Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-07-03
Drs0ca.1Ic sotDu.s' AND sAnoss' ooxvrs-

se7eihDieu AT Montpelier on Tuesday last. anf
elected delegates as follows:
Delegates at lGrge.-.,en. W. +. Smith. 81
Albans; Gen. II. Stouehton. BelI w.
palis Col. T. o. Cole, Bennington Col D.
NJ D. Hyde, Isle La Mott; Copt. E. W. Car.
Ter Brat'ieboro; Lieut. Warren Dunton,
Dorset Lieut.. Geo. W. Bridgman, Hard
wick.
Delegates from First Congressional lis.
Tld'-Capt. Charles Clark, Rutland Quar-
termaster E. II. Fiaeld, HydevilIe.-Aher-
agtes.-- Lieut.. Frank Tilson. No. hfeld :;
Lieut. JAS. H. Wiswell, Castleton.
Delegates from Second Congressional Drs-
r'd.-Lleut Warren Williams, Chester ::
Col. r. Il. Butterfeld, Rockingham.-Aher-
lafes.-Lieut. Merrill Hodgkins. Warisboro 3:
Capt. {. p. Stone, Brattleboro.
/ D'legGfes from Third Congressional Dis
/ tr'd- Major Charles Shattuek. sheldon
capt. John ID. Sheridan, Shoreham.-Aker-
Hates-Capt. d. g. Kenniston. Derby
Lieut.. Matt. H. Guilder, Georgia.
We suppose it is asking too much O. trese
Soldiers, to remember that it was Genera
Frank Pierce who wrote to jeff Davis that if
civil war came the fighting should begin in
the streets of our Northern cities that at
the Chicago Democratic Convention Of 1864
the resolution drawn by Vallandigham. as
sertlng the war to be failure. was made
part Of the party declaration of faith that
one leading Democrat said the Country was
- tired and sick Of calls for more men -
at another asked, '' Isn't it time at this
internal war should stop" that ;. ;. Cox
said Z at - Lincoln and Davis ought to be-
brought TO the same block together" that
Emerson Etheridge asked, Who Is III,
worst traitor, Jefferson Davis or Abraham
Linsoln?' that Horatio Seymour. then Gov
ern0r Of New y 1ork. scarcely yeiled bis threats
against the enforcement of tn draft. in VII
ting to the President. that the New York
Ledder, and other Democratic journals, men
aced the Government with resistance if il
persisted in raising men by draft to serve
with our veterans in the army AMI that
James Brooks cried, .. No more fighting:
fighting will never restore the Union. Yet
t ese are the men whom they must act with
at the New York Convention.
The EIGHT HouR SYSTEM for labor was up
before the L. ;. Senate for consideration IN
Wednesday. on a bill Of only one section. PR
viding that eight hours shall constitute le-
gal days work for aIl persons in the employ
Of the United States Government 4 lively
discussioa aro-e. the .em1crats E,oring the
bull, with Mr. Wilson Of Massachusetts. and
Others of the Republicans opposing it,
Mr.. Morrill, Of Vermont believed thi, bill
was an attempt ro obtain votes. and to degrade
the workingnen by deIriying them of the
privilege of making contracts for their labor
for whatever amount Of time and money thev
chose. The workingmen woull anI that 4,
injured them, and thi, would prevent the
measure from resulting to the advantage of
any political party.
Mr.. Fessenlcn said the plain question was
whether the Government should pay 20 per
-ent more than Is paid by private parties.
For there il no competition in Government
work, and workmen will refuse to he hned
,xcept at the highest rates. while they will
work less time Il viii b, soon seen whether
Is much work j. accomplished as heretofore.
n whether it i not a, Mr. Morrill, saws, an
ttempt to catch yote--for the Democratic
.arty.
We have no faith in the practical good re-
ult of attempting to fix BY law the rate Of
wages. The States that have tried it have
-et found NJ benefit. that we have heard of.
SE' SERrENT IN LAKE MAGoG.-A CORES
ondent of the Newport Express claims to
ave seen a serpent on Monday, as follows
60 To-day, myself toge her with some eight or
IN other persons distinctly saw what bore a fac
imile 0fa huge black serpent, not more than
twenty-five rods distant from Us. lie made his
ppearnce at three different times, and within
distance OF twenty rods from where we first
iw him. | am aware that snake stories art
cry prevalent now-a-lay, many Of which are
urely fictitious. but the actual sight Of this
lonster can be youched for by US
The Editor Of the Express saws
So Jus. a. soon As wecan md time, we are 90
L out to catch that snaik ' Who safaid -
And he gives the facts of the appearance,
reported, thus
Three or four gentlemen while sitting on the
,acious piazza Of Nr Buck hotel the Mem
lremagog House, on Monday forenoon last, saw
ar the bridge ,uite commoton on the sur
ce fthe water. Huge bubbles and circles of
am disclosed an unusual agitation and attract
the attention of the aforesaid individuals,
ho onderei what cou be the cause Of his
ngular phenomenon. Soon a huge. back rid
VI, undulating mass appeared amidst the foam.
owing in a suake-like manner and then
ddenly disappearing. The gaze Of all was
w directed to the spot, anxious to see if
iother exhibition would be vouchsafei Nor
As their curiosity disappointed. The same
am, the same moving scaly ridges, as if some
onster was propeing itself through the water
ain were revealed. This time the surface OF
e object seemed to be some even or eight
It in length, and then it disappeared, appa-
ntly swimming away down the lake. So
any gentlemen this sight, and the story
ID Is 50 identical in allit parts, that we are
ally disposed to place some confidence in he
ridiculed story Of a sea-serpent or lake
rpent in the waters Of Memphremagog
REuPRocuy.- Senator Ramsey, Of Mime
Ia. introduced into the Senate on Saturday
bill substantially to revive the old Recip-
rity Treaty between the United States and