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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-06-23
ThUt Libct.--Thc Public TcI'dicf

1t is pretty generally known, we sup
pose, that the farce of suing the caltO
of this paper for libel was enacted ic"
weeks ago. Conscious Of no malice ol
intention to libel any body, we give our
selves no uncasncsS in The matter Ii
is quite noticeable, and gratifying to ns,
also, to sec how the public regard the al
iair-for the public verdict is uniformly
the true one. This jury Of public opinion
has been unanimous in its verdict OF hon
orablc acquittalE There has not been /;
dissenting voice so far rs we have learn
Ell We give below two sample para
graphs of the way the press regards til,
case, that also being of one mind in thi,
matter:
ILEEI SUTr-Thc ST. ,Johnsbury CH.
oionrto published last February, a bricI
article eiving the public rnmor of tho
death of young woman "upon the
mountain" located in S.annard, and tho
failure, after tedious efforts, To procure
medical advice from the family ply stefan
or anyb .dy else. The CaLelonam snbse-
,iucntly printed letter from DR.. J. :.
Durant, who assumed To be he family
physician alluded to, giving his version
OF the circumstances. The Doctor, how
ever, not satisfied with having ventilated
his explanation to the extent of column.
now sues the CuloiOnictH for libel, and
demands s. 900 damages. Ii is safe t.
predict that he will not oct it.-E. Al
j.u's Messenger.
The Montpelier frcCo,GH. OF whicl
Hon. Charles W. Willard is editor, cop
led the above, and added these words:
Libel suits against newspapers are not.
as rule, profitable to the plaintiff, and
this one will doubtless be no execution
to the general verdict in such cases.
Newspapers sometimes, in givin" news,
nnintcntionaly do injustice TO indiyidu-
ais, but when,as in the case of the CulcdO-
Haut, the aggrieved person has the use of
the columns Of the paper to correct err
roncOus statements, his claim for DAMAGE
will not be obvious 10 a Jury. Indeed,
the Calelotian is 50 fairly, candidly and
carefully edited, that it is almost the last
paper we should have expected to see in
conrt as defendant in such Il suit and it
does not seem 70 have been in any fault
III this case.
We do not often intrulr our personal
affairs into these columns but the above
paragraph, coming unsolicited and I'M
expected from the pen of an able lawyer,
As we'll rs one of the foremost men in our
state, We feel like letting the friends of
the Culoloniau see it.
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LitigdtiOH.

The people generally can be hardly
aware of the triiln@ character Of most
of the cases tried in our County and SUI
premc Courts An occasional visit to
our County Court rooms during term
time wonld cnlightcn. If not disgust,
many taxpayers Of the state. \ LARGE
share Of the annual state tax is appro-
priatcd 10 sustain our judicial system,
and it ought to he OF essential service 10
somebody. 1t Is so but rarely; not for
the lack of the necessary appliances, OF
of sound and good men upon the bench
to define the law and deal out Justice
but really for the lack Of Justice. or
characirr,in a large majority of the cases
tried. They are generally OF a tritlina
nature, and are taken into Court more
on account OF the i'll feeling existing il
the hearts Of the parties interested, thar
from any principle OF r9ht violated, o.
material interest involved therein.
The two first weeks Of the present
term of Caledonia County .Court were
mostly exhausted in the trial of three
cases, which resulted in ycrdicts a@orc-
eating Sll.Ol. The expense 10 the
state was large. but still larger to the
plaintiffs and defendants in the several
cases. And should we state that these
three cases come nigh 10 an average OF
all the cases tried in the several County
Courts of the state, some of our readers,
perhaps, would think we were belittlng
orr judicial system-or rather the ser
vices ii renders to the public. Yet we
could quote, in substan'iating the state
ment, the declaration, to US, of one OF
the ablest and most prominent LEGAL gen
tlemen of the state.
That such l. the case is not so much
the fault of our system for the dispense
ton OF justice aS a whole, rs it Is the
lack of some rule that would shut ont Of
Court those cases Of tritling character,
and such rs are prosecuted in Il revenge
iul spirit llalf Of the present expense
10 the state of our judiciary system might
be cut off by sensible ard judicious re-
form in this direction.
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extended until il embraces the continent
Mr. Nallandigham thrice repeated lis tie
NAL of disunion views with marked en-
rhasiS. In reply TO a remark Of the in
tcrviewcr that he did not see how, with
the hatred exhibited toward him by the
port N Of the democracy which cling TO
dead issue, he could stay in that party,
he smiled and said : ''What can | do ?
The republican party won't move for
ward il wants 10 stick TO its old clothes,
ana my best hope Is TO pct the demccra-
cy 10 push to the front However, there
is no telling what 365 day may bring
forth, and Of one thing am ccriain,-it
the democratic party fails TO become the
party Of progress and advanced ideas.
AMI |, from conscientious convictions,
decide to act with any other political
party, that other political party vii!
never inquire what my pas. political roc
ord has been. Partic; do not mannge
thing, in that way"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-06-23

| DARTMOUTH CONFINEMENT COm
mcnccmcnt week opens July 10th, ending
July 10Th. Order OF exercises rs fol
lows
Sabbath, July 1t, 81 o'clock, p m.
Baccalaurcatc Discourse, by President
Smith. s O'Clock, p. m, address before
the Theological Society, Prot. J. c. Bod
well, Of Hartford Theological Seminary.
Monday July j., 8 o'clock, p. IN,
Prize Speaking.
Tuesday, July IS. FIRST Day of En-
animation for admission to Collcgc.) !
o'clock, p. m, Class Day Exercises.
Wednesday, July 10. l04 O'Clock,
Il. m, Address before the Alumni A~so-
citation. by Richard H. KimbalI, Esq., OF
New York. > o'clock, p m, Ami
versary of the United Literary Societies.
Address by Rev. DIR. McCosh, Prcsidcn;
of the College Of New Jersey. Poem by
p. b. Shillabcr, Esq, of Chelsea, Mass.
o'clock, p. m, concert by the Mendcl.-
sohn Quintcttc Club Of Boston
Thursday. July 20. So'clock, Il. m,
Va tIIS Ill lilt ~
o'clock, a. m Commencement Exercis-
es. 6 O'Clock, p. IN, Lrvcc in the Ii
brary at Reed Hall
The Dartmouth prizrs were awarded
this year as follows:
James w. Grinncl, Ii. ID. of Iowa
has presented $1,000 as fund for two
annual prizes, to members of the senior
class, for excellence in English compost
ton. They were awarded this year, the
first to Eben brewster of Westfcld, \.
y, and the second to Charles +. ri CHI
ardson of New Marlboro, Mass, The
Lockwood fund, founded by Le Grand
Lockwood of the junior class for excel
lelce of English composition, We're given
this year, the first to William A. Iol-
man of Decring, and the second to Ralph
Talbot Of Fayette, No. The prize for
general improvement, founded by James
w. Grimes, to be awarded by the college
faculty to 'that member of the gradua-
ting class who has. during his college
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TIE I'm Of Jdtr.

The seventeenth OF June, the aEnlyCr-
<ary oil the battle of Bunker Hill. was
celebrated at Boston and Charle-town,
on Saturday, with more than the usual
crlat, all owing, however, - the pre-
scncc of Jim Fisk, Jr, and his ninth
regiment of bully boys from New York.
Fisk and his bold sojcrs were net at
Newport, Saturday morning, hy a dele
cation If Boston soldiers and citizens,
and Col. i'inar, the commander Of the
Massachusetts ninth. made most llattcr-
ing address to the commander OF the
New York ninth SAID he: "Dcsirous
| OF testilying our great respect for You,
we have lcap2d from the boundaries of
our own stale to extend fratcrnal erect
in@. Accept them ~ expressive of tn
sentiment "t people whose great hearts
beat in unison with the hope that your
visit may convince y.u that oar pyruliIri-
ties are not wholly i'll one dirrctiun." Col.
Fix responded litin@ly, wh.n the rcgi-
mcml, muStrrn" 800 mu-kri-, aml at
tended 10y a band Of leo pieces and II
drum corps Of 80, entered tie cars for
l;l~t"m. breakfast WAS -cryrl AT the
~. .Jam,S Hotel, and ,Ia proccs ION tor
the march to Charl,,toVn wa. formed
abou: 10 o'clock
At the conclusion OF the procession lha
New York REGIMENT and the H., oh and
jih Massachusetts rariopk of Il collation.,
provided in tNo tents on Winthrop
-,Ir:ur n { iIarl, -tuWm. and many Of the
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HEALTH OF COLFAX.-Mr. Colfas
has improved steadily in health since ON
last issue, but is still weak. lie ride,
ont with Mrs. Coliax about two hour,
every day, AMI walks out in his garden
an hour or so each day. Ills appetite i.
good and his spirits buoyant, ana there
is no doubt of his restoration to complete
health. Although the fact as to his i'll
ness has been SO widely published, it has
not materially diminished the applica.
tons that pour in on him constantly, as
in the past-madc personally, too, as
well as in writing-applications for OIL
ccs, for donations, for letters of indorsc-
ment, recommendation or introduction,
to attend TO department business, to ans
wcr inquiries OF all kinds. Persons have
come hithcr from Chicago and other
points during the past week with such
unreasonable solicitations. lie obcys.
however, the injunctions of his physician
the letters are unanswered he sees
but few visitors, and, when they state
such business, as the object of their calls,
he respectfully asks to be excused. -South
Bcnd Register, 18TH
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-06-23

ANoriIEE SuiClpi.-ThGrc appears to
he no end to tie suicides Ills season.
Daniel I'ynchon, wclI-known business
man Of Springfield, Mass. committed
suicide Tuesday afternoon hy shooting
himself through the heart. lie returned
from his dinner AMI cntcrc his office on
Lyman 81, where, after opening Il letter
and reading he went into closet, took
of hiS hat and vest and then shot him
self with a pistol. lie WAS direct de
sccndant u William lynchon, one Of the
founders Of the town. There was no ap-
parent cause for the act and he i, now
supposed to have been temporarily in
sane. He was iiIty-iivc years old. and
leaves wife and four children.
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Is i. N!'IIahcr has I'l"'d thu rdi'"ria
sail ct Every Saturday.
Maine i cNpcricncin, IN, Chri.tilui..
/ inr Influences Of 5000 Boston Lruru,n. r..
rr,f Er.,ir,rI k,.u,..,,r H., u.,.i.
lvn p,Iytcrhn;, ip.,i,u,,. will ,I.ri,.r 81.
annuaI a.Llre-, b,t,r, rI,,. ,...,.i.,,;,n ~
umni of MllIlrbury college at con
mrnc}mcnt, and Rev. Edward =. Wild
ct Cratr,hury the uarm.
I,,r orr ..,. r.,.>.,.,.,.,..,.
f,un,,.r,.;, ,;,,. ,I.,lI,.
fer N,,i,,:J E,uL Of r,,,,nI mr.. y
plcuty =. hl,rkh,,ri.s !, ,I,.,r ....,,.
I,,.,, ,,...,,, ,,,......,,, .,,
one DAY last wcck. L,oh ont for them
aud al tr counterfeit teas On III, sane
bank The roultcrleil-, are lIm rab,v
calculated t. d'ceivr.-fi..!i.
Rev. VIM. : iI,1., ,,.t,r nl H.,
Cnnor,oati,n,li-, rbnr.h Of \,r,h,i,II
ho. ,tartrl for , to,r !, E,r,n, ,nJ',
poets to be- absent som, six ,n,n,L. Pr
Mr. Willard 81 E,ri;n,,, -n,al;'
the puIrit dur;nu Mr. I,lm.. .,riin,.,
=, ,
en-. editor Of the Y;.,.l,,,c. .;no.
North Adams, Nus, were hnri,I h.
meath a sand bank near his residence Fri
day myrning. When discovered ON,
a.rl TX years. was dead, blt the broth.
rr, agc,l about four vc:,,~. will r,..,,,r
An .,,.,r ,I,,. ,.,.,,,.. .L,.,
no -, I;yci, .l;.,,s;,iIn j. &c.. fla .'....',.
,,,ur, ;Tr,,toxn,r;,,,,, D,.;",i,,
ned in Cnnnrr,;rnt .ay,rl ~ r,n l,''I
,,n;., anil ma :, - oon.,m,,,.;,, " ~
nanno r,uutv N,w ynrl, nnI ,, -, nv ~.
.,I,I,,,.., .,,'' '',''' '''''' I'll ~
Latter state.
The Boston TarcHr think. thar
hereafter the New IIamu.L;r,. r,r,,l,E-
cans. in lnokin. out for party ca rliI,trs
will aSk not only IN, unr.tions ,nr rI
crs a,krd-"I, h, honest J., and 81. Lo
capabln - and fine moro n,,I,r, ,no
is he available ," hut also 81. hc
healthy ;" The time may come WHOM
no prudent politician will vote for Il can
didatc who cannot present a clean bill
of health"
In opening the draw of Ch,,Ies river
hri,I,,, ,t rn.tor C.,,L,,, mi: 81
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EplroEiAL ExcrE~ioN.-Thy /

| EDITORIAL ENCI E~ION.-Ihy pan
excursion OF the several editorial as5oci;,
tons of New ENGLAND. will commanr,
Monday, July 10. The first 9cncra
meeting Will be- held III the Mln>lirii
House, Stove, Monday evening, whcr,
the party will remain until Wednesday
morning. using Tuesday in visiting Mt.
Mansfield, and other points of interest in
that vicinity. On Wednesday, the cX-
"r-i'r.i-,- viii proceed, 10y -l""iIi tr;Iin,
to Montreal. stopping at ~. Adams two
or three hours for dinner, which Will hr
served at the Weldon House. In Mon
trcal, they have their accommodation.
ut 81. Lawrence Hall. and remain ill
Friday morning. Thursday will bc used
in rides around the mountain. down thr
rapids and in visiting the many points OF
interest in that fine city. Friday the
party will proceed to Newport W.. az
irving there at four o'clock. p. m. and
pas the night. Saturday morning Tia,
party will brcal, up. Col. IL. ID. Hop
kins, Montpelier, corresponding secretary,
to whom all applications for ii. kct<, etc,
must be addressed, Publishes circular
in which hc says:
The details o. lhi~ grmd excursion
have been most carefully provided for.
with view to the comfort of members,
and the convenience ot the railroads,
hotel keepers and others upon whose cen
crosby a considerable draft has been
made. To still further facilitate this
important feature in the arrangements,
It has been determined first. 10 limit the
party strictly 10 members Of the assoc;a-
tons and their ladies : second to conlinr
the Issue Of tickets to those who are
square with TIE treasurer, (scc vote Of
the late meeting at RutlanD: third, to
entertain no application for tickets after
the 10Th inst, and fourth, 10 require the
names of all. both members and their
ladies to he furnished in full.
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New Hu,nDshjre 1UdirS.

Gov. Weston was inauSnrated Clover
nor of New Hampshire, on thursday
last. lie delivered briet message.
touching mainly upon local topics, advo-
eating a reduction OF taxation and that
the state debt be paid off. 1t was q
gala day for the New Hampshire dem
ocracy. y salute of thirty-four rounds
was fired. Gov. Weston was received
at the depot by Gov. Stearns and other
distinguished persons. The Legislature
proceeded in Il body TO the depot, where
a procession formed to escort the Govern
or elect to the capitol. Gov. Stearns
ti,cn delivered his valcdictory address,
after which Gov. Weston was inangu-
rated and read his message.
The House OF Representatives on Tues
day adopted the repor, OF the committee
on elections, unscaiin9 Nathan Whipplc
of Lisbon, republican, on the ground that
there was mistake in thc cou"t. One
OF the labor reiormers voted with the
republicans, and the democrats are re-
sorting TO these measures to give them
the strength necessary TO make them in
dependent Of their very valuable but
rather ayaricious allies. The question of
Il change in the judiciary system. CT rath-
cr Of judges, is handled very dclicatcly
by the democratic leaders. Probably
the only stumbling block in the way Is
the position of Senator Smith, elected by
the democrats Of the house to ill the VA
cancy in the tenth district He is an
old republican,, and claims to occupy an
independent position. At present he Isl
the most important member Of the Leg
stature, for if he votes with the rcpub
licans, as Senator Cragin says he will,
the Senate IS tied, and all the majority
measures Of the House will find a quic-
tu>. lie i now SUBJECT of earnest care
and solictu'lc, such a. probably hc never
dreamed Of, and would command Il high
premium in New York. Petitions are
in circulation for new probate jGd5c
and registers. and III party cry Of the
tIlirI house J., ''Ou~t them all The
labor retormcrs will probably ask the
nomination Of tat circumlocu!iun politi
ciln AMI their past hell leader, john il,
Goodalc for secretary of state. The
democrats will probable recognizes his
claims as an old member of their party,
AMI one vino has done them no unkin /
ness b. act, while in his prc'rnt place F.;
but the young democracy want J. Ware
Bnttclficld of Concord, and thinI, the re
formers have already received their due
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-06-23

The STATE oF TIE CAsE-Thc case
is very simple. Tie :ountry will main
tain the settlements The southern WING
OF the Democratic party dcnounces them.
The northern wing agrees that they are
unlawful and ai.ominabic, but bags the
Southern brothers to keep quiet to tide
over the election. The Republican par
~. which made the settlements. Is n
unit III their maintenance. Why. then.
should the country choose the party
which contains all the elements OF hostil,
ity to the amendments, and which. either
declares it or keeps silence merely to Oh.
tain power? The question Of the cam
paign OF 1872 will be, which is the
greater risk for the country-thc reopen
ing of the issues Of reconstruction, or the
continued asccndency of the Republican
party For, even if the Democratic
Convention should declare its acquies-
cencc, the country knows exactly the clc-
mcn!s Of the party, and that ionr years
ago It's Convention pronounced the set
Elements unconstitutional, revolutionary.
AMI void -/Inp0'> IcckHy
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lh'sS Ecots have received the pref, renee all
DINER y IN COVERING, mt of the city I.o ton for the
p!st ten Nclr-. Their excellence il guaranteed.
lh'' season OF ISL intr' uccs mrny novelties AMI
beautiful de ilus.
For private rIs" acnd for B1yc, OF Assorted Fir"
works, price from II 10 20, Obtain descriptive
and p'ICr catalogue.
Address all oricrs to BEEJ. T. WELLS Il CO.,
Hiwley Street, OF Mix street, Potion, Msss,
and order early. Ci-'a
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course, made the most satisfactory pro-
srcss, taking into consideration his prep
arati0n for the course when lac entered
was given to Walter NJ. Parker of Man
chester
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IN !SHOf.

CINCINNATI, June IL. Clement l..
Nallandigham, OF the counsel for the de
| fence Thomas Mcclellan, now on trial
at Lebanon, O., Tor the murder o! Myers
at Hamilton, o, accidentally shot him
self to -night. He was IN the room with
Governor McBurncy, and while showing
how Myers might have hot himself, the
pistol discharged and the hall entered
the right side Of the abdomen below the
ribs. The direction Of the ball Is not
known The last intelligence is that it
did not penetrate the intestincs. and the
wound, THOUGH dangerous. Is no! consid-
cred mortal.
Later dispatches from Lebanon say
that NallandigLam WAS vomiting, which
was regarded rs an unlavorlblc symp-
tom, and one OF his physicians said there
were Indications Of internal hcmorrllagc.
The doctors ceased their truitl,ss search
for the bail about an hour after the acct
dent. They then closed the wound and
placed the patient on his right side.
lie was calm and collected. 1t APP
pears that no one was with Nallandig-
ham when the accident occurred bat cX-
Lieutenant Governor McGclam. Me
iurnCy had expressed some doubts as to
tie theory that Mycr- Lad Shot himself
Nallandigham took the pistol from the
table, saying that hc would show him in
lIalt a second. Two pistols were on the
table, one unloadcd, and nc by mistake
took up tin lnldad one and pat it in his
pocket and withdrew it, keeping the
muZzlc next his body. Just ~ it was
leaving his pocket il wa- discharged, it
is reported, at really the same part of the
body where Myers was shot. lie al
once calculated. ''Oh, murdrr." and
sail that he had taken the wrong pistol.
While tile examination was goin@ on lac
watched the surgeons with eager ewes.
and even assisted lhrm IN ~r.uchiu. for
tI:c bail. The bail appears 10 have tai
ken downward course H. the direction
OF the bladder.
\ later dispatch SAY That Clement l..
taiIauli. ham died III Lebanon o. at
Is mirutc. before 10 o'clock ON s,liur-
day murnir", from The effects OF the
wound which h. accidentally inflicted
upon himself. The nigh: before The
pistol with which the wuua I was inflict-
,d was u Smith y Nr,>on Of - calilcr.
Delon2in. {" Nj. Na,iln ii4haln lnmc-
liairly upon r.r,;Iiu. the w,rud. Mr.
Na'Iaudi-hgm tcir-raHi.vi to hi.. rhjs,-
y.Hr. Br. .rNr~ al Cincinnati. ur.irm
lIm In ttiup M ttI,.- l...il,u L, -..il
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The state agricultural societies Of Yer
mont and California propose to exchange
fruit specimens this year, each sending to
the other annual fair thtce specimens
of different kind OF apples, pears and
grapes.
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kUNTIN DrrEAGIS N Norm C>Eu.
rINA.-A body # ahout 20 di-"uj-,d
men recently attacked the Office of the
Star, a republican paper published at
Ruth.riordtDn. Rutherford county, y {.
y hos, editor Wa ah-rnt ut Washington.
" here he had been summoned rs 4 wit
nc-- before the c"n"rr-~i' nal committee
on the kul.luN. breaking open the
doors and trnnt windows. the mob lush
ed into the buildiu@ in hnly and d.
~!royci printing presses. -'aniS. type ca
50, ipIIns and other fixtures. Tn" mar
anlcr- then proceeded To :kr residence
of Mr.. Justice, late republican rrpry-,n-
tative in the legislature, broke open liz
house, took him in his night clothes into
the streets, in the midst OF rain storm.
beat and n.aIircatrd him in brutal
manner. carried HIM to the outskirts of
the town. threatened lis lie and forced
him to promise he would never reveal
what had been done, AMI that he would
cease his operations AGAINST the rpnvrn
ton and tho conservative party, after
which they released him and he returned
to his residence tlrou"h the storm.
None Of the mob were recognized. Gov.
Caldwell has determined 70 send iu.l.c
OF the state superior court. accompanied
by the attorney general AMI district 81
licitor, 10 investigate the matter and
commit such partir% rs evidence an be
found AGAINST. The governor Is deter
mined upon vigorous enforcement, "l
The state laws.