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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-07-31

The Vermont Convention Of Uuiversalists ad-
journed to meet At such time and place AS the
Executive Committee should determine. The
Committee has fxel the place Of the next meet
ing at South Strs,iiorl ON the 18th and 9Th Of
August Each Universast Society in the State
is entitled to one delegate.
The AnDual Session Of the General Convention
Of Uniyersalis,s in the Unitel States Of america,
will be held in the city Of Providence, l.,
commencing Tuesday, Sept. -, 1865.
At the annual convention Of the New Hamp
shire Universalists. Rev. j. F. lowering pre-
sented the congratulations and fraiernal senti-
ments Of the Unitarian, in an appropriate speech,
Parker Pillsbury made the speech Of the occa-
sion. Rev. F. E Kittrilge made a report against
defining the Winchester Confession, which has
answered all the purposes Of the body for sixty
1--WE years. His report came within two voter Of
being adopted
Rev ". R. Alger gave the grafton before the
literary societies Of Tufts College on Wednesday
Of last week
EPISCOPAL
Last Sunday the Righ, Rev Bishop Bissell Of
the Diocese Of Eer1not WAS in Rutland. The rite
of confirmation Wis administered to seven per-
sons ut the church in East Poultney in the morn
ing and in the afternoon he catechised the sun
day School children and preached at Joslin
Hall
Rev. Mr.. Roberts. (Episcopalian) Of Mont
peler, held services Sunday afternoon Ht
g Camp Caspian, in Greensboro
The Rev. George \. Weeks, Rector Of St.
St. Peters church, Paris, Kentucky, preached
two able sermons last Sunday in St Stephens
Church. Middlebury.
MISSIONARY AND MISCELLANEOUS.
The American Board are sending out an unu-
sual number Of missionaries these days. On
the 9th inst, Rev Mr.. Thompson sailed Tor Pc
kin. China; on the llth, the Rev. Messrs Bur
bank and Knapp, with their families, returnei
to Central Turkey. accompanied by four young
ladies', who 20 out assistants at different mis-
sions-the Misses Ely, Miss Tracy and Miss
Dean: and on the Sth and 10Th Of next month,
the Rev. NJ P. Parmelee and family, Rev J. L
Pierce and wife, and Rev. X. VI Cole and VIE,
accompanied by Miss Van Duzee, and the Rev
C. II. wheeler's family, accompanied by Miss
Parmelee and Mis- Baker, are expected also 10
sail for their respective fields Of labor
The receipts of the Board for June have ad-
vanced sl2, ,56l upon those Of the same month
last year The balance against the treasury on
the ist Of July was sSi, ,745. 1t IS the earnest
wish Of the Prudential Committee TO extinguisn
this debt before Sept. lst (when the financial
wear closes. \ and also meet the current exPendi-
lures Of July and August, which are expected
10 he large. To do this, it is supposed that
500. 900 in donations and legacies will be
needed.
A correspondent Of the Pres6yteriaa, writing
from Beirut, speaks most favorably Of the efh-
cheney Of the Syrian Protestant College, and espe-
cially Of its medical department Z" site for the
permanent buildings Of the College. has been
purchased and it is hoped that, when an effort
Is made to collect bulding-fund, the friends Q.
education in the East will lend helping hand
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-07-31

The father of Rev, Wu-aw Packard was one
Of the shay Rebellion men. and after the dis
rer-ion ~ this band ct -e-e-~ioni--~ De feel with
q brother 20 ,he - trecu Mountains" locating
iu Wilmington
Rev. Wu-law P4cslrl va- ordained To We
Gospel ministry iu the barn Of Chapman swift
E-q. there being uo church building within yc
limits II the town 20 rilt reliUl
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-07-31
A Chapter of Early History.

now THEY SETTLED 4 MINISTER IN WILMINGTON
The early records of the town Of Wilmington,
Vt, contain the following bit of history showing
how the town settled minister eighty odd years
ago at a sallery" of thirty pounds paid in
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-10-30
A Lion at Large.

Considerable alarm was caused few
days ago at Nottingham. England, by the
escape of lion from Mr.. Wilmington S
menagerie, which is exhibiting in the She
ington New Market during the Goose-fair
holidays. It appears that early in the
afternoon, Metani the African lion hunter,
was parading full grown puma, Or South
American lion (which is considered harm
less) on the stage outside the establish
ment, when the animal caught sight of a
dog held by a lad in the crowd. Breaking
away from Metani it sprang off the stage
on the dog and killed it almost instantly
The people fed in all directions, and the
puma, seeing another dog at short dis
lance off, rushed at it and dispatched it as
quickly as it had done the first. Metani
here succeeded in securing the animal,
which was led back to the menagerie with
the dead dog in its mouth. Some difficulty
was experienced in opening the animals
jaws to get the dog away. Strange to say
the lad who held the dog first killed es-
capped unhurt, nor did any other person re-
ceiyo injury
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-10-30
The Caroltna Farmer

This new North Carolina Magazine,
under the editorial control of Mr.. ". 81.
Bernard, of this city, hasFmade its appear
ance, and we congratulate the editor and
publisher both as to the literary and typo
graphical merits of The Farmer
Judging from the initial number, Tile
Carolina Farmer will deserve the liberal
patronage Of our people. No farmer should
be without a monthly periodical upon sub
jects relating to his branch of business
There is not number issued from which
he does not receive ten times the value of
the yearly subscription in profitable and
practical information. Let The Carolina
Farmer receive 1.-THE of the patronage it
deserves, and it's success and usefulness is
established at once.
The contents of the November number
are varied, embracing editorials and selec-
tions of much value. The subscription
price is but So per annum. Address w.
Fl. Bernard, Wilmington, N. G.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-10-30

from the Council Bluffs Iowa. Democrat, Oct. Is
A Horrible Tragedy-Sa,s Sequel to a Ter
rIble Crtme-A Murderer Comm 1ts Sui.
eide.
Our readers will remember of the murder
of Miss Kate Jordan by one William Kidd,
which occurred last spring in Grant county,
Wisconsin. It is not strange that such a
hideous crime should have bloody ter
mination, as the following will show to
have had
Kidd was captured last week in the
western part OF Minnesota, when he was
brought to this city, en- route to Wisconsin
for trial. On Tuesday last the party hay
ing him in charge, started with his
prisoner via the Chicago and North
western, on the evening train
A berth in a sleeping car was provided for
the prisoner, where he remained all night,
from the time he left this city until the
train was near Boone in the morning,
when he was discovered IN dying condi-
ton from the effects of strychnine which
he had taken. He confessed his crime,
that he was the murderer of Miss Jordan !;
that his only object in so doing was that he
loved her. which attachment she did not
reciprocate that he had often and unsuc-
cessfully pressed his suit, and that he had
1CSOlN0ll W AAiA Iti IdtuoI Gudu tiItU she
should marry another, and had carried his
purpose into execution.
Since the murder he confessed to having
been very unhappy, and wandered through
the States of Iowa and Nebraska, and
thence into the Territories of Wyoming,
Dacotah and Colorado, and had returned
to the western part of Minnesota, and was
engaged in trapping with man named
John Robinson when he was captured by
Mr.. Frank Winship. who, taking the trail
at Grant county, Wisconsin, had tracked
and followed him through all his wander
ings until he WAS cornered at Okalena
Greek, in Minnesota.
An inquest was held over his body at
Boone, and a verdict returned according
to the above statement of facts.
What fearful lesson of life is this
With what bold, uncomfortable passions
must Kidd have been possessed While we
stand Mortified at the enormity of his crime,
we should remember in charity that it was
not for money, revenge Or baser passion
that it was committed, but (strange
anomaly for love.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-10-30
From the National Intelligcl,
The Israeiite5 i'm the Field.

The wonderful result Of the election in
West Virginia and in NorToIk, Connect
cut, show most infallibly that new elc-
ment of public thought has been aroused,
which has made itself felt in view of the
menaced danger OF success Of RadicaliSIn.
That element, VIC doubt not, is to great
extent the Jewish one, which, however ii
vided in political preferences ordinarily
cannot see prospect of the earl y triumph
of their oppressor, prosecutor, and libeIler
without fearful apprehensions. There are
very many of the jewish race in West Viz
ginia, and in cities like NorWOlk, il Con
necticut.
The prescriptions, and prosecutions, anu
punishments, and wrongs done by Radi-
calls to native white men in West Virginia.
of which Jews are witnesses, cannot but re-
call the sufferings of their own race under
persecution, besides, perhaps, indicating
the terrible woes that may be IN store foI
them such as those of which English his.
tory has so much Of horrible record. Dis
coursing upon this general subject, the st.
Louis Times says:
''There are four or five hundred thou
sand Hebrew voters in the United States.
In recent local elections they have mani
tested not the slightest interest. It's pro
bable that one-half of the thirty thousand
registered voters in Philadelphia who fall
ed to go to the polls were Hebrews, and
quite half have hitherto voted the Radical
ticket. 1t is absolutely certain that as
many as fifteen thousand Hebrews who did
not vote, or voted for the Radical candi-
dates IN Pennsylvania, will appear in No
vember to adjust accounts with Gen. Grant
If the decadence of Radical strength were
not, as shown in every recent election,
sure, steady, and progressive, the Hebrew
vote of the United States viii certainly cf-
feet the overthrow of the dominant party.
A change of five thousand votes, or an ad
dition of ten thousand, assures us OF victo-
ry in Pennsylvania. If only forty thou
sand votes be added to the strength of our
party in the northern States, the success
of our party is absolutely certain. The
Hebrews alone will give us fourfold this
numbJr of adherents-a voting force, at
least half of which has hitherto augmented
Radical maiorities."
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-10-30

tainly made fine impression upon the peo-
pie of Edgecombe.
The hour being now quite late, it was
announced that other speakers would ad-
dress the procession at night at different
points on the route.
We have no hesitation in pronouncing
the night procession the largest and hnes'
we have ever seen in this State, while 'ne
enthusiasm of the crowd was almost un-
comfortable. Cannons belched forth the
notes of preparation and proclaimed the
moment of departure. Elegant transpa-
rencies of eyerv conceivable shape and
size shed their variegated light upon the
scene and displayed their patriotic en-
blems and notices to add to the enthusl-
asm of the people, while the lurid glare
from thousands of blazing torches lighted
I'D the countenances of the immense
throng. Several of the transparencles were
of immense size and of great artistic skill,
being drawn in wagons prepared for them
Thoproccssion was addressed by MIR. OAR
DEN, of Greene, at Col. Downs residence !;
by Col. JENKINS, of Warren, and Major
GREEN, of Franklin, at the Edgecombe
House; by Maj. DUNHAM, of Wilson, at
DIR. BAKERS by Hon. Asa BIGGs at his
own residence, and by Hon. GEORGE How
ARD, and Maj. ENGELHARD, of Whining
ton, at the residence of the former.
About twelve o'clock at night many OF
the visiting delegations left on the train
amid the cheers of the people and the
booming of cannon. One of the most
pleasing features of the occasion was the
Hook and Ladder Company, under charge
of Captain J. W. GOTTEN, with full ranks
and handsomely uniformed.
Tarboros well-me1ited reputation for
heightened and generous hospitality was
more than sustained, and the ladies, God
bless them, by their tasty handiwork in
adorning the stand, and decorating the ia
bles, and last, but not least, by their lovely
presence and approving smiles, gave to the
occasion that finish and COM
pleteness without which mans best efforts
are naught. God bless those noble peo
pie, say we, and may He, in his own
good time, relieve them from the iniqui-
tous local and State governments under
which they suffer.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-10-30

still to shackle our country, and hoodwlnk
the people with its specious arguments !?
Is that false eloquence which fills the Con-
gress to cloak forever the common sense
of the masses of the Union !? Is that party
to eNtinguish the natural light of reason,
and to pencil out the shadows of unknown
things for the known ? To make the great
Anglo Saxon race of one section of our
country inferior, in political parlance, to
that race which has never ruled with legis-
lative wisdom or forethought the councils
of any section of the habitable globe The
thing is too preposterous to conceive. Yet
the great North to-day is either blind to
this issue, or is so Indifferent to it as to
eschew the topic, dreamily thinking that
it will never be brought to its door.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-10-30
Attention {!

We take the liberty of informing the
people of New Hanover, and OF tho entlre
Lower Cape Fear region, that the people
of Halifax, Edgecombe, Pitt, Wilson and
that whole section are registering with
great promptness and in large numbers
and they intend to vote. They are I'M
awed by the boasts or the strength OF hau
icalism. They are fighting for North Car-
DINA and they have enlisted for tho war.
Come veal or como woe, they intend to dc
their duty.
Shall we defeat them Shall our apa-
thy condemn these people to continue for
wears under the Infamous government
which our indifference and cOwardice has
given to us and them They have arous-
ed themselves to the full Importance of this
election, and they ask us to assist them III
their good work of regenerating the State.
If the people of North Carolina will only
consider the importance of carrying the
State, it can and will be done. LII they
doom Radicalism at the next election,
the lions of the party who now attempt to
frighten timid people by their noise, VIII
roar as gently as sucking dove. Modest,
but enterprising carpet-baggers will seek
more favorable fields of labor, and native
recreants will sink down to the very depths
of social degradation.
Let us be up and doing, and we will win
as we will deserve the guerdon. North Caro-
lima has much to lose and everything to
gain by the result, and the issue is in our
own hands.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-10-30
The Antiquity CT Man.

At a recent meeting of the Chicago AGA.
deny of Science, some interesting facts
were introduced to prove the great an
tiquity of the human race. Deep down in
the Nile, in Egypt, it was stated that the
remains of men had been found, to which
the Pyramids were young. In 1854 Dor
ings were made between Heliopolis and
Memphis. They were carried to the depth
of n feet, and did not pierce through the
Nile mud. At every foot fragments of
pottery were found. The deposits of mud
is calculated to have been two and half
inches in century. The pieces of pot.
terry found at the lowest depths would
thus be $4,000 years old. Compared with
it the Thebes of Homer were modern
During the past season in California, in
the gold drift had been found skeleton
of man covered with three overfiows of
lava. IF true, it carried back the epoch of
the introduction of man to a remoter time
than any Europeans observations. While
there are abundant evidences of glacita-
ton of great parts of this continent these
phenomena were wanting in California as
though the Rocky mountains acted as a
barrier. But glaciers covered vast areas of
the Sierra Nevada and crushed up the
gold strata and carried them down. The
grinding up might be referred to the
glacial period. It was probable that COM
parative tranquility followed those violent
phenomena. The valleys were filed with
mortified drift Those deposits served
mainly as the grave of the fossil elephant,
while the mastedon was found in swamps.
At Natchez there was terrace of sixty
feet, where DR.. Nixon obtained the pei
vic bone of man insermingled with bones
of the mastedon and megatoux.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-10-30
Letter from Hon. John Quincy Adams.

QUINCY, OCJODGI ~ I6O5.
Il. Il. BrOUn, ESq., President jacobson UtDlo-
cratic association Of LooceH q:
DEAR SIR: am very much pleased to receive
from you the intelligence of my election an
honorary member Of your Club, and a;cept the
compliment with great satisfaction. Pray assure
your members of my sensibilitv 81 the honor and
the kindness they have shown me, and assure
need we have in these days of q little good stout
Jacksonian Democracy. have just como from q
country where they feel the benefits and bless
lngs OF the reconstruction lawg-the Radical con-
stitution and if l ever needed anything to inten-
sfy my devotion to the supreme law OF the
Fathers, fouhd it there. Ii our friends only
knew what curse it is to be reconstructed"
they would never slack their struggle until the
Union restored to every State, and the inefa-
BILE blessings of the old constitution secured to
every man, no matter if he is white or was sc re-
bel" Yours truly,
TOUS
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-10-30
The Public Debt,

We desire to call attention to the able
ject of the public debt. published this
morning. 1t is concise history of the ex-
penditures of the government, and demon
strates most forcibly the inevitable ruin
which stares US in the face, unless the pre-
sent expenses of the government are cur
tailed. This letter exhibits this important
question in different aspect from any
which we have seen, and his conclusions
are irresistible. We trust every taxpayer
in the country will give it his earnest at
tention. Surely men will not, from politi-
cal or sectional prejudices, sacrifice their
own interest and the material welfare of
the country,
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-10-30
IIOratiO Seymour.

We publish another Of Governor SEY-
MoUR's soul stirring speeches. Wherever
be goes, and wherever he speaks, new en-
thusiasm is inspired, and the Democratic
masses are invigorated to renewed exer-
tons. He seizes the real and live issues
of the campaign and his labors will have
an important effect upon the result.
At Chicago, where the speech we pub
lish this morning was delivered, he was
greeted by seventy-fivo thousand persons.
Other eminent gentlemen from New York,
Illinois and Indiana, including among the
latter Senator HENDRICKS and Hon. d. w.
VOORHEES,, also spoke. He remained over
Sunday in Chicago and departed for In
dianapolis. The following telegram is
from the members Of his party:
CHICAGO October 81.
Hon. S, u. lUden, Is Grdnneercy Park, ". Y:
Unbounded enthusiasm wherever we go. The
people are thoroughly aroused, and determined
to throw off the yoke Of despotism and the crush
ing weight of unnecessary and intOlera Bile taxa
ton If the same fire burns everywhere. success
is certain, and with it all the blessings Of the
Constitution and real pea to every part of our
land.
FRANCIS HERMAN,
SANFORD E. CHURCH,
WILLIAM WILLIAMS.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-10-30
Colonel A, A. Mickey.

This gallant gentleman, our candidate
for Congress, is now about closing his long
and arduous canvass of this Congressional
District. He has borne our standard with
dignity and marked ability. Wherever he
has had the chance to meet his opponent,
he has routed him, horse, foot and dra-
COON, and Col. DoCKERY has taken as much
pains to keep out of his way as CO... Nc
Koy has been anxious to meet him.
Our candidate, by his ability, his energy
and his patriotism has deserved, as he will
receive, the hearty and undivided support
of the intelligent and virtuous people of
the District. There is no one who has
borne himself more unexceptionably-no
whose attachments better qualify him for
the high position for which he is candi-
date-none whose political and personal
record recommend him more highly to the
confidence and support of our people
Nominated by the largest and most respec-
table Convention ever assembled in the
District, unawed by the overwhelming ma
jority against the party at the last election,
he has claims upon us which entitle him to
our active support. His own merits and
labors but render the debt more obligato-
nv. We feel that there is not Democrat
in the District who will not use every hon.
orable effort to secure his election. Let
us give him such support as he deserves
and as we can give him. He has worked
for our welfare during the entire cam
paign. Let US work for him on the day of
the election.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-10-30

Wishes of ladies: First, husband; Sec
ond, fortune; third, baby; fourth, trip
to Europe; fifth, better looking dress
than any Of the neighbors; sixth, to be
well buttered with fattery; seventh, to
have nothing to do in particular; eighth, to
be handsome, which is sometimes common
dable, since to be plain or less is defect;
ninth, to be thought we'll of, which is also
commendable, except it be from those
whose opinions are worthless; tenth, to
make sensation; eleventh. to attend we'd
dings; twelfth. to be always considered
under 80
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-10-30
A Fox Story

The Fredericksburg Herald has the
following fox story:
William Sullivan, of Stafford county, IN
forms US that he was out hunting on
Saturday last. and discovering a gray
fox. pulled trigger and brought him down.
On going to the spot, Mr. Sullivan dis
covered that two persimmon trees ran up
from a common root, being very close at
the point from whence they terminated -
The fox had doubtless fallen from the lar
ger persimmOn tree, some time before
it may have been q week or month prey
iously-as one of his legs was irritrievably
fastened between the two young sclons-
He must have been in this uncomfortable
fix for some time, as he had deliberately,
gone to work and had eaten the foot and
leg of his fastened limb up to the second
Joint in an attempt to free himself. But
pluck wouldn't save him. The stores
th at we have heard of eating themselves
out of traps is thus corroborated.