Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-03-09
Ticket for Council of CensOrs.
ELECTION MARCH 81. 1869.
Summary of Last Weeks News

Dispatches by the Atlantic cable
give information of the death, March
|, OF Lamartine, the French poet and
statesman, aged IS. He a d in |
his life been a man of much note both |
as an author and politician, and at
one time very popular in this country
and in Europe He made quite a
mark in the revolution of l848, which |
raised the present Napoleon to pow
er, was a candidate for the presidency
of the new French republic against
him and Gen. Cavaignac, but received !
but few votes against them, though it
was for no lack OF political or per-
sonal popularity on his part, but be-
cause the people Of that erratic gov
eminent must have a military man
a Napoleon, and so placed their
necks in the yoke Of the nephew of his
uncle" Though Larmatine had re-
allied almost fabulous sums of money
for his literary productions, and the
government granted him large subsi-
dies, and societies gave him thous-
ands for his support, he yet died in
poverty, or if not poor he was yet
a most shameless beggar, and the
past few years he was often before
the public as a mendicant. His last
few years were sufficient to tarnish all
lis earlier ones.
A municipal election was held in
Portland, Maine, March |, which re-
suited in the election of Hon. VIM. l..
Putnam, democrat, over Hon. Josiah
II. DrummOnd republican. The tenn
prraucc question entered largely into
the canvass, the democrats-ior a
wouder-taking the temperance sidc,
and the republicans the opposite;
thus the latter were defeated, as they
ought to have been.
There was a severe fire at Morris
vile on the morning Of March |, when
the Masonic block was totally con-
sumed, with nearly all its contents
1t was occupied as a post office, drug
store, three ! a W offices, grocery
store, harness shop and masonic hall
the latter being one of the incest
and largest i'll the state. 1t is Sc
we're loss to those who are burned out
and to the village generally, but the
losers are all young men ofnerve aud
energy, and will doubtless try it over
again on an enlarged scale. The to-
tai loss to all the parties we learn is
some $4,000, on which there is an
insurance of $4,000. A building ad-
joining the block was also destroyed
loss $1,000
The Park Savings Bank, New York,
was robbed Saturday, Feb. 9th, of
$4,000 in bonds.
The suffrage amendment to the con
stitution OF the United States, which
has been debated so long in both
houses Of congress, has finally passed
and is as follows:
"Be it resolved, &c, two-thirds of
both houses cOncurring, That the fol
lowing amendment to the constitu
ton of the United States be submit
ted to the legislatures of the several
states, and when ratified by three
fourths thereof it shall be a part of
said constitution.
Article XIV. The right of the citi.
zens Of the United States to vote shall
not be denied or abridged by the
United States or by any states, or
account Of race, color or previous con
dition of servitude.
Section 2. The congress shall have
power to enforce this article by APP
propriate legisltion."
There was a most distressing dis.
aster occurred on Red river, on The
night of Feb. IL. The steamer Nit
tie Stevens was burned on her pas
sage to New Orleans, and although
she was run on shore after the fir,
was discovered and lay with her heaC
to 1t, no less than sixty persons
among them several women-wer,
burned. They would not trust them
selves to the water, and so were burn
ed to the death. The stern of tn
boat was but 100 feet from Shore
So near life and vet to meet so dread
full a death.
Within the past few weeks ther
have been twenty one murders in th
state OF Indiana. Ten only of the mul
derers were arrested. What a horribl
TACT to contemplate 1t seems to u
as though ali the arch fends of th
Internal pit had been letloose the pas
few years to rove the earth, to pillag,
murder and destroy. Never was Their
known in this country such earn
val OF crime. Much of it no dout
can be traced to the evils growing OF
of the war, but more we fear to I'll
growing laxity of public morals, co
sequent upon false teachings, in churc
state and society. 1t is woful to co