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be to the poor, because wages will
come first and cheap provisions
will come at the same time. And the
whole good result will be such that
the cost will never be felt. We
hope the City Council and
Board of Aldermen will put this
matter before the people at once, and
that it will be acted on promptly. 1t
is true that we are not rich; but we
want to improve our condition. 1t is
true that we are in debt; but we want
to increase our ability to pay what we
justly owe. Does any sensible man
entertain a doubt that we could pay
four and a half millions easier with
the help of the Selma road completed
than we can four millions without its
help? If he can, he must
sadly underrate the advantages
proposed to be gained, Suppose we
had the Selma road, and the Little
Rock and the Kansas and Iron Noun
tain roads pouring in the products o.
the country to the mutual benefit and
building up of countryand eity-what
then? Would 1t be harder to pay
eight Millions with their aid than il
will be to pay four without it? II
will give a city of one hundred thou
sand inhabitants in quick time-anC
that means quadrupled wealth witt
doubled numbers. The advantage o
the outlay is demonstrable-the wis
dom apparent at a glance. We arr
not called on to be extravagant, bu
only not to be penny wise and pound
foolish"
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THERE are many facts accom-
plished' which should not be, many
wrongs done which should be set
right, many falsehoods vindicated by
force alone, and many men fools
enough to insist on refusing all re-
forms on the ground of the mis-
chievOus effects of agitation. But
thinking men will see that truth is
eternal, and that reform is less costly
than persistence in any departure
from its principles. We published a
few days since the substance of
the message Of Governor Eng
lish of Connecticut, which has
a wide application beyond the
bounds of Pennsylvania. Pennsyl-
vania, like Connecticut, Ohio and New
York, has never sanctioned negro suf-
frage. The issue will again come be-
fore the country, and they dream
madly who think the hideous outrage
on the Constitution issuch al "accom-
plished fact" as that all resistance
will down beforeit. The triumph Of
the wrong, effected by force and fraud
and brought home to the Northern
States, WILDE short lived. Speaking
on this subject, the able and truthful
Philadelphia Age has the following
comments:
II is only the ignorant who suppose that
our State Constitution of 1885 first limited
political power TO white men. Theamend,
ment OF the Constitution of that year was
the almost unanimous answer of the PEG
pie to some attempts to impugn the long
settled law as laid down by our highest
legal tribunals, "tha' the negro is not en-.
titled to exercise the right of suffrage al
the general election under our existing
Constitution (of 1880" Hobbs VS.. Fogg
6 Watts reports, page $50. This, how
ever, was in 1888 put beyond legislative o.
judicial power by the express addition o
the word "white" to the qualification
of an elector. Another provision in tn
Constitution (~article l0) declared that j
should only be altered by the Legisla
lures submitting any proposed amend
ment TO the vote of the people. AS a fur
Their security, the Constitution declares
article 81 that mem% Of the Legisla
ture " shall be bouxF by oath or afirma
ton to supports Constitution of thi
Commonwealth, and 10 perform the du
ties of their offices With fidelity" Tina
is their oath. Probably no questiot
A
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NOT only is social equality of the
American and African races sus-
pected as the tendency Of the times,
but it is openly proposed and urged in
many influential quarters. And even
miscegenation is unblushingly advO-
Gated by SO able a Radical journal as
the Chicago Post, on the ground that
it will elevate the African race, de
teriorate the American as it may.
What else mes-- the following para
graph?
All that ails A. hat it is homo
geneous. For many Nenturies II has been
absolutely alone, ~cultivating solitude. II
has had little contact of foreigners. Even
withinits own borders, its tribes have
hedged themselves within hostile walls Of
spears, and grown up into a hundred
tawny missionaries. What is the resultT
The Negro in Africa has never grown.
Consequently has killed him. His pro-
file to- day is precisely the same as that
found ~delineated on the most ancient
Egyptian and Etruscan monuments.
Death is the penalty a nation pays for
despising its cousins.
If Africa dies by "despising its cous-
ms" 50 does America. The benefits,
if any, are mutual, and the theory as
good for one as the other. God has
put us asunder. But meninsane would
Join the races! And, running TO the
extremes of fanaticism, they are blind
to the fact that OctOroons and quad
rooms are short lived, and the pure
blood Of the black and white race:
comparatively long lived. They SCI
at naught that instructive aversion o
the white TO the black race, which
prOclaims the law Of thaG-tsf, and
in the name Of humalitv =,
ply, set up their theoI<
He has ordainedZ
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gaber the surviving member OF hIs class
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2Sth Day of March Last,

ror the ratification or rejection Of the pro
aoseS New Constitution for the state OF len
1852 Sevcept the counties OF Knox ranger,
pRosne ana overtOn, which returns nave not
nosa received0. and ind the number OF Volts
oeeh : :. New Constitution" to be isN,LBl
cG55ety-eisht thousand one hundred ana
tnmaDfv-ejght. and for the odd Constilulloh
~ s-Si thfrty-thFee thousand eight uhdIsI
- ssventy-twO, being q majority ot ldZol
sIxty-fOur thousand Two nuhuieU @ my
si~ for the New Constitution. - O.
Ncyg therefore, /, ID. We sENsEh gov
roNs ne state OF Tennessee, by virtue Of
tha mower and authority in me vested, 40
snakV declare and proclaim that the NeW
1o..fIfutiOp.s1 as submitted 10 the peottet
- rafided by them AT the ballot-0oA, %. lnS
~ ~ - NJ March last, by said msiorlty o.
~ szs1 sixty- our thousand two hundred anu
fffy-slx votes. bava here.
nnto subscribed my Official slgnaiure,
sod ordered the great seal OF the state
- 10 afixed. DOneatthe department
lSEAbj ~ ~ Inc city of Nashville this 9TH day OF
~ u. 1870, and Of the American
1~nieneudenee the ntnety-foarth-
D. W. {. SENTER-
BY ths HHTCHER, Secretary of state. myll
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HARTFORD, Aug. "a horrible shoot
ing affair took place this evening about six
o'clock, on the South Meadow A man
named Vix, over sixty years of age, shot
his wife, another woman, and then shot
himself. Last night they had serious
trouble over some money of the wife's
which is invested in the city of Worcester
The wife refusing to make it over to hei
husband, soon after he came in intoxicated
and commenced a fight, which soon result.
ed in the wife running out of the house tc
friends near by. To-day the old man
has been intoxicated, and at six O'Clock
deliberately walked into the house where
his wife was stopping, and shot her through
the breast. He then turned upon another
woman in the room and fired at her three
times, one shot taking effect in the arm
He then went to his own house and sho
himself four times, two shots taking effec
through the neck and then grazing the
cheek and temple. The husband and wifi
are in very bad condition, and will prob
ably both die before morning. The othe
woman, though badly wounded in the arm
is not fatally injured. The police hav,
possession of the premises.
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ii. ). BICKFoRD
Letter from Washington.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6, 1870.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6, 1870.
"All quiet on the Potomac" Washing
ton on its banks with a population of over
one hundred thousand, covering about ten
square miles, is wonderfully sober and in
offensive just now. To be sure, we have
cabinet meeting occasionally -one yester-
terday-and some little interest is always
manifested by the reporters and CORES
pondents to learn at the earliest possible
moment the result of its deliberations, es-
pecially at the present time when the dis
patches from the seat of war in Europe is
thick with matters of the most vital inter-
est to our government. Simultaneous with
official notification to our government from
France and Prussia, respectively, OF dec
laration and acceptance of war between
them. notifications from other European
governments of neutrality have been re-
ceived, and one would suppose in conse-
quence that the ability of our high officials
would be overtaxed in determining what
shall be the correct attitude on our part to
assume.
The cabinet meeting yesterday was at
tended by Secretaries Cox and Robson,
Postmaster General Creswell, Attorney
General Akerman and acting Secretaries
Davis of State Department, and Richard
son of the Treasury. The only question of
| or bo aS
that ofthe propriety of calling an extra ses-
cion of congress. Only two of the mem
bers favored its immediate necessity. The
existing war in Europe has caused many
here to prophesy that the Alabama claims
would come up in the meeting, and acting
Secretary Davis be called on to give his
opinion relative to the improbabilities of a
settlement with England of the matter.
The action of the republican finance
committee assessing the Department clerks
one per cent, is receiving the severest CEN
sure from the press and the people gener-
ally here. l am quite sure the committee
has been honest in the matter, and did
what it deemed the most practical. Your
correspondent, Individually, opposes pro-
scription in whatever form; but since pro-
scription is accepted as just by both parties
when in power, resulting from the assumed
principle that Z" to the victor belongs the
SPOIL" then the most equitable way, such
as was determined upon by the present
committee, is far preferable, he thinks, to
any other. The accustomed way in times
comedy to raise money from the department
carrying on political campaign was simr.
ly to allow each clerk to contribute al
much or as little as he chose, understand.
ing full well that the clerks generally knew
that unless they subscribed literally they
were at any moment liable to see on theil
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this question, but from which Hendee
gathered that be would not be a can

this question, but from which Hendee
gathered that he would not be can
didate. Gen. Grout has letters of
like character from him, aad we have
little doubt that nearly every promi-
nent republican in the district has SIM
liar ones. With Hendee and Grout
well entered for the race, out came the
Free Press, and the Messenger, with
a subsidized puppet or two in nearly
every town in the district, who raise
the cry for Smith, and in the well sim
ulated voice of entreaty ask him to
consent" to again take the Office to
save the dire wranglings and heart
burnings which would surely arise if
he refused to accede to their request.
Hendee had made strong corner for
himself,and was sure Of a good supper
in the convention. Grout was equal
ly as well OF. Smith stood the same.
AS the matter hung, Smith was sure
to be worsted by a combination of
Hendee's and CIRCUITS friends against
him, and one of the latter would have
borne off the prize. To prevent such
disgrace he has taken time by the
forelock and by means that is no
doubt satisfactory to both of them,
has secured the friendship of the gov
ernor till after the election, which is
not far of. We hope the governor
has acted honorably in the trade with
his illustrious littleness, Worthington
G. Smith. If he has so acted he will
not be upbraided by an accusing con-
science. Honorable or dishonorable,
whichever it is, people ,0ill talk, and
so far as talk goes, we hear but one
opinion, which is strongly condemna-
tory of Hendee. Were he to run for
office up this way, there is not town
that would make him its third select.
man. Better for him to have stood
up manfully and been well whipped
than such retreat. The public like
bold man. They do not like one
that can be blown about, the mere
cats-paw Of trading hucksters. Buf
all may be forgotten. "Time work:
wonders"
We close this article by repeating
what we have said more than once be
fore: that Worthington G. Smith ha
always meant to take third election
to congress, by fair means or foul
he has never entertained any othe
thought; and the teasing tusilade Of
the gentlemen we have alluded to ha
only been for effect-theatriCal thur
der gotten up for outside display, t
varnish over and give standing to on
that has none outside his countin
room in St. Adams. Much good ma
a reputation thus acquired do him.
"Pigmies are pigmies still, thong
perched on Alps"
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DANGEROUS PETs.-A man named Rob-
erts, residing near Boston Corners, New
York, on the line of the Harlem Railroad,
caught very large rattlesnake with his
hands few days ago, and took it to the
Station, where he exhibited it to the peo-
pie of the neighborhood, by picking it up
and handling it in such way as to make
the reptile show its teeth, &C., on payment
of ten cents by each spectator. During
one of these exhibitions the snake bit one
of Roberts fingers, and again, when pick
ing it up, it struck its fangs into his hand
and hung so fast that he took his cane and
knocked it off and killed it. He died from
the effects of the bite the following day.
1t is said he had been bitten by these rep
tiles on several previous occasions without
experiencing any i'll effects therefrom.
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The War.

Everybody has heard of the famous
liking Of France" who, "with forty
thousand men marched up the hill, and
then-marched down again" That
brilliant exploit stands in fair way
to be eclipsed in these later days by
another, and greater, king of France,
who commands greater army, too.
Louis Napoleon who but three weeks
ago started for the Rhine, heralded by
dangerous proclamations and by blare
of bugles, to chastise Prussia for her
alleged temerity in the Spanish mat
ter-is in full retreat for Paris with a
beaten army, while the city is declar-
ed in a state of seige. 1t is not Ber-
lin that is threatened now. Neither
is it Bismark who trembles in fear
The people of France are called upon
to rise en- mdsSe and beat back the in.
vader. This sudden transition from
the Rhine to the Seine is laughable to
any but Frenchmen. They can prob
ably see no cause for mirth. This
change of programme has been effect
ed by three battles fought within the
last ten days; at Weissenburg, Saar-
brucken and Woerth, in all which the
Prussians were victorious. The two
first engagements were not Of great
magnitude, but that Of Woerth was
of the first class, if we may judge from
the effect it has had upon the French
mind. The loss to them is estimated
all along from 10000 to 10000 in
killed, wounded and prisoners. The
Prussians also acknowledge a severe
loss, though it must be far less thar
that of the French. The whole Prus
sian army is now upon French soil
and it is said that 100000 French
men are under arms to meet them
Under such state of facts it MAJ
we'll be conceived that that mercuria
people is strongly agitated. 1t ap
pears to be a unit against Prussia, ye
a large party is opposed to Napoleon
Especially is this the case in Paris
where at any time the populace has +
be kept down by the military arm
Paris is volcano just ready to burs
and it will burst at the first tiding
of another great defeat to the natior
al arms. Then there will be such a
upheaval in that city as has not bee
witnessed since the bloody days o
'93. when the best blood of Franc
ran in rivers. Let Napoleon NEE
with an overwhelming reverse and
that hour he will be without a thron
Prussia will meet with some check
This is to be expected. In the en-
she will be victorious. In much LEI
than ninety days We expect to hes
that her army is laundering at IL
gates of Paris. Then will be tt
hour of Napoleon's sore trial. The
will he be driven from it, not by IL
Prussians, but by the republicans wi
gave him his first lease of power
the revolution of 1S4S. We hope s
!. He is great man and also a gre
tyrant.
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DISTRICT CoNvENTIoN.-The call is
at last issued for district conven-
ton, to be at Stowe on the 25th inst.
1t has been put off to this late date to
enable Smith to fix things. Such a
course on the part of the committee
is simply contemplate. We do not
blame Smith any. His money is his
strength, 1t does not lay with the
voters.
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Barton, Tuesday, Aug. l6, 1870.
TERMS:
Republican County Convention,
Republican State Ticket.

For Governor,
JOHN w. STEWART, of Middlebury.
Lieut. Governor,
GEO. N. DALE, of Island Pond.
For Treasurer,
JOHN A. PAGE, of Montpelier.