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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-02-22
Congress-.

In the Senate Monday the credentials
of the Georgia Senators elect were taken
from the files and referred to the Judici-
airy Committee. Messrs. Morton and
Fenton made personal explanations in re-
ply to circular charging them with fav-
oritism in the management of the Print
ing Bureau. They denied the charges,
and an inquiry by the Committee on
Printing was ordered at their suggestion.
Bills were introduced providing for the
enforcement of the Fifteenth Amendment
for the erection of bronze statue in honor
of the late Secretary Rawlins, and for
other purposes. Among the resolutions
offered was one for 1000 appropriation
to purchase an oil painting of the late
President Lincoln; and in reference tc
the removal of the Branch Mint from
New-Orleans to this City. The bill pro.
viding for an increase in the salaries Of
the United States Supreme Court Judges
was reported with amendments from Com
mittee. The Mississippi bill was thar
taken up, motion for postponment be.
ing defeated on a tie vote of "a to "a by
the Vice-President deciding in the mega
tive.
In the House, after the presentation o.
various petitions, large number of bills
were introduced, among them the follow
ing: To charter the New York Submerg
ed Railway Company with power to con
struct q tunnel under the North River
to reorganize the Judicial Districts o.
this State; for additional bounties to dis
charged soldiers now in the civil service ;
to provide homes for the homeless in tn,
late slave States; to repeal the Oath act
to fund the public debt at lower rate o
interest; for constitutional amendmen
to allow Congress to issue legal-tende
notes, and to amend the act in relation Il
a steamship line to the Hawaiian Islant
by extending it to Australia. A resolu
tion instructing the Banking and Curren
cy Committee to report bill increasin.
the currency $50,000,000 was offered b,
Mr.. Loughridge. The House refused Il
table the resolution by vote of 70 to 9;
it went over under the rule until mex
Monday.
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The painful duty devolves upon the
Governor of announcing to the people Of
this State the death of his predecessor,
PETER T. WAsHBuRN, which occurred at
Woodstock OH the 9Th inst.
The distinguished public services Of
Governor Washburn have made him well
known to all of us. Bred to the bar, he
soon acquired a high standing in his pro-
fession, and for many years had ranked
among the foremost lawyers of the
State.
But it was from his intimate connection
with the military history of Vermont that
he will best be remembered. He was
one of the few who for years before the
Great Rebellion dared to show, by precept
and example, his strong interest in an or.
ganized militia. He was almost the first
to take the field, and, as its Lieut.. CO.
.urnu,auuou Inc isI i.egiLnent, Nermon'
Volunteers. Soon after the expiration Of
his term of service he was, in the fall Of
1861, elected Adjutant General, and con-
tinued to occupy that position for five
years. In this capacity he displayed Q
rare talent for organization the quotas
of the State were filled with prompttude
often in advance, and his ability anc
untiring industry have left deep i'm
press on the elaborate records over which
he presided. Strictly just and uncom
promising in his official conduct, he wa.
yet sufficiently courteous and obiging t.
all.
His death will be sincerely regretted
by all, and especially deplored by ou
soldiers, who knew and appreciated hin
best.
The officers of the several militia or
CARNATIONS will wear the usual badges o
mourning at all the regular paradcs dur
ing the current year.
By ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR.
WILLIAM WELLS,
Adjutant and InsDecfOr Geuesa1D
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-02-22

The Texas Legislature, which met only
a week ago, having ratified the 18th
Amendment to the Constitution, that
State is the 18th whose justification estab.
fishing general suffrage is undisputed.
With New York and Indiana, claimed as
rejecting the amendment, she makes
twenty-nine, or one more than enough to
assure the success of the measure. The
Legislature of Nebraska which met to
day, is expected to put an end to all
further doubt by prompt ratifca-
ton.
In Baltimore nearly 5000 women find
steady employment throughout the sea
son In packing oysters.
Sweet potatoes too big for stove wood
and too small for dug-outs are Kansas
productions
Unmarried men are exclude from jur-
les In Illinois when breach of promise
cases are on trial.
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Addison County Temperance COnven-
ton.

tlOns
The Addison County Temperance
Convention assembled in the Court
House in this place on Wednesday af-
ternoon and was organized by Rev. DR..
II. d. Kitchel, chairman of the Execu-
tive Committee. S B. Rockwell was
elected chairman, and l.. f. Knapp,
Secretary.
The report Of the County Commits
sioner was called for and l.. w. Stowe
responded in a report for the nine
months which had elapsed since enter.
ing upon his duties. From this report
it appears that agents have been Ii
censed in eight towns, and liquor had
been sold at each agency as follows
Middlebury, s3s54,5O Vergennes
$1753. 40 Bristol, SlO53 .53; Lincoln
s725, 72 Starksboro, S496, 20; Hancock
SAT- Al Leicester, 1927 ,6s; Granville
$237 so.
The report was accepted.
IL WAS tleH NOteu tIlht tuc ColNeu
ton proceed to the nomination of ,
candidate for County Commissioner t.
be supported at the election in March
C.-r-- 1 + -
vote was taken by reclamation, ant
LOYAL w. STOWE, of N. Haven, tn,
present incumbent, was declared unan
imOusly nominated for the support q
the freeman of Addison County for tn
office of County Commissioner for tn
next year.
The Convention then adjourned.
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The Bible in Public SchOols-.ImpOrt-
ant Decision.

The Judges of the Supreme Court of
Cincinnati have finally rendered their
decision in the case involving the ques
ton of the exclusion of the Bible from
the public schools: The action was to
dissolve the injunction heretofore gran
ted to restrain the operation of resolu-
tons of the school board, declaring
that the reading of the Bible and re-
ligious books should not be PERMITTED
in the schools. Judge Hagena held
that the provisions of the constitution
recognize the religion of christianity
and acknowledge that religion and
morality are necessary to good gov
eminent. That the State uses religion
rs n means to promote n good govern
ment, and therefore the exclusion of
all religious instruction from the pub
lie schools is contrary to the provisions
of the bill of rights. Judge Storer con-
Cured in these views and the injunct-
ion was made perpetual.
The case in point has been the pre-
valing theme in the Cincinnati courts
for several months past. 1t was first
agitated in the Board of Education and
from their decision the appeal was
taken to the courts. A grand mass
meeting of Christian people assembled
some time ago, and by their enthusi
asm and earnestness, declared what the
popular opinion was. by the forego
ing decision it is declared that the posi-
ton that the Bible should be abolished
2 from our schools, Lecause it is prin
ciple in our government that religion
, liberation shall not he abridged, is un
tenable, because by placing the Bibl
| there, no particular doctrine is taught
, or creed sanctioned. If the court ha'
held, by an illiteral construction of til
, laws, that the Bible should be eXclud
I ed from the public schools, the protest
ant father would have far create
reason to complain of the abridgmen
3 of religious liberation than the Catho
t lie or Jew who protests against its enti
= ance.
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THE New JERSEY CANDIDATE FOR
THE SUPREME BENCH, Joseph p.
Bradley, the New Jersey lawyer
who has been nominated as Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court, has a
brother "a shoemaker) living in Spring
field, from whom the Republican derives
the following account of the new celeb
rity
"Judge Bradley, as we hope to call
him ere long, was born in 1913, in
Berne, N. j., on farm on the Helder-
burgh hills, in sight of the Catskills.
He was the eldest of large family and
was brought up to life of general USE
fulness raised breadstuffs and stocks,
tanned leather, made their own har-
ness and shoes, sheared sheep and wove
the wool into cloth and wore the home
made cloth at college, as the great Web
ster did, raised flax, and he himself
says, / will still preserve the family
spinning-wheel as my highest title to
respectfully He made maple sugar,
too, and drove a charcoal cart with me-
lodious vociferation. He had few OPP
portunities for early education outside
of his intense longing for it, but he be-
gan at II to teach school and study at
the same time. Thus he mastered
mathematics and logical studies, and all
the time read ravenously. At 10 he
prepared for college with the minister
of the parish, and at first thought of be-
ing minister. He entered Rutgers
College at New Brunswick, N. j., in
1898, and graduated with high honors
in 1886; in the fall of that year begin
ing the study of law, and was admitted
to the bar in 1889. For these 80 years
he has been prominent in the New Jer-
sey courts and in the United States
courts of that district
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Adjutant and Inspector General

MIDDLEBURY MARBLE IN THE SCULPToRs
HANDs.-A correspondent from Newport,
Il. l., writing to friend, thus describes
Greenough statue for the Boston Latin
School
81 do not know whether or not you
saw last summer the plaster model of the
statue of Victory, which Richard Green
ough is executing here for the Latin
School of Boston. 1t is now far advance
ed in marble, and think its character
authorizes me to say that it will be an
addition to her art treasures of which
Boston will have cause to be proud.
The figure is of life-size, draped, half
seated, with the right arm raised to hold
above the head and forward, wreath OF
laurel. The left arm rests, Just above
the level of the thigh, on the upper rim
of the shield, the hand slightly holding
its corner. The shield, ON which ale to
be inscribed the names of the graduates
of the school who fell in the warts
partly seen in front, enough to show that
there are inscriptions on it, and that these
are divided into two columns by an invert.
ed torch running from the top to the base
of the shield.
To my eye, this statue has the chic
characteristics of high sculpture, unity
grace, and expression. All the parts
contribute tremendously to the whole
effect, the posture, in a'high seat giving
to the waist and lower limbs graceful
undulating movement, which would be
lost were the figure either fully seated OIL
erect.
The conception is remarkably happy
and especially in this, that it congresses
the composition into compact oneness, sc
that the eye takes in at look the whole
and all the parts. Each arm is SO import.
antly occupied-the one with the wreath
the other with the shield-that their ac-
ton, while giving the import Of the statue
give it an animation seldom attained in
monumental work. | could 60 on
praising, but will now leave that to those
who shall see it when finished, only add
ing, with confidence, that this statue will
add to the deserved reputation of the
sculptor of Franklin.
Just one word more. The marble is a
pure glowing block of Pentelican, Of
Vermont, from the Addison county
quarry. Mr.. Greenough assures me that
for statuary it has all the virtues of the
marble in which Phidiaz wrought on the
Acropolis of Athens Boston Tran
script.
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THE BONDS ARE
IN DENOMIN ATOMS OF
$1,000. $500, and 500.


They will be issued as Coupon Bozds, pay able
to Bearer, AMI may be held in that form; or
The Bond may he Registered ia the name OF
the owner, with the coupons remaining payable to
bearer attached, the principal being then trans
ferahlc only on the books of the Company, unless
re-assigned TO bearer; on
The coupons may be ietac he'd and cancelled the
Bond made permanent Registered Bond, trans
icrable only on the books OF the Company, and
the interest made payable only to the registered
owner or his attorney
The three classes Will be known respectively "a
Ist. &c oupon Bonds payable to Rear
err
End. "Rcgistered Bonds with Coupons
attached"
3rd. "Registered Bonds with COu-
pons detached" and should be SO designated
by Correspondents in specifying the class Of Bonds
desired
They have thirty years to run from January 10.
1870, with the interest at siN per cent per annum
from November l. 1869. PRINCIPAL AND INTER
EST PAYABLE IN GOLD N THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
The interest is payable in May and Nov emhes
that may take the place of that of the earlier Is
sues eff Flverwenties. and suit the convenience OF
our friends who already hold Central and Western
Pacific Bondsi with interest payable IN January
and July, and who may desire, IN making add
tional investments. to have their interest receiva
BILE at different seasons of the year.
Inc Loan T. sttNItu ~ u nuItpuEo upon
entire Line Of Road from Richmond to The Ohio
River, with the equipment and all other property
and appurtenanoos connected Herewith.
sinking fund of : noe, 900 pcra nnnm is pro,i
ded for the retention of the Bonds, to take etiec,
one year after the completion of the Road.
The mortgage is for SIS 900 900, of which So
coo 900 will he reserved and held in trust for the
retention of outstanding Bonds of the Vagina
Central Rniroad Company now merged in the
CHESAPEAKE AM ONO.
OF the remaining slj. 900 600, sufficient IL
mount will be sold 10 complete the road To- the
Ohio river, perfect and improve the portion now
in operation, and thoroughly equip the whole for
a large and active traffic.
The present price is 30 and accrued interest
A Loan So amply secured, so carefully guarded,
and certain hereafter to command prominent
place among the iavorite securities in the markets
both of this Country and Europe, will be at once
appreciated and quickly absorbed
VERY rpspeetlullN.
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Annual Meeting of the Addison Count,
Temperance Society.

The Addison County Temperance So.
clety convened at the Court House in
Middlebury on Wednesday, the 10th
day of February, 1870, and was called
to order by the President, Rev. Ward
Billiard of New Haven. rayer was
offered by Rev A. c. Stevens of Leices.
ter On motion the President appointed
a committee of three to nominate Off.
GERS for the ensuing year. as follows
Samuel James of Weybridge, w. S
Alden of Leicester, Edwin Hammond
of Middlebury.
On vote of the Society committee
OF five was appointed to present resolu
tions, which consisted Of Horatio Good
rich, Isaac Drake, Ira w. Clark, DIR. H
ID. Kitchel, Prof w. H. Parker. b,
request Of Mr.. Goodrich he was excused
and Rev. w. N. Bacon was appointed
n his place.
Mr.. Wilcox of Suffolk County n. Y.
was invited to make some remarks, ant
he briefly addressed the meeting refer
ring to the success of the temperate,
efforts in his county, which he attri
buted to the continuous, persistent worl
which they had done. not by splendi,
speeches, but by faithful, earnest, per
severing work of the le.-Brie
speeches were made by Messrs
Stevens, Hanchett, Alden, C. d. Lane
8. o. Wright, Bacon, Rock well James
and others most Of whom took espec
ial pains to express their condemnation
of the pernicious habit of cider ant
wine drinking, and manifesting, thei
approval of monthly meetings of tn,
Society in the different towns.
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EARM FOR SALE.

l. The subscriber ofiors his farm for sale, situ
ated about one half mile east of Edwin Hammond
on direct road from Mddlebury to Bristol.
Said farm contains about 40 acres of good land
in good state of cultivation, suitably divided in
TO tillaga, pasture, and wood land, mostly loan
soil cuts about rs tons of hay of the best quality
Buildings consist of House, with woodshed at
tachcd, three barns, nearly new, together with
corn-barn and shop also new.
For further particulars inquire Of the subscrb
err on the premises, W II, Rows.
Middlebury, Feb Is, 1870, 4swa
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THE ROAD

- Completed and in operation from Rich nvi,d 70
me celebrated White sulphur Springs af West
'ns'hih' "a miles and there remaia but 200
h'le7 tno" partially constructed) 10 be completed
I" the proposed terminus on the Ohio river at OF
near the mouth Of the Big Sandy riyer, $50 miles
above Cincinnati, and $50 miles below Pittsburgh
Lines are now projected or in progress shrough
ONO and Kentucky to this poina, which will con.
meet the chesapeake and Ohio with the.
entire Railroad systems ofthe West and
southwest. and With the Pacific Rail-
road.
Its valuable franchises and superior advantages
VIII place the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Cam
pany among the richest and powerful and
trustworthy corporations of the country; and
mere exists present value, in complete
ed roads and work doue, equal to the
entire amount Ofthe Mortgage.
The details of the loan have been arranged with
special reference TO the wants of all classes of in
Ve7tors, and combine the various features of con
yenience. safety. and protection against loss or
fraud
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NOTICE.

~ Notice is hereby given that there viii be
sold at Public Auction Mt the Universalist meeting
house in East Middlebury on the 9TH day Of
March, A. ID. 1870, at one o'clock, p NJ. the fol
lowing described pews pay the taxes against the
delinq uent proprietors, owners Of pews and parts
of pews in said house. Pew No. s, owned by $
K. Ravens estate; No. 22, Oliver hyde; No %,
Waldo Olmstead; No. &c, Lochlin Wainwright
No. 80, Abel Abby's estate; No. 20, Abel Abby's
estate, one third Of the pew; No SO, Sylvia Per
kins; No. ST, Lansey Forbes; No 30 F A be-
land, half of the pew
The above will be sold to the highest bidder,
unless paid previous to the time of sale.
46w3 W. II. ELDRIDGE, Collector.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-02-22

After a recess for dinner the Society
reassembled at ! p m, and Rev. DIR.
Kitchel, in behalf of the Executive
Committee. made their report which
the Society requested the Editors Of the
Middlebury Register and Vergennes
Vermonter to publish in full, The
manuscript has not yet been furnished
for publication.
Samuel james, Chairman of the Com
mittee on nominations reported as fol-
lows: President, Rev. Joseph Steele,
Middlebury, Vice Presidents, Ii. N.
White, Panton, w. w. Pope, Lincoln,
G. d. Keller, Vergennes.
Secretary, L. E Knapp, Middlebury.
Executive Committee, Rev. III. d.
Kitchel, Middlebury, E. d. Warner,
New Haven, Justus Cobb, Middlebury,
Orrin Field, Cornwall, Rev. A. b. Ly-
on, Ferrisburgh, Samuel James, Wey-
bridge, CIV. Grandey, vergennes.
The report was adopted and the per-
sons named were elected.
The Society then took recess for the
holding of the Convention to nominate
County Commissioner.
After the adjournment of the Con-
vention, Rev. w. n Bacon, chairman OF
the Committee, reported series of res
olutions which, with some amendments
and after some discussion, were unani-
mously adopted, as follows:
Inasmuch as all the interest of Society are
equally affected by intemprance
Resoiped, That the social, civil, educational and
religious interests of the county demand an
earnest attention to the cause Of temperance.
Resoipsd, That to secure this end, the subject
Of temperance be frequently agitated in, and
commended to the favor of homes, Sabbath schools
associations and churches, and also that we recon-
mend peoples meeting in connection with the sub
ject.
| Resoloed, That we heartily approve Of the Yer.
mont prohibitory law in its principle and practice
because, properly enforced, it secures of the
great ends of temperance, in SO largely removing
the temptation, by suppressng the traffic in intox
icating drinks.
Resolved, That it is the duty of temperance mer
to favor the appointment of temperance men t.
civil offices.
Resolved, That the Church BIO and is the recog
nized leader, supporter, executor of temperance
in principle and law.
RESOLVED, That associations and churches SHOULD
sustain by uniting with, any effective organiza
tion that looks to true temperance movements
Rev. w. n. Bacon extended an in
vitation to the Society to hold the frs
of a series of monthly meetings, n
Shoreham only subject'to the approx
al of the local temperance organization
The Society then adjourned to NEE
at Shoreham, on notice from the Shore
ham Temperance Society.
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CLOSE CoMMuNIoN,-Rev. DIR. Ide Of
Springfield, Mass, tells his denomina-
tional brethren: II believe in restricted
communion and practice it, but l place
it on the basis Of expediency. Christians
are organized into churches, and it is best
that each should commune with his own.
But when you say good Christian shall
not commune with you because he has not
been immersed, you must havea Thus
saith the Lord from the Bible,-and it
is not there"
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THE BUSHNELL FARM

This desirable farm containing 10 acres de-
lghtfuly situated on the main street, in Cornwall
near Church. Post Office and School, three miles
south of Middlobury, is now offered for sale This
farm is well watered-has fine Sugar Orchard
near the house, also young orchard in bearing
For the production of all kinds of grain, roots
and grass, fruit, it ranks among the best in the
county. 1t has substantial convenient and
pleasantly arranged two-story house, with eonven-
lent farm buildings.
Amy one wishing good farm, pleasant home,
and excellent social, religious and educationa adj
vantages, are cordially invited to call and exam
inc the property of the proprietor the premises
l.. {. MEAD.
Cornwall, Jan. 8, 1870. 42:tf
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EXCISE TAX NOTICE.

IL l will attend to receiving returns of In
comes, Carriages, Gold Watches, Gold and Silver
Plate also, applications for Licenses and all other
assessments under the Internal Revenue Laws OF
the United States, at Col Is : stowell- in Corn
wall, March Sd
All persons liable to assessments are hereby mo-
titled to make returns by the LIST day of March or
be subject to 90 per cent to the proper duty
j. W. B0YNTON,
Asst Assessor lst Dist lth Div Vt.
Orwell, Feb. 9Th, 1870 Avs