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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-04-13
AN IMPORTANT RAILROAD PRoJEC

AN IMPORTANT RAILROAD PRoJECT.
There are reports here of very import
rnt railroad operations, which surpass in
public interest all present political mat
tera. Il ia stated that negotiations are
going on for the lease of the Northern
Railroad to the Vermont Central Railroad,
in order to SECURE another link in the con-
templsted grand trunk route from Chi
cago to Boston via the lakes, Ogdensburg,
ST Alb ,ns, White River Junction and
Concord, Should this measure be ar
ranged, its terms will be submitted to the
stockholders Of the Northern Railroad at
tho annual meeting next month. In con-
nec'ioo with the above report there came
some Of the particulars of the movement
wealthy men, who are hacked by great
railroad corporation, to secure from the
next Legislature charter for a new rail-
road from Con cord to Manchester. This
project has been agitated from time to
time for several years, but it comes I'D
anew now from the fact that the Pas
sumsic Railroad has been completed, and
that the White Mountains Railroad will
next summer be extended to the Grand
Trunk Road of Canada, the object Of this
great scheme being to get another indie
pendent line from Montreal to Boston via
st. Johns, Stanstead and the Passumpsic
road to Wells River, Vermont, or via the
Grand and White Mountains road to
Wells river, and thence by way Of Ply.
mouth, Concord, Manchester and Law.
renee to Boston. The Manchester and
Lawrence road is now leased TO the Con-
cord railroad, but the movers in the above
project allege that the lease is an illegal
one, and will probably be annulied by the
Supreme Judicial Conrt A significant
feature in this programme is the fact that
parties are actively at work buying nm
Manchester and Lawrence stock at private
sales, in order to get controlling power
in that corporation. A great public in.
terest will be felt in all the rail1oad move.
ments above m entioned. a
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-04-13
School Registers.

Editor Rutland Herald Il don't know
as ought to trouble you with my trou-
bles, but 1 am perplexed about little
matter that does not really concern me,
but my employers; but, suppose, every
one employed by another is in duty bound
to look after the interest of the employer.
Now, am "school-marm," and as such
am required by law to keep, in register
furnished by the State, an accurate &C.
count of the number and attendance of
my scholars, SO that the district may re-
ceive it's share of the public money. In
the registers of former years we could
keep thirty-eight names for seventeen
weeks on every two pages, so they were
large enough for the largest, and small
enough for the smallest schools. The
registers for the present year contain six.
teen pages each, and for schools of more
than eleven weeks in term, it requires
four pages term for every twenty five
scholars. My school has one hundred
scholars, and term of twelve weeks, SO
that it just fills the yearly register in one
term; now what shall be done for the
other two terms of thirteen weeks each ?
Can you tell me ? Ought not the Board
Of Education to look after the registers i'm.
mediately7
NELLIE BLY,,
"School-marm."
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-04-13
A Freight Train Burned ON the
Erie Railway.

An accident occurred near Howells, N.
Y, Monday forenoon, April 10th, result
ing in the destruction of seven oil cars,
two cars of lumber and two cars Of
freight. A train of freight was bound
East on the Erie Railway, and when two
miles West of that place broke in two
parts. The forward part was quickly
brought to halt, and the rear car COM
ing after it at rapid rate ran into it,
and struck with such force that the fire
was Jared out Of the engine, which, com.
municating with the oil cars loaded with
unrefned kerosene, set them on fire. The
tanks almost Immediately burst, and be.
fore anything could be done the entire
train was in flames. The cars were com.
pletely destroyed, and the track was
ruined for over three hundred rods, the
ties being burned under the rails, and the
rails melted into all sorts of shapes. A
quantity of timber and underbrush along
side of the track, being very dry, was also
entirely destroyed. The flames were seen
to shoot upward over hundred feet.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-04-13

The TEXAS PACIFIC RAILRoAD.-The
New Orleans Republican is jubilant over
the prospect for the Southwest, now that
the Texas Pacific Railroad is to be con-
structed 1t says: THE obvious results
of this enterprise are that it must fill the
South with money and with imported la
borers. The building of this road will
call into our midst thousands of men to
do the work, and where they cast their
pickaxes there will spring up cities.
Nothing can prevent this contamination
except the failure of the company to do the
WORK, or wnIcn ,f,oro Is LuS lis.ls -apP-e-
hension at present We shall have this
advantage, too, that as the work goes on
to it's fulAllment the road will be reach
ing cut into country that is already set
tied and ready to roll its trade into our
keeping. West of the Rio Grande there
are the communities that have made st.
L1ui-, San Antonio and Fort Smith pros
porous. When the Northern road was
built it had no such hope ahead of it.
What it expected to be supported from it
had to create. Our road ia now expected
to tip reservoir OF trade that has been
unexplored except by mule teams. All
Northern Mexico is waiting for the
Sou ,heru Pacific Railroad, and Congress
declares it shall wait only five years,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-04-13

THE New LoAN-Secretary Boutwell,
is much elated over the prospects OF new
loan, and does not hesitate to declare it a
decided success. The Secretary has indi-
Gated that subscriptions will be received
on the Goth inst. One hundred millions
will be placed in the market in this coun.
try, and the same amount in European
markets. The cletary says he has not
the least doubt that the whole amount
will be taken up in Europe before the al
lotted time expires, or even more than the
amount offered there. Providing one
hundred millions is not taken up in this
country by the Goth, the balance will be
Withdrawn from the home markets and
also be sent abroad,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-04-13
Progress of the Northern Pacific
Railroad.

me energy with wnicn puIiuIng tnrr
great thoroughfare is being pushed forward is an
added guaranty Of its early completion and its
wise management. We learn from the financial
agents of the Road, Messrs. Jay Cooke & Co.,
that, at the present date, the grading is nearly
finished for 266 miles, from Lake Superior,
through Central Minnesota, to the eastern border
of Dakota; trains are running over 1870 miles of
completed track; the Mississippi river is bridged
at Brainerd and once more Joined to the Lakes by
rail, and tracklayiDg is rapidly progressing west
ward. By September next, trains will run to the
Red river, and the grading will probably be far
advanced toward the Great Bend of the Missouri
river in Central Dakota.
In the meantime work has been commenced
the present season on the Pacific coast; large
force of men is already employed in the valley Of
the Columbia river, in Washington Territory, and
hereafter the work of construction will be pushed
both eastward and westward toward the centre
with such rapidity as the best interests Of the
Road may justify.
Including its purchase of the st. Paul and Pa
ciic Road, the Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany has AIS miles of road now in operation, and
before the close of the present season the length
of finished track will be at least $50 miles, The
new highway to the Pacific is being constructed
at the lowest cost compatible with frst-class
work.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-04-13

The Ku.KLUx BILL.-The regular
press reports from Washington have given
Us great deal Of the debate in the House
on the so-called Ku.Klux bill; but, with
somewhat characteristic negligence, they
omit to furnish the bill as it finally passed
on Thursday. One or two New York
papers of Friday profess to give the
measure, but a slight examination OF the
various sections and of the record made in
the House shows that the text is quite in
complete. We gather that the bill as 1t
goes to the Senate is in six sections, and
it's main features can perhaps be stated in
a comparatively few lines. The provisions
of the civil-rights act of 1886 are largely
extended, and all persons arrested for
what are generally denominated Ku-Klux
outragas are to be tried in the United
States courts. When conspiracies or COM
binations obstruct the execution OF laws,
State or national, intended to secure per-
sonal rights and privileges, the President
in his discretion and without waiting fol
call of State authorities, shall use the
army and navy to put down such combi
nations and secure all classes OF citizens
in their rights. In extreme cases OF thi'
sort the President is also authorized II
suspend the privilege of the writ OF ha
beas corpus in accordance with the terms
of what is known as the habeas corpus ac'
of 1s63-the provisions of this section t.
expire with June 1, 1872. The final sec
ton repeats the well-known iron-clae
jury oath, and provides for purging jurie'
of conspirators and Ku-Klux sympathiz
ers. The bill passed by yeas 11S, nays "
the Republicans voting solidly in tn
affirmative, and carrying with them I'D
wards of Arkansas, who was elected as
Democrat. 1t is not, in all respects, en-
tirely satisfactory. but it was high tim
to close the discu ssion in the House, and
we trust the measure may be so modifie'
and perfected in the Senate that it vii
unite the whole Republican strength
the country for its enforcement.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-04-13


JOHN Browns FAMILY.-The familv
Of Captain John Brown, the hero of Har.
per's Ferry, are now living near Prohner.
vile, Humboldt county, CAL, having
moved thither a year ago from Tehams
county, to which they emigrated during
the war. Mrs. Brown is living with her
only surviving son, Salmon, who is a
sheep farmer; her daughters Sarah and
Ellen are with her her health is poor. "a
is that of Miss Sarah. Anne. who was
with her father at Harper's Ferry, ia mar.
ried in California, apd has one ohild.-a
daughter. The family have not been verv
prosperous in California. Two of Captain
Browns sons by his first marriage live in
Ohio with their families,-John and
Jason; Owen lives near Oil City in Penn.
sylvania, and Ruth Mrs. Thompson) still
lives in North Elba, We believe. - !
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-04-13
Our stephen. &c.
BIZ ALBERTus p. FOOT.

rThe following poetic efusion, which has been
sung BY concert companies in different parts OF
the country 70 the great delight and merriment OF
their audiences generally, was published anony-
,rou,,v. and for the farst time IN the HERALD, OF
Rutland- Vt, which town was for many years
the authors home, and which, by the way, y stu
claimed a. such by him, albeit he now hnds HIM
eelY thrown s.by force Of circumstances,"s for q
time into the War Department, at Washington
The noepn appears under the title Of $50 Forth
and So On on page ll9 Of "Sanders' Union
aneaker - book in common use in our schools,
Init nth such changes FROM the original that we
fse inclined to present it here, corrected and in
;ts proper form. We do this, however, in no spir-
n MAINTAINING toward the author and COM
r;Ier NJ the Union Speaker" or his justly popu-
lar work. The piece was probably found floating
anonymously in the papers, and inserted in the
book Just as found, with the changes and imper-
fections above referred toll
The morning was dull, and betokeneda day
Unsuited to curing and carting Of hay;
60 Stephen betheught him to take trig down,
And bring this thing and that and the other from
town;
And he harnessed the horse and proceeded to GO
forth, ere sa.
With pail of pale butter, eggs, berries, &c.
Now it happened that Stephen t&c.) came down
On the day that the 'show'' was to enter the
| town.
| And into the village he CHANGED to come forth
! As the caravan came into town from the north
IA wondrous collection they proposed to show
forth,
Elks, Elephant, Monkeys, Bears. Tigers, &C..
And Stephen arrived opportunity, ween,
For Stephen had never an elephant seen;
So he, with "Old sorrel," fetched up by the fenc
To see, without paying the dear fifty cents;
And soon came the creature, uncouthly and slow
forth, 4@
With tusks, and with trunk, blanket, ribbons, &c
But scared at the sight, or the scent, the sound
sold Sorrel" turned quickly and shortly around
And in turning 80 quickly and shortly about,
The wagon turned over, and Stephen turned out
And into the gutter the berries did flow forth,
Together with Stephen, eggs, butter, &c.
Quoth Stephen aloud, as he rose on his legs,
"a fig for the berries, &C., and eggs;
But henceforth never can say it-of course
That I've not seen 'the elephant'-nor can tn
horse!"
And back TO the homestead "Old Sorrel" did go on
Leaving wagon, and Stephen, &C., and so on.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-04-13
The Press ON Senator NIorriIl,s
Speech.

The Washington correspondent of the
Burlington Free Press says: s.
The straightforward common sense mes
sage of the President, transmitting the
report Of the San Domingo Commission.
ere, has seemed to check the tide of adj
verse public opinion which has been
setting rather heavily against the measure
for some weeks. The country can now
digest the subject at leisure, and will I
venture to predict, be pretty equally d.
vided on the question of annexation when
It comes up for final action next winter.
Inc unusual courtesy by which the SEN
ate permitted Mr.. Morrill, of Vermont Ito
the exclusion Of all others) to make
three hours speech against annexation.
must not be construed as COMMITTING tbat
body to his views. The speech ia varv
generally commended for its independent
and manly tone, and for the absence Of
personalities and filings at the executive.
such as marred the effect of the otherwise
admirable efforts of Messrs. Sumner and
Schurz last week. These two gentlemen
find that President Grant is capable of
giving blows az well as receiving them.
and that he il sufficient master of Ian.
guage to sketeh their portraits and have
them recognized without adding the
name. = q
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-04-13

A VERMONT ANECDoTE-A certain
good .natured old Vermont farmer pre-
served his constant good nature, let what
would turn up. One day. one of his men
came in. bringing the news that one OF
his red oxen was dead ale he ?" said the
old man. "Well, he always was a breachy
cuss Take his hide of and carry it down
to Fletcher's; it will fetch the cash." An
hour or so afterward the man came back,
with the news that "Lineback" and his
mate were both dead. "Are they 81 said
the old man. swell, took them Of B.
to save bad debt that never expected
to get. 1t is lucky that it ant the brin-
dies" After the lapse of another hour
the man came back again, to tell him that
the nigh brindle was dead. as he p
said the old man. "Well, he was a very
old OK. Take off his hide, and take il
down to Fletcher's; it is worth cash, and
will bring more than any two of the
Others" Hereupon, his wife, who was 9
very pious soul, reprimanded her husband
severely, and asked him if he was ne,
aware that his loss was judgment Of
heaven upon him for his wickedness. II,
it ?" said the old fellow. "Well, if they
will take the judgment in cattle, it is the
easiest way can pay it," ..- .-e
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-04-13
Rutland, April, 1871.
NELLIE bly,,
"School-marm.'

The LAKE DUNMoRE HoUsE.-On the
shore OF the charming little Lake in Sails.
bury, celebrated for its beauty no less
than for it's "reminiscences in the Quarrel
between the Green Mountain Bows and
the Yorkers, is first.class hotel, which
for quite number of years has been q
favorite resort for tourists, pleasure seek
ers and people in the large towns round
about. who wanted delightful sojourn
for relaxation and sport. The boating and
gaming facilities are unsurpassed, while
the line and spacious house, with it's ont.
lying cottages, offer every comfort and
luxury that cultivated people can desire.
We have been pleased to hear that M
Wyman 81. Merritt, formerly chief cleri
in the Weldon Hotel, in this place. Il -
run the house this summer, q fortunats
circumstance for its patrons and propris.
tors, and we trust q profitable and Mac.
ant one to himself. In former vears ths
house wrs largely patronized by south.
erners: Since the war, however. fsmilies
from New York and Boston have luxuri.
ated in the favorite haunt Of the "hich.
born chivalry." and 90 from first 70 at
the house has had the favor of the copper
ten" Il win Merritt" the aame H..
atter.-& Adams Messenger. go
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-04-13

Vermont, though one of the smallest
States, furnishes the largest number.
With the exception of Mr.. Blaine of
Maine, the Speaker of the House, all the
Senators and members representing the
New England States, are natives of New
England.
Delaware aud Vermont are the only
States whose entire delegation in the pre-
sent Congress, are their own sons.
One-half the delegation from Wiscon-
sin, lone senator and three Representa-
tives,) are natives of Vermont.
All the representatives from Michigan
(fve-there being one. vacancy are ma.
tives of the State of New York.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-04-13

MIssING.-Isaac D. Kelley left the
house of N. B. Lewis, on Friday, March
31st, about half-past seven o'clock in the
evening, to go to the house of Mr. Smith
f Kelley, about two miles southwest of
this town, on the Creek road, since which
time nothing has been heard from him.
He was about thirty-six years of age,
dark sallow complexion, black hair, blue
eyes, chin whiskers, and about six feet
one inch in height. He was dressed, when
last seen, in grey overcoat, blue black
dress coat, pants and vest alike of dark
mixed goods, with no neck-tie, but a plain
gold collar button. The pupil of his left
eye was somewhat enlarged, and almost
sightless. His upper teeth were false.
Any information in regard to him will
be most thankfully received by his
anxious friends. Exchanges will confer
favor by giving currency to this notice.
Any information may be sent to S. F.
Kelley, Rutland, or to ]. Benson Kelley,
Salem, N. Y. .....- m
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-04-13
Rascality Exposed.

For several weeks the city Of New.
York has been flooded with circulars for a
grand presentation and cooperative distri-
button and concert, at which $780, 900 in
prizes was to be given to the lucky ones.
The headquarters of the concern were at
500 and 598 Broadway, and the first con-
cert was to be given April at Steinway
Hall. The tickets sold at 81 each, and
numbers of gullible people bought them.
On Tuesday afternoon Captain Walsh
visited thu establishment and bought q
ticket, took bis turn at the wheel and
drew blank. He watched the drawing
Of tickets for some time, and within five
minutes eighty-three persons tried their
luck and drew blanks. He concluded the
affair was swindle, and continued to
watch the wheel. His vigilance finally
became obnoxious to the swindlers, who
tried to drive him out, but he turned the
tables upon them by announcing his con.
nection with the police. He then caused
suspension of the drawing for thirty.
five minutes, during which time several
persons interested in the management as.
sured him that the wheel contained prizes
The crowd became 80 clamorous that The
captain was forced to give way, and 1Os
drew blanks in less than ten minutes
Capt. Walsh then retired but returned
shortly with a warrant, by virtue Of
whicl he stopped the game. There were
fully one hundred persons present at the
time waiting to draw. The captain ar
rested nine of the swindlers, opened the
wheel and found that it contained three
barrels full of blank pieces ofyellow paste
board, not one single prize in the whole
| lot
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-04-13

MORE BAD REPORTS FROM THE SOUTH
"A native of Hampshire county, Mass,
who has lived for the last thirty years in
Georgia, and cannot be called 'carpet-
Dagger" writes thus gloomily to friend
In Massachusetts, concerning the state of
affairs in that State: "Cheating Yankees
hss been beautiful operation with some
people in this section, and the business
has been successfully conducted. Latter
ly, some of these honest traders have had
check put upon their aspirations by
some of the duped nortbernerp, but the
necessity for cheating somebody is as urg-
emit as ever it was, and if Yankees won't
give us chance to cheat them we are
compelled to cheat our neighbors. 1t is
an untruthful saying, although some of
us act upon it, that 1.-THE world owes
US living" 1t is only too obvious that
the surrender of Lee did not terminate
the war, or blot ont the sins which caused
and continued it. Congress is now in
capable of protecting the Southern loyal
citizens. Thousands of the friends of the
government have been murdered in the
rebel States since 1855. There is no al
Tentative; the friends of the government
must cease to act as such-must cease to
be regarded as such, or they must be
slaughtered. When that time arrives we
shall have peace here, and not till then.
AL the anti-ku-klux bills Congress can
pass will be Of no avail. The stripes and
stars are no protection. Ku-Kluxism does
and will prevail, and there is not vigor
enough in the United States government
to prevent it. The troubles all over the
Southern States are but preparatory to the
Presidential election of 1872. There ia n
be a "dance of blood, and all through tn.
inefficiency of Congress and the Presi-
dent" t~ 49,
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New England I'm the ForsysSecene
Congress. ~ IEF

new Eu9land I'm tho FortysSscend
Congress. EE IEEF
The following named members OF the
Forty-Second Congress now in session.
are natives of the New England States:
$3.50 MAINE. v sR
senators-Hannibal Hsmlin, Lot. N.
Morrill,, Me-. Daniel D.. Pratt, 1ud.
Adelbert Ames, Miss; Timothy 0. Howe
Wis. Representative-John Lynch, VIM
FRYE, John A. Peters, Eugene Hale, Me.
Mark II. DurmelI, John 7. Averill, MINI.
Chas. W. Kendall, New; James Brooks
N. Y. ~
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Senators-James W. Patterson, N. ID.
Henry Wilson, Mass. Zachariah Chsnd
Ter, Mich. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES N
Bell, Hosea Parker. N. H.; B. F. Butler
Mass. Bradford N. Stevens, ILL.,. G. W
Hazelton, Wis.
VERMONT.
Senators-Geo. T. Edmunds Justin 3
Morrill,, VT; A. H. Cragin, N. H.; Mat
thew H. Carpenter, Wis; VIM. Pitt KEEL
logg, La. Representatives,. w. Will
lard, Luke P. Poland. Worthington @
Smith, Vt; Ellery A. Hubbard, N. ID.
H. B. Smith, Seth Wakeman, Walter L
Sessions, N. Y; Aaron F. Perry, Ohio
James H. Platt, W. II. Stowell, Va; J
A. Barber, Chas. A. Eldridge, Philetu
Sawyer, Wis. Observation-Disclosures Gar
field, Wash.
&. MASSACHUSETTS.
Senators Sumner, Mass. Sam
uel G. Pomeroy, Kansas; Henry w. Cor
bett, On; F. A. Sawyer, s. @. Repre-
sentatives-James Burlington, Oake
Ames, Ginnery Twitchell, Samuel Hooper
N. P. Banks, Geo. M. Brooks, Geo. Hoar
VIM. B. Washburn, Henry L. Dawes
Mass; BENZ. T. Eames. R. l.; Horac
Maynard, Tenn. Frank Morey, La.
CONNECTICUT.
Senators-O. s. Ferry, w. A. Bucking
ham, Ct. Lyman Trumbull, Ill. Repre-
sentatives-H. W. Starkweather, w. II
Barnham, CT. E. II. Prindle, VIM. Will
liams, N. Y; E. D. Peck, James Monroe
Ohio; Henry Sherwood, Pa; James N
Pendleton, r. L.; John B. Hawley, Ill.
RHODE ISLAND.
Senators-H. B. Anthony, William
Sprague.
The following table shows the humble
from each of these States: