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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-06-04

Machines for sale by C. G. & B. L. Benedict
Burlington.
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If the ladies but knew what thousands Of them
are constantly relating to US, we eandldiy De
lieve one half Of the weakness, prostrauon ana
distress experienced by them would vanish
James Marsh. ESQ, l59 West l4th St, y. y
SAYS. 'he hae three children. the first two are
weak and puny, his wife having been unable to
nurse or attend them, but she has taken Pianta-
ton Bitters for the last two years, and has
child now eighteen months old which she has
nursed and reared herself, and both are hearty,
saucy and well The article is invaluable to
mothers" &c.
Such evidence might be continued for volume.
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To TIE PUBLc.-Of all the tonics known and
on-itI to the public, none so fully meets the
wants OF suffering humanity as those of Speer's
standard Wine Bitters. - for all who are suffer
ing from debility or functional arrangement. 1t
IS positively pure and life renewing article
just try them
Sold by Druggists.
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AND LIVER
COMPLAINT.
IMPORTANT CERTIFICATE.

t.alftaA-lNA NE-llA II ~ a 4 t.
Having been afflicted with chronic disease OF the
digestive or-ans. described by ply seians as en-
laremeut %. che liver and Inflammation Of the ston-
tch.l for m than ten years, ana suffered what
words can never describe, without relief from the
most celebrated medical skill that could be consult
FL was Induced hy the physician who last attend
81 me 90 try DUDD', NERVINE AND iNFlGoR
tTJR he had witnessed it, effect, he said, IN his
IVA practice and could recommend II in the high
terms hal about lot faith 10 every thing but
Beloved biz advice, procured the Incidence Inc
fleet Inspired me with hone ] continued IT. n-e,
mi still improved following IL up, srvw Stronger
md stronger, and suffered LEES and less from ny
rouhles This for some m0nths-untii was reheT
q ard needed 10 longer llnsi1'- Nervine restor
a me e. con plete and sound health: and no Ian
suage able TO express the gratitude feel at being
veil once more. ] am thoroughly cured OF the hor-
ribie suffering that had made tea years OF my life
most wretchea. No one eau conceive my Joy who
has not experienced a like recovery.
Z. 3. LIBBY,
ST. Paul, MINI.
For sale by all Druggists at One Dollar Bottle.
apl7,td&wsw
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~oUT OF SORTS"

Take DIR. S. 0. RICHARDSON'S SHERRY
WINE BITTEBS.-the most medicinal in the mar
Le.. Established in Is1-.
March I..-wfn
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WHAT Is
sE. 70. q. y.

Our reasons and We trust our justification for call
us the public ate ton TO Mother Baileys Quieting
syrup. are iurn shed by The frequency and fatality
oftao diseases finflncy and childhood. s. alarm
ing and serious are the diseases, that one child IN
three dies before the fifth year. These facts afford
conclusive argument flr enforcing on mothers the
Importance Of using remedy, (Which contains no
Morphine or Poisonous Drug and never fails when
timely used 20 effect a cure. i greatly assists the
child through the months q teething, allays all
PAIN reduces Inflammation, carrects acidity Of the
Stomach, and never fails t. regulate the bowels
makes sick and weak children strong and healthy,
produces NATURAL sleep ior the child, thereby afford
ing re.- o. tie mo-hl~. for summer complaints
Dys.atery and Dauhoa, It has no equal. For
Wind Cole, Couvul sous, Gripping, &C., it never fails
o. give immediate relief
Mother Hailey's Quicting Syrup, for children, i
an original medicine well established, therefore use
no other and you are safe For sale by all Drug
rists and Dealers in Medicine.
A. RICHARDS. New London, Conn.
agent fir the United states.
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VERMONT NEW -

VERMONT NEWS
ADDISON o0USTI.
Tho ,r.,.- commissioners Of Nergennes ''s
TN, tho ,yatcr mains in that CITY
- vsi-binr - -4pOunds was caught
I "... - near Whiting Station q few
..'.i .... .', sni on the following day one
'N.i- ..,,,i more was pulled from 'Ae
-=..,s # otter Greek Lodge If Good
-.-.-. If Ver-ennes were installed last Friday
...-,e- Cen. George W. Graniey IS Worthy
Chief Tem1gr.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
u-. Andrew Burns died in Bennington re-
.-.-- Hg. case caused some disagreement
,raHr medical men, and siier her death post
.-ten ez4mi lauon was held, when o. was
-5.I that the cause of her demise w-s an aVl.
-.a tumor. weighing - pounds Previous o.
-- removal. g pounds Of fluid were taken from
-ae reritonc1l cavity
Rlmar- are current Of consolidation Of the
Harlem. Lebanon Springs and Bennington and
G..lrl Railroads
Es-EN COUNTY.
.aeG.T.R f. Co. are building new rail
SIP az Island Pond They are nov hard at
a repairing tie road, putting in new iron
-'eeQer- the road is improving rapidly.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
number Of the woud-he cifs Of St Adams
visited H-h.ate last Sabbath ami conducted
themselves IN very inleclr5us manner, to the
Great annoyance Of the deuzens of that quiet
village.
Eight CITY h-4.ia-s have taken apartments
at .T..
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CAMBRIDGE CATTLE MARKET.

AMOUNT OF LIVE STOCK AT MARKET.
Cattle. Sheep & Lambs. Swine
Ia a.i week is ii-5 ilol
Prces Of Market Beef-Extra, sl2 IS a 70 %; first
quality So rl n $50; second quality, 81 90 a
sil 81. third quality 5000 a 1850.
Prices Of store Cattle-working Oxen, p pair,
M'leh Cows and Calves, from s35, $50, SIS, SIS a
Yearlings, SIS n Is; two YEAR, cd, 800 a 70 ,
three year. old, s+5 m 50
a 81 Cd each, extra 81 so a 50 30 or from q a.
e-c b 2.
Spring LAMBS "a 80.
Hides % a Toe g To- Tallow,7 a &c r II. Pelts
s. 81 "a 81 - each Calfsk p a 20 per n.
Prices Of Poultry-Extra p a pc; prime 49,. a
1's; good Is a Ice; medium l7l a lsc; poor to
medium &c.
REMARKS.
CATTLE-The supply from the Northern States
continues i-ht. Vermont, that takes the lead in
the new England STATES is raising live stock was
poorly repres euted, well as other States Cattle
that re no. extra lat selliaE for the hest prices
" joyce. with 81 head fr.m Michigan, had Il fine
Oxen that were not wanted. which at other seasons
OF the year would have commanded the highest
urices The best bids were ST. cwt- Prices on
good Steers and common 8 Tue without ehange.
William Kicker sold two Oxen at s3 Y cwt D.
Goodrich sold oxen AZ Sl2 30 z cwt and stays It
an 20 2 cwt T. K. Shearer sold , oxen Al $40 2
~ 4ress 0l0 f.s. and Oxen at 81 Y cwt, dress
la, ms each. NJ Joyce sold 10 Michigan Cattle at
sl2 z cwt 30 shrink, average lko1 ms oxen az
80 y - IN shrink avers se 1924 rs each. Lam
hart Hastings sold fine Stays at sl2 % e"t aver
age 1915 TBS. -. e,...,, ,,,.-
SnEEP-But slight fuctuatlo1 IN the Sheep mar
sod esrIv at cures corresponding with those o. last
week. which is not very flatterng TO the dealers
The butchers are fair in their dealings aho te gIoE
err keep posted having the opportunity oi netelhg
tbeir sheen sold hy. the hutchers az taneuH nan
MARKET Very little money. is made at pIssssent
prices Rice Livingston sold l59 cppee yeArlnss
Tambs at 5 y head B. Long sold liO clipper yea,
Inns at &c = Ii, average so its J. r fowisr so51
Iss Il pped yeariings at &c p ID, average % ibs.
7. Houghton sold Sheep at &c z ID gross ~e'en'
1870 TBS ,.-,...,a -, o.. - M
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BY ATLANTIC CABLE.

T0NU0N- IIT0 1
Tr. w. ...,...-- e-5t-.
-. 60. -'-. -
-, ,,'1 FL
arvilos 20 NOV f,sis ,, ygl,et NON. l,l.l--
ations are 10 be CONDUCTED and adds: But Nlr.
Motlev's sn rrestions to Lord Clarendon are per-
,adsj h.. ,iie s,.irit t-ss,s,3 o., I eel i,lo
,neric,ns NAV reasonable hone f9r src,ess
Farland would he content n accent a se-tIe-1srt
ARRANGED nv Lord ClareDdou and Mr.. NIo;lcv
The TelcgrSpl saws any proposals made bv MIR.
Motley viii be weighed on their merits Eng-
lind having made her rrrto.- AGAINST Sir ~lrn-
r.s,,. Jaotrine has dismissed # from ,.r.ile--
Inc ''-I 80 -. III ,,,1 ,' ,-' %
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BURLINGTON STEAMBOAT co.
Oh KES Nm e. y

viii make her regular trips onand afterTU ESDAY,
June lst, i5f4 as follows.
LEAVE PLATTsHURGH.
6 80 A.M.-Stopping at PORT Jackson and Port Kent,
arriving at Burlington At % connecting with
Rutland K for Rutland Troy. Albany, New
York bellows Falls, Springfield and Boston
II 30 A-M-Direct for Burlington, arriving at i3)
pm, connecting with Rutland Z Il. for Bellows
Falls and Way Stations.
LEAVE BURLINGTON.
$40 A.M.-Direct for Pittsburgh, arriving at lilo
23O PM.-St0pping at Port Kent and Port Jackson,
arriving at 90.
GEO. a. MERR Ii, Supt
Rutland. Vt, May 29th, lsj9.-t'd&wu
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Burlington District Ministerial Association Is
=, =, meet AT Yergennes, next Monday eyerfnc.
day. O''0"'Hs
aes s persons have joined the Wesleyan and
~, 'he Methodist Episcopal church, on probs-
49, "a q result Of the recent revival in Wer-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-06-04

N the District Court Of the United States For
1 the District OF Nermout.-In the matter Of Geo.
T. Benedict, Bankrupt Notice i hereby given
T. Benedict or Ia tforn, in said District. duly de-
cared a Bankrupt unier the At of Consress Of
March . l-57, Tor discharge and certificate there
from all his dent and other claims pr0vahle under
said Act and that the 9Th day Of July, $50, at 10
O'Clock An. before the Hon. D. 4. Smaley. Judge
II said Court at bis Chambers in the rity Of Bur-
lingtou. .s assigned flr the hearing Of the same.
when and where all creditors who have proved their
debts, and ether persons in Interest may attend and
show cause II any they have, why the prayer Of "a
petition should not he granted.
Dated at Burlington, on the 3st dav of Nav, -69.
49w3w B. b. SMALLEY, Clerk.
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EDGAR ". CROMWELL,
Resident Manager
JOSEPH b. ST. JOHN.
Assistant Manager.
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ADDISON ooUsTi'
Tine water Commissioners Of NerEen"es ''s
-rtsnding the water mains in that cry
81 weighing - S-4 pounds was caught
\ P'lAeI'' VI near Whiting Station few
i'''i ''''. '' .rj IN the following day one
-' ,.1-' rsan5 more was pulled from 'A'
same hole
-. -=.,-s cf Otter Greek Lodge If Good
---..r,-. n Verrenncs were installed last Friday
'..,.e-. Cen. George W. Graniev Is Worthy
t-..sr Tarrr'Gr.
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AGENTS WANTED,
AGENTS READ Ills!


a large handsome octave, beautifully illustrated
W tn steel eu-uVngs, selling with astonishing IA
pid.ty, and giving universal satisfaction. Exclusive
territory AMI large comm sslons gwen Liberal
salaries paid % experienced efficient cauvas-ers-
send for descriptive circulars giving full nforma
ton 20 4. 5. HALE q CO., Publishers,
r. Hartford. CT
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MAaNoIIA WATER.-Superior to the best i'm
ported German Cologne, and sold At half the
price
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The best evidence is to try them. They speak
for themselves. Persons of sedentary habits
troubled with weakness, lassitude, palpitation
Of the heart, lack of appetite, distress after eat
ing, torpid liver, constipation, diabetes, &c,
will find speedy relief through these Bitters.
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1ru advertisements


OUR new terms to agents before sending to any
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4eu advertisements.

PATENT POCKET CORN sHELLER.
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SpGrial 0otires.
VICTOR Y.

AC0NQUEST INSTANT AND SUBLIME,
Ger spiteful Nature and DER blightng Time
Hair white or gray, or red as sunsets sky,
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Beneath tine spell OF CBISTADoRO's DYE.
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I AND BEAUTIFiER.-This famous preparation il
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ittAckers it ifdull and dead looking it gives it
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sold by Druggists and applied by all Hair Dress
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June 4.-dEwIm
BRANDRETH's PILLS--To THE
PJ BLIC.--Brandreth' Pills have been known
and used by your graudf,hers and grandmothers.
They are always safe and sure to do you good.
They arc purely vegetable and diminish the death
principle some think they increase the principle
of lie. But in taking out bad humors from the
blood. they DO make The body lighter. and thus
seem g. add energy. Many families have used them
fog upwards of forty years.
They are the best medicine flr Colds. for all Bill
iou- Affections for Fullne-s about the Head or
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they are uuuvalled. In all cases in which a Dur
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compared TO them. Two hundred ply ,cians have
testified that Bnudrejh's Pills are superior to all
otler pur-atNes whatever. Sold by an druggist.
June i-dGv.m.
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ne. . :. Atee (oalored) was recently oriain-
- D'y e ministry BY Bishop Johns Of Petera-
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This Company, having recently established a
Branch n IRE United States. for the purpose Of
tr7nsaet.n- therein General Fire Busines- would
respectfully -ol'e', tie patronage Of the in.uriu-
public.
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The business Of the Company. extending over a
period of s'xty-ave wears. having been uniformly
prosperous las won fr them high reputation
throughout thewoFld. f7r careful management and
financial strength.
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-03-09

ARRIVAL OF SPRING INvoIcEs.-Every stranger
who visits our great metropolis soon learns. upon
observation, which of cur particular localities
possesses the most attraction. One among the
number which undoubtedly takes the precedence
in this respect is the fashionable rendezvous at
the corner Of St. Charles and Canal streets, where
those dictators in the empire of furnishing goods
Messrs. Leighton Hsyman, have long iourished
with increasing popularity. In this mornings
CRESCENT these enterprising merchants adver.
tise an arrival of sessonable fabrics, which we
presume are but the avant couriers which are to
usher in complete and elegant assortment of the
most stylish articles.
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-03-09

As an illustration Of the swindle involved
in the copper bill which Congress passed over
President Johnson's veto, the New York
World says:
/. 1t was shown that the duties it imposed
on imported copper and copper ores would
virtually prohibit the importation of those
articles, and thus strip the treasury of what
ever revenue it now derives from them.
2. 1t was shown that the shipping interests
of the country would be seriously affected by
this virtual prohibition of the foreign cop
per trade.
8. 1t was demonstrated that such prohibi-
ton would tend to destroy the business Of
smelling copper ores in connection with
smaller amount of the imported article-s
business which has hitherto yielded the larg-
est share of the copper production of the coun-
tryl
4 II was made perfectly plain that the effect
of the bill would be TO enhance by nearly 20
per cent. the cost of blue vitriol, thus discrim-
mating against the great manufacturing indus
tries in which that article is extensively en-
ployed.
5. II was shown that the bill, which is in
tended to give monopoly of the copper min
ing business 10 the owners of watered stock in
the Lake Superior mines, would impose tax
of five or six millions upon the people of the
United States, every dollar of which is to
be paid to the spectators in those watered
stocks.
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-03-09

Mr.. Bigelow, late United States minister il
Paris, writes letter to the New York Tri-
bune, denying that. whilst exercising the
functions of that office, he had, under instruc-
tons from the state department, suggested to
NJ. Drouyn rHuys that ''ifthe emperor would
remove his troops the American government
could recognize the empire of the ill-starred
Macmillan as soon as they were gone" Mr..
Bigelow says that the only possible founda-
ton for such a charge must be found in an
effort made by him .'soon after the peace of
1866" to convince the French government
that such recognition, on the part of the
United States would be impossible as long as
the French troops should remain in Mexico.
The French minister argued that Maximil-
ian's government was the only government
then existent in Mexico, and hence was enti-
tied to de facto recognition, and that its mi
perial form could be no valid objection, as the
United States had recognized the government
of Iturbide in Mexico, and of Don Pedro in
Brazil. Mr.. Bigelow replied that, pending
the French occupation the Mexican people
had no opportunity to show, or to assert their
will, and that the governments of Iturbide
and of Don Pedro were recognized because
the one was the choice of the Mexicans and
the other of the Brazi,ians He further sta
ted, however, that if the Mexican people, af-
ter the evacuation of the country by the
French, should choose Macmillan for their
ruler, the United States would undoubtedly
recognize his government. This conversation
was held without any instructions from WASH
ington. Mr.. Bigelow is heretical enough to
say that he neglected this excellent opportu-
nifty 'of charging to the French minister
upon the terrors of the American eagle"
although he confesses that he was not igno-
rant ''of this cheapest of all methods of ma
king reputation as diplomatist
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-03-09

The Bee of Sunday morning contains the
following:
We reply TO our esteemed contemporary, the
CRESCENT, that the context of our observations,
TO which he refers In his Issue OF Friday last
shows very plainly that "the result" OF VIII ch We
were speaking was he defeat Of The neIo charter.
OF course we had not the remotest intention OF
intimstiDg that unfair and improper means we're
used to obtain the CREscESr's support to the re-
tention in power Of the present city government
wishing TO enjoy the CREscENT's favorable opin-
ion as to our courtesy, We may add. that It was
unnecessary we should express judgment az to
whether the CRESCENT was or was not disinter
ested in its opposition to the new charter, al
though II our recollection serves Us, the CREs-
CENT. in speaking of the supporters of the new
charter, was not equally reserved.
Which is just what we might have expected
from journal which, like the Bee, has always
been noted for courtesy and fair dealing to-
wards its contemporaries.
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-03-09

1t has already been announced that a sec
ond case involving the validity of coin con-
tracts has been decided by the Supreme
Court of the United States. 1t was suit for
ground rent in Baltimore, on contract made
in Baltimore. in 1871, for the annual payment
of English golden guineas" of specified
weight. The question before the court was
whether this payment could be made, under
the legal tender act, in greenbacks, at the
nominal or par value of the English money
contracted for.
The court decided that the contract had
been made for gold coin expressly to avoid
such fluctuations in the currency of the coun-
try as had been frequent during the colonial
period and the war for Independence, and
must be enforced according to its terms. The
opinion given in this case by Chief Justice
Chase, and assented to by the whole court,
except Justice Miller, is still more explicit in
affirming the binding force of special con-
tracts for coin, whether made before or after
the legal tender acts were passed, than that
given in the case of Bronson against Rodes
two weeks ago. The court now say, while
still refusing to give any opinion whatever as
to the constitutionality of these acts, as not
involved in this case, that these acts them
selves recognize two kinds of money, gold
and paper, as equally legal tender; and that
when contract is made for either, the courts
must enforce it in kind while a contract for
money, not specifying either, may be satisfied
in any legal tender money, at the option of
the debtor. The court adds:
This inference as to contracts made prior to
the passage of the acts making United States notes
legal tender is strengthened by the consideration
that those acts not only do not prohibit but by
strong implication sanction contracts since their
passage for the payment or delivery of coin ; and
consequently, taken in connection with the
provision of the act Of 1872, concerning money
of account, require the damages upon such
contracts to De assessed in coin and judgment
rendered accordingly; leaving the assessment Of
damages for breach of other contracts to be made
and judgment rendered In lawful money. 1t
would be unreasonable TO suppose that the legis-
lat IRE intended a different rule, as to contracts
prior to the enactment of the currency laws,
from that sanctioned by them in respect TO con-
tracts since.
This language, says the New York Evening
Post, removes beyond dispute the doubt ex-
pressed by some, whether the decision in the
case of Bronson against Rodes, a case upon a
contract made before the legal tender acts
were passed, could be cited to sustain con-
tracts made since their passage. 1t will be
observed that the court sustains special con-
tracts for coin made before the passage of
these acts, expressly on the ground that these
acts themselves, properly construed, make
such contracts legal after their passage, and
that Congress cannot have meant to apply
different rule to contracts previously made.
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-03-09

The Picayunes dispatches last evening say
that A. I. Stewart and Judge Hoar are to re-
sign their places in the cabinet at General
Grants request; likewise that Mr.. Washburne
has resigned. Mr.. Stewart can scarcely resign
an Office which he does not hold. As to Judge
Hoar, it seems strange that he should be invi-
ted to resign three days after his appoint
ment. Mr.. Washburne has been for some
time in bad health. so that it would not be
strange if he should decline to assume the
onerous duties of the state department.
Thus the Wanted reticence of Gen. Grant,
which was supposed to indicate so much saga
city, has simply involved him in perplexities
which he might have avoided by acting like
ordinarily sensible people.