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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-01-12

l'r. L Y. PIECE. 81 buffalo : !. IN hi. h.,rl Oh
Chronic Disease, says in I..;ll inlis Golden Med
i'd discovery with which readers are flmili.l
from its wonderful po,y-r o,,r Consumption &.
the Lungs had thought strongly of calm. It my
C"nsHmptivr Chs hnt from the fact thai il i. :,
perfect specific for the :Inat and hna:s,nrss
10 which ministers ana other public speakers and
SINGERS ar' subject and ala for Eroaciiti& and all
&"te'e Coughs. and Is an Invaluable, remedy for dis
r.Se~ "i The Liver, and ais" a Blood Purifier |
decided not 10 apply 10 it which mi Lt mis-
lead and prevent lis USc III liner diseases r. y lc-
it is 50 admirably adapted.
II will cuIc cough in malt the ,i.l,. Necessary
L. cure ii with any other medicine and it does il
not bv drying it mp but by removing the cause
subdUing the irritation and rcaling thu affected
parts.
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-01-12

PHILO HATCH, Pres.
X. >. SotTHGATF, Seq. tMarI 10
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-01-12
7 JOSEPH G. CURRIERS' ESTATE.

ASA l.. FRENCH, judge al Probate
\ truc copy of rrcortl-Attcst
9G-ys ASA l.. FRENCH, judy, of Probate
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-11


Tho Westliche Post of st. Louis,
Carl Scllurz's paper, has published as .
speech Of the Hon. Henry Wilson, of
Massachusetts, a speech made somo
eighteen years ago, in the State of
Indiana by another Wilson, who was
then running in that State on the
American ticket for Congress. The
Wilson of Indiana was bitter and
violent know nothing and made most
dcnunciatory speeches against the
foreign element in this country. He
was badly beaten, and has not since
been heard of in politics. Now Mr..
Schurz's organ commits base and
fdetestable forgery, and publishes this
Indiana Wilson's speeches as those of
Henry Wilson Of Massachusetts,. If
this be an exhibition Of the party Of
the great reform leader Schurz, let
the Devil be praised as q saint. If it
be mistake, let tho Wcstiiche Post
make honorable and abundant
amends. No ten line announcement
of its error will do. It should give
conspicuous and circumstantial denial
Of the base misrepresentation it has
made. We await its action in the
premises. The baseness and mcanness
Of such course, if persisted in and
not fully and amply atoned for, is
such an offence, that no language can
fully portray its perfidiousness.
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Trumpea up oharres.

AS some of the opposition papers
are asserting that Senator Wilson was
some twenty years ago in sympathy
with the Know-Nothing party, it may
be worth while t. remind them that
Horace Greeley, whom they are gener-
ally supporting for the Presidency,
was similarly affected in 1858. The
following communication addressed to
the editor of the World, and signed
"B. d. throws light npon this sub
iect:
You will find in the New York
Cypress, of August q, 1868, q speech
from Horace Greeley, from the same
stand with J. 7. Headley, advocating
fusion ticket of Republicans and
Know -Nothings, at Kingston, New
York, Mr.. Greeley said .he concurred
generally and heartily in the propOsi-
tions which they had adopted" One
of the resolutions urged the passage
of law excluding the foreign-born
citizen from vote in the State until
he shall have resided in 1t as long as an
American-born citizen exercising the
same franchise l presume the 1ri-
baNe of the same date contains the
speeches, etc. This was Mr.. Greeley,
individually. The Tribune urged fusion
upon the same State and county OH
GERS, and said: we trust it may vet
be found practicable in the Congress
sional districts" I"
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recent death Th;s i hnw Ia msos
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,he Conaress that midas b;s Hsu,a,v; =
sion have heen 40 arranged ~ ~ n,e.
sant ! rathcr somhar anreara,,ca a sar
ont Of resncct 10 his mother's memory,
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APPEARANCES Deceptive. Speak
ing of temperance reformers. some
one tells a good story at the expense
of one of the most ardent of them--a
person. whose whole heart was
in the work to such an extent that he
hadn't time to mend his fences or take
care OF his farm.
A distinguished temperance lecture
was to address the citizens ia the town
where the reformer lived, aud the lat
ter took it upon himself to meet him
at the station, aud take him home with
him to entertain him. The lecturer
was talkative, and full of the the
cause.n
"There' now," said he, as they drove
by handsome farmhouse, .anyb0dy
can see at once that temperance man
lives there. Everything indicates it ;
there's thrift, and a happy home there
Isn't it so?"
"Yes," was tho reply q Squire -
sa temperance man, and has very
pleasant home and family"
q was certain Of it," said the Ice.
turer. but here is place" he con.
tinued, as they came TO an old house
with dilapidated fence and = neglected
appearance, "that you'd pick out any.
where as the house Of q drunkal1i-
see the old hats in the windows anC
the broken fences and tho neglected
appearance, everything has--you cam
make any mistake about such plact
lit strikes out all over that its tn,
home Of . sot.n
lie was about to appeal to his enter
tainer for the truth of his surnlise
whom that gentleman pulled rain, AMI
turning the team up to tho negleCtet
fence remarked, with something Of
sigh, IL I've here
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Grants Irnpsr,a,,sxn.

The great burden of Mr.. Summers
assault upon the President, consisted
in his sweeping charge, that General
Grant was naughty, exclusive, sur
rounding himself with military pomp,
and was unapproachablc to the people,
-dictatorial and imperious. This
charge we knew to be utterly unfound-
cd, while we knew that MI. Sumner
had drawn his own portrait and plac-
ed Gen. Grants name to it, When
Senator Wright was here at commence
ment we had opportunity to verify
our estimate of the two men, for our
Senator is one Of those whose judg-
ment is worthy of all confidence, as he
is not governed by spleens, spites or
partialities informing it. He says that
it is astonishing that Mr.. Sumner
could make his assertions i'm the Sem
ate, where every person who heard
him, and was familiar with the facts.
as all Senators we're, and most of the
auditosr, knew the utter falsity of the
representations of the speech. Our
simple Republican President, instead
of being surrounded with the pomp
and circumstances of war, lives licr-
ally in open house. ANY man on
earth who behaves himself can walk
into the Presidential mansion, unaa,-
nounced and unattended, encounter
ing no sentry or gaurd, requiring no
courier, no card or other endorsement.
and SO long as he conducts himself
like a gentleman, he will not be molest-
ed or seemingly noticed by any one in
attendance unless he wishes informa-
ton, when he will tbe waited upon in
the most civil and transformations man.
ner possible. He can make his
way to the President himself, If he
chooses, or will be shown to his room
if he desires, and will there be receiv-
ed by the nations executive as by any
qsliet gentleman, be chatted with famii-
iarly, and put perfectly az his ease.
Nothing like the present freedom was
ever before known ut the White House.
| President Grant seems to regard II as
the nations domicil, and allows the
nation ffee range Of all Its quarters.
The grounds are equally open to the
people, with or without attendants,
as they may choose.
On the other hand, Senator Sumner
lives in state. No profane foot can
tread his carpets without the authorize
ed card, and all the ceremonies. and
vet he is the man who charged the
President with exclusiveness. 1t is
strange that Mr.. Summer could have
looked his audience in the face while
making SO rediculousa Representations
When Logan replied withhis fewwith-
ering sentences, the feelings of the
crowd in the galleries burst forth in
tumultuons applause in spite of all
efforts to suppress them. That was the
Presidents vindicatlon and Summers
condemnation.
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Importaas 10 Tssaees Dealers.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT !
OFFICE OF INTERNAL REvENuE.}
WASHINGTON, June "a, 1872.

"
WAsHINeroS, june n, 1872
II. n. Watt, Esq, Amerfcus, Ga.
2 SIR: In your letter of June IL YOU
state that you have been informed that
after July lst, you cannot sell leaf to-
bacco, though you have paid the special
tax of $25 as a dealer therein.
You wish to know whether this in
formation is correct.
In answer have TO say that under
the new law, which takes effect in re-
gard to tobatco July 1st, next, dealers
in leaf tobacco, who have paid tho
special tax as such, can sell leaf tobac-
co in unbrokcn packages to dealers in
leaf tobacco. snuff, tobacco and cigar
manufacturers who have paid the spec
ial tax as such, and to such persons as
are knownto be purchasers Of leaf to-
baeco for export; but they cannot
break packages and retail the refrom,
or sell to parties other than those nam
cd above. Ii on and after Jnly Let, a
party desires to engage in the business
Of selling leaf tobacco to consumers, or
retailing II, he must pay the special
tax of $500 per annum imposed by the
new law upon retail dealers IN leaf to-
bdcco. lie cannot sell leaf tobacco to
consumers, or retail it under a special
tax receipt OF $25, rs q dealer in Leaf
tobacco.
A person who has paid the special
tax Of $25 for the present year as a
dealer in leaf tobacco, and who on the
LIST ofJuly discontinucs business or
account of the new law, and eurrcnd
ers his special tax receipt, may file
claim for refund of fivc-sixth Of III,
tax paid. Very Respectfully,
1 j. w. DOUGLASS, Commissioners.
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Four years ago when the Commit
tee designated to notify Gen. Grant of
his nomination met at Washington
Horace Greeley, who was a member,
exhausted all the energetic and pro-
fame idioms of the language in de-
nouncing the then recent betrayal of
tho Republican party, by Salmon r.
Chase, in his trucking letter, indi-
eating his willingness to accept the
Democratic nomination for the Prcsi-
dency.
Aud now comes this same Greeley
and stops of at Newport, as per
Yesterdays dispatches, to consult with
this same Chase, in regard to the plan
Of the Democratic sorchcad rebcl
campaign of which this same Greeley,
is the figure head.
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A Queer Fancy.

One of James Gordon Bennctt's
queer fancies was an immense bird
cage filed with rare birds from every
section of the globe So he had Il
made as large as house, and before
ii would stand for hours and study the
habits Of the different members of the
feathered tribe. Sometimes he woulil
liken his different birds and fowls to
well-known men in real life. Once he
stood with aneighbor and kept him
laughing fora long time as he would
point them out with an apt remark.
Pointing to the robin he said that is
Thomas A. Hendricks the woodpeck-
er, that is Ben Butler; the old goose is
Sumner; the sparrow - Logan the
owl is Grant; the parret Is Gerrit Da-
Wis the old gobblcr is Conkling the
hawk Is Wendell PHILIPPE, and the CO.
nary is Suneet Cox, etc. This largo
house cage y still to DO seen a, Wash
ington Heights.
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Secretary Boutwell,, who has just re-
turned 10 Washington from New
England, reports his impressions of
ahe political situation in the East. He
Declares that after talking with many
shrcwd politicians, he is convinced
hat Grants majority will be greater
han four years ago. The Democrats
We dcmoralizcd over the Greeley
hovemcnt, and many will vote for
rant in preference. While in New
ork, he conversed with many infiu-
Initial men, bankers, merchants, and
Rwyers. All agree that the distrust
Il Greeley as an exccutive--his pccu-
liar views upon finances, and that lack
pf knowledge of men that has made
him the victim Of SO many dead beats
Throughout his lifc--will cause very
large proportion Of the business men
Pf the city to vote against him, SO that
is not deemed improbable that the
5ity may be carried against him. The
tatc is regarded as safe for Grant by
majority of many thousand. A
milar outlook is reported by tn,
1ational Executive Committee from
tllcr States.
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nasisr and his Dsg.

from the PhilAdelphla Sunday Times.
A correspondent sends us the fol.
lowing anecdote of Ben Butler, which
he says has never appeared in print,
but ms it illustrates the characteristic
Of the man it is too good to be lost.
Ben Butler was down-east LAWYER
before he got to be Major General
and representative of his district in
Congress. Like all lawyers, Ben had
hard pull of it at the start, and per-
haps the sharpness and acumen for
which he is SO universally celebrated
were acquired at this early period of
his life, when he was striving for a
practice and the odds were brains or
starvation.
One day while sitting in his Office,
there entered q long-legged, gaunt,
hatchet-faced specimen of the genus
Yankee, who looked sharp enough to
make his meals off of pins and nee-
dies, and who thus accosted the future
Congressman:
"Mr. lawyer, l am going into little
bit of law business, and as you seem
to be a right smart, plucky sort of q
chap, ! thought / might as well give
the job to yon."
Cali right" says the lawyer, "you
can't trust your case in better hands,"
"Well, then, had o. ham hanging
in an out-shed, and a neighbor's dog
came along and ate it. What would
you do 2"
Why, prosecute the owner of the
dog, of course. Make the fellow pay
for damages"
That's the talk, Mr.. lawyer said
the Yankee, with sly smile begin
ming to work around the corners OF his
eyes and mouth. " But you see-I
don't know as it makes any difference
the dog was yourn.'
Butler opened his eyes little at this
onslaught, but he wasn't going to be
taken aback in that manner, even by a
brother Yankee.
What do you value your ham at 2"
asked Butler, drawing out his wallet.
Well, / guess five dollars will be
letting you of cheap" said the Yam
kee, for it was an all-fired good
ham,"
Without entering word of protest,
Butler paid the money, and then said !:
@There is your damage for the ham.
Now fork over ten dollars"
What for?" inquired the Yankee,
in his turn astonished.
For my legal advice said Butler.
You don't suppose can work with
out fee, do your"
Mr.. Yankee was bit, SO drawing a
face as long as his legs, he slowly
counted out the money, and inwardly
vowed he would bring no more law
business before the youthful but razor
like dispenser of Coke and Black
stone.
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Major Geo. A. Henry, of the Keo-
saqua Repu6lican, called to-day. He
was enroute home from attending the
annual reunion of the Society of the
army Of the Tennessee, at Madison,
Wisconsin. He reports the meeting
the most successful and satisfactory in
the history of tho society.
The first day, July Sd, was devoted
to business matters. General Sherman
was continued President, with all the
other officers Of the past year, except
as to the Vice Presidents.
The annual Grafton was delivered in
the Hall of the House Of Representa-
tives, by General M. ID. Leggett, of
Ohio, Commissioner ofthe Patent Office.
It was an able effort and elected great
applause.
The 4th was occupied with the
business of the Society, electing Gen.
John A. Logan, as the Orator for next
year, and selecting Ohio as the place
for the Annual Reunion In 1873.
On the night Of the 4th grand ban
quet terminated the festivities at which
the following sentiments were re-
sponded to by the following gentle
men, to-wit:
Sour Country"-Responded to. by
Governor Washburn, Of Wisconsin.
Music" Anne rica."
"The President of the United
States"-Gen. Noyes, of Ohio. Music,
Hail to the Chief"
Vicksburg, and the day we Cele.
brate"--Senator Sanborn, of Minneso-
ta. Music, yicksbnrg Quickstep..
"The Army and Navy'-General
Belknap, Secretary Of War. Music,
Yankee Doodle and "Rcd White
and Blue"
"The Army of the Tennessee
General Buskland, of Ohio. Music
"The Star Sprangled Banner"
The Army OF the Potomac -GOv
Fairchild, Of Wisconsin, Music
"James River Quickstep."
"The Army of the Cumberland
General L. Ord, U. s. A. Music
aHail Columbis,"
"The Army of the Ohio"-Gencra
Fletcher, Of Missouri. Music, "Gem
Gallop.'S
"Tne Army the Mississippi'-Gen
Pope, u. s. A. Music, quickstep
American Eagle"
.Gcn. W.T.. Sherman, our Absen
Prcsidcnt"-Gen. j. H. Howe, Chica
go. Music, Home, Sweet Home"
"Thc Heroines who aided in III
war;" Col. Villas, Of Madison. Music
| quickstep, 2 True Blue"
"Our Judiciary, one of the prides O
a self-governed people" Music, "Stan
ley March, = Responded to by Genera
Force, Of Cincinnati.
"The Prcss. General Atwood, 9
Madison. Music, " Star Quickstcp.'
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Brick Pomeroy says: "It will do
very well for Greeley, after having
kindlcd fire which consumed the
Southern cdiiicc, to declare his wit.
lingncss to adopt an orrhan snatched
from tho ruins: especially when the
time is not far distant when that or
phan win Inherit B large estate"
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The tea trade of the world has been
until recently, almost exclusively in
tho hands of Great Britain, anda one
of the results, her merchants became
rich through tho monopoly, and her
national greatness as commercial
power greatly enhanced. But this is
rapidly changing. San Francisco,
perforce Of the establishment Of the
steam line TO China, and the compile
tion of the Pacific railroad, is turning
the tide Of this trade. Last year, Out
OF total export to America from
China and Japan of $1,000, 900 pounds,
upward Of $23, 600 worth Of tea
passed through the Golden Gate.
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Down In Waxcrlx. Pike co

Down In Wavcriy, Pike county
(Mo.), there is . very able Greeley
Democratic sheet called the Watchmas.
II is laboring very earnestly to "bcat
Grant, and this is one Of its devices
to accomplish that result: :
There is so,nc talk Of negro bar
ber opening . shop in Waverly. We
would advise that negro, whoever he
may be, to make his peace with his
God and appoint his adgAinistrator.
The 18th Bcdamnment won't save him.
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Anti-0rant Hafrsague.
The following brief extract from
Gov. Booths address at the recent
Grant ratification meeting in San
Francisco, Is complete answer to all
the charges made in Summers ~
hours speech, in the United States
Senate. It is concisely and elegantly
done. y
No man in public life has ever been
subjected to closer scrutiny OF more
exacting criticism than Gen. Grant. -
He has been attacked with very de-
vice of oratory, from Homeric periods,
Greek epigrams and learned display,
down to the enumeration of his horses
ahd cigars, and the coarsest vitupera-
ton. Proverbially the most silent of
Dnblic men, he is charged with being
quarrelsome. Avowiiig no pulley but
the public will, he is charged with
CHsarism. The first President to rec
Ognize the political and civil equality
of all citizens, he is charged with
supercilliOus unffiendiiness to the
African race. Earnestly urging the
measures necessary to reform the civil
service, he is charged with obstruct-
ing It. So moderate In the use Of ex-
traordinary powers as to make us for
get that he possesses them, he is charg-
ed with tyranny. His own and wife's
relations canvassed to forty-second
cousins, and their cousins to the fifth
degree, and because thirteen are said
to be found in the blue book of 10000
names, from the list of tide walters up,
he is compared to Alexander and the
Borgias. Reducing the army to min
imum, he is charged with subverting
civil to military rule. Presiding over
. nation, Che 80 lately signally helped
to redeem from the horrors Of civil
war, rnarvelously peaceful and happy,
he is charged with being the Anarch
Of discord and prince Of Confusion.
These charges are made with all the
pomp of Summers defamation and his
wealth of SCHOLARLY illustration, but
they pass him by as the wind. "Con-
fidence is plant of slow growth but
when its roots have once taken fast
upon popular esteem, it is not to be
shaken by tornado of Ciceronian ell
oquence and If the votes of the mass
es Of the Republican party could be
p0lled without reference to the action
of any convention, four-fifths would
be cast for Grant, as leader, and the
ma16&ity Of the other fifth would not
Agroo upon my one. There is this ad-
ditional fact, that the success of the
Greeley movement is the r6habilit tatienp
of the Democratic party.
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PAish Dalls-sy yssh Dtllasgs

Whiskey friends are the most un.
profitable ones kno ev, they are al
ways reddy tew drink with va, but
when yu are reddy to drink with them,
they amt dry.>
look upon pure joke with the
same venclushnn that do upon the 10
commandments.
Ya Kant hire man tew be honest.
he will want his wages r,ized every
morning.
The most successful men hav ever
known, are those who are koDstanflv
making blunders. bnt never seem tew
kno it.
kno plenty ov folks who are so kon-
trary, that If they should fall into u
river, they would insist upon floating
mp stream.
One Ov the most reliable prophets j
kno ov IL an old hen, they don't prop
hesy emmy egg, until after the egg has
happened.
Mi 0pinyun IL and viii kontinue tew
be, that the phools lav done about az
much hunt in this world az tile Malishus
hav.
Temper should he curbed, not
broken.
| laon't kno Ov emmy thing, in this
world, that IL worth more than that IL
honestly got and virtuously spent.
! The truly great are alwus the eazy est
tew approach.
| Fun, dcviltry, and death, lurk iu the
wine-cnp.
W0uldn't undertake lew korrekt a
mans sekfarian views emmy quicker
than would tell him which road tew
take at a 4corners, when didn't know
miself which waz the right one.
l havn't mulch doubt that man
sprung from the monkey, but what
bothers me IL, wharc the cnssid mon
key sprung from.
After man llaz got a good opinyun
ov himself, the next best thing il tew
hay the good opinyun ov others.
Most emmy body thinks they kan be
good phool, and they kan, but tew
play the phool good IL not SO handy.
Ii may be lectlc vexashus, but |
don't konsiderit any disgrace to be
bit bi dog.
Abuse genraIly IL healthy, but sum
times ii Gums from SO low a source
that il don't do man emmy good.
II takes more time and talents tew
be asuckcessfnl hoRokrit than IL duz
| tew be Christian.
Thare are but phew things that we
suffer more misery from than from
Ecowardice.
L Z g
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The Liberals Of Iowa have called a
State Convention. There being no
Liberal paper III Iowa, the call appears
in the Davenport Den.ocrdt, a violent
democratic paper, as will be observed
by reading our to-day's dispatches.