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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-05-17

permanent. his erratic and bad qualities.
unfit him for any public position eX-
cepting that of newspaper writer
nntler strict guardianship. He failed as
ii member of Congress: he failed Ill
courage and patriotism when the re-
hellion was seriously threatened. tame
" proposing to have the Union diSsolv
ed he has failed to secure enough of
the confidence of the republican party
nor or Senator; he has of late bedrag-
gled himself i'll the mire of Tammanv.
and dared not wash himself clean even
when the public sentiment of New
York city was demanding justice for
the men who have robbed and diSgraced
it. With all the weakness aud timidity
of Buchanan. and without his skill in
diplomacy. his learning in matters of
law and craftsmanship, and his expert
ence i'll public affairs, Greeley would
make even more unsafe President
than Buchanan. But he was not nom
mated for an election only as Il eats
paw; and he will simply show his
weakness, and lack both of principle
and fidelity to all former protessed
principles. by accepting the nominal
ton
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-05-17
A Second Nathan Murder.

The fatal shooting III his own home,
of Charles ID. Phelps, IL New York Jew
eler. on Friday evening, has created an
excitement in that city of crime une-
qualed since the Nathan murder nearly
two years ago. Mr.. Phelps's house Is
over his store. which is on the corner OF
Sixth avenue and Both street. ABOUT
81 o'clock, Friday night, MIR. Phelps
was in his store with his clerk, julius
BenrdiX. and \. NJ. Coffin. who had
called to pay him il visit. Mr.. Phelps
hearing Il noise stepped from the store
into the hallway, when MessrS. Bene-
dix and Coffin saw him converslng with
John f. Palmer, IL lodger i'll the house.
Three minutes after. they heard Il strug-
gle overhead and Il piercing scream, as
if some one had been wounded to death:
then the sound of IL Scuifle on the stairs ::
and looking through the open door into
the hallway, they saw Mr.. Palmer hay
ing Il man graspcd by the neck. and at
ter IA struggle. in which the man was
thrown on the stOOp of the door, they
saw the man. who was bareheadcd, fire
two shots ut Palmer. who then drew
back. and the barcheadcd assassin fled
around the corner. In the mean time
Mr.. Phelps came staggering down the
stairs. clutching at the baniSterS with
one hand the other held over his left
breast and as he sank fainting on the
floor, he gasped out. Il am shot : l
think | am going to die. lie was
brought into the store and physician
summoned, who pronounced the wound
fatal Palmer said that Mr. Phelps and
himself went upstairs together. he GO
ing up to the third floor and leaving
Mr.. Phelps on the second, where i'll
recess in the wall he encountered two
men. one of whom IAN past him down
the stairs. while the other aSSailed him.
and after momcmtary struggle drew Il
revolver and SHOT Mr.. Phelps iii the
left breast. who then fell back against
the wall. and the murderer ran to the
head of the stairs. Hearing the shot.
Mr.. Palmer ran ont on the lobby of the
third floor and SAW the murderer going
down the stairs revolver III hand. With
one bound he cleared the stairs leading
from the >rr"ui Ia the first floor. and
trippcd the man. who stumbled t" the
bottom of the stairs. hut soon recovered
and WIS passing OiIt of the halfway
into the street. when Mr.. Palmer caught
and grapplcd with him ;S stated above.
An officer of the momtcd squad SIM
thca>s.i>>im running hHrchradrd through
Thirty ninth street. and gave CHASE.
hut failed To ovcrtakc him. nor Wcrc
the detectives who investigated later i'll
the evening NOR, successful. The only
clcw /" the ;>>;,>>in'> idrmtit! is his hat.
which he dropped "n the stairs when
trippcd 10y Mr.. Palmer. and which Is
now in the hands of detectives who are
working mp the east.
T. ; 1t l. NOW thought Phelps will
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-05-17
New Hope for the Treaty.

The authorities at Washington and
those ut London have simultaneously
diVulged information which puts an
entirely new phase upon the treaty of
Washington and clcvateS lis at once to
Il hope as buoyant Is our despair of Il
few hours ago WAS profound. On Fri
day night, our government received
from Minister Schcnck Il long dispatch.
which The President. upon consultation
with prominent senators on Saturday.
decided to accept. The origin and his
tory of the present compromise were
given by Mr.. Gladstone yesterday in
the House of Commons. where his
speech was enthusiastically received.
and the compromise itself We have in IL
semi official form from Washington. 1t
is simply this: That we, by a new rule
of arbitration or supplementary treaty.
withdraw the indirect claims for the
past and the present, if Great Britain
will acceed to Il similar mutual agree
ment for the future. We waive the
present claims, and i'll the future, when
either nation fails to observe strict neu-
trality toward the other as a belliger-
ent, no claims for indirect damages
shall be preferred by the injured party.
lhls is an easy, satisfactory and
soothing result to all parties. For our
cesslon, we have automatically coun-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-05-17
The Campaign.

We suppose the Presidential Cam
The ten days passed have helped to
settle some things. hur not many. The
democratic national committee have
called convention of that party at
Baltimore, july 9. This was expected,
Vet the ''lihcral>" are disappointed.
They Vet hope that that convention
will endorse the Cincinnati nominee.
The administration Journals are busy
i'll showing how dead the nomination OF
Greeley falls upon the popular mind.
while the ''lheral' papers are equally
assiduour in demonstrating the Wild
fire of enthusiasm which is running "Ncr
the country for the Cincinnati nominee
Both are true, Vet neither honest. The
thing has not come To ANY head vet .
nor do We believe il will until after the
Philadelphia convention neat month
While there is apparently considerable
enthusiasm for Greeley in some parts
of the south, his nomination fell like
wet blanket upon the liberals of New
England and some parts of the West.
The democrats are divided. hut gen
orally waiting. The Tennessee demo
cratic state convention declared for the
Cincinnati ticket ~ To I:f!. while the
liberals of the same state seem bound
to have another ticket. The temper of
the South generally Sccm~ thN orahlr t."
Greeley and Brown. If We can Judge 10y
It's leading newspapers.
The Germans are dividing. Vet it
seems that much the smaller portion
are following SclmlZ fnr Greeley. y
majority of the democratic pIrss are
either openly for Cincinnati OF cordial
towards its ticket. The New York
Iorid. however, the leading paper of
the party, is deadly opposed.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-05-17
The News.

Horace Greeley rclircs irom the Nrb-
Unc for the present. lie i candidate
for President. You know. Whirclaw
Reid takes his place.
The Democratic National Committee
has issued its formal call for u National
Convention at Baltimore on the 9th of
July.
Connecticut elects senator this
week. In the republican caucus Gen.
llawley had Il large majority of the leg
islature. But senator FcrrN's friends
have joined with the democrats, and
We expect to learn Tonight that Ferry
is elected. Ferry is the present incum-
bent, and Il very good man. but lIawlrN
is Il better one. IIawlcy is IL Grant
man; Ferry Liberal. This looks is
though Grant might lose the state in
November. Gen. lIawleN can afford To
bide his time. for that time i certainly
coming when the people will invite him
TO go up higher
President Grant has sent Il message
TO congress relating To the hardShips
and priVations of emigrantS on ship
board. and recommends that measures
he adopted to amcliorate their comdi-
tion 10y giving them more room and bet
ter accommodations.
At the competitive examination of
candidates for cadet mid>hipmaIl. at
White River Junction last week. John
ii. Denison of R"yalton received the
appointment. Edward y. Sherman of
Brattleboro stood second
The May Anniversaries" of the re-
ligious and benevolent organizations.
We're held ut New York last week.
There was less interest in them than
usual
There has been one or two warm
days in New England the past week.
but out in Utah they had Il lively snow
storm.
a severe hail-storm passed over Il
portion of Washington county. Kan.
WI h"iSudN AFTERNOON. III Is reported
that the ground for IL mile in breadth
was covered with hail stones. some of
which were as large as pigeons eggs.
Heavy rains have fallen over northern
Kansas and southern Nebraska du,iuU
the last two days. and the streams ar.
high. Heavy tleshets are prevailing all
along the line of the Kansas Pacific
railroad, which have washed away the
track in many places.
The death penalty has been abolished
III Iowa 10y II sweeping act of the legis-
lature- The death penalty as Il punish
ment for crime is abolished, and all
crimes heretofore punished with death
shall be punished by imprisonment for
life.
The committee of the Senate that has
Investigated the sale of arms to the
French. has reported that they find
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-05-17

ter-concession, a quid pro q"o, but really
the conference.-the is one that Is no
sacrifice on the part of England and
costs her nothing to make. England,
whose demand was real. gains a real
point America. whose position was
purely diplomatic, gains ii diplomatic
point. As long as neither lose any
thing which she expected to get and
saves everything worth saving. we may
indulge in congratulations all around:
Besides, the new rule entered into will
be perhaps as valuable i'll the future as
it is now convenient, founded as it Is
upon everlasting fairness and common
sense. Springfield Republican.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-05-17

nothing criminal in the action OF the
government or its officers. That no
Government official derived any benefit
from the sales. nor was there any inter
uotional or L. :. law violated in the
transaction. The committee condemn
the course of Senator Sumner in refIs-
lug to testify.
The general amnesty and civil rights
hills have been again rejected i'll the t..
:. Senate by the casting vote of Vice
President ColfaX. There seems to be
no good reason for persistently coupling
these two bills. Let each one stand on
its own merits. and then we can see
what the real opinion of the Senate is
on each question.
The carpenters are on Il strike i'll New
York for less work and more pay. and
their demands are likely to be partially
accedcd to. for the present. at least.
Fears of disastrous riot are enter
tanned in the copper region of lake
superior. About week ago the min
rrS to the number of about fifteen hun
bred, struck for higher wages. Their
demands were partially complied with.
hUt the strike continued to increase i'll
strength. Within ii day or two the law
lrs>ncs> of the strikers has increased
and the civil authorities being power
less to interfere, grave fears were enter
tanned that the mining machines and
other property would he destroyed. ON
Saturday the aid of the military was
invoked and Gen. Cook, commanding
the department of the Lakes, forwarded
two companies of I. :. Infantry.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-05-17
Independent Journalism.

We look for the time when the press
shall he mthralled-when Repub-
lean newspaper shall not advocate Re
publican doctrine becallst it is Rcpuh-
lean. but because it is sound and right :
and that when party measures and means
are questionable. it shall dcnOunce the
same. The party right or wrong" is
IL motto which should he discarded
and 1.-The party when right, and when
wrong endeaVor to set it right, is one
worthy to take its place. 1t is an obSo-
lcte notion also, that clergymen. and
others of our hest men. should not
NEEDLE with politics." and that the
religious press should carefully discard
all political bias. These are just the
Influences that need to hr brought to
bear upon our politics. and We admire
the manly words OF the Interior. il
western religious newspaper. which re
plies to IL criticism OH its course in the
following style:
The moral status of our government
for the next fout Years will he deter
mined within the next two months.
When conventions have met. adopted
their platforms and nominated then
candidates. it is too late Ii is the duty
of every Christian patriot. and r>pec
tally of the Christian press. mar I" use
every lawful mcanS within their gasp
to resist II downward plunge. and to
compel the great political parties Ia
commit themselves. III men and meas
uIcs. to puIItN. justice and rightr"IlS-
ness. American politics and statesman
ship should he. a> they can ht. an'l. il
We preserve uuI national integrity and
prosperity must he. elevated L. the
plane of Christian morality and charity .
The gospel can not. and will not. rccn~-
miIr the c;tucrIs and the political c"IiNtII-
tinn. either a. neutral grounds or i'm
prr@mablc tuStncsS: hut viii. in the end
either take possession of them uI break
them iii pieces. The power is now i'll
the hands of the Christian public to
project the national politics toward Il
goal of honor and remoWn. unapproached
h\ ANY nation III the worlds history .
shall We make our power felt. or shall
we float. like dfittwood, upon the eddy
ing and uncertain tide
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-05-17

lit MEuIpT COLLEGE. We have rr-
cciNrd Il letter from President Taft of
llumi"ldt Nowm College. in which he
SAYS the Cdicdonidn copied an article
from the y. \. independent which con
tanned misrepresentation of himself.
in stating that he offered to convey
Humboldt College t" the state of Iowa
for Normal school. The independent
has retractcd this charge. IL fact which
had escaped our notice. and of course
the charge itself goes for nothing. We
cheerfully give place to the correction.
and how the independent could have
been led into the statement. CATER :;
perusal of what MIR. Taft did propose,
we cannot see.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-05-17
Horrible Affair in Boston.
ANOTHER nr:IIf TEMPERANCE LE,rrI

ANOTHER EEIEf TEMrERAN, l. LE'TI RE.
The fire alarm which WAS sounded
from box No. :}42 at twenty minutes
before Il o'clock last evening bore Il ter
rihlc import, for it WAS the signal of
the torture hN tire of Il Young man in
one of our Boston Police sub stations.
The unfortunate mIm WaS Daniel Web
>ter Appleton. grandson of the great
statesman for whom he Wi~ named. He
has Il father liz iny on Beacon street.
hut his own home. where he has Il Young
and beautiful wife. /, at SOuthbnr0
e>tcrdal afternoon he stepped from II
tain on the Old Colony road. III Nepom-
set Station at - minutes past /. in 4
state of helpless intoNication. and soon
after WAS taken in charge 10y officer
Stephen Muult"n. whu locked him up il,
what l. known ~ the \cpou>rt lookup.
Whrn the man Wa> taken L" this
huilding. the officer. assisted 10y two
citizens. searched his clothing thorough
~ and removed all the contents of his
pockets. feeling sure they had deprived
him OF all the matches he had about
him: hut some hours later. III the neigh
hOrhnod of twenty minutes of Il o'clock.
''''''' Nh' WY M III INV
street SnW smoke issuing from the ven
tilat"r and heard gruanS and shouts
from within. " hen they gave an alarm
Members of Engine Company No. -
Immediately got Il hNdIant stream on the
tire. and soon after had THEN engine at
work. On entering the huilding il Was
found that the cell III which poor APP
pIct"n WAS confined WAS all i'll flames
and that he WAS lying on the floor with
his clothing mostly burned of
DR. Hayden. who accompanied APP
plct"n I" the hospital. states that the
latt"r~ burns are very severe upon the
back. hips and limbs. and cannot fail It"
result fatally. although he may live
three or -four days. Bo<fon .J0uynm.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-05-17
One Thousand Lives Lost.
IN INDIA. NOT Al ~TEALIA.

We published last week Il despatch
giving account of Il disastrous flood in
Australia and great loss of life 1t
seems there WAS u mistake in the local
ity the flood being in India. and the
obstruction of life much greater than
hr>t reported:
telegram from Bombay brings in
tclll"cnce of most disastrous Hoods in
the southern part of British india. The
town of Ncllurc. in the Presidency of
Madras, has suffered terribly. and many
OF The Inhabitants have been drowned.
he number of lives lost is given at
1000. Fifteen thousand inhabitants of
the town have lost everything they
possessed. the water having washed
away their houses. and left them in Il
perfectly destitute condition.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-05-17
Nix. GREELEY AND rmE GERMANS.

MIR. GREELEY AND TIIE GERMANS.
Although Carl SchuIZ WAS the NOV ing
spirit of the Cincinnati Convention. and
acquic>ccd III MIR. Grcclry'S nomination..
when he found his candidate defeated
il is not likely that his influence among
the lGcrmanS will avail much tow ards
inSuriug the success of the Liberal Re
form ticket. The Germans. in general
all over the country. seem To Ice uppoS-
eel to Mr.. Greeley. and will not vote tul
INN under amy consideration. The
Cincinnati Commercial SAYS that among
the editors of some Thirty German pa
pcrS mostly daily of ohio. Indiana.
Illinois. Missouri. New York and Penn
SylVania. who met i'll that city lately tn
confer on the best course for them To
follow, i'll view of the Liberal reform
movement. there, WAS not one who cN-
pressed himself in favor of Greeley and
Brown.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-05-17
The Governor Question.

The question seems to be in fair
way to become considerably Simpliiied.
In the first place the question of our
representation III congress, which has
been considerably connected with the
governor question. approaches a settle
ment, and with increasing prospects of
our retaining our present number OF
congressman. Mr.. Wizards supple
mental bill has passed the house. and
the Washington correspondents say 1t
has Il fair chance of passing the Senate.
Our own senators, who ought to know
what the chances are. have hitherto had
very little hope of carrying the bill
through the senate; but the unexpect
eddy strong vote by which il passed the
House. must have helped its prospects
in the other body. If it passes it will
he an evidence of Mr.. Willard'S ability
and influence. and claim upon the
gratitude of the people of his district
and of the state. which ought to, and
we believe will, secure his denomination
for Il third term.
But. in the second place. Governor
Stewart must, ii seems. he counted out
of the list of possible nominees for con-
grcS>. Till Within IL few days we I'M
dcrstood the governors position to he
as follows: If the. republicans of the
state fell disposed To accord to him the
denomination for Il second term. which
they have cu>tumarily given their GOV
.rnor>. he would he content and graft
tied 10y Il denomination for governor.
This would satisfy his personal prefer
cnCcS. and he asked nothing more But
if there Na, GOOD reason to SuppoSc. in
The, even; of Il reduction of ON rtprc-
,,.ututinu in ,uun,csS. that the rrpuhli-
cans of the west side of the state would
prefer that h, should rcprc>cnt them in
congress. he should not feel at liberty
to- decline 4 call To permit the, Use of
his tame in that connection.
This position was Il square and hon
or;Ihl,. one. But it was pcruliallN open
to MISREPRESENTATION. and with a-pil-
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-05-17

"IHAT> THE WORST OF IT. Mr.
Greeley has an imtirmitN known as ah-
>cncc of mind. and sometimes mikes up
the names of his familiar friends when
conNeI$ing with them. He frequently
addresses Mr.. Smith is Mr.. Brown.
There were two members of the late
state constitutional convention of thr
name of Townsend. Onr was our able
and respected toWmsman Hon. Martin
|. Townsend. and the other WAS Hon.
Sol. Townsend of Kings. Against both
of these gentlemen Mr.. Greeley had
conceived Il strong dislike. for some
reason "r another. and this fact wa>
we'll known among the members. One
morning during the session OF the con
Ncntion Judge Parker. also Il member.
approached Mr.. Grrclty'S desk and WAS
cordially greeted 10y Mr.. Greeley under
the name of Il very worthy gentleman
who WAS VIGOROUSLY the uylic>t feat
urtd man IN the convention. The Judge
felt that hr WAS not much compliment
ed 10y Mr.. Grcclcl's hlmder. and re-
solved on revenge. Accordingly. he
approached Mr.. Greeley the next day
and putting out his hand said: Good
morning. Mr.. Townsend" Mr. Greeley
looked up. Mortified. and inquired
Nv hich Nh. Townsend do Nnu take me
for 'Nhichever Iou choose" re
piled the Judge with Il low bow. "By
& said Mr.. Greeley. rising indig-
nantlN and with Il fiery gesture. that's
the worst of it.
The democratic party would find it
self iii Il like quandary. if il should at
tempt To choose between Greeley and
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-05-17
A Vermonter on the Liberal Movement

The Springfield Rep"biic0n. a Cincin-
natl organ, publishes the following quite
pointed, if not elegant letter from one
of its subscribers. There are Il good
many other Ncrnonters who feel just
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-05-17
10 the Editor Of The ReDubHcun :

When subscribed for your paper
supposed that it was what it claimed tn
he, Republican paper; but since You
have left your first faith and gone Il
whoring after other gods. Idon't pro
pose to follow You, therefore your pa
per Is of n" service to Inc and propose.
to stop it.
Be good enough to remit me NV
money after deducting the pay for what
time | have taken it. There are indi-
viduals who have adopted this new DIES
potisn (this Lib Republican movement,
whom | respect very much as men. but
at the same time | don't feel inclined to
be partner i'll their folly. fl don't
hear from You in reasonable time.
shall have this notice inserted i'll some
paper in this State. Respt. Yours,
f. BALDWIN, JR.
Wells River. VT. May 4, 1872.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-05-17

)E>THI CrION OF ENEEGEEEN>. &c.
- | he last winter WAS Il terrible de
>tructINc one to vegetation. The scar
city of SHOW and the cold fierce winds
OF March caused the destruction of vast
quantities of cVcrgrrrnS all over the
county. We hcal of some of the
largest nurseries which have lost more
than half THEN stock Of This class of
trees. We are told that Mr.. lIume-
we'll. whose beautiful place at WcllcS-
ley Is so we'll known. lost over. 1000
Neutrality-suspicious.. and the noted Parsons
nurseries on Long Island lost great
quantities of Rhndodcndron> and ever
green's. The same fact is true of other
nurseries. Strawberries have also Suf-
trrcd terribly. and ii is the Judgment of
some OF our most experienced hurticul-
turAli>t> that nearly une-half of the
straw berry vines in New England were
KILLED by the severe winter. This
matter WAS the subject of discussion
1T the meeting ot the Horticultural So
cIetN on saturday. and committee. of
which Hon. VI. Z. Wilder is chairman.
was appointed to investigate the sub
lert and report upon it. BoSton ,JOnr-
nal.