b
o seen that this system is far more libel
n al than the English one, and yer
S nearly resembles the one adopted i
It New England.
l. From New Zealand we have new
e that the peace mission of Sir GeOrg
D. Grey has entirely failed, and at grea
d meeting of the native tribes which ha
o been heid they resolved not to acceE
ID his terms, and although they coul
ii not resume war now they were to /
% lready to do it at the first-oPfAe,'t
II ", ana also they resolved to shut OF
" all Europeans from their country
Journal.
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OFFICIAL CHANGEs.-The hungry
applicants for Office in the johnson
party, and the announcement that the
guillotine is to be put in through
working order after the return of the
President from Chicago, induces us to
suggest to the powers that be, that in
making changes, it is duty they
owe the country to give the Offices to
competent men. We hope the post
OF Collector will be given to some
one who has at least the advantages
Ct a business education. The govern
ment cannot afford to reward even
its friends who have no qualification
for the Offices they hunger after. This
is particularly true of Assessors of In
ternal Revenue, who cannot be re-
moved without serious loss TO the
treasury, Men aspire to these posts
who have no idea of the labor, knowl.
edge and brains requisite to Fill these
important positions, and a thorough
sweep would involve losses amount
ing to millions Of dollars per annum.
Boston Journal.
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THE BALTIMORE RIoT.-The evil
dence is unimpeachable that the at
tack upon the negro camp meeting
last Friday, near Baltimore, was a
preconcerted movement on the part
of the whites, who came to the ground
armed with clubs and revolvers, and
for several days previous rebels in
the city and in the railroad cars had
frequently been heard to say that the
camp would be broken up and that
there would be fun at the camp meet
ing Many of the whites were return.
ed rebel soldiers and spoke of com.
mands to which they belonged in the
rebel army. One of these approach.
ed visitor at the camp, with a slune
shot in his hand, and swore he wished
he had the little rife he had fought
with during the war; he would fight
as hard with it now as ever he did
1t was q murderous affair-a counter.
part of the New Orleans massacre
and one of its natural results.
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The Southern LoyaIist Convention.

Seldom has there greater contrast
been presented in American politics
han in the two Conventions which
nave assembled at Philadelphia. The
one which adjourned few days since
was assembled professedly to ignore
all the good results which had been
obtained during for years of war, and
to sanction course of executive poll
CIV which the administrations of Tyler
and Buchanan fail to furnish any
parallel. 1t represented no party
but the Southern rebels who had
fought against US, and the Northern
allies who had done all in their power
to assist them. The Convention which
assembled there yesterday presented
a striking contrast to this disloyal
gathering. 1t is composed of men
from the South, the tired men who
stood by the Union flag during the
war, Of that class whose devotion was
often rewarded with death. The
unanimous sentiment which they utter,
is that unless speedy assistance comes
to them from Congress, Unionism and
loyalty in the South will be in a far
more perilous condition than it was
before the war. In the person of Hon
Thomas J. Durant, who has been cho
sen temporary Chairman, they have a
man who has always proved himself
faithful to his country. Although once
STAKEHOLDER in New Orleans, he early
accepted the new condition Of things
and when the first movement wa;
made in Louisiana to establish free
State government, Mr.. Durant hello
the Office of Chairman of the Free
State Convention.
Not the least noticeable fact is thu
enthusiastic welcome which, under thu
auspices of the select and common
Councils of the city, the whole loya
people of the city have extended tt
the members of the Convention. Th'
spontaneous gathering of the loya
and true statesmen of the North to ad
wise with and encourage their South
ern brethren will have its influence
1t will show that in spite of executive
patronage and pompous alleglanc
to the Constitution on the part of tn
President, the great heart of the ma
ton beats in sympathy with them, ant
will not fail to make its pulsations fel
during the coming election. We hav
no apprehensions that this convention
will raise the price OF rebel bonds, 0
encourage massacres in orr Sonther
cities. There will be no disgustin
exhibitions of fraternizing with unrt
pentant rebels, or advocacy of bin
forgetfulness of the past without an
security for the future.
This convention cannot fail to col
stitute an era in the history of the Sc
Element of our national difficulties.
will be the first free, untrammeled Il
: terance of popular sentiment, comm
from the South since the terminate
of the war and it will be accepted q
such by the people of the North.
will have its influence during the cor
ing elections, when it will show tt
3 President that he is neither omnip
= tent, nor is Mr. Secretary Sewal
omnicient; that in their attempts
. bctray tho people who have trustt
them with Office and loaded them wi
r public honors, and to eXalt rebels
! 0f1lCe aud u5n inc UnIon ScntlInc
q of the nation, they will ignominious
re- fail.-Boston Journal
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The PRESIDENTS TOUR.-The New
York papers of yesterday morning
bring us verbatim report of Presi-
dent Johnson's speech at Niagara
Falls on Saturday evening, an abstract
of which we had by telegraph yester-
day. 1t was one of the most elabo.
rate speeches which he has yet made
and was after the same style as his
Philadelphia and Albany speeches
only a little more sol The first por.
tions of it alluded to the "humble in.
dividual" as usual, and told how he
had been an Alderman, and from that
everything up to president. He then
defended himself and Mr.. Seward al
length from the charge of being trail
tors, pitched into the Freedmen's Blu
reau and the Civil Rights I'LL nill. justify
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HYDE PARK. Sept. 3, 1866,


Messrs. Geo. J. Stannard, j. S.
Adams, and R. G. Benton:
Gents,-In reply to your note of this
date requesting me to make public the
letters of Mr.. Baxter, allow me to say,
that | have hitherto stedfastly refused
to make them public on account of my
personal regard for Mr.. Baxter, to
whom [ have been under many obi
cations. Since, as appears by your
note, Mr.. Baxter has himself not only
expressly absolved me from all obi
cations to him, but has also both in
person and by man speaking for him,
endeavored to impeach my veracity
and that of others connected with this
matter, regard myself free to pro-
ducc them, and bound to do so for
my own protection.
Accordingly, hand you, herewith
for publication, copies of those parts
Of the letters relating to the Storrs
matter and submit the originals for
your inspection.
| shall retain the originals in my
own possession, where they have al
ways been, and will show them to any
person who may ask to see them.
shall also show them at a public meet
ing at Wolcott to-day.
/ | may add that the original agree
ment was made orally between me
and Mr.. Baxter and was that Storrs
was to pay $3.50 per annum and | wa;
60 he r'ospnnsihle for that and tina
Mr., Baxter repeatedly called on m,
in person and by these and other let
tiers which | have lost, to have tn,
agreement fulfilled.
Twill further state that when Mr.
Baxter called out Gen. Foster to i'm
peach my veracity, he had in his poke
copy OF the abstract of these letter,
which | had furnished him at Water
bury the day before.
Very Respectfully,
Your Ob't, E. B. SAWYER.
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Town Representatives

Albany, Dyer Bill.
Barton, Myron w. Joslyn.
Brownington, Isaac s. Seavey.
Charleston, Edison Lyon.
Coventry, Loren Soper.
Craftsbury, Moses Root.
Derby, Elisha Lane.
Glover. Fred p Cheney.
Greensboro, H, S. Tolman.
Holland, Geo. Fl. Green, Dem.
Irasburgh, Henry Somers.
Jay, Martin Chamberlin.
Lowell, No return.
Morgan, Byram Bartlett.
Newport, Benz. R. McClary.
Salem, David n. Gibbs.
Westmore, Isaac Bemis.
Westfeld, No return.
Troy, Edward Bickford.
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Resolutions.

The Star of Hope Lodge, No. Is.
offers to the public the following
preamble and resolutions in memory
of our w. c.:
Whereas, by the death of our be-
loved Chaplain, Brother |. II. Austin,
this Lodge has lost one of its mos
efficient members, the Temperance
cause one of its most faithful sup
porters, the community, one of its
best citizens, the church, one of her
most punctual, Jealous and exem
plary christians. the widow one o!
the best Of companions, and the chill
dren one of the kindest and most in.
dulgent of parents, therefore
iesotued, that this Lodge in its in
fancy does most deeply feel and de
Iplore the loss Of our Chaplain.
ResoLred, that we tender our warm
est sympathy to the Sorrowing family
in their deep affection, and commend
them to the care of Him who has sale
i will be the widows God and Fa
ther to the fatherless."
ResoIred, that in this very sudder
bereavement the solemn warning i;
again reiterated to us all, "Be We also
ready for in such an hour as We think
not the Son of Man cometh."
ResotUed, that during the presen
quarter our hall be draped with blacl
and the officers of this Lodge wea
the usual badge of mourning.
RESOLVED, that the W. S. is hereb,
instructed to transmit to the famil,
of our late Chaplain a copy of these
resolutions and also a copy to each O
our County papers for publication.
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Hon HANNIBAL HAMLN.-Ex-Vice
President Hamlin, in reply a
requisition from the citizens of Ban
gor, Maine, that he would address
them on public affairs, writes stating
that, having no opinion on public at
fairs and the state of the country that
he wishes to conceal, he will cheerful.
ly comply with their request as soon
as he can make it convenient.
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taking percentage on sales of LIQUOR
while he was commissioner for Frank.
lin County. This has been carefully
withheld until it was supposed to no
too late to be explained or refuted
The following statement from Gen
Stannnard will set the thingto rights
If there had been any truth in the
charges they would have been made
public before. The fact that they
have been kept back so long is con.
elusive proof that there is no substance
to them.
All that Judge Hoyt did at that
time was done publicly, and met the
approval of the county; and the bond
executed in accordance with the lo,o
then an force, and the percentage re.
quired of agents, as stated by Gen.
Stannard, was exacted to save the
towns any expense growing out of the
liquor traffic, and to enable the towns
to procure purer liquors than could
be furnished at the dealers ordinary
prices. The whole proceedings on
the part of Mr.. Hoyt were open and
above-board, and at the time published
by him in the papers. Let Portus
again attempt to touch the prihate
character of Judge Hoyt.
|, George j. Stanndrd, having just
now for the first time been made
aware of the nature of the charges
recently made against Hon. Romeo FL.
Hoyt, of corruption in the discharge
of his duties, while holding the office
of Co. Commissioner of Franklin
County, in exacting of agents appoint
ed by him, 10 per cent. upon the
prices of liquors furnished by him
desire to state, that have not seen
Mr.. Hoyt since | have been made ac-
quainted with the nature ofthese char.
ges, but that on or about the time OF
the circulation of the bond and letter
referred to in the charges against Mr..
Hoyt, | had a conversation with Mr.
Hoyt in reference to his mode of con.
Quoting the business of his Office. In
that conversation Mr.. Hoyt told me
that in arranging for the procurement
Of the necessary liquor to supply the
whole county, he had received bids
from Buckham & Co. and others, in
reply to published proposals to sup
ply these liquors at certain prices
named; that in consideration of a GER
tain per cent.-10 per cent. think
additional to the prices thus named, he
was to be furnished with liquors that
were warranted to be pure, with the
privilege ofreturning any liquors that
upon analysis, were found to be impure
and that in order to secure pure
liquors for medical use, he had con
Guided to pay the additional per cent
to the vendors in consideration O.
> their guaranty of purity and to deiray
the expense of returning liquors tina
were not accepted.
GEORGE J. STANNARD.
Y Hyde Park, Sept. I'd.
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we have examined the above ex-
tracts and compared them with the
which we know to be in Mr.
own handwriting, and were
to us by Col. 3. B. Sawyer,
and certify them to be true copies. a
GEO. j. STANNARD. +
J. S. ADAMS.
r. G. BENTON. g
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"Now yon are to be away, with
whom can safely council in your Co. ?
What do you think of Riddle / just
saw your man-Dept. Collector or
mspector-Sto1rs, at Island Pond, on
my return he was not there. Home,I
think, on leave for a short time. What
arrangement will you make with him
or any other one in your absence ? 1t
was all left with you, and there it is
60 fa "
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GEN. LOGAN AND THE PRESIDENT
A Washington correspondent gives
the following incident which happen
ed in that city recently;
"a little incident related of Gen.
Logan and the President will well
illustrate the passionate determine
ton of the latter. When Logan was
here last, he called at the White
House and obtained a private inter-
view with Mr.. Johnson. 1t was a
couple of days before he spoke in de.
nunciation of the Presidential course.
The Illinois soldier expostulated with
the Tennessee executive as to the
policy of the latter assuring him of his
mistake, and declaring the people
generally opposed to his policy
This the President doubted. Gen
Logan, with friendly but emphatic
language, assured him that the West
was determined that the South should
not come back except on their terms
The West would not submit to less
"By Godp was Mr., Johnson's inso
lent reply. 81 will make them. They
shall submit" "Mr. President, they
won't do it." said Gen. Logan, "no
even if in resisting the attempt they
have to hang you and JEFF. Davis OIL
the same tree" Of course, the inter
view was abruptly terminated. An
drew Johnson continues his attemp
at the consummation of "my policy,
and John A. Logan is at work on the
praries rousing the people with tina
sense of danger which the accidental
President has contrived to arouse il
the breast of every earnest man will
whom he has come in contact"
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GEORGE ]. STANNARD.
Hyde Park, Sept. Cd,

A woman recently aighted from a
train of cars just as it was starting
from keokuk, Iowa, leaving a little
baby on the platform. The conduc-
tor discovered the little passenger,
went back to the town, where the
mother W as found. Upon. being
charged with DESERVING the child, she
pioIeoteu dSalusL any ouch ;~4r~ta
ton, land really couldn't tell how she
come to drop it there.
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DERBY LINE. Oct. 9. 1853.

"Storrs, of the Island Pond Custom
House is married. have never seen
him but once. Every thing remains
as when saw you last.
This as not just thething. Will you
look to this F? / depend on you.a
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HOUSE REP. Tuesday, 1862.

a have written you, at your camp,
with other things, have asked you to
see that the Island Pond affair is
arranged. 1t should be done at
once"