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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-06-16
One Million Acres
CHOICE IOWA LANDS

E'oR SALE, at So per acre and upwards, for
cash, or on credit, by the Iowa Railroad
Land 90. Railroads already built through the
Lands, and on all sides of them. Great induce
ments to settlers. Send for orr free Pamphlet.
1t gives prices, terms, location tells who should
come west, what they should bring, what it will
cost gives plans and elevations of is different
styles Of ready made houses, which the Compa-
ny furnish at from $3.50 to 81 900 ready to set
up. Maps sent if desired. Address
W. W. WALKER, Vice President,
Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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.o1IL1ARD's xAoar CLUB

.0X1ILARD'O Yacht CLUB
sNoKIsG is the finest Bright Tobacco made Be
ing Tree from Nicotine, which is extracted by .
patent process, 1t does not ipjure weak coustitu-
tons. Persons of sedentAry occupations a. well
90 students and literary men. win find rome Of
the curious atter-efecis, resulting from ordin.
~ tobacco, and pound will last twice a. long
a. other kinds. 1t does not clog the pipe, uor
burn the tongue.
L0RlLLAkD'S EUREKA Smoking has be-
come so popular, that many limitations Of n
worthless character are offered for sale by som.
dealers because they can buy the counterfeit Ar
tlcle tor little less and the same are calcu-
lated to deceive the customers We desire TO di-
rect their attention TO the imposition that is
practlced upon them IS they are the main To-
sers thereby, being Obliged TO Pay as much AT
retail for it as will buy the genuine article.
In addition to the above, we have many favor
lite brands, which will be shown with pleasure.
A circular, giving prices, discounts, terms, Ae-
will be mailed upon application.
LOR1LLARD'S CENTURY Chewing has now
become so well-known that We deem II useless TO
pack 500 daily in the small tin-foil papers Apy
longer, and have therefore discontinue the same
Our various brands of Smoking, Chewipgs Plug
TOhsccos, and sunffs, will be found upon trial.
not only popular goods, but at prices defying
competition from responsible manufacturers eve
rywhere. We are eoatipuslly producing novel
ties TO which the Notice of the Trade is invited
p L0RILLARD co,
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Capital Punishment.

A bill is now before the legislature
amendatory of chapter l12, abolish
ing capital punishment in this state,
which in the house is championed by
Bisbee of Newport, Grout of Barton,
Crosby of Brattleboro, Slade Of Mid
dlebury, Bull Of Hancock and others.
The bill is opposed by Drake Of Royal
ton,and Perkins of Glover who seem
to have had little assistance from any
one else. 1t passed the house on the
l7tb, but has not yet passed the SEN
ate, though we presume it will, for
when a body of men, or a community
Of them, once begin to play tire fool
there is no determining when it may
stop. The legislature mas already
committed the death sentence Of the
murderer Welcome, and the final pas
sage of this bill would be a fitting Sc.
quel to such an act Of profound folly.
1t is curious to note the arguments
used by the opponents OF capital pun
ishment, and especially the one main
Iy relied upon by them. The tenden-
cy of the death penalty Is, say they,
to increase the amount Of crime and
not to diminish il; instancing the
states of Wisconsin, Michigan and
Rhode Island, where it has been abol-
ished, as proving the truth of their
theory. Since the repeal of capital
punishment in these states murder has
been far less inlrcquent than before,
is their claim, and hence argue that
the DIV defeats its own aims. To q
superficial reasoner this statistical ar
gument would seem to be conclusive.
We fail to see its force and hence take
it for granted that we are sound
Every man has some motire for his
acts, or his refusals to act; and the
conclusion we come to after listening
to the statistics OF these gentlemen is
that many men murder for the sake
Of being hung, and as that pastime is
abolished in the states named, they re.
strain themselves-thusm making hang.
ing their main motive for butchering
their fellows. How specious the ar.
gunent that a wretch hardened en-
ough TO imbrue his hands 10 the blood
of his kind, will refuse to kill because
the law making hanging penalty for
such crime is abolished And YET
this is the reasoning of the advocates
of the bill when their arguments are
boiled down to their proper consisteT
cy. Is life sentence in prison, witt
the hope of pardon or otherescape evel
before him, more terrible than death
Preposterous! Will one who in the
heat OF passion wishes to strike down
fellow being, stop to consider thai
the law hanging for murder is abolish
ed? How senseless! Will he who
murders for money-the worst of all
assassins-stop to consider? No ra
tional being will assert it. Then what
becomes Of the reasoning of the in.
sane theorists? The facts are that
crimes of every grade go in waves
Murder,robbery, arson, &c, each seem
to take certain communities by storm,
ride rampant for awhile and then sub.
side, while other portions of the coun.
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Barton, Tuesday, Nov. %, 1870.
TERlIS:
Clubbing with the Standard.
THE HOTSEHOLD.

In our first notice of the Household we
were wrong when we called it a sixteen
page monthly, Not having it before us
We guessed at it, because we knew sixteen
pages was enough, and more than enough,
for the price. Let us rectify our mistake
now, before we forget it. ltcontains TWEEN
ty four pages, and has four columns of mat
ter to the page-making ninety six col
umns each issue, and all this We furnish
for fifty cents, to all those not now sub
scribers to that paper. So, gentlemen,
when the time is up for which you have
paid for the Standard, send US $3.50 for
another, year and take the Household for
the wife and daughter, while you who now
owe for the Standard one or more years,
send us the money for what you are behind
and $3.50 in advance, take the Household
and resolve to do better in the future.
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George p. Rowell 81 Co. of New
York, the well known and enterpris-
ing advertising agents, have purchas-
ed the agency of John Hooper & Co.
of the same city. an equally well
known and reliable firm, and by the
union Of the two will have by far the
largest and most hOurishing advertis-
ing establishment in the country; and
If it is as well managed in the future
as in the past it cannot fail to become
still more gigantic and successful
Messrs. howell & Co. publish the
American Newspaper Directory, the
most complete volume of the kind ev-
er issued in this or any other country,
aud at their New York Office they
keep on file more than five thousand
periodicals, which are always open to
the free use of their patrons when 10
New York. Both the retiring part.
ners of the late firm of j. Hooper &
Co. are to remain with Geo. p. Row.
ell d Co. for some months, until their
own business matters can be adjusted
after which Mr.. Wayre contemplates
going abroad, and Mr.. John Hooper
who has been elected treasurer of the
Colwells, Shaw and Willard manuiac
turing company, of New York, will
give his attention to the introduction
Of the patent tin.lined lead pipe, an
article Of great merit, extensively
manufactured and sold by that com
pany.-Springfeld Republican, Oct
18th, 1870.
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JOHN HUNTERS ESTATE.
= [ A L E OF VERM ONT
ORLEANS DISTRICT, SIS.

ORLEANS DISTRICT, SIS.
In Probate Court, held AT Irasburgh, IN said
District. on the 9th day of Oct, A. D., 1870:
D. F. Marckres, administrator ofthe estate of
JOHN H U \ T E R, late of Glover, in said
district, deceased, makes application to said
court, with the consent and appreciation in writ
ing ofthe widow of id deceased, for license to
sell the following de icri1ed real estate of said
deceased, in said Glover including the home
stead OF the widow, TO wit: The whole of lot
No. tive also sixty acres off the easterly side OF
lot No tour-being the same premises decided to
VIM Hunter by the said John Hunter a short
time previous to said Inns decease. And rep
resenting that said real estate is encumbered by
mortgage, and that it is necessary TO sell said
real estate 20 provide means to pay said mortgage
and the debts against said estate.
Whereupon it is ordered by said court that
said application be referred TO the 3Uth day Of
November, A. d. 1870, at the Probate Office in
SAID Irasburgh, for hearing and decision thereon.
And it is further ordered that all persons in
terested be notified hereof by publication of no.
tice of this application and order thereon three
weeks successfully in the Orleans Independent
Standard, a newspaper printed at Barton in said
district, before said time OF hearing, that they
may appear at said time and place and show
cause, If any they may have, why said license
should not be granted.
BY the Court. Attest,
46w3 Z. A. STEWART, Judge.
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COM MISSIONERS' NOTICE.
SAMUEL &. SP4VPR'S ESTATE

THE SUBSCRIBERS, having been apponted
by the Honorable Probate Court for the District
of Orleans, Commissioners to receive, examine
and adjust all claims and demands ofaI persons,
against the estate ofSAML. S. SEAVER, late of
Coventry, in said District, deceased, represented
insOlvent, and the term OF six months from the
10Th day of Sept, 1870, being allowed by said
Court to the creditors of said deceased to exhib-
it and prove tneir respective claims before us:
Give notice that we will attend to the duties
of our appointment at the late dwelling house OF
the late Samuel s. Seaver, in Coventry, in said
District, on the 9Th day of December and I'D
dag of March next, at nine O'Clock inthe FORE
noon. on each OF said days.
In. CUSHMAN
AMORY DAWSON, lomm'rs.
JOSH. C. ROWELL,
Coventry, Oct. %, A. D. 1870 45wS
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Vermont Legislature.
TEESnAY. Nov. L..

TUESDAY, Nov. Is.
From select committee, in favor of
d. 49, to commute the sentence Of
Henry Welcome.
Henry Ballard, Esq, of Burlington
who had previously been invited to
address the House on this subject,
presented the case, reviewing the
laws of the State, to show there is no
discretion in the courts in regarl to
what sentence shall be imposed on
the crime of murder. but had wisely
DELAYED the execution Of the sentence
until the Legislature should meet and
have an opportunity to commute the
sentence. if they should see fit to do
so. He then gave history Of Hen
~ Welcome and his bearing at the
trial, leaving upon the mind Of the
speaker, who was his counsel on the
trial, the impression that he was not
mentally ike other boys. The evil
deuce, at the trial, was all circum-
stantiaI. aud mostly the confessions
Of Welcome himself made to a fellow
prisoner in jail; and the marvel of
the whole is that the statements were
not true in many essential particulars,
as it has since turned out.
Mr.. Ballard said he believed that
the confession, such as it was. was ex-
torted from the boy by his fellow
prisoner, under the promise of assis-
lance to him out of Jail; from which
lie inferred that there was a possibiii-
ty OF the innocence of Henry Welcome,
Notwithstanding the verdict Of the
jury in his case.
Mr.. Ballard then urged upon the
House their duty in regard to the
abolition of capital punt hment; aud
cited statistics from the States oil
Rhode Island, Wisconsin and Michi
gan, where capital punishment had
been abolished, to show that there
| " dS IL CIIult MlIuOuO Lidu Will tut
dealt, penalty. From these cases he
argued that the death penalty did
not tend to decrease crime, but the
reverse. In Maine, the discretion is
with the court to sentence to death
or to Imprisonment in Illinois and
one other State it is discretionary
with the jury to fix the sentence ii
their verdict. And in all these States
there have been no executions since
the enactment of their present sys
TEN, and that the influence had tend
ed to good lnorals-iar better thar
in other States where capital punish
ment is still retained on the statute
books. But one instance is on re
cord where States or countries hav
ing once abolished capital punish
ment, it has ever been reenacted
and arguing that it is to-day, and il
Vermont, as much, and more, use
less barbarity, and ought to be abol
lshed. In this case there are bu
Two courses to be pursue1-lhe one
to hang Henry Welcome; the othe.
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BRIGHTENING.-The French course
seems to be Frightening somewhat of
late. The army Of the Loire has at
last found a base from which tc oper-
ate. and is cutting out work for active
campaigns worthy the old spuu K
Of the French people. The capture
oc Orleans is an important victory in
itself, but as raising the spirit and con
6dence OF the people it is Of infinite
importance at this time. Then it is
said on what we deem good authority,
that Gen. Trochu made a most bril-
liant sortie from Paris on the 18th,
and inflicted terrible blows upon the
Prussians. and establishing communi-
cation with Gen. Paladines. What
France needs, aud all she needs, is a
real leader-one Of the aid Napoleon
ic stamp. Such q leader would drive
the Germaas back beyond the Rhine
in less than three months. But such as
Napoleon only arise once in a thou
sand years, and perhaps that is too Of
ten for the good of the world. Par
is must fall. To this belief we still
cling.
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sATrRDAY EyENING POoT.

We will club the Standard with the Sat
urday Evening Post, to Jan. /, 1872, for
$3.50. The price of the Postalone is $3.50.
1t is a splendid paper, published at Phila-
delphia. 1t is an eight page sheet We
give notice of it elsewhere under the head
Of "three months for nothing"
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BOSTON WEEKLY POST

For $3.50 we will give the Boston Week
ly Post (democratic), and the Standard to
Jan. l, 1872. Every person in Vermont
knows the character of the Post, as being
the best democratic paper in the country,
the ablest edited and the most reliable pa
per in the interest of that party.
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NEW YORK Sun.

For $3.50 we will send the STANDARD and
the New York Weely Sun to Jan. l, 1872.
The price of the Sun is S1.0O-and it is the
sharpest, spiciest and most wide awake
paper in the country. Independent in
politics.
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pETERsON,s MAGAzINE.

We offer Peterson's Magazine and the
Standard together for $3.50. Price OF the
Magazine alone is $3.50. Pay up to Jan.
/, 1872, and we will give both to that date
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try have to submit to the calamities
experienced by others. And 80 it
goes from city to city aud from state
to state. Vermont for long series
OF years was without a murder in all
her borders. How came US to be so
favored ? The advocates of capital
punishment, taking the cue of its OPP
ponents, might say that the law was
the salutary cause of it all. How
could they be successfully disputed ?
But Of late we have experienced a car
Eival of crime, a holocaust of blood.
The opponents Of capital punishment
now argue that our law is worthless,
that it not only does not restrain the
blow OF the assassin, but that it really
is an incentive TO crime. Thus each
party may lay claim to having the best
Of the argument. The truth is stat
ute laws have small weight with hard
ened villains. None expect to be
caught. When they are caught let
their punishment be sure and certain !;
have justice tempered with mercy to
the criminal, and the public as ,ceil.-
Mercy to the public demands that
criminals should be punished; that
every man should suffer for his wrong
doing This is the immutable decree
Of God, and no man nay put off the
law of God" Let our legislators re-
member this aud not presume them
selves to be wiser than He.
Since the above was in type we see
that Welcomes sentence has not been
commuted-deieated in the senate.
\ SPECK OF WAG.-Each hour from
Europe the past week has been freight.
ed with news of warlikc prepare.
. tions and threats looking to a coils.
q. ion between Russia, England, Austria
and Turkey, the three latter powers
against the former. The agitation
grows out OF the refusal of Russia tC
longer abide by the treaty of 1856
which treaty was cxtorted from heI
by the allied powers after her unsuc
cessful war with them in the Crimea
That treaty excludes her vessels O
war from the Black Sea. and thus give
her no opportunitv to assault Turkc,
from that ouarter-tcrms very obnoz
ions to her, since she so much coyct
l the domain Of that Gillette neople. tn
war now racioq between Prussia an,
France is Russia's opnortunitv +
, broot, trooty corood from bor IN n
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was probability that violence was
about to be committed, he summoned
his man "Billy," who armed himself |
with club and signi6ed his readiness
to sacrifice his life in defence of his
master. As they drew near the door,
crying continually who's there ?"
the rapping continued and the case
really began to look alarming. Billy
was stationed in good position to give
and receive the first blow, and Dun
can cautiously opened the door and
got behind it, when Billy and Mary
Scales, the deaf waSherwoman stood
face to face. The woman was deaf,
and not hearing the answer kept up
the rappiag. Duncan slyly took to
his bed, leaving Billy and Mary to ex-
plain circumstances to one another
They put on the "wash biler" togeth-
er, and Mary commenced her days
work. Duncan wants to hire wash
erwoman who begins her work later
in the day, for he wouldn't have anoth-
err such scare Tor the price OF lis en-
tire wardrobe.-U Union.
1t is we'll known that Gov. Hendee
did a somewhat extensive business in
the way of pardoning criminals, du-
ring his short term Of office. One Of
those thus pardoned during the last
days Of Governor Hendee's term, was
q man by the name Of Fuller, who
had served out portion Of a sentence
OF eight OF ten years in the State pris-
on. for a burglary committed in the
town Of Bro0kfeld, several years
since. Ee crime was an aggravated
one, Fuller having. with two accom-
pIiccs, broken into the house of an
aged couple in the night, nearly smoth-
cred the old lady in the bed clothes,
and dragging the old man from the
bed he'd aim while they robbed his
trunk Of a considerable sum in U. 5.
bonds. Within d week afcer his re
lease from states prison, few days
since. Fuller stole a horse from the
man Who was the first signer of tie
/ petition for his pardon. He was ar
rested 10 HagerhiIi, \. H., the other
day, with the stolen horse and wagon
/ ia his possession. and now lies in Jail
in ltar town awaiting q requisition
. from the Governor Of Vermont. In
due time the State will have the op.
portunjty TO try and sentence hiu
over again. The occurrence points &
significant moral, Of the general i'm
policy Of too free use o, the pardon
Ing power.-FIeeman.
At the General Term OF the Su
oreue Court now in session, the fol
lowing assignment Of the Judges wa,
mace for the year commencing Dec
l, 1870.
FOR SUPREME COURT.
Chitteaden - Barrett, Wheeler
Royce. Redheld.
Fraukliu-Pierpoint, Barrett, Royce
Ross.
Grand Isle - Pierpoint. Barrett
Royce. Ross,
Addison-Peck, Wheeler, Redheld
Ross.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Peek, Royce
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Valuable Real Estate fer Sale.

On account Of poor health the
Co.. subscriber has made up his mind
u tfsTNFn75s4 to go West, ana will sell his Real
Sss..=ztf11 1g Estate in Barton, consisting of a
new set OF buildings and two
acres of land, and one fthe finest places in
Barton. Thirty acres of land one-hait mile from
the buildings will be sold with the buildings or
without II suit purchasers. Also farm of one
hundred and forty acres of land. All will be
sold at bargain, and any one in want ofa very
desirable homo will do well 10 call soon.
45W6 MARK NUTTER
Barton Nov Z 1870
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TRANSATLANTIC MAGAZINE.

This is a first class Magazine, published
at Philadelphia. by L. r. Hamerlsy & Co.
Price, $500. We will club it with the
Standard for S2,OO-S4O0 for both. It has
12S pages. This magazine is made up Of
choice selections from the current litcra-
ture of the Old World. This Is the mag
azine for the story reader.
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This is the most thorough blood purifier yet
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Young persons, yield 10 the use of few bottles
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Natures most sovereign curative properties,
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Asa remedy for all such cases, DR.. PierceE
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A KING.-Spain has a king at last.
After more than two years beating
about among of the Kingdoms and prin-
cipalities of Europe, and being the
means Of pIunging two great nations
into a terrible war, she at last has
found king in the person of Aosta,
an Italian prince, who has been elect
ed by the Cortes, by a vote of 1911 to
100. Wonder if this will bring a
war as did the candidature of Hohen-
zollern.
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WOODS HOUSEHOLD MAGAZINE.

Rememberw What we said Of this cheap, but
excellent magazine, and when your time
is up next January, or little before, send
us $3.50 and take the Standard and Woods.
We will guaranty that it shall be sent or
the money refunded.
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NOVEMBER 1870.
CONE AND SEE.

We have $50 many customers Say) the best cut
ting tailor in Orleans County.
AUSTIN & JOSLYN.
Barton Landing, Nov. Z, 1876.
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C. NJ. Judkins new house and
barns, at Castleton, were burned on
the night 81 the 18th; they had teen
out little time completed, at a cost
Of over $4,000. Insurance $1,000.
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Boston Wholesale Produce Market
Corrected for the Standard every Friday, by
BALLOU, HIBBARD & FRYE,

Jobbing and Commission Dealers in
BUTTER, CHEESE, FLOUR, LARD,
EGGS, BEANS, DRIED APPLE, &C.,
q Faneuil Hall Square, Boston.