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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-12
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
PUBLIC LEDGER OvprcE,

Business in the general market opened with
more activity to-day ana Dlds ialr 10 improve
from TINS time forward we nave no il,po,-
tant changes 70 hote III inc prices Vi Tue ieuu-
ing articles PROVISIONS are duii ana droop-
ing. urain anu ieeu Is luiet, WIN inc eAcep-
tion OF corn "hicn Is he'u irhiS' io'hVoeS
are STEADY, win aIair uemahu' "rOceries are
unchanscu. We quo'e ~ Ioiio"s'
Digging Is luie' Ut @is.fo' "s " Iui,i. y,
IRON ues, o9oci Deans quio' ~ " O's2 W.
cot'onSeeu IN uoii"nu AZ ~ w ~"
on inc iefee' buyers iu,n.snins sHeNs
pu''cr qule. a. ooS'fo ", ono'oo, oos i,ohi
llrin AZ % ovSo w corn urn at sSSaoo' liy
hrW, w oVsIo WI ohls quie. ut o'so'o' piai
STEADY AZ 81 4oSi ~ Q wv nVur quie' sup peL
80 zoso oo; extra % 20, uouoie cAun' ~ wv wv
Zo' treDle eA'ra' - 'oS'o WI fancy, 20 V w
W; PROVISIONS uuh mes porh' w -'9No " "
bacon ciear SUES, lV14@Il,4ci snouiucrS' o14e,
SIC; sugar cuieu Mans i'1asio2Ao' u,y sa,.eu
clear sides, g49loc; ciear r,o sues 'I49,11c'
shouiuers, ig'lc' nhins' d-.si-1t'' iAiu, :"
tlerces, iz1ael'c' KEGS l'Is oa, oauu'es'
l41sSlo74c' pOll'Oes quio' ~ 70 40 - y '''
rel.
Inc onIy sue rcportcu oh Ohunse 'o-uaS
"ere o. s"eAS "ni'e 'oi" "' 0'''
MONEY.
We have no new features TO mention to-day
in connection with local monetary affairs. The
volume of currency now held by the banks
grows larger, and those institutions are
anxiouSly seeking for undoubted business pa
per and exchange. Outside capitalists, too
are in quest of good paper. and as the season
advances the situation becomes easier. AT
the banks inc raVe Vi INTEREST 'o-uay . 10 ~
per cent, anu IN 'ne open market porro"ers
coula ma All tne iuhus tney deslred al 'he
OUTSIDE rate. we nave no aiterauons 10 re-
port IN 'ne Duslns VI seiilns rates Vi eAcnahse'
Inc oeinahu Is active a' inc ioiio"'ng prices
ne" Ioth-par DuSlhs' anu az premium se'i-
ingi rniilueiphia -7sc uiscoun' 70 par oul-
ing ana 14c premium seiilngi rro'iuence-zsc
discount 10 par buying. anu 74c premium sell
ingi oos.on. par ouyihs. anu 74c premium
sSlius' pai'iilole 7sc discount W par puS-
ing anu 74c premium seliihs' Nc" orleans
Ac discount BUYING ana par seiing.
Inc demand Tor county scrip continues ac-
tVe' and there Is but little II any oherlng; 6y
10 ioc are the rates onered Dy dealers to-day
ana 'le the nominal selling rate.
Bank OF tennessee money u bought at
75ci selling rates arc Zoe. Memphis rs
are bought ut DOC and sold at 5612c.
Gold-bearing bonds are Ola to 0Z1sc buying
and selling. Mississippi and tennessee rail
road stock Is IN request at loo. and is sold at
2Oc. Gold is bought at lOs1s to lOs14' and sold
at IlO>s 10 llO14; about sZUVO was taken by
dealers to-day at the rates mentioned.
COTTON.
Sales yesterday were 500 bales. the market
closing quiet and with better offerings. To-
day the inquiry is limited, as the transactions
will show. notwithstanding that early in the
doy nearly all the buyers were ont. Sellers as
a general rule were disposed to make slight
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-12

The cheap dress goods table is the
chief attraction at the Southern Palace.
Everyone wishing dress goods should
call before purchasing 36-T
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CASHMERE SUITs-coat, pants andvest
for $40 Mt 23l Main street. 40
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APRIL showers bring coughs and colds,
which can be cured by using Dimmiits
SOC. Cough Balsam. a.
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Dox'r forget Godshaw's Gallery, No.
1870 Main st. photographs 81 per dozen.
Gems for the million, very cheap. 81
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rs- Greenhouss and hardy plants. out aou-
err, bOuquetg. ferai DESCRIPTIONS for balls, par
and cemetery lots laid cut IN The most artistic
style. f-ha
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NuRsERY.
Bluff City Nursery,
N. PERDUE, PROPRIETOR,
Poplar Street, near Dunlap Avenue.

O1oF JoHvssoN, Florist and Landrcape Gar
donor. late Of Royal Gardens. Stockholm.
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Memphis & White River
UNITED STATES MAIL LINE.

UNIE NEW AND ELEGANT U~-s,
| side-wheel passenger packets lss4sil,rtlf
of this line will leave Memphis for hzssl-s-i,ss
Dcvall's Bluff, West Point, Augusta, Jackson
port and all points on White river, as follows;
LEGAL TEN DER, Capt. J. D. Elliott.
Every Tuesday. at o'clock pm.
r. P. WALT, Capt. W. J. Ashford,
Every Saturday, at o'clock pm.
Connecting at Deval's Bluff with railroad for
Little Rock. and at JacksOnport with the
light draught steamer Fort Smith for Poea-
hOntas and all points on Black river.
For freight OF passage apply on board, or ut
office of Memphis and Arkansas River Packet
Company. W. Il. PAITkSON, Agt,
No. Madison street.
Or ELLIOTT X MILLER,
1l-136-t No. Promenade street.
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=, wuITMoRE, job PRINTER AND
Pabiisher, n Madison street.
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See Register, Trezevant d. Co.'S
Real Estate sales, ON first page.
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Go see the new goods-Surprise Store,
2O9 Main street. SOL
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MrLLARD's FINEST PREPARED FAMILY
CHOCOLATE, Atmore's mince meat, Cana
dian oat meal, excellent salt white fish,
champagne and crab cider, and a full
line of choice family groceries, at J.
Devoto's, corner of Third and Adams
streets. ll5-I
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SNAIL six rubber for bracelets just
received-to customers gratis-at the Jet
Palace. Il
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GEMS, youths and boys underwear,
shirts, socks. suspenders or neek-ties,
buy at Walker Bros & Co. s, 23l Main
street. 40
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ELEGANT Parian and Lava vases, 81
per pair-Surprise Store, No 209 Main
street. S5-f
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BOHEMIAN VASES, SOC per pair-Snr-
prise Store, 2O9 Main street. 35-t
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CRAM OrExNe-surprise Store-en.
tire new stock. So-T
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LADIES. don't fail to examine those
beautiful genuine French percales which
are now being sold at zoe per yard AT
the Southern Palace, 3S2 Main street.
They are the cheapest goods in the city.
90 >
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BOARDING.

HoARDTNg.-RE BOARD PER
week. s6; supper. lodging and breakfast
J. af the Charleston House. proprietor;
81 . MODES. S-el
. ., y. y n, ING - GREAT REDuCIl0N Al
ROAAth.D1- ore House, 100 and III Adams 81.
Beard per mo. ,n, S25 each day board. s0;
pying sing - ~ lay. Good, airy rooms iur-
transient e. e. sli.s a : reasonable terms
nished 10 iamiH5 n 70 'HITkM0Rk. fror,r.
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FIxEsrblack cloth coats, black doeskin
pants and plain and figured silk vests,
latest styles, buy at Walker Bros a Co. S.
Al
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LAnIEsl buy your boys clothing, and
you will save money by so doing, at
Walker Bros & Co.'s, 23l Main. 40
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FoR clothing for the rich and needy,
old or young. go to 2Sl Main street,
Walker Bros 4 Co.'S. 40
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ALE.

y. COSTA IT,
Cream Ale Depot,
MA washington street.
AZ Quarts per dozen $40; Rinu per S d9iSn,
sig; half pints per de1en. .oe. "a se sb;r
ans-nsiiiiroed. Also, Stock Ale and Porter,
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MEMPHIS stained glass works, 252
Third street. ~
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GAs-r1rr1So at Sl5 Second st. AT
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Go 20 the TivOIi, South Court, for
wines, liquors and cigars.
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Tn.r eideral wiIIcllI.-e.eelIent p
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FOR SALE.

NOR sALE-0NE COOP, SEhV AHpln 10
Il hoise' PETER ii. D0NNELLf,
o-o 189 Poplar street.
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PUBLIC LEDGER.
OHlce: No. 10 Madison Street.
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION.
THE CITY.

MEMP
wednesday Evening. April IL, 1871.
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xIyANTED-LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
w to know that $1,000 s offered fST ,s any f fbs
q 6lIna,, pie Remedy fails to cure. Sold by
p pendivs h Hills. 2s1 Main st: III T..
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4ss Spruce street, Philadelphia, Pa.

c.ur1ox.-Do not be imposed upon by otner
narties palming of worthless cast,ithon rw ins
P,;nns nnder the same name or otherwise'
cnlne;s he only genuine and really practical
ohasn machine manufactured. ls-.
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nor RENT.--AFINTE DWELLING NM h s3rsst
between "'S"' A. ALSrON,
or BENJAMIN Coleman. at the office OF F 81
rhnncery Clerk. ~
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NOR RENT-H0USE WITH hoVMo'
large lot. Apply to y,r1pNrrNp
~ 121 Alabama street.
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1,op RENT A TWo-ST0RY FRAME.
RUIZ ment dwelling house on Dunlap near
Poplar ST. up MARX & BENSDORF.-
- Bethel Block, Room 5.
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TAKEN UP.

S,1AKFN UP-ONE BAY HORSE AND ONE
dnn mare colt. which the owner can have
by proving property and p9 ,ynS enrafrfes'
al Chief Of Police.
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EoR RENT STORE HOUSE R6,, Bis I FR F6aST
Llnn J,r9 10 1852 A. J. ROACH 90.
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: oSr~oN THE STREETS OF THE CITY
yesterday. a gold Masonic Eatees Key g,I mi
s sIiS Neon and on the other with these
ISords Penn Chapter Royal Arch Mas,99ns,
MMorus' Nexnbis, sTcnn." The finder will be
snitabiv rewarded by bringing 1t TO the owner 81
- p5i Main street. -
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NOR sALE-ALL THE VARIETIES, OF
Cabbage plants, early and late. ApPiSS7 AZ
room o Magnolia Block. ~.
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WANTED AdENTS- hbv EN N,,h oyar1 =
w to two hundred dollars per monsn sve tSe
Gnnn;ne improved Common Sense Family
bem. fell, tuck, bind. braid. cord. quilt ana
embroider in most superior m nan rr W.
on,y , S, s1no1 for any machine that will sew
s sSon ours II makes the. Elastic Lock
stitch" Every second stitch can DC cgt, and
SUI. S,,o II We nay agents $75 TO 500 per
nonth and expenses. or a commission from
which twice that amount can DC made: aaross
For circulars and terms, apply 70 OF Gn auoreSs
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nor RENT SEVERAL NICE ROOMS.
4 AppiS " 12S Boal street.
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FOR RENT.

DOR RENTTHE, STORE sdm NS $40 oooe @S
At p resent by T. W. Johnston X Co. Posses
~ non will be given after May lst. Apply TO
sio" w, b. GREENLAW, Jk:,.
a-+ l6 Madison ST., up stairs,
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NOR REDUCED RATES-sIohh
H sSl Main street, Offices, rooms. houses.
L. - MAN w. A, WHEA.LEY,
Bethel Block.
1,oR RENT AND FOR SALE HOUSES
II ana lots: also, a plantation on the Nils
sissinni river for sale OF exchange :.
iSl-f VIM. F. HARDIN. 26is Second st:
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W. q. PATTES0N, Agent,
No. II Madison ST., Merchants Insurance
Cofnpany's Building. lis
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James 4EEt......-........ ..........master,
Leaves Memphis MONDAYS and FRIDAYS,
at S =. m, commencing OF the 9th instant. and
continuing through the season. ll0-t
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PHYSICIANS.
WANTED.

WANTED. BUSINESS BUSINESS
w who has their Books in arrenrY VINO
wants Copying or Writing done?' Who wants
partnership Settlements made or Accounts
Coilectedg The advertiser, q practical D ;ai
ness man. having half his time unoccupied.
,gants omnloyment Would take sole charge
Of one or two small sets of books; hignest
reference given and terms very modeTaa91e'
Address, MEm 1n at,;;oa
8-4ll hcukol N
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-01-18

The Maine State Prison has earned the
past year, $4,000 in excess Of expenditures.
The Missouri Legislature has organized
by the election Of Democratic officers.
The South Carolinian House of Repre-
sentatiyes has passed vote against a gene.
raj amnesty.
Tho first of Mssours imported house,
hold servants reached there, last week, in the
persons Of 60 Swedish girls.
Thomas W. Ferry has been elected by
the Republicans to the U. S. Senate from
Michigan, in place of Jacob NJ. Howard.
Lot NJ. Morrill, has been renominated to
the U. s. Senate from Maine by vote Of
l05, against "a for Gen. Chamberlain.
Col. o. 7. Stearns has been renominated
for short term in the U. S. Senate, from
Minnesota, to gil the vacancy occasioned by
the death Of Senator Norton.
Washington is to be enliyened, next week
by the trial Of two congressman in the Grim.
inal court, bowen Of South Carolina charg.
ed with bigamy, and Congressman Butler o.
= Tennessee, charged with forgery.
- The Brooklyn whiskey raid Thursday
resulted in the destruction of nineteen stills
containing eighty-fye hogshoads Of mash val.
ued altogether at $4,000.
An Havana despatch states that the wife
of President Juarez of Mexico died on the
I'd inst. The Presidential election Is the ab.
sorbing topic Of that country, and much bit.
terness is shown.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-01-18
Notes and Comments.

One hundred suburban residents of Gin
cinnati propose to contribute $1,000 each for
the purchase Of home in the city as sort
Of headquarters more pleasant than hotel
aud more Independent than the house of a
friend, to which they and their families can
resort for the time when they wish to 60 shop
ping, attend theatres, etc.
There are grave rumors in circulation in
New York, affecting his personal character,
connected with the sudden withdrawal Of
Theodore Tillon from the editorship Of the
Brook Ign Union, so soon after his resignation
Of the cditorship Of the independents and his
announcement that he would continue to con.
duct the Union
Soup houses are to be established in
Boston for the benefit Of the poor There is
great want among the classes usually out Of
work at this season, and much suffering will
be prevented BY judicioos aid at the present
time, and no parties can do the work so well
as our city police, to whom the duty is en-
trusted.
After all that is said about Indianian
divorces, only "a such DEGREES were granted
at Indianapolis in 1870, though the number
Of applicants was $50. Almost half the ap.
Plicants-S6-went empty away. Nearly
three-iourths Of the appications--12l.-
came from women, and only 80 from men.
However, Indianapolis is but a small part of
Indiana
The suits of the Northern and Concord
IN. H. Railroads were settled at Hayerhill,
where the Supreme Court is in session, by the
agreement Of the parties itigant. A long
schedule Of articles of agreement, and a one
hundred thousand dollar bond of indemnity
to Gov. Stearns while he acted as agent was
agreed on, and the Concord road is to pass
Immediately into the hands Of the directors
Of the road.
- A bill was introduced in the lower
branch Of Congress, Friday, for the appoint
ment Of a Commission to examine the Ala
bama claims. 1t provides that tho commits.
sion shall meet in Washington, Tat all claims
must be presented within six months, md
that counsel for the English government may
take part in the investigation. 1t further
provides that the government shall issue
bonds for the payment of these claims. The
bill was referred to the Committee of For.
cign Affairs,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-01-18
The Motley Mystery

Has at last been cleared up by the publioa.
ton of the mass Of correspondence between
Mr. Fish aud DR. Motley Before going to
England Mr. Motley prepared a memorandum
Of his views on the Alabama question and
submitted it to the State Department It
wa, returned to him with the significant sug.
gestiou that the discussion Of the matter had
bettcr be suspended 1t was very clear that
Mr. Notloy's views, which were but the repe-
tition of Mr. summers, in his speech, did not
meet with the approval Of the President, and
that he intended that American reclamations
on England should be confined simply to
breaches Of neutrality committed after the
Queen. proclamation. Mr.. Motley, however,
contrary to hi. instructions, represented tae
recognition Of belligerency by England to be
the fountain head Of all the subsequent
disasters Of the American people and as
.umod threatening tone toward Lord Car-
cndon, because England had issued it,
The administration proposed to make the
Alabama claims simply matter Of business
while Mr. Motley assumed to make them the
occasion for the discussion Of great interna-
tioual principles Of comfy and law lie
seems to have found it impossible to get rid
Of the idea that Mr. Sumner controlled the
foreign relations Of the government, or that
his speech furnished the basis for action. lie
was therefore instructed to recall his con-
vcrsatiou with Lord Clarendon and to inform
him that he did not in it represent the wishes
of his government Mr. Fish was unable to
make Mr.. Motley understand the wishes Of
President by the gentle diplomatic hints usual
to such occasions and through his delcacy
and Mr.. Motley's inability to comprehend
what others would have readily seen, matters
were soon brought to a crisis and Mr.. Motley
vas instructed to resign.
The whole correspondence reveals in Mr.
Motley want Of quick and intelligent com,
prehension of the instructions of the govern
mcnt, an inability to shake himself free frou
the glamour which Mr. Sumner had cast oyer
him, aud an utter absence Of the habit ant
temper Of mind neediu to a successful diplo
matist. The correspondence shows how it is
possible for an elegant and accomplished
scholar and historian to fall far below the re.
quiremcnts Of diplomatic position, and fail
utterly in the rudimcnis of its duties. The
correspondence fails to show why Mr.. Motley
received the appointment in the first place
after he had proved himself at Vienna unequa
to the responsibilities Of his mission near tn
Court of the IIapsburghs
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-01-18

Orange Judd, of the american Agrjcul-
tuyist, is holding a unique exhibition in New
York, of over 1900 patched and darned gar.
ments He offered prizes for the best speci.
mems of the art, the clothing to be aiterward
given to the Five Points mission. The first
prize went to lloosicr woman, for cloak
made Of four pairs Of old pants, one old vest
and two old coat Innings, which is composed Of
6s pieces and looks as if it were seamless.
The warm-hearted maker adds, Z" 1t was worn
three years to public school, and | hope it
will keep some other darling warm three
years MORE
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-01-18
Special Corr popieuce % Che Watllma
Grand lodge Of Good Tcmplars.

Sr ALgANs, Jan. %. 1871.
THE eighth annual session of thi- body vu-
opened 10 lorn an Tuesday, january 10. in the
Lodge room of ST. Adams Lodge About two
hundred and fits Delegates, and largo number
OF Third Degree members We're present.
The q. We i. nude Che following appoint
mehl OF committees
az rn'.Ni.a --l'ey. w. w Atwator' Rev.
% y. Norris William II. 'nn1u, ]. j. Dalton,
Ney' l.. p" . brigham.
N PIX 90. V'a''.-i Dc hf'"nel'
d. b. Mead salmon Green.
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restitution ,,ii., ,v,. ,l,,.ed
R,solred. That tbi4 Grand T.,5,e ,,r,iislly ,,.
cant tl.c rr,u1.ifion. FIR oerergl c,,,cr,t' ~,
be- clupi-eI of dele,,f,. lrir, I'D te,n1or,o,s r.
oanittti5ns had ohureAa. In tho S,at6 a,l y, III
held sec some suitable time ami place during tbe
present winter, lu which aii classes vt the uisud-
o.c N ,., ',' .'c XIV.
rcst in te rre,f ,,.' n ,,',, r''- ''
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Conundrums for the Free Press.


Ii Essex County had in it City of Bur.
lngton, with fifteen thousand inhabitants, is
it preposterous to think that the existence
Of such a city there would raise the average
value Of real estate in that county,
Can great, rich, elegant city, full Of col
egcs and palaces aud warehouses and lumber
yards and manufactures and churches and
presses, full Of learned men and beautiful
women, be built up in any Vermont county
without increasing the average value Of land
by the acre in that county?
If so, would it not be wise for such a
county to equalize the list with the city, if i,
could and if it could not then walk up to
the Treasures office and pay handsomely for
the privilege of having the biggest city in
the state within its limits
Would not a legislative committee to equal
i2e the taxes have to do some pretty tall
swearing in order to make the people believe
that the average value Of an acre of land in
such a county was no more than 10 some less
favored and populous one?
There are some evils it is true, in being a
fine large city and having land that is worth,
with the buildings on it, from five to twenty
thousand dollars an acre, and that goes into
the list of the county at less than its proper
tomato value, but then is it worth while to
swear about it, or to make fuss and pother
about paying the taxes on it2
Would it be well for Burlington not to
have her ideas so far behind her estate, and
hereafter rate herself according to her pres
ent grandeur aud not according to her former
poverty
If the Free Press will guess these conun-
drums we will ask it few more.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-01-18

John Covode, member of Congress from
the twenty-6rst Pennsylvania district, died
suddenly at Harrisburg, Wednesday morning,
of heart disease, at the age Of G3. lie was
man of good deal Of energy and business
ability, as his occupations of farmer, manu-
faeturer and miner show, and he has been an
active and successful politician for over twenty
years, having boon in Congress for six years,
His report concerning the dcialcations, during
the administration Of James Buchanan, gave
him high reputation, Mr.. Coyodo was not
candidate for the next Congress, and his
place was filled by a democrat at the last
election,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-01-18

The commission to visit Dominica will
consist of Hon. Benz. +. Wade, President
White OF Cornell University, aud Dr. Samuel
G, Howe, gentlemen Of ability aud into gritty,
who will perform the responsible duty entrust.
ed to them fairly and thoroughly DE- Howe
is a warm friend of Senator Sumner, and his
selection is sufficient answer alike to the in
situations that the President is influenced in
his appointments aud removals by the cool
moss existing between himself and that gentle
men, and to the ISLANDERS that he layors the
commission for corrupt purposes.