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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-15
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BOSTON CATTLE MARKET.
Rportsdaad expressly ortAe Green
FTssmaR
AT CANBRIDGE AND BRIGHTONr
For The neck ending March IA, 1871
Amount of stock at Markell
;attls. sheep shOtes. swine. vssl-
n: ;:s1.s. s IS g! Sc Sc sec sec
eli quality $40 90 to 10 50; Sd quality Is 90
% o., per ewt- total weight Of hide, farTow sns
dressed beef. A choicest single pair ell 90 to
10000 poorest. sc, 90 0oto 90.
their value Beef. Handy steers, 500 70 5000;
Mich Cows-S00t TO 500; 1tTa good 5000 5000, with
ma agreed farrow and ordiRa-
sroEEs-I earrings go TO 500 two years ole eco g"
Veal Caiyes-sO 10 500 per head.
Sheep and lambs 90 to IS per head
Fat Hogs-sOO TO lie.
Hdes-Brighton Il to S cts; Country lots, 64to7
ralIow-o TO 81; Country lots stO &C.
IS TO 81 10. Dry, oOtO
CaIfskins II TO 81 cts
REHARKs.-Though the number of cattle at mar
ket 1856, quite small for the season, the tending
prices rather towards lower than higher prices
Stall-fed oxen OF best quality are sold lie per
H. on beeftallow and hide and slim cattle SC and
upwards, quality, with weak demand, large
" in consequence OF the great amount of dressed
beef in the city market from Chicago and elsewhere
few Western steers were sold as high as lie
live weight, others ST l-2c. 70 &C. live from
to lie. per 10, dressed. At Union Stock Market
WATERFOWL, to-day the receipts PA cattle. W
H Bardwe sold Is cattle to dress from 500 to 400
lbs. each l0c. lie. y. G. BatChelder has lot
of good steers fed by I. HOyle, Champlan, y Y
not sold when left. q. W. Jones sold two
dress 1850 lbs and steers 10 dress 1000 lbs, at
10 lie; st 10 l-4c.; to dress 100 lbs
l-2C.
There were only 1883 sheep al watertown, baIence
being Western. Patterson and Bailey sold 50 sRe
wool sheep fed by F. Currier, Haxerhill \ H.
us l. lbs. each Tor I-2c. A NJ. Brown sold b
sheep lis lbs. s SAC. H q. Jones l0l aheep los
/ lbs at l-2c. De Wolf s Brown sold 90 sheep =
lbs, ats &c; $ Of - lbs at &C. w. H. ERrdweh
200 of lO3 lbs. &C. and 100 SAC. Z. z. Trench
I sold - sheep 20 lbs. at - 50 per head.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-15

The following divorces were granted
Dorothy Lindsay from VIM. Lindsay.
Jonathan Coburn from Caroline Coburn.
Betsey C. Spear from Nathan Spear, Jr.
Almira Morey from Oliver Morey.
Harriet W. Swan from VIM. L. Swan.
Amarett L. Preston from Luther Preston
Emma f. Paul from Washington I. Paul
Orinda a Shaw from John f. Shaw.
The New York herald., 1871-03-29
The Joint High Commission.

The Commissioners representing the inte-
rests of Great Britain, of her Canadian depend
ency and of the United States, so far as we
know the facts, dine and wine, make puns and
crack jokes, day after day, in very pleasant
fashion. The Commissioners from England
and the representatives of the United States
get along well. 1t is felt on both sides that
the two great Englisb-speaking peoples must
not quarrel about trifes. A common mission
and a common destiny, already on both sides
clearly foreseen, make the pathway clear and
open the door to final and satisfactory settle
ment of all outstanding questions. The New
Dominionites alone stand in the way Like
all small people they are big in their own esti-
nation. What about Great Britain, what
about the United States if Canada is not salts
ied9 The great pity is that we did not
allow, on the two occasions on which
the Fenians attempted to invade the
Dominion, events to take their course
On both occasions we interfered and prevented
the Dominion being swamped by a few hun
dred Irishmen. The unfortunate thing is that
while we did the work the Dominion takes the
glory. The victory in the latter case partcu-
larly was such that the Dominion believes her
self match for any or for all nations COM
bined. Sir John A. Macdonald seems to think
himself mightier man than Earl de Grey and
Ripon, and, Of course, infinitely superior to all
the United States representatives. We advise
our Canadian friends to behave themselves,
for the reason that John Bull and Brother
Jonathan have made up their minds as to
how this thing is to be settled Our Canadian
cousins may growl as they please; but If they
will not learn what their place is and what
their duty is they must make up their minds
to be snubbed. Our advice is, no more
snarling
The New York herald., 1871-03-29
The Erie Glass fication Fraud.

The Railroad Committee of the Assembly
has made two reports upon the bill to repeal
the Erie Classification fraud. OF course the
majority favor the defeat of the bill, thus up-
holding the vllany, and the minority work
themselves into fruitless passion over the
outrageous impositions Of the Classification act
and the transcendent rascalities of Fisk and
Gould. Thus will end in defeat another
attempt to overthrow one Of the most aggra-
waiting pieces Of legislative impudence that the
arch devils of the lobby ever fathered The
plain equity Of the repeal bill would have Sc
cured its passage in an honest Legislature-if
such things are not myths-and it would have
made sturdy fight as it was if the republican
members had followed their partisan bent.
But it seems two Of tie majority of the CON-
mittee who reported against the repeal bill
were republicans, and doubtless when it
comes to vote in the House enough republi-
cans of easy virtue will be found against 1t to
defeat it beyond hope of reconsideration.
Erie's money-bags have been too heavy for
such feathery legislation, whether they have
been opened cautiously in the earlier stages of
the game to make Goodrich good deal
richer, or have been thrown in bulk into the
opposite balance at tle last meeting of the
committee.
The New York herald., 1871-03-29
The Methodist Book Concern.

The subcommittee of the Methodist Book
Committee will make another attempt this
morning to agree upon an expert to examine
the books of the Concern for the frauds which
have been alleged to exist therein. DR.. Bing-
ham, chairman Of the committee, arrived yes
terday afternoon, and the Bishop, Scott, and
the other members are expected by noon to-
day. Why the committee should spend SO
much time over the selection of two men for
such work and put the Concern to so much
expense, is beyond the ken of ordinary busi-
ness men, If Figures do not lie" any capable
bookkeeper or accountant out of the many
who have offered themselves, should be
chosen without further delay, and If they do
lie then the duty is equally plain and
clear But no man should be allowed to raise
the cover of single book who could be even
remotely suspected Of falsifying the accounts
in the interest of any party to this contro-
versy. Every week that this committee
spends in New York costs the Concern from
four hundred to five hundred dollars. It is
time, therefore, that this farce was finished
and new piece brought on the boards. The
interests involved are too great to be longer
frif1 ad with
The New York herald., 1871-03-29
The ou,ck Transit Problem.

The Viaduct Railroad bill has passed
the Assembly. 1t will probably pass the
Senate, be signed by the Governor, and in the
course Of five years become the great quick
transit route of the metropolis. 1t is intended
to wbirl passengers through the back yards
and second stories, across the streets and
parks on stills, and, at intervals, along tho
surface Of pavements, by the agency Of the
steam locomotive from the Battery to Harlem,
and even 10 Yonkers. We are bound to have
quick transit some time, and it is probable that
this is the best plan we can get. There was
some most extraordinary legislation in con-
nection with it, some unusual scenes in the
Assembly, the dominant majority undertaking
by most useless and unrighteous means to
stamp out Weed, of Clinton, who conscicr-
tiously and strongly opposed the bill. Tho
zeal of the majority indicates that everybody
was securely fixed beforehand, and there was
no need for such display of wrath as they
visited upon Weed. On the contrary, the un-
seemly exhibition leaves no doubt that there
was corruption at work somewhere among the
The New York herald., 1871-03-29
Tho St. Domingo Projsct-Let 1t Drop.

The st. Domingo Project-Let it Drop.
The President must be by this time fully
aware that his ST. Domingo project Is failure,
that it is popular with some politicians only,
and that to press it would make him more
unpopular with the masses than he has already
become. His best plan Is to send the report
Of the Commissioners to Congress and then
dismiss the subject from his mind, give 1t up
entirely and let 1t remain as it is-a dead letter.
Vnles, he is totally blind he mus. perceive
that the popular verdict is against him; that
throughout the length and breadth of the land
he is losing caste that his friends are leaving
him in scores, and il he wishes 10 retain even
his war reputation, and the standard he
obtained by reason of his services in the field,
he must give up this 81. Domingo scheme,
one that has become disiastoful 10 all
right-thinking people, who see in 1t
only political job, got up to benefit
few, leaving tho country to foot
the little bill that will be en;ailed upon it if
that mongrel Spanish American republic
should be added TO our domain. He cannot
afford at this crisis 70 add to his rapidly grow
ing unpopularity; he should no longer
cndcavor to work against the tide of public
opinion, but he ought by all means to strive to
regain some of the good opinion he has los.
This is his policy at present, and to carry it
out his first act should bo to remove our
turn Baez over to the tender merces of
CAbral, LuperoE and Others and then let st.
Domingo drop as he would hot potato.
The truth is we do not want st. Domingo,
ills President its people, its territory or any
thing appertaining to it. We should profit
nothing by its acquisition. On the contrary,
it would be source of expense from the
moment it passed under our control
We should be compelled to adopt its lazy,
worthless, semi-barbarian population, who
themselves. We must take them as they are,
with their habits, manners and customs, and
make them citizens of the United States We
shall fall heir to vast expanse of territory, un-
cultivated and uninhabited, cities and towns
in state of ruin, and a climate detestable in
the extreme during nine months in the year.
Besides all this, we shall have little difficulty
with Hayti, which is to be thrown in as part
Of the bargain, to say nothing of the debt of
the republic, for which we shall have to become
responsible. This is a true picture of what
we should come into possession of by the an
nexation of Dominica, aud our people know
it; and no matter how brilliant the project
may be made to appear by the report of the
Commissioners, the people will oppose it and the
man who still continues to force it upon them.
Hence we again tge upon the President to let
the matter drop.
The New York herald., 1871-03-29
Neutral Naval Rights Durinx wor.

A cable telegram from Brussels which an.
pears in our columns to-day, reports that the
grand international desideratum of the neu-
tralization of private property during war has
been attained by agreement Of the European
Cabinets. The negotiations which were in
stituted some time since by the government
OF the King of Holland looking to this result
have, it Is said, been "entirely successful"
Should this intelligence prove to be exactly
correct it will afford vast relief to the great
commercial interests of the world by the
registry Of an executive declaration, which
will 60 far to obliterate all the technical in
tricacies Of the writings of the jurists from
the time OF Grotus to the moment of the
issue Of the latest publication of Sir Robert
Phillimore. The immediate cause Of the dis
cussion Of the subject was the sinking of six
British colliers in the Seine by the Prussans.
Count (Prince) Bismarck, Earl Granville and
Count Bernstorff entered into ministerial
communication, and there is little doubt
that the Dutch Cabinet appeared as an in
terested neutral intermediary at the proper
moment by mutual consent We illustrate our
cable despatch by the publication of the
opinions of the statesmen who were most
directly interested in the discussion. This
information will be of much interest to the
American people. 1t may be, also, oppor-
tunely available for the use of the members
of the Joint High Commission in Washington
TIE ERIE LITIGATION refer to another
column for an extended report of the case of
John B. Heath and Others vs.. The Erie Rail-
way Company, which came up yesterday in
the United States Circuit Court before Judge
Blatchford on argument on demurrer to the
The New York herald., 1871-03-29
The News from France.

If it were not that the fate of great nation
depended upon the result of the Rouge out
break in Paris the announcement of the pro-
bable officials under the proposed red repub-
lican refine would be really laughabe.
Blanqu is spoken of as President, and Pyatt
Flourens, Delescuze and a couple more arc to
be The centres of authority. What more ridi-
culous could be expected? And yet only
such men have any chance of getting into
power should the government of M. Theirs
succumb.
The news from France which we publish
this morning is quite interesting. On Monday
last NJ. Theirs made an eloquent speech in
the National Assembly, in which he defended
his policy and took solemn oath not to
betray the republic. Oaths do not amount to
much at the present day. However, we
give M. Theirs credit for sincerity. Mar
seilles and st. E.ienne have been tranquillized,
the government claiming to have suppressed
the insurgents and restored the projects and
other officials. While the Versailles au-
thorities were endeavoring to find q trust
worthy army the Paris rebels were improving
their situation. Greater vigilance than ever
was exhibited by them, and more barricades
were going up in the streets. An insurgent
newspaper, evidently elated by the success Of
the movement thus far, had proposed the
forcible dissolution Of the ''rotten" Assembly.
and another newspaper advocates the assas-
sination of the Due d'Aumale. Paris. how
ever, was tranquil, which she ought to be,
considering that the enemies of the Insurgent
Committee have wisely cleared out Such,
in brief, is the news from France this morn
ing. 1t throws no new light on the situation,
but it proves that the troubles are anything
but over-that, rather, they ara increasing.
The New York herald., 1871-03-29

to support the constitution Of the United States,
shall have engaged in insurrection or rebel
lion against the. same. or given aid or COM
fort to the enemies thereof" And then there
is Acknowledgement law, extending to these
and other parties conspicuous in the rebel
Ion. Here. !heD, is the difficulty.
These parties SO punished are the leading
white men in intelligence, political experience,
Influence and property in the Southern States.
Their late slaves may go to Congress, but these
disabled whites still bear the brand of traitors.
They have all tho duties of submission i'm :
posed upon them, but none of the personal
benefits Of q restoration to the Union. They
are held responsible, under pains and penal
ties, for the crime of whole people, aud the
whole people concerned sympathize with their
suffering conftderates, many to the extremity
Of these unlawful combinations" Reach this
officially, and you reach the seat of this South
era disease Of organized violence against the
law. OF the land
The remedy follows, in the fourteenth
amendment, its specified rebel disabilities,
and IL is in these simple words, referring to
the particular disability of any individual
"but Congress may, by vote of two-thirds of
each house. remove such disability" All, then,
that IS wanted to place the dominant and respon-
sible white classes Of the South in full rapport
with the government of the United States is to
restore these men to the full and equal condi-
ton OF loyal citizens. They will trust you if
you will trust them. Try it. The experiment
has been tried in scores of individual cases,
and no failures, that we are aware of, have
been reported among them. Try, then, a
universal amnesty, as provided for in the four
teenth amendment such an amnesty as will
make even JEFF Davis eligible again to the
Presidency, and you will do more TO disarm
these Ku Klux Klans than you can possibly
accomplish by the employment of the army
and the navy, and the United States courts and
marshals, and the suspension of the habeas
corpus, with the continuance of these rebel
disabilities.
Under these disabilities 1t is notorious that
the Southern men best qualified, from educa-
tioa, experience and influence, to assist in
restoring law, order and harmony in the
Southern States, are ruled out, and ignorant
Southern whites and blacks and unscrupulous
Northern adventurers and spectators, coming
into power, have done much to bring into
general disrepute these reconstructed Southern
Safe governments. Make it the interest of
the Southern white men who give the tone and
the public sentiment to Southern society, make
it an object with them to support the constitu-
tion as it is and the administration, and you
will gain them. In word, restore them COM
pletely to the "rights, privileges and immuni-
mites" of ''citizens of the United States and
of the State in which they reside, and you will
make friends of enemies and convert these
horrid Ku Klux Klans into law-abiding men;
for their present occupation will be gone with
the removal of the cause.
The New York herald., 1871-03-29

OUTRAGEs BY PoLIcEMEN.-We are almost
daily in receipt Of TOO well founded complaints
of the reckless, not to say murderous use, Of
the policeman's club, and Of other outrages
which, like the inexcusably cruel treatment Of
a feeble old lady who had wandered last week
from her home, TO be arrested and thrust into
a station house cell and sent to Blackwell's
Island, cannot provoke too much public in
dgnation. Assuredly the very appointment
of policeman to his responsible Office pre-
supposes that he is at least potentially
gentleman-that is to say, that be is endowed
with instincts which make him capable of dis
eliminating between the weak and the strong,
the submissive and the refractory, and qualify
him to exercise his authority with no less dis
cretion than frmness. If his conduct betrays
that he IL, on the contrary, brute, it becomes
the immediate duty Of his superiors to inquire
thoroughly into the circumstances of the case
and to punish him by summary dismissal.
This is required in the interests of the police
force as well as for the protection of the
public.
The New York herald., 1871-03-29

THE New TAX LEVY BILL is still caught
Ike piston rod upon the centre 1t
can neither 60 backward nor forward until
some one gives the fly wheel a turn. 1t
seems the cause Of this break in the evolutions
OF legislation is Senator Graham, who for
some cause, only vaguely defined, keeps away
from the Chamber. Tweed, like O.d England.
expects each man to do his duty" for the
truth is that it takes every man that Tweed
bas TO do anything. The Tweed majority is
TOO slim at its full to do much, and between
Sickness late lobster salads, too convvial
companions and railroad disasters, it is too
shaky usually to do anything at all. Thus it
is that this man, Graham, by his persis tent
absence from his seat, has stopped the Tweed
Legislation of the moment, and is preserving
temporarily TO the pockets of New York tax
payers the indefinite sums represented by chat
Two per cent TO which the quartet of tax col
Icclors nominated in the bill propose in am
blguous terms to limit the taxes OF New York.
Graham, therefore, deserves a medal, but not
gold one. We hope there viii be no gold
mcddling with him.
The New York herald., 1871-03-29
L r | p l. E SH E T. 7
New York, Wednesday, March %, 1871.
CONTENTS OF TO-DAY,S HERALD.

PAGE. ~>Nr~>~'~>>-~~o"
l-Adyertisements
acknowledgements
3-The State Capital: Fierce Debate in the Assem-.
bly over the New York vladuct Railroad Bill ;
HltcLman, Weed, Fields, Campbell and the
Galleries Spelling for Fight; The Hill Passed.
ADVERSE Report OF the Railroad Committee on
LIS Proposed Repeal Of the Erie classification
Act-Ihc Connecticut Election: Effect OF sum.
ner's Speecn-Proposed German Peace Cele-
6ratIon-New bra Jersey Legslature-How Did lie
Get ltp-A Philadelphia Fire Deegation-Tne
Broadway Railroad scheme.
4-The Broadway widening: The Application for
Court pecsou ReservedTne ~ Ere 5ae IupTes Rs,IWay
Litigation: The English Stockholders; Ex-At-
iorney aeneral Hoar Denounces the Erie Man.
agement Opera House, Ballet Dancers and
Au-Reply OF the Fire Commissioners to MIR.
Belgh-Ihe Newark Methodist Conference
The Heathen CElnee in the SOuth-The New
- York Central and Hudson River Railroad Com
pany-Extensive Fire in Sing Sing.
o-Coneress: Senator sumner Again as Champion
Suppression OF Ku Klux Outrages-Proceed-
ings IN ihe Court OF General Sessions Charge
OF lncendiarism-The Weehawken Tragedy
Court OF Appeals-Court Calendars for To-
Day-Financial ana Commercial Reports.
6-Edtorials: Leading Article, ''The Administra-
tion, Congress and the Southern States-The
New Reconstruction Blln-Amusement An
nouncemens.
S-Editorlals Continued from Sixth Page)-The
French Anarchy: Eloquent Speech of NJ. Theirs
IN the National Assembly; A Solemn Oath
Taken Not 10 Betray the kepublic; More Bar
ricades Erected by the lnsnrgents-News from
washngtcn-The Joint High Commission
Literary Chit Chat-Weather Report-Business
Notices.
S-The Pneumatic Bore-Real Estate Matters-A
Chicken Fight in Georgia-Marrlages and
Deaths Advertisements.
9-Advertsemel It's.
10 Neutral Rights at Sea The Dutch Cabinet
Movement lor The Security OF Private Pro-
perty During War-Amusements-SL. Do
mingo: The Commissioners at the White
MISUNDERSTANDING Intelligence-Adyer.
tisements.
11-AdvertisemeDts.
acknowledgements.
The New York herald., 1871-03-29

the proceedings yesterday was the freedom
and force with which counsel for the plaintiffs
pitched into the Erie management and de-
nounced what he termed the wholesale plum
der and devastation of the property of the
company. The argument will be resumed
this morning
The New York herald., 1871-03-29
Railroad Corporations and Monopolies.

Railroad Corporations and M0n0polies.
We print elsewhere a numerously signed
petition to the Legislature asking redress from
the alleged grievances inflicted by the New
York Central and Hudson River Railroad
Company, which, as gigantic monopoly, has,
by its enormous moneyed influence, obtained
and maintained control of the great highway
of commerce in this State, imposing such
rates of freight and passenger charges as
shall enable the payment of dividends on
swollen and disproportionate capital. The
document in question is not without suspicion
as to the entirely dsinterested nature Of its
origin. But, whatever the speculative designs
Of those who first put it in circulation, the
HERALD is always willing to let all sides be
heard.
There Is no doubt that the country at large
is endangered by the existence and growth of
such enormous corporations as that of the
New York Central and Pennsylvania Central
Railroads, which latter, it Is said, had much
to do With shaping national legislation at the
last session of Congress, as well as State
legislation, in the interest of It's stockholders.
But the remedy is certainly not contained in
the suggestions given by this petition. AS
long as these companies are not given legal
monopoly of the routes they traverse there can
hardly be any equitable reason for limiting
their right to earn money. If they
earn over seven per cent rival capital
lists will soon build rival roads. The
New York Central has virtual capital
of ninety millions of dollars, on which it earns
eight per cent per annum. Yet If Mr.. II. B.
Claflin and few other millionnaires who have
signed the petition are really desirous of
remedy let them subscribe forty millions of
dollars and they may construct and equip just
as good road as the New York Central be-
tween New York and Buffalo and share its
traffic to the extent of not less than seven per
cent upon their Investment. Acain, figures
will show that freights are about the same and
passenger fares less than they were before
New York Central advanced from a nom
dividend paying to sixteen per cent stock.