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The British Army.
ExrRAvAoAYcE OF oFrroERs

Some recent proceedings in the Lon
don Court of Bankruptcy give an inklino
OF the extravaganza habits INDUCED Inv
young men in the British army. under
The idea that profuse expenditure Is
necessary in order to support their posi-
ton and rank. In the case of one young
ofilcer 1t was shown that in The course
OF few months service in the Grena-
dler Guards he had managed to run M
deDts TO the amount of $4,000. This
person had but recently come of age. A
sub-lleutenant in the British army. under
the new organization, gets about three
ss.hillings and sixpence per day. and a
lieutenant six shillings. With this nav
they are expected to JON the regimental
mess, which involves an expenditure of
at least 500 month for dinners alone
together with share in the expense of
keeping up suite of rooms splendidlv
furnished, including dining room cana
BILE of holding hundred or more ner-
sons; share in the cost of the regimen
tai band, and share in numerous other
expenses common to the British army
such as entertainments to officers ~
other regiments, regimental balls and
the Ike The extravagant habits Of
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AN HONEST CONFESSION. All pre-
tense that the Cincinnati convention was
anything but democratic, or intended
for anything but to further the interests
of the democratic party, is rendered II
diculous by the chairman OF the demo-
cratic national committee. August Bel
mont has written letter to the Cincin-
natl Enquirer, in which he says ::
Greeley was not my first choice for the
nominee of the Liberal Republican con-
vention; but, he adds, ''the democratic
party have no alternative but to indorse
him at Baltimore" Thus it appears
that this wonderfully spontaneous affair
was a cut and dried thing
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POuftney.

The first thunder shower of the sea-
son. in Ponltney, occurred on Sunday
evening last about ten o'clock. The
! lightning was vivid, the thunder heavy,
and it not only rained but it poured.
The water did not cease to fall when the
ing to flash, but came down almost in
cessantly for eighteen hours thereafter
It was the heaviest rain of the season.
The grass crop seems now to be reckon
ed as a certainty. But. OH the corn,
the corn, say the farmers, wont grow
in such weather But let them remem-
Der that corn will grow and ripen In
ninety days from the time OF planting +;
and if they would realize the short time
IN which this crop will mature, let them
borrow money at the bank and give
their notes on 80 days time. But little
corn is planted; the farmers are coming
to getting their supply of corn from the
west, almost as much as their flour.
This is all wrong in my opinion. Gree
lev saws so in "what he knows about
farming" and | think it good deal bet
ter philosophy than he has recently
adopted in politics The true policy for
the farmer is to raise all he can raise
and needs on his own farm. We can
raise corn, and for several seasons he
should do it, One is to keep his money
at home and not send it west; another,
he will be more likely to keep his farm
in good condition by raising a good
breadth Of corn each year than he other
nd &c
son it win pay. ~
The farmers in this vicinity are going
more and more extensively into the rails
ing of potatoes. Horace Smith of this
town. dealer in potatoes, reports that
he has shipped at the Poultney station,
since the trade commenced last fall. 49,
900 bushels of potatoes OF course we
understand that portion of these were
raised in Hampton and Middletown
| Other parties have shipped at Poultney,
but none as heavily as Mr. Smith. 1t
will pay to raise potatoes. 1t can be
made profitable branch of farming bu-
siness, but there is this danger. In
Granville, Hebron, and other towns in
the vicinity in the State of New York. a
large portion of the farmers for the last
fifteen or twenty years have made the
raising of potatoes almost their entire
business. In so doing, they have filled
their pockets with money, but have
nearly exhausted the fertility of their
lands. Not that potatoes are an exhaus-
tive crop, they are not so much so as
corn and some other crops; but there is
this about it; our State lands will grow
good potatoes as long as there is any fer
tility left, but without manure they will
wear out with any crop. What is to be
feared is that our Poultney farmers will
initiate their Granville and Hebron
neighbors by ploughing up the whole of
their farms year after year and raise po-
tatoes without fertility. If they do that
we cannot say as to their products, but
their farms at the end of eight or ten
years will be very poor
The remains of Mrs. Leondas Gray.
of Middletown, We're carried through
here on Saturday last. She died in New
York on Friday.
Benjamin Ward has recently OPEN
ed a slate quarry on the Rogers farm in
Poultney. The slate proves to be of
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Cuisines 5lotites.
CAUsELESs DEPRESSION.

This expression is often used. but il is
cboIy are not spontaneous. They are I'M
natural mental conditions and usually
have corresponding causes. Ifthereis no
apparent reason for dependency. IL Is
symptom of physical disease. In nine
cases ont Of ten the stomach. the live r. and
the bowels are responsible for the cloud
which rests upon the brain. In all such
cases immediate and permanent relief
may be obtained by the use OF Hostetter's
stomach Bittcrs. If the digestive organs
are weak an invigorant Is necessary; if
the liverls disordered an Alternative is re-
quired; if the bowels are constIpated or
irregular gentle aperient Is needed. In
that famous vegetable remedy these three
medicinal properties are commingled with
several Others Of a scarcely less important
character, and hence It speedily cures ev-
cry species of hypochondria arising from
material causes, by removing the causes
themselves.
In the summer. when disorders OF the
stomach and bowels. bilious complaints
and all diseases which affect the assimilat-
ing and secretive organs are especially
prevalent the importance Of having this
Invaluable tonic, Alternative and corrective
in every dwelling, and within the reach of
all who travel by land or water. cannot be
overeshmated. As ii is a staple article
throughout the country IL would be next
to impossible TO find a settlement. near or
remote, unprovided with a stock offhfs IA
nous vegetable restorative.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-06-13

The FIRST RESPONSE. the ex-
element which attended the Philadel-
phia convention and the frantic efforts
10 obtain Democratic endorsement OF
Greeley, the political revolution in Ore
gon has been almost entirely overlooked.
It's political significance is apparent,
when we remember that Oregon has
been, for several years, Democratic, and
that it carries with it not only Republi-
can State officers, but Member OF
Congress and United States Senator. II
should also be borne in mind that the
election was held one month after the
Cincinnati convention had startled an
expectant world. Like the New Hamp-
shire and Connecticut elections, after
the "French arms scandal" of Messrs.
Summer and Schurz, it indicates the drift
Of popular sentiment more conclusively
than the opinions of orators and news
papers.
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British officers form the great obstacle
to the success of the army reform which
has been attempted by Mr.. Cardwell.
The purchase of commissions has been
abolished in the army, with the inten-
ton of opening the service to men APP
pointed for merit alone, and non-pur-
chase men are being appointed; but un-
less they are wealthy and disposed 10
join with the old school of officers in
keeping up the reputation of the regi-
ment" by squandering money, they find
their positions extremely uncomfortable.
In several instances, officers gazetted
without purchase have been bullied and
treated in so overbearing a manner by
the purchase men that the War Office
has been forced to take cognizance of
the matter. Very different is the prac-
tice in the Prussian service. There,
every man for himself is the rule, where
paying for anything is concerned; and
ali expenses that must be incurred in
common by officers of all ranks have
been carefully reduced to a minimum,
so that no poor man can have pretext
for saving to his comrades that they
lead him into OUTLAWS which he cannot
afford. A correspondent Of the London
i tttlggLlHt AlNEE All dIIOuAlb VI INT lli6eo
life Of the Thirty-ffth reserve battalion,
stationed at Berlin. which is stronger in
officers than British line battalion is in
men, comprising nearly eight hundred
commissioned officers, representing every
division of the upper and middle social
classes, the nobility included. And yet
they do not possess a club house, or
even a mess room .of their own. but
meet to sup or dine together at hotels or
restaurants. In England, the richer
officers of regiment sometimes pay
more than their share of the regimeBtal
expenses: but this would never be per-
mitted in the Prussian service, and as
the large majority Of officers are really
poor. the small, wealthy minority are
kept within bounds and forced TO be
economical, whether they like it or not.
Even the present OF a few cases of cham
payne by the weather. officers to a mess
would be deemed an insult Those who
did not feel rich enough to buy cham
payne would feel offended that it should
be offered them as a gift, and would re-
fuse to drink it. This shows acommend-
able pride very different from the pre-
tentiousness, which characterizes the
British service.
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THE RUTLAND HERALD
THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1872.
The Triple Alliance Again.

Rumor is again rife of a meeting OF
the soyereigns of Germany, Austria and
Italy, to take place at Gastein, this sum-
mer. A close alliance between these
powers is the professed object. An at
tempt was made at this last year. Then
Count Won Buest was head of the Aus
trian Cabinet and opposed the project
bitterly. His old hostility to Bismarck
blinded him to the true policy OF his
country. The King of Italy was fear
full of being sacrificed to advance some
scheme of the willy Prussian. His vac
illation added to the vigorous opposition
of the Austrian Premier, temporarily
defeated the plan for triple alliance.
The situation is now materially chang
ell. Buest has been supplanted, in the
control of the foreign policy of Austria,
by Count Andrassy, who has long adyo-
Gated an offensive and defensive alliance
between the two German Empires. In
fact this was one of the measures on
which he came into power. He believes
Austria has nothing to lose and every
thing to gain by such connection. lie
does not share the jealousy and 6istrust
Of Bismarck, which his predecessor had
contracted from being constantly over
matched in diplomacy. He is, therefore,
able to look at this proposition in the
clear light of his countrys interests. lie
knows that it will benefit the new North
German Empire. But unlike Buest,
prejudice against that government and
consequent unwillingness to do anything
that may strengthen it, do not prevent
his adopting a policy that cannot but
strengthen his own government still
more. Moreover, he sees that the friend
w relations between Germany aud Rus
STA are growing closer, and he fears the
consequences of a collision of Russia
and Austria, should Germany insist on
maintaining friendly neutrality
Every interest of Austria is on the side
of an alliance.
And it is difficult to see how Victor
Emmanuel could ever have hesitated en-
iering this alliance He would thereby
detach the sympathies of Austria from
the Pope, and gain for his unification
policy the support of the foremost power
of continental Europe. Yet he seems to
have feared such an alliance might bring
upon him the open hostility of the ultra
montanes, both in France and at home.
lie has since learned that fear of this
kind was without foundation, and now,
he too is ready to adopt as sound policy
the proposition made by Bismarck, soon
after the close of the war with France,
and which he was long-headed enough
to see was then best for all parties.
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VIII not go Greeley
WAsHINGToN. June 1

WASHINGTON, June IT.
Several prominent Democrats, about
25 in number, representing Virginia, In
diana, Texas. Arkansas and New York,
held a secret meeting last evening, at the
Owen House, and resolved that in the
event of the Baltimore convention en-
dorsing the nominee of the Cincinnati
convention, that immediate steps will be
taken to call another convention for the
purpose of nominating Democratic
candidate for the Presidency and Vice
Presidency. Their. headquarter are at
Indianapolis, with Col. Grey as Chair
man.
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WELL GOVERNED. The Springfield
Republican declares that "the country
during Grants administration, has gov
erned itself, and on the whole, pretty
we'll" How does this assertion tally
with the oft-repeated charge of military
despotism, and so on? Is it not well to
let the country ''govern itself pretty
well' under the easy leadership of Grant
The disappointed politicians grumble
because their occupation is gone? But
why should the people grumble because
they are permitted to govern them
selves? The secret of Grants populari-
ty lies in the fact that he has ''no policy
to enforce against the will of the speo-
ple.
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SENATOR CLAYTON ExoNERATED. -
The special committee of the Senate to
investigate the charges against Hon.
Powell Clayton, made report on Mon
day evening. The majority say-In oul
opinion the charges of combination, con-
spiracy and corruption, if charges they
can be called, are not sustained The
testimony fails to impeach the Senator'S
official credit or character, all of which
we shall take occasion to show by a full
er reference to the testimony and record
when other duties will permit and it may
be the pleasure of the Senate to resume
the same.
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SYDNEY. March .

SYDNEY March .
Two men have been arrested il. this
city on a charge of numbering Mr.. VIM.
Percy Walker, an Englishman. who inn
migrated to this country about three
years AGO. The victim answered an adj
vertisement for a clerk in CD of the
newspapers. Nine DAYS aftnrward he
received a reply. saying that he had
been accepted, and directing him to pro-
coed to a certain wharf on the evening
of the following day, where oRe of the
company's boats would be in readiness
to take him to their place of business.
The next evening he went to the place
named, and was never again seen alive.
Several DAYS after his disappearance the
police apprehended two men. named
Nichols and Provide. on suspicion Of be-
ing concerned in the murder of a man
named Bridgers. formerly a steward In
her Maiesty's ship Rosario. who. like
Mr. Walker, had answered an advertise
ment, been accepted, and lost his life
after going to place named by the adj
vertiscr. Provide was found wearing a
silver watch which had been presented
to Mr.. Walker by a church cOngrega-
tion. and which bore an inscription Of
the fact Ii was also discovered that
the river Paramatta in a boat on the
evening of the day he was missing The
river was then dragged and the body
found with a huge stone tied 10 the necE
to keep it down. In two places the
skull was battered in. and there were
other marks of violence. Taxed with
the murder, Nichols desired 10 give evil
dence against Provide, but the police
declined to receive his evidence, believ-
ing there was a clear case against both
In Mr.. Walkers lodgings were found
eS5 in cash and other property. From
facts which have since come 10 the
knowledge Of the police it is surmiy
that both miscreants have comp "a
other similar crimes, and il b. .l'.eo
ascertained that they were ia ogsLi
Of t; inserting I'm ga advertisements TO fin stua-
sides Mr. Walker a. are missing pc
respected at Lear ,nrfon l AMI va" n Brisstoi
Il
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A LABoRIoUs SEssIoN.-The session
of Congress just concluded has been a
very busy one with an unusual amount
of night work the results are satisfac-
tory. Political demagogues have occu-
pied an unusual quantity of time of the
Senate and have required the expendi-
ture of over half million of dollars in
the prosecution of useless investigations
by Committees of both houses, but Con-
gress has enacted upwards of five hun
dred bills, larger number than usual of
which are of public character.
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LONELINESS on THE INCREASE A mark
ed increase OF fema'e loneliness Is the eve
delighting result of the immese popularity
which Hagan's Magnolia Balm has obtain
ed among the ladies of America Com
plexions radiant with snowy purity and
tinged with the roseate hue Of health are
commonly met with whenever il is used.
For the sallow and unwholesome appear
ance of the face and neck, which utterly
eounterbalances the effect ofany personal
attraction the owner may possess. IL sub
stllutes that clear, pearl-like complexion
which is such transeendant charm In
women, and renders the toughest skin a.
soft as Genoa velvet. No one Is more as
toTished than the person using It AT the
marvellous transformation which II effects
in these particulars.
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good quality, and he is aboutto commence
the manufacture of roofing slate. The
Williams slate mill now being built, is
nearly ready to receive the machinery.
With all the increase of the slate manu-
facture the dealers find it impossible to
fill their orders. The demand is increas-
ing more rapidly than the manufacture.
OBSERVER.
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Republican County Conventions.

Addison County Middlebury June
10Th.
Bennington County-Arlington, June
eth.
Chittenden County Burlington June
18th.
Lamoille Countrywide Park, June
18th.
Rutland Cornty-R Rutland, June 9th.
Windsor County Woodstock, June
Goth.
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SENATOR WILsoN.-Gen. Neal Dow,
of Portland, writes to Senator Wilson in
this wise: 81 am glad with all my heart
and from the first hoped it would be so.
esteem and respect Colfax very much,
but thought he ought not to have retired
from his firmly-expressed determination
that under no circumstances would he
again accept any political Offices"
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THE FRENCH CABLE The French
cable parted last week for the third time
since it was laid. In all the instances
the cuttings have occurred on the Grand
Banks, about two hundred and seventy
five miles from shore, and within ten
miles of each other. The trouble is at
tsibuted to the fact that vessels are in
the habit of anchoring in the vicinity
and it is now proposed to lay new sec
ton of wire in deeper water farther
oceanward. Connections will be made
in q few DAYS.
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Vermont News.
GRAND ISLE COUNTY.

GRAND ISLE COUNTY.
North Hero farmers are going into
the bean and onion business quite extern
sively this season. Nearly 1000 acres
have been planted with beans, and sew
eral farmers have from half an acre to
two acres of onions.
ORANGE COUNTY.
"A new school house is to be built at
West Randolph on the site of the former
residence of the late Judge Edmund
Weston
WINDSOR COUNTY.
-Ex-Lieut Gov Martin delivered
the address on Decoration Day at South
Royalton.
Fruit trees in the north part of
Windsor county never looked more
promising at this season of the year than
at the present time.
The mammoth hog at East Barnard
now weighs / 400 lbs.
A little boy 10 years Of age, son of
E. T. Watkins, of Sharon, died not long
since from an injury received to the
brain by jumping from the high beams
of the barn on to hay below for sport.
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The name grass widow is of
French origin. 1t is derived from the
French grace, and originally meant a
widow by courtesy.
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SPIRITUALIsT CONFERENCE.-THE Yer
mont State Spiritualist Association will
hold quarterly convention in Stowe ON
the 28th, Goth and 30th of June. The
Mount Mansfield Hotel will board for
$1.25 per day, and the several divisions
of the Vermont Central railroad will
carry those attending the convention for
fare one way.
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MONDAY.

! SENATE.-Mr Pomeroy called up, anC
! the Senate passed, the bill to encourage
! the growth of timber on the Western
prairies, which was amended so as to re.
quire ten instead of five years for the
cultivation of timber in order to acquire
title, and passed.
A. G. Thurman moved to extend the
session until six o'clock in the evening.
resolution would not be adopted.
A colloQuy ensued between MessrS.
Chandler, Casserly, Stevenson, Fenton.
| Thurman and others in reference to an
alleged combination between a Repub-
lican and Democratic Senator, and
Sam,el J. Tilden.
The session was extended to 8 pm.
The Ohio bridge bill, with some
| amendments, passed at 40.
The Senate went into executive ses-
sion on motion of Mr. Harlon, and at 5
o'clock open session was resumed, and
the bill to remove the disabilities of ex-
Gov. Vance of North Carolina, and Geo.
S. Houston of Alabama, was passed ;
yeas, 16, nays 3.
The Senate concurred in the confer
ence report on the sundry civil appro-
priation bill and then took a recess.
Egening Session. motion of Mr..
Scott, a committee of conference was
ordered on the bill in relation to the con-
struction of bridges across the Ohio.
Several private bills were passed.
The House bill abolishing the frank
ing privilege was received.
Mr.. Trumbull moved it be put upon
its passage at once.
Objection was made, and at As the
House went into executive session, which
lasted a few minutes.
Open session was then reSmed. and
continued with much confusion until 8
o'clock, when the presiding officer, Mr.
Anthony, pronounced the Senate adj
journed without day.
HoUsE.-After discussion and fillibus-
tering the rules were suspended, and the
sundry civil appropriation bill, with the
enforcement act as an amendment, was
agreed to, 102 to 10, a party vote ex-
cepting Mr.. Farnsworth, who voted
nay.
The bill removing the political disa-
bility of George S. Houston of Alabama
and q. B. Vance of North Carolina,
were passed.
The bill appropriating $500, 700 for a
government building at Evansville, Ind,
was passed.
At 10 a recess was taken until
SIS p. m.
Eoening Session -After recess, the
Senate amendments to the House bill
extending benefits to the agricultural
college bill of the State of Arkansas,
were, on motion concurred in. Various
propositions for the benefit of the clerks
and employees were agreed to-
The conference report on the Ohio
bridge bill was agreed to.
In the midst of much confusion and
pressure on the part of members to get
recognition of the Speaker, the hour of
adjournment being about to arrive. a
resolution of thanks to the Speaker was
offered by Mr.. Randall, and adopted
unanimously.
The Speaker, at 8 p. M, declared the
House adjourned for the second session
of the Forty -Second Congress, and wish
ing all the members safe return to
their homes. cloud cheers.
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The Ear Room Remedy for weakness =
the stomach is a dose OF Rum Bit -,
They are surcharged with fuseI oil, a.,
" element, which Is rendered me- .,e o,.,s.-,.
by the pungent astringents vi. D ,rb5c, q
Is combined. nyour stomp RI, i veal ~.
your liver or bowels d,sordered tone
strengthen and regulate them win yine'
gar Bitters, pure Vegetable stomacbtc
corrective and aperi ent, free from alcohol,
and capable of infrIsing new vitality into
your exhausted and disordered svst,.,,