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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-04-19

WAsul>GTvS, April IL.
In the S,uat, today Mr. Bayard appeared
as Senator from Delaware, and qualified.
/ Nr. summer offered a resolution that the
President % the L. : be requested to fur
ni>h the Senate, finn bis opinion not incom-
patihlc with the public interests, copies Of
any official opinion which may have been
given by the Attorney General. the Solicitor
OF tine Treasury, oc hy any other officer Of
the g1yCrnmCu. IN the Interpretation OF the
act %. Consres>. regulating the tenure, es-
peeiailY with regard 90 appointments by the
IIcSidtnt {" Office during The recess Of Con-
srr-s
Nlr. Sumner -siI hc understood opinions
bad been gwen wHi-i went flr to nullify the
recent act ol Cong. S.. !, would thus seem
we have notification here m Washington
IN the executive branches Of The government.
lie understood that according 20 those opin-
ions the President wa. TO exercise the power
OF appointment durIn. the recess OF Con
sress, notwithstanding recent act Of Con-
srcss which undertook 90 Icgulate the tenure
0i Office.
The resolution was tacn agreed to.
Mr.. Williams called up the resolution Of
icred by him providing tor an adiournmcnt
OF the Senate on the l0th inst. lie now
moved u amend hy substituting Saturday
next
Mr. fcsscud,u was opposed ,e the rcsolu-
ton. he did not believe che EcIublicans
could answer T. their cons .itucncirs If they
went home without waiting Tor the yIc4ncics
to be filed 4, would hc NJ excuse to say
they could not remain here.
Mir. Chandler was willing 10 take the re
spOnsihiliy Of adlurnins now II Andrew
johnson was an obstacle lu the way It would
be found cut by July, whether or nos they
could run tie government without Lin.
Mr.. Fessendcn replied ;hat the executive
department was - much part Of the gov
ernm,ut as the >enl;c and the Prt>iicut had
just as much right ,u say thc Senats stood
IN hi- WAY, as tor tic :. nate O. say DE stood
in their way
The President did uo' commit Any i'm
Ieacliahlc Ufencr hy Nominating pihocr- but
he would # he ailcd 10 nominate them.
81 long as the President preferred 20 nom
inatc his own political friends, tine senate
had a right to reject them.
Mr. Howe was perfectly willing I!,It OF
two Offices one should bc hllcd by friend Of
the President and the other ly q Republican,
but he did not understand chat thC President
was willing that should ic done.
Mr.. Ftsscndcn reminded the Senator Of
the fac, that the President had srnt in the
nomination Of an oiic1r tor the ninth c,l-
lection dis,Tic, oi Pennsy ylyauia. - radical,
and the Senate rejected hlm.
Mr. Sumner did not think they could or
ought 10 Tx day at present They ought
first 10 clear the calendar. Scnat,rs knew
that owing TO decisions as to the tenure Of
Office bill there was necessity Tor reinain-
ing. Congress had passed that law and they
ought 10 see that it is enforced.
The Senate then, after some time spent in
executive session, adjourned.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-04-19

a respect and regard for that party, and
have entertained the hope for many years to
see it reinstatcd in power. But the dream
has passed. We have accounts to settle with
that party, gentlemen, before at least will
consent to affiliate with it. TCries Of "gOOd,
good, and applause In my judgment it
is time for ms to seek new friends and new
alliance hence am opposed to organizing
any party in South Carolina that will
Ger mt itself TO the Democratic 0r any
other party. would not affiliate with any
party that would put a tax OF p cents
pound on cotton, when not one cent is put
on the com and grain raised in Ohio, India
ma, and other Western States. | will vote
for no party that will perpetrate such an
indignity. Therefore when we are recon-
sirueted hope that our representative will
90 to " ashington ard declare allegiance to
that party which will do US justice, and
that, in my Judgment, is the policy tor South
Carolina 10 pursue in this emergency.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-04-19
Z Oetry
THE CROCTs.

Nh4- aINNk-
Beneath the sunny autumn sky,
With gold leaves dropping round,
We sought, ny little friend and /,
The consecrated ground,
Where, calm beneath the holy cross,
O'ershsioEei by sweet skies.
Sleeps TRANQUILITY that youthful form
Those blue, unci0ulei eyes.
Around the soft, green swelling mound
We Sco0pel the earth away,
And buried deep the crocus-hulus
Against & coming day
..Thcse roots are dry and brown aul sere /,
Why plant them here 30 he said,
TO leave them al the winter long
So lesllste and deal,
Dear child, within each sese dead form
There sleeps a living flower.
And angel like IL shall arise
In springs returning hour"
AA, deeper down. cold. dark and chill.
We buried cur hearts flower.
Blt angcl-likc he shsll arise
u springs Immortal i.u-
Iu blue and yol.oa from It's gssve
Springs up The C-C,Us fair;
And Cod shall raise those bright blue eyes
Those sunny waves oi ham.
Nat for fading summers maiu,
Not 'or a doctiug hour.
But Tcg su endless age us bliss.
Shall rise our hearts lear fower
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-04-19

TIE CoNNG MAN.-llon. Schuyler COllax
lecturcd at Concord, y. Y. last week. lie
was introduced ty Gov. Smythc, in the fol
lowing words
''Seyen years ago had the honor Of present
ing to you on this platform prominent Western
gentleman, who then said would probably be
the next President, which prophecy was tho ight
by many at the time to be quite visionary. The
next President, however, proved to be that per-
son whose name is now dear to every lover Of
liberty and justice, not only all over our own
land, but throughout the world. Tonight
have the pleasure Of introducing to you our
distinguished visitor, the popular Speaker Of
the United States House Of Representative,
Hon. Schuyler Colfsx-a gentleman whose name
is familiar to you all, and who is quite as likely
to be our next President as was Mr.. Lineolu
at the time to which referred" (Great sp-
plause-)
Gov. Smythe may be right. One thing is
certain, if Gen. Grant is not our next presi-
dent Mr.. Colfa1 viii be,-or some other man.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-04-19

MONEY TO LOAN On landed property, IN
sums OF from seven to ten millions. Apply
by mail to W. ii. s.. Washington, d. &.
InE NcKInwEsT PAseACE.-Ihe Kyiehpak
through Eussian America Big thing on
ice"
How TO MAKE BoIH ENDs MEEr.-Buy
Patagonia, Mr.. Seward.
The Milk IN THE Cocoanut.-We can get
it with the Feejee Islands. Having com
menced the purchase Of outside countries,
We can 20 on. We have ieebergs. but We
want coeosnuts.-N. I. Herald.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-04-19

regions Of the north is in favor of republi-
canism, there will never be any such bother
as the recent Connecticut one to disturb the
PARTY. 1t will be safe always to bet on the
Esquimaux v0te.-T ABGHs Nesssngsr
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-04-19
Miscellaneous.
u noctoI.. Adtenlnre-


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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-04-19

RUSSIAN AxERIcA.-It Is not exactly like
the land Of the lotus-eaters which TennYsjn
describes, in which ''it seemed always alter
noon." but one in which it seems always
evening, and emphatically "a land where
all things always seem the same" So if the
state OF parties in those dim and .hadowy
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-04-19

Occasionally a subscriber complains Of too
many advertisements. is pleasant COM
plant to the printer, for without the advertise
ments he could not print his paper and sell il
at present rates, nor pay for market and news
reports, nor keep up with the times, nor in fact
be independent in his opinions. A poor, beg
ging printer rarely can own his own mind or soul.
and is yery apt to become q subservient tool 10
somebody who has money. Surely the people
DO not want such printers as that, 90 we tell
them to look with glsdness upon solid columns
Of Advertisements. They are meat for the
printer, and money for the subscriber into the
baxsin. and in more ways than by keeping
down subscription prices and cheapeuing paper,
-WdifoR's Journal.
True as Gospel. There is not a family
into which our paper goes that cannot, save
the subscription price, several times year,
by due heed to the information contained in
our adrertisiEg columns, to say nothing Of
the others. And all should read the sdyer-
tisements
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-04-19

TENrEE or orucE.-The opinions of Soil
citor Jordan AMI Attorney General Stan
berry. over which the Senate has been con
sidcrahly exercised, are said 70 he, sub;tan-
tally first. that in cases where vacancy
IN oica occurred lIior to the date of the
tenure of ,iicc law the yacarcy should be
flied under The old law. Secondly. where
vacancy has occurred in collec;orship or
a=sessor-hir under the tenure Of office law
and the Senate has failed to confirm any
NOMINEE. it is the du;y of the Secretary to
fll such office temporarily by the appoint.
mcnt oia deputy collector or assessor as the
case may he, though the law does not ex-
Tr,ssly provide for such action. Thirdly.
that the Secretary has power at will to
remove sach deputy ana appoint another to
hold oiii,c until the collector or assessor is
nominated and confirmed.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-04-19

Thirty thousand dollars worth OF jewels
and gold, wrapped in newspapers and IN
closed in q cake Of bitumen, were recently
found in an old unclaimed barrel OF dam
aged pork in New Orleans. The lucre Is
supposed to have been concealed during the
war.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-04-19

Richard Batchelder, railroad conductor,
was knocked from the top Of freight train,
between Lawrence and Salem, Mass, on
Friday, and Instantly killed.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-04-19

ENGLAND desires anything rather than
trouble with the United States, if the talk
Of the London TINES is any indication of the
sentiments Of the ruling minds of Her Ma
jesty r government. The Thunderer, speak
ing OF the Alatama claims, says sthere is
no longer any obstacle on the British side to
an amicabc compromise. Great Britain is
ready TO balance accounts with the United
States, and to pay the compensation, if any,
which an impartial umpire may find to be
due from hcr.'
On the Russian Treaty the Times is equal
ly amiable. 1t says
Russian America has been acquired by its
natural purchaser. great progressive power,
Of whose advances We cannot complain so long
as they are achieved by legitimate means.
We cannot but recognize it as an event Of
considerable importance, sttestug as il does the
mysterious sympathy which has 50 long existed
between Russia and the United States, and
establishing as it will a republican instead Of a
COssaek power on the northwestern frontier Of
the new confederation. Il is probable il has
been purchased with a view Of asserting the
claim OF the United States to Supremacy On the
American Continent. Since then we have no
right to protest agains, an act entirely within
the discretion Of the Russian and United States
governments, let US not place ourselves in a
false position by any vain remons,ranees. Let
US iorbear to fasten upon this unexpected tran
saction hostile construction, or to insist upon
rights and interests which are incapable Of be-
ing maintained.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-04-19
Ghe 6ree press.
G.. C. & Il. l.. BENEDICT.
EDITORS AND PRoPRIEToRs.
FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 10. 1867.


The Russian Treaty, which brings the
Cnited.States within thirtY-six miles of Asa,
was ratified by the Senate, by vote of 81
to "a very unexpectedly large majority.
The Senators who voted no, it is said, were
Messrs. Fesscnden and Ferry. Messrs Nor
I'll Of Maine, Eimunds and others who were
opposed to it were paired of. 1t Is stated
that the treaty expressly provides that in
consideration Of 100000 added to the
$77,0o0,Oo0 purchase money, Russia is to
cztinguish all the charters and privileges
granted TO trading companies, whether Rus
sian. English or American. If that is SO, Of
course some serious objections to the pur-
chase are removed.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-04-19
From the Toledo Blade J
Nasty.

The ueyro r7ie-.Nr. .Nas'y ia laitstio4 Of
H'dde H1mPi0- tries % eoGci!iaieHe .ffri-
caH-The result OF tie rs1iurc.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-04-19
The Springfield Republican says

The lesson to be drawn from the cases OF
irIehiniasIs IN this city is summed up in these
four words don't cat ralC ham. While au
thoritles differ in many other things with
regard to this new and ugly disease, all agree
that If ham and pork are thoroughly cooked
there is no danger in eating either. Some
times the disease has been communicated by
eating imperiectly cured ''dried beef" but
here, too, all danger disappears when the
becl IS cooked.
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1867-08-14
Professor Huxley on the Negro,

In the course of a series Of lectures
on /" Ethnology," at the Royal Inst tute,
in London, Professor Huxley, on the 1st
instant, arrived at the subject Of Africa
and the negro. In closing his remarks,
he said, that the negro is not the miss
ing link" between men and monkeys /; he
is further removed from anthropid apes
in many respects than the English are
For instance he has woody hair, and no
monkeys are so ornamented, except per-
haps few scarce species in South Amer
lea. The spur heel Of the negro has
been spoken of to his disadvantage but
it is doubtful whether his heel projects
more than an Englishman's and that it
is not an indentation Of the part above
the heel, which sometimes gives the ap>
pearance of unnatural projection to the
latter. Many foolish things are said by
opponents of the negro, who frequently
quote as fact what has often been res
futed, that the brain Of negro is cows
cred with black membranous envelope.
1t is not so, and if it were, is that the
reason for condemning him to slavery?
lC iilCuNS VI tilS hN-iO ltnNNi2S S'.t
foolish things, and argue that England
would be all the better for an infusion of
negro blood. lie did not believe so -
One thing is certain, the negro is i'm,
provable, because he can now till the
ground, smelt iron and work gold, which
he did not do originally. How far he is
improvable is a question yet to be solved.
It must be remembered, however, that
certainly for five or six thousand years,
perhaps more, as proved by Egyptian
monuments, the negro has lived in Afri-
ca much as at present, without in any
degree civilizing himself. No nation can
elevate itself by condcmning another to
slavery; and no nation can do its duty
to Inferior races, or itself attain the high
est point of civilizltion, without trying
to raise less favored nations to the high
est point they are capable of reaching,
be it high or be it low. This concluding
remark was received with much applause.
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1867-08-14
The Owner of the Soil.

The man who stands upon his own soil,
who feels that by the laws of the land
in which he lives--by the law of ciyil>
lied nations-he is the rightful and ex-
elusive owner of the land he tills, is by
the constitution of our nature under a
wholesome influence not easily imbibed
by any other source He feels other
things being equal, more strongly than
another, the character of man as lord
of an inanimate world. OF this great
and wonderful sphere, which, fashioned
by the hand of God, aud upheld by his
power, is rolling through the heavens, a
part is his--his from the center of the
sky. 1t is the space on which the gen.
eratiOns before moved in its round of du-
ties, and he feels himself connected by a
link with those who follow him, to whom
he is to transmit home Perhaps a
farm has come down to him from his
fathers. They have gone to their long
home, but he can trace their footsteps
over the scenes of his daily labors. The
roc. which sheltered him was reared by
those to whom he owes his being. Some
interesting tradition is connected with
every enclosure. The favorite fruit tree
was planted by his fathers hand. He
sported in boyhood beside the brook
which still winds through the meadow.
Through the fields lies the path to the
village school in earlier days. He still
hears from the window the voice of the
Sabbath bell which called his father to
the house of God and near at hand is
the spot where his parents laid down to
rest, and where when his time has come,
he shall be laid by his children. These
are the feelings of the owner Of the soil.
Words cannot paint them; they flow out
of the deepest fountains of the heart ;
they are the life,spring of a fresh, healthy
and generous national character Ed
tcard Fee, eH.
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1867-08-14
N. Y. Convention.

In the Convention yesterday (Friday,
August I'd } fifteen memorials against the
appropriation Of money for sectariau in
stitutious were presented. The Commits
tee upon the Powers and Duties of the
Governor and Lieutenant-Governor re-
ported in favor Of having thu Legislature
determine the amount OF the Govern or S
salary; also recommending that no bill
shall be signed after the adjournment of
the Legislature The Joint Committee
upon Banking and Currency and Iusur>
anco reported provisions for the forma,
tion and control Of corporations. Section
4 provides that the Legislature shall have
no power to pass any law directly or in
directly authorizing the suspension of
specie payments oy any person or corpo
ration, and section 6 makes stock kholdGrs
individually liable to the amount of their
stock for the debts of the corEoration.-
A resolution was adopted looking to a
prohibition of all gift enterprises or lot>
teries Mr. Stratton's resolution Of in
quiry as to the amount of police attends
auce upon Criminal Courts in this city
was called up aud adopted. A resolu,
ton that it is the duty Of the Unit, d
States to pay the outlay or the debts of
the loyal States in support of the war
was ordered sent 20 each Senator and
Representative in Congress. A resolu>
tion for iOaI adjournment upon the 10th
of September was adopted.-Nec York
Tribune
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1867-08-14

THE MISSISSIPPI RIvER.-The Mis-,
sissippi river is developing a new won
der,in view ofwhich it has been sugges-
ted that at almost any moment the stream
may disappear in a mysterious watery
abyss below. AT Memphis unmistakable
signs exist of an underground channel
and facts are related going to show that
constant and r.markable changes are go,
ing on. Many years ago a saw mill was
at work in the swamps of Arkansas, 20
miles from the Mississippi. The owner
awoke one bright morning to fild his
well dry, in which the day before there
was three or four feet of water. He cut
a trench to broad, long surface pond,
not far away, and was again suppl ed with
an abundance of water This trench con
nected the pond and well. Three days
elapsed and pond and well were both
empty. The old man Of the mill was
amazed. The story was told traveller
from Memphis 1t is plain enough,
he said, &c the river is lower than for years
past, and your we'll and pond have emp
tied themselves into the great sewer of
the Continent" The Mississippi not
only overaows, but " underAows" all
the broad valley through which it passes.
Its channel, however broad and deep,
could not contain all the rains that fall
and streams that come down from the
Mountains, Territories and States Of
America.
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1867-08-14

PRUssIANs AT HoME.-A very
credible, and we dare say. correct
view, is given of the common people
of Berlin by correspondent of the
Times. Moving in the clean streets
of the city, they appear, well dressed,
orderly, sober and industrious. A
drunken man or beggar is rarely
seen, nor any one whose conduct is
offensive to a correct sense of pro-
priety. This is reckoned the result,
in part, of the excellent system Of
public school instruction, and still
more, of the military system in Prus-
sia, which, although apparently op-
pressive and attended with many dis
advantages, has the effect of estab-.
fishing the young men in vigorous
health, and in habits Of cleanliness
and order, while it develops the sense
of honor and accustoms them to re-
spect and obey law. Such results
are worthy of being regarded some
Offset to the inconvenience and loss
of spending, as every man is required
to do, several years as private sol
dier in the army. To the discipline of
the army, in connection with the
school education Of an early age, are
to be attributed many of the manly
qualities which pertain to the Prus-
sian character, and make the nation
the leading one in Germany.