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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-10-14

SENArE-Joint ResoluiOns.-From the
House, providing for Joint Assembly to
elect certain officers therein named. and on
motion of Mr.. Hendee ordered to lie; also,
providing for the appointment of commit
tee to visit the State Reform School adopted
Reports-From Committee Railroads,
Senate bill No. 0, authorizing towns IN
Washington, Caledonia and Orange Coun-
ties to aid in the construction of the Mont
pelier Railroad; amended to strike out
the grand list of non-residents, and Sd
reading ordered.
Senate bill No. :, TO construe or amend
an act incorporating the LamoIlle valley
Railroad. and on motion of Mr.. Hard order
ed to lie.
Mr. Hendee called up the joint resolution
providing for Joint Assembly, and on his
motion it was amended by striking out,
;. also to elect Judges of the Supreme
Court and adopted.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-10-14

The Senate and House Of Representatives
met in Joint Assembly in the Hall Of the
House of Representative, in pursuance Of a
Joint resolution Of the two Houses, at half
past two O'Clock, to hear the report of COM
mittee to canvass the votes for Governor,
Lieutenant Governor, and Treasurer
Hon. George w. Hendee, President pro TEN
of the Senate, in the chair George Nichols,
Secretary of State, Clerk.
The Canvassins Committee submitted a re
port. which was read by the Clerk. and is as
follows
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-10-14

Assistant CteTks-
David D. Camp of Newport.
John w Marsh of Woodstock,
Elisha May of St. Johnsbury.
Clerks TO male mp the Grand List.
Henry NJ. Newell of Shelburne.
w. Ii. H. Kenfield of Hydepark.
The Annual Executive Message was trans
mitted to the House by the Secretary of Civil
and Military affairs and read by the Clerk
Resolrtion-B Mr.. Baldwin of Hines
burgh that the Message Of the Governor be
ordered to lie, and that the Clerk be directed
to procure the printing of one thousand
comics for the use Of the House.
Mr.. Reed of Waitsfeld moved to amend
the resolution. making the number three
hundred instead Of one thousand which was
opposed by Mr.. Miner of Manchester, and
disagreed to.
MI. Wheelock of Berlin moved to amend
so as to make it a joint resolution. $50 that
one thousand copies shall be the whole num-
Der for both houses y adopted.
The resolution, as amended was then
adopted
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-04-24
The Buriingnme Mission.

Mr. Burngame has arrived at San Francisco.
On the 3Oth OF this month he will leave for
New York in the steamship Colorado. Mr..
Burlingame will make few hurried visits In
this country and then proceed on his grand
mission to Europe. His arrival there will be
felt and acknowledged to be a triumph of the
diplomacy of the United States, the great
central nation of the modern world II is to us
that the European Powers are indebted for the
commercial relations they now sustain to Japan.
To the success of Commodore Perry's expedi-
ton in 1858 all that there in hopeful in the
present condition of that country Is due.
Similar success has attended us In China. Our
relations with that country have not been of
long duration, but they have been simple,
honest and unselfish. The truth is that the
Orienals have found ont that our object in
counting their friendship has been of a
more unseHsh kind than that Of any Of the
nations of Europe. The English they knew
came to conquer and to dcspo them of their
riches and their power. The Russians were
equally selfish and equally INSCRIPTIONS. The
| French. though less successful, were actuated
by similar motives. The Orientals were not
slow TO learn that our motives and our purpose
were different. We had no need Of territory,
and therefore no desire Of conquest We came
to the East as friendly people with friendly
purposes. Our intercourse with these nations
has been a success beyond all expectation. As
yet we see only the beginning The future il
bright with promise. In his great mission, one
of the greatest of modern times, we wish Mr.
Burlingame God speed.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-04-24
The Arcade Railroad.

OF all the railroad measures upon which the
Albany Legislature has been expanding its
wisdom and developing its affinity for fat jobs,
the Arcade Railroad bill now before the Senate
is the greatest humbug. The proposition for
the Underground Railroad was, perhaps, well
enough. There Is some reasonable show of
practcabilty about 1t, but nevertheless it is ex-
ceedingly improbable that it will ever be con-
structed, although the damage to property
which it involves will be comparatively
small. The Arcade road, however it is easy
to see, will never be built, no matter whether
the bill is passed by the Senate and signed by
the Governor or not. There was bill passed
a long time ago for bridge to Brooklyn.
What has become of that scheme? Nobody
seems disposed to touch it. The city of Brook
lyn, which would be most benefited by its CON-
pletion, will not advance dollar towards it,
As regards the Arcade Railroad, let us see
what it involves. Why, nothing less than
confscation of nearly all the property on
Broadway; and, more than that, it involves
also the ruin of all the business on that great
thoroughfare for the next ten or twenty years.
Who is going to favor such result as this
Who wants Broadway to be disembowelled, its
property destroyed and its business annihilated?
Not the property owners, certainly, nor the
storekeepers; for the success Of the enterprise,
II II were possible, would be death to them.
The storekeepers in the Bowery and in the
side streets running towards the North river
\. 10
nation Of the plan very badly. They would.
no doubt, hail IL with eagerness for the
ruined trade of Broadway would naturally be
thrown into their hands and swell their Golfers
amazingly, while the unhappy Broadway mer-
chants would be left in dismal mourning over
the loss of their trade, like Caius Marius in the
debris OF Carthage.
| The editors, too, who are located for the
most part in the Swamp, miasmatic and IN
healthy region, are in favor of the Arcade road,
not because IL would benefit them so much as
because they are jealous Of the salubrious situa-
| ton of the HERALD establishment, and they
would like 10 swamp that concern, but they do
not perceive that the HERALD Building cannot
be in the least degree affected by the Quxotic
enterprise of the lobbyists and blackmailers Of
the Arcade Railroad. Nobody supposes that
this scheme is going to be carried through.
Even If there was any honest purpose in the
matter the obstacles in the way would render
its completion impossible. The proprietors of
property on Broadway, for instance, would
compel the incorporators to pay such vast
indemnity for the property used and destroyed
that the work would fall stillborn in Its very
beginning. In the face of such claim as the
property owners can legitmately make there
could not be enough funds raised to lay the
first stone of the work, and even 1t, by some
accident not common in the history OF wiio
soeoulations like this. the work should &c
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-04-24
Congress. sowing the Wind to Reap th'
Whirlwind.

Mr. Boutwell,, in his Aimsy dribble on the
impeachment case, by courtesy called an argu-
ment gives us his view Of the character Of the
government of the United States AS this
view is substantially the same as that put forth
in the House some time since by Mr.. Bingham
and other of the Managers, we must suppose
II to be the view of the government that lie to
be held by the new party that will rule in the
land when impeachment has been safely carried
through According to this view Congress is
the governmental Congress is the beginning,
the middle and the end, and there is nothing
else but Congress. As for the President, ne Is
a political dummy. and the Supreme Court is
only name. If this is the view that Is to be
taken in the future, let IL be definitely under
stood on all hands. We are going into an
election that may put power into new hands
and the men who nov rule in Congress must De
content to accept the consequences oil prln-
ciples they vel in motion, 1t there Is mol q
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-04-24
te Cescle Francois Ut l'HARxuSE.

Last evening lie Cercle Francois de rHsrmonie
gave a sctr6e daasante commencing with dramatic
performance, at the Hall Allernania East Sixteenth
street. for the benefit OF the poor. which brought
thor brilliant entertainments to a successful close
The attendance was quite numerous. An efficient
orchestra was IN attendance, aud opened the per
Torrance with splendid selection from lies Dia-
mants dc la Couronne,r which was succeeded by an
amusing comedy in which NJ r. Juignet and Mile:
Soange sustained Their respective rOieS with marked
ability. Madame Arsene rendered "Une Victlme &c
rAmourr with much effect. "fes rribulations de
Piccoie" smart little comedy in one act also iound
satisfactory representatives and was received Win
unanimous applause. Altogether the season OF the
sQeleY was proygRt 10 y IeIl agreeable ero'pat"n.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-04-24
POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE.
The Arkansas Senators.

Hon. B. F. Rice, one Of the newly elected Senators
from Arkansas, entered the service a. captain I'M
the Third Minnesota Infantry, and held his COM
mission for about three years. He resigned while
the regiment was in Arkansas, and took up his
residence at Little Rock for the purpose Of prac-
Using law. He was born in Kentucky, and, though
an uncomprisng Union man, IL greatly tine
tured with the hate Of the niger. the Chicago
Ecenino Post radcar says he cannot always be
counted on to vote with the radicals though he Is .
republican. Previous to enlisting he resided In Min
nesota for several years, where he considered q
fair lawyer. His colleague, Alexander Mcdonald
was formerly banker in Little Rock
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-04-24
Political Miscellany.

Republican papers figure out majority OF "A for
their party In the newly elected Connecticut House
of Representatives. The democrats make the ma
jority but 1S
In the second district OF Pennsylvania the republic
can nomination for Congress is sought for by Charles
O'Neill present Representative: John Price wcthcr
III. a retired merchant, aud John Blakely, OF the
Ereni,g star.
General Cyrus Bussey, formerly OF Davis county.
Iowa. and OF the Third Iowa cavalry IL candidate
for United States Senator in Louisiana.
At the June election the people OF Washington
Territory will vote upon organizing state govern
mcnI
Little Rhody" win suffer by the law OF Congress
prescribing the mode OF electng United STATES
Senator'S The Legislature meets and organizes ~
Newport on the last Tuesday t2cthl OF May. the
election OF senator should occur on the second
Tuesday thereafter, viz.:-the gin OF June. But the
MAY session has never extended beyond two or three
DAYS. the bulk OF business being reserved to the
winter session in Providence. Congress H. therefore,
asked 10 amend the law so that Rhode Island may
hold her usual place in the highest branch Of the
national Legislature.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-04-24

spring Fashions and Amusenents.
The managers and modistes have been in
quandary as to when the Spring season OF
amusements and fashions shall open. OF
course we have had the grand display OF
toilets in all the leading establishments,
which is termed opening day, and several
novelties have been introduced on the stage
one or two of the theatres having undergone
considerable changes and improvements in the
matter of painting and upholstering. But the
ladies and the amusement public generally
have been unable to respond to all those
preparations of m0distes and managers on
account Of the persistency with which Winter
held his ground until within day or two. The
belle looked ruefully at her tiny spring hat,
coquettish little cloak and elegant dress as the
rain battered against the window pane or the
snowfiakes swept along the street, and the
managers face heightened as a small detach-
ment of his patrons marched into the
theatre with dripping umbrellas and
mud-cOated overshoes. But the weather
has frightened up, and fair Spring
will probably assert her rights now without
fear of intrusion from her surly predecessor.
Since the commencement of the Easter holt
days and the departure of ''sackcloth and
ashes, which are popularity supposed to be
necessary concomitants of Lent, the Avenue
and other aristocratic quarters are constantly
thronged with carriages, and Germans"
weddings, receptions and parties of all kinds
occupy the time and attention of our fashion
able neighbors. Some charming toilets of
the new regime may also be seen at many Of
the places of amusement. Tight skirts gored
to the figure have been weighed in the balance
of taste and convenience and found wanting,
and many becoming substitutes have been
found for the perplexed wearers. Crinolne
may be reckoned among the "things that
were, and bonnets evince no tendency to in
crease in size. Crystallized tulle is frequently
introduced on white bonnets, and from their
penchant for gold or gilt ornaments it would
seem as if the ladies were in favor of return
to specie payments.
There is quite revival in amusements,
with the sole exception of Italian opera,
WHICH appears CO nave Dccu Qulctiy III
urned for the present. Op6ra 6omge and its
English imitator, ballet, pantomime, spectacle,
negro minstrelsy in an entirely new shape,
concerts without limit, sensational drama, and
last, though not least. the return and farewell
of the two greatest tragediennes who have
graced the metropolitan stage for years past,
are few of the attractions now held forth by
our managers. The old pieces and spectacles
have had new dress and new red fire, and
there are dramatic readings given in every
hail. Boston will have sensation next month
in its grand musical festival, and Chicago has
invited all the Tcutonic singers Of the country
to the National Sangerfest which will be held
there in June. The lateness of the season and
tardy acquiescence of the clerk Of the weather
to permit Spring to visit the city will not de-
tract any from the fashionable and amusement
feasts which the modistes and managers have
been so long preparing for their patrons.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-04-24
.hment and the Presidential Election
In the Southern States.

Impeachment and the Presidential Election
In the Southern States.
Mr. Boutwell, shows conclusively that the
radical impeachment of Mr.. johnson has refe-
renee to the control of the Southern States for
the next Presidential election. This gentle
mans harangue before the Impeachment Court
was disgracefully out of character as an 'argu-
ment" before tribunal sitting to try law and
facts 1t was full of statements, theories and
flights Of fancy wilder than the average Of
those that are regularly served out by the radi-
cal press Indeed, it bears some evidence in
itself that it was prepared for the LEARNED"
Manager by radical newspaper man. The
earmarks of this character are particularly
obvious in the part we allude to. 1t would
certainly trouble Mr.. Boutwell,, and it might
even trouble Butler. to say what such pnr-
pose on the part of Mr.. Johnson could possibly
have to do with any of the charges in the i'm
parchment articles; but the mere fact of adj
vancing to the court such reason against the
President shows what is in the radical mind
and what is the main reason of extreme radi-
Gals for wanting Mr.. johnson out Of the way.
Johnson WauCS 10 cOnCrOl IHe war departments
and the army, says Boutwell,, to manage the
next Presidential election in the Southern
States. Therefore, you Senators who do not
want to see those States go against our party
must vote to remove him, whether the evil
dence suits your consciences or not.
DICKENS AND THE INTERNAL REvENUR.-Mr.
Dickens has given more than sixty readings in
this and the neighboring cities. Without any
reference to the exact amount of money he has
made in this country by those readings, wee
should like to inquire of one Of the Internal
revenue collectors how much has he paid
towards the government, either in the income
or amusement tax line? Rumor, supported by
the highest authority, declares he has not paid
a dollar, although every one else has been
and is taxed whether citizen or foreigner.
One hundred and fifty dollars towards the.
Dramatic Fund is hardly a just compensation
for the ten thousand dollars which Mr.. Dickens
owes the government of the United States and
which he went away without paying. Perhaps
the bill will be noticed in the promised
appendix to ''Martin Chuzzlcwit" and the
american Notes."
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-04-24

government of law-if there is no power above
the breath Of the mass as expressed from time
to time in popular assembly-they who have
cast down and destroyed the protective power
of the law must not complain If the conse-
quences of that course fall heavily on them
selves
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-04-24

roots. The tree must be cut down. To reach
the evil we must strike at the ''Black Crooks, "
the ''White Fawns" and the ''Humpty Dump
ties" of the hour, and Superintendent Kennedy
must be instructed to visit all fashionable
houses and put an end to the dominant and de-
moralizing habits of the hour. So long as the
roots remain the branches will flourish.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-04-24
Maine Politics.

The Republican District Convention held at Ban
gor, Me-, yesterday, elected Lewis Barker, OF Stet-
son. and G. II. b. Woodbury., of Dover, delegates to
the Chicago Convention. and II. Blake. OF Bangor,
and Z. @. Brett, Of oldtown, aternates. Resolutions
were adopted favoring the impeachment, and cor
daily supporting Grant and Hsinlin for the Presi-
dcncy and Vice Presidency.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-04-24

VINO Has RUINED THE SoUrH There is
one truth 80 patent that il Is proverb
in dozen languages. II Is that the man
who cries out ''Stop theft most Justify
Is most frequently the thief himself Mr..
Boutwell, adopts this rusc in his argument
where he accuses Mr.. Johnson of having
ruined the South. He endeavors to father
the results of the radical policy with regard
to the South upon Mr.. Johnson, and to make
him appear a wretch before the Senate by i'm
putting to him the acts Of the party that he has
fought without halt or pause. Mr.. Boutwell,
says ''ten States Of this Union are without law,
without security. without safety; public order
everywhere violated, public Justice nowhere
respected. Forty millions of the people have
been rendered anxious and uncertain as to the
preservation of public peace and the per-
petuity OF the institutions of freedom In this
country True. every sentence; but what
has IL got 10 do with the President Surely, if
anybody Is to be impcached for this 1t is the
destructive, reckless, disorgauizing partisan
Congress Of the United States
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-04-24

entered upon it never would pay dollar upon
the money invested; for the Naturalization
demanded by the owners of property wouId
absorb all the profits for fifty years to come.
The romance of the Arcade Railroad exists
on the paper illustrations, maps, pictures, and
so forth, and it looks beautiful; but the reality
is to be found in the Albany lobby, where cum
ming band Of spectators, who have induced
few avaricions simpletons to lend their aid are
operating in this business for the purpose OF
matchmaking the owners of property on Broad
way We have seen evidences enough of this
system in various ways. The new gas COM
panies, for example, which purported from
time to time to be established with view to
reduce the price of gas and break down
monopoly, instigated by vrtuous regard for
the good of the public, no sooner got their
charters than they sold out their interests to
the old company and enabled them to main
tain the old despotism. On par with this
Arcade scheme was the attempt made not long
ago by most disinterested reformer to cause
the stoops of all the houses in Fifth avenue to
be removed dodge which was so far success
full that many innocent people submitted to the
blackmail imposed upon them in order to
have the ordinance annulled. The Arcade
Railroad scheme is dodge of the same kind.
1t never can be put in operation, but few
weak people may nevertheless be found to
accede to the demand of the blackmailers.
If so, the ambition of the projectors Of the
Arcade Railroad may be satisfied.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-04-24

THE "BLAcK Crook" LITERATURE Bill
The Legislature at Albany has passed bill for
the purpose Of suppressing the entire species
of BLACK Crook" literature. We are grateful
to the Legislature for its good intentions.
We have no fault to find with the bill. II Is
good so far as il goes. We wish IL all success.
Our fear, however, is that il is not sufficiently
radical. II Is, after all, but feeble blow at
one of the branches of the tree of evil. We
need more vigorous stroke--a stroke al the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-04-24

The High Court opened usual at eleven O'Clock
yesterday. Mr.. Grimes submitted an order changing
the hour of assembling to twelve O'clock but objec.
ton was made and IL went over
Mr.. Boutwell, resumed his address and concluded
at five minutes past Mr. Nelson. OF counsel for
the President then commenced his closing argument
for the defence. At the hour Of adjournment he had
not completed his speech, and will probably occupy
one or two hours to-day
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-12-31
The city Amusements.

AT THE ARCH n Flash Of Lightning will be
given this evening.
AT THE CHEsNUr the circus troupe will con-
clude their engagement this week. Perform
ances this afternoon and evening,
AT THE WALNUT the drama OF Tae ORANGE
Girl and the farce OF Up for the Holidays are
announced for this evening. A matinee will
be given tomorrow.
AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC Mrs. Scott Sid
dons will appear as "Julia" in The Runchbdck
To- morrow evening Romeo and Juliet will be
performed for the benefit OF Mrs. Siddons.
AT THE AMERICAN matinee will be given
Tomorrow, when the >pantomime OF JdcE The
Giant h Ter will be performed.
AT rHK THEATRE CoMIQUE Offenbachs Is
operetta OF n Marriage bY Lanterns and Dlb-
din's ballad opera OF The WtRerHSda will be per.
formed this evening by the 'Pyne- Galton
MoEvoY's NEW "HIBERNICoN" will be ex-
hibited at Concert dali Ihis evening
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-12-31
new Year,s Greeting. Irnunrr 1. Issa.

New Years Greeting, january 1, 1869.
AT this auspicious season, with a new year
opening before us, we desire 10 call the atten-
tion OF the public 10 the establishment of @
hrstscisss Dry Goods and Cloth House, upon
principles tina, we believe will commend them.
selves TO all. We respectfully invite the atten-
tion OF the public TO the following facts:--
Our facilities for conducting business cannot
be surpassed We buy our goods exclusively for
cash, and the advantages secured IN every market
by large cash buyers are too we'll known TO
need comment. We sell our goods only for cash;
therefore. having no losses from selling ON
credit to provide for, we can afford to sell for
small profits
Again. our large business gives us the oppor-
tunity TO buy goods in largo lots. which is a
great advantage, as IL enables us TO deal
directly with man nufacturers and importers,
and thereby save the intermediate profits
which our competitors are obliged TO pay.
Another principle is to keep no oId stock on
hand. The usual custom is TO keep undesirable
goods from season to season TIL purchasers can
be found at about cost prices.
We shall sell undesirable goods at once for
what they will command, wVt0M reference 10