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The Late Hon. Thaddeu> stevens.

The telegraph annoupc ed Welnesia s the death
Of Ha-- Thaddeus Stevens Of Pennsylvania. lie
had be,n for a lor- time i'll, and 81 death some
months since oud not have hsca a surprise.
IuIeel, It s. emci for more the > months as if
h.s iron vii alone kept the - man alive, and
several. times it has been .epoJ Tel that he was
y tse point of death
NJ Stevens Vs. Nerno uter 10y birih. bonn
III P,.chsta. V.1i,t.u-, Co. Alril 4, 1893. UI
conso,ucs5,. ~ hi, 10Th year, ut hi, death. He
wa. t.. " yc,ra student iu ne University ut Yer
n,nt but LEFT that insti'uiion and graduated
Il Dartmouth in lsl4. . nj Immediately removed
to Pennsylyania, whir.n State l,ecare henceforth
his home He set ed permanently at Lancaster
IN 1872. lie W : four times elected to the Penn
-yyania Leg ..iature, in 1854, 1850, 1887 and
1870 an'. in lsis was elected to Congress from
tue Mn n District lie was reelected two years
after wards to the XAXIInd Congress, again TO the
Y.HXVth from which time he served eontinu-
ously to the day Of his death, nearly clever
YEAR. His last election to the Nth Congress
was by large majority over his Democratic OF
ponent.
Hi- position as chairman Of tie special com
mittee on Reconstruction has brought him ever
more prominently before the public than eve
before, and only his bodily infrmities preyente'
his taking more active part than he did. a
one Of the managers Of the impeachment tra
last spring. He had been several times Chairman
Of the Committee of Ways and Means, and serve
also On other important committee
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-08-14

As You LIKE lr.-The accounts of the siilit4u
riots in Texas exhibit charming instance Of the
impartiality Of correspondents, where any poll
teal or party matter is concerned. We are first
alarmed by the thrilling narrative Of a general
rise Of black against white. Texas in arms
Though no one doubts that, numbers killed on
both sides, negroes eutrenched and finally dis
persed by the military. Then come other ac-
aggressors, the poor blacks merely endeavoring
to defend themselves. But just as our emotions
Of pity and indignation are fairly aroused, fur
Their and equally reliable accounts reach Us,
affirming the white population to be in daily
danger of their lives, that no man dares walk
alone at MONDAY lest he be devourel by some
enfranchsed and caunibal Niger; and as to the
rioters, they intended nothing less than the
utter determination Of all the white inhabitants.
To this is added dreadful picture Of heaps Of
bodies, so covered with blood as to be scarcely
distinguishable, fostering in the woods adjacent
to the village
This is very horrible, OF course, if we could be-
lieve it but military gentleman being sent
officially to investigate the affair, reports it
moonshine, or little more than that. He tells Us
a triAing and totally unprecedented ARRAY took
place between a few blacks and whites. and
while many of the latter were wounded he could
learn of no more than two negroes being killed.
This allows us to breathe, or to grow indignant
at the hoax, when Mondays Tribune throws US
back to our first state of inquietude by report
from Texas paper, which fercely asserts the
unhappy Ethiopians to have been driven like
lambs to the slaughter, that man named Halli-
day melted his neghbors to butcher them and that
the victims did no more than livery naturally
run away.
The Bureau Agent gave the white men liberty
to do as they pleased, and about fifty or sixty
inofensiye colored people were mastered in
different parts of the county, wherever they were
met by the bloodthirsty rebels Where shall We
put our faith-who believe?
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Defend Nothing.


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'"-' N'i''' men,
'"7! 'i''l are 'SN''' .' ~ ~
from the mucous 'e''i' 'i 'i'e parry anu
candidates by seeking 10 o'aeAen 'l.Se 'I 'ne''
opp neniS- The etndida'es upon 'ne hePu'"-
can ticket arc both i.lu-trlouS men, ana entitled
To '"' ''Si'1' '' ''''' ''-''
public ser'iees-'he one III eoininAii' 'I our
armies IA the field and the other as the Spe'Aef
Of the House OF Representatives. These are the
men who are 60 be abused Records are to be
garhled, false charges invented, calumnies piled
up against them, because the Democratic record
and candidates are entirely indeteusible.
seymour has been fairly convicted of compli-
city IN the awful draft riot in New York city,
and a, the Democrats are asked to 8. defend
nothiug.' it Is a tacit admission Of the justice
Of this charge. He has been proven to have op-
posed the coercion Of the rebel States at the out
set. and to have openly preferred the rebel con-
s;i,utiou to our own. Against this no defence
has been made, and none can he. He has been
convicted Of duplicity in leading Chase to be
heye that his purpose was to nominate him for
President, and then allowing himself to be made
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If man sbould understand these delicate agents
in human nature. The artist who would pro
duce upon the canvass the form Of every animal,
must first study its anatomy. The orator works
upon u spiritual organism OF most delicate ad-
justment, but irregular working. He is requlr-
ed to mould this organism, and make II subser-
Went to his own will. How can he do this II
ignorant Of its constitutions. The ancient rheto-
ricians understood this A large portion Of their
works was always devoted to an analysis Of the
human mind Demosthenes and Cicero were
great masters Of this art, because they recognized
this principle.
:. The orator. says Tacitus, ''must hold the
rein, of his hearers minds Modern orators
and teachers always admit this fact.
How shall this knowledge be acquired, The
first step Is a knowledge Of SELF 1t was the
knowledge of himself, acquired by reflection,
that made Socrates 80 learned in knowledge OF
mankind However men may differ in particu-
lars. there is a final and wonderful resemblance
between their minds The orator may also ac-
auire much ACQUAINTANCE with human nature ~
observation From the great moving train OF
humanity a person may learn many and album
dant lessons He mingles with them learn,
their different tastes, and soon finds that he can
talk with them in their own language.
Admirable as these two methods are, there Is
another and more important way to study human
nature This is to study man IN books. Here
we have man already dissectei and open To- our
inspection. The Iliad Of Homer contains more
complete picture of human nature than can be
learned from any one character in the world.
In their delineations Of humanity consists the
value of classic authors Chaucer was great
portrayer Of human nature.
But in literature Shakespeare is the great
master Of the human passions. AlmostintuitNely
he pierces the human heart, and marshals ITS
passions into his service. He was completely at
home in every phase Of character. The tragedy
Of Macbeth displays a wonderful knowledge OF
the workings of the human conscience The
Apo-tes-Paul in particular-are remarkable
for the adaptation Of their language to the minds
Of their hearers They were great masters NJ the
oratorical art, and contemporary critics even
cla,sed them with Demosthcnes. and the other
pagan orators. But We find the power To- move
men ia the greatest degree in Him "who spake
I as never man spake 80 He was the embodiment
Of the perfect orator. Let It be our aim, what
ever be our sphere, 10 strive TO lead men To duty
and virtue Never were there greater lucite-
ments To- seek this power Of oratlry than are now
offered Ia the young men of thi- Republic
The speaker made what seemed TO "a, an uu-
necessarily long depression to convince his hear
er, of Shakespeare great knowledge of human
nature The day has gone by when much effort
is needed for thi--especially before College
Society 1t looks like trans with the inte.H-
gence of the audience.
Dr. Fisk is a pleasant speaker, and his dis
course contained many excellent suggestions for
the young men of the Society.
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Connty Nomination..

For Senator's,
Z. K. HARD, Burlington.
T. B. GREEN, Richmond.
g. b. HALBERT, Essex.
For assistant Juigrs,
"a. SSH J. MORSE, Bolton.
lIH WRIGHT .Wlliston.
For Ja3ye Of Probate
TORREY Z. WALES, Burlir gton-
For States attorney.
aANIEL ROBERTS, Burlington.
For Sheriff.
DIN c. GRIFFIN, Williston.
For High B1iiF
JOSEPH BARTON. Charlotte.
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MnuIEBrEY. August llth
rain storm which set in this noon threatens
eriou.'y iampeu the interest in the proc'eI-
NJ, f Commencement, which j. the great day
the vear in this borough \ much smaller
urHer of Alumni than usual is present. Among
hem We notice Rev. Dr. Charles Walker Of Pitts
..ri. one Of the Oldest graduates, and Rev. Drs.
B.,rlm,n Of Binehamtou, ny. Clement Of
Woodstock. and Wickham Of Manchester. The
hotel, are already crowded and every train
brings fresh arrivals.
i large audience greeted Ralph Waldo Emerson
re the Philomathesian Society this morning
4 impossible of course to do him justice IN
,ef report. but We will endeavor to give an idea
&C biz address.
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CAMPAIGN NOTES.
James Gordon Bennett, Jr., manages the New
York Herald on board his yacht Hence the
politics of the paper are all at sea


and a william.
An ..enthu-ustic'' Democrat IN Indiana has .
pnblielv announced that he will support Frank .
Blair. Notwithstanding he had said he would
rather sleep with Niger than Democrat
No democratic papers. as far as We have seen .
have lately rcpublishel speech of General Blair
once delivered in St Louis. which has passed
into history and become famous, in which he
remarked Go in, Fiunegln- 80
Iti- freely admitted by numbers Of tine Presi-
dent. political friends, that he manifests no
SIGNS of enthusiasm for the democratic ticket,
hut on tine contrary causes its earnest supper
tiers much anxiety on account Of his coldne~-
towards ii.
The Herafd. in giving good advice to the IN
d.neo9eaf. says. ..Pray, Theodore, do not JOIN
the Democrat; party, for you might become Us
candidate .Don't trouble yourself, dear Mr.
Bennett replies Theodore Tilton. ''Got bless
Won. but your candidate cannot be-
The quick passage Of Francis ?. Blair, Jr.'
through Yale College "a little less than year,
/. now explained He was expelled from
that college and also from Princeton for miseoI-
Jr.+ He afterwards catered the University Of
North Carolina. and left before graduating, to
avoid expulsion. All these facts are Eouchea Tor
DE- Go. Swain. President OF the la-J named IN
stitutiou.
PHI siblev. the member Of the Californian
Democratic State Committee who has renomeed
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Speaking of the Henry rife, he says:-Ihe
Henry rife has carried of the principal prizes
offered for breech-loaders, and it is therefore
hailed as the most perfect breech-loader of the
day. 1t combines in an eminent degree the
three great attributes of military breech-loader
absolute safety, rapdity of firing, and aeeu-
racy.
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ADDISON PIECE testified 90 being called in 10
appraise damages committed by the horses of
one BaLh, (Gilmau's unclel ou Iila Pumley-
land Bllch was intoxicated and wanted so fight
Butterfly The latter declined 90 hight and the
parties shook hands, and Butterfly agreed TO go
for pint of rum and treat all hands He didn't
return at once and the appraisers started for
home, and had got oft some distance when the
firing occurred
Dr. Geo. !. CROWLEY testified that he saw the
body Of John Gilman. Jr.; also dressed the
wound, on the leg of John Gilman, ST. on the
night Of the l~t of August; Gilman. lr., was
dead examined the wound in his Left side and
found il sufficient TO produce death 10 aa, two
inches directly back Of the left breast nearly di.
rectly through he'body WAS ID tritie more than
two inches in diameter the heart OF deceased
was exposed and must have been struck by the
shot the left lung was torn through and the
casing Of the heart torn off the wound
in the leg Of Gilman, ST., was produced
bv shot fired from pistol the bullet entered
the leg about four inches above the ankle on the
inside. passed over an angle Of the bone Of the
Leg, and out on the opposite side. hlttening in
its course ; the bullet was found in Gilman's
stocking.
DANIEL BALcH, testified / reside in Shrews-
bury, ten miles from Rutland; part of my farm
is south Of Ziba Plumley's lot my brother
Israel told me they had gone up to make the
appraisal, when Napoleon Quarter, myself and
Abraham VIM went up the road; it was be
tween and : O'Clock; on reaching the road
discovered John Gilman, Sr., seated by the
roadside; in about half an hour, Mr.. Gilman
spoke and SAID he would 20 home, and asked
Arthur if he would not 20 up and tell his son
John Gilman, Jr., to come down, soon saw John
Gilman, Jr., and the boy coming from the corn
field, toward the highway, next saw Ziba
and Horace Plumley, Frei C. Plumley and
Abraham Squires coming up the road from the
direction of Ziba's residence; Ziba was on horse
back and the rest on foot; when they reached
the bar-way, near the fight, they went over into
the field; Horace had a gun in his hand and
/ Frederick a pitchfork they were ten or fifteen
/ rods distant from where | was standing; | could
I plainly see everything was done; when they
entered the field young Gilman was approach
/ ing them; Horace Plumley went toward John
! Gilman, Jr., with the gun, when words ensued,
after which G. seized it by the barrel and
I pushed it away; at this time Fred. approached
Gilman with the pitchfork; don't know whether
he struck Gilman with the pitehfork or not;
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The Montreal Ga=ette says that the finances
of the Dominion are now in so favorable a posi-
ton as to enable the Government to pay off the
whole of its unfunded debt-including the large
balance it had borrowed from the Bank of Mon
treal
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-08-14

Mr.. Emerson, subject was 3" The Heroic
~-iollr.'' True scholarship, he said, Is hero
Ism The man profound wisdom and of great
..-.vements in letters IL ever man Of great
ifse. He is content with hard fare and
... nat shrink from seclusion. He lives in his
...rk Thi. is the highest form Of heroi-m.
3, rry man has an organic faculty in him to do
..uetbinr. The greatest men in history are
So who permit this faculty to develop itself
N,poleon. Luther Lycurgus, followed their own
.,turss Cs,sl said of Raleigh that he % could
,.il terribly The highest duty OF the schoIar
q. NOT 10 be idle. Every man will at some time
.uperauous. The poetry Of even Homer and
Milton will one day be but tin pans Their
music will be mere useless rafting The man OF
lent maintains his opinion against the multi
,ule of sbouters. Our manners are commensurate
mere uniformity, but we sometimes meet an
,-f,,nol man. We should educate our percep-
tons to appreciate the deity that Is IN man
Great men look below the surface lie does not
wish Won to tell him the persons you know, nor
the books YOU have read. He wishes to ind that
ut from the superiority Of your conversation
lie prefers the book which conyicts him, not that
n sootbes or fatters him. Heroic men never
ug. forth their whole abilities. One OF Dr.
= hnson's bographers says whatever ne did
rned so much below what he could do. that he
aopeared 10 be idle The speaker commended
d. johnson to the young men of the Society rs
4 character to be studied. He represented the
robust, Independent Christian Englishman-the
true heroic scholar. No man so bad, but has
some good in him. Dean Swift affected wees
which he did not have, so much did he despise
hypocrisv How foolish the dissatisfaction one
frequently hears expressed at lack Of fine people
N any Mace. Where there is not society, make
THE true botanist finds flower. between the
plvement stones. The true secret Of the scholar
is ;hs-every man you meet is your master in
so.-ething, and in that you must learn Of him.
There is an unconscious brotherhood Of scholars.
The great man is he who feels his close relation
20 the whole human race. The address was lis
tened to with close attention.
The baccalaureate sermon was preached Sun
day by President Kitchel, to a very full house, at
the Congregational Church His subject was the
parable Of the talents, and his discourse was a
practical one, showing that the three great ele-
ments Of success are decision, diligence, and
singeness of aim.
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4 Chapter in the History of the War.


On the 4'h Of July, 1868, when Horauo Sey-
mour was derisiyey asking New York mob
Where are the victories that were promised
u.s." General Grant was receiving the surren-
Jo,. of Vi.lspIrr md Of the Nlississippi. after
one oi the most SAliiloI caniPuens j" "'9'''Y
on the 18th President Lincoln wrote to him the
f.ll.,.,,,,. l.t+or.
Wy DEAR VtNtEAL'-l NO HyI
ti'i you ah' ever met PEI
TINS now As a grateful ACKNOWLEDGEMENT '"' ','
almost hesumaole service you nav "oii ~, 'l9
country. ! write 20 say a word further "hen
YOU first reached the Ncinity OF NlcAsourS l
thought You should do what you hnally I'D
march the troops across the neck, run me nat
torie- with the transports ana thus 60 ptio"i
and | never had any faith, except a general hope
that you knew better than l. that the 1azoo rasS
expedition and the Ike could succeed. When
You got below and took Port Gibson, Grand
|li- ana Ni1inI'y; , Go. alJ ~
wy, t,,,.ol -t,y-s.i east If the Bic Black.
feared il was a mistake. now wish to make
the nersonal ACKNOWLEDGMENT that You were
RIGHT and was wrong.
oYours truly.
= A LINCOLN
W.. c.. ,-... ,,+o,;,., ,,,,or .b. srol and
"i'h "''''i' wa Jpn ''' '-'-''' ANA
triumphant campaign, the President wrote to
him as follows on the 3Oth April, 1864:
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The suit which has just been Ie..l.I ......
the CniteI States in tie French civil c.r-.. -.
VOWEL about % million Of our money In oil ..,
from its importanae and the rer9,..... .e.-
counsel engaged, II must take rank ,..r..s.,
celebrated causes. The suit v,. t-...,....',,
Bigelow, when Minister 70 80
Nessr-. Arman IS Co.. ship57r1.--
the balance Of certain money. .t...
ceivcd from the sale Of war .-......
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KENTUCKY ELEcTIoN-The Democrats claim
10 have carried Kentucky az the election last
week Monday, by about fifty Thousand ma
jority Before the election took place they count
Ell on one hundred thousand majority at least
The political machinery OF the state j. entirely
under the control and at the disposal Of the
Democrats, and there are hundreds and thou
sands Of Union men in the state who do not take
part in the elections for fear ofrer-onal violence
from the rebel sympathizers.
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The Shrewsbury Homicide.

The examination In tie case Of the Piumelys.
charged with the uilful shooting and killing Of
John Gilman, Jr., IN Shrewsbury, gn the 18th
inst opened at Rutland on Mondhy afternoon.
States Attorney Fisher, and b. T. Nicholson
appeared 'r the State, and G.. H. Joyce, and f.
Edgerton, for the respondents These are Horace
R. Piumley, aged -, who fired the fatal shot,
Zibl Plumey, asei 81, Frederick Piumley, aged
Is. and George Butterfly, aged 30. all farmers.
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MR.. SMITHS SPEECH.

Mr.. Smith thanked the Convention in cour-
teous terms for the corlialty of their reception,
and for the high honor they had done him in re-
nominating as Representative Of this District.
1t was a compliment Of which any VermOnter,
or any man might be proud. He would not
take up their time with any extended remarks.
There was need for him to enter into discus
sion of the great principles which underlie the
Republican party. They were well known and
fully appreciated by every member of this intel
ligent body. Nor was it necessary to discuss
the weichty issues of the hour-in which we all
feel so vital an Interestingly are too near and
too pressing to be forgotten. Nor need he re-
hearse for their approval the acts Of the men
who are the worthy opponents of our princi-
pies. Those principles so dear to us all, are
destined still to prevail till they govern this con-
tinent, and eventually the world. Those prin-
ciples found expression in the Declaration of In
dependence and in the Constitution they un-
derlie our free government; they are inherent
in our Republican institutions, and they must
and will prevail.
The issues of the present campaign are few
and simple The issues of the War are the
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DR.. FIsK's ADDRESS.

The address opened with graceful allusion
to the object Of the Society to fit its members to
move men. To persuade men is the object of
oratory, and knowledge of human nature, is
absolutely essential to the highest cultivation Of
this art
As it is necessary that the orgsnist should un-
derstand the construction Of his instrument, so
he whose business it j. to play upon the passions