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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-02-02
Honors to George Peabody.

The ceremonies incident to the transporta.
ton Of the remains Of George Peabody from
the English ship Monarch TO the City Hall
of Portland on Saturday last were imposing
and solemn in the highest degree. Captain
Cummerwel, with few touching remarks,
surrendered his sacred charge to the State Of
Maine, represented by its Legislature in a
body, headed by the observation-disclosures
Chamberlain making an appropriate response
to Captain Cummerwol After the coffin
was placed in the hall, it was visited by
throngs Of spectators.
The English Government has done nobly in
thus recognizing the sterling merits of the
great philan,hropst, and the value of his ser
vices to the sacred cause of charity His own
couDtrymen will not be slow in performing
their duty. A life which was SO fruitful oil
good deeds, and which produced results DIES.
tined to bless thousands Of suffering and strug-
Cling mortals for centuries to come, deserves
to be remembered with grateful esteem. Even
royalty honors itself in paying tribute to such
generous worth; for the accidental titles Of
hereditary aristocracy are worthless in them.
selves, when compared with the seal and pa.
tent of that true aud lofty nobility which
made GEoEGE PEABODY very King among
men
And yet, our admiration for the noble
generosity ofthe philanthropst need not blind
our eyes to his bunder as a citizen. Some
who have the highest appreciation Of his real
worth, have been constrained 10 express theil
regret that career so productive of exalted
usefulness, should have been couded by his
unfortunate sympathy with the Southern Con
federacy, and his belief at the beginning o
our great struggle, that the Union was at al
end. That such was his first attitude, cauuo
be denied without ignoring the most convinc
ing evidence. And the standing of Mr.. Pea
body in London, aud his influence upon tn,
British mind, it may well be assumed, operat
ed largely to stimulate the unfavorable viev
of our cause long held In many foreign circles
This was a great error. But we can homo
him as a man. without forgetting the mistake
he made as politician. Certainly, no on
can remember the fearfuly dark aud troub
lous days of 1862, or the trembling appre
tensions of foreign interference which the
prevailed, without feeling that the fame q
George Peabody would have been great
rounded oct and perfected had he then throw
the weight Of his character and influence upo
the side of his imperiled country.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-02-02

1t is current story, talking Of Fisk,
that he shocked worthy Vermonter, in New
York, the other day who met him in com.
pany with well dressed lady at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel Quoth the Prince, in the ear
Of his Vermont acquaintance " This" tap
ping his female friend on the shoulder, is
Erie preferred Erie common is in Boston y
The new State Capitol at Albany is pro.
crossing in q satisfactory manner. In addi-
ton to the cost of the land the sum of $685.
063,l4 has been expended so far, The Com.
mssioners assert that the building will be SC
far advanced in three years as to allow its oc.
cupation by at least one branch Of the Legs.
ature, and in January 1875 it can be com.
peted. To do this will takea million dollars
a year for FIVE years There is no doubt the
whole expense viii in the end exceed So,
100000. :.
"A Maine editor estimates that foot OF
snow would be worth s30,000,000 to New
England. Millions of feet Of logs, he says
are lying in the forests of Maine and New
Hampshire, awaiting the fall of enough snow
to enable them to be hauled to market The
oxen and toams recently employed in the
work are eating their heads off in the stables
teamsters are idle, aud the owners of the lun.
Der are troubled to get money enough to meet
the actual expenses of living
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-02-02
whether she is to throw away The substance

whether she is TO throw away the substance
of her power, for mere fgmcnt and shad-
ow whether she is to take of her crown and
put aside her sccptre, and enter the field OF
life as the rival and competitor Of man. 1t
is a question Of whether she is to put asuuder
that which God has joined together, and sepa-
rate into Municipalities those whom nature
and heaven have made unit. II is q ques-
ton whether woman is to have the reverence
and honor which belong to her sex. The
passions which belong ohuman nature, which
are the strongest forces in it, will not be de-
siroyed, when woman is admitted into all the
fields Of human labor and political power
but the restraints which are put upon them
by law and religion, by education and social
Influence, will be in great measure broken
down and removed What will become Of
society when these barriers are weakened aud
the tide Of the great sea Of passion beats over
and through the dykes that have been raised
against them
These are very few out of the very many
questions which might be asked, and which
must be answered satisfactorily before our
people will give any heed to the voices Of
these new enchanters. When these shall be
met fairly and sincerely, we may ask some
more But till our questions are met, We
shall oppose this monstrous movement. BY
all our veneration and honor fer the nam.
Of woman by all our reverence aud love fol
the holy name Of mother; by every sacred
interest that clings to wiie-hood; and by every
dear hope that invests the tender name Of
daughter or sister and more, by every in
spiration Of manhood by every iuauenc,
and holy motive and blessed incentive and Gi
vine persuasion, that forms aud helps ant
aud. matures and blesscs the character Of man
" our regard for society, for marriage, fo
the welfare and happiness Of earth we pro
tost against this miscalled reform, whose promi
scs are all illusions aud receptions, and who's
realization would be the scvering of the holi
est bonds Of the social structure.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-02-02
lfor,ooth. thcy must and viii vi thoy arc

forsooth they must and WILL Yet ,hcy arc
under bcndsio success and honor not to in.
terrupt their professional pursuits by the long
fuses Of frequent maternity. They cannot
/ eivo tho flower of their days and energy 10
reproduction. What iollows2 Why this
These leading women, most honored and ia
nous in marriage but preventing maternity,
must become conspicuously infamous con-
tagion of the devil through society. That
| fashion is prevalent enough What should
befal if our brilliant, splendid women in the
pulpit. at the bar. in medicine and on the
( forum, should set everywhere the ilustrous
example Of prostitution in marriagel Woe
worth the day Yet this must be in any day
which shall see women filing successfully
through life the professions or oven the trades.
Who is ready by celibacy or fruitcssness
of our ablest women, for these only would
succeed to sec these best minds and, if un.
corrupted, these best hearts, taken out OF all
the lines of human descent Is our blood
so rich that we can stand this thinning 2 -
What can class Of our best made women do
in their single lives to ntonc for the loss of
sons and daughters Of so worthy stock 1t
is question of one woman, barren, in a pro-
lesion OF atnousn9' souer'''ona vi ue e g.iuI
p'cou 70 peVP'o anu u"Se sre'' u'o 'u'u'e ,
Of noble women and men, rather than the
one womans good right arm, though she slash
auu new never 10 g'uuu'y' NJ D." es''' ~
ner .no'ncrnoVu ol spn1 unu -ie'1ou,,"' "aa
greater 'nah sne SOp,u Lid oued y ;h auy Us
roya' wGrN ~u'o S,l , "au "'"''''1 '"''' ''"'
ron penny 50 Wen Uo'" .a - 90, M. hoe,
A1o'e az "no = i'tuy " Sc ,p'9 p.s
o'oou a"ioIs "o"en NoP' GUY GUY i"' en-
s."y.a.,ouI ~ p'pe''e' a'os' ,'I' 49, . .s'
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-02-02
The Franking Privilege.

The House Of Representatives has done its
part toward speedy and complete abolition
of the ranking privilege The post Office
committee brought in its bill providing that
after the first of next July no matter shall
70 through the mails free. General Farms
worth proposed to make it the order for some
day next week and give chance for discus
sion, but as soon as it was presented Mr..
Gallon at once called out to have it put on
its passage Immediately, and was sustained by
30 to 40 other gentlemen so decidedly that
Farnsworth consented to 60 on with the bill,
There was an exceedingly noisy debate of
oyer an hour, in which good many sharp
things were said aud number Of amend
ments offered to exempt country newspapers
from the operation of the bill. All these
propositions were rejected and the bill put
through with whirl just as it came from the
committee, with only fourteen votes in the
negative. 1t is hardly possible that the SEN
ate will act upon it in such manner, though
possibly something of the kind may pass dur
ing the session.
We were sorry to notice, during the dis.
cussion Of this subject, Gen. Buffers unjust
fling at the newspapers. The insinuation
that the low postage Of the blanket sheet :"
of the New York Tribune is made at the ex-
pensc of the poor man is one, the fallacy of
which the 100000 poor men readers OF the
Tribune will not fail to see, aud they will
readily recognize that but for low postage
they could not have the week ly visits of that
mammoth educator at the merely nominal
price Of dollar a year And it is a ready
answer to the charge that county papers are
carried free within the county limits, that
such a law enables the country newspapers to
compete with the great city weeklics, and
thus sustain the local press of the nation,
which is both our safety and our pride We
have always believed that the abolition of the
ranking privilege was beginning the reform
at the wrong end, and we very much doubt
its efficacy in reducing expenses. The true
method, we have commended, would be to be-.
gin with the government printing Office, and
hen rigidly restrain the use of the tranking
privilege to its legitimate bounds.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-02-02

FRANK BLAIR.---The case of Frank p
Blair, Jr., pending for several years before
the United States Supreme Court, was decided
Saturday Appellant was dobarred from the
right to vote, because he refused to take the
oath of loyalty prescribed by the Constitution
of Missouri. The Supreme Court of thai
State sustained such denial, which now stands
the Supreme Court of the United States being
equally divided in opinion.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-02-02

TuE PRoDIoAL's RETURS. The bill for the
admission of Virginia into the Union having
received the signature of the President, aud
become law. there was great rejoicing in
Richmond on Tuesday last in which the citi-
zeus generally participated. Speeches were
made by Governor Walker and others, saqtes
Tired, and various other joyful demonstrations
look place Aud this in the capital of the late
Confederacy
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-02-02
The Freedmen.


The Massachusetts Anti-slavery Society
has decided to remain in existence while
longer for the sake of helping the freedmen
to land and money through the agency Of
the government. The argument is that, in
the present condition of society, they have
not an equal chance, and being out OF
possession now there is no prospect Of their
coming into it except at the public expense.
Mr., Julian of Indiana and Mr.. Sumner, il is
said, have in charge a kind of homestead bill
designed for this purpose, contemplating the
division Of the government lands at the South
among actual coIored settlers, with such secu-
rites as will prevent them from being dis
placed by unfriendly local legislation or a
hostile sentiment around them. 1t is hoped
by some that this measure will be brought be.
fore Congress early and that the freedmen
will be settled upon farms of their own before
the summer is over, with money and credit
enough to build with, if they are so disposed
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-02-02

New HAMPSHIRE. In addition to the three
political parties already existing in New Hamp-
shire-the Republican, Democratic and TEN.
perance, each with full tickets in the feld-a
fourth was organized ut Concord on Friday
last. The working men in council concocted
a Labor Reform party and nominated Samuel
Flint an old Free-soiler and an advocate OF
taxing the bonds and paying them in currency,
for Governor. The two new parties temper
ance and labor reforn,) get what strength
they have from the Republicans. The labor
reform managers claim to control 5000 votes
AS the total Republican majority in New
Hampshire was but $500 last year, the Dem
ocrats hope to carry the State. The election
takes place March s.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-02-02

JUDGE CnAsE.-Notwthstanding the many
and fragrant political errors, both of head
and heart, which this distinguished gentleman
has committed during the last few years, he
recently did capital thing in sending the
following letter to a member of the Ohio
Legislature. The letter was publicly read
and unquestionably produced no little effect
in securing the favorable action which it be-
speaks Now let the Democrats nominate
him for Presdent--if they will.
"WAsHINGToN, November, 1869.
Hon Thomas YedimGn
My Dear Sir The eyes of the whole country
are upon the State of Ohio On your vote de
ponds the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment
am for universal suffrage and universal am.
nesty. The amendment must be put through tn,
Legislature at all hazards. 5. p CHASE.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-02-02


Messrs. Fairbanks, of St. Johnsburv, used
the past year, about three million feet of
um6er~-a much larger amount than durin
any previous year Tae lumber is now b, :
ing drawn into their yards at the RATE of thirty
thousand feet per day.
The residence of the late Hon. Harmon
Myers, of Bennington. 1.-The widow having
closed it for brief residence with reIaGiv 5
at Albany has boen broken open aud riaud
of its most valuable contents, including a
choice gold watch. The loss is estim tied at
$500 or 5000. One of the burglars has been
arrested, and officers are on the track Of
others. iNfs
William G. iyqr, the Mildlebury bur
glar, made a fall confession when brought be-
fore tho police court, anl nrn,d two stores
which he hal entered twice each, and nine
which had received single visits from him.
He was bound over ia 81 900 for his .ap.
pearance in the June court A young man
named Ssllick, implicated in the sams busi-
ness, was placed under $4,000 bonds.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-02-02

--Uen. Mower, who recently died at New
Orleans, was born in Woodstock, in tae south
easterly part of the town, aul was a nephew
Of Gen. Lyman Mower. Gen. Sherman il
his order announcing the death says f" A bet.
ter soldier or a drawer man never lived THAI
j. A. Mower and refers to many instances
when he displayed abilities of the highest or.
der emitting him to the full name aud fame
Of general, In concluding, the order of Gen
Sherman says that +" this aud more too is due
to one who never wrote or spoke of himself
and seemed Obvious of all things except tc
serve his country with his whole heart anC
his whole soul"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-02-02

hlplAHtH shC must HJtu iltIbtll tlthT W meet
it. She has no right to induce circles OF
clients to entrust to her their legal interests,
and then, fairly acquainted with their affairs,
withdraw herself to any private and domestic
concern whatever She has no right in polit-
ical life, to take positions aud honors at the
hand of any community, or party, and then,
may be at the supreme moment Of party nc
eessity or public peril, put herself out Of
power to stand at her post, and discharge her
great duties Professional success and pro-
iessioual honor alike put her in bonds against
motherhood.
The obvious and only answer must be,
Then these women must avoid maternity.
That is not The only duty. Others are para.
mount. She need not be a mother" That is
frank, and puts the case on its true ground
Let us pursue il.
These women shall be celibates But are
not all our reiormers bracing their plea foI
woman at the polls by saying, Men are NOT
men without women, and women are not WON.
en- without men," have heard it one hun.
dred times, and, what's more, believe il
These celibate women in the ministry, law
politics, medicine, separated from the common,
restful sympathies Of life. outside of home
circles, rasped, burdencd with the yexations
cares, tolls, Of successful or unsuccessful am.
billions. Men 50 circumstanced would he, as
class, miserable, worthless, speedily left out.
side ahe esteem, confidence, or employ Of their
fellows, We want no celibatc professions
either Of men or women. We shall never
entrust religion with its delicate ministries,
our families, nor the state. TO any class Of
celibates. Every such class invites corrup-
tion oflnanncrs, morals, and faith No, no /,
The world will never trust, nor try the mas
terry Of eelibate women 10 religion, medicine,
nor state craft.
Bat these professional women will have
hearts as well as heads. Instincts for love,
tenderness and home will have way. Marry,
, 1870-04-27
INSTALLATION oF A PROFESSOR,

4N9AA01AAAAVA u n - A%SA A*A29-A3s
Tire serytess In connection With the tn2rsnra-
.,,.. 49, r,.n,asr rIr1o a. r-o,.z-or 7of rss.nr,,
neo o. laohas - n9ns' s1o -. ~. " ra,'.,rs
lheolo5f ana Sf*claI Saunes ~ ue ~
Theological Seminary, took place 1t 8he flr"t Noh-
gtcxssienal Church, coruer of Grctn un,l Ncst
wnsh,nston stYr,ta. Yesterday afternoon The
a,Ic " .,as 80. --or1..1 49,. ,t.. o....<,,n
1n.' .x.s-,.,st-s ,xste aorhsI z,th a, ,oyneattn
by the Itev. r. Datchm-
Atr.r a,rr}ns ,he prafessor.c1,ct reah mad easc
~ us 49, ee1's79soN " A'''a
Q: ihe eo"ete"aaonai ehafctt+
Ar. Fuote. Of BnF1ngtons Iowa. one Of the
~; Enotx, in lsx e.Etuent words. AMI ~ behalf
c1 h,llseil anu ieiloN-pttsct'rs declared him int-
many 1hs1atled Ii TIE Once or Professor 0f the
, 1870-04-27

greater thxn the proporuonA.e increase Of popula-
tlou- There Is IN Increase By consumption,
menlnxttia, md very great doc1easn by conTnL
sions, pneumonls, scarlet fever, tn4 naazssmna
There wero less deaths this week from scarlet
fever ths1 for the Sane tlu7e fer oser Jehr,
Atbonah thcre MAS great {ncressa tn inianttle
mortality: On Sunday last death occurred from
burning by petroleum The case VI. sad one,
and the first Of the kind for nearly rhren uonthA
Specimens Of the oil were obtained and they were
tested hy the Superintendent The oil was mt
1 1fhscisss article, but could nor under the laws
relaung thereto, hsve been contained Dy me M on
culty WIS with the lamp, Several cases Of yaSto-
lold had been reported bn. The stltce oi iotec-
ton could not be asceftalned In some OF thsu-
The board should urxe The subject Of vacrnatson
with al The .isor possible The general sanlsasy
much since hta last report, attl although mach had
been accomplished, more remained 'u oe done
In conclusion, he nTgeti the drainage Of lots anil
The constsuctlon Of catch basins thereon, 10 rse-
ceve the water After rBin. ....
Health Omcef BuIlham reported that $50 1ut-
Hanees we're abased during the week.
TIE Board then adjourned.
, 1870-04-27
PERSONAL

Louisa Alcott and her sister May will dis
ptnse With n1alo escort during their European
tour. -.
--Colfs1 and DlanquA Dey became fathots in
Washington on the same day.
General Mcclellan Is to hare charge Of I
Hoboten land xpec0lasins company.
-Aane Hsgal, Gsll Of II years, is tesehingg
co!orrd school in Treinla- Some Of her
scholars aze upwards Of 10 yaass OF age.
--Dr. Elizabeth blackwell. who bAs COM
menced the practice Of medicine in London, ia
4 e1star Of the husband Of Lacy Stone.
cured hy contributions for the benefit OF. Ar.
Rudeou, the e1,ra:!way king. ...
The Daehaes OF Parma, niece Of the Count
de Chamhord- IL the recipient Of Tho holy gold
en- rose, which tho Pope hloascs annually and
mesenta during Lent 10 Ohio os the P1insesses
Of The bourbon t1be.
The "Man plute" is title given 10 +
cc1tain Don fer1eyra, who Il nov performing
II In Liah thcatfe. lie produces ali tbs Of
fcrss Of = hute without having recorrse to any
instrument whate1er.
The pezv Gr1tzy, who has lust beAe nom-
mated Director of -Se French Academy, il re-
povncs fer his ahrcnce Of mfnd One dAy
lccturcd on theology, he imagined that he had
forgotten his watch. and took il out OF hi1
rocket 10 see il be had tirne "a so and fetch Il,
Tho raxiB papeta sssure u positively thai
The marriage Of tie PI1nce OF 9T1nRe N1tl tnt
Princess Louise Of Eng4And il d1ed for the
month of August. Tho Prince, who - heir ap-
parent af the King OF the SethetlAnds, and i
prudninant mnnbcr OF tho PaHaian JEke,
Club, is 50 years OF Rse- The Princess u =
Tho Savannah d1euaon Aze upaet beAust
General Lee hae written \ letter accepting II
honorary membership in oae Of the companies
One Of the local journals eayn: Such CT
u}tation on The part Of individuals, such en-
thusiann OF frenen, when The news wzs N
nonnced to tho company, only found vent II
IN terrific tAyc!' for = handsome frame io
the precious letter, which vii be hung in tn
meettngsrou
-Ihe wife Of Theodore A. Sn5aerr Of Ses
York, appliea for decree Of dirorce on th
ground That be was In the habit not only
Sottine drunk himself, bat of making his fam
| " drunk, from the boy who hAd recently bee'
mt il pants to The infant in the c1ad!e.
mi. Dow;e, SECRETARY. Of the Edlnbate'
Philosophical Institution, has rcccived the iol
| loving letter from Mr.. Carlyle, sekno"ledean11
his reelection ae President: Chelsea, Apn
] . 1s7o-Dear Sirs lreceived with weacoEne y
notice tb1t your annual meeting hAs aSn1
elected me Prcssannt, and AN much ohhge
BY thai testimony Of theis sndnoaa *nd cor
them Ettle OF nothing more thsn the na1ne
\ rreaidcut, capable Of no seal setElee--ie
, 1870-04-27

The Quincy m:) Wing Of tho 2sth, RAYS:
I'VE learn from Judge Skinner, who has jost
returned from The E.stz tha. .1sangenanss E sa.
which VII insure the eommencaraeut OF work
On he Quincy csrthage Road By the lat Of
Jrnc nc1t, md It's completion ~ fehsuag fol-
loving. We no also mforned that General
Singleton and Al. Pzavos,, Who .ers East in
The interest Of the Quincy, Alton st. Louis
Ro4d, have met with ; Ike saecess 80 THAI
loth rouds 1iu b fairly rndsr contract inada
of tvo months, ard h, running ozdsE before
tho lst Of January next