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The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-02-29

went to Browns cabin and asked Maria who had been telling
that he Barnes had been keeping her. Maria replied that
she had told her husband and that he had spoken of It,
Barnes left but returned with revolver and club
Meeting Brown he demanded whether not he had said
that Barnes had been keeping Maria Brown replied that
he had and thought there harm in telling the trut
wheenpon Barnes struck Brown the head with the club
and then drew his revolver and fired Brown, the ball
passing through his coat and grazing his right shoulder
Brown then of the house. followed by Barnes who
fired again. the ball entering Browns left hips Brown fell
but jumped up and again, when Barnes fired the
third shot, again hitting Brown who managed to gain the
woods and that night Monticello distance of six
miles Here with three bullets in his body and simply for
the want of money he was unable to obtain physician to
attend to his wounds The next day he went to Robert
Barnes father of Homer Barnes related what had occurred
and asked the elder Barnes for Gods sake to get him his
wife attend and nurse him. Barnes senior told him
procure house and he would get his wife for him. Brown
then went to Berry j. Dgby sheriff of Jasper county, who
lived in the neghborhood and procured house for himself
16. That night Sheriff Dgby gave ball. to which Barnes
and his friends invited Between nine o'clock
after dancing had commenced Homer Barnes went to the
house where Brown and his wife and again accused
Brown of talking about him, adding intend to kill you
both" Them drawing his revolver he fred hitting Brown
in the head and slightly woundng him Then turning to
Maria Brown he deliberately aimed his pistol at her breast
and fred the ball passing through her. killing her instantly
Barnes then walked the yard and remarked to the
shers son. John A McClendon and Others that che would
like to any arrest him for killing ID niger
got his horse and rode away The sheriff John A
McClendon came into the and said to him, Homer
Barnes has killed that negro wench He went out and
found that "sure enough he had killed her, However, he
paid attention to the matter until half past twelve or one
o'clock, and the police going home fror the ball he
sent word by of them tell the to and
hold an inquest Next morning, he, 1.-THE sheriff. having
business to attend left early but gave instructions not to
bury the until the arrived AT eleven, am,
the and jury the spot John A McCendon,
above mentioned being the jury. Brown examined,
upon OATH and testified substantially the facts just related
Whereupon the jury made the following return:
january II, 1868.
GEORGIA, JASPER coUNTY.-We, the jury, after being
duly by w Wilson, coroner of said county, after
examination of the body of Mara wife of John Brown
believe her death have been caused by gunshot wound
in the right breast the night of the 10Th instant the
house of Berry j. Digby JUNIOR by the hands of one
unknown to us.'
The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-02-29
The Irish in England.
London Correspondence of N. Y. Heral

IN Y.
In this connection the following of the number of
rishmen in England will be found interesting but the
numbers really much larger than the states
At the last census 1861 among the 26 066 224 persons
found in England and Wales COL 634 natives of Ireland
being nearly three in every hundred At the preceding
census in 1851 the number quite large being
little 29 per hundred One thing, however, must not
be overookedthe children born in England of Irish par
ent counted among the English people, and that partly
Of the Irish in Engand-in 1861 nearly fvesixhs-are
adults of twenty years and upwards Reckoning only Males
the of 1861 shows 9750 male persons of all ages
in England and among them 298729 natives Of Ire
land being three per of the whole numbers but the
lrhmen in England twenty years old upwards
than forty five per cent of the whole male population of
that age 1t estimated by the registrar general that the
Irish in England sustained at their number by
immigration of nearly $4,000 a year. OF the Irish male
than l00oOO-above third of the whole numberwere in
Lancashire. In Liverpool with total male population OF
25716, 40059 males natives of Ireland In Man
chester and Stafford 296 of the 596 males persons
born in Ireland Other Lancashire towns show considerable
numbers of natives of Ireland In Bolton they were 224
of the So 1859 males and in Preston 280 in O68 Many
of the other in the north show the tendency OF the
Irish part Of the population of the towns The gives
1888 natives of Ireland in the 1873 male persons Of all
ages III Leeds 2458 in Bradford 3265 in 62 l4O In Shet
field; 1924 in 24294 in Stockport; 270 in 1926 in
Gaeshead 1926 in 46,528 in Hull; 1927 in 37,8l8 In
Sunderland; 1892 in 54O95 in Newcastle The town of
Warrington separately given but in the district the
numbers 1885 in males of all ages Coming SOUTH
find 824 in the 30610 males in Woyerhampton 5ol2
in 1895 in Birmngham S66 in 69o45 IN IN Bristol
port In London there the last census 8l male
persons and 81 587 of them SO per cent? born in Ire
land In Scotland the Irish chiefly clustered in places
where there good demand for unskied labor In elias
gow and also in Dundee the showed nearly Is
cent of the inhabitants natives of lreand in Ednburg
per cent"
This is entirely low estimate There three
millions of Irish and their immediate descendants in England
alone Enough their English brothers and in time
make them all Republican. The English and the Irish
people will yet go hand in hand their march to freedom
This the Government knows and is endeavorng to prevent
by tanning the national hatred of each.-EDs. l. K.
..~nuA
Leading members of the Liberal party propose to give
farewell dinner to the United States Minister Chas F. Adams
The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-02-29

Leading members of the Liberal party propose to give
farewell dinner to the United States Minister Chas Adams
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-12-11

The thrilling story that Miss Dickin-
son told at her lecture in this place of Il
young girl at Philadelphia now under
sentence Ut death for intanticile. IS at
tracing wide attention. Her name is
Hester Vaughn, and as we write these
lines the news comes that Gov. Geary
has reprieved her, and we presume she
will be ultimately pardoned for GER
tainly if there was ever case which
called for executive clemcncy, it would
seem from the evidence which We give
below that this case of Hester Vaughn
is one. \ large and enthusiastic meet
ing under the auspices of the working
womens association, was held in New
York to arouse public sympathy in the
matter Horace Greeley presided over
the meeting, AMI Mrs. Kirk told the
story of this girls wrongs, which differs
in some minor details from that of Miss
Dickinson
Imagine, if you please, a giris!. figure :;
a sweet, intelligent face soft. brown
eyes; broad forehead; warm. earnest
mouth, anl you have slight idea of
Hester Vaughn. Her story is quickly
told. She was born in Glostershire.
England; well reared by respectable pa
,,n's' married man, native of
W an, and came TO this country full of
nope ana enthusiasm for the future. A
lie" weeks, 'nd Hester was deserted.
Some other woman had prior claim, it
is supposed, and tho SCAMP ha, never
since been heard Of Tbrn came tho
TUG of war for Hester VAUGHN. rs f,r
every other woman who, from what
cause soever, finds herself compelled to
fight the battle of life alone. Think of
this young girl, stranger in strange
land, with sneither friend nor relative to
advise or comfort. For several weeks
she lived out as a servant III a family at
Jonklntown was then recommended as
dairy maid to another family, and here
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-12-11

DANGEROUS AMUSEMENr.-It is not
unfrequently the ambition of youth, es-
peciaIly if there are any girls TO partici-
pate, to discard hand-sleds and the usual
modes OF sliding down hill, and get out a
horse-sled or sleigh, or some other We
hicle equally unmamageable, capable of
holding a large number. and after heavi-
ly loading the same, sliding down some
steep hill at the imminent lisk of life and
limb. This dangerous amusement was
tried at Westlield one evening last week
as we learn from the Express, and that,
too, by folks old enough to know better {:
About twenty men and women got on 10
a two-horsc sled. and started TO slide
down the steep hill near Josiah Miller :
house. When near the bottom of the
hill. and going at railroad speed, the sled
ran out of the road and struck the fence,
throwing the inmates in every direction.
Moody Bedcll was jammed between the
sled and fence. and seriously injured.
Several others were more or less injured.
1t was a providcntial escape from Il sad
accident. We reckon the same parties
viii not ''teinpt Providence" in the same
way again.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-12-11
COllistOn---MOre Kerosene.

The freight train which left Fitchburg,
Mass, Friday night about 6 O'Clock,
parted when short distance east of
Fitchburg, and the loss Of the hind car
was not noticed for some time, rs it was
very dark. When the conductor discov-
cred the parting of the train, the engine
and accompanying cars were stopped.
The rear portion of the train, however
came on at furious rate, it being down
grade. The engineer attempted to start
up, and in his haste the train again p art
ed, leaving a portion of it on the track.
The rear portion crashed into these stand
ing cars, which were tank cars, filled
with oil, and five cars were made per-
feet wreck. The conductor, Joseph
Hobbs, was standing on the other track
at the time, and the terrific collision COW
cred him with rubbish and oil, and at
the same time broke his lantern, igniting
the sea of oil in an instant. With ter
rible explosion the tanks blew up and the
fire was thrown in a flood for many
yards around. Before help reached Mr..
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-12-11

MURDERER RELEAsED.-It will be re-
Collected that year ago last June Cen
Geo w. Cole walked into the office of
Il large hotel at Albany, y. Y. where
Hon. l.. ii. Hi>cock was standing talk
M. and without word of warning,
Cole drew Il pistol and shot lliScock
through the head. killing him Instantly.
The plea OF Cole was that the murdered
man had seduced his wife. At the first
rial the Jury did not agree The sec
ond trial has been in progress at ALBANY
for the last ten days, when Cole was ac-
quilted by the jury on Monday, and
GOES free. The jury said they considered
the prisoner sane the moment before and
the moment after the killing, but they
are in doubt as to his sanity at the in
slant of the homicide. The Judge in
structcl them that they must give til,
prisoner the benefit of the doubt, and tn,
result was Lis instant acquittal. 1t ever
there was clear case of murder. til,
killing of Iliscock by Gen Cole was one
and the murderer was no more insan,
than every man is when in a passion
hat the jury have declared to the con.
trary, i but another of many instance.
where Difference has been paid to thai
public sentiment which refuses to con.
slider il a crime for man to punish ever
with death the seIucer of his wife. tn,
destroyer of his home The principle,
Of the "higher law" are almost alwav.
applied to such cases, though the plea Of
insanity comes in very handily to enable
the courts to do things according to the
statute. This case presents striking
contrast 10 that OF Hester Vaughn. and
one which Miss Dickinson and other ad.
vocates of fair play and equal rights. can
make a good use of.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-12-11

Mont MENT 70 Col ROBERT Or. SHAW.
"A very suitable memorial has been
erected to the late Col. Robert G.. Shaw,
who was killed in the assault on Fort
Wagner, at the head OF his regiment, the
Flity-tourth Massachusetts. 1t stands in
Charleston, South Carolina. few miles
from the site OF Fort Wagner, and Is
known as the '.Shaw Free School
The land was purchased and the struc-
ture exected from fund subscribed by
the colored troops who were serving at
the time in the siege of Charleston. The
building i occupied 10y fiouri>hing
school of nearly five hundred pupils, with
eight or nine teachers, under the super
vision of a New England Society
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-12-11

Rural P"Nr>-by William Barnes
Boston: Roberts Brothers. For
sale by I, NJ Howard, St. Johnsburv
The above publishers have Just brought
out an elegant little book. illustrated of
Ear9l Poem>, by VIM Barnes. In ,b;.
work the author dwclIs much Oh domo.-
tic LIE, and the affections of husband,
wives and children. HIS tastes are SIM
pie, and he revels in that quiet country
life where we read of so much happi-
nc>- and virtue. He 'Iaughs with the
beauty in every farm house. and knows
the story of every cottager's family y
His language is simple and chaste
though Astounding in words in the Dorset
dialect-for VIM Barnes is 4 GOOD rno-
Esh clergyman in Dorsetshire. The en-
cravings are pretty, and illustrate the
poems. The type and paper are elegant
and on the whole it will make a very
pretty gift book.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-12-11
Dan G. MAYS Estate.

STATE OF EkMONT In Probate Court holden at
Essex district SIS the probate office, in Guild
h na on the 4ih day Of Dec, A. D.. 1868.
Dennis May. administrator of the estate n,
Dan May, late OF Concord in said district deceas-
e makes application TO said court for license TO sell the
whole OF the real estate of said deceased excepting The
WIDOWS right of homestead therein representing thai
sad sale is necessary for the payment OF the debts nj
saId deceased, and the charges OF admins tration
hereupon, II Is ordered by said court that said an
PCaon come under consideration and be heard on the
-oth DAY oil December 1865 at the Probate Once m
ulildhan And 1t is further ordered. that ali per-
sons interested be notified hereof by pubcatiop n,
notice OF said application and order theI etn thrss
weeks successfully IN the Caedonian printed al 81
JOhnsoury before said time oil hearing that they NAV
object thereto. ' ~ N"'e'
BY the Court.-Attest
S-S WIN. Ii. HARTSHORN Judge of pr,hats
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-12-11

BURNING OF FORT LAFAYETTE IN
NEw YORK HARBoR-At about p so
p. NJ. Dec. LIST, fire was discovered ssu-
ing from the roof of Fort Lafayette
which in a short time was communicated
TO the quarters of the officers and sol
dicrs, and afterward extended to a large
quantity of laths and boards so that
within comparatively short space of
time, all the wood work within the fort
was ablaze, and continued burning until
near midnight, when everything inham-
mabe within the walls was destroyed
The magazine fortunately escaped injury.
The people residing near were frantic in
view Of the expected explosion. Loss
81 900 900.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-12-11

SHOCKING CASUALTY The mail boat
America, bound up, and the United
State, bound down, collided between
Cincinnati and Louisville, on Saturday
night, and both were entirely DESTROYED
The | nited States had quantity OF pc
troleuu on her decks. which in some
WAY took fire. and both boats were soon
wrapped in flames. Seventy lives are
known to have been lost and it is feared
that the number i larger Most of the
lost were women and children.
FROM ENGLANn. - DisraeIi having
resigned the premiership rs soon as he
tScrrtainrd that the elections had zone
against him, the queen has called upon
Mr.. Gladstone to take the position and
he has formally accepted it.
Various rumOrS were current IN Lon
don and New York. on Saturday, of
riots and conflicts in Paris and it was
announced later in the day that Louis
Napoleon was dead. NJ one believed
them, however
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-12-11

REMARKABLE RECOVERY.-We have
heretofore alluded To the case OF EJer f..
&. Wheeler Of Bloomington. printer,
who was wounded in the small of the
back at the battle of Shiloh. and of his
partial recovery. The last Express has
the following particulars "Nince the
time he was wounded, now over SIX
Years, till recently, there has been no cir
culation oi the blood in his limbs. lie
has been able, however, some of the time
to move about with the use of crutchcs.
having partial control Of the muscles of
his limbs, but 10 feeling whatever In
September last, DIR. Rannev, of Barton.
was called To him while suffering from
fits or something of that kind. He pre-
scribed a very powerful remedy as last
resort, which seems to have at once re-
newed the work of circulation through
the entire system, causing the most cx-
cruciating pain TO the patient. Intense
suffering continued for Il time until cir
culation became healthy and complete,
and he is now walking about quite COM
tortably without the aid Of crutch or
~
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-12-11
~ A New York writer has made al

81 A New York writer has made an
elaborate calculation of the natural in
crease of the votes in that state and city,
based on the elections of several presi-
DENTAL years, with view of exposing
the frauds at the last election. He says
IN conclusion: The exact size of the
fraud cannot of course be shown in this
way, but its limitations are thus estab-
lished. 1t was not 1000 over 10000 :;
and it was not 1000 less than $4,000.
1t is at least so large as necessarily to
have been the work of the democratic
party. No dozen or score Of irresponsi-
hle individuals contrivcd and executed
it"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-12-11

Gen. GEANr IN BosroN.-The Ircsi,
'.cnt elect has been in boston the past
week. lie refused all pubic receptions,
dinners, etc, but did shake hand, with
ivo or three Thousand who went TO the
ST. james" 10 look at him. Cen
banks took him to Waltham, where hc
vent through" the watch factory, and
afterwards he went 10 Lowell lie met
with much enthusiasm wherever he went
Since he lett Boston he has been in New
\ ork. lie returns to Washington to-
dry.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-12-11
HENRY WALKER. Oco,,
JUHN NJ. MARTIN Coui
Brainerd EIint's Estate

THE subscribers having been appointed by the hon.
orabe Probate court for the district com
mlssiOners TO receive, examine adjust ali claim.
and demands OF all persons against estate of
Flint late OF st Johnsbury said district deceaseG
represented insolvent and the of six months from
the 4th day oil Now 1868 being allowed by said co mi
Othe creditors oil said deceased exhibit and prove
their RESPECTIVE Claims before Give notice that
will attend TO the duties OF appointment AT the
dwelling house OF Widow Mary Flint. in ST. Johnsbury
May next at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon on each OF
days.
$3.50 p I hnAKhKiS' lCom'rs.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-12-11

WOMAN SUFFRAGE.-We trust that
the next council of censors will take into
serious consideration the matter of polit-
ical rights for woman-not because wo-
man asks for suffrage, but because it is
right she should have it. Let Vermont
be the first State to give the ballot to
every citizen, irrespective of race, color
or sex
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-12-11
Hazen Merrill's Estate

THE subscribers having been appointed by the honor
able probate the district of Caledonia conf
missoners 10 receive examine and adjust all claims
and demands OF all persons against the Hazen
Merrill, late Peacham in said district deceased
represented insolvent. and the term OF six months
from the 23d day OF Nov. A. ID. 1865, being above
by said the creditors OF said deceased TO ex-
hb and prove their respective claims before us Give
that will attend 10 the duties of our appoint
ment at the Store OF j. l.. K. varnum. in Peacham,
In said district. on the 29th days Of December and
MAY xt, O'Clock in the afternoon on each of said
days.
HENRY WALKER
X-3q JOHN M MAKTINi lCom'rs
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-12-11

KEROSENE MURDERs.-Nu one who
reads the newspapers can fail TO have
noted the alarming frequency of acct
dents from kerosene oil. One peculiar
ity of these accidents is that they almost
always prove fatal. Other casualties
MAIN and mangle, but spare life; but the
explosion OF kerosene is generally sure
death to all in the immediate vicinity.
We had scarcely sent out our last paper,
with all the horrid details of the accident
at Sing Sing, where Il mother and her
two children were hurried into eternity
under the most eXcruciating torture,
when we received private letter from
Il friend in a neighboring stale, in which
was the following: To-day was the
funeral of one OF our Sabbath schoo
scholars, a girl of fifteen, who was burn
ed to death by upsetting kerosene
lamp. Poor child, She was brave,
and lived fourteen days after the acct
dent Isn't it time to 90 back to
sperm oil and tailow candles
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-12-11

\ conscience fund account has been
kept at the treasury department. Wash
nston, since November, 1868, since
when there ha, been paid into it, in va
rious ways, from various unknown per
sons. and III various sums, from a single
cent upward, S9G,G92
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-12-11

CoNGEEss.-The third session of the
10Th Congress met at Washington Mon
lay. 1t was expected that the Prcsi-
dents message would appear in the We'd
nesday dailies, but it did not. The only
interest manifested in this documcm: /,
the fact that il Will be Andrew johnson,
last one. There was an unusually larry,
number of members present at the open
ing session. Bills 10 regulate the ii
nances, to amend the constitution, and
+ universal suffrage were carly intro
dlced. 1t is believed Speaker Colfax
i'll not resign the speaker>hip until the
ia of March.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-12-11
NOTICE TO ONLY 4 FEW.

Meet OF the subscrbeIs the Caedonta already pay
70. their paper in advance aud have done for several
year.. We uish the few who do would begin the
comr year the advance pay system 1t is cheaper,
aid better for both -ubscriber. and PIblshcrs The
State Publishers 40 ociatie have adopted this rule to
ak eject Jan l. 81 and e shall expee; all our read
re to fail in"
80 list of agents will be found the third page
Of tii= paper. When more convenient payments may
he made % We wish settle with all in Decem
list. tjan.1
COuNCIL OF CENsoKs. - biennial
SEssIONs.-We copy from the Rutland
Herald an article on the next Council OF
Censols. and the work for it to do, to
which we would call the attention OF
our readers Prominent .umong the
work laid out for the consideration OF
this body. it will be seen that the Herald
puts in recommendation for biennial
sessions Of the state legislature We no.
tee that the Rutland Independent and
the Bennington Banner have heretofore
advocated biennial sessions, and we be-
ieve the people generally are in favor Of
such. an amendment to the state constl-
tuition. Biennial sessions would save
perhaps 100000 10 the state annually.
BY a law passed ut the last session OF
he legislature it will be seen that on the
asst Wednesday OF next March the pco-
pie are TO elect thirteen persons whom
thcy would choose for council of CEN
sors, said council TO be convened in June
next.