Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-08-16

price OF these staples must materially
advance.-Vernaont Watchman.
REALS ADDRESS TO THE Public
At late hour on Thursday night John
Real gave up all hope of being re-
proved, and his last appeal to the
public is published this morning. he
reviews the circumstances of his trial
and the evidence and character of the
witnesses against him, alludes to the
excited state of public feeling at the
present time on account of the Nathan
murder, and charges that he is sent
to the gallows for political reasons.
He says: "All my political friends
| in the Twenty-irst Ward were OPP
posed to Hoffman's nomination for
Governor. They gave their support
to Henry D. Murphy of Brooklyn. So
long as my friends sustained Hoffman
and other Tammany nominees, so long
was sustained. My case was never
called to trial until my friends sup
ported Murphy as candidate for Gov
| ernor, months and months after | was
arrested. Tammany politicians took
advantage of the excitement caused by
the Rogers murder, Oakley Hall sat
upon the bench with Judge Barnard,
and the trial was rushed through with
out allowing me time to defend myself.
Men are now at large through the in
fuence of Tammany, who have CON-
mitted, unlike me, unprovked murders.
Before the trial, Peter B. Sweeney
said, "Real must be hanged; he has
got to be hanged. The interests of
Tammany Hall demand it"
Was it for the interests of Tammany
Hall that Gov. Hoffman refused to
commute nv sentence? Was it for
this he refused to grant respite when
employed by some good friends who
asked for few days in which to pre-
pare my soul for eternity? But the
will Of God be done. feel that the
Governor has acted wrongfully, but
from the bottom of my soul | forgive
him and | pray that God may forgive
him too, for l feel in my last moment
that he needs the forgiveness of God.
| die guiltlesS of the stain of murder.
OF this am conscious, and l die in the
hope that this fact will soften the bit
terness, pain and anguish of my poor
father sisters aud relatives while
weeping over my grave.
| (Signed) JOHN REAL.
The body of Martha E. Clark, aged
Is years, who has been missing since
June s, was found floating in the Ware
river Saturday, by some workmen hay
ing near the river. Decomposition
was in such an advanced state that no
inquest could be held, and she was re-
cognized only by her clothes. For
ten years she has been subject to fits,
and it is supposed that she drowned
herself while deranged.
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1t is a remarkable fact that the
q. young Generals in the Prussian army
are the most successful. The Crown
Prince of Prussia, who has the chief
glory of the defeat of the French ar
my, is not yet thirty-nine years old.
Prince Frederick Charles, the Kings
nephew, who commands the Prussian
right, and is esteemed the ablest of all
King Williams Generals, is forty-two
years old. General Steinmetz, who
, defeated Frossard, is also about for
ty-two years cid. All the leading
French Generals are old men.
, About fortnight ago a brig-rigged
vessel went down the East River to
: the bay ostensibly to air her canvas.
, Eleven miles down a steamer trans
ferred to her some 5000 Remington
rifles and army carbines, two tons Of
4 powder, thirty casks of saltpetre, and
a quantity of uniforms. Thirty Ameri
/ cans went on board the brig as recruits
for the Cuban army. She is reported
:, to have reached Cuba safely, and
:, landed her cargo.
Rum is making fearful havoc il
o Albany. The Argus says: "Twc
limbs of the law, six Government
i officials, one physician, and nine wives
: of respected citizens and mothers o
r. interesting families, were before tn
!. Courts during the past month on
|, charge of drunkenness. The diseas
is spreading to an alarming extent.
Every French soldier carries piec
s of canvas about five feet long by fou
broad, and stick; when two of thes
} pieces Of canvas are joined togethe
e they form a shelter; when six ar
) built up they constitute a tent close
a at both ends. The French soldier
u thus for his house accommodation
t independent of baggage animals.
In reply to charge that Congre
t. gationali8m is dying out in New Eng
t. land, the Congregationalist shows tina
Is since 1881 the denomination has i
re Massachusetts added to its force 81
d new churches and over $4,000 men
= bers, thus nearly doubling its mini;
ID try and more than doubling It's men
Of bership in the last forty years.
st Boston Wool Market.
rs The wool market has been active durin
the past week, with some speculative fee
:. ing on the part of buyers, and many 10
III in this and other Eastern markets hay
. changed hands. Dealers have general