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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-04-28
THE RUTLAND HERALD
SATURDAY, APRIL %, 1870.


1t is evident to every careful observer
that there must sooner or later come a
struggle with the swelling tides of public
and private extravaganza. 1t is appar-
emit, not merely in our growing wealth,
the development of our boundless re-
sources of material riches-of productive
industry and art--the gathering of broad
er harvests on the plains of husbandry,
and other rich returns from the ventures
of commerce, but in the use we make of
wealth, in its prodigal expenditure, in the
pomp and show of private life, in the en-
ervating spirit of luxury and effeminacy,
stealing in upon us with silent and
blighting step. 1t is a dark cloud, low
lying on our country's horizon, with live
lightnings sleeping in it. Let us be
warned against this peril. If other dam
gers spare us, we may run, as did the
elder republics, swift, downward ca
reer, sinking from the very excess of pros
perity into a splendid and gilded decay.
1t is manifest by the signs of the hour
that we are pressing forward as people
toward eventful issues. They are not
merely historic, but present. The great
est questions of American destiny, wait
their solution by the men of this genera
ton. The question is upon us whether
the mad career of the public and private
extravaganza stimulated by throbbing
ambition and lust of power shall drag us
down or whether we have moral heroism
enough to burn the life out of its multi
plying crests, or whether we have enough
OF the severe simplicity of Roman virtue
or the stern virtue of the Puritan stock,
ancestral in our lineage, to hold ourselves
and our times back from the profigacy of
great and sudden riohes,-to those deter
inmate virtues let us stand up in solemn
and prayerful earnest-guardians for our
own and after times of such measureless
interests as are involved in this struggle
for the overthrow of our simple republi-
can tastes and habits.
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Our Washington letter
WASHINGTON. April

WASHINGTON, April 90.
Hfttor R,ltland Herald For the last
few days we have been having genuine
April weather. Frequent showers, sepa-
rated by short periods of bright sunshine,
has reminded the traveller that it is not
wise to leave behind his umbrella, how
ever pleasant it may be at the moment of
his departure from shelter, but we are not
dispo.ed to grumble at this when we look
around and see with what rapidly it
brings forth vegetation, and the fresh hue
1T imparts to every growing plant.
Yesterday was a busy day with Con.
gress. The Georgia bill being under con-
sideration, the Senate did not, adjourn
until about three o'clock this morning.
Senator Trumbull concluded the debate
in his argument in favor of the Bingham
amendment, which waslvery lengthy and
powerful. II will be remembered that
our able Senator, Mr.. Edmunds, made an
eloquent speech in favor of this
amendment, on Friday last, but it was
finally defeated by vote of SO to %; ON
the adoption of the amendment of Mr.
Pomeroy in its stead. Mr.. Pomeroy's
amendment was then passed as a substi-
tute for the whole bill, yeas 80, nays 80,
and afteg other amendments the bill was
passed by the close vote of 81 to 25. Thus
this long agitated question is settled, and
another zoe hope repentant State has been
placed back into the ranks of the Union.
we trust with determination to recog-
nize and respect the constitution, and the
laws
To-day the papers have occasion to
chronicle the particulars of anothez homi-
eide. "E." street between Teath and
Eleventh streets, was yesterday morning
about o'clock, the scena of a terrible
tragedy in which one VIM. Mackey was
shot, and almost instantly killed by one
George M, Heinault, the result of the
practice so extensively indulgedt in, in
this city, of carrying concealed weapons.
But few words were passed between
them when the former struck 1.-THE latter,
and the result was almost Instantly declar-
ed by the shooting Of Mackey as stated.
1t seems to be considered by some, as
mere trifing ofense to commit murder
nowadays. Almost every paper we take
up contains accounts of these brutal cal
antilles, which are shocking to read, and
it seems almost impossible to secure just
punishment for the perpetrators, in many
cases But l must be done.
Very respectfully,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-04-28
April Goth, 1871

In my letter of this'date, mailed this
morning, carelessly stated that the
action of the Senate on the Georgia bill
insured her admission, Tor words to that
effect,) when l should have said, the new
bill now goes to the House for its concur
rence--pardon the error.
intended to have spoken of the visit
to this city, of large party of Ohio ex-
cursionists, both ladies and gentlemen,
including the members of her Legislature,
who arrived here last night. This NOR
ming they met at the White House, where
they were cordially received by the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Grant, having been intro
duced by Senators Sherman and Thur
man, and Gen. Schenck, after which the
State Dining room, the Red and Blue
rooms, and conservatory were thrown
open, and the visitors invited into the
different parts of the house This after
noon they visited the different depart
ments of the government, being received
upon the floor of the House during their
visit at the Capitol. Tomorrow at 10
o'clock they will proceed to Mt. Vernon,
accompanied by resident Ohioans of the
city. While there the entire party of
visitors will be photographed by Mr..
Gardner, when standing around the tomb
which marks the spot where rests all that
Is left OF him whose memory is so dear to
every true lover OF his country. How
many thoughts will flash through the
minds of the visitors as they gaze upon
this structure. Perhaps they will call TO
mind the history of Valley Forge. or the
glory OF Yorktown or it may be, compare
the public virtuei of the past with the
public character of to-day Undoubtedly
the minds of many will be deeply inn
pressed with the thought that it is good
to be noble. How could one better pass
short time while visiting. Washington
and its surroundings than at this spot, 50
rich in story, and so sacred to memory.
The party will be given grand reception
and ball at the Masonic Temple in the
evening, where no doubt many happy
union will be experienced, and many
earnest congratulations exchanged. We
wish these pleasure seekers happy
soJourn, and safe return to their homes
in the Buckeye" State. We dare saw il
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News in Brief.
.Magnolias are maturing at Macon.

-Magnolias are maturing at Macon.
Foreign relations--cousins- German
The surest labor movement-with the
arms.
Prince Arthur is expected home in
August.
-Daru of France showed a retiring
disposition.
Kansas City's fire apparatus has just
been seized for debt.
"A new burlesque, popular in London,
is ''Don Carlos or the Infante in Arms"
Pierre Bonapartej is going to live in
his chateau of Epions.
San Francisco has Tammany Hall.
at which female minstrel troupe is the
attraction.
Kate Reignelds is the present delight
of st. Louis.
A. t. Stewart and others are said to
be plotting gigantic crystal palace in
New York.
--Kentucky's grass and grain prospects
are fiattering.
Peaches are in full bloom in Ken
lucky, in the absence Of other amuse-
ments.
--Offenbach has evolved another opera
lie Grand Lama.
Maggie Mitchell is the pearl of New
Haven just now, as well as of Savoy
Fisk, Jr., is IRRESISTIBLE in his
ColonePs uniform.
"A shooting affray at Cincinnati is
termed "almost sensation"
Congress boasts of its abolition pro-
ciivities, but refuses to abolish ranking.
--Six-foot tiger sharks are what the
little boys catch off frisco wharves.
"A Tennessee man named Wise died
from dose of laudanum. 1t was only
making himself un-Wise.
The Marquis d'Aux de Lescout, Gem
tleman of the Chamber to Louis XVIII.
and Charles x. and peer of France, is
Just dead.
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GIeanings and Gossip.

Victor Noir's baptismal name was
IVAN Salmon.
-Skillful frog hunters earn $12 day
at Memphis.
-Bierstadt is pitching his camera in the
Yosemite.
Cincinnati is introducing Chinese
cigar-mskers.
Mrs. Senator Brownlow has returned
to Knoxville in feeble health.
Bill Bird, colored barber, was one Of
the candidates for Mayor in a recent cleo
ton at Virginia, New.
One of the victims of the recent mas.
sacre at South Pass, Wyoming, was
Frank Irwin, whose mother is a sister of
Senator Trumbull.
Princes Christina, the little daugh-
ter of the ex-King of Naples, who was
born and baptized with so much hurrah a
few months ago, died March 20.
A London paper says that ''the Prince
of Wales is likely to be again mentioned
in the divorce court in case in which a
countess is the respondent"
"a united South Germany is the cry
of the press of that section of Europe. Ba-
varis, Wartemburg, Baden and Hesse are
suggested as the constituent parts.
Human pledges can go no further.
The negro voters of Louisville carry a
banner inscribed: "We will live on hash
before We will vote the democratic ticket"
Tiger sharks are very plenty Just now
In the harbor of San Francisco, and are
inclined to sport with bathers. AS the
largest are only five feet long, there is no
danger for tall men.
Westminster Abbey is now entirely
free to the public on Mondays, with at
tendants to explain the antiquities of the
place; but they are forbidden to hurry
along or sponge the visitor.
-Chicagoans are petitioning the ILL
nois constitutional convention for a new
city government, ga simple executive gov
eminent, under Judicial supervision, in
place of the present legislative bodies"
"A Presbyterian doctor of divinity at
Allegheny, Pa, is abous to be sued by a
fair member of his congregation for breach
of promise. She has put ninety-six love
letters of his into the hands of the proper
presbytery.
There is report in Paris that Father
Hyaclnthe has been converted to Protest !
antism by Pressense, and is about to be |
married, as Luther was soon after he left
his monks habit. The story is an improb-
able one.
During the digging of Yerba Buena
Park at San francisco, the remains of
Joshua S. Silsbee once the frat of A uoor; /
can actors, were found in an obscure COR
ner. The Masons had the bones suitably
reinterred in the Masonic cemetery.
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"A standing dish-stood-oysters.
"A grave charge-the undertaker's.
Stirring event-8rixing a plum Pud,
ding.
-sugar-cured hams ought to be sweet
meats.
To the condemned man no moose lie
good news.
-short-sighted people are generally
close observers.
DO you regard cannon balls as mill
tary assemblies?
New York thieves are not p2rticul4r
they steal hearses.
What part of France attracts til
most attention? Bonapartes.
Horses are the only animals that give
ear to the many whoas Of mankind.
-"Suffering from wet groceries" is the
polite name for drunk ia Chicago.
"A Connecticut voter said hi. name
wasn't registered, it was Pat Doolshan.
Speed is a jolly thing, always ex-
cepting when you are pecuniarily going
down hill.
Two neighboring signs in Philadel-
phia read James Schott," and jonathan
Fell"
1t is considered q good joke in New
Orleans to paint mans front door will
coal tar.
Is it any reason that the officer who
calls the roll should be expected to pro
pose toast?
The Alaskan Mekutonecutz7ooats
live in Arcadian simplicity on the Auto
acOolakuchargut river.
The people in Red Dog, California
have removed to You Bet. This Red
Dog has had its day, you bet.
"A little inconsistent-some of the
heaviest men in Boston are active mem
beers of the Light Dragons.
The italian brigands sends a prisoner
nose to his friends 10 let him know that
greenbaeks are wanted.
An exchange wants the Government
to issue stamps for kerosene, inscribed
" Prepare to meet thy God"
Fairy Betsey" is the name of Paw
nee belle at Omaha. She is an ardent
admirer of whiskey straight.
Singular that billiards are not played
in China, considering how skillful the
people are in handling the cue.
The presiding officer who entertained
a motion finds it much less expensive
than entertaining those who make them.
AN Irishman was challenged to fight
a duel, but declined on the plea that be
did not wish to leave his ould mother
orphan.
Mr.. Clipper having been advised to
stand his dignity, neighbor suggested
thai the poor man couldn't stand on roth.
ing.
A Mr.. Moore, who '',a,.xad 6;s ii.
gree from Noah, e.. pIainsd il in This man.
ner: Noah lad three sons. Shem. Han.
aud one more" SO--'' ''-''--'' 1-1-''
"A wag, on hearing that man had
given up chimney sweeping. expressed
surprise, as he thought that business SCOT
ed him.
"A New York lady was recently OBJ
served trying to regulate her time-piece
oy marine compass in the window of q
nautical instrument store.
-"Muggins, what era in the worlds
history do you regard with the deepest
lorror = "The cholera gasped Mug
'lns, with spasmodic shudder.
John" said hen-pecked husband,
L wish it was the fashion to trade wives
8 1T is to trade horses" "Why 50 2" I'D
heat somebody before night"
The New York Mall says: "Had
he colored citizens of Connecticut voted
n Monday, they would probably have
iven "another color" to the affair.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-04-28

DEATH OF Hon. AUGUSTUS BURT
Hon. Augustus Burt, the oldest member
of the Franklin County Bar, died at the
residence of his daughter, Mrs. Saxton
in Highgate, on Friday, April 18th, 1870
at the advanced age of ninety years.
He was for several years one of the
leading and most influential citizens OF
Franklin County, and was Judge of the
County court in 1889, 1910, 1841, 1843
and 1914, and was States Attorney in
1S49 and 1850. He was a member of the
Council of Censors, in 1S4S, that proposed
the amendment to the Constitution by
which the election of County officers and
Justices of the peace was given to the
people.
The late James S. Burt and Hon H.
A. Burt of Swanton, were his sons.
His death was announced to the Frank
lin County Court, now sitting at st.
Adams, Tuesday morning, and COM
mittee was appointed to prepare resolu-
tions to be presented at an early day, at
which time it is expected that commence
rative addresses will be made by several
members of the bar, which will probably
be responded to by the Court.
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n. e..
rIrrsToRD.-On my return to Illus
f,rd. after several years absence, ! notice
come improvements in Pittsford ViiAage
worth little notice:
The aOtter Greek House." kept and
owned by Lewis F. sohofeld. This notei
has been 50 much changed outside and
inside that could hardly see anything
looking natural about the premises Ii
is nov decidedly a splendid country no.
tel. This is a nice resort for city people
In the hot summer.
The premises formerly owned and
occupied by the late Gordon Newell, mas
been purchased and completely overhaulea
and built over by DR.. A. M. Caverly, and
the same is now a noble looking residence
for the noble hearted Doctor.
e. B. Rand has done good thing in
the repairing of the residence of the late
Blanchard Rand.
&C. A. Hitchcock has purchased the
residence with some twenty acres OF Land
attached of the late VIM. 81. Harrison,
and has now splendid place. The
buildings and land are very much I'M
proved and fixed for convenience and COM
fort, which shows an outlay of considera-
BILE money in repairs and building, in
workmanlike manner, by the cold Off
GER"
The widow of the late Thomas Z.
Bogue has purchased the Sheldon place
and very much improved the same by re-
pairs.
The Town House has undergone a
very thorough repairing, and they now
have a splendid Town Hall and good
"high school room" in the same building.
The place formerly owned by the late
Dr. Geo. B. Arlington, has been very
much improved, and is now owned by the
noble hearted Royal @. Taft of Provi.
dence, R. l., who makes our village his
summer resort, and here has house OF
his own to resort to.
Our late Postmaster (who resigned
the office and respected merchant has
been compelled, on account of continued
i'll health, to sell his stock of goods and
rent his store for few years to Philo
BRISTOL & Sons. They seem to be h0e
men in business, and we hope they may
prove to fill the place of our noble hearted
George FL. Simonds, who is beloved by all
who know him. II.
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THE HARPER MYsTERY.-The money
upwards of 5000 found upon the body
of the late Robert Harper of Albany, was
not at all damaged, and only little dis
colored by the action of the water. It is
said the money will be given 10 Mr.
Hauenstein, who recovered the body, and
who will also receive $500 reward offered
by Mrs. Harper. Rewards we're offered
by Gov. Hoffman and Mayor Blocker foI
the recovery of the body in case Mr.. Har'
per was murdered, but as his death was
accidental these rewards viii not be paid
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[For the Rutland Herald.l
A welcome to Anna Dickinson
BY C.. X. BALLARD.

Large hearted woman, and peerless
Worthy of Laureate's song
SO just are thy words, and fearless;
So scathing of Fraud and Wrong.
Thou pleadest, in tones so thrilling,
The cause of the weak or oppressed,
That each home is alike made willing
To welcome thee as its guest.
So come s'to the Rescued" Anna,
Nor reckon thy work all done,
Till the weary shall shout "Hosanna ]"
At the thought of Victory won!
Not yet is Vice supplanted
By Virtue, modest and pure;
Nor yet is furlough granted
To those who the Strife endure.
The battle must rage yet longer,
Ere the legions of Vice are slain;
And an onset be made still stronger,
II Virtue success would attain.
So come 'sto the Rescue !" Anna,
And wage yet grander fight,
Till the faithful shall shout 'sHosanna !!
At the triumphing of The Right
Come, speak as only Woman
Can speak, through love divine;
In tones that, tho gentle and human,
Seemed poured from Heavenly shrine.
Let the charm of thine inspiration
Be everywhere felt, and endure
Till Woman attains a station
That shall render her Rights secure.
So come eto the Rescue % Anna:
Let thy ringing appeals be heard.
Till Woman shall shout "Hosannaw
And Hope be no longer deferred"
Castleton, VT, April %, 1870.
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Respectfully,
From the Old and New.l
No More Sea.
BY JOHN w. CHADWICK.

As, when the friends we dearly love
Go sailing over sea,
For all the Joy to which they go,
Our hearts will saddened be;
SO when upon that sea which rolls
All earth and heaven between,
Those whom we love, upon the deck
OF deaths great ship are seen;
For all the JOY to which. they go,
Though heaven be e'er so sweet,
And e'er SO good and wonderful
The folk they go to meet;
As with intensest gaze we watch,
And see them fade from sight,
God help us, but our human hearts
Are anything but light
AS, when the friends we dearly love
Have gone beyond the sea,
The far-off lands in which they bide
More real get to be;
So when our loved ones once have crossed
Deaths lone and silent sea,
And in country new and strange
Have found Immortality;
The heavenly land in which they bide
Which erst did ever seem
An unsubstantial pageant vast,--
A dreamer's idle Dream
Becomes as solid to my soul
As is the earth 1 tread.
What time i walk with reverent feet
The city of the dead.
Not Europe seems so real to me,
The Alps not SO eterne,
As that dear land for which at times
My heart doth inly burn
And not so sure am that whom
The Atlantic's waves divide
Will meet again, some happy day,
And finger side by side,
AS that the day shall surely come
When 1, with all love
Shall meet again, and clasp and kiss
In that dear land above
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would be pleasant fol. many Of our Yer
monters to experience such a journey, and
that they would find as warm friends here
to welcome them on in their pleasure.
Let them try 1t.
Respectfully, "B."
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Miss ALCoTT.-The Boston Post says
This lady has attained the most bril-.
liant reputation as story-teller that
has been made among US within a. few
years. The fine insight and subtle
Characterization which she might be
supposed to inherit, taking with her a
naturalistic turn, we have that sharp
truthfulness which always delights, and
that genial love of fun which makes hap
py. The fame she got by her Little
Women" is snre to be enlarged by the
success of an Old-Fashioned Girl" 1t
is almost always mark of well-merited
success, if both old and young, mature
and immature, find equal pleasure in a
book, and the power of comforting this RI
valry of interest Miss Alcott has abund-
antly exemplifed. Tom and Polly make
friends fast and are net likely to lose them
this generation, and their career ia much
like what Polly in her sermon said life
should be- like a plum cake, the
piums neither all at the top nor all at
the bottom, but evenly disposed all the
way through. Thus it is with Miss AL
colts good things in this book, and we
hope she may continue to bake her literary
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PERsoNAL.-The New York Eoenin9
Post says:
Mr.. a. II. Pease, the accomplished
pianist so well known in that city, in
tends to take up his permanent residence
in Chicago. For some time back he has
been living in Buffalo. Chicago is to be
congratulated on securing to its musical
ranks brilliant pianist and a cultivated
gentleman.
Mr. Pease, if we mistake not, when a
young hey, resided in Castleton, his father
being we'll known and accomplished
Teacher of Music, and was at one time
connected with Castleton Seminary. He
afterwards started a seminary of his own,
IN Castieton, which not proving a success,
he abandoned it, and soon afterwards
moved from the State.
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PERKINsvILLE.-For some days before
the 18th inst we had high winds, and a
part of the time mist or very little rain
I was In doubt whether to expect a north
east storm or a drouth, until I saw in the
HERALD a telegram from Poughkeepsie,
dated the 18th, saying at the close, " To-
night it is raining hard" Having OBJ,
served that in a northeast storm it usually
rains southwest of us before it does here,
I expected rain. 1t came Monday night
On Tuesday Black river was full and
overfoving. Tuesday night and last
night we had snow, and it is now, at s a.
NJ, raining. The ground is white with
snow, excepting where it is so wet as to
melt the snow. Very little sugar has
been made in this vicinity. Farmers have
plowed some, and some sowing has been
dome
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RECEPTION OF MONEY ON LIFE In.
sURANCE.-H0rtonSoile, w., April 1911,
1900. L. BABCoCK, General Agent OF
Phoenix Life Insurance Company, of Hart
ford, Conn.,-Dear Sir: am in receipt OF
the Company's draft for ten thousand dol
lars, to pay the loss on the life of my late
husband, Sumner Jennings. He was in
sured by you on May 18th, 1866, for five
thousand dollars, and again on August
IA, 1868, for five thousand dollars. He
had paid four payments on one policy and
two on the other, and in addition to the
ten thousand dollars, the company returns
in dividends three hundred and ten dol.
lars. L am very grateful for such prompt
ness and reliability.
L am very truly yours,
Mrs. EMMA 3. JENNINGS.
[ concur in tho above facts, as the last
policy WAS for and paid to the estate of
Sumner Jennings.
III. G. RICE,
Administrator.