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Personal.
Wetesret to hear thst Judge Homer T. Royce
is suffering from al attack Of erysipelas

Weiesret to hear that Judge Homer Royce
is suffering from al attack Of erysipelas.
new candidate 6or public favor as a vocalist.
has appeared in New York in the person Of Miss
Vienna Dsmores;, a daughter Of the somewhat
noted Madame Dsmorest \ letter before US
says:
You will probably soon have among You Miss
Vienna Demorest, young lady whote debut
here, few evenings since, was a grand success
Possessed Of firm flexible voice. clear and
strong in the upper register, which she uses
with sklil, she deserves the appreciation with
which she met. am sure You will be pleased
with her, in Burlington
Col David F. Corbin, recently re-appoiuted
United States Attorney for South Carolina. is
graduate Of Dartmouth. lie vas Captain Of Co.
c, Sd VI Vols, and wis formerly a lawyer at
Wells River was wounded at Savage station
in June, 1862, anil thereafter had charge Of
Gallups island in Boston harbor
Commodore Frank E.lery died at his residence
in Castleton, last Friday evening, af,er an i'll
ness Of five days. st the age Of u years lie
entered the United States Navy about the year
1910, and continued il active service until 1850,
since which time ge has been on the retired list.
His funeral Was s;jeniei from bis late residence,
Monday afternoon, Rev. J. Ishsm Bliss Of the
Episcopal church, Hydeville, officiating. Hon.
P. W. Hyde had charge Of the funeral The
commodore was much esteemed in every relation
of life. He was the descendant Of an eminent
family. His grandfather was signer of the
Declaration Of Independence from Rhode Island,
and his father was member of Congress from
that State He WAS buried in full naval dress
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Gisre-s. Il is provided in the Constitution
OF the United States that the Unitei States shall
protect every State in this Union. on the appli-
cation Of the Legislature, or Of tue Tx -utiye,
when the Legislature cannot lie convened. 80
against domestic violence aIl,
UAersas, Il il provided iu the laws Of the
United States that, in all cases Of instruction
in any Stvte, or obstruction 70 the laws thereof.
1t shall be lawful for the President fthe United
States, on application Of the Legislature Of such
State, or Of the Executive, " when the Lerisla-
latnre cannot be convened" TO call forth the
militia Of any State or States, or 20 employ such
part Of the land and naval forces, az shall be
judged necessary for the purpose of su7pressiDr
such instruction, or Of causing the laws to he
duly executed and,
Wtgegs, have received informal on that
combinations Of armed men, uuautlo-izel bv
law, sre now disturbing the peace and safety Of
the citizens Of the State Of South Carolin,. and
committing acts Of violence in said State N 4
character and TO an extent which readers the
power Of the State and It's officers uueaual 10
the task Of protecting life and property. and So
curing public order therein and,
Uhereas, The Legislature Of said State is not
now in session, and cannot be convened in time
to meet the present emergency, aui the Execu-
tive Of said State has therefore made application
tie me for such part Of the military force Of the
United states as may be necessary snd ADEQUATE
to protect ssid State and the citizens thereof
against the domestic violence hereinbefore men
TONED, and to enforce the due execution Of the
laws, and,
Whereas, The laws Of ithe United States re-
quire that, whenever it may be necessary, in the
judgment Of The President, to use the military
force for the purpose aforesaid, he shall flrth-
with, BY proclamation, command such insur-
gents to disperse and retire peaceably to their
respective abodes within a limited time
Now, therefore, |, Ulysses 5 Grant. Presilen,
Of the United States, 10 hereby command the
persons composing the unlawful combinations
Aforesaid to dsperse and retire Pssceably to their
respective abodes within twenty days from this
date.
In witness whereof have heTeun;o set my
hand, and caused the seal Of the United States
TO be affixed.
Done at the City Of Washington, this 9th day
of March, in the year Of our Lord eighteen
hundred and seventy-one, and OF the Indepsp-
dence of the United States the Ninety-ffth
U. 5. GRANT.
By the President
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State.
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IsTgurERANcz AND DIsEAsE-ln bis last lee
ture in St Adams, on Tuesday evening, Dr.
Jewett sail
Every drinking man in the country is liable
to be cut OF in three days by some disease that
a boy will live through. This Is especially true
in regard TO all zymoiic diseases Ii is almost
an insult TO s physician to call him TO = drink
ing msn sick with typhus fever. lie can't save
him. The organs If that mans body, created
to resist and throw off the disease, have been
worn cut in throwing off alcoholic stimulsu;s,
until now, when they are needed, they are found
unable to responl.
When the cholera ragged in Brooklyn some
years ago, there were oaly 3 cases out of 100
Sons OF Temperance, snd only three Of them
were fatal, while other men by hundreds we're
being ruthlessly cut down The speaker cited
case in his own experience. Some years ego he
exhausted his lungs and was compelled to absn-
don speaking. ~ temperance labor is no; cs-
pecsy remunerative he hal but little to fall
back upon snd large family to feed. Flour
from the west cost high sni he concluded it
would be cheaper 10 move the mouths Of bis child
ren to the -four than the -four to the mouths
Oaughter) snd 50 moved west and lived on the
prairie for three years, or until his lungs got
strong again. While passing through Chicago
he and two Of his children were seized with
cholera, but they had power to resist it because
the elimioatiye organs were in good condition.
His habits had been good be had always al
lowed the chimney to 10 all his smoking, never
been able to see the philosophy in chewing some
thing sill up which he could not swallow and had
always believed that if God hal intended to
hsve the nose fed he would have made it the
other end up. (Lsughter.) The chances are
three TO one for culd-wster man in every case
Of cholera, smallpox, fever, measles. &c, &c.
So, too. in the army, the preservation Of many
a mans shattered limb has depended upon bis
habits The surgeon-if he didn't drink him
self, though many did-wouli ask him about
his habits. Ii assured that they were good, he
dared to let the limb remain, and trust to the
unimpsired eliminative and recuperative pow
ers to do the work But if the habits were bad,
the surgeon dared not trust the system and 50
removed the limb
When man who has long been addicted to
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NorICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

When you send word to have your posi-ollee az
dress changed, always give the postothse TO "A'eh
your paper has been sent, as well as the one you
wish It sent 70.
Every subscriber Is informed when his srbscrp-
ton expires, every week. by the printed label bear
Ing his name. Remittance Of subscription for an
other year Just oere the date comes round will be
a ,rea, convenience to the Publishers
letter. on business should not be addressed to tie
Editor, but always 70
The Free Press ASSOCIATION.
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be. If carried into effect. The proposition IL
simply to stop all promotion in the active
army for meritorious service, till large
body of men, discharged as unnecessary OF
worthless, have been provided with POSITIONS
The knowledge that this hungry set must
thus be provided for, would be enough to
kill every incentive to ambition among men
still in the army.
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drink dies, it is hard thing for the physician 10
tell the bereaved family why it was. Ihey VIII
point to one case snd another Of neighoofs nav
Ing the same disease and recovering, sue W'nueI
why their husband or father was no' cuIe4'
But the Doctor has no heart TO sdi BITTERNESS ~
their grief and so he puts in the big "'suS;
which ten to one they do not uncersI~ni, aH-
they say % 0 wss thst it?'' ami are ss''sue1'
Hsughter1
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Tux tt FERRY.-The New York Canal bosiu
has sent to the Assembly an elaborate report
pronouncing the Railroad Ferry at Iiconderosa
a serious iupediment to navigation, and means
Of diver,ing travel to Massachusetts. In 'oe y.
Y. Senate on Thursday the bill TO repeal act u
1869 authorizing the Whitehall and Plsttsourgn
Railroad Company to establish the ferry, passed
to third reading.
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The town Of Waitsheld, We are Informed, abol-
shei all school district lines 1t the recent cleo
ton, lal chose a Board Of School Directors. Of
which Hiram Carleton. Esq. the capsule chair
man Of the House Committee on education last
fall. is ea4i-i4. go AL superintendent; A good
step ahead fog Ws.udal. We trust several
towns in Wsshiog,u county Will follow her ez-
ample when Mlrcl comes rcual again. As Tor
Barre, we are Dig li,te disappointed We
though; she would sureiy pa; Aerse,; in tie van;
but We have jus; learned that no vote vas taken,
and thu, this was te,luse the " fathers 90 o.. the
town iil NOT know Of the existence Of the law
and 60 Ji not usme ihe matter 10 the vibrant
for the meeting Laws uasd very slowly, if
at tie euI # t--cc months they are a'tose;-e r
unknown SIX miles from the Capitol But there
were people In Barre, as we can testify. who
knew al about the ag,ani who u geI the aiop-
ton Of ihe municipal system with most p-acti-
cal sul conclusive arguments They lad Gle
pherel aat lie dollars anI-.euts argument
perhaps the mos; generally convincing Of all
and demonstrated by ballnee-shee. the faan-
cial advantages Of the change It's a pity the
town should a.; have had chance even
to say that Il couldn't 10 away
with the iisaic. boundaries In this
matter, however. Barre firel 70 worse than
many o.har towns Tie fathers " Of many Of
the towns seem 70 have baaa isaorant Of the
larislsff5rl If the "a se.gi1n
The question sris5s here--u.t now OF much
importance, to be sure whether the omission Of
this matter from the warrant should have been
REGARDED as an eeectual bar 90 discussion and
voting upon it, Almost every warrant, We ven
ture 20 say, ended with the saving clause and
to transact whl;eyer other business is proper
or words TO that elect Why could not this
matter have been brought up and decilei under
that clause AMI again, there seems to US
ground fer doub, as to whether the se,es,men Of
town, By simple omission from the warrant Of
msttter on which the State expressly declares
the town shall roie az a peeifel Tine, can null
lify the action Of the General Assembly whether
in case any citizen had called for action as or
derei by the ttstute, and action had been taken
accordingly, such action Of the municipality
would not have been valid to all iuteuts and pur-
poses, being in Obedience to the express aal ua-
equiyocal requirement of the statute. The point
is one, however, which, being simple laymen we
leave for the lawyers, who, no doubt, if properly
feed, could find grounds for two opposite opin-
ions on the subject
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REMAINS OF MISSING WOMAN foUND -
The remains Of Mrs. Hannah Thompson oil
Toushsm. aged co, were found last week
rear the dwelling Of Mr. |. Edward Teiford' on
lot formerly belonging to her f-ther. About
two years and half ago she was missed from the
house in the village where she had lived alone Tor
years. The neighboIs secured the woods drag
gol the river and ponds, snd made every effort
to fad her. She was possessed q a good deal Of
property, and rewsrd was oferel for the re-
coyery Of her body It was found a; last lying in
a natural position, as though she had died
quietly, her shawl wrapped around the skeleton
covering all but the head snd the garments IN
disturbed in al that time.
It il stated in the London Times. on the au-
thority Of an eminent English army c.iceT, that
the German military authorities commanding in
the conquered province Of Lorraine, &" r5quisi-
toned e the destitute inhabitants the under
clothing which had been supplied to them BY an
English charitable society In the words Of the
writer, this cruel robbery Wss done with 10
noie conjunction than a farmer feels in TAX
ing two crops Of hay Of the same field.
Such statement seems slm0st incredible, hut
it is undeniab'e that the war has Lad an IN
commonly b7utalizing etIst On the soldiers. The
French frauc-tireurs shot ami hangel their
prisoners without mercy, and the Ger,a ms
retalisted by shooting, hanging, and even
burning ali the cueriilss they captured. The
animosities thus kindlel viii long rankle be-
tween the two nations
Every now ami then We come across tie most
remarkable mathematical calculations ia the
papers; for Instance. how many square miles
would be covered by Mr. Stewards wealth it
were spread out in twenty-five cent scrip, how
many men have been killei in war since Cain
murdered his brother, and TO hos many years
the united ages Of any three CO fur I'd women
amount who may happen to meet III the same
room. TIE latest thing in this list q mathcmst-
ical science relates TO the var indemnify to be
paid to Germany by France l, is computed
that if this indemnity were to ls paid all At one
time in gold a train Of freight cars oae and
three-sourths English miles long w0uli be re-
quiTei to carry it home, snl train o, twenty
six English miles if paid in silver II paid in
fge-hundred franc notes, t6o freight Cans carry
ing 10000 pounds each, would be required TO
carr the indemnity 20 Germany Such arith-
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SHOCKING AFFAIR ~ PA8is.-Ials1l 'la
SONS KILLED AND CSuED-We siaf e''--
ing. while the National Guards vsrs refusing
allow persons to enter the Pace EeHd lne, Der b
Nathan seized flag and exh1rted the crowd
advance against the Illegal force occlly i.'
place The order was obeyoi, when ,aa Jan
ouals beats their drums AMI fred IT, ,he
The crowd retreatiug zoo slowly, thrce RANKS O.,
the Nationals filed out from the main ooiy in'
fired. There was terrible scene for five i-'uli -'
and then the crowd broke into a terror-striA'a
retreat. 1t least thirty persons were k...ei 50
wounded. Baron Nathan received tSo shots 20
the chest. The Nationals in the Place Feni'le
have since been reinforced
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STATE or VERMONT.
by JOHN y. STEWART, GOVERNOR.

\ tEThf it ma lnh-
/ do Areiy appl.u. FRIDAY, TIE 9Th DAY oF
ApEIL next, as day Of FAsTISG AND PRAYER.
lie, usas a people. on that day refrain from Guy
accustomed secular sfairs, and unite In humble ac-
know 60 zInsnt Of our dependence upon Con.
Recognizing HIM as the " God otNa,i0as," as well
as Of --.yiduals .,t Us invoke the continued be-
stowal % ,le blessing $50 have hitherto enjoyed
and eut-eat gim O. avert from the evils Of war,
pe-tleuca. ignorance, and every form Of social vice
AscArdreu fla common Heavenly Father, Jet NJ
unite humble confession Of our manifold sins In
earuest prayer for Divine for -yenss through Christ
our Jour- fora IRE perfect faith u Him. and that
through Fis Grscs wo nay attain 70 d complete
tl.rlst'an civilization.
ven under my hand aai lie seal % this state, In
the Executive Cham err this twen.y-si1th day
%. March oi.7 O.. usAul isht hundred ami sew
e-ty-ous. ana Of the independence Of the United
st4.es the r-nety-dfth.
joins ". STEWART.
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GOOD tAlLANI44a-' ~
hereby solemnly promise to sostsin iIo.n ''e
use of all intoxicating liquors az q beverage
Par les presentes, nous nous engAgeoI Us ,au,s
Risen snivrsnte, lie cas- de maladie etsnt e1-
ceples.
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I not be regarded, since they were not IN gen.
eral. the losers by the depredations Of the
rebel cruisers. When these began their
career, az the case is put, the marine pre-
miums rose to the level of the risk. The
ship-owner became absolutely safe, and the
underwater got what he bargained for.
whether he lost the ship or not. His losses
by capture were Offset by his gains from
premiums.
According to this ingenious view of the
case, nobody los. anything when American
ships were burned by hundreds by the rebel
pirates. We think that the Joint Commits
sion vii! hardly adopt 50 spccious bit Of
special pleading but Will find that if any
liability exists for the depredations of the
Alabama it is fjr what damage was actually
done, however it may be distributed.
The Norfolk, Va, Journal gives some de-
gree Of confirmation to the statement fire.
ouenty made. that the more intelligent, the
wealthy and substantial class Of citizens in
some Of the southern States, have withdrawn
almost wholly from active participation in
the political affairs Of their respective States.
The Journal considers this to lie true Of Viz
GINA. and deplorcs the deteriorated tone Of
local political life inevitable from this eli
mination Of it- best clements. a determine
ton which must continue unless a healthier
condition of public sentiment is aroused on
the subject. The Journal urges the higher
class Of Vireinians to throw of their apathy,
and not in their new zeal for money-making,
abandon al interest in the political life Of
the country and the state. 1t says
In the Moth business" is not neglected for
politics" But it is rare to find man,
whether rich 1r poor, educated or iguoraut, who
is not earnestly enlisted with one party or the
other. In Virgins, before the wal, we were
oyerdosod with politics But now there is an
alarming inclination to the other extreme.
So far th'7 is good. Extremes are generally
undesirable. and tie Journal is right proba-
bly, in urging the golden mean en- tie citi-
zcns Of Virginia 5u; the dismal prospect
which threatens ,lem Il they persist in their
Indifference, has the genuine ring Of South
ern defamation
IF the people give no the government entirely
10 the men IN place sud power they Will awake
u7 some tiue moruinc and discover thst thcir rep
resentativcs are their Iulers-their servants their
masters. and then the fortunes for which the
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JAMES 81. SLADg, JH..
Re ret4ry Il Civil and Military Aa4irs.

Some recent discussions and votes in the
House, have deal; heavy blow to tie mod
EN- Invention q controlling general lesisa-
ton By caucus action. 1t is likely hence
forth to D., better understood that. a, q rule,
d caucus VOC is binding on members only
III relation to the election Of officers 1t is
monstrous to suppose that when a man enters
Congress be must lay aside biz individuality,
to become mechanical voting instrument,
piece Of uureasoning mechanism in legis-
lative machine. The caucus system was in
stituted primarily as a means Of ascertain
ing the general drift Of opinion among mem
hers Of the party as such it is useful and
necessary, the attempt to twist it 80 wide Of
it, original purpose as to make "a caucus vote
bind every member of the party to a Tarti-
cuIar line Of action on particular measures Of
national legislation, is a fragrant abuse to
which 40 man worthy to set in the councils
Of the nation ought TO submit
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mined to have the decision Of the people
respected and will permit no Indictment to
disobedience.
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The vote by which the North Carolina Senate
convicted Gov. Holden, at the impeachment trial
was Sc to Is, there being just thirty-six Demo
cratic and thirteen Republican Senators present.
The Governor received the news Of his removal
at Washington. He is undecided what to do,
Though the Gaze may be taken TO the United
States Supreme Court. Seven Of the Senators
who voted for his removal are said to be ditqual-
lied by the Fourteenth Amendment. The
Lieutenant Governor, Mr. Caldwell, who has
become the acting Executive, is a native of the
State, moderate Republican, but of considers
bic decision Of character, and the Ku-hlux will
not gain anything by the change from HOl-
den to him.
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\ Ilan recently put into practice IN New
jersey, for the training of the State militia
in the usc Of the rife. has been found to
work 50 satisfactorily, that It's expansion into
a general system embracing all the STATES
which possess regular militia organizations
is suggested. Competitive trials Of skill in
craftsmanship, 70 be held annually, were in
stituted in that State, on the fc.loHiug plan
prize tand is created by small contribu-
tions from each regi2sp, battalion, and bat
terry in the State, I'D the sum SO obtained is
distributed aE-ss the competitions, in the
order Of th4-z Aerit the expenses Of each
ne.5t--l.s "a tie field are provided for by the
payment u regular entT-lnce fees commits
4ioned ctkcegs paying OF e dollar each, and
al Others fifty cents zach there are three
iaatehez tie use Of fixed rests and masni-
tying sights is torhi djen and the regula-
iions for fling and scoring are those of the
hythe School OF H.usketry The results of
the experimental trials held have been hi III
ly gratifying. 1t is worth considering VIII eth
er something IKE this plan could no be
adopted by To militia Of this State. If it
Is worth While to have State militia it Is
worth while 10 have an effective one.
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meetings. and the accompanying pledgein French
vas j. r. FoREsT.