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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-03-24
POLITICAL.

Gen. Butler, it is said, is to be a candidate for
the Republican nomination for Governor Of Mas
sachusetts, and, it is whispered, will have the
support Of the Labor Party and the influence
Of Wendell Phillips
DR.. George B. LOring, in case this programme
is carried out, will run in the Fifth Mass Con-
gressionsl Distric, to fill the vacancy caused by
the retirement Of General Butler.
The Democratic majority in the New York
Senate have pushed the new Tax Levy scheme
to a third reading. Under this bill four men are
entrusted with absolute power over both the
levying and distribution of the numerous taxes
of New York city They may collect what they
please. They may spend what they please They
may spportion it just how they please. These
four men are the Mayor, Comptroller, superin-
tendent Of Public Works and President Of Public
Parks--under which high-sounding names Messrs
Hall, Connolly, Tweed and Sweeny grasp this
enormous power. How it will be used the public
knows from the previous operations of the same
Ring.
In 1865 the Democratic State Central Com
mittee of Connecticut published long address
bitterly opposing negro suffrage, which the re-
publican papers Of that State are now copying
The disaster which followed division in Mis-
souri, has resulted 10 the harmonious consolids-
ton of the republicans in that State. me loss
of New Hampshire will have like influence up
on the party everywhere. 1t does a careless
walker good to be occasionally tripped.
The total vote in New Hampshire was light
one, even when compared with that of many
years in which Congressman have not been
chosen. The labor reformers, who threw over
seven thousand votes last year, were induced
this year to transfer nearly the whole of their
strength to the democracy. A fraction Of the
republicans, temporarily alienated by local and
general causes, either voted the democratic
ticket or refused to 60 to the polls. In short,
the republican party of New Hampshire has
thrown away victory, instead Of the democrats
having won it.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-03-24

BuTTERFIELD's RoosTER.-A wooden rooster
was sent up to Vermont, on Thursday, by J. W.
Butterfeld, one Of the democratic mugwamps
of Concord. as a formal reminder Of the demo
cratic triumph in New Hampshire. This efiigy
of the bsrn-yard monarch of the New Hamp-
shire democracy WAS perched on the summit of
locomotive No. Il. Mr.. B. Merrill, engineer,
but was under the special charge Of conductors
Pierce and Chamberlain, both good democrats
and all that sort of thing. Although every pre-
caution was taken to preserve the life OF this
foul representative of the Granite State demoo-
racy it met with an untimely end at Waterbury !;
and this may be considered good omen that the
political atmosphere of Vermont is uncongenial
to the existence of birds of the democratic per-
sussion. If Mr.. Buuerfeld is anxious to effec;
a political revolution 10 Vermont, he will do well
to put on boiled shirt and come here himself,
for his wooden game cock won't accomplish any
thing-.Nessenger.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-03-24

BLOOD O4rILE FOR TIE WfsL-Hon. D. R
Bailey Is about to send from here to his farm in
81 Croix county, Wisconsin, seven head of tho
oughbred Short Horn cattle, all herd book an;
mails and some Of them noted in this vi.iritr
Among them are the e WITH Duke of Stspstea5 >,
purchased from the celebrated herd Of the 1,..
Carlos Pierce, and four from the noted herd .
Hon Geo. V. Hoyle Of Champlsin Thea
are named Hoye's Duke. year old cot 80 bI
Agate's Airdrie and out Of - Else 10 ~
gus Calypso" an s years Old COW ,4 t5o
nrst thoroughbred Short Horn that NJ. T 'ie
ever raised Psrepa Ros, - 10 ra Iioyie
got y Agate's Airdre and out of " PbIabe O ~
go ~ tso'us 90 and LADY Laura not vet .t
9uI,e year old, got by Malcom and oUt YET
hsa DUts ~ AgSte's Airirie" These are All
,S animals and Of undoubted blood .nd
,he neishborhoOd of Mr.. B.iey's ue.,s Uvo, anu
,s, 10 oe congratulated on such valuable mno r
'a'ion frsm the esst-St. .ql5a1s MANOR i,l por-
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Every subscriber is informed when his s1oscrp-
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The Troy Tunes Is quite right in its i'm
preston that the gentleman at the head Of
the joint High Commission on the part Of
England is the Right Hon. Earl de Grey
but Incorrect in suppcsing that Earl Ripon
il another and distinct parsonage, as we in
fer il does from tie fact that it speaks Of
tic Earl de Grey, Ripon, and the rest. -
Ea-i De trey and Ripla j. the double title Of
ons and the same person. The FIRST Of these
titles was created 10 loIj, and the second in
1893, and tho present earl succeeded to
the double title - 1859 We may ada tina;
the Right Hon. Earl De Grey and Fipon
would, in plain republican style. be known
rs George Frederick ). Robinson, Esq.
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California reports that most Of its esr.hlu
are confined TO small districts, and are so Te''
as to be barely perceptible The san Frlntis-'
-iiic says that the centres Of the several istri-
in which the majority Of the shocks are felt s's
Humboldt, Bay, San Francisco, Monterey, iai
Los Angeles. The conclusions are generally
most severe in the Low land, and the s1ccs @.
the "a was no exception 10 the general rule, i.r
while it was 80 severe as % shake down ne
g light work - Of buildings. ami friyhten ps'-
pie at Eureka, at Weavervile, a short distance
it scarcely hsd force enough TO make iis'I
falf
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JOHNSON

q, Moderator, W. c. Doane; CLERK 41l Irels--
:: ; Pike; selectmen, Samuel AMIR w.. Do d
atermsn, d. G.. Holmes; Ove-seer. r.. IS. N-
5arland; Constable, D. G.. Holmes; Listers, 3,
FiSe, 4. a. Leland, Dexter Whiting. Auditors.
l. l. Pearl; :. Dow, Geo W. HEB; Trustee
surplus money, c. c. CHADWICK; Grand Ilr-r.
John K Kill; Agent, C. Leland; >uperin.eul 1a.
Of Poor Farm, II. A. Wa,ermin, Sups-in,aui .a'
Of Schools, II. C. Irish; town FAX. Is cents, a..
% cents road tax.
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PR1GEEss oS IHE NoRrnERy Pacific - The
Northern Pacific Railroad bridge .cross the Mis-
sissippi river az Brainard, MINI, was finished
Monday, and the frst passenger train. contain
ing ofbcers Of the road, psssc! over the struc-
ture. This completes the track Of the Northern
Pacific enc hundred and thirteen miles west
from Lake Superior The grade is finished nearly
tc Red river one hundred and fifty miles further.
and at the present rapid rate Of progress trains
will run to Red river before September next A
large force Of men Is employed and iron is on
hand with which to complete the track to the
border Of Dakota. Already there is a very active
of settler to the farm lands now be-
ing opened up by the Northern Pacific road
through Western Minnesota
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is in progress, aad the contest for delesste to
Congress will be sharp one. Fortunately II Is
to be square fight between republicans ana
democrats 1Ourss
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-03-24

j. '" Simpson has teen appointed Post
master at East Cfaftsbury, Vermont. vice Miss
Eliza E. Samson, married.
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In the United States Circdit Court, of New
York, an unusual scene was presented Wednes-
day morning After the Court had sentenced
number Of counterieiters, post-ofice thieves and
others, man named Charles Perdue, who had
been convicted Of burning the ship Robert Ed
wardes at sea, about eight hundred miles from
land, was called forward for Judgment The
punishment for this crime is death. Judge
Woodruff addressed the prisoner, and after ex-
horting the unhappy man to prepare for death,
sentenced him to the extreme penalty OF the law.
Fortunately the malicious burning of ships at
sea is an offence rarely known in this country
and it is this that makes the case Of Perdue re-
marksble, and also the fact that it is several
years since there has been a capital conviction
in the federal courts of New York. Friday, the
18th Of May, has been named for Perdue's exc
cution but as the jury who tried him recon-
mend him to mercy efforts, no doubt, will be
made to have his life spared.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-03-24

General Sickles officially presented to the new
King Of Spain, on the . of February, the letter
accreiiting General S as minister Of the United
Ststes 10 the new monarch. General Sickles ad-
dressed the King in the Spanish language, which
he speaks as he does the French and Italian,
besides being good German scholar. Gen. s
was among the speakers at recent public meet
ing at Madrid, addressing the audience in
Spanish and being loudly applauled The
United States has been fortunate of late in
the accomplishments Of its representatives
abroad, Mr. Motley, Mr.. Bancroft, Mr. Marsh,
and General sickles being fine lingusts. It is
that General s. stands high il the
personal regard of the new King.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-03-24

\ Springfield lady LEFT her little boy q; home
TO smuse himtelf with matches, and when she
returned met him in the street, crying. He
said he only iutt made little FIRE in the bsresu
drawer, and lot OF red SHIFTED men came with
great big tea-kettle and squir'el water all over
the house They saved the cellar door.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-03-24

Joseph Holland Of Claremont Y II, relates
that he and IS Of his associates signed the
pledge Of total abuinence f0years ago that he
was the only one Of the whole number who kept
il, and hat he i. to-day the only one alive
That is very practical argument in favor Of
TEMPERANCE
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-03-24

We confess our inability to see why it should
greatly damage the prospects Of the Republican
party. We certainly had never heard until last
Friday that the existence Of the party or il,
safety depended on Mr. Summers remaining
Chairman Of the Senate Committee on Foreign
Affairs. We always understood that he was put
and kept there because he was supposed to be
the test man for the place, sud not because the
retention Of power by the party depended on it.
There is certainly one way Of making his re-
moval as great blow to the PARTY as it Is very
likely to prove to the President. and that is, to
wall over il as an awful calamity. II this is
done often enough and loudly enough, aud a
sufficient number Of indignation meetings are
held 10 denounce it as " the greatest crime Of
the sge, - We dare say enough Republicans will
be furnished with an excuse Tor quitting the
party 10 make its defeat at the next election Ger
tain and il is worth considering whether, in
order to get q better man Tor Grants successor,
II Is necessary 10 throw away cur arms and run
Of the field in disorder, yelling " Treason
treason ~ There is a constant tendency in the
psrty's ranks 20 these pancs. The great body
Of II are intelligent and sober men but it also
contains large number OF people Who carry
their brains in their breasts, and sre constantly
reSdy for sensation, and pass their time either
on the topmosi piunacles of hope or in the lowest
depths Of despair. The pitch Of frantic absurd
ity TO which they are sometimes sbc to carry
the organization was well illustrated By the agi-
tstion caused by the impeachment trial
Mr.. Sumner is apparently. as far as regards
knowledge, experience. and ability. the fitest
man in the Senate to occupy the chsirmanship
of the committee on foreign affairs Indeed, be
may be said to have been the only man in the
Senate during the last twelve years who profess
ed to know anything about foreign affairs at sill;
and it msy also be said that bis manner Of I'LL
ing the place has been. on the whole. creditable
to himself ami useful to the country. But then
the proper comprehension Of foreign affairs is
not the only qualification necessary for the oc-
cupsnt OF this place. Nay, it is not even the
chief II seems to be forgotten by some people
that, although the Presidents management Of
the relations of the country with foreign powers
has to have the approval Of the Senate, never
theless it Is to his hands the management Of
foreign affairs is committed by the constitution.
1t is his Secretary of state who, under his su-
pervision, does the work. The main business of
the chairman Of the Senate committee is not to
negotiate treaties, but to discuss with the execu-
tive such treaties as have been negotiated, and
receive from it explanations about them His
first business, therefore, is to be good organ of
communication on this particular class of sub
jects between the President and Senate, and no.
body can be said to be well fitted for this duty
whose personal relations with the President are
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-03-24

OS the trsin from Boston, Friday evening.
between keene and Bellows Falls, gentleman
WAS robbed Of three hundred dollars in money.
1t was taken from a side PICKET, AMI the thief
kept 500, and slipped the pocket book with the
remaining SO into the pocket Of the gentlemaa's
nvarcnat
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-03-24

The North Adams Chiramen have byen giving
the New EnGlanders some new wrinkles in re-
gard to the causes of earthquakes They say
that, " Once be all alive then the outside die,
but the inside still alive sometime be get tired
and turn over" which to them is a satirflctory
explanation Of how the thing works
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-03-24

governments have fed to Versailles, and the
mob shouts q on to Versailles ~ Until the
Provinces rally to its help, or the Germans
are invoked to return and re-estaoiish lis
authority, the government is an exile from
its own capital. OF course, this is bloody
revolution and tie government must suppress
it or fall But the problem is, where to get
reliable troops with which to preserve order
The presence OF a Prussian army in France
may be its only preservation from repeti-
ton of the horrors Of the.FIench Revolution.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-03-24

We are thankful for return Of ccoler weather
before the vegetation takes an uutimely start
under the bland sir CT a WeCocous spring. Its
not wise to psck away inia-rubbers and thick
oyere1sts as If ell occasions for their use had de-
parted with the advent Of the robins. Snow
banks msy yet pile themselves upon the sprout-
ing grass, and urge demand upon tie shovel
rather than upon the hoe
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-03-24

legal holiday vas lost in the y. Y. Assembly on
Tuesday. Mr.. Fields had incorporated in the
bin, while IN tie judiciary committee, amend
ments making ST Patrick's la legal holiday
also. ST. Patrick defeated tie lin, and an
lrishman put stop to the turc5mhc When
the n'me Of Mr. Connolly Of New York was call
Cd on the question Of its passage, that gentle
man, in An eloquen, speech. repuiiatei the as
sumption that the Irish torn citizens desired St.
Patriek's to be legal holiday. holding that
such a demand from them would be absurd and
unseemly. He also warned MIR Fields that if
his continuance in public life depended upon the
Irish vote. the state was in some danger Of les
ing bis services.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-03-24

STATE NORMAL School OF NEW HANPsHiRE -
despitch from Plymouth N. H., informs US
that there are one hundred and seyenty-fve
pupils in attendance the first week, at the Nor
nal school there, Of which ; H. Pearl, late Of
johnson, Vt, is principal
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-03-24

The deal body Of man vss discovered & AZ
ing down the river. below Bell5ss Falls. on
sunday Efforts we're made TO recover IL. but
the clothing which wss very rotten cus v1y.
aad tie body doatei cut Of reach
An Irish boy Of Bellows Falls naaeI Bowen,
about II years OLD, fell under the wheels Of q
freight train at Westminster, Tuesday. AMI had
both legs horribly msuglei. lie livei ab-u. ten
hours
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-03-24

kilograms from the great lakes indicate the
early opening Of navigation. The rivers and
harbors are free Of ice Lakes Erie and Huron
are open. The Weland canal is expected to be
open by the tenta Of April. Steamers are run
ming regularly Oh St. Clair river.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-03-24

Catharine Mcdonald, an unmarried female.
indicted for murder, in having IN September
last destroyed the life Of new born babe, Of
which sac vas the mother. at Osiensburr,
pleaded guilty O; mauslaughier in tie fourth
degree in the court Of that county on Weines-
day; anil the court, in consideration Of the pc
euliar circumstances aud the previous good
character Of the accused, Inflicted the lishtest
punishment Of which the offence was susceptible,
viz a fine Of 500 aul imprisonment in the
county jail until paid, not exceeding one year
Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-03-29

HIGHWAY ROBBERY.-This week We
have to record one of the most daring
highway robberies that has occurred in
Huntingdon county for many years.
Friday last James A Colabine. U. S.
mail carrier, started tor Huntingdon with
the mail; at McAlavy's Fort, Messrs.
Robt. McBurney. Samuel W. Myton and
John N. Smith & Son. gave him packages
containing money. checks and their bank
books and requested him to take them to
bank for them. With theses extra trusts
Mr. c. mounted on a horse, started for
Huntingdon, but when about three quar-
ters of a mile this side of Warm Springs,
two men walking along the road suddenly
seized his hands and demanded his
money. Mr.. C. called for help, where.
upon the robbers seized him by the throat
and after tearing his clothing considera-
bly,. succeeded in capturing the packages
above mentioned together with $4,000
State and County tax and SIS 90 from
Mr. G. own private purse. After secur-
ing their booty the highwaymen deliber.
ately walked into the woods and disap-
peared. Mr.. Colabine, upon reaching
town bore unmistakablc evidences of
rough handling, his throat being quite
blue and his clothing much torn. The
robbers were strangers, but as they were
not masked or disguised, Mr.. G. feels
confident that he could recognize them
upon sight.-Hantingdon Monitor, 22nd
INST.
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Trial List for April Term, 1871.

Lewis A. Lands VS. jeremiah Lyons and
Henry Cross, assignces, &c. No. February
Term, 1871.
David Smith vs. Ephra;m and WILDER Nc
Cahan No 62 September Term 1868.
James S. Vines VS.. " lillian Stroup. No.
142 September Term. 1863.
James Grouse VS.. Vim. NJ. Allison. No. ! l
April Term. 1870.
Samuel Smith VS. Elder X. Clifford. No.
A. April Tern. 1870.
VIM. Young ~. F. NJ. Mickey. No. les
April Term 1870.
George Searcr. admir- of Jacob Searer,
decd. VS.. Abraham Shelly. No. l22 April
Term 1870.
Jacob Zeigler VS.. Penn'a Canal Co. No.
146 September Term 1870.
john S. Lukens vs.. Leach Fike. No. Is
December Term 1879.
Hrejrick Schickle vs.. Henry Letter & Co.
Eliza Thompson vs.. Jerome n Thompson
& Geo. Rumbaugh Ex'r of Martha n Thomp-
son. decd. No. 81 December Term, 1870.
John Brant admir-, SC for nse of the Ex'r
of Martha A. Thompson, deceased, VS.. James
ii Thompson. No. 81 December Term 1870.
James W Allen, Ex'r of Samuel Allen. de-
ceased vs. M'Nair Wilson. No. 73 February
Term, 1871.
r. E M'NEEN, Pro;h'y
PROTHOSoTARY's OFFICE.
Mitf,intown. March 20, 1871.
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Hew ADVERTISEMENTS.

DROCLAMAT1ON -WHEREAs THE Hon.
L JAMES II. GRAHAM, President Judge OF
the Court of Common Pleas of the 9th Judi
cial District, composed Of the counties Of
Juniata, Perry and Cumberland, and the
Hons. THOMAS l. MILLIKEN and SAMUEL
WAITS, Judges Of the Court of Common Pleas
of Juniata county. have issued their precept
to me directed, bearing date the 10Th day Of
February, 1871, for holding Court Of Oyer
| and Tsrminer and General Jail Delivery. and
General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, al
.iifiintorn, on the fourth MONDAY of April,
1871, being the oath day of the month:
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN to the Coro
ner. Justices of the Peace and Constables of
tbs county Of Juniata. that they be then and
there n their proper persons, at O'Clock in
the afte-nson OF said day, with records, in
QUESTION $, examinations and o:her remem-
brances, do those things that TO their Off
ces respect lively appertain, and those THAT are
bound ~ re cognizanee TO prosecute against
the prisoners that are or then may be in the
Jail of SAID CO uEty Of Juniata, be then and
there to prosec ute against them as shall be
just.
By an Act of A ssembly, passed the sth day
of Nav, A. d. 1854. it is made the duty of
the Justices of the teace Of the several coun-
ties OF this Common wealth to return 10 the
Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions o! the
Peace, of the respestiv couaties, all the re-
cCgnizances entered into before them by any
person or persons charge d with the commits
sion of any crime, except such cases as may
be ended before Justice of the Peace, under
the existing laws, at least te n days before the
commencement of the session Of the Court TO
which they are made r,turnab.'e respectively,
ard in all cases where any reco enhances are
entered into less than ten davt' before the
commencement of the session to which they
are made returnable. the sail JustI :es are re
guired to return the same in the same manner
as if said act had not been passed.
Dated at Mitflintown, The 2rth day Of Mar,
in the year of our Lord one thousand ,ight
hundred and seventy-one
JOSEPH ARD, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office. Mifiintown,
March 20 ISL