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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-08-23

is sea Of fire that no mortal strength
can dream Of stemming. No sympathy
can save-no speech avail. The eyes
that meet theirs are looking their last
upon this earth, and there is mute APP
peal from soul to soul that never can be
answered, save by the plying look OF
those who would help and spare, but
cannot.
Bernard Friery was an ordinary type
of New York rowdy, and more unfor-
tunate in his surroundings, perhaps, than
some that he has left behind him. He
had taken life, madly, savagely, and his
own was forfeited. He may not have
been without some good impulses or
generoas instincts, but he became blind
and Snsaue, and the thirst for blood
oyefcame his reason. To kill some one,
NJ matter who, was his terrible, frantic
desire. And the orgies of his Christmas
time q year and q half ago ended with
the death of ANOTHER of his class, and now
are followed By his own death upon the
gallows.
The whole history of the Lazarus muir
der was very characteristic OF the condl-
ton of a certain portion of New YORK
society. OF the privileges of that clase,
immunity from the consequences OF
| crime has been esteemed the chief. IL
has been supposed by the rowdies who
use pistol and knife upon any and every
occasion, that punishment, if not alto
gether evaded, would be trifling. In
the case of Friery it was said that sutti-
ciept influence would be brought to
bear to secure his early release, and few
of his companions dreamed that he
would suffer the extreme penalty OF the
law. This reckoning upon freedom t(
commit crime if the criminal be OF sutfi
cient weight in ward or clique, ha'
done class of the young men OF ou
city immense harm, and has led then
from Understanding the danger o
crime, to look upon deeds Of violence a
implying the possession of a kind of he
roism rather than the love of outlines
Many poor lad has been led away b
this false idea, and to such the fate O
Friery will seem strange indeed. Blu
there is no evil without its attendan
good. If the killing of man by tn
officers of the law be horrible, it point
: ont to Others that in a state of ciVlllze
l society not even drunken fit can be az
l cepted as an excuse for murder, and
+ conveys the lesson that there will [
occasions upon which the reckless in
: pulses of untamed natures will lead the
5 owners to destruction. There are thol
d sands to-day in New York to whom tt
= fate Of the executed murderer will con
e home with some force. There are tho
sands who can look back upon transa
tions when they were as savage,
< blooIshirsty and as insane, but whit
!, some good angel watched over them al
y saved them from the commission OF Ju
q such deeds as that for which this mise
q able creature, Friery, has been put
< death. The example made OF Erie
5, ought to be of great value. Our sire
q cars at night are often at the mercy
Just such rOwdies.
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Local and state Items.
The Montpeliar Argus tries to maxi

The Montpellar Argus tries 10 make
a point against the Burlington Times,
for endorsing Gen. Curtis appointment
to the Collectorship of Ogdensburgh as
a good one, asserting that the General
is Democrat, AS we are responsible
for the same endorsement, we would in
form the Argns that we know nothing
whatever about the politics OF the new
collector, but we do know that he was a
brave and gallant officer all through the
war, and lost an eye in the service. he
is not peace Democrat, and not one
of the modern kind. What comfort
it must be to the Argus to claim him as
q brother st. AiJanS Messengers,
We also made the same endorsement |
OF Gen. Curtis as our neighbors OF the |
Times and Messenger, and can assure
the Argus that we did not do so without
knowing whereof we spoke. We hap
pen to know Gen. Curtis and his antece-
dents, and would say that previous to the
war he was Democrat, and once or twice
was the candidate of his party from his
| Assembly district for the New York
Legislature but when Fort Sumter
was fired upon by the Democrats"
Gen. Curtis abandoned that party and
was one of the first to march from old
st. Lawrence County in defence Of the
flag of his country, which men of the
Argus EDITORS stripe were straining ev-
ery nerve to humiliate. He was made
captain Of his company and attached to
the 10th n. Y. Vols, which were mus
tered into the U. S. service at Albany in
June, 1861, and participated in all the
battles of the Peninsula under McClel-
Ian, and in one of them was severely
wounded in the throat or chest. lie
was afterwards made Colonel OF the
142d N. Y. Vols, which regiment was
attached to the army Of the James in
1854. and for meritorious conduct st the
assault on Fort Darling by Gen. Baldy
Smith, was made Brig. General of Vol
unteers, with the brevet of Major Gen
eral, and in command Of brigade, tC
which his old regiment belonged, ht
+ was assigned to duty, with Gen. Terry
in that officers expedition against For
Fisher, where he lost an eye in the as
sault on the rebel works. For braver.
e displayed upon that occasion he wa
e made full Major-General and retaine'
/ in the service Of the United States unit
: last Winter or Spring, when he was hor
> orably mustered out. Thus, it will b
4 seen, the General has rendered etficien
It aid to his country in the field, and if an
: soldier is deserving Of government pal
o ronage, we think that patronage ma
J been most deservedly bestowed on Gel
+ N. Martin Curtis, in his appointment t
the position Of Collector Of the port
Ogdensburgh, If the Argus man ca
draw any comfort from our remark
rs touching this gallant officer, ne is We
n- come to do So
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GIVE R1aHTs.-The justice Of the
Civil Rights bill is verified by a case in
Missouri-there are hundreds of such
cases in States further South-in which
a freedman sued against ten white men
swho had brutally beaten him and or
dered him to leave his country. The
freedmen is bold enough to prosecute
his suit, and the law, in Missouri, at
least is practically strong enough to vim
dicate him.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-08-23

The GALAxY.-The ninth number of
this excellent fortnightly magazine is on
our table, and fully sustains the reputa-
ton of previous numbers. The present
number is rife with good things, among
which are the following The Claver-
ings, continued with an illustration,)
by Anthony Trollope Reform and Re-
volution in England, by Geo. M. Towle ;
Hearts of OAK and Stone, by Henry
Morford On Christmas Eve, by Richard
H. Stoddard Verbal Anomalies, by
George Wakeman Our Patient, by
Caroline Cheesebro Aeronantics, by b.
w. Ball Archie Lowell (continued) by
Mrs. Edwards Literary Frondeurs, by
Eugene Benson Atlantic Telegraphy,
by Fred. B. Perkins Nebulae, by the
Editor.
Terms $5 per year, or 25 cents pei
single number. W. c. g. F. P. Church
Publishers, 80 Park Row, New York.
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EXECUTION OF FRIBRY.-Bernard Frie-
ry was hung in New York on Friday for
the murder of Harry Lazarus in January,
1865. The New York Times, speak
ing of his case, has the following warn
ing to the rowdies with whom that city
is so well stocked
There is no spectacle in the world more
revolving than the hanging of a crimi-
nal, even of the worst type. Those who
have witnessed such exhibitions never
forget them. The doom of the cuiprit
may be just and inevitable, yet the heart
of the spectator throbs with the frantic
agony which those feel who stand gazing
at a drowning man for whom there is no
hope, or see terror-s,ricken .sces looking
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Somebody.

Somebody's eyes have grown DINNER,
OF in some quaint, old home,
AT morn, when the evening stars glimmer,
Watching for some one To come;
Watching, while heart grows the sicker,
As day after day glides along,
Watching, while tears fall the thicker,
Choking the lullaby song.
Somebody, wandering over
Lands far away from his own,
Scents, as of old, the sweet clover
That grew by the old door-stons;
Longs to 20 back and to mingle,
As 10 the dim days ofyore,
With those round the old cottage ingle
Those who, alas, are no moreI
Somebody's prayers are ascending
Ever for dear ones away,
Prayers that His blessings attending
May keep them from going astrayi
PRAYERS that float nearer and nearer
The throne of the Father above,
And reaching the ear of the Hearer,
Are answered in Infinite Love!
Somebody's lifes work is ended
Patient they wait now TO go;
Long have they faithfully wended
TOilsOme paths here below;
Soon the reward they'll be reaptng
That to the faithful is given
well done Come up, and be keeping
Watch for somebody in heaven!
Somebody ever is weeping,
RaChel-ike, mourning her dead,
| Stunning all comfort and keeping
Vigis while stars are o'erhead;
! O that such hearts, whose feeling
| Shuts out the thought of THY will,
| Gilead's balm, with its healing,
! Would come, and the wild throbhing still
| Somebody's heart has grown weary,
Weary of watching for aye,
| The time when the night, now so dreary,
| Shall end in an infinite day;
| When life shall roll onward forever,
As peacefully solemn and grand
| As rolls on Eternity's River,
| That washes Eternity's strand
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A TERRIFIC THUNDER SroRM.-A fear
full thunder storm visited Wheeling Va,
on Saturday night last. One woman
was instantly killed by lightning while
lying in bed. The shock threw her out
upon the floor The electric current
tore out the front of the houses and part
of the side, scattered into a thousand
pieces q clock standing in the room
in which the woman lay, injured a large
looking glass and bureau on which it
stood. and set fire to bonnet inside the
bureau. A man named H. H. Laup was
also instantly killed, His head and
breast were covered with SCOT, and there
was a cut in his head and bruises on
other parts of his body. The houses
of several other parties were struck, but
no loss of life resulted.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-08-23

Coon LUoK.-A few days ago two men
were signalled for to go to the assist
ance OF a mackerel schooner at the Pool,
near Saco, and were promised shares for
their assistance in helping to haul in an
overloaded net. Their labor lasted du-
ring one night, and their shares were
sold for sl44 each. A good nights work
this.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-08-23

SETTLED.-At the town meeting held
on Monday, in Derby, to consider the
vexed question of fixing upon location
for the soldiers monument, it was de-
cided by large majority to change the
location from the Academy Common, to
or near the spot first chosen, beautiful
knoll near the center both of the street
and the town, commanding an extended
view in all directions. The town also
appropriated an additional sum of 1000
with which to purchase and grade the
spot. This makes in all $4,000 now
voted for the monument. The BLOCKS
are nearly finished, and the whole Will
soon be completed. .-Netgport Express.
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RUTLAND VT. THURSDAY MORNING. AUGUST %, 1866

sponsible duties our profound respect
and assurance OF our cordial and sincere
support.
The platform thHs presented is a truly
remarkable one, and how Southern rebels
could vote for it, is more than we can
see. They evidently sanctioned 1t, be-
lieving that it would be looked upon by
the loyal masses as their evidence of re-
turning loyalty, aud hence would be
stepping stone TO their old prestige and
power ia the affairs Of the nation and
that power being once more in their
hands they could declare null and void,
if they chose, the abortive principles
enunciated in the Philadelphia plat
form.
That they hail with gratitude, in the
words of their platform, the return OF
peace, we cannot doubt. A people who
were as thoroughly subdued as were the
rebels after four years struggle, cannot
feel otherwise the war devastating, as
IT did. their homes and sending, in many
instances, the proud and naughty South
ron poor and penntless beggar for
government support.
That the war has maintained the au'
thority of the Constitution, the majority
of the convention We're doubtless well
aware having to their sorrow, learned
such to be the case on many bloody fields,
where they, in their might, sought to
overthrow the Constitution and the
truths which it enunciates.
The convention also declares that the
Southern States are entitled to reRresen-
tation and calls upon the people OF the
United States to elect TO Congress only
such men as are willing to give them
this right. This is decidedly cool anc
refreshing. That lot of criminals
should call a meeting on the inside OF
iail. as it were and resolve that the!
should be entitled to all the rights o
aw-abiding citizens, we think Woul'
meet with little favor from the masses
and they would undouoleuly, hot"''h
standing their protestations of innocenc
and future promises of good behavior
have to undergo some punishment t
attone for past offences. In this vle'
the loyal people will regard these clam
ors of the Southern rebels for represer
tation, and when they see fit to acceT
the Constitutional amendment, as otiere
= to their State Legislatures by Congrec
for ratification, and accord to the disel
thalled millions Of freedmen in the
midst the rights which the Constitutio
Y guarantees them, we have no doubt Coz
, gress, in its wisdom, will see no reaso
I able objection to their assuming the
proper attitude towards the Nation
Government.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-08-23

PERsoNAL.-Col. Silas NJ. Waite and
Jacob Esty, the extensive melodeon
manufacturers, are named as candidates
for Town Representatives of Brattle-
boro.
james III. Williams has been elected
President of the Bellows Falls Canal Co.
He was a member OF the Committee on
Resolutions at the Philadelphia Conven.
tion.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-08-23

PoI1rrcAL PROSPECTS IN PENNsYLvA-
NIA.-we have before us letter from a
prominent gentleman in Philadelphia,
written on the 14th inst, the day of the
assembling of the My Policy" conclave.
The writer says that within the last two
or three weeks he has visited a number
Of the counties of the State, particularly
of the Western part, and he adds:
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tion. A levee will be held In the even
ing, at which the Burlington ouadrille
Band will furnish the music.

SMUeGLERs ARRESTED. = David and
VIM. Munsey and John Beck, Of Bed
ford, C. E., were arrested at the Howard
Hotel in Burlington, Wednesday even-
ing last, by Deputy Collector M. p.
Skeels, for smuggling $4,000 knitting
machine needles out from Canada.
They appeared before Judge smalley,
Thursday, and were bound over in s75
bail.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-08-23

LARGE SEIZURE OF ToBAcCo.-A short
time since $4,000 pounds of tobacco
from Danville, Va, was seized in New
York for evasion of the internal revenue
tax amounting to $4,000. The tobacco
was shipped under the protection OF a
forged certificate of the internal revenue
collector at Danville.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-08-23

AoC1DENT.-On the morning of the 18th
inst, Frenchman named John Den
now, was knocked down and run over
at the corner of Water and South streets,
Burlington, by horse and wagon driven
by Mr.. E. w. Putnam. Dennow's In
juries are very severe, and it is thought
will prove fatal. He has wife and nine
children,
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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION AT VER6RH-
sEs.-The Centennial Celebration OF the
City of vergennes, takes place on Tues
day next. Hon. Fred. E. Woodbridge
delivers the Grafton, which doubtless
from the reputation Of the speaker, will
be an eloquent and interesting produc-
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-08-23

DEATH OF GovERSoR CooLIDGE.-Ex-
Governor Carlos Coolidge died at Wind
sor on the morning of the 18th inst. He
was Governor in 1849 and 1850, Speaker
of the House for four years, and has oc-
cupied many positions of honor and
trust.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-08-23

MgLANcHoLY.-Mr. Hazen Tracy, OF
Newport, a respectable farmer, sometime
since invested in oil and lost. About a
fortnight since he was taken to the
asylum at Brattleboro, and died there
after five days.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-08-23

POULTRY. $500 The Rutland and Bur-
lington railroad has practically put an
Injunction on its transportation of live
poultry by raising the tariff of freight
To As per 100 pounds.
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FIRE IN PLATTsBURGH.-The hat store
in Plattsburgh Of the Messrs. Shattuck,
of Burlington, was burned on Tuesday
morning last. Loss $4,000. 1t was sup
posed to be the work OF an incendiary.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-08-23

"A little child named Emma S. OF
ten, in New York, died on Wednesday
from swallowing glass bead.
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rATENTs.-Among the patents issued
to New Englanders for the week ending
August l4th, we notice the following to
Vermonters
G. D. spooner and j. +. F. Hale, Of
Rutland, Vt, for improved car coupling.
Emos Stemson, of Montpelier Vt, for
crater for carrots and other vegetables.
Antedated, July 80, 1866.
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Association Of Returned Pr,.one-..


PITTsBURG, Sept. 27.-A meeting of the
returned prisoners from a number Of States,
was held after the adjournment Of the Sal
lors' and Soldiers Convention, when an as
sociation of rebel-prison survivors was or
ganized by the election of Gen. A. STRAIGHT
as Chairman. This evening a constitution
and circular was adopted as follows:
We, the survivors Of the thousands of
loyal men, who have been incarcerated in
Southern prisons, desirous Of forming a So
ciety for the purpose of collecting material
for a history of their imprisonment and
afIording aid to those of them who have
been rendered helpless by rebel barbarity,
and of rendering and perpetuating friend
ship, cemented by mutual suffering, have
initiated such an organization.
The association was permanently organ
lied by choosing Gen. STRAIGHT, Of Ind, as
President, and one Vice President from each
State represented.
A beginning having been thus made, we
appeal to our late comrades in prison TO
join with us in making this association CO.
extensive with cur country. To this end
let each returned prisoner put himself in
communication with the Vice President ap-
pointed for the State to which he belongs,
and be enrolled as a member Of the branch
association of his State Those becoming
members will aid in collecting such infor-
nation as will be useful in composing a
history of rebel prisons, and especially in
relation to those fellow prisoners whose fate
is unknown to their friends at home. With
such purposes in view, we feel assured that
our fellOw-prisoners generally will join US
in carrying them into affect by using every
means conclusive to that end. The meeting
then adjourned.
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New York, September 27.-The Epis-
copal Convention re-assembled this morning
in st. Johns Chapel The reports of the
Trustees of the Episcopal funds was read
1t appears that the accumulating fund
added to the disposable fund, now exceeds
$4,000, the limit Of the fund to be OBJ
tanned for the support Of the Bishop. The
report sets forth that the interest on this
sum will not support the Bishop and pay
the taxes on the Episcopal residence. The
Commissioners were instructed TO continue
the accumulation Of the fund for the support
of the Bishop.
1t was resolved to purchase house and
lot, as ar Episcopal residence for the Bishop.
The latter then proceeded to deliver his an
nual address. After speaking an hour and
a half without concluding his address, a
recess of half an hour was taken.
Upon re-assembling, a resolution was
adopted that the members would attend the
funeral of the Rev. DIR. HAWKS.
The special committee on the salary OF
the Bishop made their report. 1t was re-
solved TO vote to the Bishop, in addition to his
salary Of 5000, the sum Of g, 900, making a
total for the year Of $4,000.
The Convention then adjourned until this
evening, when reports will be heard from
the committees and the Bishop will conclude
the delivering Of his address.
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INFORMATION WANTED.

Mr.. DIcKEY, the Radical candidate for
the Legislature in this county, has not
mingled much in politics, we believe. His
opinion on the pending issues are, there
fore, unknown to most Of our people. They
are a proper subject of inquiry, in view Of
his candidacy. For the purpose of ascer-
tanning them, and in behalf the public,
we respectfully PROFOUND the following in
terrogatories:
Are YOU, Mr.. DICKEY, in favor Of negro
suffrage in this Stateg And il elected, will
you vote for measure comforting the right
to vote in this State upon the negro?
win YOU vote to enroll the negroes into
our State militiaY And will you vote to
place arms in their hands and for supplies
to sustain them il called in.o active service
by the State authoritiesg
These are brief questions and admit Of
direct answers in monosyllables. They can
be answered in five minutes. Unless they
are answered, it would nos be unfair TO as
sumo, under the usual construction Of 81
lenoe, that Mr.. DIcKEY would answer them,
il at all, afirmatively. We desire every
voter in the county to look for his response,
and il he fails to reply, to see that his name
docs not appear on any ballot that is deposit
ed on Saturday. These are times when no
man ought to occupy political station unless
his position is fairly and fully known.
Judge BRIEN has made no concealment-his
views and opinions are well known-let Mr..
DIcKEY be equally frank and explicit. If
he isn't we advise the people to vote against
him 70 4 man.