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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-06-17

health and life with every odorous breath.
She found aunt Hattie very we'll, for her, and
ready with a cordial welcome. BY her low
coucb Rachel sat and told to sympathizing
ear the story which she would not add to her
mothers carcs,--of her own great WEAKNESS
and dissatisfaction at her life, and learned as
she had often learned before from hose lips
paled by suffering, that even out OF evil might
be brought good.
At three they had dinner aud supper to-
rcther, and the little table held many good
things for both eye and mouth. Then there
were many messages to be given, and some
secd.cakcs and apples put up for the home
ones. so that the sun was sinking low in the
west when Rachel stopped for her good night
Kiss.
81 am so glad you could come said aunt
Hattie
81 10 so glad could, too. | feel hun.
drcd r. cent. better aud stronger"
abe the short path" called aunt Hattie
az her. sit is good waking;" and Rachel
crawlei through the bars, into the short cut
through the woods The coming Of night
was bringing keen, singing breeze, that
sent the snow in sudden furrics through the
air, and Rachel walked fast to escape the
chill She had come nearly to the Travelled
road again, when her eye caught in the dusk
mess Of the wood bri ght object by the side
of the path. She stopped, then stepped aside
and brushed the snow from it, aud there was
a sled and partly under it a child Quick as
thought Rachel lifted him up, aud recognized
the face of Lisle Archer, whom she had seen
many times with his father, at the factory.
"Wake up, wake up, Lsle !" she screamed
in her terror, for she thought at first he was
dead But he was not and only muttered,
" | am so sleepy" 1t was many minutes be-
fore he was aroused enough to be willing TO
sit on the sled and have Rachel draw him.
How came you here, Lsle ?" she asked
at last, when they were in the beaten track,
and her swift steps hurrying them near the
village.
{" I hung my sled on big sled with horses,
and rode ever so far; then my rope broke
and man went on, and was all alone in the
woods tried not to cry, but grew fraided
and did Just little, for | was cold, too but
then it got warmer, and got sleepy so
said, Now, lay me, and put my sled over
me, and looked nap,-that's ALL"
That is all thank God, thought RAJ
chcl. 3" 1t might have been so different
We will not go home with Lisle and RAJ
chel. You can imagine the meeting Only
when, the child safely in his crib, papa and
mamma sat again in the pleasant room, Mr..
Archer taking the Bible, read q" Charity
sccketh not her own" and looking into the
fair face Of his wife, added,-"yet because
Of charity-your clarifying Agnes, our
greatest treasure is spared to us tonight
Hereafter we will give much to that which
pays so richly and so readily"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-06-17
Prince Michel Of SerNIa.

The principality of Seryia is one Of %
Danublan provinces over which Turkey cAlH
a ieudal sovereignty. 1t has territofy =
about one hundred thousand square miles ID
a population Of about million and quaTA
Prince Michel uII) Obrenoitch, VINO y
just been assassinated, was the son of Allls'
the first) Todorovilsch Obrenovitch, VINO =
sumed the rule in Servia in 1915, aud 1 W
recognized by popular acts in 1917 and ~, y.
and as hereditary prince by the Sultan y.
homed IL. after the peace of AdrianopN .
1879. lie resigned the dignity of prlnes |.
1889, at the time when the existing coD''"
tion Of Servia was framed, but was restoiel .
hereditary prince of Seryia, by the unanllI'.
vote of national Skuptchina, in Decemv a,
1893. The election was confirmed ,! ~,
Sultan, but the principle that the prlnelP'S5i,
should be hereditary in the Obrenoylteh ''~',
was not admitted, Prince Milosch, howe ,s";
dying in 1860, his son Michel born ID i e,ta
was chosen his successor in September V t',
year, 0nd was confirmed in his dignlV "a
hrman Of the Sublime Porte dated the IN,
month. The question of the hereditary VI n
Of the family were still left in abeyanuses, i,s
believe that Prince Michel had no cn,'' y.
he was married about fifteen years asOL N
it seems probable that the cousin killed |" 'ta
same time with himself was the presupPps I'D
heir, so far as there could be any pressuDf,,o u,
claim to a rank given by the vote Of %
vention and confirmed by the decree 81 -
tan,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-06-17

BE satisfied to commence on a small scale.
1t is too common for young housekeepers to
begin where their mothers ended Buy all
that is necessary to work skilfully with adorn
your house with all that will render it COM
Portable. Do not look at rich homes, and
coyet their costly furniture. II secret dissat.
isiaetion is ready to spring up, go a step fur
Their, and visit the home Of the suffering poor
behold dark, cherries apartments, insufficient
clothing, and absence of all the comforts
and refinement of social life, and then return
to your own with joyful spirit You will
then be prepared to meet your husband with
grateful heart, and be ready to appreciate
the toll Of self-denial which he has endured
in the business world to surround you with
the delights Of home and you will cooper
ate with him in so arranging your expenses,
that his mind will not be constantly harrassed
lest his family expenditures may encroach
upon public payments.
BE independent; a young housekeeper new
er needed greater moral courage than She does
now, to resist the arrogance of fashion. Do
not let the Al and b 5 decide what Won shall
have, neither let them hold the strings of your
purse You know best what YOU can and
ought to afford. 1t matters but little what
people think, provided you are true to your.
self, to right and duty and keep your expen.
ses within your means.
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The WhiSkeY Tax.


The experience of the government in col
Letting the whiskey tax seems to force the
conclusion upon Congress that the tax must
be reduced, as the only means of making any
approach toward either an honest enforce
ment of the law, or realizing any material
amount of revenue from that source Indeed
the chairman of the Committee Of Ways and
Means lately confessed though as he stated
with much reluctance, the necessity Of re-
duciug the whiskey tax from two dollars down.
to seventy-fve cents per gallon, and he hoped
to realize more than six times as much revenue
from that source as during the last fiscal year"
Congress has uniformly shown a disposition
to retain the higher rate as u matter of equity,
and nothing will induce them to consent to
its reduction but the overwhelming evidence
that it is a source Of fraud and corruption,
and impossible of collection
The policy of Congress with reference to
this subject, seems to have resulted unfortu-
nately, however honestly adopted 1t will be
remembered that the law provided, in the
first place, for a tax Of forty cents per gal
lon, - then sixty, one dollar then
one dollar and a half,-then two dollars. Al
first there was no material difficulty in col
ectng the tax, and large amounts were man
| uiactured, for distillers clearly saw-unde
the sliding scale adopted by the government
: that they could push their manufacture
ahead with certainty of large rewards. al
ter the maximum tax was reached, however
$ and the stock on hand produced at lower rate
/. of tax became exhausted, then commences
+ the organization of the famous "whiske
+ ring" which has become so powerful in cor
e rupting government officials, trampiug unde
d foot the laws of Congress, and is believed t
F. have procured the acquitta of the Presden
The law also provides, strangely enough
that the inspectors shall be paid by the yer
IS men they are set to watch 1t was unre,
!. souable to expect stern devotion to duty o
d the part of humble and perhaps INDECENT 60,
. eminent employees, as against wealthy and ii
~ fuential distillers, who made their money
enormous sums; for the whiskey that cost onl
forty or fifty cents gallon, sold for three
four times that amount. They could pa
- avishly for official sanction to fraud. II
N man nature could not withstand the tempt
IN ton. BY II little yielding they could becon
n suddenly rich. If they refused, they won
nu be removed-for " the ring" had become Il
~ political power behind the throne. The m,
r: they served could make or crush them Is
mt surprising that many fell
rts To get rid of this accurscd "ring," and s
iiini cure the enforcement of the law the concl
,b sion seems inevitable, however Notifying,
tie that the tax must be so reduced as to make
cd the interest of both the dstiller and the re
III enue officer to g. honest.
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TIM Massacre OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW by
Henry White. Published by Harper 4
Brothers, New York, 1868.

TIM MASSACRE OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW by
Henry White. Published by Harper 4
Brothers, New York, 1868.
The terrible persecution of the early re-
formers by the Papal powers, which culmi-
mated in the massacre ofSt, Bartholomew, has
become a matter of history; but that the re-
sponsiblity for these atrocities may be laid
to the proper charge that the innocent may
be indicated and to the guilty may be as
cribed the responsibility for these acts, should
be the earnest desire of every candid-minded
student of history. In this view we well
come this work Mr. White has already ac-
quired an enyiable reputation as an earnest
indeiatigable student of the chronicles of the
past, to which this work will justly add much
He enters upon the work with no desire to
rekindle that fanatical persecution which he
records. Indeed, the publication of this
work, which narrates the horrible results of
such persecution will, We fancy, have a decid-
ed tendency to prevent any such result.
The weak aud vacilating reign of Charles
TX, which is quantity and accurately describ-
ed by the old historian as Cursed in the ci-
ty and cursed in the field, cursed in the be-.
ginning and cursed in the end :" the vast in
fuence exerted over the King by the intrigu-
ing Queen Mother, and the heroic conduct of
Coligny and his companions in persecution,
are wildly described
In the light ofmany documents given, which
we do not recollect to have seen in print be-
fore, Mr. White seems TO have proven that
the massacre was not, as has been generally
supposed, premeditated before the invitation
of the Huguenots to the wedding of Henry OF
Navarro; but, iuiuriated at their indepen-
dence, through the influence of the Queen
Mother, relying on the religious frenzy ofth
Parisians melted by the priests, Charles was
induced to give the fatal order, in the execu-
tion Of which so much of the best blood of
France was poured out on the altar of fanati.
cism To the Queen Mother, Catherine de
Medcis, then, more than to any other person,
is to be ascribed the Massacre of St. Barthol.
omew.
The work is elegantly illustrated, and may
be procured ofour booksellers, or ordered di.
rectly from the publishers,
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4 Pacille Railr0ad In 1860.

TnE CENTRAL Pacific RAlLRoAD COMPANY
who are building the Western portion of the
Overland Road Across the Continent. com.
meneing at the nayigable waters at the head
of the Bay of San Francisco, have successfully
carried their track across the snowy crest of
the Sierra Nevada, and the whistle of the To-
connective is now heard in the Washoe District
at the western edge of the Salt Lake Basin.
To cross the plateau to the eastward will be
mere child's-play in comparison to the work
that is left behind, and there is fair chance
for the through connection being made in
1869.
Meantime the great mining and agricutu.
raj region of the Pacific slope are feeling the
benefit of the railroad which is doing large
and profitable business. Messrs. Fisk &
Hatch, the Financial Agents of the Company
in their advertisement of the First Mortgage
Bonds, in another column, present some inter
estlng facts relative to the progress and pros
poets of this great work
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-06-17

The New York Tribune, uttering itselfwith
unusual wisdom and fairness, says; ave wish
the democrats would nominate the chief Justice,
for that would decidedly simplify the work of
reconstruction and bring US much nearer
the close Of the threadbare controversy
With the chief justice as the democratic nom
inee for president on any platform which he
could accept without forfeiture ofself-respect,
the "nigger" would become the negro-or
rather, he would cease to be distinct element
of the political situation. We might there
after leave him out of the question, and pro-
coed unembarrassed with the grave though
hitherto less urgent problems of finance, debt,
taxation, and industrial progress"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-06-17
Vermont Medical Society.

This society held its semi-annual session
at Windsor, in the o. S. court room, on the
10th and 18th days of this month. The
President, G. p Frost of Brattelboro, pre-
sided. Delegates were present from medical
societies Of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode
Island, New Hampshire, and Connecticut
River valley.
A communication was read from the editors
Of the Vermont Record and Farmer, relative
to the enforcement of the law of the State
against Criminal Abortion, and a committee Of
one for each county in the State, was APP
pointed to take such action in the matter as
may be necessary.
DR., Brown Of Rhode Island, spoke of the
like law Of his State, as being edectua in
suppressing the advertisements of the infa-
nous business, but only operative as a rod in
terrorem over the abortionist.
DIR. MoCullom presented a case of invagin-
alton Of the intestines in which some six inches
sloughed away. Dr. Crosby mentioned case
in which seven feet Of the ntestines thus
passed away by sloughing.
DIR. Hunt introduced a patient afflicted
with lepodes, for inspection, illustrating the
use Of Quack remedies. The first appliea-
ton made, produced sloughing of integuments,
and resulted in carries of the cheek bone, pro.
ducing sad deformty.
During the evening session, an interesting
discussion was held upon Puerperal Coarui.
sio'is which continued to a late hour.
During the forenoon on Thursday, an able
and very interesting paper was read by Dr.
Il. Il, Phelps, of Windsor, on the subject Of
Inflammation, considered in the light of the
cellular physiology and pathology.
DIR. NJ, Goldsmith presented an elaborate
paper on Pyemia from gua shot mounds, a.
gathered from his own personal observation.
in the hospitals under his charge during the
war which with DIR. Phelps paper, was re.
ferred to the publishing committee
After very pleasant and profitable session
the society adjourned
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-06-17
The Popular viii.

Ia the light of our late experience, how
refreshing is the assurance contained in Gen.
Grants brief letter of acceptance that if
elected he should have no policy Of his own
to interpose against the popular will The
doctrine that the people govern, has always
been the theory of our system but the wide
departure in its practical application which
we have witnessed during the last two years,
and the bitter fruits of the experiment, rem
der a recurrence to first principles work Of
vital necessity. The chief executive of the
rfstion- and the very term implicitly defines
and limits his duties and powers--has sought
in every possible way to thwart the will of
the people, as expressed through their repre-
sentatives, and to substitute his own chosen
will as the policy of the nation. The bitter
fruits of this controversy are to be found in
the utter failure of those measures which
Congress adopted at the close of the war to
heal the wounds of the nation, and restore it
again to unity, peace and prosperity.
W e 40 not Nlchll lllll lnt ! ItSlutlll Suoulu
be a mere echo of Congress; nor does Gen
Grant in any sense mean this. The Constitu-
ton specially and prudently provides that
the President may veto a law of Congress
but this power is wholly exhausted when, by
a two-thrds vote, Congress re-afirms thu
law, and thus consttutionally demonstrated
to be the loH Of The people. Thencefortl
official opposition is crime.
Congress is chosen once in two years, t.
frame the popular will into law the Presi
dent is chosen once in four years, to carr.
those laws into execution. Working in har
mony, there will be unity, peace, and nation
: al prosperity. Working at cross-purpose'
all the fierce and agitating contests of tn
r present administration are the inevitable re
0 suit, The keen eye of Gen. Grant sees clear
. ly the great demand of the hour, and hi
- chosen words are bow of promise to the na
v ton
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-06-17
Greeley Upon Douglas.

Mr. Douglas was the readiest man ] ever
knew He was not hard student; ifhe had
been it would have been difficult to set limits
to his power. | have seen him rise in the
Senate quite at fault with regard to essential
facts in controversy, and thus to make damag-
ing blunders in debate; but he readily caught
at and pro6ted by any suggestions thrown out
by friend or foe; and no American ever ex-
celled him in off-hand discussions; so that,
even if worsted in its first stages, he was apt
to regain his lost ground as he went on Once
as | sat with the senior Francis p. Blair and
one or two others outside the bar of the
Senate in 1856 he made us the text of an
amusing dissertation on the piebald, ring-streak-
ed and speckled materials whereof the new
republican party was composed and, passing
US soon afterwards, hailed me familiarity with
the interrogation, Din't | give you good
turn just now" At latter day, when the
Lecompton struggle was in progress, a mutual
friend, remembering that my structures on
him in former years had been of very caus-
tic sort, inquired of him whether he had any
| objections, on their account to meeting me
on friendly footing. Certainly not" was
his response; IL always pay that sort of debt
as 60 along" Our country has often been
called to mourn severe, untimely losses yet
! deem the death of Stephen A. Douglas Just
at the outbreak of our great civil war, and
when he had thrown his whole soul into the
cause of the country, one of the most grieyous
and irreparable- Horace Greeley.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-06-17

1t Is standing rule in my church, " said
one clergyman to another, " for the sexton to
wake up any man that he sees asleep" ~
,hink' replied the other, "that it would be
better Tor the sexton, whenever man goes to
sleep under your preaching to wake you up"
"A French actress more celebrated for
beauty and irankness than for intelligence
and virtue, used to attribute her inconsistency
to bad luck, saying The moment become
attached to anybody am certain to be intro
duced 10 somebody else whom like better
"A French woman once said that she
never loved anything. "You loved your
children suggested friend. "When they
were little" she replied. "And you love
diamonds" when they are large" she re.
piled.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-06-17

Mr.. Ben Butler asked Mr.. Weed: " Do
you know of any money contributed for poll
teal purposesp 81 do sir; l helped to raise
$4,000 not long ago for such a purpose"
The ears OF the committee pricked up at once.
"Nou will state to the court what use was
made OF it," at was used,' replied Mr..
Weed, "to enable the republicans to carry
the New Hampshire election"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-06-17

The CrdAR SToRY.-The Grant and Collax
cigar story has got into the papers incorrectly,
and this is really what occurred; The speak
err was at the headquarters the morning before
the nomination, reading to the General his
Chicago kilograms up to midnight, which the
General had wished to see. Both were smok-
ing and the General asked, "Where do you
get these cigars that are named for you?
They suit my taste exactly The Speaker
replied that Republican German, named
Henry Bernd, at Danbury, Conn, had named
them for him; and he with other congressman
used them exclusively The General immedi-
ately wrote letter ordering thousand and,
as he has not the franking privilege the Speak
er said as the letter was for Cofax cigars he
would depart from his usual rule of not frank
ing letters for others, and tranked it, When
it reached Danbury, the German had the Re.
publican candidates for President and Vioo-
President on one letter.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-06-17

The Chicago Tribune publishes full
list of taxable incomes in that city, giving the
gross income, the net taxable income, and
the amount ofgovernment bonds held by each.
1t has used more than nine columns Of close
type thus far, and has reached the letter NJ.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-06-17

The Union Republican frecmcn Of Washington County
arc requested to meet In Convention the Court House
In Montpelier Monday July @, 1865, at 10 o'clock A.
NJ to nominate candidates for senators and County Of
Gccrs for the year ensuing and tg do any other business
,r,,,,.r e.. 10, ,l,po at aid Convention
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-06-17

woodford, May rs, 1868.

woodford, May 25, 1868
Il Is further announced that Col Charles H. Joyce will
deliver an address, and that the railroads Of the State
will extend the courtesy Of Return Tickets 90 those at
tending.
The Secretary requests all who cannot attend 10 send
him letterto be read at tho meetng-givng details
ofpcrsonal history since the war
A large gathering is expected.
The date Of the meeting put the 22d owing to the
10Th falling on Saturday. CHAs VI BLISS.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-06-17
FOR PRESIDENT,
ULYSSES :. G. X A n II q.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
SCHUYLER COLFAX.
RcnnhlIcOn Union sinte Convention.


A Republican Union state Convention will be held az
BunuvGroN, on WEDNESDAY, JrtY L. 1865 at II o'clock
A. w. to nominate Candidates for Governor Lieutenant
Governor and Treasurer to be supported at the State
election In september next also 10 nominate two Prcs
dental ccctor. at large to be supported n the coming
Presidential election.
The Republican Union voters Of this state are Invited
to be represented Ia the Convention by their dolegatc
to be chosen upon the basis Of delegate from each
town, and additional delegate for every one hundred
and nny votes cast for the Republican candidate for
Governor ut the last state election
The Delegates their Substitutes will provide thcm
selves with proper credentials signed by the Secretaries
Of the respective primary meetings
GEORGE W. GRANDEY.1
e. W. WILLARD,
REDFlELD PROCTOR,
u. d. HARRIS, Republican
ROSWELL FARNIIAM, tnioH STATE
SAMUEL T. PiNGREE CoHuiffs.
a. q. BENEDICT
W " CIRCUIT
ID. r.. BAILEY,
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LINDA inEssrL'-Littel & Gay have issu-
cd In pamphlet form this entertaining story.
which was first published in the columns of
the L'o'ng Age. Nothing can be more de.
sirable Tor leisure hour. Price 38 cents.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-06-17

BIsHoP HoPKINs.-The Rev j. IL. Hon.
kins' Jr.' in letter to the Philadelphia Led
ger, thus denies the reports that his father
died in the communion of the Roman Catholic
church:
"Ihe opinion that the Pope is anti Christ
Is not one Of the points made in our standards
against Rome and it may be affirmed or
denied by churchmen among us without affect.
ing their relations in the least toward that
church or our own. My fathers conviction
that our church is the purest branch of the
Holy Catholic church now known ON earth
remained mistaken to his life's end and he
had no more idea of joining the Roman COM
munion than he had of turning Mabomedan -