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The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-07-20
TIE Towy.RILLING BUSINESS.

II YOU are in the town-klliug business,
and want 10 become an expert observe
the following rules aud regulations II
you have houses for rent, ask u rental that
nobody can pay. II anybody talks about
put,ingup II foundry, mill or any kind Of
II manufacturing establishment make it
your business to go to him, and tell him
that he will break up ut it : that Mr.. Co
easy tried on that same game once, and
failed 50 disastrously tina. hc finally COM
mi,tcd suicide. lfanybody talks about in
vcstlng money in town property, tell him
that hc is "throwing his money away
that the town !, gone up, aud that no.
body can stand the taxes. II anybody
contcmpla,cs the opening Of
mercantile establishment, assure him
tina, the business of the town is "monopo-
lied, aud that lac i, very foolish to
hazard II dollar in such direction. Pro
nouncc every public improvement that is
undertaken, cheat and u humbug, and
ascribe the interest that public spirited
citizens may manifest therein, to selfish,
mcrccnary motives, or 10 II desire 10 run
the town 30 as TO put money in their own
pockets. Never patrnnize home in,titu-
tions and industries Never, Buy all
your clothing, boots and shoes, dry-goods.
etc. in the large cities, and advise your
neighbors to do the same thing.
DO not, under any circumstances, patron
ize your own tailors and shoemakcrs
And If the editor, who work, ia and out of
season, for the advancement of the mate
rial, moral and intellectual, interest, of
the community thinks that h. IA, "A claim
upon your patronage in the line of udvcr-
Using and job work, just show him that
You don't recognize nj, claim, by ,rr,t'ug
your hand bills and notices; by sending
abroad for your job work, and swearing
very vchcncuIly that You saved money
thereby whether yua did 50 or did not
\ careful Observance OF these rules will
kill the most sprghtly town in
the countryin two or three years. II may
occur that in following them, you will ek-
cite the contempt Of every decent, right
thinking man IN the community but 20
ahead, The bushes, of such men viii
languish the energies and Industries Of
the town will die out, and in such u condi-
tion you viii be amply avenged.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-07-20
submitted
THE RHINE.

Admir- Of Albert II. Christian, decd.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-31
Send i'm the Returns.

We would request Town Clerks, POstmas-
tiers, and our friends generally to send US full
returns of the election held in their respee-
tive towns next Tuesday. Send by telegraph
or the very first mail after the closing Of the
ballot box. Make the returns full and com
plete, giving names of all candidates voted
for and the number of votes given each one,
and specifying the politics of the Represent
alive. Particular interest this year attaches
to the vote for Representative to Congress in
the First Congressional District, by reason
of the attempt of few disappointed Office
seekers to reduce the majority for the Repub-
lican candidate. Please send us the Con-
gressional vote in detail by the very first
opportunity. In return we Will send each
person thus favoring US, who desires it, a
copy of the FREEMAN with full returns from
the State and District. Don't forget to for
waKd US early returns
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-31
The Critical Situation of McMahons
ARMY.

There is nothing conhrTnatory of the re-
ports of a great battle on the Meusc between
the Crown Prince of Prussia and McManon,
unless the dispatch which announces lighting
at Dun on Sunday be accepted as such. IL
is not improbable that the advance guards OF
McMahon and Prince Frederick Charles met
at that point and disputed the passage OF the
Meuse, but the information is at present too
indefinite to base such conclusion upon.
We are fully informed, however, of the
northward movement of the Crown Prince,
in pursuit of Mcmahon, whom it now seems
the purpose of the Prussians to destroy as
Bazaine was destroyed. McMahon's army
lies between Rethel and Stenay, facing south
and east, with the Belgian frontier at its
back. His design has been to cross the Meuse.
Whether he has been halted remains to be
seen. The Crown Prince advances from the
direction of Chalons, and is in McMahon's
front, while Prince Frederick William IS east
of the Mouse prepared to contest its passage.
The situation of Mcmahon is very danger
GUS one, and defeat will leave him with a
difficult line of retreat. His movement to
the north becomes more inexplicabie the
more clearly it is revealed.
| In the mean time Won Steinmetz confines
Bazaine to the defenses of Metz, and the
Prussian Landwehr invest Thionville. the
most northern defense of the line of the
Moselle. The advance on Paris is evidently
postponed until the results of the movements
against McMahon are known. The PrussIar
cavalry demonstrate by several roads IN the
direction of Paris, but there is no evidence
of the advance of the infantry. Tribune o
30h.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-31

STATE FRUSTRATING of the coming State
Fair, to be held in Burlington, the Rutland
Herald says that Vice-President Colfax has
been compelled to decline the delivery of the
annual address, on account of his active par
ticipation in the political canvass in his own
State at the same date, and DR.. George B.
LOring Of Salem, Mass, President of the
New England Agricultural Society, has con-
sented to fill the vacancy, and will deliver
the address on Thursday, the 10th
As some doubts have been expressed in
reference TO the expected presence Of Presi-
dent Grant, the Herald publishes the follow
ing from Senator Morrill,
l am gratifed in being able to inform you
that President Grant will attend the State
Fair on the 18th of September. The day l
left Washington | called on the President,
and he gave me permission 10 say that he
would devote two OF three days to this object,
andtl feel sure he VIII recsi<s as s=ell Is iEa-
part pleasure by his visit.
This Is sufficient assurance to the people
Of Vermont of the presence Of President
Grant at the State Fair.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-31
Movements of the PruSSian Armies
Since the War Opened.

The following is a resume of the progress
of the German arms since the Commencement
of the invasion of France: After the check
encountered by the French vanguard neir
Saarbruck, Aug. 6, followed by the rout Of
Mcmahon, the French main body retired IN
the line of the Moselle. The fortresses IF
Thi0nyille and Metz, dcfences of the first
order, andwell supplied, and the entrenche5
camps which were constrd cted, gaze grett
strength to their new position A direct
attack would have been difficult, therefore
the German armies passed to the north Of
Metz and towards the Moselle, to cross il
above the city, aud discover the eneiny' 5
movements. Such great masses of troors
covering = wide region, required srecial
precautions. The first army was to flank the
enemy's line of march, and was directed to
take new position near the River MED.
Meantime the first and second armies ap-
preached each other, division passing over
the MOselle; the same division on the 9th
took part in fight, in which the French
were repulsed and pursued until they reached
the protection of the guns of Metz. This
combat resulted greatly to the advantage of
the Prussians as it retarded the Fronchsre-
treat, and he-advantase was e1ss4y 4 rry-W
up. The two roads connect Metz with Yer
dun and Verdun with Paris.
The second army, retaining from the
passage of the Moselle, and Paris being TINS
threatened, the French were obliged to with
draw from the right bank of the MoselIe
before Metz, not being strong enough to stop
the Prussian movements. The advance ~
the first army observing the movements Of
the French, attacked on Aug. 18th the French
rear, throwing it upon the main body, which
was compelled to send back several divisions
to support the rear
The Prussian first and seventh Corps we1a
on the south side to compel the French X
face about. They succeeded after bloodx
but victorious conflict. The Prussian 5,b
division attacked Gen. Frossard. the eufiye
French force became engaged, and of "a
Prussian forces the other divisions of the "A
Corps, the 10th Corps, and brigade of the
Sth participated. Prince Frederick Charles
had taken command. The movement was
successful, and the southerly road to Paris
was intercepted.
The Prussians fought heroicalIy. and their
losses were large, but those of the enemv
of the Imperial Guard, were i'm
Dense. The French official reports estimate
the Prusslan force engaged at double what
it was.
The only way for the Emperor to eseano
fatal isolation from Paris and his sunnli..
Law on the northern line
The Prussian army in the south, fndinr
no enemy before it, fell back, combinin9
with the other army. a joint attack ON the
French was then planned. The French eeas
ing to retreat by the northerly line, took .
position on the heights before Metz. Tbe
second army instantly moved to the righr
fixing it's center and left at VerneyilIe ana
while it's right rested in con
tact with the first army. Absolute readiness
for simultaneous move along the entire
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-31

TIE RIGHT SFIRIT.-The rev board of
directors for the Montpelier and Wells River
Railroad, elected at the meeting held ON the
ODD, mean work, and at the same time they
will be economical and careful in regard to
the funds raised for the road They will
feel their way cautiously till they are sure
Of com ing out right, and then make the
dirt fly" At full meeting of the board of
directors held at the Pavilion on the 25th,
the following resolution was unanimously
adopted
Resolred. That the Directors constitute
themselves a committee. and be empowered
TO employ Others to canvass on the entire line
OF the road for subscriptions to the stock (:
and that when there shall be $500 600 of re-
liable, legal subscriptions secured, and other
necessary arrangements can be made, they
will proceed to put the road under contract
for construction.
This resolution has the true ring to it.
Like Davy Crockett, the directors are deter
mined TO be sure they are right and then 90
ahead In this determination and action
they should and will be heartily backed by
every friend of the Montpelier and Wells
River Railroad.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-31

THIRD DIsTRIcT.-We are glad to notice
the nomination of Hon. WoRTHIEGroN SMITH
as a candidate for election from the Third
District to the FortySecond Congress. Mr.
Smith has served this District with faithful
ness and marked ability for the four years be
has been in Congress. He has an influential
position on the Committee on Banking and
Currency, one of the most important COM
mittees of the House. We are glad, and his
constituents ought to be glad that Mr.. Smith
so far put aside his own preferences-which
led him to decline further Congressional SER
VEGAS to give his consent to a reelection
The unanimity in the Convention showed the
good opinion of him among his constituents
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-31
Is itIrnorance or WillfuI Perversion

The Rutland Herald of Monday, IN sum
ming up various reasons why the action Oh
the recent Congressional Convention at Mid
dlebury was unprecedented ana un"ar
ranted, ;" gives the following;
Tn selecting as candidate for the sutfrages
.of the voters of the First Congressional DIS
trict a gentleman as a candidate VINO unoer
the re-districting of the State, which must
be done by the next October session OF tne
Legislature, will not live in this district
TINS presenting the anomaly OF represen-
;tatiye without a district and a district with
out representative.
Now the Herald ought never to have print
ed such an unprecedented and unwarrant-
abls'' editorial statement. Its editor is
supposed to be gentleman, and therefore
should be truthful. He ought to be some
thing of. tscholar,'' and if so, to have a
slight knowledge of passing events and the
history Of legislation. 1t would be desirable
that he be competent to deduce legitimate
conclusions therefrom. Especially if he as
pires to a seat in Congress, should he be able
to comprehend that no re-districting OF the
State is needed till the passage of new ap-
portionment law by Congress, re-distributing
the Representatives composing the lower
branch of our national legislature. Vermont
will not be likely to re-district the State IN
| October and limit herself to two Representa-
tiyes, when by law of the nation she is en-
titled to three. And as Congress does not
meet until December, and it will then take
some little time to agree upon the number o.
members which shall constitute the House o.
Representatives and to apportion that mum
JamOng the several States of thgfJniOn, il
is any call for or probability of a re-district-
ing Of the State next October. We feel we
shall be spared all through the month of DC
tobcr and many other months, the painful
spectacle of " representative without dis
trict and district without a representative,
and therefore we are not inclined to partici-
pate in the lachrymosal grief of the Herald
editor on this point.
Quite likely all members elected this fall
to the AID Congress will, if they properly
term for which they were chosen and as nc
new apportionment law can possibly be
passed by Congress till after the usual time
for the adjournment of our Legislature this
fall, and as our legislative sessions are now
holden biennially, it is pretty safe to con-
clude that Mr.. WILLARD will be a resident
of the First Congressional District of Yer
mont during the term for which he wac
nominated at Middlebury.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-31

H.. was requisite, as the French position
AZ the start the 9th Corps encountered the
oayanced detachments, who opened with ar
t,iIerv from the Verneville side. The first
Inv therefore, was ordered to engage the
snemy in front, and at one O'Clock opened
well sustained and effective cannonade, which
tasted till broad day light. The French re-
Lied with vigor. About 2.S0 the infantry
f.noaged the enemy, who was just then strong
Iv reinforced, his line reaching from 81. Marie
any Chevres to the La Cruissewood. HIS
nosition, naturally of great strength. had
been so fortified by earthworks and bitches
that it seemed almost impregnable. There
wss brief delay before the assault, IN
order to make sure that the enemy had
stunned his retreat on the northern route.
The combat which ensued was long and ter
-ible. On the left the guards and Saxon
troops fought at St. Marie, st. Privat and
Doncourt Meanwhile the other wing was
engaged near ST. All, the Lauisse. Wood
and Verneville, as far as the north side o.
the northern road from Metz to Verdun- The
Sth and 9th Corps participated in the action
at Gravelotte, aud the contest spread IRON
Vaux to the Moselle, where brigade OF the
Sd and 10th, with artillery, were engaged
with the entire French army, Mcmahon I
Corps and Failly's division excepted Attel
| shutdown the Prussians took the heights by
storm, hinging back the French along theil
entire line to the shelter of Metz
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-31
Look TO your Ballots /!

1t is ever the policy of interruptions and
unprincipled politicians to resort to all sorts
of political tricks to carry party ends, and
defeat fair expression of popular opinion.
One of the most common and fagitious of
these tricks is to food the polls with spuri-
GUS or split tickets-tickets on which the
names of one or more candidates sSe omitted
and other names substituted. In some cases
names are purpOsely misprinted, and made SO
nearly alike the genuine ticket that it would
generaisypass as all right. when in fact it is
all wrong and canyassers are compelled to
throw il. out or count it agai.st the candidate
for whom it was in reality intended. We
therefore exhort the Republican voters of
Vermont to carefully examine every ballot
before voting it. Look sharply, that it be
buns all right. If you are not personally
1quainted with the names upon it, compare
the ticket with the one printed in your relia-
bic Republican newspaper-your newspaper
that never bolts regular and fair Republican
nominations but steadily keeps step to the
music of the Union Republican party of the
nation. Look well to your Congress vote.
Men of the First Congressional District, see
sezSt the name of Charles W. Willard is fully
printed on your ballot. In the second Dis
trict, the ticket should bear the name of
Luke P. Poland in the Third that of
WorthingtOn G. Smith. These men are
all regularly nominated Republican can
didates. Don't be cheated into voting for
any other men y Tbs ,Ejsss pi,ststct the
inscriptions and desperate men. They will
resort to all sorts of disreputable tricks to
reduce the majority to which he is fairly
entitled. They will flood the District with
spurious tickets, with ballots for any and all
other men for whom it is possible to obtain
vote-and one of their little games is to print
votes bearing the name of G. NJ. Willard
instead of that of the regular Republican
nominee. Remember that the genuine Re
publican ticket should have on it the name of
CHARLES W. WILLARD for Member of Con-
gress. Let every Republican be sure and
vote the entire ticket, for Congressman and
all. full vote is Republican victory.
Let us have that vote and victory next Tues
3ay.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-31
Votes! EOteS!!

We have printed and sent out votes to the
Chairman of the Republican Town Commit
tee in the respective towns of Washington
county. These votes include the State,
County and Congressional tickets to be voted
next Tuesday. If any town fails to receive
these ballots by Saturday next. they should
at once take measures to provide themselves
with sufficient number by coming or send
ing to Montpelier. No town committee
should fail to see that the Republican voters
of his town are well supplied with reliable
ammunition for the ballot box.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-31

General Trochu, the Governor of Paris,
has issued proclamation, ordering all stran-
gers, natives of countries now at war with
France and not naturalized citizens, to leave
Paris and the Department of the Seine within
three days. They must quit France, or at
least retire to some department on the other
side of the river Loire. All strangers who
come within the above injunction and do not
conform to it will be arrested and handed
over to the military tribunal, unless special
permission to remain is received from the
Governor of Paris
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-31
Get out the Voters

Vermont is sure to go Republican next
TUESDAY, md many good Republicans will
excuse themselves ffca-veSing, because we
are SO certain of a victory az the polls. But
our STD 1.-the first to open the Fall cam
paign, and good round old-fashionsd ma
jority of 10000 would have most. magical
and lnspiriting effect upon the States in
which elections are to come off after ours.
Our friends in Maine, Massachusetts,, New
York and all over the Union are looking
anxiously to Vermont, to see if 81 the Star
that never sets will continue to shine as
brightly and gloriously as ever. 1t will
cheer their hearts and strengthen their
hands to know that Vermont ilIumines the
political horizon with an undiminished efful-
lgence, and that her light can never be OBJ
secured or darkened by any passing clouds or
3ferce storms of party strife. Look to it,
then, that every voter is at the polls next
Tuesday Give one day to your country and
hher Institutions. And don't rest satisfied
9th that. Rouse up your luke-warm neigh
Get him out to the ballot-Ro Send
~ me11gho have fought long and
2ow6mt dreamiiy on their arms
hem Vermont expects once more every
publican to do his duty. Seek out the
young men, and set their feet in the true
(paths. p Start them Alright politically, and
|they will ever walk Alright. Infuse spirit
of political activity and working zeal into all
about you, and never think of rest till you
have rolled up the largest Republican major
ity ever yet given in your towR. Get out
the Republican voters,-all III ters. Go
to the polls yourself Stake all your neigh
bors with you for company, and help swell
the Republican column. Every man to the
battle of Tuesday!
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-31

The BANKRUPT LAw-CHANGE IN ITS PRo-
vIsIoNs.-The bankrupt law went into effect
on the Ist Of June, 1869. An amendment
was passed by Congress % the effect that at
rr1e sAPfr1tto4.--uirs sus . 8 fterssthe law
went into effect, no debtor skouid receive a
discharge in bankruptcy unless his net assets
would pay so per cent. of his proved debts.
Subsequently an extension of time for the
operation of this amendment was made, 50
that it would not go into operation till Jan
uarv /, 1869 Since that date, up to the
present time, comparatively few petitions
have been fled in bankruptcy, as it was
supposed that the sO-called - 80 per cent.
clause - covered all debts without reference
TO the time when they were incurred Con
gress has by further amendmentso modified
the law tbat the &" so per cent clause " will
not affect debts contracted prior TO 1869.
This amendment is very important and will
affect the debtor class throughout the United
States, at least those whose debts were con-
tracted before that year. large number
of merchants and others coming under the
intent of the bankrupt act have been hither-
to deferred from taking advantage of its
provisions on account of the effect of the 80
per cent clause which is so materially
modified by this amendment, and revival
of the business in the Bankrupt COurts-for
the last year almost anullity-will probably
result from those who seek another oppor'
tunity to enter into business unencumbered
with their past liabilities.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-31

READ Your VoTEs.-It is said that in GER
tain localities in Orange eounty-and pro5a-
bly, the same is true of other counties-there
are some threats of split tickets in conse-
quence of little local prejudices respecting
some regularly nominated candidates.
Let Republicans be on their guard, and
look well to every name on the ticket.
No kind of stealing is quite so mean and
detestable as that of obtaining honest peo-
pies votes through duplicity and fraud
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-31

Since the opening of the war, the French
have taken but very small number of Ger
man prisoners. In the German victories, on
the other hand, great numbers of French
prisoners have been captured. We do not
think that during the last four weeks, from
Worth to Gravelotte, the Germans have taken
less than forty thousand French soldiers, with
their officers. 1t would be impossible, at
this time. to initiate a system of exchange,
for the French have not the prisoners to
offer in exchange for the men they have lost.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-31

A PROCLAMATION IN AIsACR.-The com
mander of the Badish troops in Alsace has
issued proclamation entreating the inhabi-
tants to abstain from hostilities against his
troops. He reminds the Alsatians that they
speak one language with his army, and in
peace have been friends, and winds up with
calling upon all local authorities, pastors,
and teachers to cooperate in pacifying the
people, for a. all ealamities averted are good
deeds done in the sight of the Highest Judge
of all men,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-31

In reply to letter of inquiry, Acting
Commissioner Douglas states that the law of
July IA, 1870, does not repeal, or in any
manner change the law imposing a tax on
Illuminating gas. Gas companies are sub
ject to the same liability and entitled to the
same privilege of charging the tax to con-
snmers as prior to the passage of the act.