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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-22
TUESDAY.


SENATE. After the transaction of
some unimportant bushes, the Senate
resumed the consideration of the resolu-
lions to investigate the alleged sale of
arms to French agents during the Fran
co-Russian war.
Mr.. Schurz was entitled to the floor.
Before he began to speak, MIR Fenton
remarked that the galleries were COM
pletely filled, and asked and obtained
unanimous consent that ladies who could
not find seats in the galleries be allowed
to occupy the cloak room.
Mr.. Schurz then addressed the Senate.
At the conclusion of his speech, discus
sion ensned between Messrs. Sehurz and
COnkling in regard to the latter's amend
ment, instructing the committee to in
quire whether any American Senator or
citizen has been in collision with any
foreign agent or spy, and Mr.. Coukling
said he would withdraw any offensive
phrase. After some discussion the Sem
ate at 430, without coming to vote,
adjourned.
HoUsE.-Mr. Duel presented the peti-
ton of the labOrers in the OnOndaga
Iron Works at Syracuse, n. Y, against
the reduction of tariff on such articles as
can be successfully produced in this
country.
The House resumed the consideration
of the bill reported last Thursday by
Mr.. Willard, to regulate the employ
ment and compensation of the commit
tee clerks.
Mr.. Wood criticised the committee on
reorganization of the civil service for
not having been able before this to re-
port a measure of no greater importance
than the one before the House while the
bill was under discussion.
Mr. Willard, from the select commit
tee on the reorganization of the civil
service, reported bill making it unlaw-
full for any member of either House
verbally or in writing, directly or indi-
/ Tectly, or by any agent or third person
to solicit or recommend the nomination
or appointment or removal of any per-
son from Office or employment in the civil
service except called upon in writing by
the President or head of a department,
in which case he may give advice or
/ opinion in writing, which shall be Of
/ fetal and at all times open to inspcc-
ton, and may be communicated in
either House when called for Viola
ton Of the act is to be a misdemeanOr,
/ punishable by a fine not less than 500
nor mole than $1,000.
Mr. Willard asked to have the bill
made a special order Thursday, four
weeks hence. and from day to dav until
! disposed Of.
After various suggestions to make it
special order. which were objected to
by Mcssrs. Bingham, Dickey and Neg
lev, Mr.. Willard withdrew committee
clerk bill and substituted his other bill
for il in the business of the morning
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on contract, we would then have sub-con
tracted it to some one for SIS, and beside
making a V would have experienced
that supreme bliss, the goal of the earth
ly ambition and foretaste of the politi-
clans happy hunting ground in the here
after, in that small lump of government
patronage. But instead Uncle Sam en-
ploys seventy Senators at the rate
of $4,000 year who have put a week
on it and it isn't done yet. But then,
the expenses is of less matter tor Eng
land is not half as loud against our little
bill at Geneva for constructive dam
ages" and as a matter of compromise
she may conclude to pay our national
debt and furnish us spending money for
a few years, as a consideration Of her
share of the Rebellion. We are truly a
provincial race. We surprise other ma
lions by our dispatch in rolling up ma
tional debts when we get on a spree,
and then we chagrin them by inviting
them to pay said debts. Of course they
squirm, but we can afford to indulge
them in this only so they pay. How
about Prussia you say. Well, it isn't
at all probable that that little French
trade even caused the first scratch of
a single Dutchman, and beside suppos-
ing they were sold to the French didn't
Prussia profit by the trade? the French
paid the little ten million to be sure,
but the Prussians got the guns for moth
ing at Sedan and other points of deliy-
ering. Then if Bismarck should discover
that we have been guilty of breach of
international law in making cartridges
for the French and present his bill for
consequential damages, are we obliged
to recognize such policy toward Prus-
STA? That's our English policy, where
the other party's OK is the one to be
gored, and we can tell Bismarck to go
to grass, or we can pay, at discretion.
Nothing like consistency you know.
One thing is evident, that Bismarck's
smile and the reputed rendering of his
good will in assisting us in our settle
ment with England is all for effect.
We have especial reasons for thinking
that back of that smile the iron teeth of
ambition are ready to gnash upon US.
None of the old nations like our govern
ment, and why should they, for sooner
or later they must all 60 down before lis
or we before them. What means the
concert grOwls that are shaking Chris
tendon? Russia scowls at us and
strikes hands with Prussia. SPAN is at
a high pitch of antagonism, and Eng
land threatens anything and everything
but to pay constructive damages. We
trust nothing will come of it, still We
wish our sky were not thus cloudedc, too
omcnous to pass unheeded. As we write
the fife and drum, the command ''shoul-
der arms :" ''march ~ ''halt,' and tn"
steady tramp salutes us-''privatc com
panies' of foot and horse, and we note
other indications that our people are
very quietly seeing to these things, and
our hopes of a prosperous future is not
heightened by the daily evidence that
some of our eminent men etOo soltishto
be true to their sacred trusts. TX.
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"A Young fellow at work on the rail
road at Wolcott stole a pair of pants and
a vest from the store Of NJ. S. Morrill,,
was pursued and caught, the goods re-
covered, and he fined S15, after which
he was allowed to go.
Frank Corli8s of Topsham, missed
a pair of nice wolf skin sleigh robes,
which were afterward found buried up
in the snow, done up in an old bed
tick, near the house of a. y. Lander,
who was arrested, and, waving an eX-
animation, was held in 1925 BAH to ap-
pear at the County Court, to answer to
the charge of theft.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Two car loads of wheat have just
arrived in town from the West for flour
ing in the Glover mills.
-Seventy-fve dollars has recently
been appropriated to supply the Sabbath
school at Glover Village with books,
etc.
Scarlet fever is raging quite hard in
the vicinity of Charleston. A little
daughter of Daniel Parlin has died, and
three other members of the family are
very sick.
Mr.. Thompson of Danville met the
citizens of Glover to organize a farmers
grange, on Monday evening the 9TH He
obtained thirty names, the requisite
number to obtain charter.
Mr.. Amasa Dwyer of Bloomington.
met with a serious accident about three
weeks ago in drawing wood In going
down hill the pole Of his sled broke.
He was walking beside the sled and a
stick of wood from the load fell on his
head and knocked him senseless.
Mrs. Nesbit, a native of Scotland,
died at Glover on the Goth ult., at an adj
vanced age. She was woman of I'M
common perseverance and resolution.
She used to go into the field with strong
men and with her sickle reap and bind
as much grain as the best of them.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
Woodstock has a Jersey" stock
company
There have been a few cases of scar
let fever reported at White River juno
ton.
A Bethel lad named Carpenter broke
one leg, while coasting, the other day.
Charles F. Lincoln, Of Woodstock,
an enterprising farmer is giving his at
tention to Dutch cattle
Geo. Weston in the employ Of \.
c. Miller, while saving wood with horse
power, last Saturday, at Springfield, fell
under the saw in contact with it, max
ing a savage wound in his leg.
Reuben Dickett Of Springfield, be-
ing tired of life, took three-fourth of an
ounce Of laudanum one night not long
since, but was surprised to wake up alive
towards morning and took another dose,
but all in vain; he still lives.
Joe Davis stuck his head into Henry
Willis blacksmith shop at BridgewateI
to inquire for a third person, when be
. CWillis) pulled him in and ''melowed
him awful The attacking party COM
planned to Esquire Warren, who fined
him.
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RUMoR ABOUT THE PURCHASE OF THE
ISLAND OF ST. PIERRE MIQUELoN is
stated that negotiations are now going
on for the purchase of the island of st.
Pierre Miquelon by American citizens.
The requirement Of the island is with
the view of rendering more effective the
Geographic communication between the
United States and Europe, the present
operations of the French cable, which
terminates at st. Pierre, being consider
ed announcement and not equal to the ne
cessities of the service.
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THE PAPAL CONsIsTORY AND MISSION
URRI EFT ORBIs. 49, Pope Plus TX has
called a consistory of the Roman Cath
Ole Church to be held in the Vatican,
for the nomination of bishops on the
18th inst. 1t is probable that an APP
pointment to the Archiepiscopal and
Primatial American See of Baltimore
will be submitted to the members of the
Sacred College, with other matter of
great import to the Christian world.
There are a very large-an unusual num-
Of scarlet hats at the disposal of the Pom
tiff. Germany, the United States, Great
Britain, Asia, Africa and Australasia
will, it is said, receive hierarchical hon
or and missionary attention, and the
question Of public education is to be
treated at much length in an Encyclical.
THE PoPE's SUCCESSOR. The Euro
pean Governments are becoming nerv-
Gus as to the Pope's successor. Nearly
all the present members of the College
Of Cardinals are Italians, favorable to
ultramontanism, and pressure has for
some time past been brought to bear on
the Papal government TO bestow the
Cardinals hat on the representatives of
other countries. Probably the recent
indisposition Of His Holiness has sreng-
thened the desire to see this done. Il is
said that a consistory for the election of
fifteen Cardinals viii be held next
month.
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EMIGRATION TAX. - The per capita
tax paid on emigrants some years since,
at the port of New York, to the amount
of over two hundred and four thousand
dollars, the State is asked to refund up
on the ground that the law was not con-
stitutional, and so pronounced by the
United States Supreme Court. The mo-
ney paid under protest was refunded,
and it is asked that the amount not so
paid should take the same course. The
subject is before the Judiciary commit
tee. In case the State refuses to pay,
the claimants will call upon the Federal
Government.
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BRITISH ARMY ESTIMATE The Brit
ish War Office estimate for the support
of the army during the military year,
from April, 1872, to April, 1878, shows
a reduction in the government demand
from that of the last but still current
year of million of pounds sterling.
This does not look like war A few
such items of retrenchment at home
would soon make mp thirty millions of
dollars in gold to tender for a discharge
from the American bill Of damages in
the Alabama case.
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THE ALABAMA CLAIMS IN PARLIAMENT

LIE ALABAMA NLAlMS IN AhLlAAE-'l'
Premier Gladstone assured Mr.. Dis
raeli, in the House of Commons, during
the session Monday evening, that it
would be ''inconvenient" for the Queens
government to communicate any infor-
nation on the subject of the American
case in the Alabama claims demand" to
Parliament just at present. The declar-
alton is, we apprehend, exactly true
A general international inconvenience
may, however, arise from the fact that
Mr.. Gladstone's Inconvenience" of the
Treasury bench may continue or bemain-
tanned for q long time.
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THE INCOME TAx.-The House Com
mittee of Ways and Means, it Is report
ed, have given up the idea of repeating
the income tax at this session. The
Presidents recommendation and the
general expectation of the tax payers
thus go for nothing, The East pays the
bulk of these taxes, aud the West thinks
they ought to be kept up. There is the
difficulty, but with such beginning we
think the chances are very slim for any
tax reductions whatever from this SEES
sion of Congress, and the only way to
secure any reductions at the next session
will be in the coming elections to hold
every member to an account before his
constituents
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BANK ROBBERY The bank at KEGS
vile was broken into Monday night
They drilled through twelve inch wall
and entered the vault, but were unable
to get into the safes, although all sorts
of appliances were used for the purpose.
About sixty dollars in five cents pieces
were carried off, which was all the rob-
bers obtained.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-22

DEATH OF "BosToE" CoRBETr Dos
ton" Corbett is dead. He attained great
notoriety by killing Booth-an act which
probably saved the country the disgrace
OF long, sensational, and fruitless trial.
or perhaps that other disgrace, mob VIC
lence He was emphatically religious
enthusiast, but was an honest, well
meaning man, and will be kindlyremem-
bered.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-22

DIsEsTABLIsHMENT. The Irish dis
establishment has given an impetus to
the agitation for disestablishment in
the sister island which cannot long be
resisted, especially as the proposition
involves the sewing of from fifteen to
twenty millions of dollars year to the
national treasury. Thus, step by step,
England is on the road to the .sdiyise
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MS POSITION.
Senator Wilson has addressed the fol-
I,,viogI.+t.rt,.o ,,olitiro1 md p.r.,naI
'I''llu
" A9HINGrOE, ID. t.,Fch, -, 1872.
DEAR SIR: You ask me how the
Withdrawal by MIR. (oltaN OF ms lrreYoC-
able decision not to hr candidate al
fleets your position = | have to say IN
reply. that when the Nicc-Prcsld"nt an
nounccd that h" should not be a candl-
date for reelection, and the position
might be claimed by the friends OF some
Eastern or Southern man, many gentle
men, some of whom had kindly sup
ported me IN 1868, and others who had
supported Mr., CoItaN, MT. ade or Mr.
Fcnton. said, OF wrote to me. that they
intended to give me their influence tor
the Nlcc-Presidency. had Just been
elected for the fourth time to the senate
had entered upon the tut term. and mad
every reason to be gratlted and satisfied
with my position Inns evidence OF the
personal regard and friendship OF many
OF the noblcSt men OF several states
could not but crafty that ieeilng which
prizes recognition by the whole country,
a feeling entcrtaIntd by most men VINO
have long been III the service or thelr
States After aSCertalnlng that tn" zee
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Hate Dairy Markets.


CHEESE.
There is a still further adyancesto note
in both the cable and home prices. The
latter have gone up &c and the cable Is
1t is difficult to account for the advance
in the cable with such a light demand
for shipment. But there is no doubt
that fine grades Of American cheese are
scarce in the English market. There is
no special activity in the Utica market,
50 the advance in prices must rest en-
tirely on the light stock and an anticpat-
ed future demand. The receipts at New
York, during the week ending Saturday.
were 7,G47 boxes, and the exports were
500 boxes. The cable is 70s, Gold
closed at 1104 and the highest quotation
tor cheese was lie. For the correspond
ing week last year, the receipts were
3, 1867 boxes. and the exports were II, ia
boxes. The cable was 72s. Gold closed
ut 111s and the highest quotation for
cheese was Ice
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upon the floor in the bedroom adjoining
the room in which his victim was
stretched out, also on the floor, cold and
stiff in death, presenting a sickening APP
pearance with the blood slowly oozing
from nostrils and mouth, and the fea-
lures much distorted by the wound in
the eye. When our reporter arrived at
the house the man was living with the
most of his body under the bed, grovel-
ing and weltering in a small pool Of
blood which had flowed from his wound
A small portion of brain also made ifs
way into sight by the same means He
was not so far gone but that when his
name was asked he could mutter ssRob
Scott" Scott is a large, powerful man
a negro, apparently thirty-five or foTt2
years old, and plasterer by trade. H.
has lived here some years, but we arc
unable to pronounce reliably as 10 his
character. His wife was a mulatto or
yellow woman, about twenty-five or
thirty years of age, lightly built, and Of
rather prepossessing appearance. She
supported herself and child BY sewing
and taking in washing, and Is represent,
ed as capable and of an amiable Idisposi-
ton, but evidently not lacking in spirit.
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THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY AND THE
INTERNATIONAL Emperor of Ger
many has or is about to make determined
war against the International. Not on
ly does he intend to inaugurate crusade
against the society in Germany, but he
will, if he can, have the doors of other
nations closed against refugees who may
be compelled to flee the empire on ac-
count of completely in the Vaccinations
of the revolutionary working men. The
late movements of governments and pO-
tentates against the International will
serve to fan the flame of the revolution
airy spirit of the society rather than sub
due it. The wisdom of the German
Empefor's determination is questioned
by those who can and do look impartial
ly at the aims of the one and the work
ings of the other
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Rutland County Temperance
Society.



The Rutland County Temperance So
ciety met at the Town Hall in Castleton
on the goth of February, 1872, and was
called to order by the President, DIR.
Lorenzo Sheldon.
On motion of B. w. Burt, a commit
tee of one from each town represented
was chosen on nominations, consisting
of E. L. Barber, Benson; B. w. Burt,
Castleton; F. Phelps, Fairhaven FL.
Campbell, Poultney; c. c. Pierce, Clar-
endon; E. A Smith, Dandy E. G. Ma
son, Rutland.
The committee subsequently reported
the following as officers for the coming
year:
President, Lorenzo Sheldon; Vice
Presidents, H. Campbell, Poultney; NJ.
H. Cook, Dandy; Z, Maynard, Castle
ton; E. n Merriam, Rutland; Secre-
tary, J. E. Manley, West Rutland EX-
executive Committee, B. W. Burt, E. L.
Barber, c. G. Pierce County Commits
sioner, Benz. W. Marshall, Rutland.
A committee was chosen on resOlu-
tions, consisting of Rev. L. H. Stone,
Castleton; James K. Mclean, Rutland;
E. A. Smith, Dandy.
The committee then presented the fol-
lowing resolutions, which were duly
discussed at length by Messrs. Barber,
Burt, Parker, Phillips, Stone, Sheldon
o,,I vx-oro oIO,DfoI,
WHEREAS, While many obstacles lie
in the way of the progress of temperance
reform, we are not in the least discOur-
aged; but, believing that truth will tri-
umph over falsehoOd, and virtue over
vice. by so much do we believe in the
final triumph of our cause; therefore
Re80Lged, That we enter upon the
work of the present year with enlarged
hopes and increased zeal, in so much
that even our enemies shall confess to
our union and sincerity, and we hope,
also, shall ever call US blessed.
ResOlged, That while we seriously fear
nearly as much of evil as good comes
from the system of ''tOwn agencies"
nevertheless. since such agencies are in
accordance with the laws of the State,
as loyal citizens, we should labor to
make them answer their end, and when
they prove trcachcrOus to their duties,
punish as the law provides.
Reaolged. That, in connection with the
above, and as part of the system of
town agencies, we will endeavor to Sc
cure to the office of county commission
cr one whom we suppose will he true to
his trust. even to the point of sacrifice,
and, with such a man. we will stand,
or fall.
Reso7rcd, That next to vital godliness
and faith in the Redeemcr, the total alb
stinence principle is the greatest safe
guard to our Young men, and withOutit,
at least one-tifth will make a shipwreCk
of their characters, fortunes, and inn
mortal hopes.
Rcso1rl5, That we do most earnestly
and solcmnly declare t0tal abstinence to be
the only absolutely secure basis, and
here we unite and work to the end.
The meeting was well attended. and
was spirited and harmonious.
LoRENzo SHELDON. Priest
J. +. MANLEY, Sec,
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FOrty-second Congress-.Second
Session,


SENATE.-Mr. Brownlow made a per-
sonal explanation in reply to Beck's
statement in the House that he Brown
low while Governor of Tennessee made
the state pandemonium, and that he
and other reconstruction Governors
were hated and despised by the people,
and seemed to find no refuge from the
penitentiary except in the Senate of the
United States. Mr.. Brownlow began
by saying that there was a time when
Beck would not have dared to put this
insult upon him lest he (BrownlOw)
| should take Beck's Overseer's whip from
his hand and lay it over his back. He
also said that when Beck abandoned the
respectable business of hostler and be-
came a slave driver he sank below the
notice of all decent men.
The Vice President said this language
was improper under the rule.
Mr.. Chandler moved that BrOWnlOW
have the unanimous consent to proceed.
Mr.. Casserly asked the Vice President
whether he knew of any precedent for
the utterance of such language in the
| Senate Chamber.
The Vice President said he did reCOl-
| lect several instances where such IAN
guage had been uttered, but of course
not in accordance with parliamentary
| law
Mr. Blair said Mr.. Brownlow's Ian
| guage was appropriate to the means by
which he obtained his seat, and hoped
he would be allowed to proceed.
The clerk then read an explanation.
1t reviewed BrOwnlOw's career as Gov
ernOr of Tennessee, and asserted that
his dealings with the State Treasury had
been strictly honest, and further said
that Mr.. Beck's statement that he Gov.
| BrOwnlOW) was hated and despised by
! the people of Tennessee, was as false as
! hell. In conclusion he said he left Beck
in the worst possible company, namely
himself.
The Senate then resumed the consid-
Grafton of Mr.. Summers resolution, and
soon after adjourned.
HoUsE.-The bill reported yesterday
for the creation of a government build
ing at Quincy, Ill, came up in the morn
ing hour, and on a vote by yeas and nays
was passed.
Mr. Willard reported bill to regulate
the employment and compensation Of
clerk to committee of the House.
After some discussion the bill went
over without action till the morning
hour of Tuesday, and the House at /
o'clock went into committee Of the
whole, Mr. Blair of Michigan in the
chair, on the naval appropriation bill
Mr.. Hale moved 10 add a new section
to the bill, directing the Secretary Of
the Navy to sell, at public auction, after
advertisement, such vessels and materi-
ais as are suitable or capable Of profit
able use, repair or fitting out. After
I . y L..
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Those szeptical of the virtues OF Smoi-
ander's Buchu for the positive cure of kid
ney, bladder and glandular diseases, men
tai and physical debility, loss Of vigor,dia-
betes, gravel, lack Of nervous energy,
female complaints and maladies of the
urino-genital organs, incontinence and
retention of urine, have but to administer
a few doses of this valuable vegetable
medicine and their doubts viii vanish.
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The market at St Adams on Tuesday,
was dull with a slight advance in prices.
Fall made, fine quality, brings 80 to Sec,
and the best grades of winter made, %
to 26ac No cheese offering-15 to 163c
might possibly be obtained for the very
best lost