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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-05-26
The Leisure Hour.
LITTLE BB.,', THE .yBU.SBOr.
TOUCHING LITTLE SKETCH.

Some months 400. or n wear ago mavbe
II was-T have forgotton inst how long. for
don't ramamber times and seasons very
weil-two neonIe were walking down
street one dav. A bio burlv newsboy.
yery rough looking. yerv dirty and un-
co nbed be wos wollsipg slowly along inst
hocoro tbe two neonle crvinp in hoarse
brazen voice.-
"yer,s ver even;ng pippers o'clock
e--disb-;nop,
Inst as hundreds Of roupb looking. I'M
comhed newshovs do everv dav Rut a
fo,v reet bebind the big how. another bov. n
lttIe ono vyos walking timidlv He was
,be merest mite of n little how not more
than seven vears old think and small
for bis 400 too He was fragile lookipg
little fellow. with n male face and slender
IittIa hands His hair was combed and
cnrled caran,llv I'm long vellov curls. al.
most like a girls. None but a mothefN
hand can comb and curl a boys hair Just
that way, have noticed.
The small boy had few papers under
his arm. trying to hold them as the big boy
held his. And when the big boy sung out
his cry, "evening papers, o'clock c.
dish-;nop, in his lond ronob voice be
wopld tnrn Immediately around IN ,be III
tle one. and nod encouraeingly. and tell
him,
..,rou, ,,o,, sor :, pohyn
Then tho nalc Iittlo follow with tho lona
,,olIou onr,s wouId ,akern tho orr, c,;nt,
,,a,,1 coo,I,, ,d ,r,, 20 sa,, :, l., ~, -
oIiIdis,, o,,oyor Somotov !, n,odo o,,o
,ooI ,,,,oor oho,t ,ho throo, "a Iao. u,a,
,oo,. I;,no ,,o;oo
T,,o ,o.,,o ,,o,. ,,,o,, ,o,,,,;,,c, ho.,,,a,,
hon, 80 ha = ro,,shov Novt ano.no",, ,,,o
,uo hoys had oro,Lor rohoorsaI and ,ho
noxt and tho, timo ,he Ii,,Io ho, ,,on,,ro5
% oross ,l,o s,root and oo 1ou,n ,,o -.
Ill c,;,,,I,, n,,d ,i,,,;iI,, oaha;,' A., ~,
~ ~ ,,,o o,,rh rn,oni aoa,., ~, U''
s.,,a ,,,,,a, ,a..o IT., r., :,
Ia,, ,uu1 s,,rd ~ 49, 'Y''N'' wv WV
Tho an,ol, ho,, vos ,;,no Ron
Ihovon not nvo,, .oyinc r.i,I, +, ,,o oo
81, - aa ,.~,,a..a1 ,i',''
s..,1 u,at T., s,;,o or Srnaa,, a." "'.
,,,,L, aonoo,a an1 ao,,;nna he,,,,a .', "''D
nowshovs, homes thov ren,oin o,as. =,
,ho moe, donrovod l;t,Io y,ro,o,o.
,ho sun Itnow 7 shonld 1,o 90 - =,
tbe;r nIoce II ia mot their c,rl, I,,ha
c,ult of tho barbarops civiIi1o,;on ,'',.,ah
,rrrs chi,dron On, Of tboir orad,oa ~ ansn "'s
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-05-26
Poetyy.


ny HARLAN y. WARD.
Over the graves Of our soldiers,
Now s,rew we the beautiful lowors
Forgotten nolow mound where beneath the green soa
There sloopcth hero Of ours.
hero who went forth to battle,
with heart beating loyal and true,
And fought,-ah, how well accomplished
The task that God set them to do.
Martyrs; we honor them love them
Prom hearts overhowing our praise;
Round the gaveo the humblest who died for the Tag
A halo Of glory still plays.
And the pure, sweet blossoms Of spring time,
Are wet with the dow of our tears,
Remembering all that they suffered,
In the four long sorrowful years
Bless them forever and ovori
Their laurels can never decline;
But while Union and Liberty crown their grand work.
with lustre increasing must shine.
so long as patriot liveth,
Each year shall this tribute renew,
And dropped on the turf with the iowerets,
BE tear for the brave boy in blue
--TEArERAsoE ALutA. =
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THE SILENT L.f.V'D.


Into the silent land
All, who shall lead us thither?
Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather,
And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.
Who leads us with gentle hand
Thither, o. thither,
Into the silent land?
To you, ye boundless regions
OF all perfcctionsl Tender morning visions
OF beauteous souls The futures pledge and hand
Who in life's battle firm doth stand,
Shall bear Hopes tender blossoms
Into the silent land
o, land! o, land!
For all the broken-hearted
The mildest herald by our fate allotted
Beckons and with inverted torch doth stand
To lead us with gentle hand
Into the land Of the great departed
Into the silent land!
HENRY W. LoSGFELLow.
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1t is considered strange that railway
men never employ civil engineer to run
a locomotive.
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MINOR TELEGRAMs.

The MonOngahGlA at Pittsburgh, yea
terday, was 8Oinches and swelling slowly.
Charles Francis Adams is reported to
have declined the appointment OF arbltra.
tor IN the Geneva conference, and will
be probably succeeded by Richard H.
Dana.
The Cincinnati Gazette to-day recon.
mends General John NJ. Harlan, of Ken.
lucky, rs the next Republican candidate
for Vice President.
-James Canterbury and Henry Has.
klns, two noted desperadOes, quarreled on
Monday, nj Yellow Stone, five miles east
Of GalllpolIs, whGreupon Canterbury pro.
cured rifle and shot Haskins, killing him
instantly. Canterbury was arrested
The American crew for the lnterna.
tlonal boat race at Halifax on the Goth Of
this month, consisting Of John and Bar.
ney Biglln, Of New York, Henry Coulter
and Joseph Raye, Jr., of Pittsburgh, are
at present rowing in Harlem river and
getting into condition, and the day ofthe
race VIII average 1853 pounds per man.
They are sangulne of success.
The third trial Of VIM. H. Wander.
pool, for the murder OF Herbert Field,
was commenced at Hastings yesterday.
Though the court room was well filled
the case excites but little interest.
The Young Mems Democrat Club, Of
Boston, have adopted an address to DO Ia.
sued TO the young Democracy of the
State, approving the New Departure.
While the frame OF printing press
was being drawn up stairs in tho Journal
y Commerce office at 81. Louis, yesterday
afternoon, the tickle broke and the frame
Slid back with great velocity. Reaching
The pavement II passed over James Durin,
news boy, crushing his head and tearing
open his bowels, killing him instantly.
The crops about Nashville has been
suffering for rain for two weeks. The
ate corn and vegetables are nearly
'ulned. It rained yesterday, but too late
o do much good.
"A negro, named Mcdowell, while beat
ny his sister, living near the Mississippi
Tennessee Railroad depot, at Memphis,
ast evening, was stabbed and Instantly
Tiled by her husband, Horace White,
Who Gurrenderdd himself and was lock.
d up.
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ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

BELMONT County TEACHERS INsrr.
TrTE.-This body met in the Presbyterian
Church at Martins Ferry, Monday even.
ing, at which time 1t was addressed hv
Rev. e. P. Hays, Of Washington COLLEGE.
Pa. II was not known until late in tbc
afternoon that Mr., Hays would be prcscp,
yet the church was filled with nm otten.
tive audience.
Tuesday morning the Institute met n,
nine o'clock, Mr.. O. X. Shreve acting as
chairman in the absence of the President
Miss L. Billingsly, Secretary, and Jat
ryan, on St Clairsville, Treasurer, were
present, besides about fifty teachers.
AT . o'clock PROT. HAYS opened the
exercises with lecture. AT 10 O. r
SShreyc addressed the teachers on The sub,
lectot Arithmetic--a dry subiect-yet be
maaeiI interesting. Atll Prof Mitchell
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spring of his Imagination and linguaI
powers, and that the last thing which Dis,
raeli complained of was due to the resist.
ance made by the Tories to electoral re,
FORMS
Sir John Gray, M. P. for Kilkenny
gave notice his intention TO call the al.
tention Of the House of Commons Friday
to the subject of tho riots which occurred
in Dublin Sunday last.
Mr. Gladstone implorci the House 10
ballot for the bill forthwith A violent
personal and partisan debate followed,
after which Mr.. Foster supported the
bill as one demanded by the people. The
bill was passed.
The foot and mouth disease has broken
out among the cattle in the county Of
Wreath, Ireland, and ia Of an extremely
violent type .rr
The new steamship, Spain, sustained
damage to her steam plates from striking
against the dock, and has gone into the
dock for repairs.
LNERP00E, August 3.
Yarns and fabrics at Manchester are
quiet and steady. The shipments Of cot.
ton from Bombay, since last report, up to
the 9Th inst is $4,000 bales instead of
10000, as previously reported. Spirits
of petroleum, lie. TurpGntinc, Acc.
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Louisiana Republican Convention.
NEW On1nANa Annnni z

There will be double delegations from
all tho parishes In the State, except eight
or ten, which arc represented by dele.
gates friendly to Mr.. Yarmouth. In two
or three Wards Of the city, where War.
mouth delegates are elected, there arc no
contests, and in all other Wards there are
double delegations. Mr.. Warmouth's
friends claim majority in the whole
delegation, and say they will 90 into the
convention without tickets from tho State
committee and leave the question to be
decided by n properly constituted Com.
mlttee on Credentials. The Convention
meets at l9 o'clock tomorrow In the U.
building. ,'1Y
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SAVANNAH.
SAVANNAH, GA, August X.

SAVANNAH, GA, August x.
The sheriir's party which went out last
night TO arrest the negro exCurslonists
who had taken possession Of the cars on
the Savannah SeabOard & Skidway Rail.
road, returned this morning. They found
that the negroes had abandoned the cap.
ttred cars and taken TO the woods, leav.
Ing their women and children in the cars
The latter were brought TO this city and
allowed to go to their homes. No arrests
were made.
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IRELAND.
Continued Excitement in dublin.

LONDON, August 8.
A dispatch from Dublin to-day, says
The city Is quiet, but the excitement o.
the pOpulaCe has not yet subsided. II Il
generally thought that the Bympathizers
Of the Fenian prisoners have not yet given
up the idea OF holding another meeting Ii
spite Of the prohibition of the authorities.
The sentiment Of the majority Of the peo.
pie favors the granting Of amnesty to ali
Fenian prisoners; but the violent 0ppOsi
ton to tho authorities is generally depre.
Gated. 1t Is the belief that the Royal
visit would be made the opportunity by
the Government for the release Of the i'm.
prisaned Fenans. The populaCe arc very
bitter against the Prince Of Wales be.
cause he has not entreated an amnesty.
Several places visited by the Royal party
were gutted by the mob, Monday. The
whole police force are still on the alert.
The military have been consigned 10 the
barracks TO be ready II called upon 10 aid
the police. Most oil the wounded are ex-
peCted TO recover. Thus far no deaths
have been reported, but II Ia thought that
from five to ten persons will die from
their injuries. Mr.. Howe, Superintendent
of the police, is in critical condition, but
hopes are entertained Of his recovery. It
Is yet uncertain whether the Government
will or can legally prosecute Smyth, a
member Of Parliament, and other lead.
ers Of the demonstration.
DUm1N, August 8.
The city is quiet. All persons ar.
rested for DbstruCting the thoroughfares
Sunday, have been fined small amounts
and discharged from custody upon pay.
ment OF the same. Mr.. Smyth, member Of
Parliament, who was instrumental in get
Ting up the amnesty demonstration, and
who was among those beaten by the DO
lice, has written letters to the authorities
demanding immediate inquiries into the
Iacts If the case.
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CORRUPTION IN BRooKIYN.
specific Accusations Against IA
Ring. "

T.o ,L.,... NEW YORK, August s,
ne I1louAc charges the BROOKLYN CITY
ohclaIs with bribery and corruption in
the matter Of letting the contracts Enr ma
wing the streets, alleging specifically fihc
purchase ol one contract by Mr.. Bones,eel
on the payment by him of $l5OOOO 10
VIM. G. kingsbury, who, though moi an
ottlcehOlder, said he was influential with
the commission which let the contracts
This the District Attorney was made
aware Of by the testimony of Mr.. Bone,
steel before the Grand Jury, but the ap.
prehensiOn of his own completely In
the affair prevented the exposure
Of 1t. The property holders live in
Clinton street are assessed Sc 37t per
square yard in excess Of the price paid
by the city for pavement, and the excess Is
dish0nestiy appropriated by the Ring.
The District Attorney Is further censured
because OF his efforts to prevent the citi.
zens from going before tho Grand Jury
10 present as a nuisance the asphalt pave.
ment on Henry street. A contractor, W.
II. Adams, is mentioned rs witness 10 an
attempt TO increase an accepted bid for
work, and divide swindle of $1,000
with the COmmlssi oners, who, upon the
refusal OF Adams 10 Join in the
fraud, rejected his sureties In
The matter Of the East river expendi
lures, more than half the appropriation OF
ss,OOO,000 Is already expended, though
Tho work is scarcely more than begun.
The proposed widening of Washington
street Is said to be a plan for plundering
.hc people, and Judge McCue Is accused
II completely in the transaction, which
'eserves valueless ground for which the
'ily pays the ring valuation. There are
'ther fraudulent measures alleged In the
matters Of the corporation operations,
which are intended TO enrich tho mem.
lnra nf tim min rrnAtnrn,,,n,.I
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CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, August g

CINCINNATI, August 8.
The corner stone of the Odd Fellows
new Temple, corner Of Fourth and Home
streets, was laid this afternoon with i'm.
posing ceremonies. The procession con.
sisted Of various lodges Of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows Of Cincinnati, Gov
ington and Newport, with five bands Of
music, The stone was laid by Past Grand
Sire Thomas Sherlock, and the oraLion by
Past Grand Sire Samuel Craighead, Of
Dayton.
AT meeting oI members orthe Masonic
bodies tonight II was determined to send
delegates from each organization in the
city to attend the funeral Of the late ThOs.
Sparrow Mt Columbus.
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KENTUCKY.
Mysterious Drowning at LOuisvilIe..
Two Negroes Taken From Frank.
fort Jail and Hanged by a Mob.

| ~ $3.50 AA"H6Cu " MVue
Louisville, August 3.
This morning on the coal float at the
loot OF Brooks street. the clothing Of aman
supposed TO be drowned was found, and
turned over to the police. In the pockets
were found several bills against j. Fried.
man. One was for confectionery bought
MaY@, 1871, Of Frank Il. Black, Atlanta.
tta,i another for hOOpskirts, wells, shaWls,
&c, bought December 70, 1870, OF 81
ltothchild, Chattanooga; and a third for
goods bought February $, 1871, of. Bach
u Sons, Chattanooga, Tenn. There is a
mystery about the affair which the polico
are yet unable to solve.
About two o'clock this morning, about
two hundred armed and masked men
went to the jail in Frankfort and
demanded the keys. Tho State guard
had gone, all disorder being, it was sup.
posed, over and the TAILOR was compelled
to surrender. The men entered the iail,
took out the negro who committed rape
on Mrs Pheher few days since, and also
the negro Washington, said to be the one
who tired the first shot in the riot there
yesterday in which two white men were
Killed. They took these negroes about a
hall mile from the Jail and hung them.
Great excitement prevails in the com.
munity at the result of the turbulent
scenes yesterday evening and the lynch.
lng, outrage this morning, but no further
violent outbreak is anticipated.
Yesterday being election day respec.
.abIo German lady Of this city gave birth
% three daughters The mother is not a
woman sullragist
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FOREIGN.
FRANCE.
The Difficulties of the German Occu.
patton.
NEW YnRE AuVust


New YORK, August $.
A Herald correspondent, writing from
Rouen, says The Prpssian occupation o
France Is every day rendering the situa
ton more unpleasant. The strife anC
blOOdshed between a small number Of TIT
German and French people are frequent
and the murders of Prussian private sol
dlcrs which have taken place render the
PrusSan soldiers moro harsh and embit
tered in their feeling. The French Gov.
crnmcnt is said to have sent word OF this
to Bismarck, Won Mollke and Dewelt
upon the possibility of restraining the
population from being unduy oppressed
and tyranically treated. Some of the
PruSsian commanders drank to excess and
encouraged the conduct of the men in
using firearms on small proYocatiOn, and
that il more OF these troubles continue the
settlement Of the war indemnify question
would be difficult.
A Prussian officer, in conversation, said
that the French people should be more
cOncillatod, and all the Southern Germans
feel that an exasperating policy would
threaten danger to tho new Empire
VERSAILLES, August 8.
The Lower California Company have
proposed To Theirs to receive all Of the
Communist prisoners as cOlOnists
ThicrS promised to lay the otler before
the Assembly.
The War budget has been increased
27l ,O000 900 francs. The committee upon
tue subject have come to an agreement
respecting the proposed law for the regu-
latlon OF the department, and complete
understanding will shortly be reached
upon the bill for the indemniication Of
the provinces devastated by war.
PARIS, August &.
The Government, II Is stated, proposes
an naturalization Of the proper pro.
VinCes which were invaded by the Ger.
mans, in three classes, in proportion to
the amount Of losses, precedence being
given to those utterly ruined by the war.
D.. VERSAILLES, August 8.
A council Of war was held here yes.
terday, tor the consideration of tho state
Of affairs in Algeria. Thicrs and MCMa.
.i.''I, on III P''"';Iv, ~, "nu tu"h Pnit III thc
proceedings, Inc result was the adop::
..on ...,il oI . tnergetlc measures ior the iinal
uI}IIiession ITIS SNel.J " Ino LGyoiI
1t Strasburg yesterday. Fully one.half
of the voters abstained from exercising
,io lIallCilIse, l', Hna I1'y o0 on persons Voleu
u Populau9h OF li,VoH a similar re-
,ul; .,.t. aL.cnueu tnc GIecIlonS III MuIhouse
'nT ~ oSnSi conquered lowhS'
,,d,, nG G,s, FRENCH l,, hmGIssador 10 lhe Aus
,,"cc S MSro,,a TIi Ia ~ cs nIs own request, re-
3orlir JG '''' ''o '"'''''' I'm munster !"
GI Tho H,v,ojo ord p,rjs L,,,,,, hou,
tatc that Inlos Simon ] W /. " ro,nhor ~U' oi,bn Ty
t NJ torna,ionSl Soc;"iv 7, 10 ] ronor,od u ,ha, L
T,cr this week ibs Prrssi"na I'Vu iyIl ovsn~ 'n
+" NJ thc @ JonSriucM,s n, % th" 0ise and SSJ se;ro
nj ,Lo iwo % Ienort,n"n,s ~ @ ju immodi"ioI,, % %
nm .ontigTous @ M tberctp 's"'' ''"''"'"'0'' !
Tbe Assemble has nossod ,ho irdou,i,
,,.,Ia,, Iii .,,,.,Ss,. ~. ..iHt's..
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ENGLAND.
LONDON. Auc,,sts y

LONDON, Augusts.
The House Of Commons was today
the scene OF q severe encounter between
the leaders of the Tory and Liberal por.
ties. Disraeli savagely charged Glad.
stone with bad leadership, both in the
house and in his party; with wasting
many weeks on a subject subsequently
abandoned; with needlessly invoking tho
exercise of the royal prerogatives; and
with postponing important and even vital
legislation. Gladstone retorted that Dis.
raelis so called facts were but the off.
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Secretary Fish Interviewed...IIis
Views In Regard TO the Settle-
ment With Great Britain.

New YORK, August 8.
The HerdH publishes an interview had
by correspondent with Secretary Fish
In which the Secretary said he had nc
idea who the arbitratOrs under the Wash.
lngton treaty would be. The Claims
Commission under the treaty would
probably sit q long time. The action oil
the Commission would probably be
guided by that Of the Southern Claims
Commission, as the latter would furnish
precedents; for Il the claims for damage
done to property by the Federal power be
allowed, the other Claims Commission
cannot avoid following the precedent in
regard to the damage sustained by the
British subjects. The committee Of ar
bitration which would deal with the
Alabama claims would be composed of
men who would command public con-
fldenCe.
lie thinks the government should not
be criticized for lis action on the Cuban
question. The Cubans get hold of ad.
venturous Englshmen, Americans and
lrishmen to do their fighting, and are not
themselves struggling for nationality.
He declares he has no6 signiIled his in.
tention Of resigninE.
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CncHao, August 8.
ARKANSAS.


LITTLE ROCK, August 8.
The official vote from the city and coun.
ty shows that the proposition to vote
100000 was voted down by at least five
to one.
Reports from all parts Of the State say
that the crop prospects were never better.
Up to 9 o'clock this afternoon the
weather was very oppressive, the ther.
momeier reaching 100. Ailer that fine
shower fell, preceded by strong wind,
and it Is now pleasant. r., MI
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The Algerian Insnrre ction.

VERSAILLES, August 8.
Advices from Algeria say that the in.
s3urrecltonlsts have been routed and
Monedembel has been subdued Tho re.
volt, however, continues in the Province,
INC most eastern three departments OF
which Algeria Is composed. Numerous
murders were still committed BY the
rebels IN tina! province, and several for.
ests had been burned ~
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Remarkable Snipe Driving Feat..A
Wheeling Party Entitled to the
HOrns..ShOuId have an Ovation on
their Return.
HEADQ's OF GrLT EDGE FIsHING CLUB,
FISH CREEK, August 8, 1871 !
To tho Editors Of the Intelllgencer:
We have frequently heard western
spOrtsmen speak Of the pleasure OF q snipe
drive but we will now place upon record
the most successful drive OF the present
century. The aforesaid drive took place
last night, the night being especially good
for that kind OF sport We left camp
about halt.past eleven o'clock, and with
the aid ofseveral lanterns picked our way
through mud and darkness for nearly two
miles up Snipe Run. The gentlemen who
were selected to hold the net were Messrs
Taney, Reynolds and Walton. 1--WE may
as well remark here that they were the
only snipe caught) The rest Of the boys
took the lights and proceeded up the run
to drive the snipe towards the net, but In.
stead Of driving, we all returned by o
circultous route to camp, leaving the
aforesaid net holders standing in mud up
to their knees waiting for the snipe to
make their appearance. We, the drivers,
after enjoying q hearty laugh, said our
prayers and went TO our "little beds"
About half.past three o'clock we were
awakened by most terrible noise. Think.
ing that the Ku.Klux were about to take
possession, we seized our firearms and
rushed out to meet the enemy. We met
them md they wer0 ours (being Messrs
T., H. and W.. They were covered with
mud from head to fOot-but they, instead
of saying their prayers, said something
else and retired. Next morning at break.
fast there were several calls for snipo on
toast, but they were not forthcoming.
Yours, &c, A DRIVER.
p. Sour party have had glorious
fishing for about four days, but at present
the water is too muddy for good sport.