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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-12-31
Report of the Joint Committee
ppointed under Joint Resolution to investigate
the proceedings of the Board of Education.

Appointed under a Joint Resolution to investigate
the proceedings of the Board of Education.
IN SENATE, Nov. 26, 1872.
Read, and on motion of Senator Bige-
low, of Chittenden County, ordered to
lie, and the Secretary directed to procure
the printing Of one thousand copies for
the use Of the General Assembly, and
forward to each member thereof three
copies. NJ. b. CARPENTER. Sec'y.
To the Senate and House Of Representa-
tires noic IN session,
The Select Committee of Senate and
House appointed under joint resolution
to investigate the proceedings of the
Board of Education and the Secretary Of
the Board, respectfully submit the follow
ing report
As soon as convenient after our ap.
pointmcnt as said Committee, notice
was Immediately written and sent to the
four daily papers published in the State,
the Montpelier Journal, the Rutland
Herald, the Burlington Free Press and
the St. Albaus Messenger, which notice
was published in said papers, and is as
follows
LEGISLATIVE NoTIcE.-A joint resolu.
has been adopted by the Senate and
House of Representatives now in session,
under which committee has been ap-
pointed, consisting of three members OF
the Senate and five of the House, A" to
investigate the proceedings of the Board
of Education and its Secretary" NotiCe
is therefore given that the committee so
appointed will meet in the Senate Cham
Der, in Montpelier, on Wednesday, No
vember 20, at o'clock in the evening,
and all persons desiring to be heard on
that subject may then have an opportu.
nifty.
l.. Howard KELLOGG, for Senate Com.
b. FRIsBIE, for House Com.
The committee procured about sixty
copies of the Journal containing the no.
tices, marked, and mailed them to all or
nearly all of the teachers of Academies,
Graded and Normal Schools in the State.
The members of the Board of Education
and the Secretary were also notified to be
present.
At the meeting SO called, the commit.
tee were all present, and Gov. Stewart,
Hon. Merritt Clark, Hon. Benz. H.Steele,
President NJ. H. Buckham, Prof George
N. Weber and Hon. ID. NJ. Camp, all
the members Of the Board except Mr..
Bingham, who was not present, but was
present at subsequent meeting of the
committee. John Ii. French, the Secre.
tary of the Board, was also present. Nc
one appeared at the meeting with any
charges or complaints against the Board
i or its Secretary, but the committee felt
it their duty to interrogate the members
of the Board aud the Secretary as tC
their proceedings in the discharge of theil
duties, and did thoroughly and mirutely
as We think and three hours examin
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For the Register.

Winter, stern winter, with his healing breath,
Com uissioncd comes, from cleaning arctic fields,
lIynning cool anthems t. the summers death,
Which unto him, her silent homage yields.
A icwclcd wreath odorns his brow serene,
And fair to view as lordly monarch's crown,
regal bri shtncss like ONE heavenly beam,
Ii -ht up the world, that lato was crisp and
brown.
Mute are the summer brooks and bablng rills,
llusa'd are the waves that lashd the distant
Shore
raro and wond'rous silence broods and fills
The world with peace unknown to tropic lore
In cabalistic signs he writes at night,
His wutry message on the window pane,
He clothes the wales in garments pure and white
And robes in light each hill and barren plain
Through all the woodlands bare, song of bird
Rogalcs the woodlands wlapt and tentivo ear,
Instead, the lowings Of some hungry herd
Compose the music Of his winter cheer.
The leaflcss trees stretch out their naked limbs,
Through which sombrc light is family steal
ing.
I erein thc wint'ry blasts chant lofty hymns,
As sleigh-bclls on the air are bithely pealing
High Cow our joys around the cheerful hearth,
Hope flls our hearts excluding carking fear,
Our prayers ascend, that all may share our mirth
The rich and poor alike divide our cheer
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Every Saturday.
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MORALS OF ERIE-A rat which had
distinguished itself by leading many 81
raio; and had grown corpuleut upon it,
spois, once callel its children and neigh.
bors together and haraniurd them ~nme-
what as follows " Ny trinnl. The mfr
mites of age are coming upon ne. feel
that my life has not been cxAetly what it
ought to be. Many are the siu3 for which
| must reproaeh myself. My gray hair
aimonishes me that it Is time | should he
looking for my end That | may the
better prepare, By penitence and self
milarion for that end. | have determined
to withdraw from you and spend the re-
mainder Of my days in seclusion ad-
monish YOU to restrain your appetites and
to respect the property OF others, as |,
alas have never done. You will never
see me again. Farewell" " Amid the
tears and lamentations of the entire rat
community the venerable thief slowly
aud in dgniied manner left them. A
few weeks passed away. The society Of
those bereaved rats was tri1e less gay
than before. The dose of morality which
their whilom respected leader had given
them had been taken in good faith, and
the wasting forms of many rats showed
what a price they paid for their self-de.
uial. One day, however, a pair Of young
aud thoughtless rats wandering iuto al
unlrequented closet, came upon huge
Dutch cheese They heard the sound Of
teeth within. \ nasty reconnaissance wa
made aud ho found in it One of tho
explorers inserted his head aud found him
self confronted by the old hermit rat, -
plump, hearty and as wicked as ever.
The application Of the above to th'
case of Jay Gould, now the Boss Of Erie
is too plain to need any explanation.
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This thorough and practical m tn I'D las acqui .
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Plated Ware,

which he offers to sell at unprecedented low rates
Those looking for such articles will do well to
call on him il Sheldon's Block before purchasing
elsewhere.
Watch repairing and other work in his line
will be done prompt and in the best manner.
Middlebury, Dec. 20, 1872. iO;3w
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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-02-22

freemen VIII do next Atrocities the
most hideous it conteinpiaies with indit-
ference. Peaceful homes may be invaded
by masked men fends, dwellings, and
school houses burned, freenen banished,
scourged, shot or hung, and then indie
Gently mutiiated, for the crime of being
Republicans or wearing n dark skin, or
teaching colored children to read and
write-all this can ledone systematically.
extensively, and for months, without dis
turbing our souless Democracy. 1t cares
not to learn the trnth of all this, and
stolidly phooh-phoohs it with cold-blood-
ed unconcern. But when the nation
stops such demonism, then are Demo.
Gratis dsmayed. For they now discover
the downfall of State sovereignty, the
end of the Constitution, the establish
ment Of a consolidated government, sc.
So great is their faith in the Republic,
so profound is their trust in the rule OF
the people. The truth is they are liter
ally anti-republican. They despair Of
the blic.-Mo. Dem.
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tention to the matter. It is not at
| probable that any change will be made
in the presentation OF the case We are
not making Treaty with England. We
are not negotiating with England at ak
This has all been ndone-completed. The
matter is now before the Court of Arbi-
tration, and if the claim On the part of
the United States is of such ''pre poster
GUS character ard ''of inself proves its
absurdity,'' the arbitrators will simply
throw it out. The language of Mr.. Glad
stone is as much reflection upon the
court as upon our government. Why
should the British Government be un-
willing to have claims Of 'pIeposterous
character" laid before men of common
sense. The very fact that the statesmen
and people Of England are so remarkably
sensitive in regard to the matter indicates
some sense of respectability.
We are glad to notice that the subject
has not been the theme of any general
discussion in our National Congress. In
this, as in many otEer affairs, our strength
is to sit still. There is no occasion for
getting up an excitement. The matter
has been put into the hands of arbitrators,
and there it should be left. We can
hardly believe that the threat of NJ Glad
stone, to repudiate the Treaty and refuse
to abide by the decision of the court,
would ever be carried out by the English
Government. It would be the end of
all treaties, if such Government as that
Of Great Britain should pursue such
course. But should it be possible, the
whole responsibility would rest with that
Government. The United States will
abide by the decision even should it not
receive dollar.
As we stated last week, there is no
intense zeal on the part of the people or
Government of the United State to have
this Treaty carried out For information
al purposes it would be better to let the
account stand as it is, and to look for its
settlement in the future, In contingencies
which may arise between the two Gov
crnments. But the interests of human
ity, the injunctions of the Christian re-
ligion, which is the religion of both coun-
tries, the best interests of the world at
large, demand that national differences,
like personal differences, should lie set
tied, if possible, In some other way than
by war. The hopes Of the world in re-
gard to the acceptance Of arbitration, in
place Of a resort to war, were greatly ele-
waited when the negotiations were entered
upon at Washington, and still more when
the Treaty was ratified. We trust these
hopes are not to be dashed by such
course as that whicl, is threatened by he
English Government.-N T. Obserccr.
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boundary cause is finished.
An unsuccessful attempt to debate the
Alabama claims has been made in the
! British Parliament.
Late elections in France are disorderly
Inc famine in Persia continues
The Right of the French Assembly re-
fuse to join with the Orleanists
The assassin of Earl Mayo has been
tried and sentonced.
The British case for Genoa is made
public
The American Com missioners to Genoa
have been presented to NJ. Theirs
The British Parliament is discussing
the CooIie trade
HAVANA, Feb. 19.-Preparatious for
the RECEPTION Of Alexis are actively going
on. The guns of the Spanish frisate
Georona have been unshipped to clear
the decks for naval ball
LONDON. Feb. 19.-Gladstone enter
tanned Minister Schenck at duucr on
Saturday.
MADRID, Feb. 19.-The Ministry has
resigned. Sagosta will probably be en-
trusted with the task of forming new
ministry. There is considerable agitation.
The Senate was not in session Saturday.
The President abolishes the General
Order stores.
The resignation of Collector Forney
creates sensation in Washington.
The cool attitude of the President is
remark ed
The prospects for Amnesty are favor
able
I he Paymaster of the Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western Rrailroad decamp-
ed with $4,000 of the Company's funds.
The General Sessions Grand Jury was
discharged, after presenting q indict-
ments against Tweed, Sweeny, Mayor
Hall, and others.
The Market Sayings Bank in N. Y,
has been adjudged bankrupt.
The Copyright question is before Con-
gress.
4 new Charter for New York City is
introduced in the Assembly.
The South Carolina Legislature CEN
sure their Senators for voting against
Civil Rights and Amnesty.
The reported illegal sale of arms to
France makes much stir in Washington.
In n. Y. ajury was obtained to try the
preliminary issue in the Stokes case.
James Mclaughlin, garroter, was
sentenced to 20 years imprisonment.
The Senate debated with much warmth,
the resolution of Senator Sumner to iu-
quire into American sales of arms to
France.
4 severe snow-storm, with loss of life,
has swept the West
A suspected incendiary was hanged by
a mob at Sacramento, Ky.
A mass meeting of workingmen was
held at Cooper Institute to advocate
Legislative measures
A man was accidentally burned alive in
fallen warehouse near Sterling, ILL.,
In n. Y, Buckhout, the Sleepy Hol-
low murderer, was hanged at White
Plains.
The Supreme Court. General Term,
of n. Y. has confirmed the judgement
of death pronounced against VIM. Foster,
the car hook murderer.
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WHO ARE Ms?

While nothing IS more common than
political discussion, few things are less
common than an understanding of the
radical distinction of parties. Men go
with this party or that from general and
roughly defined convictions, fiom impress
sions. pre- judiccs, associations or Interest.
But l,arty is in its principles an inexor-
able development Of some one fuudamen-
tai view of the nature Of the government.
That view which reyercntly regards this
government as planned to establish the
equal rights of all and to maintain them
by the power cf the whole people, creates
Republicans. That view which is essen
italy sceptical of the sacredness of equal
rights, which holds that distinctions in
race are valid distinctions in political
power, and that the Constitution was
formed for DO such purpose as to estab
ish political equality, characterizes the
Democratic party.
The most symmetrical Of all things is
truth. Republcanism is the political ap
piication of-she Golden Rule: ''What-
soever ye would that men should do TO
you, do ye even so to them in matters
civil and political That is the sentiment,
the inspiration and the soul Of RepubIi-
canisrn. Its keynote of doctrine is, that
the object Of government is to protect
rights It finds that its inspiration and
doctrine were those of the founders that
they proclaimed the sentiment in the
Declaration and embodied the doctrine
in the Constitution. Contrast this sym
metry, this simplicity, this completeness
of Republicanisn with what is called
Democracy. What have you in the lat
| ter? Nothing but negations, cavils, self
contradictions. In vain you search here
for soul. You find but a broken slave
whip, the skull and cross bones of the
Ku- Klux klan, aud something known as
State sovereignty. Your quest for one
hu manly inspiring sentiment is fruitless.
Democracy does not know the human
heart, only the color Of the skin 1t has
no sense o the rights of man, only no.
ton of white mems rights, and no con.
ceptiofi Of sacredness of justice and eq-
uity.eyen in these. For it tells you that
rights in Massach usetts may be wrongs
in Georgia, and rice rersa, and that if
the people of State choose to have
slavery or other form of caste in their
midst, or to cherish the ku kIux or any
other infernaiism, it Is the glorious prlyl
lsge of a sovereign State and nobody else 5
business Democracy has brain, but no
heart, and its brain is consequently per
verse Morally blind to the essence of
liberty, security in personal rights, it is
mentally incapable of seeing that the
first object end duty of governments 70
protect personal rights against whatever
eoemy.
Republieanism is admirably so named.
1t is the principle of republic. It be-
Eeves that the highest attsinable security
/ for personal rights is in their protection
by the whole people. Democracy does
not. Democracy looks shudderingly on
to see what horrible thing the nation of
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TEE NEXT PRESIDENCY.

No doubt Carl Schurz, Chas Summer,
Gratz Brown & Co., earnestly desire a
change in the occupancy Of the White
House. No doubt the n. Y. Tribune
and the Chicago Tribune will work in
the same direction. But on what grounds
are these forces arrayed against the pres
ent administration That all the indie
pendent thinkers of this independent ma
ton should not heartily approve all the
acts of an independent administration is
no matter Of surprise. Men do not all
think alike; their outlook is from differ
ent stand points, and their Individual in
terests are diverse. But these interests
must be subject to the public good. If
they chance to be in line with that good
with the general welfare, all right.
We must have extensive public works,
powerfully affecting individual interests,
advancing one mans prosperity and de-
preciating another's Every street can
not have bridge across the river, every
ward cannot have railroad depot, every
city cannot have State University. Be-
cause | cannot share directly and largely
in some speculation connected with these
public Improvements, shall be offended
and pot mischief, determined to rule or
ruin?
The Presidency of the U. s. is posi-
ion Of great power and esponsibility.-
Few are fitted for it, and if many were,
only one could be chosen at z time. Oh
our 40, 600, 900 population only one man
can hold the chief magistrscy. Who this
one shall be, time and circumstances, un,
der the overruliug hand of Providence
must show. Six months ago Colfax
Sherman, Morton, Fenton. Geary, Gree
ley. and others, were named by their fe,
spective admirers, but the public mind
manifestly settles upon Grant. Says } eff.
ferson, "When g candidate for office is
presented, ask, Us he honest % us he
capable ?" Z. S. Grant has answered
both these questions to the satisfaction OF
the sovereign people. He has grappled
with many grave difficulties, and prorea
himself the right man in the right place.
Then let sll who seek the public good,
and not private emolument, foster his In
fuence and secure his nomination in June
next. NJ. II.
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CE.ER PINGS.

The total value of farm products in the
United States aud Territories during the
year ending June l, 1870, according to
the census statement just published, was
s., 445, 600, 900. The largest product was
in New York, and the next largest
in Illinois. The total wool clip for the
same year is stated ct l0l .2S4. CTS pounds,
Of which about one-flth is credited to
Ohio.
Those Democratic newspapers which
hoped to rally their party in this State
against any temperance law are beginning
to give up the struggle. At present,
liquor sellers are protected against any
action tor damages resulting from their
acts, in al exceptional manner. It strikes
all others as only simple justice for deal
ers in the liquid polsons, to be placed on
an equal footing with the rest of mankind
in regard to remedies fcr what harm they
may 90.
Mrs. Fair, who killed her lover in Cali
fornia, is to have a new trial. This is
granted in obedience to popular sympa-
thy excited for her because she is good
looking woman. Itwas once the practice
to represent Justice yelled; and certainly
it is neediul now to cover up her eyes,
for no fair woman eau be punished in this
country for crime. 1t is not denied that
Mrs Fair murdered her man, but she will
never suffer for ie. Our ides of civiliza-
ton will not permit it. This is bad, but
it is a fact.
Dispatches from India bring the intel
ligence that the Earl of Mayo, Governor
General of India, had been stabbed and
killed by convict at Port Blair Anda-
man Islands. These islands. in the Bay
Of Bengal, are the penal settlement to
which thousands of the mutineers of 1851
we're sent. The assassination is probably
the result Of the resentments of this fear
full scene in the history of India. The
death of Lord Mayo is severe blow to
India, which, under his admi nistration,
was making rapid progress in its political,
material, social and educational interests,
The 4. Y. Tribune says the \. Z. Gus
tom House is rotten from top to bottom,
Whether it is any worse now than it has
been from time immenorial, we will not
undertake to say; but the wickcdness
which has been revealed by the recent
Investigation. ought to arouse the city,
the country, and especially the Govern
ment, to instant and thorough reform.
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GENERAL NEWS.

A severe storm devastates the coast of
Ireland. The steamer Electra was sunk
in the English Channel anG is persons
drowned
Casmir Perier refuses the French Mis-
sion to England.
Chevalier Nigra goes to Russia as Ital-
ian Minister.
A fearful and bloody outbreak has
taken place In small town in the Argen-
tine States
The Alabama Treaty excitement is sub
siding in England.
The Vienna Free Press thinks England
fears defeat at Geneva.
NJ Rouher is elected to the French
Assembly.
The American brief Of the San Juan